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An award-winning online wine retailer has become so successful it has had to start a waiting list for new customers or angels.
Norwich teacher Laura Hodges, 33, was this week delighted to be among the first on the list to be signed up as angels by Naked Wines, which is based in The Close in the city.
Under its innovative business plan, known as crowdfunding, Naked's angels pay £20 per month into a pot that gives the company £5m of purchasing power every month, which is used to support small winemakers and bring boutique offerings to members at wholesale prices.
Money paid in by angels is subsequently deducted from their wine purchases.
Naked, which employs 120 people at its Norwich HQ, has built a customer base of 225,000 angels, almost 150,000 of them in the UK, since its launch in 2008 by Rowan Gormley.
Ms Hodges, 33, toasted her acceptance as an angel at a special reception organised by Naked Wines.
She said she had been desperate to join after a friend told her about the company.
"Being an angel means more to me than just being in a wine club. I'm supporting independent winemakers and the wines are pretty special too," she said.
Naked, a past winner of several business awards including the customer care category of the EDP Business Awards, ships wine throughout the UK, the US and Australia; it last year recorded profits of almost £2m on global sales of £53m, up 40 per cent in just a year.
As a result of its rapid growth its most popular wines were selling out quickly and that prompted Naked's announcement earlier this summer that anyone wanting to join would have to go on a waiting list, currently up to eight weeks, to help ensure angels were able to get the wines they wanted.
In just four weeks, the list has grown to more than 10,000 and this weekend the first 500 people on it were allowed to join Naked.
Eamon FitzGerald, managing-director of Naked Wines UK, said: "We were crowdfunding before the term was even invented.
"We recognised the situation in the wine industry where the two most important people - the customer and the wine maker - were both getting screwed by the middle man."
By eliminating the middle man, independent wine producers benefited while customers could enjoy high quality wine for £7.50 a bottle, up to 50pc less than in the high street.
The firm's rapid expansion has seen Naked Wines add 30 to its workforce in the past year; Mr Gormley is now based in California, heading up the company's worldwide operations.
Mr FitzGerald believes their business model would translate well to other artisanal industries.
Among the winemakers Naked has supported are Carmen Stevens, the first black South African woman to graduate in winemaking. Naked's angels also stepped in to help Katie Jones, an Englishwoman making respected wines in France, after vandals destroyed one of her vintages last year.
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I've been a Naked Wines customer for about five years or so now - starting long before I moved to England! - have always been really happy with both the wine and the customer service!
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Hi Moosey - we buy directly from winemakers, not importers. Take Rod Easthope for example. If you wanted to buy wine from where he previously made wine, Craggy Range, you'd pay £12-15 in most UK outlets. Because he is funded by our Angels, we are able to sell his wine for £8.99 on our site. If you haven't checked us out for a while, I think we've made big improvements to our sub £10 range, and also our breadth of wine selection. Csidewolf & Gerry - I'm sorry it wasn't clear to you. We have 225,000 Angels who are happy to pay in £20 per month - I assume we have refunded your money in full if you were unhappy with any aspect of our service. Best regards, Eamon
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
I got a deal through O2 a year ago, 6 bottles of wine (worth £60 apparently) for just £4.99 p&p , then got flooded with emails. Fortunately I read the small print so didn't get stung for more.
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Read the small print, i had money taken from my bank account by this company without my permission.
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
They're not really eliminating the middle man though, as they buy from some importers too. Their prices are also ludicrous, and the range incredibly limited. The sub £10 range isn't very good either. Shame as it's a good concept but this puts me off
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
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ABSTRACT: To investigate the possible involvement of erythr opoietin (EPO)/erythropoietin receptor (EPOR) system in neovascularization and vascular regeneration in diabetic retinopathy (DR). EPOR positive circulating progenitor cells (CPCs: CD34(+)) and endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs: CD34(+)KDR(+)) were assessed by flow cytometry in type 2 diabetic patients with different stages of DR. The cohort consisted of age- and sex-matched control patients with out diabetes ( n=7),non-proliferative DR (NPDR, n=7),non-proliferative DR (PDR, n=8), and PDR complicated with diabetic nephr opathy (PDR-DN, n=7). The numbers of EPOR(+) CPCs and EPOR(+) EPCs were reduced remarkably in NPDR compared with the control group (both Pü0.01), whereas rebounded in PDR and PDR-DN groups in varyingdegrees. Similar changes were observed in respect of the proportion of EPOR(+)CPCs in CPCs (NPDR vs. control, Pü0.01) and that of EPOR(+) EPCs in EPCs (NPDR vs. control, Pü0.05). Exogenous EPO, mediated via the EPO/EPOR system of EPCs, may alleviate the impaired vascular regeneration in NPDR, whereas it might aggravate retinal neovascularization in PDR due to a rebound of EPOR(+)EPCs associated with ischemia.Chinese Medical Sciences Journal 06/2011; 26(2):69-76. - [Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: To evaluate αB-crystallin malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) changes in X-ray irradiated rat lens. Eight-week-old Sprague-Dawley male rats received X-ray irradiation to the head with rest of the body protected. The exposure dose ranged from 2 to 25 Grays (Gy). The cataract status were examined by slit lamp and rated with "four-grade systems" post-irradiation. The lens MDA level, and the activities of SOD and GPx were measured in a short-term experiment post-irradiation, and αB-crystallin protein levels were quantified. The lenses of normal control and the X-ray irradiated groups with the dose up to 10 Gy remained transparent throughout the experiment. The lens first appeared tiny scatters, and even lamellar opacities in the posterior capsule 45 days post-irradiation with the dose of 15 Gy, and progressed slowly to the advance stage of cataract; while, for the higher dose (25 Gy), the opacity of lens appeared much earlier, and progressed more rapidly to mature stage of cataract within 1 month. At the end of the observation (90 days post-irradiation), almost all lenses became complete opacity with the higher dose (25 Gy). The degree of lens opacity was rated accordingly. The lens MDA level was increased, and SOD and GPx activities were decreased with a dose-dependent manner post-irradiation. The αB-crystallin protein level was decreased dose-dependently at the end point of observation. Oxidative events and αB-crystallin may play important roles in the pathogenesis of cataract in X-ray irradiated rat lens.International journal of ophthalmology. 01/2011; 4(4):365-70. - [Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: To study the pharmacokinetics and toxicity of intravitreal erythropoietin (EPO) for potential clinical use. For toxicity study, 4 groups (60 rabbits) with intravitreal injection (IVit) of EPO were studied (10 U, 100 U, or 1,000 U) per eye for single injection and 0.6 U/eye (the designed therapeutic level in rabbits) for monthly injections (6X). Eye examination, flash electroretinogram (ERG), and fluorescein angiography (FA) were carried out before and after injection. The rabbits were killed for histological study at different intervals. For the pharmacokinetic study, after IVit of 5 U EPO into left eyes, 44 rabbits were killed at different intervals, and the EPO levels in vitreous, aqueous, retina and serum were analyzed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. At all of the time points examined, the eyes were within normal limits. No significant ERG or FA change was observed. The histology of retina remained unchanged. The pharmacokinetic profile of EPO in ocular compartments was summarized as follows. The half-life times of EPO in vitreous, aqueous and serum were 2.84, 3.24 and 2.12 d, respectively; and Cmax were 4615.75, 294.31 and 1.60 U/L, respectively. EPO concentrations in the retina of the injected eye peaked at 1.36 U/g protein at 6 h following injection, with the half-life observed to be 3.42 d. IVit of EPO in a wide range is well tolerated and safe for rabbit eyes. At doses up to 10-fold higher than therapeutic levels, EPO has a pharmacokinetic profile with faster clearance, which is favorable for episodic IVit.Acta Pharmacologica Sinica 12/2008; 29(11):1383-90. · 2.35 Impact Factor
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I felt hella good when I saw this video announcement from the members of No Doubt:
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Since that tour, Gwen, Tony, Tom, and Adrian have teased fans with pictures and announcements re: new material. So finally we know for sure that their sixth studio album will come out this September--I, for one, cannot freaking wait. If I were a rich girl, I'd buy front-row seats for me and all my lady friends for the opening night of the tour. Are you psyched about the new No Doubt album? Ambivalent? Filled with rage?
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A pro-Israel NASCAR team competed alongside some of pro-racing's best in the Subway Fresh Fit 500 at the Phoenix International Raceway on Sunday.
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"As the only true democracy in the Middle East, we feel it is critical that the United States reaffirms its commitment to stand beside Israel," he added.
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Revitalizing Alvin Ailey (How Do You Make It Work?)
"Here was a company of astonishing dancers who continually circled the globe. But their repertoire did not always live up to their talent and range. The quandary? How do you maintain the Ailey's identity, yet at the same time grow with the art form? How do you balance both the racial and "post-racial" nature of the world in dance terms?"
Analyzing Movies By The Numbers To See How They Work
England's Cathedral Choirs Endangered As Church Budgets Tighten
Dying Art: Greece's Last Movie Poster Painter
"When silent films took off in the 1920s, Hollywood studios employed graphic designers to convey the glamour and excitement of new releases, and handmade billboards came to adorn theaters around the world. The rise of the automobile helped spur a booming industry of painted highway billboards across America, Europe, Africa and in Asia. But in an era of mass-produced printing, the practice has been all but snuffed out."
Injured 'Spider-Man' Dancer Discusses His Lawsuit
"It was a stunt that Daniel Curry had performed many times before in the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark: Plant himself firmly on a hydraulic lift in the pit beneath the stage, then remain steady as he rose a dozen feet to emerge for the start of Act II. … Then, in a split second, something solid pressed down against his right foot, then crushed it."


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You plead guilty to the dui that you received on Feb 1st first then can the state raise the first dui from Jan 1st to a dui 2nd if you was not convicted of the Jan 1st at the time of the arrest?
They can, and usually will, try to enhance the "first in time" DUI charge in situations like the one you describe....
I have had the interlock device in my car for a month now and have never blown anything but a PASS. This morning when I went to start my car I blew a violation/fail. I did brush my teeth and know that can cause the fail. But, last night I went to a Christmas party and did have three drinks and made sure I drank water and had a designated driver. Could this have caused the violation? If so will it affect my non-adjudication? I had my roommate drive me to work rather than risk it. I know alcohol can stay in your system for a while but I am having a slight panic attack thinking that I have just ruined everything. Any advice will help.
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Pulled over for failure to use turn signal in an appropriate time to turn ratio. Pled guilty to DUI. Did three months. License not suspended at that time. Received 2 yrs probation, community service, fines etc. Upon release was unable to fulfill states requirements. Tried repeatedly to check in within 24hrs. Probation officer never available. Alternate PO not available. Living on streets of Denver. No money, no car, nowhere to go, nothing to eat for a week. Left state. That was over 11 yrs ago. License suspended now. Very stable now. Would very much like to have a valid drivers license. My question is > Do I still have to fulfill CO obligation in order to get a valid license in MS after 11yrs?
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My husband is charged with DUI. I was the extremely drunk one and we were having an argument outside. the people surrounding us called the cops about noise. The cops never saw him driving but he admitted to driving and blew over the limit. Our attorney is recommending a plea deal where he pleads guilty to DUI but receives the bare minimum in punishment. The attorney has said that the arresting officer's account is very sympathetic towards him and that she even mentions he did not appear drunk and passed the field sobriety tests but based on his answers, she gave him the breath-test. I know he broke the law in trying to take care of me. Do you think the prosecutor might agree to a lesser charge with the same punishments if I talk to her and explain what it will do to our kids and my husband
Your husband is represented. It would be unethical to give him legal advice. Talk to your attorney
I was recently charged with dui. I was going 16 over and I saw the cops lights turn on. when I pulled over he said he saw me throwing a joint out the window. he searched me and my car and even the trunk which I believe is illegal without my consent and he didn't find any incriminating evidence. the only test he ran was the eye test which I believe I passed based on his reaction. he also broke my watch which I had just bought and was on my way back from getting. is this case possible to beat and what would you do to beat it?
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My son was arrested for DUI. passed 4 breath tests and 4 field sobriety tests. He was then charged with DUI-other. He requested a blood test but when they got to hospital, officer said it would cost $365 for the blood test. My son is in college and didn't have that kind of money on him and was not allowed to contact anyone to help pay it. He has refused plea deal and case going to trial. Cost to date $6000 with $1200 in court costs now due. Financial hardship has caused him to drop out of school to pay expenses.
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Bettis drives off in style
Jerome Bettis came back to win a Super Bowl in his hometown, and he left the field Sunday having completed that mission.
Updated: February 6, 2006, 6:57 PM ET
Greg Garber | ESPN.com
DETROIT -- He pulled himself up onto the interview podium with a slight grimace, but as he sank into the director's chair, his beaming smile quickly returned.
Jerome Bettis gulped bottled water, and the sweat glistened on his round, expressive face. He was talking fast and a good octave higher than his normal register.
"I'm still in a place," he said, shaking his head. "This is amazing."
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adidas Snowboarding Introduces The BOOST
In its second season, adidas Snowboarding introduces BOOST technology to the brand's snowboarding boot, providing springy and responsive cushioning for maximum comfort in any condition and any terrain. BOOST is essentially a solid granular TPU that is literally blown up and turned into thousands of small energy capsules, each storing and releasing energy through … READ MORE
adidas Snowboarding – Winter 2013 Collection Lookbook
For those living in the Northern Hemisphere, there is nothing worse than knowing that winter is on its way, unless if you are an avid snow sports enthusiast. adidas Snowboarding welcomes the powder and the freezing weather by launching their official lookbook for the Winter 2013 season. … READ MORE
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Snowboard boots are an essential part of snowboarders, and since adidas are going full throttle into the winter sports, they have developed their first lineup of snowboard boots. Following the winning formula used by other sportswear brands, adidas Snowboarding is basing their boots on their classic footwear, … READ MORE
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If you liked adidas Snowboarding's work on the Jake Blauvelt Boot in Black/Black, check out the lastest take with eye-catching Craora accents. But the contrasts don't end with the color on this boot; adidas went somewhere totally different with their premier rider's signature shoe, creating a lightweight … READ MORE
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Previewed here last week, the Jake Blauvelt Boot from the new snowboarding division of brand Trefoil is arriving now at retailers. The eponymous winter boot, made for the brand's premier team rider, features a rugged build with a gusseted tongue to keep out water and snow, plus … READ MORE
adidas Snowboarding – Fall/Winter 2012 Collection Lookbook | Featuring Jake Blauvelt
Before continuing on, you might need to read the title for this story again, and yes, its not adidas Skateboarding but adidas Snowboarding instead. After sitting on the sideline a bit, the Trefoil brand is finally going all in to this new market, though the company is … READ MORE


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Study Results For DARA Biosciences' Lead Drug For Neuropathic Pain, KRN5500, Selected For Presentation By The International Conference On Accelerating The Development Of Enhanced Pain Treatments ("ADEPT")
RALEIGH, N.C., Feb. 1, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Company (Nasdaq:DARA) announced that the University of Rochester in concert with ADEPT has selected the study results from the KRN5500 Phase 2 study to be presented at its March 25-26, 2011 conference. The presentation is entitled , "Management of Placebo Response in a Randomized Trial of KRN5500 in Patients with Neuropathic Pain and Cancer."
The presentation will provide results from analyses of a recently completed randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled, dose escalation study designed to evaluate safety and efficacy of a novel spicamycin derivative, KRN5500, in patients with advanced cancer experiencing neuropathic pain. Placebo response in these types of studies often dilutes the ability to detect potential drug effects. The presentation will explore the ramifications of placebo response in randomized, controlled trials for analgesia.
About KRN5500 and Neuropathic Pain
KRN5500 is a novel non-opioid analgesic agent, a semi-synthetic derivative of spicamycin:(6-[4-Deoxy-4-[(2 E,4 E)-tetradecadienoylglycyl]amino-L-glycero- beta-L-manno-heptopyranosyl]amino-9 H-purine). Neuropathic pain has multiple etiologies, including direct nerve trauma, infectious disease (e.g., herpes zoster), metabolic disease (e.g., diabetes) and drug-induced neuropathies (e.g., chemotherapy). Chronic neuropathic pain is characterized by an abnormal hypersensitivity to innocuous as well as noxious stimuli, and often persists after initial tissue damage and inflammation appear to have healed. Painful neuropathy is more commonly caused by non-traumatic conditions than by direct nerve trauma. Prevalence of neuropathic pain in patients that have been treated for cancer is reported to be in the range of 40%. Neuropathic pain in this population has multiple etiologies, including side effects from cancer treatments. Chemotherapy-induced Peripheral Neuropathy is the most common cause of neuropathic pain in patients with cancer, and in particular, for those patients receiving multi-agent chemotherapy. Clinically, neuropathic pain is difficult to manage and can have a profound impact on quality of life. Although this type of pain sometimes responds well to standard analgesic treatments, currently approved therapeutic agents can have intolerable side effects that prevent reaching the most effective dose. Thus, there is continued need to develop safe and more effective drugs to treat chronic neuropathic pain. About DARA BioSciences, Inc. DARA BioSciences, Inc. is a Raleigh, North Carolina based biopharmaceutical development company that acquires promising therapeutic candidates and develops them through proof of concept in humans for subsequent sale or out-licensing to larger pharmaceutical companies. Presently DARA has two drug candidates with cleared IND (Investigational New Drug) Applications from the United States FDA. The Company has a pipeline of diverse drug candidates at various stages of development, with 82 granted patents and 56 pending applications (US and foreign). The first drug candidate KRN5500 has successfully completed a Phase 2 clinical trial treating neuropathic pain in patients with cancer. KRN5500 met its primary endpoint and was statistically significantly (p=0.03) better than placebo. A second Phase 2 clinical trial is planned during the first half of 2011. The second drug candidate DB959 is a highly selective, non-thiazolidinedione (TZD), first-in-class dual PPAR (peroxisome proliferator activated receptor) delta/gamma agonist in development for type 2 diabetes. A Phase 1a clinical study for DB959 was successfully completed in 2010 with a multiple ascending dose trial planned for the first half of 2011. In addition, DARA owns CPT-1 inhibitors intended for topical application for patients with psoriasis, a library of DDPIV inhibitors and a diverse library of approximately 1800 PPAR agonists of various molecular modalities. PPAR receptors are found throughout the human body and recent publications report that PPAR agonists may be useful in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, cystic fibrosis, liver disease, and a variety of autoimmune diseases. Because its diverse PPAR library has the potential to address the unmet medical needs of these diseases, the Company plans to explore several of these indications.Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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In his "Stories I'd like to see" column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have received insufficient media attention. This article was originally published on Reuters.com.
1. How Boehner can save his speakership:
Conventional wisdom is that House Speaker John Boehner has been afraid to defy the Ted Cruz-inspired House members who have insisted on closing the government and holding the debt ceiling hostage unless President Obama agrees to delay or defund Obamacare. The assumption is that Boehner fears that the most zealous Republicans in his caucus would turn on him and remove him as speaker. With that in mind, there's one story I've been waiting for and still haven't seen: Why haven't the Democrats offered to protect Boehner if he runs into trouble by allowing the full House to vote to reopen the government and extend the debt ceiling?
If you think the speaker of the House is chosen only by the majority Republicans, you're wrong. Under the Constitution, the speaker is elected by a majority of all the members of the House. Traditionally, the majority party will caucus and choose one of their own as the speaker, for whom all, or most, of the majority party will then vote, assuring that he or she gets a majority of the full House and becomes speaker. (The minority party all votes for their favorite, who of course loses, but becomes the Minority Leader, a post chosen by the party, not the full House.)
But it doesn't have to be that way. So here's a scenario Politico, the Washington Post, The New York Times, Roll Call, or other news organizations that swarm Capitol Hill ought to explore: To get Boehner to take a more moderate stance, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, with President Obama's encouragement, could offer Boehner enough Democratic votes to keep him in power through the 2014 Congressional elections, even if members of his own caucus rebel and introduce a motion that he be removed.
Under the House's rules, if a member proposes the removal of the speaker, it would require a majority vote to pass. So even if more than half of the Republicans wanted to remove Boehner, the Democrats could provide the votes to keep him — which would not be much of a sacrifice for them because they don't have the votes to put one of their own in the speakership and the alternative would be, by definition, a Republican more to the far right's liking than Boehner.
Imagine what a sea change this admittedly unlikely development would bring. The leadership of the House would suddenly be less extreme and, in fact, based on a bipartisan coalition.
It would be great if some enterprising reporter could get Pelosi and others to talk about this — asking them why it hasn't happened, and whether it could.
2. Auditing JPMorgan's lawyers:
Last week, I saw that JPMorgan Chase had recorded its first quarterly loss under chief executive officer Jamie Dimon because it had reserved a whopping $9.2 billion for legal expenses due to its ongoing regulatory and litigation battles. So, I was all set to suggest a story examining how it could be that legal expenses — even for a giant bank fighting so many battles — are so high. $9.2 billion is about the same as the total gross revenues recorded by the world's four highest-grossing law firms for all of last year, according to The American Lawyer magazine.
But then on Saturday morning I saw this front page story in The New York Times, headlined, "JPMorgan's Loss is Corporate Law Firms' Gain." So I figured the Times, which assigned not one but two reporters from its DealBook section to the story, had beaten me to the punch.
However, for all its length and reporting firepower, the story has none of the detail — and answers none of the questions — it should. There's a description of some of the firms doing work for the bank, but there isn't even an estimate, much less an account, of how much of what the Times referred to as "legal expenses" are actually going to pay lawyers, as opposed to fines and settlements or reserves being taken now for future fines and settlements.
So, someone with a bit more energy ought to take a crack at these mind-blowing numbers, especially given that the bank revealed in the same statement that it has now reserved a cushion totaling $23 billion for "litigation expenses" going forward.
If just 10 percent of that is for lawyers, JPM could be the world's most lucrative private client ever, making this a huge legal business story.


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Mrs. Mary Lee Porchia, 81, of Benton passed away Thursday, March 13, 2014. She was born Jan. 13, 1933, in Biscoe to Samuel and Etha Mae Collie. She was preceded in death by her husband, Albra. She is survived by her children, Freddie Rhinehart of Benton, Burl Rhinehart and wife Vivian of Benton, Clarence Porchia of Miami, Fla., Mary Ann McGill of Benton, Loretta Porchia of Little Rock, Patricia Britton and husband Frederick of Las Vegas, Nev., and Linda Abrams and husband Orville of Little Rock; nine grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
Lucille Rundel, 78, of Benton passed away Saturday, March 15, 2014, in Bryant. She was born Nov. 20, 1935, in Perry to the late Homer C. and Alma (Davis) Thomas. Ms. Rundel was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Jack E. Rundel; one daughter, Debra Rundel; one son, Edward Rundel; one great-grandson, Jackson Stapleton; and one brother, Clarence Thomas.
Gayle "MaMa Gayle" Bailey, 76, of Benton passed away March 15, 2014. She was born April 16, 1937, in Bauxite. Gayle was a retired administrator at Serenity Park in Little Rock and a member of Discover the Joy Baptist Church. Gayle enjoyed fishing, camping, reading and playing with her two dogs, Max and Ally. She was preceded in death by her parents, James and Vassie Green Shepherd.


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Thursday, June 27 2013
Listening Ahead: Upcoming Music Releases for July 2013
Among July's most compelling releases are the return of the Scud Mountain Boys and reissues of Mountain Goats and White Fence albums.
Sunday, December 8 2013
Robert Pollard: Blazing Gentlemen
You'd think we'd run out of fresh things to find in Pollard's music by now, but Blazing Gentlemen assures us that not only is that hunt still on, but it's also still satisfying.
Wednesday, July 17 2013
Robert Pollard: Honey Locust Honky Tonk
As always, Pollard often accomplishes the most in the shortest periods of time, in under a minute. Given twice that amount of time, he can spin out an entire story, a deep mood, or a tune that's half the length of most people's hits but nonetheless feels like more of a complete statement.
Sunday, October 28 2012
Robert Pollard: Jack Sells the Cow
Pollard's second solo outing since Guided by Voices reformed is tight and loud, but uncharacteristically light on hooks.
Tuesday, March 27 2012
Robert Pollard: Mouseman Cloud
Mouseman Cloud manages to sound up-to-date while still being warm, sincere and nonchalant, and Pollard of all people should recognize that those things simply transcend recording aesthetic.
Wednesday, January 11 2012
Guided By Voices: Let's Go Eat the Factory
Everything about this album -- from the murky sound to the youthful energy -- feels "classic", but in the end the material itself is merely solid.
Friday, July 23 2010
Losing My Religion: Revealing the Hollow Reality of Lo-Fi
This whole lo-fi thing, in its current form, is an affectation—a performance, a pose, the indie community's response to "Vogue". And this upcoming Guided By Voices tour will only enhance the performative aspects of the supposedly authentic aesthetic they have been championed for canonizing.


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Yingli Green Energy Announces Preliminary Estimates Of Certain Financial Results For Fourth Quarter And FY2013
BAODING, China, March 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) ("Yingli Green Energy" or the "Company"), the world's largest vertically integrated photovoltaic ("PV") manufacturer, known as " Yingli Solar", today announced its preliminary estimates of certain financial results for the quarter and full year ended December 31, 2013.
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Based upon preliminary data, the Company now estimates its PV module shipment in the fourth quarter of 2013 increased by 11% to 12% from the third quarter of 2013, which is better than its previous guidance of a mid-to-high single digit percent increase. The Company also reiterates its PV modules shipment guidance of 3.2GW to 3.3GW for fiscal year 2013.
Additionally, the Company estimates its overall gross margin in the fourth quarter of 2013 to be in the range of 12% to 13%, compared with its previous guidance of 14% to 16%, primarily due to the year-end tax adjustment as a result of the implementation of the revised VAT exemption, offset, and refund policy, together with the disposal of low efficiency PV cell inventory. Excluding the year-end tax adjustment and disposal of PV cell inventory, gross margin for sale of PV modules is expected to be in the range of 14% to 15% in the fourth quarter of 2013.
The Company will schedule a conference call and live webcast to discuss its unaudited financial results for the quarter and full year ended December 31, 2013 at 8:00 AM Eastern Standard Time (EST) on March 18, 2014, which corresponds to 8:00 PM Beijing / Hong Kong time on the same day. The dial-in details for the live conference call are as follows:- U.S. Toll Free Number: +1-866-519-4004
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The latest version of the Opera browser for desktops comes with a new tool that lets you share multiple bookmarks at once.
The mobile browser now has the third largest user base of any app, behind WhatsApp and Facebook.
Opera Software's newest browser for Apple's mobile OS incorporates a data-compression feature to cut down on video problems. It's also tuned for new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus screens.
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WHITESBOG VILLAGE TOUR - 1:00 p.m., Whitesbog Village, 120-13 Whitesbog Road, Browns Mills, NJ. Stroll the Historic Village, learn about Whitesbog's role in history and visit Suningive, Elizabeth White's historic home, the worker's cottages and other buildings that speak of Whitesbog's heritage. Please call 609-893-4646 for more information. Also held on 2/7, 2/21, 3/7, 4/4, 4/18 and 5/2.
MOONLIGHT WALK - 7:00 p.m., Whitesbog Village, 120-13 Whitesbog Road, Browns Mills, NJ. Listen to the night sounds of the Pines, learn all about Whitesbog and experience the seasonal changes of the Pinelands. All walks are 3-5 miles in length, weather permitting and led by experienced guides. Please call 609-893-4646 for reservations. Also held on 3/7, 4/4 and 5/2.
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10th ANNUAL "LINES ON THE PINES" - 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Frog Rock Golf & Country Club, Hammonton, NJ. This is a free event and open to the general public. The Lines on the Pines event provides a networking and social environment for local authors and artists as well as historical and environmental groups of the New Jersey Pine Barrens to showcase their talents, sell their products and share information. The primary purpose is to educate the public and create a general awareness and appreciation of this vast area. Please call 609-893-4646 for more information.
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LIVING HISTORY TOUR - 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., Whitesbog Village, 120-13 Whitesbog Road, Browns Mills, NJ. Learn about Whitesbog's founder and legendary cranberry grower, J.J. White, his daughter and blueberry innovator, Elizabeth C. White, and other residents of Whitesbog from scientists to berry pickers. Docents in period dress will guide you through the Village's fascinating buildings. Reservations required, 609-893-4646 ($10 donation per person).
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Shakira's crossover success has been predicted for years by those in the know. She landed her first record deal when she was a mere thirteen years old, recorded her second album at fifteen, and starred in a popular soap opera in her native Colombia. She was only nineteen when her third album, Pies descalzos (Barefoot), made her the bestselling female rock star in Latin America. Though her fourth album, Dóoacute;nde estáaacute;n los ladrones? (Where Are the Thieves?),… (more)
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text: So I have been feeling anxious the last 3 or 4 days, and I wanna stop. I mean, I have a million reasons to just be happy, and I really think that its all in my head, and I can choose to be calm. It has been taking a toll on my self-discipline, drive to workout, and staying with my calorie count. I want to try meditation to nip this in the butt, and was wondering if anyone has a book or electronic resource they like to get me started? Thanks!


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So my brother called me tonight and went into an irrational tirade about how Jaws isn't any better on Blu-ray than on VHS and I sat down to watch Jaws before bed, because it was fresh in my mind. It occurred to me that I've seen this movie no less than 25 times and somehow I always find it entertaining anyway. Have you got a DVD collection? What are some movies that you just never, ever get sick of watching? In alphabetical order, looking over my DVD collection:
1. 28 Days Later
2. Aliens
3. Conan the Barbarian
4. The Exorcist
5. The Goonies
6. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
7. Jaws
8. The Lost Boys
9. Pet Semetary
10. Salem's Lot
11. The Shining
12. Silver Bullet
13. Star Wars
14. The Thing
Hmmm... almost exclusively horror. I have some often-watched films that aren't horror, like Annie Hall, Fried Green Tomatoes and The Princess Bride, but the movies I never seem to get sick of mostly seem to be horror films. And Stephen King books. Maybe I watch movies over and over because they remind me of my childhood, kind of like an Oedipus complex only no sex and no mother.


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WEST ALLIS, Wis. (AP) — For women who have survived breast cancer, breast or nipple reconstruction can be a first step toward looking like their old...
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Called "Pinkwashing," this practice allows companies to disguise harmful behaviors and business models with a surface of charitable giving. The entire movement allows companies cover to hide unsavory activities, which sometimes are even known to cause cancer themselves.
Beyoncé topped Forbes' list of 2014's highest-paid female musicians, earning nearly double what runner-up Taylor Swift did ($64 million). Beyoncé al...
Take that desk of yours and decorate the sh*t out of it until it magically transforms into that corner office. To create the ultimate workspace, start by making it homey and personal with a jolt of energy. Think ambient lighting, warm pops of color and personal touches like artwork.
I fear that my daughters will be limited by the culture they ingest, that I will be powerless to stop it. That they will, in the end, be eaten by Cinderella.
I pointed to a bottle with red and green sparkles that reminded me of Christmas and another one with silver sparkles that seemed a good choice for New Year's Eve. "No. This one," he said, sidestepping my choices and picking the sparkly pink. I threw it in my cart.
If pink isn't your color or you simply don't need any of the pink products lining shelves, then read on for other ways you can give back to the breast cancer cause.
You+Me, the acoustic project of Alecia Moore (aka P!nk) and Dallas Green (aka City and Colour), released its debut album, "rose ave.," on Oct. 14. The...
When you think pink, do you immediately have flashbacks of your 10-year-old self? So unfair. Give this hue a fighting chance.
Pinktober is like a long-running TV show. It began with a bang and was loved by millions. But it jumped the shark years ago and its ratings have slipped. There are better options. It's time to pull the plug on pink.
When it comes to motherhood, Grammy-winning singer P!nk has expressed her support for breastfeeding and attachment parenting. But one thing she does n...
After more than three decades on top, Madonna has never been more relevant, more powerful or more interesting than she is at this very moment. How in the world does she do it?
Fueled by our fury over the responses we were getting because we weren't BALD, a lot of us wrote TODAY back to explain how gutted we by the fact that a lot of women are getting left out of the conversation, by the media perpetuation that you must LOOK sick in order to BE sick.
Alecia Moore and Dallas Green continue their You+Me project with the release of "Capsized," the opening track to their upcoming debut album, "rose ave...
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DIYing is fun, theraputic, budget friendly and above all else, creative! This new series, 'DIWhyNot' is dedicated to saying "why not!" and trying yo...
Pink is my boy's favorite color. While I draw the line at hot pink walls in his bedroom, I can identify him on the ice by the pink laces in his hockey skates. Ask Noah, and he'll do his best to convince you that pink is for boys.
I want to be wary of making her embarrassed or ashamed of what she likes, especially if it seems girly. Because misogyny gets internalized. Because fantasy is the one game in which we all have autonomy. Because that unembarrassed power is a thing I want to preserve for my daughter.
Pink is the color of hope, beauty and life, and as a parent you should be honored that your son wants to embrace that, it will only make your son a better man and help make the world a world a much better place to live in.
Very early on I rejected the color pink. I remember that as a kindergartner I didn't want to dress in pink because my older sister did so. I stubbornl...
Clutching a teddy bear in one arm and a balloon in another, the little boy with a deep scar under his eye looked up and asked in Arabic, very gently... almost a whisper: "Khala (aunt) Rym. Can I have toothpaste for my sisters and I?"
Not so long ago, one of my photo-pals found a pink grasshopper. To be very honest: his special find made me a little bit jealous.After all it is just about the closest thing to a pink elephant!
I still see beautiful women battling this disease with dignity and strength unlike any I have ever seen, but now, I see other images, too.
When marketers use pink to signal their products are "female friendly" they fall squarely into the trap of stereotyping women as being feminine, kind and nice.
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Posted by Satish Meena on the Data Insights Professionals Blog on October 20, 2014
India's online retail market is on the radar of global investors and eCommerce players, which have announced investments topping $3.6 billion in the past three months, including $2 billion in Amazon, $1 billion in Flipkart, and potentially $650 million in Snapdeal. Growth in India's online retail market is powered by its fast-growing smartphone penetration, as customers are increasingly using their mobile phones to buy products online. More than half of Snapdeal's and Flipkart's sales and nearly 35% of
Posted by Peter Wannemacher on the eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals Blog on August 26, 2014
In his excellent book, The Checklist Manifesto, Atul Gawande makes a compelling case for the power of simple checklists to avoid issues and mistakes during the decisioning process. Gawande's thesis is essentially this: A consistently applied, step-by-step checklist can be enormously valuable for a range of professionals from doctors to software designers to executives at major companies.
Add to this group the lowly mobile banking strategist.
So Forrester built a checklist for anyone leading a mobile banking project. I encourage you to download it today. (It also conveniently prints out as a two-page physical checklist for those who still love paper!) Our checklist provides 20 key questions you and your team should ask and answer. These checklist items are divided into five key areas (see image below).
Posted by Anjali Lai on the Data Insights Professionals Blog on August 15, 2014
By Kristopher Arcand
It's no secret that mobile digital wallet technology is faring better in the US than in the UK; here in Boston, I use my LevelUp app at more than half of the retailers I visit (the app tells me I've visited one vendor 122 times!). However, only a few providers — including PayPal InStore, V.me by Visa, and Paydiant — are serving UK consumers. (Will Amazon be next?)
To understand the popularity gap for mobile digital wallet technology between the US and the UK, Forrester leveraged its Technographics® 360 research approach to get a holistic view of consumers. By analyzing data from our European Technographics Retail Survey, 2013, UK ConsumerVoices Market Research Online Community, and UK Consumer Technographics Behavioral Study, November 2013 to March 2014, we evaluated desired features, strongest barriers, and current behavior associated with mobile digital wallet usage across UK consumers.
Our data shows that security is still a major concern among UK consumers, but the features they want in a mobile digital wallet are associated with an improved customer experience: These features make the purchase process more organized and convenient for customers, while also helping them save money along the way:
Posted by Peter Wannemacher on the eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals Blog on August 12, 2014
More than two years ago, Westpac – a bank in New Zealand – rolled out its "Cash Tank" feature for mobile bankers. Suddenly, customers could view key information like account balances without needing to log in (needless to say, it was and is opt-in-only). This new mobile banking feature immediately made a splash and was hailed as a small-but-impressive innovation. Other banks – such as Société Générale in France and Bank of the West in the US – offer similar pre-login information features.
This led folks like me to wonder: How might digital teams at banks take pre-login information further or make it even better?
Great digital strategy is often about pushing the limits – and not just in big ways. So Citi's recent update to its smartphone apps is noteworthy for the bank's decision to push the idea of pre-login information even further with Citi Mobile Snapshot. Citi customers who bank via their mobile phones can view not only balances but recent transactions without the hassle of logging in.
We spoke with Andres Wolberg-Stok, Global Head of Emerging Platforms and Services who shared with us a diagram that demonstrates the evolution of its mobile banking effort before and after Citi Mobile Snapshot (see below).
Posted by Anjali Lai on the Data Insights Professionals Blog on June 27, 2014
Recently, I've been on the go: I've just returned from a two-week sprint that took me to five different cities by plane, train, and car. Any frequent traveler is familiar with the logistical challenges that make multimode transport inconvenient – whether it's dashing between connecting flights or strategizing a taxi pickup to catch the train, switching between methods of transportation can make for a trying, disjointed journey overall.
As I settled into one flight by turning off my mobile phone and opening my laptop, it dawned on me that our path through the fragmented digital world is similar to my multiphase journey. As our physical location changes and as we realize the limitations of certain device experiences, we reach for various devices to carry out the task at hand – often, we complete one activity sequentially across screens and expect a seamless experience.
In fact, Forrester's Consumer Technographics® data shows that more than half of US online adults who begin tasks on their mobile phone continue them on their laptop. These consumers are most frequently purchasing products, checking emails, and researching items:
Posted by Peter Wannemacher on the eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals Blog on May 28, 2014
When it comes to mobile banking, customers' expectations are growing faster than the hair on a Chia Pet. So every year, Forrester reviews and scores the mobile banking offerings from the largest retail banks in the US across seven categories: Range of touchpoints; Enrollment and login; Account information; Transactional functionality; Service features; Cross-channel guidance; and marketing and sales. You can read the complete report here or by clicking on the link below:
Here is a sampling of some of our findings:
In Canada, mobile banking is growing up faster than Justin Bieber. So from March 21 to April 9, 2014, Forrester reviewed and scored the mobile banking offerings from the five largest retail banks in Canada across seven categories: Range of touchpoints; Enrollment and login; Account information; Transactional functionality; Service features; Cross-channel guidance; and marketing and sales. You can read the complete report here or by clicking on the link below:
Posted by Clement Teo on the Marketing Leadership Professionals Blog on May 22, 2014
Have you ever wondered if your home broadband is being effectively utilized? What if you could squeeze more out of your data allowance when outside your home? Telstra may have cracked this problem in Australia: It will invest more than A$100 million to build a nationwide Wi-Fi network as part of a strategy to increase connectivity in the places Australians live, work, and visit, including cafes, shops, sports grounds, and transport hubs.
The strategy aims to offer all Australians — whether or not they're Telstra customers — access to 2 million Wi-Fi hotspots across the nation within five years. Telstra home broadband customers can install new gateways that allow them to securely share a portion of their bandwidth with other Telstra Wi-Fi customers in exchange for broadband access at Telstra hotspots across the nation. Non-Telstra customers can purchase daily hotspot access. The network, scheduled to launch in early 2015, will also reach overseas; an exclusive deal recently concluded between Telstra and global Wi-Fi provider Fon will allow people to connect at more than 12 million hotspots worldwide.
What It Means
Telstra has been at the forefront of improving the telco customer experience; its CEO, David Thodey, has been a major driving force behind that. This has put Telstra's local competitors on notice and provides valuable lessons in how to raise the customer experience game:
Posted by Clement Teo on the Marketing Leadership Professionals Blog on May 7, 2014
"The future is already here — it's just not evenly distributed." This popular quote hit home at the Global Mobile Internet Conference panel on meeting the challenge of global connectivity that I moderated this week. Internet.org is a global partnership between technology leaders, nonprofits, local communities, and experts who are working together to bring the Internet to the two-thirds of the world's population that don't have it. Founding partners include Facebook, Ericsson, Qualcomm, Nokia (now Microsoft Mobile), and Opera.
What it means
Posted by Clement Teo on the Marketing Leadership Professionals Blog on March 5, 2014
At Mobile World Congress 2014 in Barcelona, SingTel CEO Chua Sock Koong was reported as "call[ing] on Australian regulators to give carriers like Optus the right to charge rivals WhatsApp and Skype for use of their networks or risk a major decline in network investment."
With the telecommunications industry unable to monetize over-the-top (OTT) traffic, telcos will struggle to find the funding they need to improve their infrastructure — meaning that network quality could deteriorate. Chua did concede that telcos should work toward partnering with OTT players.
SingTel's argument runs over familiar ground, similar to the ongoing net neutrality debate in the US. My colleagues suggest that telcos will offer tiered access at tiered pricing to OTT players in the future, charging higher prices for better connection speeds and greater data traffic. While I don't doubt this, price-sensitive Asia may be a harder nut to crack; telcos here run the risk of customer churn by raising service prices.
Aside from speeding up its rate of service innovation, SingTel should:


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Nope haven't heard of it........I wonder wat kinda sideshow must have been going on in that bedroom for sumone to bang tom/tracy........
Well I guess everyones heard about this by now, theres supposedly a Pregnant man. Well as it turns out its true but it isnt. The guy in question Thomas was once Tracy. Tracy had her breast removed and is taking testosterone, and now calls herself Thomas. Tracy/Thomas kept her/His female sexual organs, hence the reason he is able to get pregnant.
When i first heard it i knew it, just isn't possible for guys to be pregnant. Until he gets his female parts removed ill still call her Tracy. A pregnant she-male yes, a pregnant man no.
PS: gotta love oprah Who does she think she is jerry springer?? lol
Nope haven't heard of it........I wonder wat kinda sideshow must have been going on in that bedroom for sumone to bang tom/tracy........
I heard about this because Solking show me an online article about it.
I didn't really know what to make of it. Of course it could be possible but then its very strange at the same time. Its like the movie "junior" all over again. You know the film where Arny gets pregnant for a scientific experiment.. I am not sure if the title is correct.
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OMG! I was talking about this subject at school i didn't realize it was true.lol.
hahahaha im so clueless.lol.
but umm yea i dont think she is a man thats not what god made her so to me she is still a she.
When they get a sex change they, artificial "parts" are added. Testicles made of teflon or so I read. But since all the female parts are there then basically he is a she.
Anyway, The whole pregnant man thing is weird. Its their right to be whatever they want to be but you can't help look at the picture awkwardly.
what i heard it that he was a she and he had a sex change and still kept all of his/her woman stuff inside that was use for pregency
This world is corrupt
Save tonight and fight the break of dawn
I am so alone, I got no one to talk to, please help me
I'm not doubting the parenting skills of tracy and her wife, but I still can't help but feel sympathy for the child... Can you imagination the stigma surrounding that family as the child grows up?
Now that I think about it... What the heck is Tracy's problem going on Oprah Winfrey like that? Doesn't she understand the consequences if the American public remembers her face the whole time the child is growing up? Can't she see how traumatized the child could become? Of course, maybe 5 years from now, America will be more accepting of pregnant she-males, but still... I wouldn't hate my parents, if i were in that fetus's position, though. I'd merely hate society for all the prejudice and discrimination... If I grow up with too much of it around me.
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