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Top Five: January 23, 2014
1. Charles Long: CATALIN and Pet Sounds
The Contemporary Austin
January 18 – April 20
On View: January 18, 2014 | 10 am – 5 pm
Another of the Austin Contemporary's double-shot shows by big name artists: two projects use sound, film, sculpture, and wiggly objects to create multi-sensory experiences. Please pet the sculptures!
2. Miniature Art at Malvern
Malvern Books, Austin
January 26, 2–6 pm
500 unique works of tiny art exchanged through Josh Ronsen's Tiny Art Exchange project, each smaller than 1″square (or 1″ cube for 3-D objects). Cute!
3. Painting: A Love Story
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
January 18 – March 23, 2014
Opening: January 18, 2014 | 6:30–8:30 pm
Painters doing what they do best: painting! Bless their hearts.
4. Jeff Gibbons: Let the Drip From the Ceiling Become an 8 Foot Hole in the Roof
Centraltrak, Dallas
January 25 – March 22, 2014
Opening: January 25, 8–10 pm
Old television sets with looping video and tentative, kinetic sculpture. I saw some of this in his studio a few weeks ago- likely to be fragile- get there early while everything's still working!
5. Socialdistortion
Beefhaus, Dallas
January 25 – 31
Opening: January 25, 7pm – midnight
It had to happen eventually: Artbeef collaborators will work together to create installations relying only on social media to communicate. The work will be posted online for open critique several weeks before the opening. Installations may be altered based on recommendations by participating viewers.
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A limit on the use of live fire by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank will remain in place, despite requests by settlers and politicians to ease the restrictions, Israel's military chief said.
"We won't ease the rules of engagement," Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz, the Israel Defense Forces' chief of staff, said Tuesday. "If we let go of the reins, there will be an escalation and we'll lose control."
Gantz at a meeting of the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee suggested that soldiers should receive more instructions on how to adhere to the rules of engagement before going out in the field. Some right-wing lawmakers have been pressuring Gantz to ease the restrictions on use of live fire.
Reuven Rivlin of the Likud Party called for the easing of restrictions on the rules of engagement.
"Seeing besieged IDF soldiers withdraw in the face of rioters requires the IDF to think anew the instructions given to soldiers on the ground," the former Knesset speaker told the committee.
Soldiers are prohibited from firing on Palestinian suspects who throw rocks and Molotov cocktails, except under extreme circumstances.
Arab rock attacks have increased by more than three times over 2011 and firebombings have jumped more than four times since 2011, the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee's subcommittee on Judea and Samaria was told last week.
Gantz also told the committee that he fully supports Maj.-Gen. Nitzan Alon, the head of the IDF's Central Command appointed by former Defense Minister Ehud Barak. Alon has been criticized by the settler movement and right-wing politicians as being too left wing for his post.
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By Jane Bainbridge, marketingmagazine.co.uk, Wednesday, 01 February 2012 12:00AM
Sandstrom has spent the past two years leading the 27-strong marketing team at Maxxium, a joint venture between Beam Global Spirits and The Edrington Group. His marketing career of more than 20 years has also included roles at Monsanto and Diageo.
Fennell took up his role in 2008. During his marketing career in the softand alcoholic-drinks industries, one of his most successful tenures was at Guinness; he led the 'Good things come to those who wait' strategy.
Overseeing marketing across the First Drinks portfolio, McCullough joined on an interim basis before taking over permanently in 2010. Her previous experience includes roles at Kimberly-Clark, Diageo and Imperial Tobacco.
Venning succeeded Vlastimil Spelda in this role last month. His previous experience at Pernod Ricard includes working on the integration of brands following its acquisition of Allied Domecq and turning around the performance of Jameson and Malibu.
Jack Daniel's consistent investment means it can command a more premium price and is asked for by name in bars.
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Three Barrels - Mintel research found it suffered from a weaker brand personality, lack of trust and differentiation.
Glenmorangie Lost out to Glenfiddich as the top-selling single malt in the UK.
- Malt whisky and Cognac have been hampered by an assumption that they must be drunk neat, thus failing to be established as cocktail ingredients.
- Dark spirits are over-reliant on the 55+ age group in the UK; 18- to 37-year-olds see them as old-fashioned.
- Bourbon and US whiskey was the only UK whisky category segment to grow year-on-year sales in the off-trade in 2011, increasing its share to 16.4%.
- A highly fragmented market, it suffers a lack of brand-building investment. In the off-trade, only Bell's has more than 10% share.
- There is strong seasonality, with Christmas and Father's Day the key sales occasions.
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Pitney Bowes Announces Third Quarter Results for 2012 Business Wire STAMFORD, Conn. -- November 01, 2012 Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI) today reported financial results for the third quarter 2012. Recent Highlights *Revenues of $1.2 billion; Adjusted EPS of $0.47; GAAP EPS of $0.38 *Reaffirms full year 2012 guidance for the following: *Revenue in the range of flat to -4%, excluding the impact of currency; *Adjusted EPS guidance in the range of $1.95 to $2.15; *Free cash flow in the range of $750 - $850 million. *Updates GAAP EPS guidance to a range of $1.78 to $2.08, which includes new impairment and restructuring charges. *Significant progress on expanding our participation in higher growth cross-border ecommerce parcel opportunities, including, a broader strategic relationship with eBay to provide ecommerce shipping solutions beginning in the 4^th quarter. *Decision to exit the International Mail Services business focused on delivering mail and catalogues internationally, in line with the focus on higher growth cross-border ecommerce parcel opportunities. *Year-over-year growth in Production Mail revenue. *Continued growth in Presort revenue. Commenting on the quarter, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Murray D. Martin said, "We continue to execute our strategy to be a leading provider of customer communications solutions; however, our earnings performance during the quarter did not meet our expectations. In the third quarter, our results continued to be affected by global economic weakness, especially in International Mailing and Software where public sector spending remains constrained. However, we were pleased to see gradually improving trends in North America Mailing, where equipment sales experienced a slower rate of decline and the best year-over-year comparisons in six quarters." Mr. Martin added, "We continue to take actions to drive sustainable long-term growth for Pitney Bowes and our shareholders and are focused on positioning Pitney Bowes to succeed in the changing market landscape. We decided to exit the International Mail Services business related to the delivery of international mail and catalogs. As we focus on the higher growth opportunities, we are growing our participation in ecommerce opportunities related to cross border parcel shipping services. One example is our collaboration with eBay to facilitate cross border ecommerce by providing technology solutions and parcel shipping services. Additionally, to address our changing business mix and current economic pressures, we are initiating actions to further streamline the business through organizational and management consolidations to further reduce our cost structure. And, we will further realign future investments in the business as we focus on higher growth opportunities." Third Quarter 2012 Results Revenue in the third quarter totaled $1.2 billion, a decline of 6 percent compared to the prior year period, and reflects global economic conditions with particular impact on the International Mailing, Software and Management Services business segments. On a constant currency basis, revenue declined 5 percent and benefited from equipment sales growth in Production Mail and 3 percent growth in presort revenue. Earnings per diluted share (EPS), as reported under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles basis (GAAP), for the quarter were $0.38, as compared with $0.85 per diluted share for the prior year. GAAP EPS for the quarter includes a charge of $0.09 per diluted share to reflect non-cash impairment charges for goodwill, intangible and long-lived assets related to the decision in October 2012 to exit the International Mail Services business. In comparison, the 2011 third quarter GAAP EPS included an $0.11 per share charge for restructuring costs and asset impairments; a $0.15 per share charge for goodwill; a $0.13 per share benefit from the sale of leveraged lease assets; and a $0.30 per share tax benefit from discontinued operations. Adjusted EPS were $0.47, as compared with adjusted EPS of $0.69 in the same period last year. Adjusted EPS for 2012 excludes the non-cash impairment charges for goodwill, intangible and long-lived assets related to the International Mail Services business. In comparison, the 2011 third quarter adjusted EPS included a $0.05 per share benefit related to insurance reimbursements and an $0.08 per share favorable tax settlement. Free cash flow during the quarter was $40 million and $551 million year to date. On a GAAP basis the Company generated $69 million in cash from operations for the quarter and $440 million year to date. Comparisons of cash flow this quarter versus the prior year were impacted by a large tax refund and the timing of tax payments in the third quarter of last year. Comparisons to the second quarter of this year were also impacted by the timing of tax payments, as well as the timing of working capital requirements. Year-to-date, the Company has used its cash primarily to reduce debt, pay dividends, contribute to its pension plans and make restructuring payments. Business Segment Results SMB Solutions Group 3Q 2012 Y-O-Y Change Change ex Currency Revenue $602 million (8%) (6%) EBIT $180 million (11%) Within the SMB Solutions Group: North America Mailing 3Q 2012 Y-O-Y Change Change ex Currency Revenue $448 million (6%) (6%) EBIT $169 million (5%) During the quarter, the North America Mailing segment continued to benefit from increased placements of Connect+™ and pbWebConnect™ mailing systems and SendSuite Live™ shipping solutions. As a result, there was a decline of less than 4 percent in equipment sales revenue this quarter, representing the best year-over-year performance in 6 quarters. Revenue was impacted by lower recurring revenue, although at a slower rate than the previous year. Supplies revenue declined in part because of lower sales of third-party supplies for copiers and printers. EBIT margin for the segment again improved versus the prior year, even though there were fewer lease extensions on existing equipment. The higher proportion of equipment sales revenue will result in an improvement in customer retention and future recurring revenue streams; however, fewer lease extensions reduced EBIT margin in the quarter. International Mailing 3Q 2012 Y-O-Y Change Change ex Currency Revenue $154 million (13%) (7%) EBIT $ 11 million (55%) International Mailing revenue was negatively impacted by the uncertain economic environment in Europe, resulting in fewer upgrades and lower equipment sales, especially in the U.K. In addition, revenue comparisons were impacted by a postal rate change in France in the third quarter of last year, which generated $6 million of equipment sales related to postal rate updates (PROMs), which was not repeated this year. EBIT margin declined year-over-year due to lower revenue, lack of high-margin PROM sales contribution this quarter and the overall mix of business. Enterprise Business Solutions Group 3Q 2012 Y-O-Y Change Change ex Currency Revenue $614 million (5%) (4%) EBIT $ 41 million (46%) Within the Enterprise Business Solutions Group: Worldwide Production Mail 3Q 2012 Y-O-Y Change Change ex Currency Revenue $122 million 4% 7% EBIT $ 4 million 204% Production Mail revenue benefited from increased worldwide equipment sales following the Drupa trade show held during the second quarter. The company continues to make progress with its Volly™ service and has now signed 60 large third-party mail service providers who will offer the Volly secure digital mail service to 6,500 companies and consumer brands. As it continues to work with billers and develop its software, the company has decided to add to and enhance its technology to provide additional capabilities that will improve the onboarding process for billers. This will result in improving the scalability of the service and facilitating biller density. Therefore, the company has determined that Volly's long-term value will be enhanced by deferring its availability to consumers until 2013. EBIT improved when compared to the prior year due to the growth of revenue and cost reduction initiatives in the U.S. and Europe, offset by continued investment in Volly. Excluding the investment in Volly, EBIT margin would have been approximately 540 basis points higher this quarter. Software 3Q 2012 Y-O-Y Change Change ex Currency Revenue $ 89 million (19%) (18%) EBIT $ 1 million (94%) Given the overall slowdown in the global market, Software has experienced a reduction in the number of large license deals compared with the prior year. Additionally, revenue was impacted by the continued austerity measures in the public sector globally. EBIT margin declined versus the prior year principally because of lower licensing revenue, as well as relatively higher R&D investment and marketing spend in the quarter. Management Services 3Q 2012 Y-O-Y Change Change ex Currency Revenue $221 million (6%) (5%) EBIT $ 10 million (44%) Management Services revenue and EBIT margin continue to be impacted by ongoing pricing pressures, lower volumes and account contractions resulting from worldwide economic uncertainty and competitive conditions. However, there continues to be positive net new written business, which, coupled with new strategic partnerships in print outsourcing, are expected to drive revenue growth in the future. Mail Services 3Q 2012 Y-O-Y Change Change ex Currency Revenue $142 million (1%) (1%) EBIT $ 17 million (53%) Increased standard mail volumes and continued penetration in the workshare discount categories continue to drive revenue growth for the presort operations. Overall, Mail Services revenue declined slightly this quarter as a result of lower volumes in the International Mail Services business. The Company recently announced a partnership with eBay to provide ecommerce solutions for cross-border package delivery which is beginning roll out in the fourth quarter. EBIT margin comparisons versus the prior year were impacted by the $18 million insurance reimbursement received in the third quarter last year. Impacting EBIT margin this quarter was the Company's continued investment in software applications and the distribution network to facilitate the expansion of its ecommerce solutions. Marketing Services 3Q 2012 Y-O-Y Change Change ex Currency Revenue $ 40 million (4%) (4%) EBIT $ 9 million 7% Marketing Services EBIT benefited from reduced print production costs and ongoing productivity initiatives. Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Michael Monahan, commented, "As the mix of business for the Company continues to shift to more enterprise-related revenues and we focus on incremental growth opportunities, we anticipate that these new revenue streams will have lower margins than our traditional Mailing business. Therefore, we intend to further streamline the business and reduce its cost structure to address margin mix, as the Company moves towards these initiatives. These actions, which are anticipated to result in annualized savings of $45 million to $55 million, combined with our ongoing efforts, will enhance shareholder value and improve the growth profile of the business." 2012 Annual Guidance This guidance discusses future results which are inherently subject to unforeseen risks and developments. As such, discussions about the business outlook should be read in the context of an uncertain future, as well as the risk factors identified in the safe harbor language at the end of this release and as more fully outlined in the Company's 2011 Form 10-K Annual Report and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company is reaffirming its 2012 revenue, adjusted EPS and cash flow guidance for the year, and is updating its GAAP EPS guidance. Based on results to date and expectations for the fourth quarter, the Company anticipates: *2012 revenue, excluding the impacts of currency, to remain in a range of flat to a decline of 4 percent when compared to 2011; *Adjusted earnings per diluted share from continuing operations to be in the range of $1.95 to $2.15; *GAAP earnings per diluted share from continuing operations to be in the range of $1.78 to $2.08; and *Free cash flow to be in the range of $750 million to $850 million. The Company's efforts to further streamline the business and reduce its cost structure will result in a pre-tax restructuring charge in the fourth quarter that is expected to be in the range of $40 million to $60 million and is anticipated to generate annualized savings in the range of $45 million to $55 million. The updated GAAP earnings per share guidance reflects the goodwill and asset impairment charges of $0.09 per share related to the recent performance of the International Mail Services business that was recorded during the quarter, and the anticipated restructuring charge in the range of $0.15 to $0.25 per share that will be recorded in the fourth quarter. Conference Call and Webcast Management of Pitney Bowes will discuss the Company's results in a broadcast over the Internet today at 5:00 p.m. EDT. Instructions for listening to the earnings results via the Web are available on the Investor Relations page of the Company's web site at www.pb.com. About Pitney Bowes Delivering more than 90 years of innovation, Pitney Bowes provides business communications software, mailing systems and services that integrate physical and digital communications channels. Long known for making its customers more productive, Pitney Bowes is increasingly helping other companies grow their business through advanced customer communications management. Pitney Bowes is a $5.3 billion Company with 29,000 employees worldwide. Pitney Bowes: Every connection is a new opportunity™. www.pb.com The Company's financial results are reported in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). The Company uses measures such as adjusted earnings per share, adjusted income from continuing operations and free cash flow to exclude the impact of special items like restructuring charges, tax adjustments, and asset write-downs, because, while these are actual Company expenses, they can mask underlying trends associated with our business. Such items are often inconsistent in amount and frequency and as such, the adjustments allow an investor greater insight into the current underlying operating trends of the business. The use of free cash flow provides investors insight into the amount of cash that management could have available for other discretionary uses. It adjusts GAAP cash from operations for capital expenditures, as well as special items like cash used for restructuring charges, unusual tax payments and contributions to its pension funds. Management uses segment EBIT to measure profitability and performance at the segment level. EBIT is determined by deducting the related costs and expenses attributable to the segment. Segment EBIT excludes interest, taxes, general corporate expenses not allocated to a particular business segment, restructuring charges, asset impairments, and goodwill charges which are recognized on a consolidated basis. In addition, financial results are presented on a constant currency basis to exclude the impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates since the prior period under comparison. Constant currency measures are intended to help investors better understand the underlying operational performance of the business excluding the impacts of shifts in currency exchange rates over the intervening period. Pitney Bowes has provided a quantitative reconciliation to GAAP in supplemental schedules. This information may also be found at the Company's web site www.pb.com/investorrelations. This document contains "forward-looking statements" about our expected or potential future business and financial performance. For us forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about our future revenue and earnings guidance and other statements about future events or conditions. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: mail volumes; the uncertain economic environment; timely development, market acceptance and regulatory approvals, if needed, of new products; fluctuations in customer demand; changes in postal regulations; interrupted use of key information systems; management of outsourcing arrangements; foreign currency exchange rates; changes in our credit ratings; management of credit risk; changes in interest rates; the financial health of national posts; and other factors beyond our control as more fully outlined in the Company's 2011 Form 10-K Annual Report and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Pitney Bowes assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this document as a result of new information, events or developments. Note: Consolidated statements of income; revenue and EBIT by business segment; and reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP measures for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, and consolidated balance sheets at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 are attached. Pitney Bowes Inc. Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) (Dollars in thousands, except per share data) Three months ended September Nine months ended September 30, 30, 2012 2011^(2) 2012 2011^(2) Revenue: Equipment $ 212,103 $ 221,475 $ 656,517 $ 706,027 sales Supplies 66,902 74,271 213,789 235,728 Software 93,476 113,224 302,377 318,305 Rentals 142,288 154,210 428,174 467,064 Financing 123,999 136,000 373,695 412,958 Support 171,652 175,286 516,424 530,707 services Business 405,257 425,258 1,226,175 1,266,478 services Total revenue 1,215,677 1,299,724 3,717,151 3,937,267 Costs and expenses: Cost of equipment 105,556 97,559 309,190 316,697 sales Cost of 20,694 22,611 65,428 74,365 supplies Cost of 22,784 23,431 68,281 73,541 software Cost of 25,182 35,819 87,257 107,834 rentals Financing interest 19,604 21,430 61,385 66,915 expense Cost of support 107,095 114,074 334,304 344,767 services Cost of business 315,830 326,415 948,359 985,232 services Selling, general and 400,862 427,412 1,203,653 1,286,739 administrative Research and 36,669 35,573 104,518 107,772 development Restructuring charges and 9,986 32,956 11,060 63,974 asset impairments Goodwill 18,315 45,650 18,315 45,650 impairment Other interest 27,541 28,932 87,261 86,006 expense Interest (2,057 ) (1,265 ) (5,793 ) (4,702 ) income Other income, - (10,718 ) 1,138 (10,718 ) net Total costs 1,108,061 1,199,879 3,294,356 3,544,072 and expenses Income from continuing operations 107,616 99,845 422,795 393,195 before income taxes Provision for 26,489 (17,087 ) 93,519 77,319 income taxes Income from continuing 81,127 116,932 329,276 315,876 operations Income from discontinued operations, - 60,428 19,332 57,911 net of income tax Net income before attribution of 81,127 177,360 348,608 373,787 noncontrolling interests Less: Preferred stock dividends of subsidiaries attributable to noncontrolling 4,594 4,593 13,782 13,781 interests Net income - Pitney Bowes $ 76,533 $ 172,767 $ 334,826 $ 360,006 Inc. Amounts attributable to common stockholders: Income from continuing $ 76,533 $ 112,339 $ 315,494 $ 302,095 operations Income from discontinued - 60,428 19,332 57,911 operations Net income - Pitney Bowes $ 76,533 $ 172,767 $ 334,826 $ 360,006 Inc. Basic earnings per share attributable to common stockholders ^(1): Continuing 0.38 0.56 1.58 1.49 operations Discontinued 0.00 0.30 0.10 0.29 operations Net income - Pitney Bowes $ 0.38 $ 0.86 $ 1.67 $ 1.78 Inc. Diluted earnings per share attributable to common stockholders ^(1): Continuing 0.38 0.56 1.57 1.48 operations Discontinued 0.00 0.30 0.10 0.28 operations Net income - Pitney Bowes $ 0.38 $ 0.85 $ 1.66 $ 1.77 Inc. ^(1) The sum of the earnings per share amounts may not equal the totals above due to rounding. ^(2) Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation. Pitney Bowes Inc. Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited in thousands, except per share data) Assets 09/30/12 12/31/11 Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents $ 424,789 $ 856,238 Short-term investments 36,238 12,971 Accounts receivable, gross 695,575 755,485 Allowance for doubtful accounts (28,355 ) (31,855 ) receivable Accounts receivable, net 667,220 723,630 Finance receivables 1,218,080 1,296,673 Allowance for credit losses (26,368 ) (45,583 ) Finance receivables, net 1,191,712 1,251,090 Inventories 187,082 178,599 Current income taxes 22,044 102,556 Other current assets and prepayments 144,987 134,774 Total current assets 2,674,072 3,259,858 Property, plant and equipment, net 382,850 404,146 Rental property and equipment, net 249,310 258,711 Finance receivables 1,047,411 1,123,638 Allowance for credit losses (18,235 ) (17,847 ) Finance receivables, net 1,029,176 1,105,791 Investment in leveraged leases 34,373 138,271 Goodwill 2,127,114 2,147,088 Intangible assets, net 175,995 212,603 Non-current income taxes 45,615 89,992 Other assets 555,661 530,644 Total assets $ 7,274,166 $ 8,147,104 Liabilities, noncontrolling interests and stockholders' equity Current liabilities: Accounts payable and accrued liabilities $ 1,643,395 $ 1,840,465 Current income taxes 220,236 242,972 Notes payable and current portion of 375,000 550,000 long-term obligations Advance billings 449,051 458,425 Total current liabilities 2,687,682 3,091,862 Deferred taxes on income 25,017 175,944 Tax uncertainties and other income tax 193,867 194,840 liabilities Long-term debt 3,305,504 3,683,909 Other non-current liabilities 641,093 743,165 Total liabilities 6,853,163 7,889,720 Noncontrolling interests (Preferred 296,370 296,370 stockholders' equity in subsidiaries) Stockholders' equity: Cumulative preferred stock, $50 par 4 4 value, 4% convertible Cumulative preference stock, no par 653 659 value, $2.12 convertible Common stock, $1 par value 323,338 323,338 Additional paid-in-capital 222,620 240,584 Retained Earnings 4,709,761 4,600,217 Accumulated other comprehensive loss (625,868 ) (661,645 ) Treasury Stock, at cost (4,505,875 ) (4,542,143 ) Total Pitney Bowes Inc. stockholders' 124,633 (38,986 ) equity Total liabilities, noncontrolling $ 7,274,166 $ 8,147,104 interests and stockholders' equity Pitney Bowes Inc. Revenue and EBIT Business Segments September 30, 2012 (Unaudited) (Dollars in thousands) Three Months Ended September 30, % 2012 2011 Change Revenue North America Mailing $ 447,920 475,663 (6 %) International Mailing 154,171 177,797 (13 %) Small & Medium Business Solutions 602,091 653,460 (8 %) Production Mail 122,251 117,220 4 % Software 88,629 109,153 (19 %) Management Services 220,887 235,428 (6 %) Mail Services 142,182 143,055 (1 %) Marketing Services 39,637 41,408 (4 %) Enterprise Business Solutions 613,586 646,264 (5 %) Total revenue $ 1,215,677 1,299,724 (6 %) EBIT (1) North America Mailing $ 168,934 $ 177,280 (5 %) International Mailing 11,286 25,105 (55 %) Small & Medium Business Solutions 180,220 202,385 (11 %) Production Mail 3,555 (3,426 ) 204 % Software 956 16,564 (94 %) Management Services 10,266 18,248 (44 %) Mail Services 16,671 35,107 (53 %) Marketing Services 9,297 8,716 7 % Enterprise Business Solutions 40,745 75,209 (46 %) Total EBIT $ 220,965 $ 277,594 (20 %) Unallocated amounts: Interest, net (2) (45,088 ) (49,097 ) Corporate and other expenses (39,960 ) (50,046 ) Restructuring and asset (9,986 ) (32,956 ) impairments Goodwill impairment (18,315 ) (45,650 ) Income from continuing operations $ 107,616 $ 99,845 before income taxes Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) excludes general corporate (1) expenses, restructuring charges and asset impairments and goodwill impairment. (2) Interest, net includes financing interest expense, other interest expense and interest income. Pitney Bowes Inc. Revenue and EBIT Business Segments September 30, 2012 (Unaudited) (Dollars in thousands) Nine Months Ended September 30, % 2012 2011 Change Revenue North America Mailing $ 1,362,709 1,478,355 (8%) International Mailing 487,665 524,488 (7%) Small & Medium Business Solutions 1,850,374 2,002,843 (8%) Production Mail 360,334 382,595 (6%) Software 288,830 304,921 (5%) Management Services 679,078 717,513 (5%) Mail Services 432,845 421,611 3% Marketing Services 105,690 107,784 (2%) Enterprise Business Solutions 1,866,777 1,934,424 (3%) Total Revenue $ 3,717,151 3,937,267 (6%) EBIT (1) North America Mailing $ 514,975 $ 532,727 (3%) International Mailing 53,041 75,033 (29%) Small & Medium Business Solutions 568,016 607,760 (7%) Production Mail 11,928 12,971 (8%) Software 20,135 31,618 (36%) Management Services 36,187 59,256 (39%) Mail Services 75,661 55,191 37% Marketing Services 21,617 19,668 10% Enterprise Business Solutions 165,528 178,704 (7%) Total EBIT $ 733,544 $ 786,464 (7%) Unallocated amounts: Interest, net (142,853 ) (148,219 ) Corporate and other expenses (138,521 ) (135,426 ) Restructuring and asset (11,060 ) (63,974 ) impairments Goodwill impairment (18,315 ) (45,650 ) Income from continuing operations $ 422,795 $ 393,195 before income taxes Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) excludes general corporate (1) expenses, restructuring charges and asset impairments and goodwill impairment. (2) Interest, net includes financing interest expense, other interest expense and interest income. Pitney Bowes Inc. Reconciliation of Reported Consolidated Results to Adjusted Results (Unaudited) (Dollars in thousands, except per share data) Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended September September 30, 30, 2012 2011 2012 2011 GAAP income from continuing operations after income taxes, as $ 76,533 $ 112,339 $ 315,494 $ 302,095 reported Restructuring charges and 6,430 22,169 6,892 43,038 asset impairments Goodwill 11,172 31,334 11,172 31,334 impairment Sale of leveraged - (26,689 ) (12,886 ) (26,689 ) lease assets Tax - 447 - 2,960 adjustments Income from continuing operations after income taxes, as $ 94,135 $ 139,600 $ 320,672 $ 352,738 adjusted GAAP diluted earnings per share from continuing operations, as $ 0.38 $ 0.56 $ 1.57 $ 1.48 reported Restructuring charges and 0.03 0.11 0.03 0.21 asset impairments Goodwill 0.06 0.15 0.06 0.15 impairment Sale of leveraged - (0.13 ) (0.06 ) (0.13 ) lease Tax - 0.00 - 0.01 adjustments Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations, as $ 0.47 $ 0.69 $ 1.59 $ 1.73 adjusted GAAP net cash provided by operating activities, as reported $ 69,466 $ 301,055 $ 439,633 $ 750,456 Capital (39,065 ) (35,012 ) (127,816 ) (123,029 ) expenditures Restructuring 12,871 26,411 60,746 78,379 payments Pension - - 95,000 123,000 contribution Tax payments on sale of 14,345 - 99,249 - leveraged lease assets Reserve account (17,707 ) (32,616 ) (15,373 ) (14,528 ) deposits Free cash flow, as $ 39,910 $ 259,838 $ 551,439 $ 814,278 adjusted Note: The sum of the earnings per share amounts may not equal the totals above due to rounding. 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I think its time to cut him loose if this ends up being true.FLORENCE, Ky. -- Police recovered a stolen vehicle Wednesday evening from the home of Chris Henry.
An officer spotted a car he did not recognize parked in the Cincinnati Bengal's driveway, ran the license plates and discovered the car had been reported stolen by a rental-car company.
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Motion Management and Image Guidance for Thoracic Tumor Radiotherapy: Clinical Treatment ProgramsLoo, Jr. B.W.a · Kavanagh B.D.b · Meyer J.L.c
aDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, Calif., bDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colo., and cDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Saint Francis Memorial Hospital, San Francisco, Calif., USA
Published online: 5/20/2011
Cover Date: 2011
Number of Print Pages: 21
Number of Figures: 14
Number of Tables: 0
ISBN: 978-3-8055-9680-0 (Print)
eISBN: 978-3-8055-9681-7 (Online)
Managing target motion first requires understanding the nature of the motion characteristic of the tumor in the individual patient. It is important to have effective immobilization and patient training strategies to help reduce motion, and then to design appropriate margins and compensation for the residual motion that is quantified. Especially when considering complex, technically demanding treatments that require a degree of patient cooperation, careful patient selection is needed to ensure that the potential benefits of the treatment design are actually realized. Finally, accurate treatment hinges critically on verification – of overall positioning, of target and organ motion at the time of treatment, and of the performance of the selected treatment strategy. Properly selected imaging methods are central to this verification process. This discussion will present practical solutions for motion management and image guidance of radiotherapy for thoracic tumors, and most of these concepts are widely applicable to treatment of other tumor sites as well.
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Number of Figures : 14, Number of Tables : 1,
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A trip to the movies, without the rules
Children, families affected by autism enjoy morning screenings
The theater lights were up and the sound turned down.
No one so much as batted an eye when "Kung Fu Panda 2" began and several children continued to talk and laugh, children like 10-year-old Bradley Blair.
Bradley, like many of the other children in the theater that Saturday morning, has autism, a complex neurodevelopmental disability that affects his ability to communicate and interact with those around him. For many people affected by autism, sitting still and keeping quiet through a normal movie screening can be something of a chore.
But this wasn't a normal movie screening.
The Autism Society of America approached AMC Theatres in 2008, looking to create an alternative theater experience for children affected by autism and other sensory issues and disabilities. Later that year, the first series of Sensory Friendly Films screened in 11 participating AMC theaters; today, 133 AMC theaters participate in the monthly screenings and that number is set to increase in August, according to Amanda Glensky of the Autism Society of America.
"What a lot of people don't realize is that it can be very difficult to do something as common as going to a movie when a child has autism," Glensky said. "We've made it a more comfortable environment. ... We've taken away all the conventional rules of movie-going and given these families an opportunity to relax and enjoy themselves."
AMC Evansville 16 began showing the monthly Sensory Friendly Films following the theater's transition from Kerasotes 16 in May 2010. In addition to turning the lights up and sound down, families are allowed to bring in their own health-specific snacks.
Oh, and that "Silence is Golden" policy that normally requests everyone remain quiet during the movie? That one goes out the window as audience members are welcome to move around and talk.
"We would never get to go to a movie if it wasn't for this," said Paula Blair, Bradley's mother. "Normally, people just don't understand."
Thirty to 35 people were in attendance for the "Kung Fu Panda 2" screening. Paula and Bradley have been going for five months and always look forward to the experience. Normally, Paula shares Autism Society announcements via her Facebook to encourage more families affected by autism to attend the films, but attendance varies.
"There have been times whenever it was just Bradley and I that show up," she said. "This was actually the largest turnout I've ever seen."
Since Sensory Friendly Films began in 2008, similar programs have been adopted across the country by private theaters, without the guidance of the Autism Society.
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I would like to draw attention to three aspects of Brad Gregory's The Unintended Reformation, a book whose courage and ambition I applaud, if for no other reason than that it exemplifies what an engaged form of historiography (and humanistic inquiry more generally) can and should do. The first aspect has to do with the commercialization and commodification of knowledge in post-Reformation modernity and how it impacts advanced inquiry today. From it follows my second concern, which lies with the indebtedness of Gregory's own narrative to the fruits of modern, disciplinary and specialized inquiry. Finally, I wish to take up the question of whether Gregory's historiographical approach might be seriously compromised by the apparent absence of a focused hermeneutical engagement with the major voices (theological, philosophical, political, economic, etc.) widely credited with shaping the landscape of post-Reformation modernity, both secular and religious.
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History without hermeneutics: Brad Gregory's unintended modernityposted by Thomas Pfau
Colonialism's religious domainposted by Paul S. Landau
Recently I am struck by the ambiguity of the concept of the religious. Reading Linda Heuman's review of Robert Bellah's Religion in Human Evolution, and then turning to Bellah's book itself, after having been reading Ernst Kantorowicz's The King's Two Bodies, I feel as I have before how uncertain it is that we who write about religion in history are all writing about the same thing! Bellah's book is an attempt to factor that uncertainty into the equation, for sure. In one part of Bellah's overall reconstruction of "axial transitions" (including the birth of monotheism), he considers three case studies, two Native American and one Aboriginal Australian, with scrupulous care. The idea is to get a picture—before the shift to the ecumenical story, when the forces of the axial age change everything—of developmentally prior, not to say primordial, religions, without adopting anything as distortive as a model or a linear theory.
American civil religion in the age of Obama: An interview with Philip S. Gorskiposted by Joseph Blankholm
Philip S. Gorski is Professor of Sociology and Religious Studies and Co-Director of the Center for Comparative Research at Yale University. His work as a comparative historical sociologist has been influential in recovering Max Weber and asserting the strong influence of Calvinism on state formation in early modern Europe. In his recent book, The Protestant Ethic Revisited (Temple, 2011), he challenges Charles Tilly's thesis that the technologies of war drove the creation of stable nation-states and argues that post-Reformation religious conflicts were the primary impetus of European state formation. In addition to co-editing The Post-Secular in Question earlier this year as part the SSRC's series with NYU Press, Gorski is editor of another volume coming out early next year entitled Bourdieu and Historical Analysis (Duke, 2012). He and I sat down in Theodore Roosevelt Park in New York City, where we discussed the book he's writing on civil religion, joked about Obama's messianic burden, and considered what present-day America might learn from Émile Durkheim.
Good news from the grand narrativeposted by Manussos Marangudakis
To be asked to contribute a commentary on Professor Robert Bellah's magnum opus is a great honor and a privilege that, in the virtual company of intellectuals of the highest caliber, manages to concentrate the mind and at the same time to fill you with despair; not least because Religion in Human Evolution stands as a measure of the distance that lies between routine, or ordinary, intellectual activity, and genuine, indeed extraordinary, intellectual achievement.
Durkheim and beliefposted by John D. Boy
This Friday, March 30, at 12:30pm, the Committee for the Study of Religion at the City University of New York Graduate Center is hosting a lecture by Steven Lukes with the title "Is Durkheim's Understanding of Religion Compatible with Believing?" The lecture marks the centenary of the publication of Émile Durkheim's classical work, The Elementary Forms of Religious Life.
Besidesposted by Constance M. Furey
I love the story about Shakeela Hassan. I just told it again last night, in fact. In the late 1950s, Shakeela Hassan arrives in the U.S. from Lahore, to begin a medical internship at Northwestern University. She is greeted at the airport by Malcolm X, a young minister in the Nation of Islam, who was sent to meet her because of a chance encounter between her brother-in-law and the NOI prophet, Elijah Muhammad. Her husband's family is related to the Pakistani publishers of the most widely read English-language translation of the Qur'an, and although Shakeela Hassan never joins the Nation of Islam, she becomes a regular dinner guest at Elijah Muhammad's home, a great admirer of his wife, Clara, and the improbable designer of the hats which become Elijah Muhammad's trademark. As readers of Frequencies: A Collaborative Genealogy of Spirituality will know, this is a much-too-short version of the story Winnifred Sullivan recounts in her eponymous entry.
Back to his rootsposted by Matteo Bortolini
When writing about other people, we all should follow Pierre Bourdieu's advice to not be too fascinated by our human subjects. This is necessary in order to escape the "biographical fallacy," the temptation to narrate lives as if they were historically continuous and logically consistent wholes. Bourdieu is right. Our lives are a mess of disparate events, novelties and routines, strategic decisions and lapses of reason, chances and regrets, with little, if any, overall meaning. At the same time, as Robert N. Bellah writes at the beginning of his magisterial tour de force, we are narrative animals. We cannot avoid telling stories, and every story has to have a hero, a quest, and a finale. In this brief essay I recount a couple of stories about Religion in Human Evolution, reading through the lines of this fascinating work to find and highlight some of the many threads which connect it to its author's past.
A response to three readersposted by Robert N. Bellah
I am grateful to Mark Juergensmeyer for organizing a panel on my book at the November 2011 meetings of the American Academy of Religion (AAR), only a couple of months after publication. Given a somewhat different response from the American Sociological Association (ASA) I can only say that although I have never taught in a university with a department of religious studies, I am as much a religious studies person as a sociologist. Or perhaps better, I can say that I am a sociologist in the image of my own teacher, Talcott Parsons, who never recognized any disciplinary boundary and tended to define sociology as concerned with the world and its contents.
I am also grateful to the three panelists who spoke so graciously at the panel and who have provided written versions of their comments. I tried to respond to them ex tempore at the event and have seen a video of my remarks, but I will use this occasion to give a more considered answer to the many questions they raised, having to deal with some overlap between them as I go along.
A damned good readposted by Jonathan Z. Smith
When I first received my copy of Religion in Human Evolution by post, the initial impression was of its sheer heft. After opening the package, I turned first, as usual, to its notes and citations. What came immediately to mind was Bellah's first-person footnote at the conclusion of his article, "Durkheim and History": "In spite of long-standing opposition…I agree with Durkheim that the problem of evolution, including our own social origins, is central for sociology as a science. To be convincing, this view must be backed by research, a challenge not to be evaded."
Bellah, this year, in this work under discussion, has responded to, has not "evaded" his own "challenge," in an exemplary fashion. What is more—given the density of both his data and his arguments, the product of his "research," apparent on every page—Bellah has attained that rarest of academic achievements, his new book is a damned good read!
Beyond reductive naturalismposted by Yang Xiao
Future histories may report that the public discourse on religion was dominated by reductive naturalism until Robert Bellah's Religion in Human Evolution appeared in 2011. One of the most distinctive features of Bellah's book is his extensive use of the latest developments in the natural sciences, such as biology, cognitive science, evolutionary psychology, and developmental and child psychology. One of his purposes is, as he puts it, "to show how deeply we are shaped by a very long biological history." This might give the wrong impression that Bellah's approach is similar to the New Naturalist approach. However, Bellah's is better characterized as a non-reductive humanistic naturalism, which is a synthesis of the humanistic (interpretative, social, and historical) understanding of religion and the naturalist approach.
Five questions for Robert Bellahposted by Luke Timothy Johnson
It is a pleasure and an honor to engage a book that is truly large in ways beyond its sheer size. It is large in scope, ranging across geological, biological, cultural, and historical phenomena spanning both time and place. It is large in significance, asking how one of humanity's central yet elusive traits—what might be termed its religious gene—fits within and perhaps contributes to one of science's dominant theoretical frameworks, evolution. It is also large-minded in its appreciation for the distinct yet interrelated ways in which humans express meaning. Professor Bellah's instinct, I think, is to be inclusive rather than exclusive, to see how diverse modes meld one into another, and to provide nuanced appreciation more than sharp-edged distinctions.
Dangerous evolutions?posted by Martin Riesebrodt
Religion in Human Evolution is an immensely ambitious book on a topic only a scholar of Robert Bellah's stature could dare to tackle. It attempts no less than to explain human biological as well as cultural evolution in one sweep, beginning with early hominids and ending with the "axial age." Bellah engages evolutionary biology as well as cognitive psychology for the framing of his argument. This is a courageous move of transcending conventional disciplinary boundaries, for which he should be applauded. At the same time, it draws Bellah into positions he might actually not always be comfortable with.
Weber for the 21st centuryposted by Richard Madsen
For almost one hundred years, all sociologists of religion have taken Max Weber's great work on comparative religions as a primary point of departure. Whole libraries of scholarship have been produced to explicate Weber, expand on Weber, disagree with Weber, revise Weber. In the next hundred years, I think, the point of departure will be Robert Bellah rather than Weber. Bellah's new masterpiece, Religion in Human Evolution is comparable in scope, breadth of scholarship, and depth of erudition to Weber's study of world religions, but it is grounded in all of the advances of historical, linguistic, and archeological scholarship that have taken place since Weber, as well as theoretical advances in evolutionary biology and cognitive science.
Multi-religious denominationalism and American identityposted by Richard Amesbury
Charles Taylor has argued that those of us living in North America and Europe are witnessing a shift in our social imaginary from a "Durkheimian" self-understanding, according to which political identity is tied to religious belonging, towards a "post-Durkheimian" view, in which the two are no longer seen as intrinsically linked. In the emerging dispensation, Taylor predicts, "it will be less and less common for people to be drawn into or kept within a faith by some strong political or group identity, or by the sense that they are sustaining a socially essential ethic." Whatever its merits as an analysis of contemporary European self-understanding—and these are surely significant—Taylor's reading strikes me as underdetermined by the American evidence…
What holds us togetherposted by Robert N. Bellah
In his response to my concern about whether "post-Durkheimian" is a viable category, Charles Taylor goes part way in answering my query, but, in my view, not far enough. When he writes "I don't think it's possible to have a successful, modern democratic society without some strong sense of what unites us as citizens," he is conceding my basic Durkheimian point, that a society without common values is not a viable society. It is his next move that gives me pause. […]
After Durkheimposted by Robert N. Bellah
I continue, as I reread it, to have the highest opinion of A Secular Age and to believe that it is among the handful of the most important books I have ever read, to the point where The Chronicle of Higher Education speaks of my "effusive" praise. So it was with some surprise that I found there was a point where, if I didn't entirely differ from Taylor, I had at least some serious questions to raise. […]


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Sally Lockhart's world has been changed utterly. Her father has recently died at sea while checking on interests of his company in India. Sally is now forced to live with one of her bitter relatives who appears to resent Sally's existence. And then a mysterious note arrives that seems to indicate that there is more to Sally's father's death than meets the eye. Suddenly, Sally is pulled into a mystery that dates back years and encompasses a strange cast of characters as well as a ruby worth more than anyone could imagine.
A decent YA Victorian era mystery. Sally is an enjoyable character with none of the typical accomplishments a girl of the period would have and is all the more likable because of it. The cast of characters that surround Sally are delightful and Pullman puts together a short but compelling mystery that leaves me keen to pick up the next novel in this series.
Another great read by Pullman. I'm always fascinated by the adult level that he brings to "Young Adult" novels.
Throughout the year of 2014, I told myself I'd re-read some of my favourite books from my childhood. This was the first one I picked up as I remember being absolutely addicted to the series way back when. It was just as incredible as I remembered, maybe even more so thanks to finally catching the adult themes and jokes within the book within my adult eyes.
What do a man drowning at sea, a heart attack victim and a mysterious message all have in common? Little Sally Lockheart. That's all I'm going to say in regards to the premise of the book. You really do all have to read it and I don't want to give anything away. Even the slightest of details can hint at the final ending of the book.
Philip Pullman really is the master storyteller. He keeps things succinct, and yet detailed, explained and yet exciting, and everything ties in with everything else almost far too perfectly. The language he uses is rich and inviting and always urges you to read "just one more" chapter. The heroine is amazing at some things, and yet does have her flaws, which I think makes her just that much more real. Instead of having a mastermind perfect at everything running an investigation, you have a flawed person investigating equally flawed people and so on. One of the main themes of this book is what some people call "the grey area". Not one person or object within this book is either good or evil, they always lie somewhere in between. I love that.
The plot is engaging and unique and although everything is tied up neatly at the end, there are some loose threads that aren't explained which makes you want to read the next few books in the series. As if you wouldn't want to anyway, Philip Pullman is a genius. He always has, is, and will always remain, one of my favourite authors of all time.
I salute you, my friend. I salute you.
This was a great mystery. I knew almost nothing about opium before reading this book. I feel like I know a lot more now.
I really liked the whole group of characters. I also liked that Sally was a strong and independent character, but one who also knows when to ask for help.
I would recommend this to teens who want a good mystery.
Well. Erm. Humm.
After meaning to read this book for years, I wanted to like this so much more than I did!!!!! Yes, I am using an excess of punctuation here because I feel like my disappointment is justified. So many readers I know say that this book was one of their favorites; that they wanted to be, or be friends with, Sally Lockhart; that rereading this beloved gem never failed them.
My biggest qualm with THE RUBY IN THE SMOKE is that Sally Lockhart feels like the quintessential "un-protagonist." For a character with an eponymous series name and lots written up about her in the back cover synopsis, Sally spends a lot of time off the page. The narration divides its time between Sally, the villains, Jim the plucky errand boy, Frederick the photographer, and who knows who else. While it was not bad that we spent some time following Jim's, Frederick's, the villains' footsteps around, I felt like the synopsis misled me to believe that I'd learn more about Sally, that I'd come to understand how she thinks, how she operates.
Alas, not only does Sally not have much narration time, rendering her still unfamiliar to me, but she also doesn't DO much of anything in this book. The synopsis makes her out to be this female wunderkind detective force to be reckoned it, when actually I feel like she does a lot of sitting at home, waiting for others (read: the male characters) to get back from their excursions and fill her in on what they've done. For a character that's supposed to be the protagonist, Sally really feels two steps behind everyone else on this case. Cementing my view that the series was named incorrectly was the fact that Sally basically gets gypped out of having her crowning moment! Through putting herself in an opium-induced trance, she figures out the secret behind the ruby, but it turns out that JIM already figured it out chapters ago, but just didn't tell her for fear of disappointing her or whatnot. Then the climactic scenes occur in which the guys get to do a lot of fighting and Sally is merely hormonal. Puh-lease. I don't care whichever way you spin it, Sally is not "intrepid" for tearfully enduring the consequences of her unknown history and for figuring out something that another character already figured out before her.
For a book with a female protagonist, THE RUBY IN THE SMOKE spends a disappointingly disproportionate time showing us that actually it's the boys who still get to do the exciting and essential parts of crime-solving. Feminist I find this book is not. Try Y. S. Lee's impressive The Agency Victorian mystery series if you truly want to see a smart and resourceful teen female detective in action.
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0394895894, Mass Market Paperback)"Her name was Sally Lockhart; and within fifteen minutes, she was going to kill a man." Philip Pullman begins his Sally Lockhart trilogy with a bang in The Ruby in the Smoke--a fast-paced, finely crafted thriller set in a rogue- and scalawag-ridden Victorian London. His 16-year-old heroine has no time for the usual trials of adolescence: her father has been murdered, and she needs to find out how and why. But everywhere she turns, she encounters new scoundrels and secrets. Why do the mere words "seven blessings" cause one man to keel over and die at their utterance? Who has possession of the rare, stolen ruby? And what does the opium trade have to do with it?
As our determined and intelligent sleuth sets her mind to unraveling these dark mysteries, she learns how embroiled she is in the whole affair. As riveting and witty as the sensational "penny dreadfuls" of Victorian England (but thousands of times better written), Pullman's trilogy (including The Shadow in the North and The Tiger in the Well) will have readers on the edges of their seats. Ruby is an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. (Ages 12 and older) --Karin Snelson
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Slowly but surely the CMs and devs are answering our remaining questions about the Paragon 2.0 system.
Suppose my account's shared paragon level IS 100. Does even the level 30 character get 100 paragon Points to spend???
Lylirra: Under current design, yes. Using your example, if your account's Shared Paragon level is 100, all Normal characters on your account would have access to 100 Paragon points, even if they're not at max level (i.e. sub-60).
Again, all subject to change prior to ship, etc etc.
For clarity (since I saw some confusion in the other thread):
So, basically: Only max-level characters will be able to earn Paragon experience. If you don't have the expansion, max-level = 60. If you have the expansion, max-level = 70.
Still wondering what's going on with Gold Find and the MF/GF/Exp bonuses on our current characters when the transition comes, but it's nice to get some questions answered.
It's going to be crazy rerolling in Paragon 2.0, if the full PPs remain accessible at level 1. That's making Paragon 2.0 double the big deal for Hardcore players; no more losing exp and progress with each dead char, and now new chars will start off with huge bonuses already available. That said, if the ladder seasons go as expected, many/most players will be playing in the ladder each time, where you'll be Paragon level 0, at least at the start of the season.
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Andrew Peters, a Monroe native and a specialist in standup comedy, made a big splash nationwide recently by helping to produce a Super Bowl commercial for Doritos that won $1 million.
Andrew, 29, will be given $4,000 for his share of work on the commercial called "Sling Baby" that aired during the Super Bowl game Feb. 5. Kevin Wilson, the director of the 30-second ad, said he would share the money with the cast and crew.
"It may not be much, but you can't turn down $4,000," Mr. Peters said Sunday night from his home in Los Angeles. "We were thrilled we won on such a very small budget. We submitted it hoping for the best."
The 30-second commercial shows a grandmother sitting in a back yard with her toddler grandson in a bouncy child seat. The two are being taunted by a neighborhood boy in a tree house next door who is bragging as he eats a bag of Doritos. The grandma has the last laugh, though, when she slingshots the baby toward the boy and the baby snatches the bag out of his hands. The final scene shows both grandma and the toddler munching on their prized snack.
The entire crew of about 20 people will split the money based on a point system assigned for each role performed. Mr. Peters served as assistant director on the first day of shooting the commercial at a house in Burbank, Calif., where one of the crew members lived. Each crew member was assigned points for their roles. Mr. Peters earned two points for arranging the set and letting the actors know what they are doing. He also worked closely with the grandmother, an accomplished actress in her late 70s.
"She was great to work with," he said. "She has great comedic features and her interacting with the baby was fun to watch."
The baby was actually the son of the special effects director who arranged the scene in which the baby is propelled through the air and snatches the bag.
Mr. Peters worked with all three actors behind the scenes and with costume changes and making sure they were on time for the shooting.
"I let everybody know the schedule and kept everything running smoothly," he said.
He said he got involved in the ad by working with the producer, Jason Dennis, who put the crew together. It's the first time Mr. Peters worked on an ad for the Super Bowl.
"We did the ad over two days," he said. "I liked being part of the team. We could produce another one for next year."
TV commercials are one of several projects in the works for him. He mainly works as a standup comedian and hopes to land a spot in a half-hour comedy pilot for TV's Comedy Central. In March, he will join a cast auditioning for a production titled "Clips-a-holics" for True TV. He also wants to do comedy on Conan and late-night TV.
"I'm trying to get as many different projects going as possible," he said. "It's been a strange journey for me, having grown up in Michigan and doing a lot of shows out here. I really like it."
The second oldest of four sons of William and Donna (Toburen) Peters, he attended Trinity Lutheran School and graduated from Monroe High School in 2000, the same year his parents and his three brothers — Justin, Matt and William — moved to Carmel, Ind., a suburb of Indianapolis. Mr. Peters went to Central Michigan University, where he met his wife, Kate, in a play his sophomore year. He graduated in 2004 with a degree in theatre and both he and his wife moved to Seattle, Wash., where they lived for five years before moving to California.
His grandmother — Beatrice Toburen, 89 — was thrilled that the ad was picked the best. She even saw the ad the night of the game.
"It's darling, a very cute ad," Mrs. Toburen said. "Oh my gosh, we're very happy for him."
Annie Poniewozik of Monroe, a friend of the family, said the ad showed Andrew's talent.
"The kid is incredibly talented," Mrs. Poniewozik said. "He made it pretty good as a standup comic and now he's producing ads... it's great that a local guy from Monroe actually ended up with the big money."


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