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To see La Habana Vieja and its many colonial palaces and baroque churches at their best, plan to tour on foot. Although you could spend days here, you can easily see the highlights of Old Havana in two days. Make the fortresses across the bay a side trip from La Habana Vieja, and save the sights farther east, as well as the Playas del Este, for another day. Centro Habana also has many historic sights,
and it is here that you will truly see the sprawling everyday life of Cubans. The Capitolio, Chinatown, and Parque Central are must-sees for tourists, but a stroll in the southern reaches of Centro Habana and its dusty streets are an eye opener. A tour of Centro Habana can begin and end at the Hotel Inglaterra and Parque Central. El Malecón, from La Punta all the way to La Chorrera fortress at the mouth of Río Almendares (Almendares River), is an important part of Havana life and a good hour's hike.
Vedado stretches from Calzada de Infanta to the Río Almendares and is difficult to explore on foot. Taxi rides to objectives such as the Museo de Artes Decorativos or UNEAC can be combined with strolls through leafy streets filled with stately mansions.
The area around the Hotel Nacional, the Habana Libre, La Rampa (Calle 23), and the Universidad de la Habana teems with humanity of every kind. Miramar, which stretches southwest across the Río Almendares, was the residential area for wealthy Habaneros and foreigners before the Revolution. A tour of its wide, tree-lined avenues is best made by car.
A 20-minute drive farther southwest is the Marina Hemingway yacht harbor. (Note that pre- and postrevolutionary street names are often used in the older parts of the city; addresses contain both).
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Meryl Streep wins Icon Award
Actress Meryl Streep won the Icon Award at the 25th Palm Springs International Film Festival.
The 64-year-old won the award Sunday night and admitted that in real life she doesn't feel like an icon, reports contactmusic.com.
"My four children remind me everyday that I am not an icon. I don't feel like an icon. Most of the days I feel like 'I can't.' (But) I feel, like, I'm an example now in my dotage of the fact that you just can't put those old gals out to pasture. We've got a lot of stuff still to say," Streep said on receiving the trophy.
Streep is known for her performances in "The Deer Hunter", "Kramer vs. Kramer" and "Sophie's Choice".
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For a Microsoft Windows 2000 version of this article, see 140365
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This article describes and lists the default values that Windows XP uses to format a volume. The article lists default values for both the NTFS file system and the file allocation table (FAT) file system.
All file systems that Windows XP uses to organize the hard disk are based on cluster (allocation unit) size, which represents the smallest amount of disk space that can be allocated to hold a file. The smaller the cluster size, the more efficiently your disk stores information.
If you do not specify a cluster size for formatting, Windows XP Disk Management bases the cluster size on the size of the volume. Windows XP uses default values if you format a volume as NTFS by either of the following methods:
The maximum default cluster size under Windows XP is 4 kilobytes (KB) because NTFS file compression is not possible on drives with a larger allocation size. The Format utility never uses clusters that are larger than 4 KB unless you specifically override that default either by using the /A: option for command-line formatting or by specifying a larger cluster size in the Format dialog box in Disk Management.
Drive size (logical volume) Cluster size Sectors ---------------------------------------------------------- 512 MB or less 512 bytes 1 513 MB - 1,024 MB (1 GB) 1,024 bytes (1 KB) 2 1,025 MB - 2,048 MB (2 GB) 2,048 bytes (2 KB) 4 2,049 MB and larger 4,096 bytes (4 KB) 8
If you use the Convert utility to convert a volume from FAT to NTFS, Windows always uses a 512-byte cluster size. FAT structures are aligned on 512-byte boundaries; a larger cluster size does not allow conversion. Note also that in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and earlier, when a partition is formatted under Windows Setup, the partition is first formatted as FAT and then converted to NTFS. Therefore the cluster size is always 512 bytes when a partition is formatted in Setup. (This information does not apply to Microsoft Windows 2000 Setup or Windows XP Setup, which both format the partition according to your choice of a file system.)
The FAT file system uses the following cluster sizes. These sizes apply to any operating system that supports FAT:
To support FAT partitions that are greater than 4 GB using 128- or 256-KB clusters, the drives must use sectors that are greater than 512 bytes.
Drive size (logical volume) FAT type Sectors Cluster size ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 MB or less 12-bit 8 4 KB 16 MB - 127 MB 16-bit 4 2 KB 128 MB - 255 MB 16-bit 8 4 KB 256 MB - 511 MB 16-bit 16 8 KB 512 MB - 1,023 MB 16-bit 32 16 KB 1,024 MB - 2,048 MB 16-bit 64 32 KB 2,048 MB - 4,096 MB 16-bit 128 64 KB *4,096 MB - 8,192 MB 16-bit 256 128 KB Windows NT 4.0 only *8,192 MB - 16384 MB 16-bit 512 256 KB Windows NT 4.0 only
Note that on very small FAT partitions, a 12-bit FAT is used instead of a 16-bit FAT. The FAT file system supports only 512-byte sectors, so both the sectors per cluster and the cluster size are fixed.
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The Swiss are known for their long history of accurate timepieces, but the Germans know how to use them. At most German airports if the schedule says 2:32, the plane backs up at 2:32.
Good for them. But I'm pretty sure that airport delays are not caused by a failure to tell time.
"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe." John Muir:My First Summer in the Sierra (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1911)
Sure, the first flight of the day gets out on time, but it has to land somewhere.
Traffic flows along fairly well until the system hits saturation.
How about a study of traffic volume vs delays. Look at the on-time stats for KRIR
Between the delays at EWR and the price it cost to fly in to that airport, its been a better idea/option for me to fly into LGA or JFK (which some days don't do much better) then EWR. I will admit, the NYC area is only for pleasure for me.
Amtrak gets you in to the city center. By the time you arrive an hour or more early, park your car, .... then fly to EWR, LGA, or MacArthur Field (ICP) then collect your stuff and take a cab or bus into the city you could be on your second Manhattan. It's making less and less sense to fly into NY.
BWI has been rehabbing and resurfacing its runways for the past 18 months. The work is about complete. I wonder how much this work on the two main runways effects the amount of delays. The airports main carrier is Southwest for which many of the delayed flights start well before the aircraft arrive at BWI.
Location,location, location. Duh! Ain't gonna change. So a trip across the country might take a couple extra hours--got the Pelosi syndrome huh!!
Only thing that surprised me is that DCA is not on the list...
I ride on 80 - 90 segments each year and my advice is to fly early, even stay an extra day to take the 1st flight and avoid most of those airports since all but Chicago has alternates. Using this method, I have only been delayed for thunderstorm on the field and plane breakdown in the past several years.


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CRYSTAL BEACH, ON - 60 years before the Edmund Fitzgerald sank into Great Lakes legend, the gales of November created the deadliest and most destructive storm ever to hit the region. Two Buffalonians lost their lives trying to save others.
It was called the "White Hurricane" and it roared across a land and lake mass the size of western Europe from November 7 through November 10, 1913.
Winds gusted above 80 MPH, pushing blizzard conditions and 35-foot waves across all five Great Lakes. The storm resulted in 19 ships lost, 19 others stranded and more than 250 lives lost.
One of the last of the ships lost was the U.S. Coast Guard light vessel 82, which sailed out of Buffalo. She dropped anchor just off Point Ibn, Ontario. The light vessel was sort of a floating lighthouse. The crew's mission was to guide both U.S. and Canadian ships away from the rocks of the point.
LV 82 was swamped and sunk, taking all six crew members with her. Among the Coast Guardsmen lost were Chief Engineer Charles Butler and cook Peter Mackay.
Now, 99 years later, a volunteer group in Crystal Beach has raised enough money and interest to honor the sacrifice with a new memorial.
Saturday, September 29, at 11am, a plaque will be unveiled during a public ceremony at Waterfront Park in Crystal Beach. Organizers are looking for any relatives of the lost Coast Guardsmen who would like to take part in the ceremony.
You can contact the Crystal Beach Maritime Society at (905) 894-0842.
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Questions About Your Community: Parks
There are literally thousands of parks, forests, and recreation sites across the United States. They range from huge national parks, such as Yellowstone, Acadia, the Grand Canyon, and Everglades, to community "pocket"parks, with a corresponding range of recreational opportunities and outdoor experiences. Federally managed areas alone include 371 national parks, 422 national wildlife refuges, 114 national forests, over 500 sites managed by the Bureau of Land Management and the Bureau of Reclamation, and 457 sites managed by the Army Corps of Engineers. A number of other federal agencies also support recreational uses associated with trails, waterways, and maintenance activities. This same breadth of opportunities also appears at the state and local levels, and also includes non-governmental sites managed by organizations such the Audubon Society, the Nature Conservancy, and others.
But with this broad range of recreational sites and parks comes an equally broad range of environmental issues. Just as in any other land uses, the way parks are managed can have good or bad environmental impacts, from pesticide runoff, siltation from overused hiking and logging trails, and destruction of habitat.
Below is a list of sources to help you reach organizations that manage national and state parks here in New England. Your state contacts can also help you find out more about local parks and recreation sites.
This page provides links to non-EPA web sites that provide additional information about Parks. You will leave the EPA.gov domain and enter another page with more information. EPA cannot attest to the accuracy of information on that non-EPA page. Providing links to a non-EPA Web site is not an endorsement of the other site or the information it contains by EPA or any of its employees. Also, be aware that the privacy protection provided on the EPA.gov domain (see Privacy and Security Notice) may not be available at the external link.
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The Department of Environmental Management includes two divisions with primary responsibility for parks and recreational facilities, as well as the forest environment division, which also has some functions related to recreation.
The Division of Parks and Recreation manages a system of approximately 14,000 acres of parks, beaches, campgrounds, bicycle paths, parkways, a golf course, and numerous smaller properties and historical sites, including 14 state parks and 7 state beaches.
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The Division of Fish and Wildlife operates 24 wildlife management areas and more than 100 boat launch ramps and sportfishing access sites and is responsible for fisheries management, including hatcheries and stocking programs; habitat restoration; land acquisition; public access, education, and information; and public angling and hunting programs.
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The State Parks Division of the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation manages state parks in Vermont. The division manages 51 state parks which provide opportunities for picnicking, swimming, camping and other outdoor recreational activities. Summer Series, an arts program in the parks is held annually, and selected parks also provide interpretive and educational opportunities. Several parks offer spacious meeting and gathering facilities. Park operations personnel are based out of four regional offices, located in North Springfield, Pittsford, Essex Junction, and Barre. The main number for the State Parks Division is (802) 241-3655 or http://www.vtstateparks.com .


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(WZZM) Grand Rapids, Mich. - A disease- carrying insect has moved into West Michigan.
This year's wet spring has helped an infestation of ticks move to new locations.
Ned Walker, Entomologist at Michigan State Univeristy, says,"Within the five or six years it swept all the way up the state and into Sleeping Bear Dunes, it's slowly moving east to Ottawa County and Kent County. It's now endemic for that tick and disease."
Ticks are about the size of a sesame seed and carry diseases that can affect both humans and animals. The most common disease being Lyme Disease.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention list symptoms of Lyme Disease as fever, headache, fatigue, and skin rash. For more information from the CDC click here.
The Michigan Department of Community Health says, "tick borne diseases are rare, but they do occur and can be serious if not properly diagnosed and treated."
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Humanizing Machiavelli and His Concept of a Good Leader
I'm going to make a bold, sacrilegious assertion in a sea of humanistic theorists: I believe Niccolò Machiavelli had it right when he defined leadership 499 years ago.
...Well, he did, in a bare bones sort of way. At the very least, he set a foundation for the plethora of leadership theories that exist today. Work with me here, all right. I intend to deconstruct Niccolò's basic theory before bringing him into the 21st century.
When Machiavelli retreated to his Florentine study in 1513 and feverishly jotted down his abstract reflections on how the world ought to be in his book Il Principe ("The Prince"), he noted five aspects of a good leader that are still discussed (and even relished) in business and management literature today. These publications typically refrain from referencing him directly for the sake of not proposing workplace theories that may come off as deceitful, cunning, immoral, self-serving, dishonest, or Machiavellian, but Machiavelli's basic premise of a good leader is still there.
In a nut shell, the medieval Italian philosopher asserted that a good leader:
1. Should be feared rather than loved "if you cannot be both" in order to avoid a revolt;
2. Should have the support of the people because it's difficult to take action without their support;
3. Should hold good virtues;
4. Should never turn to outside auxiliary or mercenary units, but always rely on his (or her) own arms; and
5. Should be intelligent.
If we translate Machiavelli's five-point laundry list into modern parlance, a good leader is essentially someone who is respected and supported by the people he or she guides because this person is smart enough to authentically know, trust, value, and encourage the flourishing of the skills that each individual brings to the group. Consequently, the leader is able to rely on the group because he or she works to help each member continue to polish and refine their unique skills and abilities, which can only work to make the team stronger as time brings a constant stream of change. As an MBA, I believe any manager who takes time to understand, nurture, cultivate, and accentuate the skills and traits of colleagues and support staff is virtuous.
And, yes, I used the word "authentically" in my translation of Machiavelli's principles. Why? Because, believe it or not, the man didn't appreciate dishonesty.
As a leader, "there is no other way to guard yourself against flattery," Machiavelli wrote, "than by making men understand that telling you the truth will not offend you."
To Machiavelli, authenticity—or at least openness—is essential to good leadership. After all, any leader "who seeks to deceive will always find someone who will allow himself to be deceived." And, in the long run, that never turns out well.
Machiavelli's got a bad rap for being a ruthless, cut-throat kind of guy. But, in this context, his vision of leadership softens and his description of a good leader actually sounds transformational, which is the style of leadership coveted by management circles today.
There's one modern day distinction I'd like to make that possibly inspired Machiavelli's laundry list five centuries ago: a leader isn't always in a position of authority and an authority figure doesn't always hold the qualities of a leader. As Annabel Beerel, professor of social ethics at Southern New Hampshire University, wrote in her 2009 book Leadership and Change Management, "Leadership cannot function effectively without its fellow partner, authority, whereas authority can exist (not for long) without the activities of leadership."
In other words, a person who embodies the qualities of a transformational leader but holds no authority is the equivalent of a king or queen without a throne. He or she may influence the people around them positively as they all work to fulfill daily obligations, but his or her reach is very limited.
By contrast, a person in a position of authority who fails to recognize, trust, value, and encourage the flourishing of skills among his or her colleagues and staff will quickly lose respect and support from these people. And when they go, the manager's stuck in the transactional limbo he or she created. In this limbo bent on preserving the status quo, morale's low, turnover rates are high, and workers are grumpy among other things.
In 1513, Machiavelli wrote, "I'm not interested in preserving the status quo. I want to overthrow it." So in addition to having a low tolerance for dishonesty, he apparently didn't buy into transactional management theory either.
The key ingredient that distinguishes a leader from an authority figure is power, according to Beerel. To the traditional Machiavellian, power makes the ends justify the means, to paraphrase one of Machiavelli's famous quotations.
But in a frail world where leadership consists of power grabs for the sake of power-grabbing, leadership will ultimately fall apart for, as Machiavelli wrote, "It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles." Any leader who focuses solely on the accrual of power is acting disingenuously and, when the people revolt against this behavior, this leader's employment status may meet a tragic end.
To Machiavelli, true leaders strive to shatter false pretenses.
"Men judge generally more by the eye than by the hand, for everyone can see and few can feel," he wrote. "Everyone sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are."
So if you really want to be a transformational leader in Machiavelli's book, what everyone sees should be your authentic self guiding and working alongside your colleagues and staff.
Machiavelli may not have been such a bad guy after all. He may have just been a little too... fervent. I think that medieval word befits this Italian philosopher.
Now if we could only humanize Sun Tzu?
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School reading lists have radically transformed in the last few decades. While students from a generation ago may have spent their summer vacations dipping into such classics as A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens and William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet, the present crop of students is being assigned dark, graphic, and edgy reading such as Norwegian Wood and Tweak: Growing up on Methamphetamine — novels which feature homosexual orgies and lesbian sex.
Written by Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood is described by one reviewer as "a poignant story of one college student's romantic coming of age." A synopsis of the book explains:
Toru, a quiet and preternaturally serious young college student in Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, a beautiful and introspective young woman, but their mutual passion is marked by the tragic death of their best friend years before. Toru begins to adapt to campus life and the loneliness and isolation he faces there, but Naoko finds the pressures and responsibilities of life unbearable. As she retreats further into her own world, Toru finds himself reaching out to others and drawn to a fiercely independent and sexually liberated young woman.
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BEIJING (Caixin Online) — City governments in Shandong Province have been bread-and-butter clients for Shandong Yixing Electric Automobile Co. Ltd. ever since the company started building battery-powered buses.
Governments in the cities of Jinan, Qingdao and the company's hometown Linyi bought most of the 400 buses that rolled off Yixing's assembly lines between 2009 and last year.
Another taxpayer-supported client base is behind battery-powered bus maker Beijing-based Beiqi Foton Motor Co. Ltd., which sold 268 units between 2009 and 2011, as well as about 1,407 hybrid electric-gas buses. Buyers included Beijing's municipal, district and county governments.
Indeed, most of the nation's electric-power vehicle manufacturers have relied on government contracts to keep bread on the table over the past five years. And some have yet to turn a profit.
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The industry's prospects looked bright in 2009, the year the State Council unveiled an incentives program designed to encourage alternative energy vehicle production in the face of the international financial crisis. That January, the State Council announced plans to boost the auto industry by promoting electric car and vehicle components manufacturing.
A month later, government agencies including the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Science and Technology, National Development and Reform Commission and Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) took another step by announcing that buyers of alternative-energy buses and taxis would be eligible for subsidies ranging from 4,000 yuan to 600,000 yuan ($643 to $96,463) USDCNY, -0.1275%
The subsidies were made available in 13 cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing and Changchun.
Nevertheless, profit-making has been an elusive goal for alternative-energy vehicle makers such as Yixing and Foton. Survival has hinged on government procurements and subsidies.
A report on the industry website D1ev.com said 1,090 battery-powered buses were sold nationwide in 2011, accounting for 12% of all alternative energy buses.
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After years spent worrying about the future of the euro zone, the stuttering U.S. recovery and a potentially fraught leadership transition in China, the self-styled "global elite" in Davos concluded that the world in 2013.
Local governments bought most of the vehicles, mainly from local companies. For instance, most of Foton's more than 200 buses were sold to Beijing Public Transport Holdings Ltd.
The Shenzhen municipal government planned to buy 1,000 alternative energy buses and 500 battery-powered taxies in 2012 from two local companies, Shenzhen Wuzhoulong Motors Group and BYD Co. Ltd. 1211, -2.87% BYDDY, -3.93%
Last year Yixing lost "about 5 million yuan" said the company's vice president for sales, Liu Yanshuang. He predicted hopefully that the company would turn a profit without government support "in 2014 or 2015."
Foton spokesperson Zhao Jingguang said, "We haven't arrived at an exact financial calculation for our new-energy car products. But in general, it should be profitable."
A source at another Beijing-based maker of alternative-energy vehicle components painted a darker picture. "We are seeking new investors because our current investors have stopped injecting money," the source said.


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That's the job of the Price City water and sewer department: To be sure the systems work when citizens need them.
At the Price City Council meeting on Dec. 14, Sam White, supervisor of the water and sewer department in the city, gave a report to the council on the 2011 activities of the department as well as a rundown on their present operations and what they plan to do in the future.
"I think the most immediate need we have is to rotate replacement projects one piece at a time so we can keep the systems going," stated White when asked by the council what needs his department had. "For the long term we need to keep doing the mapping program of the system and a long term maintenance program so we are ready when development in the city comes."
White pointed out that the present crew at the city, which consists of 10 people, including the supervisors, take care of 25 miles of water transmission lines, 50 miles of distribution lines, and 50 miles of gravity type sewer mains. The department is also responsible for 3,360 water meters, 480 fire hydrants and for running the water treatment plant in Price Canyon which produces 1,600 gallons per minute in the summer when water needs are the highest. The department also oversees the maintenance and operation of two water tanks, a 10 million gallon concrete tank and a three million gallon steel tank.
Between 2009 and 2010 the city had contractors replace waste water pipes in 21 locations. Some lines were replaced because they were undersized, others had problems with grease clogs and a history of back-ups. While most of those showed some deterioration, a clay-tile line at 200 North and Carbon Avenue was in particularly bad shape.
"There is a lot of residential lines that have old orangeburg pipe from the 1960s and '70s that need to be replaced," said White.
While his crew did not replace these lines, they did monitor and work with contractors on the projects that totaled 9,350 linear feet or 3.5 percent of Price's sewer main pipelines.
The personnel at the department perform various kinds of projects to keep the city systems running. The construction crew takes care of digging up leaking or broken lines and repairing them, handles manhole installations, and takes care of the water pressure operation in the city.
The maintenance crew performs the sewer line cleaning and also uses the TV system the city has to inspect pipes from the inside.
The water treatment plant crew provides spring water for the city (from Colton Springs) and seasonal 24 hour water treatment from the Price River. They also do plant maintenance, repairs and upgrades as needed.
The crew also handles dozens of other duties related to the systems, including one of the hardest problems to handle, especially when things go wrong, customer service.
"I have heard a lot of good things about how your crew has handled problems customers have," said Councilwoman Kathy Smith. "They have handled some hard issues well."
Most of those that work in the department have various kinds of certifications for the different kinds of skills they have had to learn over the years while performing the tasks handed to them. The department is not monolithic because they have to handle everything from traffic control to handling large equipment to water conservation procedures.
White pointed out may bright spots in the department, but there was one he is obviously very proud of.
As of the day of his presentation, the department hand not had one reportable injury in 1001 days.
"That's quite a feat when you think about the kind of work they do," said John Daniels, human resource manager for the city later in an interview. "They have to contend with lots of hazards such as trenching, heavy equipment, etc."
White also presented a map of the construction projects he talked about having done the last two years to the council. The longest string of units was on 700 East stretching from 500 South to Main Street.


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(a) In general
Consistent with this section, the Secretary shall, acting through the Office of the Chief Economist, make competitive grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements with, policy research centers described in subsection (b) of this section to conduct research and education programs that are objective, operationally independent, and external to the Federal Government and that concern the effect of public policies and trade agreements on—
(1) the farm and agricultural sectors (including commodities, livestock, dairy, and specialty crops);
(b) Eligible recipients
An entity eligible to apply for funding under subsection (a) is a State agricultural experiment station, college or university, or other public research institution or organization that has a history of providing—
(1) unbiased, nonpartisan economic analysis to Congress on the areas specified in paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (a); or
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Source(Pub. L. 95–113, title XIV, § 1419A, as added Pub. L. 104–127, title VIII, § 807,Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1162; amended Pub. L. 105–185, title II, § 224, title III, § 301(a)(3),June 23, 1998, 112 Stat. 540, 562; Pub. L. 107–171, title VII, §§ 7103, 7216,May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 432, 449; Pub. L. 110–234, title VII, § 7111,May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1219; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title VII, § 7111,June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1980; Pub. L. 113–79, title VII, § 7106,Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 869.)
Pub. L. 110–234and Pub. L. 110–246made identical amendments to this section. The amendments by Pub. L. 110–234were repealed by section 4(a) ofPub. L. 110–246.
2014—Pub. L. 113–79, § 7106(1), substituted "Agricultural and food policy" for "Policy" in section catchline.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–79, § 7106(2), substituted "Secretary shall, acting through the Office of the Chief Economist, make competitive grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements with," for "Secretary may make grants, competitive grants, and special research grants to, and enter into cooperative agreements and other contracting instruments with," in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 113–79, § 7106(3), added subsec. (b) and struck out former subsec. (b). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "State agricultural experiment stations, colleges and universities, other research institutions and organizations (including the Food Agricultural Policy Research Institute, the Agricultural and Food Policy Center, the Rural Policy Research Institute, and the National Drought Mitigation Center), private organizations, corporations, and individuals shall be eligible to apply for funding under subsection (a) of this section."
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 113–79, § 7106(5), added subsec. (c).Former subsec. (c) redesignated (d).
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 113–79, § 7106(4), redesignatedsubsec. (c) as (d). Former subsec. (d) redesignated (e).
Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 113–79, § 7106(6), inserted "applied" after "theoretical and".
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 113–79, § 7106(7), added subsec. (e) and struck out former subsec. (e). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 1996 through 2012."
Pub. L. 113–79, § 7106(4), redesignatedsubsec. (d) as (e).
2008—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 110–246, § 7111(1), inserted "(including commodities, livestock, dairy, and specialty crops)" after "agricultural sectors".
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 110–246, § 7111(2), inserted "(including the Food Agricultural Policy Research Institute, the Agricultural and Food Policy Center, the Rural Policy Research Institute, and the National Drought Mitigation Center)" after "research institutions and organizations".
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 110–246, § 7111(3), substituted "2012" for "2007".
2002—Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 107–171, § 7216, substituted "collect, analyze, and disseminate data" for "collect and analyze data".
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 107–171, § 7103, substituted "2007" for "2002".
1998—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–185, § 224, inserted "and trade agreements" after "public policies" in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 105–185, § 301(a)(3), substituted "each of fiscal years 1996 through 2002" for "fiscal years 1996 and 1997".
Effective Date of 2008 Amendment
Amendment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234by Pub. L. 110–246effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 ofPub. L. 110–246, set out as an Effective Date note under section 8701 of this title.
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As 2011 began, two separate blue-ribbon panels made wide-ranging recommendations to address the national debt crisis - $14 trillion and climbing at that point - and each raised anew the specter of military-retirement reform.
Both debt panels suggest replacing the current "all-or-nothing" 20-year retirement system with one perceived to be more equitable, flexible and, most importantly, cost-efficient.
The final report of the bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, released in December, characterized both military and federal-
civilian retirement plans as "out of line" with pensions in the private sector.
The report urged Congress to create a federal workforce-entitlement task force to recommend ways to make federal retirement and health benefits alike more consistent with those generally available in the private sector, with a goal of saving $70 billion over the next decade.
An example of structural changes sought by the commission, co-chaired by former Republican Sen. Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles, chief of staff to President Bill Clinton, would be to defer any cost-of-living adjustment on federal annuities until age 62, when a one-time catch-up raise, to match inflation, would be permitted.
The commission said that this and other cost-saving measures for federal entitlements should get fast-tracked through Congress.
The Debt Reduction Task Force, led by former Republican Sen. Pete Domenici and Alice Rivlin, the first director of the Congressional Budget Office, wields a sharper knife over military retirement. It urges adoption of the four-part "flexible" retirement package, proposed in 2008 by the 10th Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation (QRMC), and wants it applied to any active-duty member today with less than 16 years of service.
That plan's annuity would be set using the same formula as the current system: 2.5 percent of average basic pay over the member's three highest-earning years, multiplied by years served. But retired pay couldn't begin until age 57 for those who served at least 20 years, or until age 60 for those who served 10 to 19 years.
A second feature would be a government-funded thrift savings plan that members would be vested in after only 10 years of military service. The government would make all contributions, starting in the second year of service. At first, they would equal 2 percent of basic pay, but would gradually rise to 5 percent. Withdrawals could be made at age 60 or older.
The final two features would be separation pay, and special "gate pays" to entice members through specific year-of-service milestones. The timing, size and availability of these would be left to each service branch.
The Domenici-Rivlin report says this plan should replace the current system of immediate annuities after 20 years for any member who, at the time of the plan's enactment, would have served fewer than 16 years.
Stuart H. Rakoff, a manpower-policy consultant and former Defense Department executive who worked on personnel issues for the task force, said he would personally prefer to grandfather a large portion of the current force, protecting them from any involuntary change in retirement. But he endorsed the changes as more efficient and fairer than the current plan.
He cited three major flaws with the 20-year, cliff-vesting retirement plan used by the military since the end of World War II. One is that "only 15 percent of folks who enter ... serve long enough to get any retirement benefit at all." Thus, the plan builds no wealth for 85 percent of today's volunteers.
Point two is its cost. "When the system was conceived, nobody had the vaguest notion we would pay people to be on active duty for 20 years, and then pay them to be retired for 40 years (on average)," he said. "When the Germans first thought of a military-retirement system 150 years ago, the average officer retired at age 62 and died at 65."
That system made fiscal sense. "When people retire at 38 and live to be 90," however, "it's not such a good bargain for the taxpayer anymore."
Finally, the 20-year retirement plan "has really negative effects on force-shaping," Rakoff said. "For the most part, pilots never see a cockpit after 10 to 12 years of service. It has to do with the nature of assignments. So what happens to (them) after they finished their flying days? They get desk jobs for eight to 10 years because the service won't send them home without a retirement benefit. And so we draw people out to 20 years, to that cliff-vesting point, when really, in many cases, we don't have useful work for them."
The QRMC retirement plan, by contrast, has many more tools to smooth out the force profile and still keep the right number of personnel with the right skills to meet any service need, Rakoff said. Cash is always the most efficient incentive to influence behavior, yet more than half of total military compensation today is deferred.
Steve Strobridge, director of government relations for the Military Officers Association of America and co-chair of The Military Coalition, a consortium of 32 military associations and veterans organizations, testified before the Simpson-Bowles commission last June and warned against changing military retirement to become more like civilian 401(k) plans.
Strobridge said he was stunned to see the Domenici-Rivlin plan propose that its cost-cutting ideas be applied to such a large portion of the current force - those with fewer than 16 years of service. "I cannot express too strongly how egregious a breach of faith that would be," he said. "To have supposedly responsible people who have held senior government positions feel no more sense of obligation than that to people who have borne the country on their backs through this last decade of war is just unfathomable."
Strobridge reminded the commissioners last summer that Congress enacted a cheaper retirement plan, called REDUX, for new entrants after October 1986. Fourteen years later, the reduced career "pull" of that plan began to harm retention and, at the urging of the Joint Chiefs, Congress restored the old retirement plan and added $30,000 for any member who wanted to stay under REDUX.
Initiatives to reduce military-retirement costs by making the service plan more like civilian-retirement packages, Strobridge said, overlook the fact that the military's annuity plan "is an essential offset to the unique and arduous service conditions inherent in a multidecade service career."
Private-sector employees don't face combat, hazardous duty in foreign lands, extended force separations from family, or frequent relocations that impact the ability of spouses to build their own careers, he explained.
"One cannot expect to civilianize the career benefits for military service when military
service conditions simply cannot be civilianized," Strobridge said.
Without the drawing power of the 20-year retirement system, the service branches could not have retained the quality force that it has "over the past decade of constant combat deployments," he added.
President Obama and congressional leaders, spurred on by Tea Party members elected in November on promises of cutting federal spending, have promised to consider the debt panels' recommendations and take serious steps this year to begin to address the swelling national debt.
Whether military retirement will be exempt from the wave of changes ahead, as some prominent politicians have asserted, remains to be seen.
As for The American Legion, it has opposed similar proposals before and will again, National Commander Jimmie Foster said.
"Every time Washington wakes up with a deficit hangover after decades of spending binges, those who study the serious problems of our national debt can't resist the easy but unfair route of trying to balance the budget on the backs of veterans," he said. "It is unfair, and if these ridiculous proposals are passed into law, it will hurt America's ability to defend itself from our enemies.
"I want these commissions to look a 22-year-old Marine in the eye and say that if you retire at age 40 - after 20 years of service and three, four or even more tours of being shot at in Afghanistan - you still have not done enough to receive your retirement. I want these commissions to tell the soldiers in Iraq that the benefits they are receiving are too much.
"America has a huge debt, all right. And it is owed to these men and women who protect our freedoms every day. It is a debt that must be repaid."
Tom Philpott writes the Veterans Update column for The American Legion Magazine.
I think we can all agree that the proposed debt reduction plan that is currently being debated in Washington is extremely unfair and borders on being criminal in it's attempt to strip away the contractual agreements that have already been forged between military personnel and the government upon enlistment.
Now what can we all do about it?
Contact your representatives! You can read up on the latest BS from the Debt Reduction Task Force at the Bipartisan Policy Center website - links are not allowed on this post so you'll have to Google: bipartisanpolicy debt military
Let them know that there are reasonable ways to cut spending in Washington, but taking away our hard earned retirement is not one of them.
It never ceases to amaze me what our government is willing to do to save a buck. I am an Active Duty Army Sergeant First Class with 14 years of service, 5 combat deployments to both Afghanistan and Iraq, a husband and father of two boys. I'm currently back in Iraq on my fifth deployment and now having to worry about my retirement being fondled with. This coming just weeks after the governments threatened to not pay me during the government shutdown scare. Me and many others are career Soldiers with the expectations to receive a retirement pension if we chose to do 20 year or 30 years. That has been my expectation since I joined the Army and has been a major deciding factor every time re-enlistment comes up. There is absolutely no comparison between the civilian job market and our Service to our country, having to deal with struggles that the American public can't possibly imagine. On a second note I'm kind of curious how much money and resources are being sunk into this committee
DoD Manpower Policy consultant implies that professional servicepeople once promoted beyond there basic MOS/Branch "don't have useful work for them." What bull posterior ejection is that!! So after I was promoted above the flight line and was ordered to serve in the Pentagon on the CJCS "for the needs of the service," that was just a placeholder job to carryout the last 8 years of my retirement credible service!? I was ordered-- not my choice-- to the Pentagon and have my professional pilot skills and flight experience become noncompetitive effectively removing me from a good civilian aviation/pilot position post retirement! This is the appreciation we get from DoD politicians consulting with national leadership on our behalf. Honor and truth are dead in Beltway political culture.
DoD Manpower policy consultant says service men and women who serve, serve, for 20 or more years are "a good bargain." So that is what the DoD civilian leadership think we are--the poor saps who fell for the false promise of free medical for life and a cost of living protected retired pay. We served at substandard wages and in harms way. We suffered and our families suffered. What, military is overpaid?? I do remember the DFAS actualized compensation fliers sent at tax time every year outlining the unpaid compensation we were supposably to be getting that mitigate LES poor pay/conditions. But now, Beltway politicians say we were over paid, and you have to pay for your own disability and medical care. Now what pension? Two years of no COLA; federal taxes taken from RAS increase 61 percent last month; and talk of incrasing family TriCare annual premiums from $460 to as mouch as $2000! I beginning to kind of feel like the American Indians after they were promised the sky by USGov
To compare a military career to ANY civilian job is ridiculous,it's a way of life no matter what branch you serve in.The cost is too high?What civilian job requires you to deploy to an area like a combat zone,continually separate from your family,risk your life 24/7 and all the hardships,physical demands that go with military service? Now they want to pull the rug out from people now serving, if they pass this retention will severely drop and it should.Congress should address it's compensation because they are far out of whack.With all the political correctness,gender friendly,social engineering forced on the military today I'm glad I'm retired.This is just another slap in the face of those serving.The current system retirement rates are low for 20/30 years of your life and what military life requires,especially the willingness to give your life.
Once again our political leaders are looking to fix a problem they created on the backs of the women and men who signed a check payable to the United States of America for an amount up to and including their lives. I would be interested to know if there were any recommendations on the golden parachute our Congress members created for themselves in retirement and health care. How about their retriement be on a scale based on number of years served and payable once they reach full retirement age? And, they use the same health care system they created for the American public. Think there is a chance of that happening in any deficit cutting measures?
I am really tired of the prima donnas in Washington, spending our tax dollars on everything and anything they deem fit! THEY are out of control! Now they want to go after vet benefits??? They need to lower their wages and benefits and quit sending our dollars overseas to countries who accepts the money then spits on us as Washington turns the other cheek and just does it all over again and again!! Take care of our own!!!!
Washington is the monster that steppenwolf sang about!


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So bill clinton is sticking his dirty hands in the whole haiti fund drive, great but isnt this the same guy that signed off on the nafta agreement allowing usa companies to go overseas costing many americans jobs. This is same lowlfie along with his manly wife hilary that caused a genocide in africa and thousands died. This guy is so fake and corrupt like he really gives a shitt about haiti. How much money is he and that crook bush skimming from contributions? This vile sanke is partly responsible for this economic genocide that is happening today. its just funny how the rats, snakes and roaches appear anytime there is free money to be stolen.
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What does that have to do with the Lakers/Knicks game? BTW, nice title.
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Yes, please go there so we can limit this nonsense to just one thread. Tks!
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and your topic has nothign to do with the forum you posted in. so what is your point?
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The latest report from AAA Utah finds every city 9in Utah where AAA tracks the cost of has has seen a significant monthly average jump at the pump. This follows Utah enjoying the lowest gasoline prices in the country since the first of the year.
Utah's current average price for a gallon of regular, serf-serve gasoline is $3.00, a 20-cent increase since last month's AAA report on Jan. 11. That is also 26 cents higher than a year ago. The state's average is now tied for the twelfth lowest price in America. Moab's average price of $3.09 per gallong was the highest average price of Utah cities, a 13-cent increase since last month. All but one of the Utah cities tracked by AAA saw a double digit increase in its average price. All of the mountain states report an increase in their average price.
The national average for regular, serlf-serve gasoline is $3.12. That is a 3-cent increase from last month's AAA survey and 47 cents higher than a year ago. Among the areas where AAA tracks fuel prices, the least expensive gasoline in the country is found in Casper, Wyo., where for the second consecutive month the average price of gas is $2.68. The highest average price in the nation is in Wailuku, Hawaii, where the average price per gallon is $4.01. Among the lower 48 states, the highest average price reported by AAA is in Eureka, Calif., where the average price is $3.62. California's average price of $3.41 is the highest price in the lower 48.
"Recent uncertainty about the political turmoil in Egypt has helped to make investors nervous, forcing up the price of crude," explained Rolayne Fairclough, AAA Utah spokesperson. "However, over the past week investors finally took notice that the United States' oil reserves had risen, showing a decrease in demand. This helped to stabilize the price per barrel."
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, weekly averages for gasoline demand have been dropping for the last six weeks. Just this week, traders begrudgingly agreed that market fundamentals - hefty crude supply and weak demand - needed to be accounted for an, while keeping one eye firmly trained on Egypt, oil prices began to retreat. This downward pressure on crude prices was counpounded by strength in the U.S. Dollar versus the Euro. When the dollar strengthens, investors, including those hlding foreign currencies, are less likely to invest in commodities, including crude, which pressures prices down.
"Despite bearish fundamental data for gasoline," said Fairclough, "consumers have continued to see prices rise at the pump."
Forty-five states and the District of Columbia are averaging $3 or more per gallon for self-service regular. That's nine more than the total listed on AAA's gas prices survey one month ago.


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In this photograph received by AFP on February 8 a mobile phone and a... News PhotoColombo,Hand,Human Interest,Mobile Phone,Offbeat,Photograph,Prisoner,Receiving,Rectum,Sri Lanka,Vertical,Wireless Technology,X-ray ImagePhotographer STRCollection: AFP 2013 AFPIn this photograph received by AFP on February 8, 2013, a mobile phone and a hands free kit are seen in the rectum on an X-ray of a 58 year old Sri Lankan prisoner. A Sri Lankan prisoner who tried to hide his mobile phone during a search of his cell was caught out when guards heard ring tones from his rear-end, a hospital official said. The 58-year-old convict had to be admitted to the national hospital in Colombo where doctors later retrieved the handset from his rectum. AFP PHOTO/ STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)


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The students and alumni of Ringling College continue to receive the highest levels of recognition in the United States and around the world.
Take a look at some amazing awards and accolades that Ringling College, its students and alumni have amassed:
- The 2014 and 2012 Academy Award recipients for Best Animated Short are Ringling alumni.
- In 2015, a team of Ringling students won the national Disney Imaginations Design competition.
- Two former Ringling students are among the "30 under 30" by Forbes magazine.
- Two Motion Design seniors received 2014 Adobe Design Achievement Awards for their senior thesis film on autism.
- Ringling alumni have worked on every Academy-Award-winning Best Animated Feature since 2003.
- In 2014, Linkedin ranked Ringling College seventh among design schools for placement of graduates into top design jobs.
- Illustration major Brenna Thummler was named Zankel Scholar by the Society of Illustrators in 2014. The Zankel award goes to the most outstanding illustration junior in the country. Ringling students have won a total of four Zankel scholarships since the awards began seven years ago.
- In 2014, Ringling College was named among the top 25 film programs in the world by Hollywood Reporter.
- In 2015 , the Suncoast American Advertising Federation (AAF) awarded 51 ADDYs, including Best in Show, to Ringling students and alumni.
- Three Ringling College alumni won 2014 Daytime Emmy Awards.
- In 2012, two $30,000 Angelo Donghia Foundation prizes—one of the most sought-after awards in the interior design industry—were awarded to Ringling students. Ringling students have won this national competition every year but one since 2001.
- An Interior Design major won the Robert Bruce Thompson Light Fixture Design Competition. Ringling students have placed in this competition every year they have entered.
- Computer Animation students have won Student Academy Awards 11 times since 1998.
- Nineteen Ringling student works were accepted into the Society of Illustrators 2015 Student Scholarship Competition. A total of 215 pieces from Ringling students have been accepted for the competition in seven years - more than from any other college.


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by Tyler Durden hat tip: Zero Hedge March 26, 2010 The latest stunner from the CIA and the Obama administration via Wikileaks. To wit:
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A challenge to folks attempting to write Arabic names in English is the use of the right vowel. Take Mohamed Morsi. His last name is spelled Morsi in Time Magazine, while one of my close personal friends* spells it Mohamed Morsy on her blog.
Her spelling always brings to mind the angst-riden singer Morissey. Whose music I never quite "got." Too dramatic and emotional and clingy. Nothing against the man, if that is what he really is.
* I don't actually know Christiane Amanpour. We are not close personal friends. We are not even close, nor friends. Nor personal. Actually, I find her reporting brusque and clumsy, but that is a post for another day. Wow, poor Mo Morsi. He is the only one who comes out of this post smelling like roses. Not that he has ever smelled like roses. There I go again. Insulting celebrities. Carry on snarkly.


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The Junior Naturalist program, for young people ages 6 to 12, is a program that will encourage your child to explore nature all year. The group will meet every other month to discover, investigate and have adventures and fun in the outdoors.
2012 Dates
January 21, March 17, May, July 21, September 15, November 17
For more information please visit http://www.lostrivercave.com/kidsactivities.html
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Westside High School football hosted the T.L. Hanna Yellow Jackets at Westside Stadium in Anderson. Hanna won the first game of the year, and pulled away from the Rams in the second half of the game at Westside to win 40-16. Action photos from the game.


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Time Zones
What time is it here? In this BrainPOP movie, Tim and Moby teach you all about time zones! Discover just how many time zones there are, as well as why time can't just be the same everywhere at once. As you find out how the globe is divided up, you'll also be introduced to the concepts of longitude and latitude. Find out how many latitude lines run down the globe and which longitude line forms the basis of all time zones on Earth. You'll also discover at what speed and in which direction the earth spins, and why the boundaries of some time zones are jagged. Don't forget to set your watch!
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The Amazon Kindle is a device that they are really trying to create a full library like environment with. They now are linking up with more than 11,000 libraries across the country, and are going to be launching their lending service. This is a huge moment for the device that has become the most popular e-book reader in the world and continues to be a great seller for Amazon. There are more than 11,000 participating libraries across the country that are going to be using the new service that they are offering in order to bring more reading to users across the country. The e-book that you are going to be reading is going to be delivered to you through wi-fi or through USB. This is supported on any device that has the Kindle application installed and is going to be available for a number of different platforms including PC, Android operating system, Apple IOS such as unlocked iphone 4 & ipad, like Barry, and Windows Phone 7 devices.
As of right now there are going to be no limitations on what you can borrow from the library title wise, and users are going to be able to see the real page number so that they are going to be able to synchronize notes. It is definitely something that many users are going to be interested in because it is going to provide a number of interesting features that are going to allow them to be able to read quite a bit more. Giving you access to these free books will definitely increase the number of people that are willing to utilize their new service. Amazon is looking to position themselves in the same way that Barnes & Noble has been as far as being able to utilize their huge reach to become a major player in the book space.


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That looks gorgeous.
So i've been watching the first season of that mini-series Black Mirror... Very awesome, brutally dry satire on the technology/information age from Charlie Brooker. Well scripted and acted with compelling/weird plots that make me think for hours after watching. The second one in the first season (there's only three episodes) is absolutely amazing. You can watch them individually, plots/characters don't carry over.
If you can't find it in better quality, which I def recommend, here's the second episode with hardcoded subs on youtube
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Early indicators from Black Friday sales and foot traffic are giving retailers some hope for the holiday season.
Macy's Inc. M, -0.20% Chief Executive Terry Lundgren, for instance, stood at the door of the company's flagship store in New York's Herald Square when it opened at midnight, and watched.
Macy's CEO on Black Friday
With Black Friday considered the Super Bowl of retail to kick off holiday sales, Macy's Terry Lundgren talks to s Andria Cheng on why the day matters for retailers.
"The flow never stopped," Lundgren said of the stream of customers, adding that he expects traffic and sales from Macy's stores nationwide to top those from last year. But sustaining the momentum is the key, he commented. "We are going to do everything to keep shoppers coming." Read related blog post about shoppers at different stores.
Black Friday — the day after Thanksgiving that signals the traditional start of retailers' biggest selling period, and when they historically begin to turn profitable — actually began on Thursday this year with increasing numbers of merchants, including Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT, -0.30% Toys "R" Us Inc., Sears Holdings Corp. SHLD, -0.98% and Target Corp. TGT, -0.32% starting their "doorbuster" promotions earlier than ever on Thanksgiving night.
"Earlier openings are definitely beneficial," Moody's analyst Charles O'Shea told MarketWatch, saying he considers Wal-Mart an early winner based on his store visits. "The 'early-opening arms race' is definitely here to stay. Retailers not opening until this morning are potentially sacrificing some momentum." The analyst expects retailers to report better Black Friday sales and traffic this year.
Spending beyond what's on sale
Retailers including Macy's, Best Buy Co. BBY, -0.32% and Toys "R" Us said they are seeing people buying beyond what's on sale. Lundgren said shoppers were buying full-priced cosmetics and fragrance, for instance.
Consumers "were definitely buying and not looking," Toys "R" Us CEO Jerry Storch said in an interview. He reported people were buying items such as its new Tabeo tablet device and Nintendo's Wii U at full price. "They are still very focused on the value. While it's a lower-margin day, we still make money. I expect [the shoppers] to return."
At Best Buy, Shawn Score, its head of U.S. retail, told MarketWatch that while people were also focused mostly on sales, he also saw shoppers buying accessories and paying premium prices for some tablets and smartphones.
"The lines were good," Score said, adding the company expects flat traffic compared with last year. "We see many carts full of items that weren't on sale."
Black Friday Stokes Holiday Season Hopes
Early indications are giving retailers such as Macy's higher hopes for the 2012 holiday season. Andria Cheng reports on The News Hub.
With Best Buy, Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, -0.23% and others introducing Thanksgiving sales online, Internet sales look to reach another record. Record online shopping was seen on Thursday, with sales up 17.4% over 2011, according to IBM Benchmark. The number of shoppers using their mobile devices to make an online purchase also rose to 18.3%, about a two-thirds percentage increase from last year, IBM said.
The total U.S. online visits to the top 500 retail sites on Thanksgiving were up 16% compared with the same day in 2011, according to Internet data collector Experian Marketing Services.
In a positive indicator for Microsoft Corp. MSFT, -0.23% comparison-shopping site PriceGrabber.com saw the software giant's new Surface tablet the No. 1 searched product on its site between Nov. 16 and Nov. 22.
Sale to the rescue at J.C. Penney?
Getting the kickoff right on Black Friday is critical for retailers this holiday season. J.C. Penney Co. JCP, -0.62% undergoing a major change that did away with coupons and sales, launched its only sale of the year at 6 a.m. on Black Friday to "honor the American tradition."


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XT Wings 2 Shoe (Women's) (out-of-stock)
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Congratulations Crown Taxi of Toronto
Photo From L-R: Marc Kajouji, Director of Sales; Rafiq Gowher, General Manager.
Molson Coors and TAXIGUY Inc. thought it was about time to say "THANK YOU" to all of the great Taxi Companies and Taxi Drivers of the TAXIGUY Network for the outstanding job they do day in and day out to ensure the roads are kept safe. We salute you!
Crown Taxi in Toronto is a key part of the TAXIGUY and TAXI DOLLARS network across Canada. Crown Taxi has been a partner of TAXIGUY for over 12 years and have demonstrated a very strong commitment to safe transportation. Crown provides reliable taxicab service in the biggest city in Canada – which is vital to our National Solution to reduce incidences of impaired driving.
TAXIGUY and Molson Coors Canada are very proud of the partnership we have with Crown Taxi and want to recognize them for their commitment to providing taxicab service to all members of the Toronto community.
"Crown GM, Rafiq Gowher and his team at Crown Taxi have shown true dedication to TAXIGUY and our national commitment to safe transportation over the years." Said Justin Raymond, President of TAXIGUY Inc. "Our goal at TAXIGUY is to increase accessibility to taxicab service in all cities and towns across Canada and we are extremely proud to be working with Crown Taxi."
Congratulations to Crown Taxi of Toronto, Ontario , who has been a long standing and excellent partner in the Toronto area. Keep up the great work you do!
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The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists website includes an online bookstore that carries pamphlets and books on women's health issues, including pregnancy. Some of these titles are available in both English and Spanish
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