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There's a great, free social media tool you should definitely be taking advantage of, but probably aren't—your very own employees.
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In honor of Mother's Day, I discuss how my mother went from MOM to CEO of her own business.
Infographic: SMBs Play an Essential Role in the Big Brand GameJanuary 24, 2014
When it comes to small and medium-size business (SMB) customers, brands aren't playing around.
Infographic: Email and Mobile Top Small Businesses' 2014 Wish ListsDecember 13, 2013
Will SMBs fulfill their New Year's resolutions for marketing enhancements?
News Byte: Big Biz on Small Business SaturdayDecember 02, 2013
Small, locally owned businesses rang registers to the tune of nearly $6 billion on Small Business Saturday.
Want to Support Your Community? Try Shopping!November 21, 2013
Looking for an enjoyable way to spend an afternoon while supporting your community and the economy as a whole? Go shopping.
Place People First to Win Clients from Global CompetitionOctober 17, 2013
By placing the human element as a top priority for every IT project you approach, your boutique firm can win big in the face of larger competitors.
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Bernard Perrine, CEO and cofounder of social marketing technology company HipLogiq, on why social media isn't just for the big boys.
Infographic: Small Business Customers Have Big ExpectationsJune 21, 2013
Times they are a-changin'—and getting more challenging for small businesses.
Is Your Small Business Friends with Facebook?March 20, 2013
Big or small, Facebook says it can help them all.
Major Infusion for InfusionsoftJanuary 07, 2013
Goldman Sachs bets on small business with $54 million in financing for marketing software for firms with 25 employees or less.
Wanted: an established Web presence for a floundering SMBNovember 27, 2012
Small online retailers that want to compete against Goliath competitors need to establish a social, speedy Web presence
Fashion e-commerce platform Kitsy Lane to provide small-business marketing solutionsJuly 24, 2012
Kitsy Lane, an e-commerce platform for small fashion businesses and entrepreneurs, launched July 24.
Constant Contact acquires digital storefront provider SinglePlatformJune 13, 2012
Online marketing services company Constant Contact has acquired SinglePlatform, a digital storefront provider that helps small businesses get discovered through mobile and Web searches.
Three ways to get integration initiatives implementedApril 01, 2012
It is not uncommon that the retail side of a business doesn't know what the Web side is doing.
Twitter rolls out ad service for SMBsMarch 26, 2012
Twitter and American Express today launched Promoted Products for Small Businesses, a service allowing small- and medium-sized businesses to advertise on the microblogging site, said Twitter in a statement. The service, announced in February, is available to select American Express cardholders and merchants and will gradually roll out to an increased number of businesses.
Dell's transformationFebruary 01, 2012
Dell strives to better target its customers and market its brand.
VerticalResponse acquires social marketing firm RoostDecember 15, 2011
Self-service marketing company VerticalResponse acquired social marketing firm Roost, the company said on Dec. 15. VerticalResponse CEO Janine Popick said the acquisition closed yesterday but declined to disclose terms.
Experian launches North American consulting practiceDecember 06, 2011
Marketing services firm Experian expanded its Global Consulting Practice, the company's data and analysis consulting division, to serve clients in the North American market.
Q&A: Janine Popick, founder and CEO, VerticalResponseDecember 05, 2011
Janine Popick, founder and CEO of VerticalResponse, discusses how small businesses are integrating email with social media.
Twitter offering limited access to self-service ad platformDecember 02, 2011
Twitter provided a "handful" of advertisers access to its self-service ad platform in November, Twitter spokesperson Matt Graves confirmed via email on Dec. 1. The company's chief revenue officer Adam Bain had mentioned the roll-out during in an interview at the Business Insider "Ignition 2011" conference on Nov. 30.
Marketo launches marketing tool for small businessesOctober 12, 2011
Marketing automation company Marketo on Oct. 11 launched Spark, a marketing automation system tailored for small businesses.
SocialCrush buys social media firm SayItSocialJuly 27, 2011
Consultancy SocialCrush has acquired SayItSocial, a social media marketing firm. Tim Moore, CEO and cofounder of SocialCrush, said that the acquisition will build the company's social media expertise and consultancy work for clients.
Facebook touts small business marketing capabilitiesJuly 27, 2011
Facebook has launched a dedicated site to educate small businesses on the social network's marketing tools. The Facebook for Business portal features links to step-by-step how-to guides to help small companies use the site's advertising offerings, such as Pages, Ads and Sponsored Stories.
Marketers cast skeptical eye on daily deal promotionsJune 15, 2011
Less than half (48%) of small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that have run a daily deal promotion say they would use the promotion vehicle again, according to a study by Rice University professor of management Utpal Dholakia. Of the 324 businesses surveyed, about a third (32%) said they were uncertain if they'd run another daily deal promotion, and 20% said they would not.
Small businesses investing in social media marketingMarch 14, 2011
Café Ba-Ba-Reeba is part of a trend of small businesses using social media to engage customers. According to a study released last week by Borrell Associates, two-thirds of the 2,872 small and medium business owners interviewed said that they use social media to communicate directly with customers, and one-third said that they plan to increase their social media spending this year.
UPS Store, Mail Boxes Etc. conduct localized effort to promote Web printing serviceSeptember 22, 2009
Local branches of Mail Boxes Etc. and the UPS Store, both UPS companies, are conducting a multifaceted marketing effort to promote online printing services, which allow consumers and businesses to publish documents from the Web. The initiative targets small to midsize businesses.
National rollout of FedEx Office print platform completedSeptember 21, 2009
FedEx Office has completed the rollout of its Design & Print Center platform, which was announced in May. Working with commercial printer VistaPrint, FedEx Office has created a digital self-service tool for small business owners to create and order custom business cards, letterhead and marketing collateral. The service is available in the more than 1,100 FedEx Office stores either via an in-store kiosk or from the computer terminals available for customer use.
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A good Galaxy Captain and a good escort Captain will stalemate each other. The Galaxy will cause enough damage to give the escort a scare but probably not enough to destroy it. However, the escort won't have enough firepower to cut through all of the Galaxy's defenses.
From my experience, in PvP levelling a pure PvP Tac/Escort char (well, Tac/BoP, slightly different from a pure Escort):
- Escorts put the "prey" in "Bird of Prey". Eng/Escort slightly more resilient prey. Defiants go boom, Hermeses go boom and Prometheuses go boom.
- Tac/Cruisers=long fight, but they go boom eventually.
- Eng/Cruisers or Sci/Cruisers=endless stalemate.
- Science Vessels=I'm toast. Especially Sci/Sci.
Anyway, while levelling my Sovereign char, I quite liked the upgrade to Galaxy. I don't understand how you'd feel weaker with a higher-tier ship, given all the upgrades it comes with (more BOFFs, Consoles, Weapons, Hull, Shields)... though yes, it does turns slowly.
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Below our press releases from 2012, which included the World Shakespeare Festival, appointment of our new Artistic Director Gregory Doran, and our new Executive Director Catherine Mallyon.
Charlotte Cornwell and Greg Hicks join cast for David Farr's Hamlet
Ian McDiarmid returns to the RSC after an absence of 27 years to play the title role in Brecht's A Life of Galileo.
We provide Audio Described and Captioned performances, Touch Tours and a Relaxed Performance.
Performance of 'Mouse And His Child' for children with autism and sensory/communication needs
A cheese and wine tasting evening with a difference...
Tarell Alvin McCraney's new edit of Shakespeare's epic play premieres at Stratford-upon-Avon in 2013 before engagements in Miami and New York.
Festival hailed great success as final production opens
New collaboration will support and extend our active teaching approaches in the UK and the US and enable us to bring Julius Caesar to New York and Columbus.
Filmed version of Julius Caesar avaiable on DVD from 28 November 2012.
The Winter's Tale will tour to Milton Keynes, York, Nottingham, Edinburgh, Hull and Stoke in March and April 2013.
Mercury award nominees to perform at The Courtyard Theatre
Photography exhibition complements new work on stage
Family friendly activities on offer during the half term holidays
RSC invites people to have their say about the future of theatre
Casting update for Michael Boyd's production of Boris Godunov in the Royal Shakespeare Company's Swan Theatre this Autumn.
Artists Bompas & Barr create an aroma maze with mirrors for the RSC
Casting news for A Life of Galileo
Amateur Actors from across the Midlands perform Pericles as part of the World Shakespeare Festival in the Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
On UK tour from 11 Sep - 1 Dec 2012 playing in schools and theatres in Southampton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Truro, Hull, York, Birmingham & Stratford-upon-Avon
Daniel Ryan and Bettrys Jones take on the title roles of The Mouse and his Child.
Alexandra Gilbreath and Sylvestra Le Touzel take on the roles of the formidable 'Wives'.
Things to see and do at the RSC during the festive season
Leading U.S. performance poet creates new hip hop verion of Caliban's The Tempest speech for myShakespeare.
The Northern Stage's Erica Whyman joins the RSC to lead the revitalisation of the RSC's experimental studio space, The Other Place.
A brand new interactive installation and story-trail at the RSC
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Live music sessions at the Rooftop Restaurant during summer 2012
An evening of new theatre ideas performed in public for the very first time
WSF Update - A Midsummer's Night Dream (As You Like It)
We are presenting an exciting programme of exhibitions in Stratford-upon-Avon during spring and summer 2012 as part of the World Shakespeare Festival
The Royal Shakespeare Company has announced that the Dodgers will be its producing partner for Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical on Broadway.
The RSC has announced the artists chosen to take part in an evening of new theatre in July.
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RSC Chairman, Nigel Hugill, announces that the RSC Board has appointed Chief Associate Director, Gregory Doran, to succeed Michael Boyd as Artistic Director.
RSC announces two new exhibtions in the RST as part of the World Shakespeare Festival.
The RSC is looking for volunteers to get involved in its forthcoming production of Julius Caesar, which is part of the 2012 World Shakespeare Festival.
The Royal Shakespeare Company Groups Brochure 2012 is now available, containing all the information needed to organise a group visit.
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Royal Shakespeare Company's Pan African production of Julius Caesar for the World Shakespeare Festival - casting and UK tour dates announced
Ground-breaking collaboration between RSC, CISCO, Ravensbourne and Janet brings theatre online and live straight into the classroom
RSC and the University of Warwick join forces to deliver a groundbreaking online professional development platform for teachers of Shakespeare
Announcing the Winter 2012/13 Season in Stratford and new three-year touring and education partnership.
I, Cinna: Konnie Huq to host film and post show Q and A with Malorie Blackman, Tim Crouch and Jude Owusu.
First eight amateur companies to perform in Stratford-upon-Avon as part of World Shakespeare Festival in National Showcase.
Throughout the summer, our outdoor theatre plays host to a range of lively amateur and semi-professional theatre groups.
Our co-production of Shakespeare's epic Trojan play with The Wooster Group, starts rehearsals with the six RSC members of the cast in London today.
RSC Chairman, Nigel Hugill, announces today that the RSC Board has appointed Catherine Mallyon to succeed Vikki Heywood as Executive Director of the RSC
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Paul Bhattacharjee joins the cast of Much Ado About Nothing
Mark Ravenhill celebrates WSF launch with a new sonnet
Change to creative team of Troilus and Cressida.
The World Shakespeare Festival, produced by the RSC, opens up online and invites everyone to join the conversation on myShakespeare.
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All Hail 'The Simpsons' No Matter What Season
So the 500th episode wasn't better than the 50th? Who cares? This icon transcends seasons.
It was telling that at the end of the The Simpsons 500th episode, the writers put in a title card thanking viewers and saying they should go outside for some fresh air before logging on to the internet to say the episode sucked. For years now, one of the interweb's most enduring memes – more so than the Hitler reworkings – is complaining about how The Simpsons isn't as funny as it used to be.
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In fact, what's most interesting these days about fans who continue to watch and then bitch, is asking them what season the laughs eroded. Eighth? 10th? Sixth? Everybody has an opinion.
And yes – this just in – The Simpsons isn't as funny as it once was. I think when you make 500 episodes and turn your writing staff over as often as The Simpsons did, not to mention running out of or repeating ideas, then yes, a general creative slide might be anticipated. But every time there's a landmark – and 500 episodes is a whopper of one – a little perspective is handy.
So what if The Simpsons isn't as minute-to-minute brilliant as it once was? This show was Hall of Fame first ballot generations ago. It didn't have to prove anything more. What's impressive beyond the fact it still gets surprisingly good ratings for a show you can find pretty much anywhere in reruns while most die-hards have all the DVD boxed sets piled up on their shelves, is that it keeps getting up and going to work and we keep watching. (Or, in the case of a lot of former fans, not watching –though that automatically excludes them from complaining. You have to watch to participate.) But that notion – clocking in and getting it done – is admirable.
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I like to think of The Simpsons as a great sports hero that keeps playing because it/he/she still loves the game and still understands that it/he/she can still get it done sometimes. Hey, we wouldn't have had that lovely couch montage without this episode. And there were some laughs to be had in The Outlands portion. And the secret town meeting was mostly good, plus the references to how their voices changed. The rest, well, whatever. I got a few laughs and that's all I ever look for in The Simpsons these days. I just like knowing it's still there. It still runs out on to the field. It doesn't have the spring (see what I did there?) in the legs quite like it used to. It's not going to dazzle at the same spectacular rate. But even after 500 episodes, it still has a little something left. And, come on, it's not like Fox has found any other animated series that work and there's probably a clause that people with Family Guy pedigree can only get so many time slots. So it's not like The Simpsons is keeping Archer, let's say, on the bench. Just because The Simpsons is on every Sunday doesn't take away a slot from The Life & Times of Tim and doesn't cut into anything Adult Swim is doing.
So it's kind of pointless to bitch about The Simpsons not being as funny as before. Not to mention it's annoying. Like, off-the-charts annoying.
What we're all witnessing is a television series like no other, one that has redefined the culture several times over and owned the zeitgeist longer than anything else of its kind. In short, The Simpsons is an institution, a television show that is well beyond description of its merits and successes anymore. Right now it just exists, and when it finally doesn't, the same interwebs ablaze with "that really sucked" will be flip-flopping to bleating about how much they miss it. Even further out, there will be a generation that, with some distance, will view The Simpsons as a whole, a remarkably brilliant pop culture creation, and they won't spend as much time nitpicking the late season quality decline.
I just don't find any point or joy in bashing on quality degradation when it comes to The Simpsons. I take what they give me, just like I did in Season 1, episode 1. In Season 8, episode 1, and so on. After a while, having made enough points about why the show got away from what made it great, moved in directions that didn't do justice to the early years, etc. etc., I just found the rant to be of little use. I began to take what they offered and felt good about the laughs I got. Some weeks, more than others. But what has kept me going just as it has for some many others, is the characters. For a long time now it hasn't been about the main ones. I like the fringe characters and when I see them, I still laugh, sometimes before they say anything. And if they say anything funny, even better. A bonus.
The Simpsons is now, and has been for decades, a pop culture institution, an animated legend. That it has gone on for 500 episodes – and more coming – can only be seen as a gift. I can find funnier shows elsewhere, but when I want The Simpsons, not only can I pull the DVDs off the shelves and laugh, but I can watch the 500th episode and get a couple more as well. Why would anyone want that to end?
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Gary Doer honoured to chair WSO committee
For the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, landing Gary Doer as the honorary chairman of its Carnegie Hall campaign committee is a diplomatic coup.
But for Canada's ambassador to the United States, and Manitoba's premier from 1999 to 2009, the honour is all his.
"They approached me on this Carnegie Hall concert -- Live in New York, it's the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra -- so as a Winnipegger and a Manitoban I'm very proud of it," Doer said Thursday from Park City, Utah, where he was preparing to give a speech to the Western Governors Association on Friday. "It's an iconic place to play and it will bring the appropriate attention to a great symphony orchestra."
The orchestra will perform at New York's Carnegie Hall on Thursday, May 8, 2014, as part of the final year of the Spring for Music Festival. The WSO, which has dubbed the campaign "Manitoba to Manhattan Experience," was selected in a competition with 33 other orchestras from North America.
Doer recalls crossing paths with the symphony on several occasions during his 10 years as premier. Some, like a northern tour stop in Churchill, where he says almost the whole town came out to watch and listen to the WSO, are pleasant memories.
Others, such as the symphony's restructuring in 2003, which the provincial government played a role, were tough times, he admits.
"I was involved in the restructuring of the orchestra, which was difficult for the musicians and for our community, but I'm glad that it's survived and thrived since that decision," Doer says.
The WSO has bounced back financially, and earlier this week announced a profit of $128,000 on the 2012-13 season, its sixth consecutive surplus.
Doer will fit in the WSO work between his usual workload, which this week included meetings with U.S. Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel, talks in British Columbia regarding softwood lumber and his speech at the governors' conference, which will be about the contentious issue of country-of-origin labelling.
"Whatever they ask me to do and whatever I can do, I'll do," Doer says.
The symphony first approached Doer about the new position six months ago, he says, and since then, they've filmed some promotional material that will be used to raise awareness of the concert and help raise funds for the orchestra's journey to the Big Apple.
"I've done some video, I was in New York for some meetings and I did a couple of standups right in front of Carnegie Hall," Doer says. "I don't know how good or bad they are -- they might have edited me out of them.
"Who knows? I've gotta be humble until I see them."
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Rapid endoscopic improvement is important for 1-year avoidance of colectomy but not for the long-term prognosis in cyclosporine A treatment for ulcerative colitis
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Intravenous (IV) cyclosporine A (CSA) is one of the treatments of choice for patients with steroid-refractory severe ulcerative colitis (UC). In this study, we evaluated the overall experience with CSA treatment in UC patients, from their initial response to long-term prognosis.
The medical records of 72 patients admitted to our hospital with a severe UC flare-up and treated with IV CSA between November 1996 and October 2008 were reviewed retrospectively. The initial response to CSA was assessed using a clinical activity index, and colectomy was assigned as the endpoint for the long-term prognosis.
Overall, 53 of 72 (73.6%) patients responded initially to CSA. We could not determine any specific parameters that predicted an initial response. A life-table analysis for all patients revealed that 54.4% of patients required a colectomy within 11 years. The long-term risk of surgery was associated with a shorter disease duration, history of adverse reactions against medications and lack of immunomodulator use. In addition, endoscopic improvement at day 14 was associated with colectomy at 1 year, but not with the long-term prognosis.
Although CSA can exert high initial efficacy for severe attacks of UC, >50% of patients who relapse require a colectomy. Specifically, mucosal healing evaluated by endoscopy was associated with the 1-year colectomy rate. In contrast, a history of adverse drug reactions was correlated with the long-term colectomy rate. Therefore, we propose that treatment of severe UC with CSA requires consideration of both initial remission and long-term maintenance as management goals.
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- Rapid endoscopic improvement is important for 1-year avoidance of colectomy but not for the long-term prognosis in cyclosporine A treatment for ulcerative colitis
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Volume 45, Issue 11 , pp 1129-1137
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- 2010-11-01
- 10.1007/s00535-010-0273-x
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- 0944-1174
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- 1435-5922
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- Springer Japan
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- Ulcerative colitis
- Cyclosporine A
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- Toshifumi Hibi (1)
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- 1. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan
- 2. Center for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy, Keio University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan


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After reading Pat Lanza's Lasagna Gardening, it came to me that I already have the two well composed wood chip piles. The utility crew dumped the wood chips about 3 years ago.
A lot of the weeds were growing and I had to pull them out. But if the weeds grow well on top of the piles, then vegetables should grow well too, particularly the root vegetables. I think I should try some carrot this late summer and plant regular crop next spring.
Anyone has similar experience?
Should work fine for beans tomatoes etc. It would be a similar apprach to one of the latest fads. Hugelkultur.
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My 2004 Honda Odyssey showed a check engine light and a scan shows that the Automatic Transmission range switch has an Open circuit. 1. Where is the range switch of the Honda odyssey located? 2. How do I replace the switch and do I need to reset adaptive values? 3. What is the relationship with the 5th gear ratio?
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Need Underwear that Fits!!!
I am fed up!!! I cannot find any underwear that fits my body. I have 41" hips and a 33" waist. According to traditional guidelines I should be wearing a size 8. Size 8's do fit nicely over my butt and come to the right height, but the elastic digs into me so badly that I have permanent (and painful) red lines down my hips and circling my thighs. I tried going all the way up to a size 10, but the butt sags and the waist comes above my navel, and still the elastic digs!!! Help! Can anyone recommend a brand/style of underwear made for REAL WOMEN?!
If you have a Victoria's Secret near you you might go there to see what they have. I find the VS Cotton string bikinis to be the most comfortable underwear I have ever worn (except for their Rio bikini which they no longer make. They have several different styles of the cotton (and a ton of other lines if you don't prefer cotton) so you should be able to find something that will work for you. They are expensive, but I have had many of mine for years. You can see the different types online, but if you go into a store and tell them your problem, they might be able to guide you to a good fit, or maybe they will let you try a few styles on.
Also, I recently tried a new style from Hanes (I like more coverage certain times of the month) that are a cross between a bikini and a boy short. Very nice fit, and I should mention I know just how you feel. I have 38" hips and a 27" waist. There is not a single pair of basic briefs I have ever tried on that don't either strangle my thighs or sag everywhere else. That I why I switched to string bikinis, although I find that french cut briefs are not too bad, and the new Hanes style is a good fit. I can check the name when I am out.
Here is a link that might be useful: Victoria's Secret
I only buy one brand of underwear, Naomi and Nicole style #712. More expensive than a pack of Hanes but they are very durable. I line dry. No riding wedgie, no elastic pain, smooth fit. They are the first brand I've ever found that didn't go place they weren't wanted. I also buy the thong, which is a little more supportive than most, which I like after two babies with a few extra pounds. The photo makes the brief look really high cut, they don't seem so high in front in real life. I buy mine at Macy's
Here is a link that might be useful: Naomi & Nicole
I mentioned this on another thread ... but underwear that has just a little bit of lycra/spandex in them really, really does improve comfort level. Granted the bands may still be an issue but you should be able to find a size that fits better with the bands that are comfy too. The panties seem to strecth to your size and probably wouldn't bag as much, if that makes sense. They sort of stretch like nylons so if you don't need them to strecth as much they just won't. Anyway, Target makes a lot of different styles with Lycra, as does VS and probably most any place that sell undergarments. The 100% cotton type will usually only bag if you need to get them larger for the band.
Another option for you may be to try a thong. It takes some getting use to but many people swear by them...plus as an added benefit...no panty lines! Maybe worth a try for you.
barnmom, I want to try those.
There are many now with no bands, just thin elastic fabric.
Buy a few different ones and try them for a week and a few washes until you're sure you absolutely love them.
It's worth investing and then buying 3 at a time until you have a dozen; then you're set for a few years.
You sound like you have the same problem that my DH has. However, men and womens underware are completely different. You didnt mention what style of underware that you prefer. So i am going to reccommend the string bikini. It gives the extra room in the thigh that you are looking for. Give them a try. Finding comfy underware is difficult for everyone. We are all shaped different.
I like the fit of Fruit of the Loom "lowrise cut". I am a little smaller than you right now but I have had those exact measurements before and a size 7 fit well. Now I'm wearing sixes and hope to get down to fives again. The waist is just a bit lower with full rear coverage. They aren't the best made undies out there but they are cheap and fit well.