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NEW YORK Steel derivatives continue to face an uphill battle as concerns over illiquidity and price risk keep some would-be participants on the sidelines, but advocates of the nascent products maintain swaps and futures will find a place in the global steel sector yet.
Once the realm of energy, agriculture and base metals, the futures markets have been expanded in recent years to encompass six steel productsincluding hot-rolled coil, rebar and billetas well as a number of related raw materials, from iron ore to ferrous scrap.
Although some steel derivatives have started to see tractionwith the newest product, CME Groups No. 1 busheling futures contract financially settled against AMMs Midwest Scrap Index, trading more than 3,000 tons in its first full month in existenceothers have been slow to gain acceptance in the marketplace.
"In the U.S., we have a lot of difficulty with our steel community. They generally are not inclined to be educated about the history of financial derivatives in this country. They read headlines, and the headlines talk about a rogue trader in London ... and they figure they shouldnt be involved in it," Jeremy Flack, founder and president of Cleveland-based steel distributor Flack Steel Ltd., said during a steel swaps webinar hosted by London-based Freight Investor Services Ltd. (FIS). "We spend a lot of time here just getting people not to be afraid. There are a lot of misconceptions."
According to Flackwhose company has been vocal in its belief that service centers should offer hedging services alongside cutting and slittingsaid the misconceptions surrounding the use of steel derivatives largely stems from a belief that hedging introduces more risk into a companys trading book.
"(One) misconception is if I lock in a price and the price goes down, I could lose. (But) if used correctly, youre taking risk out of the equation," he said. "Youre not going to get rid of volatility in hot-rolled coil. The price itself is not going to stop being volatile if you engage in using these instruments, (but) youll just take some price risk out of your own business. We think the small price for the vaccine is nothing compared to the benefit of being vaccinated."
Phillip Price, structured products manager at Stemcor Risk Management AG, Zug, Switzerland, a unit of London-based trading house Stemcor Ltd., agreed that the use of futures offers a net benefit.
"If you have any possibility to build in the use on long-term contracts or even short-term contracts where pricing is linked to an index, it greatly enhances your ability to manage risk. It also gives you the ability to have much greater forward visibility of your business on a day-by-day basis," he said.
But despite its proponents insistence, many physical market participantsparticularly steel millscontinue to eye the fledgling products with caution.
Part of that concern is tied to liquidity concerns, FIS steel derivatives broker Sam Mehew said. "The steel industry is so much more fragmented than the iron ore market. Weve got about six traded steel products out there at the moment, whereas iron ore has only one focus. So the nature of it is all the liquidity is spread a little bit thinly across all the six contracts. Im afraid thats the nature of the beast, really," he said.
Nonetheless, advocates maintain that the tide is turning.
"Were starting to see liquidity come in on the contracts and they are building, but they are a nascent market and weve got to start somewhere. Its growing, and were pleased to see the growth so far," Mehew said.
Flack agreed, noting that as more regional banks and trading desks push to get their clients involved in hedging, the products are expected to really take off. "At some point, this market is going to take off like the oil market, like the aluminum market, and you dont want to get left behind," he said.
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These were ok. I used only 1-1/2 T milk and the icing was the perfect consistency. I also put them in the frig for about 15 minutes to set up. If I make them again, I would prefer a more chocolate-y icing...more cocoa or maybe the chocolate chips other reviewers recommended.
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This sweet confection comes together really fast. Be sure to have your dish buttered before you start! I made a double batch of this and put it in a 9 x 11 dish. I followed another reviewer's advice and used 12 oz. semi-sweet chocolate chips melted with 2 Tbs. of butter for the topping. People couldn't keep their hands off these! Next time I will add some chopped peanuts.
I used to eat these as a kid. The only change is for the chocolate topping. Use chocolate chips. Broil in oven just long enough to melt them and spread them.
Really good! I added 2 tablespoons of cocoa instead of teaspoons and it turned out great.
It is tasty bar but the frosting is pretty bad. If it had a more chocolatey, candy-like frosting this would be a 4-5 star recipe.
I made a double batch and used a 9x13 pan. The recipe just says to melt the first 3 ingredients. I actually let them bubble a minute or so and would let them bubble longer the next time so they would set up a little firmer, but that's just a consistency preference of mine. I added an extra 1/2 c. peanut butter to the double batch as I love peanut butter and for the topping, I melted 2 Hershey milk chocolate bars and drizzled them over the top. I used the rice cereal, but think I may try them with corn flakes the next time. They're a delicious addictive sort of treat.
These are awesome! I always double the recipe and use a 9x13 pan. They disappear in a flash. My kids and their friends love them. I store them in the fridge for a firmer texture. Great easy recipe for a snack in a hurry that pleases most anyone.
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UPDATES: Izzy, Trammell and a Thank You
I love to write. However, as my wife, Meredith, so adeptly penned in her blog post, I was overcome with emotion at Izzy's passing. I knew I could never write a blog that would do justice to how much Izzy meant to our family. I didn't know where, or how, to begin. Every time I thought about her potential in the field, I'd tear up. Every time I'd think about her positive energy and unconditional love in our home, I'd sob uncontrollably. As bird hunters, we spend a couple dozen days a year in the field with our dogs if we're lucky, while the remaining 300 plus are spent in kitchens, back yards and walks around the block. Izzy was the "energy" in our family that's now gone. While every dog owner knows he/she will outlive their canine best friend, we're never really prepared for the day that inevitability comes home to roost, especially at 1 year, 7 months and 8 days.
Our Community
In the days since that fateful Saturday, October 19th, I've received more than 200 emails, voicemails, blog comments, Facebook messages and Tweets with words of support and wisdom. To put it bluntly, I've been overwhelmed by the expressions of sympathy and friendship the Pheasants Forever, Quail Forever and bird dog communities have shown me.
As you can imagine, I've been brought to tears dozens of times in the days since Izzy was taken too early from us. What I wasn't expecting was that my little 1 ½ year old pup would inspire people to reach out to me to articulate their support for my personal well-being, Pheasants Forever's habitat mission and my role within that mission. People I've never met before or interacted with have grabbed the phone and keyboard to tell me what my words on the screen or over the radio waves have meant to them over the last several years.
Trammell's Recovery
When Meredith wrote her blog post, she did leave out one massive component of our terrible weekend when Izzy died. She did so purposefully as a sign of respect to Izzy's importance in our lives. However, I feel it's now appropriate to also bring to light just how close we came to losing both our dogs within 24 hours. The night following Izzy's passing, Trammell woke us up at 5AM. She was dry-heaving and struggling to breathe. This lasted for about thirty minutes before I was overcome by a sense of "I'm not going to lose both my dogs to tragedies in one day," so we raced to a 24-hour pet hospital. They immediately took X-rays and found two nails, a staple and a massive wad of grass in Tram's stomach. As you can imagine, I was shocked. While definitely food-motivated, Trammell has never been a chewer. I couldn't comprehend how nails were now threatening her life. The vet did an immediate endoscopy successfully removing one nail, but was unable to capture the second. Emergency stomach surgery to remove the second nail surrounded by a massive ball of grass commenced and was thankfully successful. I'll never know how Tram picked up those nails; however, I am fearful they were intended for a wolf in a bait pile left in the same woods Izzy passed. I hope my thoughts are purely those of an angry and grieving dog owner. No animal – wolf, dog or other – deserves such a fate. Thankfully, Tram's stitches are now out and she is making a full recovery.
Borrowing a Dog
Over the last couple of weeks, I've been offered the services of a dozen people's bird dogs. Most of these offers have come from folks I've never met before. I can't express the measure of generosity I've felt from these offers. Let's face it; I haven't had much luck with bird dogs recently. For a stranger to trust me with their pup speaks volumes to their humanity.
While I'm eternally grateful to these offers, I've always had a rule about "borrowing" another's bird dog (even before the tragedies of the last two weeks). Under no circumstances will I ever put myself in a situation of being responsible for another's pup. Likewise, I'll never lend out my own dogs. My opinion is it's simply too much of a risk for both parties to be in a situation of having to answer for unexpected circumstances. Nevertheless, I do want to acknowledge the overwhelming gratefulness I've felt each time one of these offers arrived in my Inbox. THANK YOU for trusting me.
Rooster Road Trip
The afternoon after Trammell's surgery, I emailed Andrew and Anthony from my home after waking up from a sleep with Tram in bed. In that email, I told the guys there was no way I'd be going out on this year's tour without either of my dogs. "Agony" is the word I used to categorize the feeling I'd have wandering five states "alone" to think about my departed Izzy and mending Tram. As you'd expect from fellow dog guys, they understood completely and quickly enlisted Rehan Nana, Pheasants Forever's Public Relations Specialist, to fill my slot. I think you'd all agree, the trio did a marvelous job on this year's Rooster Road in my absence.
Cremation and Rebirth
There were tears in our kitchen again last week. Heavy tears. Meredith brought Izzy's cremated remains home from the vet in a tin urn. As I write, that tin rests on our mantle next to Izzy's puppy blanket . . . and I miss her a lot . . . and the tears stream down my face again. 1 year, 7 months and 8 days of joy. Thank You, Izzy, for loving me and being my bird dog. I'll miss you FOREVER and hope to someday join you for another hunt. Just you, me and Tram. I love you . . .
Life and death, it is the incongruity of our existence. Izzy's passing has put the St.Pierre name on the list for a Top Gun litter again this spring. God willing, Izzy's half-sister will join the St.Pierre family late next spring and you will have to endure another round of articles about dog names, potty training and first birds. For Meredith and me, there was never any question we'd have to add another pup to our family as soon as possible. The void Izzy's departure has left in our home with her "big" personality is just too large to not try filling immediately. I understand why some folks would take more time to grieve before getting another puppy. Simply put, the opposite was needed for our recovery.
If you'd like to read a bit more about my beloved Izzy, here are a few links:
- Meredith's memorial, "Our Busy Izzy Rests"
- St.Paul Pioneer Press' David Orrick article, "Hunter's weekend a reminder of hazards facing hunting dogs"
- Minneapolis Star Tribune's Doug Smith article, "Freak accident claims young hunting dog"
- FAN Outdoors Podcast on 10/26 as I tell Izzy's story on air
Finally, I just wanted to say "THANK YOU" for all the notes, love and support. THANK YOU for all the messages and photos about your pups pointing in Izzy's honor. Most importantly, THANK YOU for giving your pup a scratch under the chin in Izzy's memory. That was always her favorite spot and I know she's wagging her tail every time another pup gets a little love there. THANK YOU. I am humbled and thankful for your friendship. Bob
The Pointer is written by Bob St.Pierre, Pheasants Forever & Quail Forever's Vice President of Marketing. Follow Bob on Twitter @BobStPierre and listen to Bob and Billy Hildebrand every Saturday morning on FAN Outdoors radio on KFAN FM100.3.
Tags: Bird dog death, Bird Dog Names, Fan Outdoors, Izzy, KFAN, Top Gun Kennels, Trammell
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So sorry for your rough luck. Brings me to tears just to hear about something like that, let alone experience it. The good lord calls them whenever he wants them, we'll just never know why it has to be so soon. Let's hope the worst is behind you, and I wish you the best of luck with your new pup. My worst fear is something happening to my dog. This is fear that lurks in the back of my mind every time I'm out in the woods. I worry about every stick, wire, stray shot from another hunter, and hidden danger out there. I guess a life of danger is better than a boring life at home in a padded crate of boredom though. Really glad Trammell is expected to make a full recovery. Everyone remember to take extra time to enjoy your dogs and spend time with them. No matter how bad your hunt is, be glad they're coming home with you safe. We tend to forget that they can be taken away in the blink of an eye.
Man I am so sorry to here about your pup. It saddened me to read this and brought tears to my eyes because I had to unexpectedly put my 12 year old lab to sleep last Friday. He just all of a sudden started bleeding in his stomach and the vet said he had gotten to weak
To make through any kind of surgery. He was my constant companion and hunting buddy all these years he even sat in the deer stand with me. I completely feel your pain. My thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family. I would like to ask if you can recommend a good breeder for GSP'S. I understand if there are liabilities with you recommending someone.
God bless and best wishes.
I don't read blogs and I fancy myself a "manly man". That being said, I can't help but find myself always looking forward to the next thing you write. I couldn't help but tear up reading an article about man I don't know personally and the loss of his beloved dog. I think about my own GSP and how I almost lost her. And, when it is finally her time to go, how I can't imagine how I could ever deal with that.
You made me realize how lucky I am to have Dixie to chase birds with this year and how there won't be a day when I'm too busy or too tired to take her to do what she loves most.
Glad to hear Trammell is doing okay. Hunt her hard when she's ready.
Best to you and yours Bob…
Wow, that's about the best blog comment ever. Thank you for reading and the kind words. And, in my opinion, it's okay for "manly men" to cry . . . at least when it's related to their bird dogs!
Did you see my post from last night Bob.
It would be under our busy izzy rests. Thinking of you guys that sucks
Could not read the whole blog post without tearing up. Such a Tragedy. I am a Lab guy, actually have not hunted ducks the last 2 seasons because my Black Lab Anna can no longer hunt with me due to degenerative disc disease. Hunting without her is not the same.
The bond with a gun dog is something special like you and the Captain talked about on Fan Outdoors.
I hope Trammel is well on the way to getting back in the woods.
@CodyRife – Just saw your post. Think about you, Ali & your family.
@RichardNichols Trammell and I enjoyed a grouse hunt on Saturday and a pheasant hunt with The Captain on Sunday. She's made a full recovery. While I miss Izzy like crazy, I'm grateful to have Tram back at full strength.
Thanks for the kind words and comments.
Friends of ours found Ali this morning with in four hundred yards from where we were. Granted this is what I wanted but somehow it does make me feel any better.
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Deception – Season 1 Episode 3 – Recap and Review – A Drop of Blood and a Microscope
Recap and review of Deception – Season 1 Episode 3 – A Drop of Blood and a Microscope:
Well, this was a little less rough than the previous two weeks. If nothing else, tonight's "A Drop of Blood and a Microscope" shows that Deception is actually building its story at a reasonable clip, deciding against playing coy with the viewer, and essentially putting all its cards on the table. Okay, maybe not all of its cards, but at least we get a better sense of the full-scale menace of the Bowers family, and not just one or two of its members. There's also an elaboration on the theme of family, and just how difficult it is to escape your biological relations. You don't get to choose your family. The best you can do is to make the most out of the family you end up with, even if they're a cabal of corruption from top to bottom. This premise is hardly new. Hell, it's as old as storytelling itself. But it gives the series a foundation around which to base its mystery. It's true that the show isn't necessarily pulling a Reunion (does anybody else remember that short-lived FOX show, or is it just me?), where we're told conclusively that "one of these people definitely committed the murder", but the show is passively inferring that members of the Bowers family know far more than they're leading on. Whether a member of the Bowers family turns out to be the culprit or not, the intrigue of their secrecy is enough to give the series something resembling momentum – an impetus to compel the story forward. It's far from perfect, but given how dreadful this show can occasionally be (despite rare moments that show its promise as a salacious primetime soap mystery), I'll take what I can get.
This week's episode sees Joanna (Meagan Good) going deeper into her cover, this time accompanying playboy Julian (Wes Brown) to Barbados on the encouragement of Robert (Victor Garber), who believes that Joanna has a calming effect on his son, which will help keep him focused as he delivers his pitch of the company's cancer drug at a conference being held at the exotic locale. Julian wastes no time in making his move on Joanna, and this romantic conflict of interest, as Joanna still has an iffy thing going on with Agent Will Moreno (Laz Alonso), only makes her undercover facade more complicated to uphold. As per usual, Julian's presence triggers flashbacks to their youthful romance, and I feel like there's only so many ways to tell the audience the same thing. We get it. They used to bang all the time. Move on.
Thankfully, the episode moves on from the tawdry nature of the romance and fans out into the broader implications of Joanna's sudden exposure to the spotlight. Apparently, being the arm candy of the hotshot son of a family in possession of a multi-million dollar empire is going to attract media attention. This development threatens to throw a massive wrench in Joanna's ability to maintain her cover, especially in an internet age where all it takes is one person who recognizes Joanna as a cop on the streets to blow up the entire charade. In addition, the plot thickens with the introduction of the threatening, mysterious Senator Dwight Haverstock (John Larroquette), a former close friend of Robert's who orders Julian to get him an audience with Robert, or he'll personally make sure that the Bowers' new wonder drug doesn't pass the FDA.
In other developments, Edward (Tate Donovan) is having a crisis of conscience, spurred on by the urgings of his wife Samantha (Marin Hinkle) to get out from under the yoke of his family's villainy. This is rich, coming from her, given that Edward is the most cartoonishly villainous of the bunch, except maybe Robert's wife, Sophia (Katherine LaNasa), who threatens Samantha at an indoor tennis court, warning her to stay the course with Edward, or risk losing her children. This feeds into the larger question of Edward's involvement in Vivian's death, as she had apparently been calling him nonstop in the weeks leading up to her death, perhaps looking for aid in her whistle-blowing efforts. If nothing else, Edward comes out no worse than Julian, who we learn, via flashbacks, was the person getting into Vivian's car in the pilot. They get into an argument and Julian backhands Vivian, leaving the telltale imprint of his ring. Though we saw Julian disposing of the ring in the pilot, Joanna is still able to make the connection to Julian when she notices the ring in a picture and realizes that Julian hasn't been entirely truthful or forthcoming. This is another in a series of blows to Joanna's psyche this week, as she's attacked in her hotel room by a mysterious, masked stranger, instinctively utilizing her defensive training as a cop to fend him off and give chase, before Julian arrives, restraining her and preventing her from pursuing the masked man. Who was this masked person? Why did Julian prevent her from going after him? Why did he not go after this masked man himself? It's all part of a larger fabric of misinformation that's part-and-parcel of being involved with the Bowers, it would seem. The collection of stressful events leads Joanna back into the arms of Will at the end of the episode, in a love scene that proves that this show at least does torrid romance right, although I fear this will only lead to more big-boy posturing from Will, where he continually threatens to pull her out of the assignment, with Joanna stubbornly refusing.
Lastly, there's a subplot involving Mia (Ella Rae Peck) and a handsome stranger who insinuates himself into her life, at the behest of another stranger for whom he's working. It's all a circuitous way of continuing the arc of Mia actually being Vivian's daughter, and not merely her little sister. Mia shows signs of developing into a compelling character, but the series rarely gives her enough time to flower into someone interesting. In fact, it's pretty remarkable, and a credit to Ella Rae Peck, that she feels as three-dimensional as she does, given her overall lack of screentime. She's such an understated character that I wouldn't be surprised if she was somehow involved in Vivian's murder, though really, it's far too early into the series to be making those kinds of leaps. But the fact that there are so many relatively interesting possibilities as to the nature and perpetrator of Vivian's murder is a credit to a series with too few to its name.
"A Drop of Blood and a Microscope" gives us a little bit more to go on than the previous two weeks have given us, and I can certainly appreciate that. Somewhere in this mess of soap opera cliches and one-dimensional characters with their one-dimensional motivations is a series that could be as compelling as any primetime soap on TV right now. Or any mystery series, for that matter. However, it's going to take a lot of work in the character department to turn the ship around. At the very least, this week's episode showed signs of self-awareness, that this show has to be more than a mystery and some sex. It has to build characters we can care about, beyond simply their relation to the overarching mystery. Every character has to be his or her own person first, not simply a caricature of a potential villain in a whodunit.
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This week's episode was holistically better as far as story and development, but it kind of annoyed me. I felt like Joanna slept with Will because she now thinks Julian did it. Instead of it being a sincere reunion of "remembering who she is," it's just like she was trying to get Julian off her mind. It's ridiculous for them not to have Joanna and Will as end game, because if they show comes back for a season 2, more than likely it will not revolve around the Bowers family arc this time, and Joanna/Will won't seem legitimate
@Trey_ That's a really good point re: why Joanna sleeps with Will, and it's part of what's so irritating about this supposed love triangle, since she doesn't appear to be hooking up with either man out of an honest desire to be with them, but more out of the stress and necessities of her job.
That said, I can't imagine the show wouldn't still revolve around the Bowers family if it gets a second season, since it's almost unfathomable to me that we'd get the answer to who killed Vivian this season (although I have my fingers crossed). And even if we did, we'd still have to go about bringing that person (or persons) to justice, so I feel like we're in it for the long haul with the Bowers, for better or worse.
That's true! Logistics wise, it would be hard to try to move onto another story without the family and trying to tie "deception" into it (i.e., mostly new cast except for Joanna & Will, etc.) I'm just hoping the Vivian storyline would rap up before the season is over, and I don't know if i can even take that much. I just hope Julian/Joanna is just teasing or tempting because without, a lot of Will's purpose would be axed.
Another thing is I feel as if they are doing the "whoodunit" wrong. I know they are trying to pull twists and turns but it is instead wearing on the viewer. It would be better for this show to have a progressive story in which the killer becomes obvious, or even at the point where we figure it out then the rest is Joanna trying to pin them. Any of that would be better than having all over the place that any family member could do it. Or I might just be exaggerating since it's just episode 3. But I should be saying this around episode 6, not this early.
But it did go down like 3 tenths this week I think so we might need to stop talking about a second season LOL. But TVByTheNumbers had it more likely renewed last week, so as long as it stabilizes it should get at least one more round.


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Flagging revenues, higher costs open budget gapsBy PETER HIRSCHFELD
Vermont Press Bureau | January 03,2013MONTPELIER Faced with underperforming state revenues and higher-than-expected costs for mental health and human services, administration officials are asking lawmakers to dip into reserve funds and expend some recent court settlements.
The annual budget adjustment process got under way in earnest Wednesday when Finance Commissioner James Reardon unveiled a plan to plug the budgetary holes that have opened up since lawmakers approved the fiscal year 2013 spending plan in May.
Among the biggest setbacks: a July report in which state economists reduced revenue estimates by more than $10 million.
Administration Secretary Jeb Spaulding said weaker revenue forecasts have been compounded by increasing demands on government services.
In the big picture, one of the challenges we continue to face in government is that despite everyone asking for small, efficient government, the expectations for what government should be undertaking continue to grow, Spaulding said.
To preserve government services without running a deficit, Spaulding said, the Shumlin administration is asking lawmakers to take about $4.7 million from two reserve funds. He also wants them to spend the roughly $4.7 million collected in three major court settlements last year related to consumer protection.
This is ... to make sure we carry those programs through, cover our caseload increases and finish with a balanced budget, Spaulding said during a briefing for the media.
Upward pressures on this years budget are legion, ranging from $200,000 for increased mosquito control efforts in the wake of an eastern equine encephalitis outbreak this summer, to $560,000 in unanticipated gasoline costs for state police cruisers.
The lions share of the unexpected costs, however, stems from health care and human services, where the rollout of a new mental health system and higher caseloads have increased budgets, according to Reardon.
The most pointed increase comes at the Department of Mental Health, which will need about $20 million more than what lawmakers budgeted.
Mental Health Commissioner Mary Moulton said the additional request more than 10 percent of the annual budget stems largely from a failure to plan for operating costs at the newly opened eight-bed Green Mountain Psychiatric Care Center in Morrisville.
It just was not budgeted for, Moulton said Wednesday.
Rep. Martha Heath, a Westford Democrat and chairwoman of the House Committee on Appropriations, said the increase in mental health spending isnt as pronounced as it appears on paper. New costs being absorbed in mental health, Heath said, have freed up money elsewhere in state government. All told, Heath said, the net increase in mental health spending amounts to only about $4.7 million in general fund money.
At the Department for Children and Families, costs are up by more than $10 million over what the administration projected earlier this year, an increase due largely to the number of children and adults using services, Reardon said.
He said that isnt necessarily a bad thing. For instance, Vermont will spent about $2 million more than expected to accommodate the high number of kids enrolled in early child care programs deemed to have met certain quality standards.
And thats something Im more than happy to pay for, because if you have quality child care at the front end, you have more chances for success as you enter elementary education, Reardon said.
He said he was more troubled by the nearly $4 million increase at the Department of Aging and Independent Living, money needed for services to people with disabilities.
That is not sustainable from my perspective, he said. And that is a combination of both new caseload and additional needs for existing caseload.
Administration officials resolved much of the budgetary shortfall by finding other revenue sources.
The Tax Department has seen fewer claims than it expected for homeowner and renter rebates, resulting in about $1.7 million in extra revenue.
The states share of Medicaid and long-term care costs, meanwhile, is about $13 million less than what lawmakers had thought it would be. And an actuarial revision in the state health insurance program freed up about $5.8 million.
Attorney General William Sorrell has collected about $4.7 million in settlements with GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen Pharma and Capital One money Reardon said should be used to plug the gap. He said he could not recall a year in which the state had relied so heavily upon court settlements to resolve midyear budget difficulties.
Heath, whose committee is meeting this week to vet the budget adjustment plan, said shes grateful the state has some Medicaid savings to offset some of the other increases. She said lawmakers will likely have questions about some aspects of the administrations proposal, including a request to double the budget for emergency housing assistance, from about $2 million to $4 million.
Which is really just money thats going to motel beds, Heath said. Well want to look at whats being done to prevent people from losing their homes in the first place.
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My best girlfriend, Brittany was searching online for an apartment in Salt Lake City last week. She told me about her frustrating experience with Rent.com. I want to share her experience with you, to show you what NOT do on your site. This is a perfect example of a reputable company, getting a boat load of qualified traffic, who may be losing out on a lot of leads because some visitors are hesitant to enter personal information, as the first thing they are asked to do when they arrive at Rent.com.
This is the homepage of rent.com. They are asking Brittany to enter her email address in order to see the listings. Brittany doesn't want to signup for another junk mail source, as she's already frustrated with the amount of junk mail she gets on a daily basis. She decided to enter her email address that she never uses in order to at least be able to browse the listings.
When she gets to the listings page, she chooses to get "More Info" on one of the properties and sees a pop up that makes her now enter a password for her account. She definitely didn't want to create an account! She just wants to see the property, see if it meets her needs. Only at the point that she thinks you have a property that meets her needs, will she be ok to "create an account"- and even then, "creating an account" isn't the language that would resonate with what she's looking to accomplish. She was frustrated and felt that Rent.com was being sneaky and didn't have her needs in mind throughout this process. She left.
In this previous post; 5 simple tips for lead-generation sites, one of the tips is to "Avoid Asking For The Lead Too Early"! I have worked with hundreds of clients in a large variety of industries over the last 5 years at FutureNow. Anytime a client asked for too much personal information on their website too quickly, and made the visitor click too many times in order to get the information they came searching for, we helped them increase their conversion rate by simply changing this portion of their website to be more customer focused.
Remember, it's not about you or your sales process. Your visitors are volunteers in the process and are coming to your site with motivations and intent. In my girlfriend's case, it was Rent.com's lead to lose and they lost her. By the way, she rented an apartment through another website that didn't ask her for any personal information until she had found the property that interested her.
Are you possibly losing leads for this reason? If you are guilty of asking for the lead too early, try testing a new approach to your signup process. Remember, sometimes it's not about the number of email addresses you get, but it's instead more important to focus on the "quality" of the leads that you get.
I know! I simply hate when sites ask me to enter my info before I make any action at all at their sites. In this case for example, if I managed rent.com I would mayble ask for email or account creation when the person wants to contact the person renting the place.
It makes sense to pay attention to how the big players do it. Even eBay will allow you to watch items as a guest, and most big players like Amazon do not force you to log in until you actually want to pay.
On the converse side, they give you something worthwhile for logging in early – user specific recommendations, better tracking, history, etc.
If a site is offering something (in this example, property rentals) you need to ensure it is available as soon as possible – anything that interrupt that flow will lose you traffic.
So true, every time I am on a website and I feel like they are trying to force me into something, I never go back
In my opinion, our visitor are the king in the selling process because they are are coming to our site with motivations and high intent.
I truly agree, quality is more important than quantity!
First you should try and build relationship with the visitor and then ask for personal information.
I've clicked away time-and-time again from real estate websites that require an account to view listings.
I'm guessing this type of strategy leads to more bogus email addresses than actual leads.
Plus, it's not the best strategy when the visitor can simply click to a competitor and get the info without creating an account.
If you are asking for personal info too soon, I would suggest you re-evaluate your strategy.
Asking for lead early may be considered as spam therefor give the visitor time to trust you and then ask for the lead.
Asking for such user information should be transparent as to why it is needed. It should also be optional in most scenarios.
asking personal information too early will make people get bad thinking.
So true, every time I am on a website and I feel like they are trying to force me into something, I never go back
Great example. From the research I've reviewed there are two issues here: one is trust… if you ask for the personal info too early, you haven't established trust, and also reciprocity. Research by Gamberini shows that if you provide valuable information FIRST, then people will feel that it is their turn and will be more likely to fill out a form. (Gamberini, Petrucci, Spoto, Spagnolli, "Embedded persuasive strategies to obtain visitors' data :Comparing reward and reciprocity in an amateur, knowledge-based website." In Persuasive Technology, Second Intl Conference on Persuasive Technology, Springer, 2007)
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When sites ask for information upfront they are thinking of themselves. For some reason, people forget to treat their online visitors (or customers) as they would with someone who were physically visiting a store location. If a customer were to visit your physical store, you would never approach them by asking for their personal information. An online business should be no different. People are worried about spam and identity theft when they are online. By asking for unnecessary information a good amount of site visitors will be put off.
It is irritating if websites are asking you to enter your personal information, I think it's not safe and my security is at risk. I never go to that kind of websites again.
I also avoid that type sites, ask me to enter my personal information. I think these type sites lost their visitors because people hesitate to enter their personal information
sking for lead early may be considered as spam therefor give the visitor time to trust you and then ask for the lead.
I couldn't agree more. Websites that ask for too much personal information too quickly just scare me away from them.What concerns me is what they do with this info, as they never tell you what they'll do with it, or who they'll share it with!
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Makes you wonder if anyone with any 'websense' works at some of these companies.
Simple and to the point!
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I wonder if Rent.com have tested this form against one that doesn't include your email address as a compulsory field.
If including the email address makes them more money in the long run, do you think that they should use this form in favour of business results over optimal user experience?
I do agree that it strikes people funny when they are asked to sign up right away, but in this particular case it's a little different. Rent.com has a little different approach than other apartment websites. The competition charge a thousand dollars or more for a community to list an apartment. Rent.com only charges the community if the person signs a lease. In addition, they ask the renter to sign up because they also pay the renter $100 bucks when they rent an apartment. I think their angle is that they want to have a fail safe way to make sure that the person rented the apartment, so if the person comes asking for their $100 and the apartment community is saying they never rented an apartment, they know the landlord is trying to duck out of the commission. I agree it comes on strong, but they should spell it out better on the landing page.
First of all you should try and expand relationship with the visitor and then invite personal info.
The visitors have expectations online; anonymity and control. Asking for contact information too early is a form of payment and can turn them off. Imagine a store and when asking for information you answer; "please complete this contact information sheet then I will answer". The internet is no different, it should be treated as a live retail space and leveraged to connect live with visitors.
Interesting post and comments… To me, the one thing that doesn't quite jive is that the renter gave her information to the other site. As the author writes it, if her anxiety was truly that the renter "doesn't want to signup for another junk mail source, as she's already frustrated with the amount of junk mail she gets on a daily basis", then wouldn't that same logic apply no matter where in the process the email is asked for? I mean, if the issue is truly about getting spammed, then why not enter a bogus email after finding the property as well? What incentive does the user have to provide personal information if he or she can get value without doing so?
To me it seems that the issue is more one of understanding why the personal information is needed in the first place, and that in this particular example, the website could do a better job of that. I checked the website, and it states right under the email box that "Rent.com will occasionally email you property listings.
We never rent or sell your email address without your consent." So they are upfront about that. For me it's more about, "I need for you to justify to me why you need my email, and I want to make sure that I will get reciprocal value for it."
I'm not defending the way they do it, but rather I am questioning the analysis of why it's the wrong way to do it. For example, if Phoenix Apartment's comments are correct, and they have a justifiable reason for asking for the email immediately, then imagine in an ideal world where they were able to perfectly justify to the user on the first page why they needed the email. Would it be ok then? Is that even possible? I'd love to hear peoples' thoughts…
Great thoughts and questions Wayne! Based on my experiences with my lead generation clients who continuously test and make changes to the way they ask for leads, I've noticed a few things.
You're definitely right that if you effectively "justify" why you're asking for the lead, then the visitor is less hesitant, but that's still not enough. The visitor needs to see a BENEFIT to becoming a lead. "What's in it for me?" In my friend's case, she hadn't even seen a single listing yet, when she was asked to give her email address on the homepage of rent.com. She had no idea what the quality of the listings would be or if anything would even interest her. She didn't want to signup to get new listings and junk mail. She was too early in her buying process to feel ready to give her personal information.
She only became a lead on another site AFTER she saw the listing that appealed to her. It's important to remember that not everyone comes into your site in the late stage of their buying process. If they are early stage, you can't ask them to sleep with you on the first date! They are likely to turn around and leave. You need to engage the visitor first, help her find what she's looking for and help her get answers to her questions before requiring her to "signup".
Testing is the key, my friends. If this post sparked some interest, and you might be suffering from asking for your leads too early, go back and test a new approach that demonstrates that you actually understand the "people" who are coming to your web site in different stages of their buying process, with different motivations and needs.
rent.com? My sister and I want to rent this amazing apartment we found through craigslist, and the woman who owns the apartment lives in England…she told us to pay her though rent.com which is insured by Ebay. It sounds legit, but its almost always a scam.
She only became a lead on another site AFTER she saw the listing that appealed to her. It's important to remember that not everyone comes into your site in the late stage of their buying process. If they are early stage, you can't ask them to sleep with you on the first date! They are likely to turn around and leave. You need to engage the visitor first, help her find what she's looking for and help her get answers to her questions before requiring her to "signup".
Testing is the key, my friends. If this post sparked some interest, and you might be suffering from asking for your leads too early, go back and test a new approach that demonstrates that you actually understand the "people" who are coming to your web site in different stages of their buying process, with different motivations and needs.
I have experienced this firsthand with rent.com and I went to another site immediately. There are too many other quality sites out there where I don't have to register just to see the results.
never heard of it before. is it a serious service?
Good point by Stewart Turton above. It would be a great exercise for Rent.com to run an A/B test to see what the effects of requiring this info are.
I hope they are at least looking at the difference in bounce rate before and after making a change like this (not statistically perfect but useful nonetheless).
The rental market has been a tough marketplace for a long time, with services that require registration and payment prior to seeing the listings. I'm of the belief that you need to provide a great service with as few barriers as possible. There are many functional aspects to a renter's search that you can utilize to capture their info – such as email alerts based on your search criteria. There's really no need to require this up front.
Thanks for a great post Melissa.
There has to be value attached to the need to register. Personal details are of significant value to a user and there needs to be a clear reason why you're asking for them.
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This company is best described as dot com, I am sure you remember that term.
They can afford to turn people away, honestly with the traffic they get they need to qualify those leads!
I'm based in the UK, so I have to admit I'm not familiar with Rent.com. But It would be good to see a comparison of similar rental services, and how they address the same challenge.
…is rent.com one of the top rental sites in the US?
@ Matthew
Yes they are, they have that niche dominated. That is why they can afford to get away with these practices. Personally I would like to see an analysis done on a smaller company that actually gets hurt by asking for the lead too early. Rent.com and others get millions of leads a month.
The rental market has been a tough marketplace for a long time, with services that require registration and payment prior to seeing the listings. I'm of the belief that you need to provide a great service with as few barriers as possible.
You need to engage the visitor first, help her find what she's looking for and help her get answers to her questions before requiring her to "signup"
This is great advice. I can't remember how many times I was turned off by sites trying to close too early.
Customers should not be "forced" to fill up the information rather they should decide themselves, and this will only happen when they get confidence in service provider's website.
I think everybody agrees that this concept of asking for information too early is not a good idea. On the other end it would be interesting to see the data. One of the limitation that most websites have is that they don't engage. They are passive environment and that does not seem to work well either. We see a proactive engagement to be a good solution. "The right message at the right time".
It is a little like dating… You have to watch both your message and your timing to generate optimum results.
Hi Melissa thanks for the reminders this was a very nice point that every business man who want to create a site will remember.
Great idea rent.com – make the user feel anxious and uncomfortable right off the bat. A lead will do what a lead does in their own time and context. Simply provide the ability for them to convert and let them decided how and when they wish too…..give them space and lead them, but "asking" them too early is a quick-fire way to lose them.
good article
So true, every time I am on a website and I feel like they are trying to force me into something, I never go back
What a terribly thought out website! I hate sites that require you to input personal info for you to continue, always makes me thing twice.
What I'm curious about is how the site approaches the lead when visitors enter from places other than the main URL. I have to think that people doing more informational ("apartments in x city") searches might not have to go through that.
If people type in the URL directly or head to the main page, then maybe the line of thinking is that they're a bit more committed to that specific service and ready to get updates?
It's shocking that big firms don't realise how much of a negative effect things like this have on their users. I would have thought that Rent.com would have scrapped this registration rubbish a long time ago.
It is irritating if websites are asking you to enter your personal information, I think it's not safe and my security is at risk. I never go to that kind of websites again.
This is great advice. I can't remember how many times I was turned off by sites trying to close too early.
This example really highlights the flaws in the system employed by rent.com They would be well advised to have a good look at their process, as they are definitely losing conversions via their current approach! It would be a great angle to approach them with, especially if you have a ready tailored solution to their ills.
I would assume they lose more customers than they gain with their early login process. It's good to see examples of what not to do our sites.
That is annoying. I hate it when a company wants you to sign up for a affiliate program but they wont tell you what the pay out is until you sign up. Or when you buying advertising you cant know how much it cost unless you sign up with them. They are losing lots of customers this way.
It is interesting that we (I) assume the outcome and conversion rate of the visitors into leads. As far as most apartment management companies I would think that the lead conversion into leases is also a key and such a strategy may help increase that result. This would in fact make the leads generated (while fewer) more valuable…
I do believe it makes more sense to lower the threshold of resistance to engage more web shoppers into conversation. The question is simple though. If a lead source has a 10% and another has 25% conversion the second source will perceived as more valuable by the client. They may get less leads but having a higher pull through creates a value that should not be overlooked in my opinion.
The stigma of asking for too much personal information up front is true. Many potential customers are scared off by submitting information before they are able to see the listing. I have experience with offering service related leads. I have tested many different strategies and have had the most success with not asking the user for any information and tracking the leads another way. Not always a possibility but definitely has proven to hold a higher conversion rate when compared to forcing a user to submit personal information.
Well said and exactly…people will always be weary and cautious of providing personal details to a website where a sense of trust hasn't been established; or the perception of trust. Imparting value to the user and the passage of time is the best strategy for building a relationship with the customer.
Anyway, pretty good post.
It just goes to show that just because a site is very legit and gets a lot of traffic doesn't mean that the people managing it know what they're doing. I mean, allowing your users to browse the options without signing up is just so basic that you scratch your head wondering why they wouldn't understand this.
Well said.
For me websites whih try to immediately take my email address are irritating.
I need some value before
Almost always reject this type of website.
However, I really like the web pages which already get a desired value before
and if I want more of it, I must to provide an e-mail
It's true what you wrote.
Number of emails does't matter
Most important is the quality of ours e-mail base
It almost does not make sense to require information from a customer of a real estate site. It's not very likely that he or she will need such service every week in order to receive regular offers.
I love the first line, "my best girlfriend" lol…
Try to increase the visitors to the site and not force them to buy. Automatically the visitors will start to buy.