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Melinda Krueger | July 13, 2012 | Comments
A robust loyalty program can give your customer a reason to allow you to connect the dots between every mobile channel.
With the proliferation of mobile channels comes an increased desire to recognize the customer at every touch point. QR code scanner, mobile or desktop site visitor, app downloader, email/SMS subscriber, fan, follower, pinner, reviewer, or store visitor - the customer is interacting with our brands, and we want to know about it.
Methods to date have been covert and disjointed. Each channel or tactic has its own metrics and claims some credit for purchase even though we know they are interdependent. Opportunities to create synergy abound but are untapped.
Customers quickly turn away from mobile experiences with too much friction - non-optimized sites, weak payoffs, disjointed customer service, too many fields to enter, etc.
The key is to give the customer a reason to allow us to connect the dots, and a robust loyalty program does just that. If I have a compelling reason to self-identify with every interaction, and can do so easily, I'm in. Phones allow customers to store their information and do away with those aggravating stacks of cards. The more information we can store - securely - the more frictionless the customer experience. How much more likely would a customer be to purchase on a mobile device if most of the checkout information were pre-filled?
While ease of mobile checkout is important, so is promoting purchase in-store and combating showrooming. A loyalty program gives the customer a reason to self-identify, without the need for geo-fencing. With all dots connected, the merchant can deliver a personalized incentive to stay and shop. Rather than offer the same discount/points/service to all, the incentive can be tailored to the customer's interests and value. Delivered via mobile, the personal message avoids alienating non-members, who are instead invited to join.
The concept of value exchange - I'll provide personal information in exchange for something I value - is critical. We want all customer information "in the cloud" for instant, easy access, so we need to provide a reason to put it there in the first place. Loyalty points supply the reason. Enter and tell us the basics: 10 points. Follow us, fan us, pin us: five points. Review your purchase: eight points. Check in or sign in: three points. Download our app: 20 points. Text to get today's special: four points. Store your payment information and shipping address: 25 points.
As Barry Kirk points out in "Earn, Burn and Yearn: A New Paradigm for Loyalty Marketing," loyalty programs have focused too much on the burn, or redemption of points. Focusing on earning, through the examples above, and yearning, the desire to belong to a group with common interests, yields "an authentic customer engagement program that's based on relevance and relationships."
On that note, a program with a customer-centric name and identity is best. The customer should feel like an enthusiast, not a number. A "Super Saver," a "Foodie," an "Intrepid Traveler," not an "Our Program Rewards Member."
Another important aspect of loyalty programs is that they put the customer in control. Customers know what data they have provided, so personalized offers and information are expected and welcome.
Delivering on this expectation, however, is a significant hurdle. As much as we want to acquire big data, its effective application is surprisingly scarce. As my company found in "Retail Touchpoints Exposed!" an analysis of the top 100 U.S. retailers, 79 percent didn't personalize email content following an online purchase and 95 percent didn't after an in-store purchase. Only 22 percent sent abandoned cart messages, despite their proven dramatic return on investment (ROI).
It's incredibly easy to say, "Ahh, the joys of being a consultant," but legacy data systems and functional silos must be overcome. Quick wins and one-off tactics are not creating the data nirvana and mobile channel we all envision. We need big thinking, tight collaboration, and the relentless pursuit of excellence. We need game changers. (Read Walter Isaacson's "Steve Jobs" for inspiration.) Let's keep our eye on the prize: relevant, permission-based, channel-agnostic marketing, delivered to loyal customers.
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LEADVILLE — The mass of mud, which residents here call their "field of dreams," sits atop a Superfund site where a zinc smelter once reigned.
Despite endless predictions of failure, it will be transformed this summer into an emerald- green sports complex, the first public field in Lake County — and one that boasts spectacular views of fourteeners Mount Elbert and Mount Massive.
"I was very naive in my understanding of how simple it would be to get it done," soccer dad Peter Frykholm said. "I thought it would be a slam-dunk."
Instead, it took four years to raise $1.5 million for the field, with its adjacent playground. Supporters are still about $25,000 short, but construction will begin in May and the field is expected to open in August.
For the first time, Leadville's high school teams can play after dark because they will have a field with lights.
Kids and families will have a place to play Pop Warner football and Ultimate Frisbee.
But back at the beginning, the folks who dreamed up the idea almost got laughed out of town.
"I told my wife, 'I think they're in a pipe dream,' " said Brad Palmer, Lake County's public-works director. "It seemed unachievable."
Beyond the cost, there was the obstacle created by the town's self-image.
"Most people here work in resort communities, those lush and beautiful places, then come home to living in the trailer park with 16 other people," said Alice Pugh, director of Full Circle, a nonprofit that helps Leadville's at-risk families.
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Leadville made headlines last year when officials declared a state of emergency over a blocked mine-drainage tunnel that threatened to spew a billion gallons of toxic water.
Then came news that the reopening of a molybdenum mine was on hold.
But bad news inspired donors.
"Leadville took a couple blows, and people were ready to put their beliefs, and their pocketbooks, into something tangible to believe in," said Kate Bartlett, who spearheaded the fundraising.
More than $329,000 came from insiders, from local governments to families and business owners. People held bake sales, yard sales and a fiesta dinner. Foundations kicked in grants.
When the last big chunk of money arrived last fall, people sprang into action, including accountants, grant writers, retired geologists, immigrants and students from Colorado Mountain College's heavy-machinery classes, who learned to drive dump trucks and soil compactors.
Norm Schroeder — the tobacco- chewing bulldozer driver for the county's road-and-bridge crew — ran the mission, working 16-hour days for two months straight.
"Once we dove in with both feet," he said, "we knew we had to push like crazy to hit the end of the target."
Along with disposing of old washing machines, bags of trash and piles of slag, they had to dig up the smelter's massive concrete foundation: more than a block long, 5 feet wide and 10 feet deep.
They worked through cold and lightning storms, finishing just before snow buried the town.
"Once the dirt got moved and the trees cut and the lots leveled, people's interest really rose," said Palmer, who donated county equipment and workers to help get the job done.
Last week, on the first warm spring day, kids were playing soccer everywhere.
The girls varsity soccer team practiced on the high school field, dodging gopher holes and mud puddles.
A group of Latino youths played soccer on a concrete area where two trash cans and two rocks served as goals.
Honduran immigrants played in a cramped space behind the goal posts of the high school field, edged out by the soccer team.
Kids played on a makeshift field at the Mountain View trailer park. Benny Perez, dodging piles of snow and puddles of mud, is a soccer fanatic who last fall helped clear the new soccer field of dead trees.
"It was hard," he said. "I cut myself a lot because the branches were heavy and sharp."
But that experience made him stop doubting.
"I thought it might be true," he said of the field. "They wouldn't have us do that for no reason."
With synthetic turf soon to be rolled out, the town sparkles with new hope.
"In the past, Leadville looked at itself as the poor mountain cousin of its wealthy neighbors," Pugh said.
"But now, they believe everyone deserves a decent field where people can play together."
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|Total population
|several millions
|Regions with significant populations
|Afghanistan, Pakistan
|Pashto, Urdu, Hindko dialect, Dari
|Related ethnic groups
|other Pashtun tribes, other Iranian peoples
Sarbaṇī (Pashto: سربڼي) are the largest[1] tribal group of Pashtuns. They are situated in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Sarbani include many Pashtun tribes, among whom the most numerous are the Tareen, (Durrani historically Abdali), Yusufzai, Mohmand, Khalil, Ghoryakhel, Shinwari, Kasi , and Muhammadzai (Charsadda).[2] According to the Pashtun legend of origins, the members of the Sarbani group all descend from Sarban, who was the first son of the legendary founding father of the Pashtun people, Qais Abdur Rashid.
The name Sarbani is similar (or identical) with the name of an historical tribe on Caucasus that was also named Sarbani (the Caucasian tribe was recorded under this name in the 10th century). Pashtuns are believed to be of Scythian descent[3] and their language is classified as East Scythian (Sarmatian language is also grouped within Scythian branch).[4] Some scholars considered that these Caucasian Sarbani could be identified with the tribe Serboi.[5][6][7][8]
According to the research of Henry Walter Bellew[9] and Ibbetson Denzil,[10] the Pashtun genealogist took the term Saraban for their ancestors from Suryabans which was the distinctive race title of the solar clans of Kshatriya people among whom the Pashtuns had become absorbed, and it was also a title held in high respect among the people of the country at that time. Further, as it included a large and important population, it was a convenient term to adopt as an ancestral title.[11]
The name Sarban is evidently a corrupted, or perhaps a natural variant form of Suryabans the solar or royal race now represented in India by some solar clans of the Rajput. Similarly the names of the Saraban's sons Karshabun/Khrishyiin and Sharkabun/Sharjyun, and of his grandson Sheorani, are clearly changed forms of the common Rajput and Brahman proper names Krishan, Surjan, and Shivaram or Sheoram [12]
The origin of the Sarbani, might be connected with Hephthalites,[13] who had a large nomadic confederation that included present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan in the 5th-6th centuries AD, as well as with Scythians,[14] who are known to have settled where most of Pashtuns live today.
The Durrani Empire that existed in the 18th-19th centuries and that was centered in the territory of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan was founded by the Ahmad Shah Durrani, a Pashtun military commander under Nader Shah of Persia and chief of the Abdali Sarban tribe. Since that time, the Abdali tribe is known as Durrani.
Geographic distribution[edit]
In Afghanistan, Sarbani mainly inhabit the provinces of Kandahar, Zabul, Uruzgan, Helmand, Nimroz, Farah, Herat, Badghis, Balkh, and Kunduz, as well as the provinces Nangarhar and Kunar in the eastern part of the country.
In Pakistan, Sarbani are living throughout the city of Peshawar, northern and eastern parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas regions. Additional large settlements are found in Multan, Quetta and in the northern parts of Balochistan.[15]
Sarbani tribes[edit]
There are 105[16] Sarbani tribes, including these main/large ones:
- Babar
- Durrani
- Kasi
- Khalil
- Miani
- Mohmand
- Sherani
- Shilmani
- Shinwari
- Tareen
- Yusufzai
- Daudzai
- Ghoryakhel
See also[edit]
- ^ http://gulf2000.columbia.edu/images/maps/Pashtun_Confederacies_lg.jpg
- ^ The races of Afghanistan : being a brief account of the principal nations inhabiting that country (1880), https://archive.org/details/racesofafghanist015766mbp
- ^ A brief history of Afghanistan, Shaista Wahab, Barry Youngerman, Infobase Publishing, 2007, page 14.
- ^ The history and geography of human genes, Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Paolo Menozzi, Alberto Piazza, Princeton University Press, 1994, page 242.
- ^ De administrando imperio, Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (Emperor of the East), Pázmány Péter Tudományegyetemi Görög Filológiai Intézet, 1949, page 115.
- ^ India in Kurdistan, Parameśa Caudhurī, Qwality Book Company, 2005, page 79.
- ^ The early medieval Balkans: a critical survey from the sixth to the late twelfth century, John Van Antwerp Fine, University of Michigan Press, 1991, page 56.
- ^ Constantini Porphyrogenneti... libri duo De ceremoniis aulæ Byzantinæ. Prodeunt nunc primum Græce, cum Latina interpretatione et commentariis. Curarunt Io. Henricus Leichius et Io. Iacobus Reiskius..., VII Constantin, Gleditschius, 1754, page 397.
- ^ https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Henry+Walter+Bellew%22
- ^ https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Ibbetson%2C+Denzil%2C+Sir%2C+1847-1908%22
- ^ A glossary of the tribes and castes of the Punjab and North-West frontier province by Ibbetson Denzil, https://archive.org/details/glossaryoftribes03rose
- ^ Afghanistan and Afghans (1879), https://archive.org/details/afghanistananda01bellgoog
- ^ The Hephthalites: Archaeological and Historical Analysis, Aydogdu Kurbanov, Berlin, 2010, page 242.
- ^ A brief history of Afghanistan, Shaista Wahab, Barry Youngerman, Infobase Publishing, 2007, page 14.
- ^ http://gulf2000.columbia.edu/images/maps/Pashtun_Confederacies_lg.jpg
- ^ http://en.pashtunfoundation.org/bodytext.php?request=66


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Originally Posted by benjiboy
I'm not an "Artist", just a photographer...
Fallacious distinction.
Originally Posted by dr5chrome
....collected or not, if you cant shoot with the camera, what's the point?
that's easy!
Just read Mustafa's comment:
"I love plus 60 years old optics and I worship the designers for how much effort and intelligence and experiments they put in their design, ergonomics, glass research, optical technology, mechanism and tooling expertise....(snip)"
Originally Posted by semi-ambivalent
Fallacious distinction.
Ha ha.. that's how I feel about the "collector" vs "user" distinction. Who really cares (or, why should one care) what someone else does if it brings them enjoyment.
I am both... I like Barthes description of a camera "clocks for seeing". I like to handle old cameras with gears and knobs.
I did part with my entire rangefinder "collection" I am a better SLR user. I did keep a Keiv and a Lietz 50mm f2.
Originally Posted by semi-ambivalent
Fallacious distinction.
I don't believe so, photography is a craft IMO which can approach art in few and rare occasions, everybody and his brother these days refer to themselves and each other as "Artists" when many of them are barely competent photographers.
Last edited by benjiboy; 09-01-2011 at 05:20 AM. Click to view previous post history.
Originally Posted by semi-ambivalent
Fallacious distinction.
Obviously, you haven't seen some of my efforts.
"She's always out making pictures, She's always out making scenes.
She's always out the window, When it comes to making Dreams.
It's all mixed up, It's all mixed up, It's all mixed up."
From It's All Mixed Up by The Cars
Originally Posted by benjiboy
I don't believe so, photography is a craft IMO which can approach art in few and rare occasions, everybody and his brother these days refer to themselves and each other as "Artists" when many of them are barely competent photographers.
Could they not be barely competent artists in their chosen medium?
To say photography can "approach" art (Art) is to say there's an all-knowing authority, a gatekeeper, who ultimately decides what Art is; prices it too. Of course, this authority usually decides in favor of the Old World crafts of painting and sculpture because, well, how can you not, right? Often the authority is named something like "Leo Castelli". The authority is never wrong, except when something like the Starn twins comes along, or when Rembrandts that cost a museum millions suddenly seem to have a suspect provenance after all. Then the authority is nowhere to be found.
I don't really care what your photographs look like. If they help you or others examine or explain your engagement with the world they *are* Art. Even the crappiest Winogrand, the weirdest Krims, say something to me, while a gorgeous six figure Ansel Adams is just a pretty postcard. (Except for Moonrise, the only great image he made that has people in it. That's why I keep a bouquet from that cemetery in my darkroom, as a fetish.)
I get your remark about "Artists". Most of them are more worried about what shade of black to wear. But if the artist can produce crap then the craftsman can produce art.


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Ah, the strange case of Scrubs. The medical comedy was a hit on NBC, but the network chose not to renew the show after its seventh season. ABC swooped in and aired two more seasons with new cast members including Eliza Coupe (Happy Endings) and Dave Franco.
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Despite Emmy nominations and a heavyweight star as its lead, Glenn Close's Damages ended its run on FX after three seasons. Luckily for fans, DirecTV resurrected the show for another two seasons.
Beavis and Butt-Head
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Source: MTV [8]
After rumblings for years, HBO's Entourage is finally getting a movie based on the series that ran from 2004 to 2011. The trailer recently debuted [9] and the movie will be out on June 5!
The Killing
FX's The Killing, aka The Show That Cannot Be Killed, was canceled after two seasons. After negotiations, the network aired a third season but then canceled the show again. Despite the drop in viewership, Netflix picked up the show and the final, fourth season was released to conclude the series last year.
Source: AMC [10]
Sex and the City
Sex and the City was such a huge hit for HBO that of course it couldn't just end after the show concluded in 2004. Creator Michael Patrick King revived the show for a 2008 movie and a less critically acclaimed sequel in 2010. Last year, rumors swirled [11] about a possible third movie thanks to some cryptic tweets from the cast, but no official news was confirmed.
Family Guy
It's hard to imagine Seth MacFarlane's flagship show being canceled, but that's exactly what happened in 2001, after three seasons. Fox brought back the series with new episodes two years later, after impressive DVD sales and high ratings on syndicated reruns.
Arrested Development
Perhaps the ultimate cult hit, Arrested Development only aired for three seasons on Fox. Due to popular demand, creator Mitch Hurwitz brought back the show for one season on Netflix. Despite poor reviews for the latest season, Netflix's lead of content, Ted Sarandos, said he's confident [12] that a fifth season will happen.
Fox's intense action thriller 24 aired for eight seasons before ending in 2010. In May of last year, the series returned as a 12-episode reboot called 24: Live Another Day.
Heroes was a bona fide hit when it premiered in 2006, but due to dwindling ratings, NBC canceled the show after four seasons. We thought it was over, but last year, NBC announced it would be airing Heroes Reborn [13], an "event miniseries. The cast [14] is full of new and returning actors, including Zachary Levi and Masi Oka [15].
Veronica Mars
If only Veronica Mars fans actually watched the show when it was on from 2004 to 2007, the detective series might still be running. Thankfully, creator Rob Thomas and star Kristen Bell [16] rallied "Marshmallows" to contribute to a historic Kickstarter campaign [17], and the movie was released last year. The success even inspired a spinoff centered on Dick Casablancas [18]!
The Comeback
Created by Michael Patrick King in 2005, The Comeback scored a small but dedicated audience thanks to smart writing and star Lisa Kudrow. Though it was only on HBO for one season, the network revived it for a six-episode second season, which aired last year.
Community has long struggled to find its place on primetime. The comedy suffered from poor ratings and was constantly on the bubble at NBC. When the network finally did cancel it following season five, Yahoo picked it up for a sixth season, which is available now.
Twin Peaks
David Lynch's bizarre mystery series ended on a huge cliff-hanger after it was cancelled following season two. Showtime has plans to revive the series for a limited run [19], and we have some burning questions [20] about what exactly will happen on the show. Recently, Lynch said [21] he was uncertain if the reboot would actually happen due to "complications."
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As rangers, we encounter Africa's most feared animals – known as the Big Five – on a daily basis. Game drives are all about experiencing wildlife from a vehicle. The excitement, fear, anxiety and respect exceed the expectations of guests, regardless of their country of origin – but this, in turn, is superseded by tracking one of the Big Five on foot. Saying it's exciting is a huge understatement.
The first rule of the bush walk is never to run. This doesn't sound like much, until reality strikes. I recently went on a bush walk with eager guests who wanted to experience wildlife at ground level. As a trail guide, nothing gives me more pleasure than to share this excitement with guests. We left Buffalo Camp just after breakfast, and took a short drive to where we would start our walk.
About 20 minutes into the drive, I saw very fresh tracks of one of the bush's giants – a fully grown white rhino. We stopped to look, and after checking the wind direction we decided to follow these tracks.
I repeated the safety guidelines for the walk before we started following the rhino tracks. Walking through the savannah/woodland, the guests realised it was not all that easy, with many thorn trees and tiny pepper ticks to scratch and irritate the legs. After 20 minutes of tracking the giant animal, we found a fresh rhino midden. Everybody felt even more excited and anxious, and were determined to continue.
White rhinos are aggressive when they feel cornered, but they are relaxed when they have an escape route and don't see or smell intruders. We proceeded cautiously and carefully, without speaking or stepping noisily. Suddenly, I signalled for everyone to stop, and whispered: "Sleeping rhino." The massive animal was about 20 metres (60 feet) away from us, sleeping under a tree.
With the breeze in our favour, the animal didn't smell us. We took plenty of photos of the majestic beast, until the wind shifted and the rhino smelled us. From total relaxation and sleep, he was instantly alert and on his feet in a split second. We immediately got up and circled around to have the wind back in our favour, and the animal settled down again.
We spent about 30 minutes appreciating the majesty and wonder of this enormous animal before deciding it was time to move on. As we left, the wind shifted again and the rhino was back on his feet and fully alert. Sometimes, the expressions on guests' faces while on a bush walk remain in my memory forever. That day was one such time.
Rhino are very curious, and will advance upon intruders because their eyesight is extremely poor. They simply want to understand what the intruder is and whether it presents a threat. We stood up silently and backed away from the rhino before continuing on our bush walk – I believe you shouldn't disturb wildlife, and should rather appreciate them and leave them as you found them.
Written by Joe van Rensburg, ranger at Buffalo Camp
We knew they were around. For a week or two, we'd seen their tracks on a couple of occasions, but at such a young age their mothers are extremely protective and like to keep their bouncing newborns secreted away in areas of cover. Rhino calves are something very special to see in the wild.
Now, between two and three months old, the little rhino calves are gaining confidence and becoming inquisitive – much like any other toddler. While still keeping a very close eye on their youngsters, their moms, too, are starting to let them explore more of their new world.
On game drives, we rangers always keep a good distance from young calves and any newborns in the bush. This allows them to comfortably habituate with our presence, rather than feel harassed or threatened by humans on a vehicle being near them.
With silent awe, I – along with my guests – watch as the curious young rhinos start edging away from the safety of their mother, and slowly move closer to our game viewing vehicle. Then suddenly the young ones realise how far they have ventured from mom, quickly bounce around and bound back to her for protection. It is a memorable sighting for everyone.
With the continued threat to South Africa's rhino populations, I always try to impress upon my guests how fortunate we are to have any rhino sightings at all, and that I often fear that my future children may not be able to enjoy this privileged experience in the wild – unless some drastic changes occur.
In 2013, South Africa lost 1 004 rhinos through poaching, and by the end of May 2014 over 400 rhinos have already been killed for their horns. In the face of such alarming tragedy, it is particularly special to witness the miracle of two hopeful little rhinos curiously exploring and navigating the challenges of the first phase of their lives. With their continued drive to survive, and with the ongoing protection of their vigilant mothers and the countless people who fight on their behalf, maybe there is still some hope for the future of these prehistoric animals. Rhinos have walked the earth for over 60 million years.
Story by Kevin Samuels, ranger: Kapama River Lodge
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Pound Strengthens as Posen Ends Push for More QE; Gilts Decline
The pound strengthened to a 19-month high against the euro and gilts dropped after minutes of the Bank of England's April meeting showed policy maker Adam Posen ended his push for further stimulus.
U.K. two-year yields climbed to the highest level in four weeks as central bank officials said inflation may pose more of a threat than they previously anticipated. Posen joined the majority of the nine-member Monetary Policy Committee in seeking no change to the 325 billion-pound ($519 billion) asset-purchase target, according to minutes of the April 4-5 gathering. Sterling also advanced versus all 16 of its major peers as a report showed jobless claims rose less than economists forecast.
Posen's decision "is a surprise and may reflect a vision of higher inflation and a touch better growth prospects," said Neil Jones, head of European hedge-fund sales at Mizuho Corporate Bank Ltd. in London. "I'm looking for the pound to trade at 80 pence per euro. Pound-dollar will break through the highs of the year soon."
The pound appreciated 0.6 percent to 81.91 pence per euro at 4:53 p.m. London time after reaching 81.74, the strongest level since August 2010. Sterling climbed 0.6 percent to $1.6023, the highest since April 3.
Gilts Fall
The yield on the 10-year gilt rose four basis points, or 0.04 percentage point, to 2.13 percent after reaching 2.17 percent. The 4 percent bond maturing in March 2022 declined 0.345, or 3.45 pounds per 1,000-pound face amount, to 116.56.
The two-year yield advanced three basis points to 0.46 percent after rising 0.49 percent, the most since March 21.
The additional yield, or spread, investors demand to hold 10-year gilts over two-year notes was little changed at 167 basis points. The spread is holding above its April 10 low of 162 basis points and will meet resistance should it widen to its 100-day moving average of 174 basis points, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Resistance refers to an area on yield charts where orders to buy a security may be grouped.
Posen joined fellow policy maker David Miles in voting at the central bank's March meeting to increase the bond-purchase program by 25 billion pounds to 350 billion pounds. Miles repeated his vote at April's meeting, while describing his view on the need for more as "finely balanced." The pound weakened 0.2 percent against the euro on Feb. 9 when the Bank of England last announced an increase of asset purchases.
Today's minutes set the stage for a possible pause in May when policy makers will consider new quarterly forecasts. Data yesterday showed U.K. inflation unexpectedly accelerated for the first time in six months.
Inflation Bets
The 10-year breakeven rate, a gauge of inflation expectations derived from the yield difference between index-linked and conventional government bonds, slipped to 2.78 percentage points after climbing to 2.81, the highest since April 4.
Policy makers will keep inflation expectations anchored to the central bank's 2 percent goal as the pace of price gains slows less than expected this year, said Bank of England Deputy Governor Paul Tucker.
"Inflation might remain above 3 percent throughout the second quarter of this year, and possibly into the second half of the year," he said in a speech today in Liverpool, northwest England. The pace of consumer-price gains is "uncomfortably above target," he said.
U.K. jobless claims increased by 3,600 in March to 1.61 million, the Office for National Statistics said in London. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg News predicted a gain of 6,000. Unemployment as measured by International Labour Organization methods dropped to 8.3 percent in the quarter through February from 8.4 percent.
Gilts declined 1.9 percent in the first quarter, the worst start since 1996, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch indexes. They have returned 0.7 this month.
The Debt Management Office is scheduled to auction as much as 1.35 billion pounds of inflation-linked bonds due in 2029 tomorrow. It will sell bills the following day.


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Experts said the findings might be valuable in assessing patient risk.
"It is unclear why there is such a correlation between walking speed and hand grip on these disease processes, yet they are two simple tests that can give us a pre-clinical clue as to what we might expect, and enable us to implement prevention," said Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum, a preventive cardiologist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.
Dr. Marshall Keilson, director of neurology at Maimonides Medical Center, also in New York City, agreed. "At the very least," he noted, "this research suggests novel approaches to early identification of dementia and stroke risk. It would be interesting to test an even younger patient population with the same protocol."
Findings presented at medical meetings should be considered preliminary until published in a peer-revised journal.
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SOURCES: Marshall Keilson, M.D., director, neurology, Maimonides Medical Center, New York City; Suzanne Steinbaum, M.D., preventive cardiologist, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City; American Academy of Neurology, news release, Feb. 15, 2012
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"Having a child with a 105 fever and you give her a pat on the head and an aspirin and send her off to school and expect her to function normally, while permanent damage is taking place," so says Sally Ranney, a co-founder of the 2013 International Women's Earth and Climate Initiative Summit (IWECI), describing climate change and our very underwhelming response to it so far.
100 delegates including activists, economists, scientists and indigenous leaders met in September in New York for the IWECI Summit, which emphasized the need to give women a larger role in setting policy on climate change. Global warming is predicted to have the most adverse effects on developing economics, in countries where most women are in traditional roles of caring for children and managing households. Yet climate change policy and debates have so far failed to seriously address the huge impact of global warming on women.
Women are still in the minority at global climate conferences. Only one third of the world's climate delegates are women and "the more a country is affected by climate change, the fewer women there are in its delegation at United Nations climate talks," Johnannes Kruse, a PhD student at the Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS) in Germany, has found.
Here are some reasons why it's crucial to include women's voices in the climate change debate:
1. Natural disasters affect women more severely
Photo of a woman in the city of Banda Aceh on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, via Wikimedia Commons
Women bear the effects of climate change much more than men. A 2007 report, Gender and Climate Change (pdf), found that women are more likely to be dependent on local natural resources such as water, fuel and fodder, supplies of which can be devastated by natural disasters.
Women often end up tending to both agricultural and household duties when men leave their homes to seek work abroad, but then face extra challenges due to having limited access to technologies, credit and other resources.
2. Women produce fewer greenhouse gas emissions
Photo of a Dutch woman and her child via FaceMePLS/Flickr
Income level affects CO2 emissions: across the globe, women are "over represented" in households with lower incomes and under-represented in those with higher incomes. The latter emit higher CO2 emissions as they're likely to have larger houses, bigger cars, more electrical equipment and such.
A study of women in Europe also found that, for both work and leisure, they use cars less frequently and for shorter distances and are also more likely to use smaller, energy-efficient vehicles.
3. Women see global warming as more of a threat than men
Photo of a woman and her child in Cameroon via Anthony Asael/Flickr
A 2006 study (pdf) found that women and men have differing beliefs about climate change. In Germany, more than 50 percent of women rated global warming as extremely or very dangerous, versus only 40 percent of men. Women also think that we can all do something to halt global warming as "each individual can contribute toward protecting the climate through his/her individual actions."
In fact, women actually show "more scientifically accurate climate change knowledge than do men" but still "underestimate their climate change knowledge more than do men," a 2010 study (pdf) found.
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The children will bear the brunt of the horrors of climate change in the future. Women care about the future of their children more than men do. for that reason alone they are more concerned about climate change.
The only way climate change is to be combatted is if everyone stands against it.
Everyone is affected, but women have the knowledge and power to make fundamental changes and improvements, if only more men would listen!
yes I think women can play a vital role in many areas... thank you for sharing
Love the photo of the cargo bicycle for child carrying!
Women need to be more involved for their children's futures also.
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PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. - A southwest Florida family dealing with a devastating loss after a fire tears through their home. Now the problems continue; as assistance winds down, the family is running out of options.
"We were trying to salvage what we could salvage"
Jacqueline Small tells Fox 4 as she picks through whats left in her Port Charlotte home.
"Gone. Gone. Everything gone. Everything in the closet, destroyed. All of my clothes."
She points out where fire fighters say the inferno began, a lonely power strip that looks hardly scathed by the fire
"So once that sparked and lit the carpet, everything went"
The one silver lining? No one was home.
"I was hurt, upset. Because I knew everything that I owned was here. So...
Reporter: What do you do from here?
I have... keep praying. Keep praying and take it day"
Those days, spent crashing on couches, charity is running out. So I reached out to the United Way of Southwest Florida to find help for Jacqueline and her three kids. They put me in touch with the Bread of Life Mission in Punta Gorda, who was more than happy to talk with Jacqueline.
They found a temporary home for her, but there was one area they couldn't help with.
"I want my doggies"
Jacqueline tells me her three dogs were taken to a Charlotte County animal shelter, but if she doesn't find somewhere to keep them soon, the shelter will keep the dogs as abandoned property.
For now, Jacqueline is focusing on the positive.
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