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The PS2 turns nine years old this week, which Sony originally launched in the US sporting a $299 price tag.
The slimline PlayStation 2 console, introduced in 2004, still remains available on store shelves for a retail price of $99.
According to Sony Computer Entertainment America, the console has a worldwide installed base of nearly 140 million, with a library approaching 10,000 games having sold more than 500 million copies combined.
Although Nintendo's GameCube and Microsoft's original Xbox ceased production years ago, Sony today declared that the PS2 "shows no signs of slowing down" at the tail end of its 10-year life span.
According to the NPD Group, the PS2 sold 146,000 last month, down from 173,500 in September 2008 and 215,000 in September of 2007.
To quote from Sony's Senior Public Relations Specialist Abby Reyes:
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The longevity of the PlayStation 2 can be directly attributed to its versatility. Because it's not only a game console, but a home entertainment hub, it has found its place in one out of every three U.S. households.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (WUSA) - Police are asking the public's help in identifying a suspect in the attempted robbery of an Alexandria gas station.
The suspect, seen in surveillance footage, entered the Shell Gas Station, 4670 Duke Street on October 22, at 7:45 a.m. He implied he had a weapon and demanded money, according to Alexandria Police.
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The goal of this project is to provide easily usable models for lexical semantic relations, which have been developed at Microsoft Research. Currently the models include heterogeneous vector space models for measuring semantic word relatedness and the polarity inducing latent semantic analysis (LSA) model that judges whether two words or synonyms or antonyms.
This dataset contains various word vectors and lists for a variety of lexical semantic models. Measuring whether two words have a particular relation is typically very straightforward and can be done by computing the cosine score of the corresponding vectors. Information on how these vectors are created can be found in [Yih & Qazvinian, NAACL-HLT-2012] and [Yih, Zweig & Platt, EMNLP-CoNLL-2012]. Please refer to the ReadMe file for more detail of this dataset.
- Wen-tau Yih, Geoffrey Zweig, and John Platt, Polarity Inducing Latent Semantic Analysis, in Proceedings of Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing and Computational Natural Language Learning (EMNLP-CoNLL), Association for Computational Linguistics, 12 July 2012.
- Wen-tau Yih and Vahed Qazvinian, Measuring Word Relatedness Using Heterogeneous Vector Space Models, in Proceedings of the 2012 Conference of the North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics: Human Language Technologies (NAACL-HLT-2012), Association for Computational Linguistics, 2 June 2012.


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My weekly 10 minute allotment of M&M continues to shrink. About 30 seconds into my way home tonight, I hear Miller comment that he will catch the last 8-10 minutes of the ISU game tonight to see Brackin's last game as a Cyclone. Then Marty comments that ISU will get throttled tonight anyway. No real analysis for either comment; they just assume the worst for ISU.
That was enough to remind me why I don't listen anymore.
Is this our weekly or is it daily thread on M&M???
They are a bunch of nothings.... Turn them off and maybe they will get laid off.
they are tool bags
If you notice my comment, I did turn them off.
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If you notice my comment, I did turn them off.
Good for you...I dont even turn'em on anymore...its just an informercial about uni anyway...
Does that really suprise you. It will be intresting to hear them kiss *** when the FB and BB programs get turned around.
The gap in our economy is between what we have and what we think we ought to have--and that is a moral problem, not an economic one. - Paul Heyne
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It wouldn't be the M&M show if they didn't toss one to get the show rolling.
Nothing gives credibility to a **** poor radio show then a daily thread about the dunce twins. Ignore them, don't turn them on, forget about them........
You won't miss them. I sure as hell don't
Huh, did I miss that part of Martha and Mary,
Oh yeah I haven't caught any part of "show" all year. They shouldn't have ever gotten their webcast out of their momies basement.
You just have to take what they say with a grain of salt. Marty promotes the Energy shamelessly even though they are pathetic. The show is on a roll at putting ISU down. No different than most of the people on this site.
Insanity is often defined as doing the same thing, again and again and again - expecting different results each time.
We got beat pretty soundly by Okie State and Brackins may not play in a Cyclone uniform again... So what exactly was wrong with what they said?
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You just have to take what they say with a grain of salt. Marty promotes EVERYTHING shamelessly
I wonder if we could setup a drinking game for their show? You know everything time Marty says "We look forward to that" we take a shot or when Kenny says "Now wait a second" we do a keg stand?
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I wonder if we could setup a drinking game for their show? You know everything time Marty says "We look forward to that" we take a shot or when Kenny says "Now wait a second" we do a keg stand?
We would be hammered before the first time they mention Directv... and that's early!
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A few weeks back, I posted about a successful scouting trip here in Nevada. However, I am new to mule deer hunting and have heard that the deer patterns are not like whitetails and can change drastically in the weeks leading up the the early season. Obviously, it always behooves one to scout an area, if only to get familiar with the landscape. However, I live nearly 5 hours from the 161-164 area and it costs a boatload in gas and time away from my wife and kids each time I scout. I have to ballance my attack, if you will. I want to time my next run to not only see the landscape, but hopefully see the deer closer to their in-season pattern without wasting so much time as to not be able to get back out once more before th eseason.
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As storms moved in Monday night, some residents were still recovering from the damage from last week's storm.
Last Sunday's storms destroyed homes, trees, and power lines, and three people lost their lives. Only eight days later, Monday was the beginning of what could be a week straight of storms in Eastern Carolina.
Intense lightning strikes crashed down in Ayden, and heavy rain left streets and yards flooded. It was a similar story across much of the east.
Charles Eller of Pactolus was glad he was spared this time. He's still dealing with the July 1st storm.
"It's been a lot of work, just trying to get people to come out and clean it up," said Eller.
Eller, like many residents on Highway 264 in Pitt County, was in the line of fire last Sunday.
"It's a big oak tree and my wife was looking out the window and watched it fall right down on the house, and all she did was freeze," said Eller.
Eller says the timing couldn't have been worse. "They just put a roof on it and came back a couple days later and fixed it. Now we're having the tree cut up."
The tree ripped a massive hole in the yard and still laid across the driveway Monday night. Eller says even though he dodged the storms Monday, he says they always seem to get hit in Pactolus.
"Irene we got it. That's what ripped most of the roof off of both buildings, then Floyd, now this one," said Eller.
As storm season continues, those picking up the pieces are taking precautions. From cutting down trees to buying candles, Eller says people need to prepare for a potentially rough season. But he's staying optimistic.
Today's storms were much weaker than those last Sunday.
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There is a lot of emotion surrounding the current debate about making our gun-control laws more rational, and not too many facts. The people calling for change aren't members of a lynch mob who want all sportsmen arrested and run out of town. And the true gun believers aren't all nut jobs clinging to assault rifles.
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The sad thing is all the votes are coming from Denver/Boulder where everyone has moved, they basicall control the legislature. Glad they are there instead of here in SW Colorado. Our reps to the state legislature don't need recall as they really reflect our values down here.
I moved here 14 years ago (from California!) when I retired and thought I'd left that crappola behind me.


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Because her Medicaid D plan has a cap on the money allocated to prescriptions, Pata often has to decide between taking her anti-depressants and taking asthma medication (Massachusetts).
Pata has been suffering with depression since she was twelve years old. Her depression was complicated by the fact that she had a difficult time growing up with her mother who had bipolar disorder and was often ill. Her mother wasn't open about her illness and people in her life would only say "your mother is sick." With no clear explanation, she blamed herself, as children often do.
More recently, Pata has been diagnosed with treatment-resistant depression. "My depression is overwhelming at times," says Pata. "I feel exhausted, can't sleep, and feel bad about myself. It is hard for me to concentrate and read, even decide what to buy at the grocery store."
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Successfully managing her depression has not been easy. Over the last 15 years, Pata has tried many medications. Her severe depression interferes so much with day-to-day functioning that she has had to go on disability and Medicare. Getting this help has been difficult. "Just filling out the paperwork is overwhelming," Pata says. "Here you are already depressed, and you have to go through this horrendous list of all the things you can't do, and put down on paper all the ways you can't function. Emotionally, it's very taxing." The application process is complex. Pata holds a PhD, but even she needed the support of knowledgeable therapists and physicians. She recommends that people applying for assistance seek the help of people who know the system.
Medicare D pays for medication, but has monetary limitations that hinder access to the most effective drugs for Pata. Treatment-resistant depression often requires the newest drugs for which there are no inexpensive generics. Medicare D's financial limit is quickly used up, which leaves Pata with no coverage until she pays a certain amount out of pocket. "People on Medicare D are most often elderly or disabled and on a fixed income," Pata says. "They don't have cash." Faced with this coverage gap commonly known as the "donut hole," Pata has resorted to skipping her medications, or choosing cheaper, less-effective drugs, which has compromised her wellness.
Pata's depression is further complicated by exercise-induced asthma. "I love to bicycle," she says. The cycling has a positive effect on her depression, but when she reaches the donut hole gap, she can't afford the medication that prevents her asthma, so she has to be especially careful when exercising.
Choosing a Therapist
Pata's father is Japanese-American, and it took him a long time to accept her illness. "Among the Japanese, depression is often viewed as a weakness of character," explains Pata. "My father had a hard time accepting it. It was also difficult to find therapists who understand my cultural background."
Therapists are human," she says. "And they have biases that might affect your treatment." She recommends making a list of what's most important to you in a clinician. "Then interview several over the phone," she says.
Your list might include availability, religious or gender preferences, and other conditions that affect wellness such as PTSD or trauma.
Importance of Being a Mother
It is important to Pata that she be a good mother to her daughter Nariko, and not get derailed by depression. "Being a mother is my greatest challenge," says Pata, "But, Nariko's presence has kept me strong when I have struggled the most."
Pata has made a conscious decision that Nariko not wonder what's going on and not blame herself for Pata's illness, like Pata did with her mother. "I tell Nariko when I'm sad and that my illness causes it, not her," she says. "But, I know Nariko has trouble accepting it. One time, she dressed up as a clown in hopes of cheering me up. I made it a point to tell her that although I appreciated her efforts, it was not her responsibility and that I have other people to help take care of me"
What Helps
Pata has taken significant ownership in getting well. From talk therapy, she developed an extensive list of coping mechanisms. These include connecting with her daughter, talking to her friends, reading Mary Oliver poems, and her bike riding. She has used every resource available to help manage her condition, including alternative approaches such as acupuncture and Reiki.
To help Nariko understand her illness, Pata wrote a children's book with her from the perspective of a child, on a mother's depression and what it means. Pata says, "I wrote things like 'Sometimes I cannot go to the movies with my mom,' and 'My mommy tells me it's not my fault. It's an illness."
Riding her bike has been a salvation. She rides about 4500 miles and year, including a one day 125 mile AIDS charity ride. Although the exercise undoubtedly helps on a biochemical level, it is the spiritual aspect of riding in the wind that sustains her.
When times are really tough, Pata expresses her pain through artwork and writing. "I like to think that my depression is not all negative," says Pata, "It has enriched my artistic expression, and helped me grow as a person. I think I can help others understand depression and open a new dialogue about what depression is." To this end, she is currently working on a book project called The Breaking Silences Project that explores the issues of Asian American women and mental health.


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ATLANTA (AP) — A growing number of Americans are cutting the cord — the cord that attaches their home phones, that is.
A new government survey says 4 out of 10 American households are connected to the outside world through cellphones only — compared to those who use landlines or a combination of both.
That percentage is twice the rate from just five years ago.
However, the study finds that the pace of cutting landlines seems to have slowed in recent years.
The study is done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — which has been tracking phone use for a decade.
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Wintertime sports and activities provide a fun way to stay fit in the chilly outdoors.
But they can also lead to serious injuries, including concussions and other traumatic brain injuries (TBIs).
Mild TBIs may involve a brief change in mental status or consciousness, while severe TBIs can lead to extended unconsciousness or amnesia.
Some traumatic brain injuries can lead to permanent disability or even death.
While there's no individual technique or safety equipment guaranteed to prevent head injuries, here are a few safety tips:
Also, familiarize yourself with these suggestions from the Brain Trauma Foundation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for evaluating and responding to immediate head injuries.
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On these cold winter days you may be using auxiliary heaters in your home to ward off the season's chill. While they're a great way to help stay comfortable, be careful. Auxiliary heaters, if used improperly, can cause burns and fires, and produce dangerous levels of carbon monoxide.
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Ever feel like you don't have complete control of your finances? You're not alone.
According to a recent Gallup Poll, only 32 percent of Americans have a household budget that tracks income and expenses. While some people think "budget" is a dirty word, it's a great way to track spending, get out of debt and save for future goals.
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Budgets don't have to be elaborate – just accurate. You can take advantage of electronic programs such as Excel or Quicken®, or simply use a paper and pen. The key is to find what works for you, stick to it and be accurate.
At the end of the month, add everything up. If you've got more income than expenses, great! You can apply the extra to your saving goals. If expenses exceed income, your listing will show areas where you can probably reduce spending. (Example: Maybe you can bring a lunch to work instead of going out.)
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Longview, Wash., is a cold, wet place to call home in the winter. So one December morning in 2008, when 8-year-old Skyler Lee saw a TV news report about children who did not have warm coats, she asked her mother if they could do something to help. Mom and daughter promptly drove to a store and bought two coats that they gave to the Salvation Army.
At first, even Skyler thought that was the end of the story. But it was just beginning. "I didn't know there was such a big need," she says. "I thought it was a good thing to do, donating a couple of coats. And it just went from there."
With the encouragement of a Salvation Army volunteer, Skyler held a community coat drive. Within two months, she collected about 125 donations, and in five years her nonprofit organization "Warm Coats, Warm Hearts" has given away about 5,000 coats.
All along, Alissa Lee has supported her daughter's dream. "The learning process she is getting from this is so amazing," Alissa says. "It opens her eyes to the reality in this world. People do need help, and people who can help should."
Skyler has also become a rather reluctant celebrity. A self-described "really quiet person," she gets stopped by strangers who thank her, and she has received several awards for her efforts. Not that the attention distracts Skyler from her mission; she continues to scour garage sales, hold coat drives and accept donations all year long.
And where does she store all those coats before giving them away? "In our garage," Skyler replies.
"Yes, in the garage," Alissa adds with a laugh, "where I used to park my truck."
To learn more about Skyler and her dream of collecting warm clothing for those in need, visit "Warm Coats, Warm Hearts" on Facebook.
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Boston (WCVB/CNN) - You may like to have beer or wine with your pizza, but have you ever had alcohol on it?
A Boston pizza parlor is serving up a new type of pizza with the alcohol fused in the toppings.
The pizza party at Salvatore's is for 21 and up. It's now serving up adults-only pizza, featuring toppings soaked in alcohol. ID is definitely required.
"How do we jazz the pizzas up and how do we make them fun. Somebody said let's put booze on them. And I'm like, that would be kind of cool," said Chick Barbato.
And so the Vignola cherry pizza was born, which comes tops with fresh mozzarella, gorgonzola, prosciutto, honey, and the main event: raspberry vodka-soaked cherries.
"We do macerate cherries for quite some time with the raspberry vodka. That becomes a pretty prominent flavor so it doesn't burn off in the oven," said Barbato.
Seven minutes in the oven is not nearly enough to make the pizza virgin, which is why they card customers who order it just to be safe.
"Too much would be like two to three pizzas worth. So I think you'd be pretty full before you got a buzz," said Barbato.
The pizza place says the adults-only pizza has been so popular, two more versions will be launched next month, one with Kahlua-marinated pork and another with rum-infused peaches.
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I have a few pics of some nice Rams over the years but they are not from the Breaks. Mostly SW Montana.
I took this photo in 300. I have seen quite a few in district 3.
This was taken in 320. It took me a hour to get close but it was worth the time.
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1. Ability to tab to a drop down box. Seems like drop down boxes are always skipped in the tabbing cycle.
2. Address book view similar to Outlook's "Phone list" view. A view that looks more like a spreadsheet with at least a few important fields other than just the name, which is all the zimbra "contact list" view gives you.
3. ability to print using view from #2
4. in the admin UI. Ability to copy an entire distro list in case you want to send it to someone.
5. print calanders in color using a color per calendar.
6. if only one calandar is selected for view, then adding a new appt should default to adding it to that calendar. really confusing when you accidentally add an appt to "Calendar" but are only viewing "Calendar2"
7. this one is big. copy and paste appts. drag and drop is nice, but copy and paste is so important.
8. "copy" option whenever text is right clicked. especially an email address.
9. option to add an email address to an already existing contact. ie. right click email addr from an email. drop down option that says "Add to existing contact"
10. a text entry field for new appt times. its really silly to do so much clicking to add an appt. gmail has an awesome text entry/drop down interface for new appts that just schools zimbra.
11. something to show how many pages of email you have.
12. ability to jump to a specific page of email.
13. ability to bounce or auto-reply based on a mail filter.
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Awesome. Rep from me. Forget A&A minis...I want you do make some Squad Leader boards!
The map still needs some tweaks, but thought I would share and receive some critques.
Each hex represents roughly 100 meters.
Any questions and coments are welcome, I'm a big boy if it needs work don't hold back.
The map has been offered for free for about a month.
Awesome. Rep from me. Forget A&A minis...I want you do make some Squad Leader boards!
I think you shadows are a little harsh. My advise is standardize on an intensity of 75% or lower, and then hit them with a Gaussian blur of 1 pixel or more (depending on the scale you're working in). If you look at your building, the cathedral has a dark black shadow. Most of the other casters, buildings and trees alike, have a gentler shade. They are all too sharp though.
I've been working on a castle project that is meant to showcase shadow technique. It isn't a tutorial though I may circle around and hit that at some point. Take a look and see if this helps at all.
My original hand-shaded project is Siete Torres, the one that I won a gold compass for. You'll be able to figure out a lot of the technique just by looking at that one. Rep to you for your efforts and for bringing back a lot of fond memories of days spent on games from Tactics II to Squad Leader.
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Looking really good - but I'll have to agree with Immolate - you shadows need some dampening ... but have some rep for your first map
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I don't know. Low sun, snowy environment, shadows can be pretty dramatic, as there you aren't getting the brightness of reflected sunlight off the snow. Might be good as is.
Compare http://www.hillerscapes.co.uk/Snow%20Shadows.jpg
The map is quite nice (though I agree the shadows may be a bit heavy).
I think the scale may be a bit off. At 100 meters/hex a couple of the bigger building are huge. The one that looks like a church would be 125-135 meters - seems a bit big to me if this is a village.
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Thanks for the feedback will look at the shadows and see what I can do.
Well, having played A&A Minis, I must ask. How does armor cross the Norther bridge? In which hexes is it in. What about the islands? Can vehicles get to the islands? What about infantry? Or has there been new rules published for the game.
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I'd say in this case the shadows are OK. It's a winter scene and if it's a clear blue sky you're going to get very 'hard' shadows.
That's the nice thing about house rules . We have come up with some solutions and they are being addrerssed. One solution for the islands was that there are just there and the water is frozen over[that sounds weak], so another was to treat the water just like streams and movement rolls are needed to get them to island hop, per say. We also added a rule that vehicles could use movement rolls to enter the open water and proceed to cross using up their sped points for each hex and needing another roll to exit the water, plus while being so exposed in the water the assaulting team would gain a bonus to hit much like the barren hexes in the North Africa maps. The Bridge is filed under the WIP as are some other issues that have arisen under playtesting.Originally Posted by NeonKnight
Thank you for pointing these issues out and those kind of questions will help me refine the maps, keep it up, i will try to answer them best I can and hope to complete the map as soon as I can and will repost, for futher review.
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Indoor Racing - Racing Across AmericaWritten by on June 15, 2006 Contributors: Todd Ridgeway Going Indoors
In most parts of the country, you can't enjoy certain outdoor activities all year long. Fishermen will adapt by cutting holes in the ice surface to get to their prizes. Some racers will retreat to indoor radio-controlled events or, in some cases, slot cars, if they have made a resurgence in your area. Some racers are fortunate enough to keep the real thing going, even when the temperature dips below the spot where outdoor spectating is insane.
Indoor racing is as much a part of the sport as its outdoor counterpart, but it is truly more seasonal. You'll generally only find the indoor racing in the months of December and January. It's only natural. After all, other outdoor sports such as baseball and football have retreated inside domed stadia for decades.
At the end of 2005, there were a couple of scheduled indoor events in Michigan and Indiana. Of course, there's the Chili Bowl in Tulsa, Oklahoma, which has been going on for 20 years, but that one will be covered later.
Photographer Todd Ridgeway gets plenty of action during the warm months, but his restless racing spirit doesn't allow him to miss much. When he had the opportunity to load up his camera gear and take in some December racing, he did.
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Ryan Davis (8) and Bill Jacoby (10) tangle in the fourth turn.Cameron Dodson (50) was one of the hot hands in open-wheel racing in 2005. He makes his move on Doug Berryman in the feature.While most indoor racing involves open-wheel cars, this event invited Sportsman racers. Paul Smith won the Sportsman event.NASCAR Nextel Cup racer Dave Blaney takes a break from his stock car and track promotion duties to suit up for a return to the open-wheel cars of his heritage.Johnny Heydenreich (92) came from Pennsylvania to do battle. (Note: Racing was cancelled after 18 laps on the first night, due to a non-racing accident that resulted in the death of a security guard.)Rumble in the Dome
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Just weeks after picking up the prestigious H.G. Adcox Sportsmanship Award at the series banquet, ARCA standout Brandon Knupp (15) moved his racing indoors.An early feature race accident quashed the hopes of some Midget powers. Dave Darland (0) and Mel Kenyon (61) rest atop Tony Stewart's car, and all three were done. Johnny Heydenreich, sitting sideways on the track, could continue.Rich Corson fought off four former USAC national champions to win the Friday Midget feature from his sixth starting spot.
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It's well known that cost pressures and changes in the customer base are forcing a rethink of pharma's reliance on the in-house sales force to build revenue and market share. What's less evident is the direction companies are taking to cope with this turbulence—especially the impact of emerging strategies such as outsourcing on the bottom line. The following survey of current trends in sales promotion re-deployment suggests that the payoff from outsourcing is significant, with ROI improvements of 25 to 30 percent on direct sales force costs, which for most companies remains their single biggest promotional spend commitment.
The sales function is under close scrutiny because its key partner has left the dance floor: There are fewer "blockbuster" Rx drugs coming to market, and thus less need for the large, mirrored sales teams that previously saturated the provider community with basically the same message. An increasingly difficult operating environment that demands differentiation adds to the problem. Federal healthcare legislation is already having a major impact, with the industry being squeezed on pricing by an increase in Medicaid rebates from 15.1 to 22.1 percent, and the upcoming 2011 requirement to provide 50 percent discounts on Rx drugs to Medicare patients. Another factor is an uptick in FDA regulations around risk, which requires more diverse clinical evidence and slows the approval of drugs in the pipeline.
As a result, the industry is addressing its cost drivers by shifting focus away from revenues towards driving profits, and moving to manage the middle of its P&L ledger, thus boosting ROI. For some, this strategy has led to mergers—and for almost all, a commitment to seek cuts in the largest contributor to their product commercialization cost base: the sales force.In-house Sales Reps: A Shrinking Force
According to survey firm SDI, the total number of U.S. biopharmaceutical sales representatives peaked at 102,000 in 2005. As of the first quarter of 2010, it stood at 80,000—a 21 percent decrease in less than five years. While an effective short-term cost-cutting measure, this reduction in field force is merely a precursor to the focused strategic plan necessary to capitalize on the shifting payer landscape.
Historically, the industry's SG&A has averaged 30 percent of sales, according to reports by Verispan, JP Morgan, and SDI. A recent report by the Congressional Budget Office put the total field force portion cost at $12 billion in 2008. However, projections by JP Morgan show the SG&A number declining to 26 percent by 2013. This will most likely come from a reduced spend on the field force, cost improvements through more tightly managed marketing spend, and a move to cost-effective strategic outsourcing. Targeted austerity is the theme.
The Evolving Sales Model
What's happening in the biopharmaceutical industry today is not dissimilar to what has occurred in other industries such as financial services. If you look back 20 years, the financial services industry was driven by high-priced, high-commission retail brokers. The customer always spoke or met live with the broker to place stock orders and to manage their account. This approach was expensive, inflexible, and time consuming.
Fast forward to today, and the vast majority of brokerage transactions are conducted online or triaged to different types of brokers based on the level of sophistication of the client, along with their net worth and potential return (ROI) to the investment advisor. Technology and regulatory changes have been the primary drivers for this transformation.
A similar dynamic is now playing out in the biopharmaceutical industry. With an unprecedented number of representatives taken out of the field in the last five years and the prospect of ever-decreasing physician access time, finding a new model that improves flexibility and information delivery is of paramount importance. This is true from both a cost-contribution standpoint and as a way to meet the needs of an evolving customer base, which now includes not only physicians, but also patients, payers, pharmacists, and various government entities.
The new field deployment model results in greater "white space" and reduced sales call frequency as some targets lose priority. Meanwhile, internal field forces become smaller, more specialized, and increasingly regionally deployed. Although more cost-effective, this reduced internal bandwidth negatively impacts a company's ability to focus on secondary brands, maximize portfolio potential, or respond quickly to market conditions. As a result, many companies are turning to outsourcing to build flexibility into their sales organization while retaining smaller, specialized internal forces.
Demand for Specialized Expertise
This move towards more specialized field forces replaces the "one-size-fits-all" model that was so popular until the recent downturn. A more robust sales model is evolving; it blends a variety of field representative types having different levels of training and skills and commensurate pay levels, including tele-representatives linked to call centers and even "virtual" representatives. In that way, non-personal information delivery channels, including web portals, e-sampling, mobile messaging, video consultations, and e-detailing, are playing a significant role. In fact, in 2009 one company engineered the replacement of an entire 400-person rep field force detailing a major brand with a 300-seat call center. It is clear an industry mind shift has occurred.
Essentially, the industry is acting upon the fact that product loyalties are driven not by the brand or its promotion. Rather, physicians prescribe a brand based on what is best for the patient, not which brand has the best promotion. Their loyalty to the company and its representation are of secondary importance—though it certainly cannot be overlooked. For that reason, in-person detailing will never disappear; there will always be physicians and physician offices that will require scientific information, and updates on reimbursement and local disease conditions, which are best delivered in person.
The new representative types better align with the varying promotional needs within the brand life cycle, and are therefore more cost-effective, providing values commensurate with revenue potential. For instance, for mature brands, maintaining visibility—and in turn maintaining sales volume—is often the primary promotional objective. When a product is already well understood by physicians, customer service, mature market, or virtual representatives can often achieve a more favorable promotional impact-to-cost ratio than traditional representatives. This type of representation is tasked with dropping off samples and/or reinforcing core messages, and providing updates on managed care coverage to maintain market share and potentially to enhance share of voice as a back up to a more traditional field force. Because they do not require the same experience and/or educational background typical of traditional representatives, these next-generation representatives offer a lower cost, but equally effective alternative. By the same token, virtual representation also offers a lower cost alternative for the promotion of mature or secondary brands, and many non-personal strategies are also flourishing today as a result.


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FAIRFAX, Va. (WUSA) -- The City of Fairfax Police say a woman is behind bars for driving a stolen rental car.
On Monday at about 12:39 a.m. an officer noticed a vehicle that was reported stolen from Prince William County in the parking lot of a Rodeway Inn. The officer located the driver, 64-year-old Margaret Patrice Broehm, in one of the motel rooms.
Broehm, of Centreville, Va., was taken to the Adult Detention Center and charged with felony receiving stolen property. Her bond was set at $2,500.


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We're Headed West: To Arizona
We're headed west! We're expanding our distribution territory to include the Grand Canyon State, with Hensley & Company slated to represent our brand across the entire state of Arizona beginning in April. "Arizona is our first truly western state of distribution," said Co-Founder and CEO Mike Stevens. "There are a lot of Michigan natives in…Read More »


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IUCN is its Advisory Body on nature. Ahead of the annual World Heritage Committee meeting, IUCN submits its recommendations regarding the inscription of new sites following a rigorous evaluation process through which it works with members on the ground, scientific experts, independent feedback and desk reviews. IUCN also submits "state of conservation" reports for sites under threat or sites that are already on the danger list or that it considers should be.
The World Heritage Committee is responsible for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention, defines the use of the World Heritage Fund and allocates financial assistance upon requests from States Parties. It has the final say on whether a property is inscribed on the World Heritage List. The Committee can also defer its decision and request further information on properties from the States Parties. It examines reports on the state of conservation of inscribed properties and asks States Parties to take action when properties are not being properly managed. It also decides on the inscription or deletion of properties on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
Find out more about IUCN's recommendations and the World Heritage Committee's decisions on the links below.


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Phantasmat Crucible Peak Collector's Edition (PC/ENG/2012)
English | Platform: PC | Release: 2012 | Publisher: Big Fish Games | Developer: Big Fish Games | 876 MB
Genre: Hidden Object
A disastrous avalanche... an evacuation... and mysterious residents who turn cold right before your eyes... literally! In this sequel to the classic hidden-object puzzle adventure game, you'll find secrets buried under an avalanche of snow in Phantasmat: Crucible Peak.
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Fresno (Calif.) Clovis North vs. Long Beach (Calif.) Poly at 7:30 p.m.
Long Beach Poly, regarded as arguably the top talent producer in all of high school football over the past twenty years, is once again loaded with college level talent at several positions. The top overall prospect for the Jackrabbits is sophomore cornerback Iman Marshall. The elite 2015 corner looked terrific last week against Mater Dei, keeping four-star tight end/wide receiver Thomas Duarte in check all night. Junior safety John Smith is the most impressive 2014 safety that I have seen in person. Smith has great size, physicality and ball skills. UCLA linebacker commit Jayon Brown is another big-time prospect that plays with a lot of passion and attitude. On the offensive side of the ball, Washington State tailback commit Gerard Wicks is a tremendous power backs and is a great get for Mike Leach. Clovis North is lead by 6-foot-6 tight end David Wells, a San Diego State commit. (@KevinCarden)
Corona (Calif.) Centennial vs. Harbor City (Calif.) Narbonne at 7:00 p.m.
Centennial is known for their line play and they have one of the best tackles in the state in California commit Cameron Hunt. Hunt could play tackle or guard in college and has landed offers in the last week from Oregon, Michigan and Nebraska. On the other side of the line, DE Garrett Hughes has also committed to Cal and has had a very solid season. Junior QB Robert Webber may not have the size to play at the next level but he has dominated the competition this year. Webber has thrown for 3,344 yards and 34 touchdowns with just four picks and rushed for another 648 yards and seven more scores. Narbonne has as much BCS talent as any school in the region. Washington QB commit Troy Williams is the state's top signal caller and Cal WR commit A.J. Richardson has been a game breaker all year. The defense is led by DL Paulo Lepua who had 19 sacks this season and linebacker Kieshawn Bierria, easily among the top handful of 'backers in the state this season. (@GregBiggins)
San Diego (Calif.) Madison at Monrovia (Calif.) at 7:30 p.m.
Monrovia (12-2), the reigning CIF Southern Section Mid-Valley Champion, will make it's first bowl appearance this Saturday as the Wildcats face off against the 12-1 Warcats in the Division III Regional Finals. Madison's offense features a pair of Arizona commits in running back Pierre Cormier (5-11, 180) and wide receiver Lee Walker (6-0, 160), who both verballed to the Wildcats in August. Scout calls Cormier, a three-star prospect, "one of the most explosive backs in the region." Monrovia receiver Mason Bryant, a 6-foot, 175-pound prospect, leads the team's offense. Bryant saw an increase in his recruitment over the season, picking up offers from Air Force, Army, and Ohio, as well as offers from six of the eight Ivy League programs: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Pennsylvania, and Yale. This season, Bryant has led his team in every receiving category and has focused more on the season that on recruiting, keeping his options open and waiting to take visits. The Wildcats' defense features a pair of Division-1 bound linebackers: George Frazier (MLB), a 6-foot-3, 235-pound player committed to Colorado, as well as Brett Walsh (OLB), a 6-2, 215-pound Northwestern commit. Cornerback Anthony Craft (5-10.5, 170) holds offers from San Jose State, UNLV, and South Dakota State. (@AnnabelStephan)


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ACHICA > Scent with Love > Parks London Aromatherapy Rosemary & Bergamot Candle
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Parks London Aromatherapy Rosemary & Bergamot Candle
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Fragrance: Invigorating & Uplifting - Rosemary & Bergamot.
Dimensions: W8 x H9cm
Volume: 235g
Burn time approx: 50 hours.
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