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9 Because of this, since the day we heard about you, we haven't stopped praying for you and asking for you to be filled with the knowledge of God's will, with all wisdom and spiritual understanding. | 9 For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. |
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Four Downs: Consider Crowell an RB2
Eric KarabellWhen Cleveland Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon achieved top fantasy status at his position last season, he and tight end Jordan Cameron were basically the lone Browns players worth relying on. The forgettable tandem of Jason Campbell and Brandon Wee...
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Browns' QB plans
Tom CarpenterThe Cleveland Browns have myriad important decisions to make this offseason. First up, of course, is finding a new head coach. Second, and arguably just as important, is locking down a genuine starting quarterback. Presumably, they'll use their No. 4...
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Does it really matter who Browns QB is?
Tom CarpenterThe Cleveland Browns' carousel of quarterbacks this season has included Brandon Weeden, Jason Campbell and Brian Hoyer. With Weeden and Campbell recovering from concussions and Hoyer on IR, Alex Tanney and Caleb Hanie are now in the mix for the Brown...
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NFL - Why the Cleveland Browns can make the playoffs
KC JoynerThe Cleveland Browns last made the playoffs in the 2002 season. KC Joyner gives four reasons why they can end that drought.
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NFL - Russell Wilson slips, Eli Manning rises in Jaws' QB ranking...
Ron JaworskiRon Jaworski updates his QB rankings at the midway point of the NFL season. Matt Ryan and Russell Wilson are among those falling, while Eli Manning, Andy Dalton and Alex Smith are on the rise.
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NFL - Grading the new coaches through Week 4 of the 2013 season
Herm EdwardsESPN Insider Herm Edwards grades the NFL coaches who took over new teams this season through Week 4. Andy Reid and Marc Trestman lead the pack.
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NFL Future Power Rankings - Projecting every franchise entering 2...
ESPN Insider StaffInsider NFL analysts Mel Kiper, Gary Horton, Matt Williamson, Field Yates and Herm Edwards break down every NFL team in five key categories to see how the league might stack up three years from now entering the 2016 season.
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Sneaky fantasy pickups entering Week 15
Eric KarabellThere are myriad words and terms fantasy owners don't like to hear, including high-ankle sprain, multi-interception outing and bye weeks, and the term "game-day decision" certainly belongs on the list. For Week 15, there are quite a few popular ...
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Kevin Ogletree of Dallas Cowboys, Jordan Shipley of Jacksonville ...
Eric KarabellEric Karabell outlines his sneaky pickups for Week 15, including Kevin Ogletree and Jordan Shipley.
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Nik Bonaddio and Keith GoldnerESPN Insider's Week 12 NFL Playoff Predictor, powered by numberFire, reveals that the Pittsburgh Steelers and Chicago Bears loosened their grip on postseason spots.
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Rivers McCownRivers McCown of Football Outsiders writes that the Redskins are taking a risk by trading up in the draft for Robert Griffin III. It's not because of RG3 (he projects to be an excellent QB); it's that the loss of so many picks will hurt the team's depth.
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Kyle Orton among ten best value free agents - NFL
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Chris SprowESPN Insider Chris Sprow takes the pulse of the quarterback market and writes that after Peyton Manning (if he parts with the Colts), there's a list of intriguing secondary names who could provide good value.
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Nine Inch Nails is the latest band to distribute its music online without a label, offering a 36-track album in multiple digital and physical formats.
The Nine Inch Nails front man has an intriguing way of figuring out what the group's fans will pay for: ask them.
There's no such thing as a free lunch, but there is a free album. Nine Inch Nails have just released their new album The Slip completely free -- "This one's on me," says Trent Reznor
The $300 special edition of the new Nine Inch Nails album is already sold out, according to the band's Web site.
Forget labradoodles and boob jobs. The current essential celebrity accessory is a Web 2.0 strategy -- here are the five who put the most effort into social networking this year
As cheap, powerful automatic cameras and camera phones proliferate, the music industry--and its sports counterpart--have had to realize they can't control fans' ability to take pictures.
Bjango, maker of iPhone app iStat, doesn't understand why Apple forced it to remove a feature focused on increasing the iPhone's battery life.
The lead singer of Nine Inch Nails, a pioneer in social networking, has formally closed his Twitter account. He's following through on his "I'm out" statement.


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Adam Jones needs to make room in his trophy case. On Thursday afternoon, the Colorado Mammoth forward was named the National Lacrosse League's Player of the Month for January.
"In this league, you play only on weekends," said Jones. "For me, the way I prepare is I think about the fact that all week, these teams are scouting you, these teams are thinking about the one game they have to execute on the things they've been practicing all week. The biggest thing in this league is to be consistent. You only get a few games and with 16 players, if one player's not playing up to his potential, then your team's likely not going to be very successful. That's been a goal of mine – to be consistent."
For the first month of the season, that's exactly what the 24-year-old was. Jones scored multiple goals and at least one assist in every game in the month. His 23 tallies and 37 points were tops in the NLL.
"We're incredibly proud of what Adam has been able to accomplish thus far," said Mammoth president & general manager Steve Govett, "and we look forward to his continued growth as a player when he returns to the floor."
Jones' award is bitter-sweet, as he suffered an injury on the first day of February that will see him miss at least a few weeks. His end to the previous month was stellar, scoring seven goals and one assist in the Mammoth's overtime win against the Roughnecks.
Maybe most impressive in January was that Jones – a forward – tied a career-high and led the league in forced turnovers with 12.
"It's something I've always had a knack for," said the award-winner. "Growing up, I realized that that's the kind of thing that helps teams win."
In 2012, Jones was a three-time NLL Rookie of the Week; a two-time NLL Rookie of the Month; and ultimately, the NLL Rookie of the Year.
"The awards are a testament to the work-ethic of our team in general and how well we've worked together."


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Vishwa Deep Dixit
Professor of Comparative Medicine and of Immunobiology
Research Interests
Immune-Metabolic Interactions; Aging and age-related inflammation; Obesity-associated inflammation and metabolic syndrome; Adipose tissue leukocytosis; Inflammasomes; Thymic involution and approaches for thymic rejuvenation; Neuroendocrine control of immune system
Research Summary
A major goal of my research program is to obtain creative insights that advance knowledge in the field of Immune-Metabolic interactions that drive adiposity and age-related chronic diseases. Our studies focus on understanding the mechanisms and consequences of aberrant immune-cell activation in adipose tissue microenvironment and age-related ectopic adipocyte development in lymphoid microenvironment like thymus and bone marrow. This Laboratory utilizes basic cellular and molecular tools, genetic manipulations including reporter and Cre/Lox mouse models to understand patho-physiology of obesity and aging. In addition, clinical studies are evaluating the impact of caloric excess and caloric restriction on mechanism that impact immune system. The long-term goal of our research is to understand the mechanisms of immune-metabolic crosstalk and to help develop novel approaches to regulate the aberrant immune cell activation as means to enhance healthspan.
Extensive Research Description
The NIH funded projects in the laboratory are –
R01AG031797 (National Institute on Aging)
Impact of Calorie Restriction on Thymopoiesis in Humans.
The overall goal of this randomized control trial is to study whether salutary and pro-longevity effects of calorie restriction in animal models extend to healthy aging and thymic function in middle aged humans. In this study we are analyzing the ectopic adipocyte development in the thymus using MRI and investigating the mechanism of CR's effects on thymic function and T cell receptor repertoire diversity in humans.
Impact of Obesity and Weight-Loss Interventions on Immune-Surveillance Mechanisms.
The major goal of this study is to determine the mechanisms that link obesity to T cell function, and T cell receptor repertoire diversity. We are evaluating the neuroendocrine-immune interactions that may drive the salutary effects of various bariatric procedures or calorie restriction on metabolic and immune systems during obesity.
R01AG043608: (National Institute on Aging)
Inflammasomes and the mechanism of thymic demise in aging.
The Nlrp3 inflammasome senses metabolic 'danger signals' and, upon assembly, causes caspase-1 activation, which in turn controls the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-1β and IL-18. The central hypothesis of this proposal is that age-related thymic lipotoxicity via a canonical Nlrp3 Inflammasome-dependent mechanism induces 'sterile thymic inflammation' and induces T cell dysfunction during aging.
R01AG045712: (National Institute on Aging)
Impact of CR on inflammasome mediated immune-metabolic interactions
The overall goal of this project is to understand whether CR's beneficial anti-inflammatory effects observed in animals are relevant to human physiology. Through analysis of archived blood immune cells and fat tissue samples, the current application will identify clinically relevant mechanisms of regulation of inflammation.
Thymic adipogenesis and age-related thymic demise
With progressive aging, thymus is replaced with ectopic adipocytes and its ability to produce naïve T cells is dramatically diminished. This research project is designed to understand the lineage of adipocytes in aging thymus and to determine the causes and consequences of thymic adiposity and its relationship with immune-senescence.
Selected Publications
- Youm YH, Grant RW, McCabe LR, Albarado DC, Nguyen KC, Ravussin A, Pistell P, Newman S, Carter R, Laque A, Munzberg H, Rosen CJ, Ingram DK, Salbaum JM and Dixit VD. (2013) Canonical Nlrp3 inflammasome links systemic low grade inflammation to functional decline in aging. Cell Metab. 18: 519-532.
- Grant RW, Youm YH, Ravussin A and Dixit VD. (2013) Quantification of adipose tissue leukocytosis in obesity. Methods. Mol. Biol. 1040: 195-209
- Youm YH, Kanneganti TD, Vandanmagsar B, Zhu X, Ravussin A, Adijiang A, Owen JS, Thomas MJ, Francis J, Parks JS and Dixit VD (2012) The NLRP3 Inflammasome Promotes Age-related Thymic Demise and Immunosenescence. Cell Reports 1, 56-68.
- Kanneganti TD & Dixit VD. (2012). Immunological complications of obesity. Nat. Immunol. 19;13(8):707-712
- Vandanmagsar B, Youm YH, Ravussin A, Galgani J, Stadler K, Mynatt RL, Ravussin E, Stephens JM, Dixit VD. (2011) The NLRP3 Inflammasome Instigates Obesity-Induced Inflammation and Insulin Resistance. Nat. Med. 17: 179-188. PMID: 21217695
- Youm YH, Yang H, Amin R, Smith SR, Leff T, Dixit VD. (2010) Thiazolidinedione treatment and constitutive-PPAR? activation induces ectopic adipogenesis and promotes age-related thymic involution. Aging. Cell Apr 1. Aug;9(4):478-89.PMID: 20374200.
- Yang H, Youm YH, and Dixit VD. (2009). Inhibition of thymic adipogenesis by caloric restriction is coupled with reduction in the age-related thymic involution. J. Immunol. 183(5):3040-52. PMCID: PMC2731487
- Yang H, Youm YH, Vandanmagsar B, Rood J, Kumar KG, Butler AA and Dixit VD. (2009) Obesity Accelerates Thymic Aging. Blood. 114(18):3803-3812. PMID: 19648267
- Dixit VD, Yang H, Sun Y, Youm YH et al (2007) Ghrelin promotes thymopoiesis during aging. J. Clin. Invest. 117: 2778-2790.
- Dixit VD, Schaffer EM, Pyle RS, Collins GD, et al. (2004) Ghrelin inhibits leptin- and activation-induced proinflammatory cytokine expression by human monocytes and T cells. J Clin Invest.114:57-66.


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The French foreign intelligence service DGSE on Monday denied a claim by a former deputy director that the academic Clotilde Reiss had spied for France, the daily Le Monde reported on its website.
"Clotilde Reiss never worked for us," the DGSE said. "She was never registered as an agent and never presented herself to our services." Ms. Reiss was put on trial in Iran last year for spying, but released on Sunday.
Former DGSE deputy director Maurice Dufresse on Sunday said on LCI television that she had been a registered spy and had provided France with information about Iranian internal politics and its nuclear programme.
"She worked for France to gather information on internal politics and also on nuclear proliferation," he said. "She is registered with the DGSE." After working as a university lecturer in Tehran for five months, Ms. Reiss was arrested in July 2009, as she was trying to leave the country.
She was convicted of briefing the French Embassy on the riots that shook the country after the controversial re—election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Ms. Reiss was released on Sunday and flown back to France.
Mr. Dufresse also said that Ms. Reiss was "honourable," "courageous," and "deserved being saluted as someone who did good work." Mr. Dufresse himself is being sued by French Interior Minister Herve Morin for allegedly divulging national secrets in a recent book, the website Le Point reported on Monday.
In a complaint lodged last month, Mr. Morin accused Mr. Dufresse of violating national defence secrets, breaching professional secrets and revealing the names of protected individuals in his book 25 ans dans les services secrets (25 Years in the Secret Service).
If found guilty on only the first charge, he faces a maximum sentence of seven years in prison and a fine of up to 100,000 euros (123,000 dollars).
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I am having a hard time with the concept that anyone would describe this beer as bitter. To me, while not necessarily subtle, I found the hops to be sublime and every sip made me smile. Every pour resulted in a pillowy white, long-lasting head and lacing that lasted until the glass was washed. My first keg of this is likely to kick today and I am already preparing to brew a 10 gallon batch.
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This growing season has been brutal in our part of the country. Nevertheless, I knew we were in for a problem back in the winter. Over the course of my life, when inquiring about a problem, situation, function, example, question or any other unknown or known occurrence, I have heard in essence the same meaning, repeatedly, when talking to experts or professionals in their field. It is not always the same words and there are different phrases used when the person is describing their perspective or knowledge. However, the out come is always the same they are genuinely stymied and do not know the answer.
It has been phrases like, "I've never seen that before," or "This is the first time I have heard of that," or "It has never done that before," or "In all my years this is the first time (fill in the blank)," or "No, I have not come across that before,". It is not complex things, I do not deal with things of unearthly origin or advanced technological solutions. At work or at home or growing I have heard these comments in different situations.
Sometimes we joke about my ability to be in a place when something completely bizarre happens. One of my colleagues long ago tagged me as "Schleprock" a character on the Flintstone's. I'm not saying this is always the case because, I consider my life to be very blessed and I have been able to do good things that help family and community. But, there is that other side, a small side, but it is a part firmly in place.
We had a soil professional on the property; he spent his entire life in the farming community and learning about soils. I took him to the end of the high-tunnel where we had so much trouble putting in the footers (see This is no Easy Project). I picked up a piece of the soil and gave it to him to examine. He looks at it, rubs it between his fingers and says, "Huh, I have never seen this before. It looks like it has been fired or was part of a building". You figure the odds, out of fifteen acres; I was able to select an area that may be on top of an out-building used in the 1800's or earlier.
This brings me back to my point on this summer's drought. When the two water tanks arrived, I made sure to have them placed and hooked up for the early spring rain. The reason we got them was that in past years we would lose water after the two three thousand tanks filled but the rains kept coming. Then there was a part of me that thought, "With my luck we'll have a drought this year".
I know there is no correlation between me buying water tanks and the rain not coming, but it does not surprise me. I am use to people being surprised when I ask for explanations and they should know the answer but it is the first time they have encounter the problem or situation that I am in. I am an optimist, heavily cloaked in a thick layer of pessimism.
It came as no surprise the first time I bought water this summer that it rained the next day. It did not rain enough, but the fact that it rained at all was surprising. It was not predicted and it was a quick moving front. That was all the rain we got for the next nineteen days. That is until I bought another four thousand gallons of water. It sprinkled while the water was being pumped from the truck to the tanks but it was not enough to make the grass wet. I could not help but still see the irony however, slight.
Things are coming in slow, everyone is complaining and we are doing our best. The corn is failing and the chickens are down sixty percent in laying capacity. Each year growing has seemed to have unique characteristics or personality and this season is turning out to be just brutal.
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With the New Year, comes a fresh start. Last month we discussed shaping your personal statement, but in the New Year, let's shift the focus onto your overall plan.
Depending on where you are in your pre-med studies, you are going to need to do different things, but at minimum, you want to make sure you have a solid plan. A good template for a pre-med plan includes three categories - academic performance, academic potential, and the qualitative factors that shape you. Let's break down how you can maximize each of these three categories:
Academic Performance:
Medical schools pay particular attention to not only the grades you receive in your classes (pre-med and overall) but also to the trends in your grades, the types of courses you take, and the variety of courses. The great thing about being pre-med is you can major in whatever subject your heart desires. If you look at the typical cross section of a medical school class you will find students who majored in engineering, art, music, business, languages, English, and pretty much anything you can think of. Regardless of your major, however, you'll need to take pre-med prerequisite classes such as General Chemistry, ...
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There is no doubt that the medical school application is complex. As a pre-med, regardless of where you are in your education - just starting out as a freshman or sophomore, completing pre-med courses as a junior or senior, or studying for the MCAT - it's never too early to start thinking about your personal statement. In fact, one of the biggest mistakes pre-meds make is to not start thinking about their personal statement early enough. In fact, whether you realize it or not, you have already begun to write your personal statement, or at least gathering the experiences that will shape your story.
So as you take a step back from the hustle and bustle of school during the holiday season, I invite you to start taking some inventory of what makes you you! After all, the personal statement needs to be personal, and too often pre-meds take about everything but themselves in the statement.
First and foremost, it's important to have a clear reason for your desire to study medicine - the inevitable, "why do you want to be a doctor" question. Rule number one, it is not good enough, nor will it help you at all, to ...
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Hannah Keppler Student, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Last Wednesday, thousands of students at more than 70 medical schools across the country staged "white-coat die-ins" to make a statement about racial injustice, including as it manifests itself in our health care system.
As one of these students, I lay on the ground for 7 minutes, the same amount of time that Eric Garner's body lay on a Staten Island sidewalk after he was choked to death by police. While I laid there, I thought about the systemic injustices in our society and how I and other students could effect change.
When we first donned our white coats, my classmates and I took an oath to "do no harm." To me, taking that oath was making a pledge to always respect and honor the value of human life.
Looking at current inequalities in the health care system, it's clear to me that not all lives are valued equally. Racial disparities persist, often insidiously. One study found that there is an excess of 83,570 African American deaths per year due to health disparities. [1]
How can we explain this persistent inequality? Racial disparities are endemic ...
AMSA and national partner Kaplan have teamed up for a blog series featuring AMSA leadership from across the country. We are calling this series The Premed Experience, and each week AMSA's On Call and Kaplan's Med School Pulse will post new articles from AMSA leaders on their premedical experience and journey to medical school.
by Laté Lawson-Hellu, Professionalism Coordinator, AMSA Pre-medical Leadership Team
Pre-med. That "Pre-," tell us that we are working toward a specific goal. In our case that goal is medical school. With a great goal comes great challenges that we deal with day in and day out just so that one day we might lose the status "pre" and finally be one step closer to our common dream profession. Life as a pre-med student is incredibly challenging, and some of us face other external challenges due the environment we live in. For instance, some have to financially support themselves while taking classes, or some are taking classes and preparing for the MCAT. Some may also have to financially support their family while working toward their goals. Between going to school, working, and trying to stay sane (enjoying life), we risk an imbalance that can significantly affect our ...
by Corey Hoch, LGBT Programming Coordinator- AMSA Gender & Sex Committee
When I heard about the opportunity to write a blog post for AMSA, I was excited for this wonderful opportunity. After the initial excitement wore off a bit, I was left thinking to myself, "What am I going to even write about?" As premedical students, it's as though we are constantly being told what we should be doing, what we shouldn't be doing, and it seems as though we are never doing enough. So instead of becoming just another one of those to-do lists, I wanted to make this more personal, a post with which maybe somebody else out there can relate.
The Dilemma
It's a scary world out there, especially as a premedical student. Sometimes I get caught up second-guessing myself and pondering all the what-ifs. I become my own worst enemy.
Can ...
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Fourteen children's centres across Wakefield face axe
Fourteen children's centres are facing the axe as Wakefield Council looks to slash £185m from its budget.
The authority announced earlier it would hold a three month consultation period into the future of the sites.
A report to cabinet said closing the centres would offer a more "flexible and accessible service" by creating hubs in central locations.
But parents say the centres are a lifeline, particularly in deprived areas.
Centres under threat
- Ash Tree, Castleford
- Butterflies, Normanton
- Sharlston, Sharlston
- Sycamores, Knottingley
- Orchard Head, Pontefract
- Sunflowers, South Elmsall
- Upton, Upton
- Little Owls, South Kirkby
- Michaelmas, Flanshaw
- Maypole, Ossett
- Small Steps, Wrenthorpe
- Apple Tree, Horbury
- Havercroft, Havercroft
- Forrest Wood, Crigglestone
Caroline Vyse, from the parent's forum at Sunflowers Children's Centre in South Elmsall, said: "We really need the children's centres in areas such as this, they give [children] a good foundation in reading and writing and listening, and gives them a good basis for when they start school."
The consultation comes as the council looks to save £2.5m from the children's centre budget and £185m by 2020.
Plans include closing smaller centres and moving them to main sites across the district, offering a range of services.
Councillor Olivia Rowley said: "We understand that cuts to budgets are unpopular but we have no choice.
"No decision has yet been made on children's centres and we have already seen the strength of feeling people have for them.
"Although the proposal is to stop operating some children's centres, it is not a proposal to stop offering the services they provide."
The consultation period will start on 15 July.


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Staff Reporter
Chicago Sun-Times
September 10, 2009
Steven R. Cordes wanted to help his girlfriend keep tabs on who her
teenage daughter was dating and hanging out with.
So Cordes -- director of a Kane County emergency dispatch agency --
searched confidential police databases and did criminal background
checks on a boyfriend and other friends.
But the searches were unauthorized -- and illegal. On Thursday the
44-year-old Lake in the Hills man on Thursday was sentenced to six
months in jail and placed on 30 months probation after he pleaded guilty
to official misconduct for running the searches between 2006 and 2008
while he ran Quadcomm, a 911 dispatch center. He had earlier resigned
his post at the center.
Cordes did the searches -- including license plate checks and a
background check on one person -- because he wanted to help his
girlfriend keep her teenage daughter safe, Cordes. attorney said.
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The Ajna Chakra color are deep shades of blue and indigo. The Sixth Chakra is attached to the Sixth layer of the aura, known as the Celestial layer. The Celestial layer of the aura is connected to spiritual ecstasy and Enlightenment, it is your source of connection to the Source, of God.
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"Reasonable delivery time. TERRIBLE product. The pants fall apart when you put them in the dryer (on delicate setting), and the size is different every time I order them. Instead of paying to ship them back, I brought them to the store. The clerk was nice and seemed to know what he was doing, but the whole process took way too long. I decided to just take the money and run, since the pants I bought a couple months ago just completely fell apart."
"this is the worst customer service I have had in a while. I cannot believe that this shirt was canceled and I haven't even got my money back. the kicker is you all didn't even tell me anything until i had to come to you about it. are you all planning on robbing me of $6 ? that is sure what it seems. I do not like people playing with my money, I work very hard for that money and to have a company try and rob me of $6 is pathetic. I just want to know why was I not informed of this right away? and when am I going to get my money? "
"Warning: shopping @ American Eagle Outfitters
HORRRRRRIBLE EXPERIENCE! If you are reading this, please beware, do not purchase anything from this company online. If it must be returned, be prepared to go through hell!
Not only that, they will debit, credit, debit...your acct. for the purchase until your head is spinning!
Must also mention: 1) wrong shipping address, 2) saying they had to call my bank to verify the card I had used and 3) too many questions (interrogation!)"
"They freaking shipped my order to an entire different city!!! How?!
--I will never buy anything from AE website ever agian"
"Where do I begin?
I wanted to order the boot kick pant and they are only available online U.S. store. They only carry the khaki color in Canada. I had waited a few months before they finally had my size 6 avail online. I went to the store here in Toronto to try them on and make sure they fit.
I checked several times and a sales lady told me to try again before the start of school since they would probably restock the inventory.(this was in March)
Great! I called mid July ordered my pants. Finally! Got them a couple weeks later only to find they were a bit snug. Had to return/exchange them and pay to send them back! That took 4 weeks. I made sure to check what I needed to fill out before I sent them back, ONLY to have them ship the wrong length back when I specifically asked for short!! So when I get in a couple of weeks from now, I will have to exchange them again and wait another 4 weeks before they actually get my order!
When I called to fig out what was going on since i received confusing emails telling me they sent the wrong size and credited me back. Both the woman and I were confused. Apparently I was credited back as a return on my visa yet they shipped the order and will have to charge it again. Fine.
When I called to clarify with the gentleman that I spoke with not only was he rude and interrupted me as I was trying to explain the situation, but extremely..unsympathetic.
I will never order anything from them again!
Not only will I have waited 3 months before I even get what I have ordered!
Worst experience will definitely not recommend ordering from their U.S. online store. Hassel free return policy my ass!!"
"used prepaid visa card for purchase; returned items and wanted a refund. They refund prepaid card (which card service people said could not be done!) went to American Eagle (have been there 3 times!) finally got them to find receipts on their computer since I had lost them but then said I had to wait 30 days for a refund! By then I just wanted replacement jeans! 1/19/14 started with them, it's 3/8/14 and still no refund or clothes! Going there again today!"
"WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE EVER! I will NEVER EVER shop with AE again!!! I did online shopping on December 2, 2013 and it says on their website free return shipping. I got my order together with the "free" labels (one has local address-canada and the other one has US address). I had to return some items because of the size so I called the customer service to confirm which label should I use to ship it back to AE. The agent told me to use the Canada address so I went to the post office to ship the items and the lady who's working there told me that I have to pay. i explained to her that it should be free return shipping but she didn't accept it. I went home and called AE customer service again and told the agent what happened. This time the agent told me to use the US label. I was not satisfied with her answer so after I hang up, I dialled the number again and talked to different agent. She told me the same thing, to use the US label. On December 31, 2013, I went to the post office again (different location), this time using the US label. When the lady saw the address, she asked me to pay for it, I again explained that it should be free shipping. Of course she said NO so I showed her the canada address, she also said NO. She told me to just ship it to canada address coz its cheaper rather than using the US address. I know the lady who's working in the post office and she's been there for ages so she knows what she's doing. She even mentioned that I was not the 1st customer of AE who experienced the same problem. I didn't have a choice but to pay for the shipping. On January 9, 2014, my package reached AE location as per my tracking number. I called customer service again like mid or 3rd week of January to ask for any updates. The agent told me to call after a week coz so far there was no update. On january 31, I received an email saying that the items that I would like to be changed are no longer available so they will refund my money. On that day, I was doing my online banking and saw that AE has charged me for a certain amount. So I called the customer service again and asked what's going on. The agent told me that one of the items is available so they are sending it to me. They first refunded the total amount for all the items and charged me again for the one item which is available. I didn't receive an email or any notification in regards to that so of course I was wondering why they charged me again. I don't mind to be charged but at least give your customer some notifications. We deserve to know what's going on! And all the agent who handled my calls, they all SUCK BIG TIME!!!! Giving you different information and they were talking to you like you were stupid! The reason why you're calling coz you have some questions to be answered! I even wrote an email to the management and till now I haven't received any response. This is gonna be my first and last time shopping with AE!!!!! NEVER AGAIN!!!!!"
"I have shopped several times online from American Eagle and the experience seems to be fine so far. First order April 2010, last order so far 12/2013.
I like that is part of the Shoprunner network so my orders get shipped in 2 days with no minimum. Returns shipped are easy as well with the service.
Returns in-store are not bad unless there's a long line. But another caveat is that you MUST bring the credit card that you placed the order with. Otherwise you can get merchandise credit. They are not able to just electronically refund you without the credit card in hand unlike other stores, and they cannot credit it to a different credit card either unlike other stores.
I asked if they were able to pricematch a past purchase to the current price with a coupon code that was available on the site, and their policy regarding to this is:
Discount codes cannot be honored if 24 hours have passed since the time your order was placed."
"MY WORST online shopping experience is with AMERICAN EAGLE, i shopped black friday and they ship it dec. 4 now the package came dec. 9 in my post office facility and was never attempted to ship and returned to their warehouse . NOW DEC. 17 they want to charge again my card for them to re-ship and will only do 2 DAY SHIPPING, this is supposed to be a Christmas gift for my husband, thinking it will come on time . CUSTOMER SERVICE AT ITS WORST!!!!!! "
"I had never shopped at an American Eagle Outfitters store or online before but I went to the site looking for something and found that the carry the Medium Tall size. I found some shirts I liked ordered them and they were shipped quickly and arrived quickly. I ended up returning one of them with no problems whatsoever. Not sure why everyone else has had so many problems."
"I just want to write a quick review about my online shopping experience at AE Outfitters because it wasn't as bad as everyone else's. Although I did not receive my package, I do not blame AE, I blame the post office.
I ordered two pairs of jeans from AE on Sept 16th, they were shipped for free because I spent over $50. Shipped the following day via UPS and transferred to USPS on the 20th. According to the UPS tracking, post office attempted to deliver my package and left a delivery notice. I DID NOT RECEIVE A NOTICE, which didn't even matter because by the time I called the post office my package was lost, they didn't even care to help me.
Thankfully, when I called AE their first reaction was to refund me my money, which I thought wasn't going to happen because of the reviews i read on here. So even though I didn't receive my pants (which I'm pretty bummed out about)I'm satisfied with the customer service. Next time, I'll surely pay for shipping to avoid having my package transferred to the damn, good for nothing post office."
"Do not use Paypal unless you want to waste your time. Took 4 days to tell me that my Paypal payment could not be authorized, now I am sure the refund will take up to 10 days to receive. I do not want to verify my Paypal address because Paypal is know to sock it to customers. AE should not be trying to force peoples hand by verifying address, any one who knows there is so much you have to do to verify and I am not giving anyone my SSN or Bank details. Guess I will take my business else where online and in person. I was an AE customer for a long time but due to this I will shop a different brand."
"I ordered two items during a 40% off sale plus free shipping, with the total coming to about $26. Today, I happened to check the order receipt and for some reason I was charged $45, full price for the items. Obviously I was buying the items for the sale so I was extremely upset, I would otherwise have not bought the clothes if they were not on sale. I emailed the company, not really expecting the money to be credited back to me but I gave it a shot anyway. They emailed back within an hour and refunded me the difference! I normally do not like big corporations like this and only really buy anything when it's on sale but I am really pleased and satisfied with the outcome!"
"Horrible customer service! I ordered one pair of jeans during a 20% off sale and the order didn't go through so the next day I tried to redo the transaction and of course the sale was no longer going on and I was a little irritated I had to pay $15 more for same item whatever I bought it using my Paypal then I check my Paypal and they charged me twice for the higher amount!!! I've been calling ae.com along with PayPal and originally I was told I would be refunded in 24 hours then I called back and they said 48 hours still no $ I called back today and now I'm being told I have to wait 10 business days to be refunded neither company really cared or even apologized for the inconvienence so I have paid $100 for 1 pair of jeggings that should have originally cost $35 this is my first time buying at ae.com and surely will be my last!! B"
"I purchased 3 items at ae, a mint colored tank top, a red and orange striped sweater and a muave colored sweater with a chiffon back. i ordered all items in medium. the tank and pink sweater fit, the mauve one didnt. so rather than paying for shipping to return i decided to go to the store and return and maybe see if i can find a smaller size. i get to the store and i'm waiting in line for 5 minutes (which is fine) the customer next to me is returning 3 items, no tags, no receipt etc so the associate is attempting to look her items up on her ae cc or rewards card for a correct refund price. another associate comes up an offers to help me, i explain it doesnt fit and she states she "doesnt think they have it anymore but will double check after processing my return" so she is looking at the sweater, flipping it around and finally asks "where are the tags?" so i tell her that it didnt have tags and that it came in a clear plastic bag but the upc code was on the plastic bag....so she replies "im not trying to give you a hard time i'm just trying to figure out where the tags are so i can return the correct item" so now im upset, i have my receipt, i have the blue bag it shipped in and i have the clear plastic bag with the upc code on it so whats the problem?!?! so the associate preceeds to flip the shirt inside and out turning it and turning it and again asks "where are the tags" i finally say AGAIN it did not come with tags it came in a plastic bag with the upc code on the bag. she then says very loudly look, the tags are cut out, she shows me and says see this, they have been cut so where are the tags? i am now upset and embarassed as there is a line now (the customer next to me is still waiting for her return items to be looked up)i finally said-i ordered 3 items, one of which i am wearing (the pink sweater) the other item is a mint green lace back tank top so obviously the only other item on my receipt is the mauve colored chiffon back v neck sweater! (which was also the exact description on the receipt) i then said you recognized the item as an ae sweater because when i came in you stated you didnt think there were any left and you would help me look for one. I have the shipping bag which shows i received it yesterday, you have my receipt, you have the clear plastic bag it came in so what exactly is the problem?? without saying another word to me the whole visit, she returned my sweater threw my card on the counter for me to pick up and with out helping me look for another sweater or asking me to wait while she gets the line down she yelled "next" to help the next customer in line. to make matters worse i called their customer service to report it, she seemed annoyed i called and uninterested. i then asked to speak to the district manager and was told-they travel a lot i cant guarantee they can call you! so done with ae!! "


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Either way, as long as you aren't saying creepy stuff, but just having a normal conversation, it should be fine.
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This book is an invaluable reference guide for students of literary and cultural studies which introduces over forty of the complex terms, motifs and concepts in literary and cultural theory today. Critical Keywords in Literary and Cultural Theory - gives students a brief introduction to each concept together with short quotations from the work of key thinkers and critics to stimulate discussion and guide genuine comprehension. - supplies helpful glosses and annotations for each term, concept or keyword which is discussed - offers reflective, practical questions at the end of each entry to direct the student to consider a particular aspect of the quotations and the concept they address - provides explanatory notes and bibliographies to aid further research This essential volume is ideal as both a dip-in reference book and a guide to literary theory for practical classroom use.
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And it might just surprise you
Listening to a gay person talking about how they want to get married is the best way of getting a former homophobe to change their minds, a new study has found.
Researchers from Columbia University and the University of California has found a gay person is far more effective than straight person in shifting voters' views towards supporting marriage equality.
'I think people ought to have the freedom to choose their own life path'
Australian Senator David Leyonhjelm today (26 November) introduced his long-awaited gay marriage bill in parliament.
The straight Liberal Democrat told the upper house that he supported gay marriage 'because I think people ought to have the freedom to choose their own life path.'
'To most people, marriage equality means the right to get married irrespective of gender or sexual preference,' he said.
'But it is much more than that; it is the right to live your life as you choose and not have the government impose a particular view on you.'
'For many years, there have been powerful voices condemning homosexual conduct as immoral, but the Court's obligation in this case is not to determine or mandate a particular moral code, but rather "to define the liberty of all"'
A federal judge in Alaska ruled the US state's marriage ban is unconstitutional
According to local news station KTUU, District Court Judge Timothy Burgess issued his summary judgment today, 12 October, in the case Hamby et al. v. Parnell et al.
The Supreme Court has made history in the United States, with three in five Americans soon able to say they live in states that believe in equal marriage for all.
On Monday (6 October), the high court declined to hear appeals from give five states that were challenging lower court rulings legalizing same-sex marriage.
By doing so, same-sex marriage is now legal in Indiana, Utah, Oklahoma, Virginia and Wisconsin.
Senator David Leyonhjelm says the timing is not right now but he still aims to introduce the bill in the coming weeks or months
Australian Senator David Leyonhjelm has said he will postpone his gay marriage bill but he is still committed to introducing the legislation 'in a matter of weeks or months.'
The Liberal Democrat told the Australian newspaper that he will temporarily delay his Freedom to Marry bill, which was due this week, because of advice from the major parties.
He said, 'Both sides of politics have suggested to me that timing this week is not optimum at the moment and if I want to win, rather than just do something symbolic, I need to wait.
'It is clear to me that discrimination of any form should not be tolerated and that committed gay and lesbian couples deserve the protections that only marriage can provide'
Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer joined the growing list of politicians supporting marriage equality.
A politician has written an incredible Father's Day message to his child, affirming his belief in gay rights
A Texas politician has written an incredible letter to his lesbian daughter.
Juan 'Chuy' Hinojosa, a state senator, said it saddens him to know she lives her life in a society that views her as 'different'.
'You are my daughter — you deserve the same love and acceptance and to share in the same freedoms to marry the person you love,' he said.
In 2013, Hinojosa sponsored a bill to legalize civil unions in the US state, but in the letter he declares he now supports full equal marriage.
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Jim Darby and Patrick Bova are finally able to make their relationship legal
Jim Darby and Patrick Bova, the lead plaintiffs in a lawsuit seeking marriage for all same-sex couples in Illinois, were finally able to exchange vows on Monday (2 June).
Darby, 82, and Bova, 76. have been a couple for 51 years.
Among the guests at the ceremony held at the Museum of Contemporary Art was Illinois Governor Pat Quinn.
All counties in the state began begin issuing same-sex marriage licenses on Sunday (1 June).
Lambda Legal, which filed the lawsuit on the couple's behalf, called the occasion 'a joyous day.'
Plaintiffs want to either get married or have Montana recognize their marriage performed in another state
Four same-sex couples have filed a federal suit against the state of Montana's ban on gay marriage.
The couples, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, are suing for the right to marry in Montana or to have their marriage performed in another state legally recognized where they live.
The plaintiffs are: Angie and Tonya Rolando of Great Falls who share a last name but are not married; Shauna and Nicole Goubeaux of Billings; Ben Milano and Chase Weinhandl of Bozeman; and Sue Hawthorne and Adel Johnson of Helena.
'Marriage is a fundamental freedom, and freedom means freedom for everyone'
Today, 23 April, a federal court judge heard arguments challenging Oregon's same-sex marriage ban.
The American Civil Liberties Union, and two law firms, brought the case on behalf of two same-sex couples and a local gay rights group called Basic Rights Oregon.
Alan Simpson says in new ad: 'I have had a wonderful married life, why shouldn't somebody else have the joy of marriage'
Retired US Senator Alan Simpson became a political rarity this week: he is Republican who has come out very publicly in favor of gay marriage.
Simpson, who served in the Senate for 18 years before retiring in 1997, felt so strongly about the issue that he agreed to appear in a television ad for the group Freedom to Marry.
'We can tell you by experience that there's tons of support down here,' says Mississippi native Bass in Freedom to Marry video
While gay marriage is slowly spreading - state by state - in the US, none of the states where it has become legal have been in the South.
Mississippi native Lance Bass, engaged to marry actor Michael Turchin, is confident that is about to change.
'We're here; our feet are planted here in Mississippi, and we can tell you by experience that there's tons of support down here,' Bass says in a video released Thursday (13 March) by Southerners for the Freedom to Marry.
Says one plaintiff: 'As much as I love this state, it is frustrating to be treated differently by the government because of who I love'
Four same-sex couples filed a lawsuit against Wyoming on Wednesday (5 March) in an effort to overturn the state's ban on gay marriage.
The suit not only challenges the ban on same-sex couples marrying but also the state's refusal to recognize the marriages of couples married in other states where they are legal.
Filed in state court, the suit claims that the current laws against same-sex marriage violate the Wyoming constitution's guarantees of equal protection and due process.
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper has announced his support for same-sex marriage a year after signing civil unions for same-sex couples into law
Democratic Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper has announced that he wants his state to join the growing list of US states that allow same-sex couples to legally marry – releasing a statement in support of the campaign for equal marriage in his state.
'We have advocated for equal rights for all Coloradans and we will continue to advocate for equal rights for all Coloradans,' Hickenlooper said in his statement for advocacy group Why Marriage Matters Colorado.
Four of the plaintiffs are raising children together and want legal protections
Florida's ban on gay marriage is being challenged in court by six same-sex couples who want to tie the not.
The couples and the Equality Florida Institute filed a lawsuit in state court in Miami on Tuesday (21 January) in Miami seeking the freedom to marry.
Theor lawsuit argues that Florida's laws barring same-sex couples from marriage violate the US Constitution by denying them the legal protections and equal dignity that having the freedom to marry provides.
Plaintiffs include university instructors, teacher of deaf children and a military veteran
Four female couples from Boise, Idaho, have filed a federal challenge to their state's ban on gay marriage and refusal to recognize same-sex unions from other states.
The lawsuit argues that Idaho's laws are in violation of the United States Constitution's guarantee of equal protection and due process - an argument used in successful lawsuits filed in other states such as New Jersey.
Retired Lutheran pastor Gilbert Rossing has told of how his gay sons forced him to change his mind about homosexuality and Christianity and come to support same-sex marriage in backing gay couples' right to wed in Oregon
A retired US Lutheran pastor has shared how his sons coming out to him has inspired him to question his beliefs and come to accept same-sex couples as acceptable for marriage in the eyes of God.
Gilbert Rossing, a former minister of Gethsemane Lutheran Church in Portland who now lives in Washington state, told his story in a bid to urge people in Oregon to support efforts to put same-sex marriage on the ballot for 2014 elections.
Hours after the first same-sex couples were legally married, the anti-equal marriage governor has withdrawn his appeal to the Supreme Court
Governor Chris Christie has withdrawn his challenge to same-sex marriage in New Jersey, it was revealed minutes ago today (21 October).
The Republican politician was appealing a state Superior Court ruling that allowed same-sex couples to get married as of today.
On Friday (18 October), the New Jersey Supreme Court denied Christie's request to delay the start date.
The Court also indicated it would not rule in Christie's favor when the appeal is heard in Janaury next year.
State's Supreme Court rules that same-sex couples can get married as court case is being appealed
The New Jersey Supreme Court has given the go ahead for same-sex marriages to begin in the state on Monday (21 October).
The court has denied a request filed by the state to postpone the marriages as the high court considers an appeal to a federal judge's order that New Jersey allow same-sex marriages.
A group of US military veterans have added their voices to the campaign to legalize same-sex marriage in the state of Illinois as efforts to force the reform mount
US military veterans have joined the campaign to legalize same-sex marriage in the state of Illinois where the governor and state senate have backed the reform but the Republican controlled House of Representatives continues to block progress.
Veterans Unite for Marriage decided to organize after the US Department of Veterans Affairs announced in September that it would begin providing equal benefits to military personnel who were legally married in their home states.
Suit claims state law 'sends a purposeful message that lesbians, gay men, and their children are second-class citizens'
Three West Virginia couples are the lead plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday (1 October) that seeks to overturn the state's ban on gay marriage.
The lawsuit, filed by Lambda Legal in the US District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, argues that West Virginia's marriage ban unfairly discriminates against same-sex couples and their children.
New York is the first state to announce that qualifying LGBT couples will receive estate tax refunds
Andrew Cuomo, the governor of New York, announced gay couples, who meet all requirements, will receive estate tax refunds.
In 2011 June, the legislature of the US Middle Atlantic State approved a same sex marriage law. State officials decided local estate tax regulations would apply to gay married couples on, or after, 24 June 2011.
House of Representatives failed to vote on bill in May for marriage equality
The activist group Illinois Unites for Marriage is pumping $2 million into a campaign to get gay marriage legislation passed in the state.
The Illinois House of Representatives failed in May to vote on a bill to make same-sex marriage legal. The bill had already passed in the Illinois Senate and Governor Pat Quinn had vowed to sign it into law.
Illinois Unites for Marriage will use the $2 million to hire a campaign manager, field director, a faith organizer and 15 field managers placed throughout the state.
Over 200 anti-gay conservatives who name themselves Freedom Federation published an open letter against marriage equality
US Christian groups have come together in writing to preemptively proclaim their refusal to recognize marriage equality.
In a letter published online, The Freedom Federation, who boast 'Real hope, Real change, Real freedom,' promise to ignore the Supreme Court's ruling if it changes the definition of marriage to include same-sex couples.
The letter was co-drafted by Mathew Staver, chairman of legal ministry Liberty Counsel Action, who has said that gay marriage will lead to polygamy and civil war.
House of Lords backs gay and lesbian marriage bill for England and Wales and will now scrutinize it in detail
The House of Lords has backed the further passage of the equal marriage bill – meaning it has now passed a crucial hurdle.
The upper chamber of the British parliament spent two days debating the government's Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, which has already been passed by the elected House of Commons.
Despite a fierce debate the peers rejected an amendment by Lord Geoffrey Dear which would have stopped the bill in its tracks.
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Amazon and Hachette Finally Reach an Agreement on eBooks
Posted by: | CommentsHachette Book Group and Amazon today announced that the companies have reached a new, multi-year agreement for ebook and print sales in the US.
The new ebook terms will take effect early in 2015. Hachette will have responsibility for setting consumer prices of its ebooks, and will also benefit from better terms when it delivers lower prices for readers. Amazon and Hachette will immediately resume normal trading, and Hachette books will be prominently featured in promotions.
This entire contract situation went on for far too long and I am glad its finally over. It seemed that people used this contract dispute to write millions of news items on the predatory nature of Amazon and Hachette.
Michael Pietsch, Hachette Book Group CEO said, "This is great news for writers. The new agreement will benefit Hachette authors for years to come. It gives Hachette enormous marketing capability with one of our most important bookselling partners."
"We are pleased with this new agreement as it includes specific financial incentives for Hachette to deliver lower prices, which we believe will be a great win for readers and authors alike," said David Naggar, Vice President, Kindle.
Amazon says $9.99 eBooks Make More Money
Posted by: | CommentsAmazon has penned an open letter on their website which spells out their mentality in approaching the ongoing Hachette eBook dispute. They primarily contend that selling eBooks at the $9.9 price point sells more copies and garners more money than titles that retail for $14.99.
In a written statement Amazon said "A key objective is lower e-book prices. Many e-books are being released at $14.99 and even $19.99. That is unjustifiably high for an e-book. With an e-book, there's no printing, no over-printing, no need to forecast, no returns, no lost sales due to out-of-stock, no warehousing costs, no transportation costs, and there is no secondary market — e-books cannot be resold as used books. E-books can be and should be less expensive.
It's also important to understand that e-books are highly price-elastic. This means that when the price goes up, customers buy much less. We've quantified the price elasticity of e-books from repeated measurements across many titles. For every copy an e-book would sell at $14.99, it would sell 1.74 copies if priced at $9.99. So, for example, if customers would buy 100,000 copies of a particular e-book at $14.99, then customers would buy 174,000 copies of that same e-book at $9.99. Total revenue at $14.99 would be $1,499,000. Total revenue at $9.99 is $1,738,000. The important thing to note here is that at the lower price, total revenue increases 16%.
Amazon also made the keypoint of exactly how royalties are pointed to be shared between Hachette and the Seattle based company. "While we believe 35% should go to the author and 35% to Hachette, the way this would actually work is that we would send 70% of the total revenue to Hachette, and they would decide how much to share with the author. We believe Hachette is sharing too small a portion with the author today, but ultimately that is not our call."
In closing Amazon said "Is it Amazon's position that all e-books should be $9.99 or less? No, we accept that there will be legitimate reasons for a small number of specialized titles to be above $9.99."
Forbes: Amazon Dispute Not About Money
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Despite the hordes of critics who have verbally assaulted Amazon for its greed in the Hachette dispute, an article for Forbes today demonstrated the outcome of the current contract negotiation holds a certain percentage of Amazon's revenue in the balance. How much is that revenue? Around eleven million dollars.
As in, 0.014% of its total $78billion business.
Apple was criticized for not taking the judge's ruling lying down when it came time to a $200+ million verdict against it in the DOJ ebook pricing fixing lawsuit, despite the fact that the amount was less than one percent of its cash on hand. The critics argued that Apple has already spent far more than that amount in legal fees, but the tech giant claims that it's not about the money, it's about the guilty ruling.
If Apple will fight for $200 million and some change just on principle, then Amazon's fight for $11 million is equally important, except that Amazon is fighting for its customers, not its drop in the bucket. Once the door opens with Hachette to dictate its own terms, terms that will block Amazon from offering its titles to readers at a discount, then that same door is thrown open even wider for other publishers to follow suit. Eventually, the retail book market will be a landscape where even lower-priced ebooks are a luxury item that consumers can no longer afford.
Amazon's recent request to support Hachette's authors in what is arguably a difficult situation for them by offering the authors 100% of the sales price of their books has yet to be agreed upon.
Amazon to Forfeit Royalties, Offers Hachette Authors 100% of Sales
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In another twist in the ongoing fight between Amazon and publisher Hachette, Amazon has either demonstrated its true spirit of support for authors and readers, or made the best PR move in the history of book publishing. Yesterday, in a King Solomon-like letter that has not been sent to the publisher but was sent to various experts and author organizations for feedback and weighing in, Amazon has offered to give Hachette's authors 100% of the sale price from the ebook sales of their titles until this dispute is resolved. The goal is to force both parties' hands into resolving the matter, as this will cost both Amazon and Hachette their royalties.
Hachette (and several of the authors, in syrupy open letters) has maintained that Amazon doesn't care about authors or the damage this contract negotiation does to the authors' livelihoods, that it only cares about its bottom line. While that is even allowed to be true and is even accepted in the world of free market retail, Hachette has been equally unmoving in its inability to compromise on the terms they seek with Amazon, even to help their authors.
So Amazon has put its money where its mouth is. If the real victims in this battle are the authors, and food is being ripped out of their mouths while the grown-ups argue, then this should help them get by while the terms are still negotiated. Right?
Wrong. Amazon has already been accused of playing this up for publicity, and the offer hasn't even been made to the publisher yet. The retailer is willing to forfeit any fees or costs associated with bookselling in order to give the full purchase price to authors (knowing full well that Hachette won't make a dime on the sale either), yet that is not enough for those who froth over their anger towards the retail giant. The Author's Guild has already (and characteristically) denounced the offer.
Interestingly, Amazon had also reportedly already offered to fund a pool (50% of which would come from Amazon, the other 50% from Hachette) to help see the authors through this difficult time. That offer was rejected.
The best part of this scenario is Hachette can't possibly turn it down. What would be their logic, except to finally admit that their authors are just a commodity? Amazon has deftly demonstrated its true feelings for the authors who've made it what it is today, while also throwing open the door to show the rest of the world (namely, its critics) what publishers really believe.
Despite early and biased coverage of this proposal in news outlets such as the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, it's GigaOm's Laura Hazard Owen who has gone to the effort to make the letter available to readers.
eBook Review: The Silkworm by Robert Gilbraith
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Verdict: 5 Stars
Rowling/Gilbraith has done it again, and this one may be even better than the first in her Cormoran Strike series.
It was both sad and amazing when JK Rowling returned to fiction writing after closing the covers on her Harry Potter series. As she transitioned into becoming the head of the worldwide wizarding empire that has seen a movie franchise, interactive website world, licensed products, and even a theme park, her writing bug may have been quieted by the other projects, but it certainly hadn't died. With her embarrassingly disappointing first adult novel, no one could argue that Rowling didn't stay true to herself and write the book she wanted to write, critics be damned.
But with her second series, Rowling smartly opted for a pen name to avoid the comparisons. Her adult fiction is nothing like the world she built for avid young readers, and she avoided being associated with the first book for as long as she could. Still staying true to her literary choices, she penned the book she wanted to write and her audiences responded favorably.
With the second installment, The Silkworm, Rowling crafted an even more gripping story than the first Strike novel, this time focusing more on the literary world. After a novelist goes missing and Strike is called in by the wife to find him, Strike discovers that the writer's most recent manuscript is a tell-all that would expose people who know the novelist personally, including his own wife. Someone has a motive for murder, and Strike must sift through the saga of dirty laundry in order to beat the killer to it.
Even more than the ever-present writing ability of an author who has the ability to put her readers in the setting, whether it's a dark alley or Diagon Alley, this is one book that might hit too close to home for the world famous author herself. Who better to write about the perils of literary fame than one of the highest grossing authors of all time? It was easy to wonder "what if" as I read, wondering how much of the torment her character feels applies to her own life.
Despite the ongoing dispute between Amazon and Hachette, this title is now available in all formats (paperback still pending).
Big Five Back in Court over eBook Pricing
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When the dust finally settled from the Department of Justice lawsuit against Apple and five of the then-Big Six publishers for illegally colluding to inflate the price of ebooks, essentially bilking consumers out of hundreds of millions of dollars in an effort to grab some more market share away from Amazon, the terms of the judge's ruling included a caveat. That statement was that Apple could not engage in book discounting under the agency model for at least two years, and then it could only negotiate terms of the so-called "agency model" (in which the publishers set the prices of their books, not the retailer) with one publisher at a time spread out over a period of six months each.
Guess who the first publisher in line is? Hachette.
Yes, Hachette, the company who is in heated, contentious dispute with Amazon, currently isn't allowed to sell titles through Apple without giving Apple the right to discount as the court ruling from Judge Denise Cote states that Apple cannot engage in agency pricing for a predetermined period of time.
Hachette wants Amazon to have to submit to the no-discount policy of agency model pricing, knowing full well that Apple is legally bound to not enter into that agreement and can therefore discount ebooks all it wants to. Amazon will be held to whatever price Hachette decides to charge, while Apple can set its own prices, including selling titles at a loss.
I'm sorry, I'm confused…who's the bad guy again?
Interestingly, two other publishers have jumped into the debate. Macmillan and Simon&Schuster have filed court documents contending that the entire situation will work to harm their businesses. Since Apple is filing appeals and has therefore not resolved the issue on when agency model can be reinstated, and since Macmillan and S&S are presumably now at the back of the line of publishers, they cannot institute agency pricing with Apple (and therefore, by common sense, any other retailers) until sometime in late 2017.
Is it any coincidence that Hachette attempted to return to agency pricing with Amazon (and not Apple) at nearly the same time that Apple's new iOS 8 update will make the iBookstore easier to access from its mobile devices?
While the open letter writing, name calling, and petition signing in the Amazon-Hachette battle continues to rage on, it's important to remember that the end result of Hachette getting its way will be that Amazon will not be allowed to discount ebooks, and by law Apple will. I seem to recall there was a massive lawsuit because one retailer had too much of an advantage…
No News Is Still News for Amazon, Hachette Dispute
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A headline in the Wall Street Journal today promised that a senior executive at Amazon had finally spoken openly about the ongoing dispute between the online retail giant and Hachette Book Group, one of the mainstays of publishing and a member of the Big Five. And the remarks attributed did come from VP Russ Grandinetti, but that's really where the amazement of the announcement stopped.
Grandinetti maintained the position that Amazon has held all along, that it is simply fighting for the best prices to give its customers. But instead of taking that at face value–despite the fact that Amazon has built itself into one of the most customer-centric entities in the retail space–those who hate the empire that it has become are determined that there is an ulterior motive, that the retailer is just throwing its weight around and outlining terms that will be adhered to at all costs.
Odd…the Publix grocery store in my town refuses to sell my favorite brand of vegan cheese, and no one's picketing out front.
As the country wrestles with the aftermath of the Supreme Court decision this week that gave another company the power to do pretty much as it pleases with regard to how it conducts business and employee relations, it's easy to lose sight of the fact that Amazon is not required to conduct business with any single entity. In fact, Amazon has been criticized in the past for refusing to sell certain books and for removing content that it deemed inappropriate from its retail shelves, but is now being criticized for not stocking titles from a supplier with whom it currently has no valid terms.
However the terms and the battle end, it is nice to know that both companies feel so strongly about their positions–one that customers deserve the best possible price and the other that authors are true artists who need to be compensated as much as possible–that they are willing to continue the fight in order to achieve their goals.