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The Michigan State Police say kidnappings and abductions are very rare occurrences. They say there are certain things parents and children need to look out for.
Authorities say it only takes a matter of minutes to snatch a child and that's why parents should always be mindful of where their kids are playing.
Police say children should always use the buddy system, never take shortcuts, tell parents where they are playing, and make up a special code word for pick-up purposes.
Authorities say parents should also be aware of certain surroundings like playgrounds, daycare and shopping centers. These are places police call target environments for perpetrators.
Police say to always remember if anyone ever makes a child feel uncomfortable, to run away as quickly as possible and ask for help.
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LAFAYETTE -- A feral cat named "KFC" is doing well a day after he was rushed to the vet with an arrow shot through his back.
The 4-year-old black-and-white short hair was found Monday morning by a Briones resident, according to vet technicians at the Lafayette Animal Hospital.
Vet technicians said the woman found the cat in a barn on her ranch and had to wrangle him up before she could get him to the animal hospital for care.
The woman who found the cat did not immediately return calls for comment.
According to veterinary staff, KFC had an arrow shot through his back, narrowly missing his chest cavity.
Lt. Nancy Anderson of the Contra Costa County animal services department said authorities don't know who may have shot the animal, but that police are currently investigating the case, and they are hopeful they can catch KFC's shooter.
Should the person be caught, Anderson said, the person could either be charged with a misdemeanor or a felony for animal cruelty, depending on the county district attorney's decision.
For now, however, KFC's health is a No. 1 priority, even if the cat is not necessarily happy about it.
"He is currently under a blanket, very scared," said a veterinary technician at the Lafayette Animal Hospital.
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M.P. Belaieff
Founded in 1885 and headquartered in Leipzig by lumber magnate Mitrofan Petrovich Belayev (1836-1904), M.P. Belaieff aimed to promote Russian music and secure European copyright for Russian composers, especially those of the nationalist school like Balakirev, Borodin, Glazunov, and Rimsky-Korsakov. The elaborate, expensively produced color lithograph title pages of M.P Belaieff issues from the late 19th century are highly sought collectors' items today. Offices were maintained in both St. Petersburg and Moscow until they were seized by the Bolshevik regime in 1918. During the First World War, publishing was tied up. Thereafter the company operated in Leipzig. In 1949, M.P. Belaieff moved to Bonn, working in partnership with Boosey & Hawkes. From 1971 until June 2006, the company was led by Peters in Frankfurt. Today M.P. Belaieff runs its own agency near Hamburg and works together with Schott.
Imprints, Addresses, Agencies
- M.P. Belaieff, Leipzig
- M.P. Belaïeff, Leipzig
- Edition M.P. Belaieff, Leipzig
- Изданія М.П. Бҍляевa въ Лeйпциiҍ
- М.П. БѢЛЯЕВА (or М.П. Бҍляева)
- М.П. Бҍляевъ (Schott covers)
- 1885-1949 Leipzig
- 1949-1970 Bonn
- 1971-2006 Frankfurt
- 2006-today Mainz
- St.Pétersbourg, dépôt général chez J.Jurgenson, Morskaïa 9
Plate Numbers
Belaieff seems to have assigned plate numbers in a regular, chronological manner. They were also unusual for printing the actual date of publication on the cover and title page for most issues until First World War (1914-18). Engraving and printing was handled by C.G. Röder in Leipzig until 1914. Dates in italics are estimated dates where covers and title pages are lacking.
- Wikipedia article in Mitrofan Belayev
- Belaieff website
- Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart. 2., neu bearb. Ausg. ed. Ludwig Finscher. Kassel: Bärenreiter, Stuttgart: Metzler 2006. Personenteil Bd. 2, S.977-980
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A Columbia man is being held without bond on charges of second degree murder, assault, drunk driving persistent offender, driving while revoked in connection with the death of Chelsea Fredrickson, of Camdenton.
Dennis G. Leporin, 29, was charged late last week. Fredrickson was killed in a two-vehicle accident the evening of March 6 at Highways 54 and 179 south of Jefferson City in Cole County. A passenger in Fredrickson's car, Jasper Richmond, was taken to University Hospital in Columbia.
According to the Jefferson City Police Department, Leporin was headed the wrong way on southbound Highway 54 when he hit Fredrickson.
Leporin was taken to Capitol Region Medical Center for treatment before being charged and held without bond.
Leporin was charged as a persistent offender on the DWI. According to court records, Leporin had a prior DWI conviction in 2011 in Camden County. Leporin has a history of other traffic related charges in other counties.
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McPherson police
At 10:01 a.m. Wednesday, officers at arrested Michael L. Youngblood, 49, on McPherson District Court warrants for possession of methamphetamine, possession of paraphernalia, no tax stamp and intent to distribute opiate, opium, narcotic, and/or certain stimulant, and Kathryn E. Schriner, 52, on McPherson District Court warrants for possession of marijuana, possession of methamphetamine, possessoin of paraphernalia and no tax stamp. Youngblood was released from the McPherson County Jail on $12,500 bond, and Schriner was released from the McPherson County Jail on $13,000 bond.
At 1:01 p.m. Tuesday, a deputy took a report regarding theft from McPherson Township. Five road closed barricade signs were reported stolen, one each from 15th and Navajo, 16th and Navajo, 15th and Mohawk, 16th and Mohawk, and 18th and Overland. If anyone has any information on this theft, please call McPherson County Crime Stoppers at (620) 241-1122.
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SHOOTS: Left
BIRTHPLACE: Winnipeg, MB, CAN
DRAFTED: CHI: 2006-3 overall
Frank J. Selke Trophy (1)
Mark Messier NHL Leadership Award (1)
Conn Smythe Trophy (1)
|Named the 34th captain in Blackhawks history on July 17, 2008 … Recorded a career-best 44 assists and 76 points in 80 games during the 2010-11 regular season … Scored a career-high 34 goals in 2008-09 ... Scored his first NHL goal on his first shot in his first game on Oct. 10, 2007 vs. SJS … Began his NHL career with a point in each of his first 10 games (5G, 5A), the second-longest such streak in NHL history (T. Selanne) and a career-long point streak ... Skated in a regular-season career-high 26:55 on Dec. 11, 2011 vs. SJS ... Tallied a postseason career-high 22 assists and 29 points during the 2010 postseason, en route to earning the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP … Shares the club record for single-season playoff points (D. Savard, 1985) … Holds the franchise record with 10 playoff game-winning goals … Earned the 2013 Frank J. Selke Trophy as the league's best defensive forward and has been nominated three times … Named to three NHL All-Star Games (2009, 2011, 2012) … Earned gold medals with Team Canada at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympic Games … Named alternate captain for Canada at the 2014 Olympics … Won the Stanley Cup in 2010 and 2013 with Chicago.
|2013-14: Ranked third on the team with 68 points (28G, 40A) in 76 regular-season games … Ranked fourth in goals and shared third in assists … Ranked fifth in the NHL with a 57.2 faceoff win percentage and 884 faceoff wins … Paced team forwards with 20:28 of average ice time ... Shared fourth in the league with a career-high five shorthanded points (3G, 2A) … Ranked second on the team with 5 GWG … Tallied two six-game point streaks (Jan. 2-12, 2G, 5A; Dec. 8-17, 1G, 7A) … Paced the team and shared second in the NHL with three four-point outings … Netted his third career regular-season hat trick and added a helper on Oct. 29 vs. OTT … Netted a goal and equaled a career high with three helpers on Nov. 21 at WPG … Collected his 400th career NHL point (1A) on Dec. 10 at DAL … Logged a career-high 10 penalty minutes on Jan. 19 vs. BOS ... Recorded 15 multi-point games … Reached the 60-point mark for the fourth time in his career … Became the third player in franchise history to record 20 goals and 40 points in each of his first seven seasons (D. Savard, P. Kane) ... Missed six games due to injury (April 3-12) ... Registered 17 points (9G, 8A) in 19 Stanley Cup Playoffs games … Set a career high in postseason goals … Led team forwards with 21:42 of average ice time … Ranked third in the league with 261 faceoff wins … Became the 24th player in NHL history to score at least three game-winning goals in a series (Games 3, 5 and 6 in the Western Conference First Round vs. STL) … Paced the NHL with a playoff career-best 4 GWG ... His 10 career playoff GWG are a franchise record and share sixth among active NHLers … Notched a six-game point streak (4G, 3A) from April 21-May 4 … Posted a five-game point streak (3G, 3A) from May 24-June 1.
2012-13: Won the 2013 Frank J. Selke Trophy, given annually to the league's best defensive forward … Ranked second on the club with 48 points and shared the team lead with 23 goals in 47 regular-season games … Ranked third in the NHL with a career-high +28 plus/minus rating … Ranked third in the NHL with a conference-high 559 faceoff wins and second in the league with a conference-best 59.9 faceoff winning percentage … Shared the NHL lead with 56 takeaways … Posted 14 multi-point games, including three three-point outings … Became the third player in franchise history to record 20 goals and 40 points in each of his first six seasons (D. Savard, P. Kane) … Became the third Blackhawk in franchise history and 20th player in NHL history to record a +10 rating or better in his first six seasons since the league began recording the statistic … Posted a four-game point streak (2G, 4A) from Feb. 5-12 … Notched a career-high nine penalty minutes on Feb. 15 vs. SJS … Took a season-high seven shots on goal on March 14 vs. CBJ … Skated in a season-high 24:12 of ice time on April 1 vs. NSH … Posted his 200th career assist on April 4 vs. STL … Skated in his 400th NHL game on April 9 at MIN … Tallied 14 points in 23 postseason games en route to the 2013 Stanley Cup championship … Shared the club lead with 11 helpers … Recorded a postseason career-best +9 rating … Notched five multi-point games, including a two-point outing (1G, 1A) in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final on June 24 at BOS … Posted five points (2G, 3A) in the final three games of the postseason … Skated in a career-high 36:24 (regular and postseason) on June 12 vs. BOS … Ranked second in the league with 268 faceoffs won.
2011-12: Shared second on the Blackhawks with 29 goals and ranked fourth with 57 points (29G, 28A) in 59 regular-season tilts … Collected an assist for the 300th regular-season point of his NHL career on Dec. 14 at MIN … Honored as the NHL's Second Star for the month of November and the NHL's Third Star for the week ending Nov. 14 … Finished with an NHL-leading 59.4 faceoff winning percentage and paced the Blackhawks with 675 faceoff wins … Ranked seventh in the NHL with 82 takeaways … Ranked third among team forwards and fourth overall with a +17 rating … Posted 16 multi-point outings … Tallied a career-high five points (2G, 3A), four of which came in the third period, on Nov. 25 at ANA … Notched a trio of three-point outings … Recorded five multi-goal games … Led team forwards with an average TOI of 20:50 … Paced Chicago forwards with 1:52 of shorthanded TOI per game … Logged a regular-season career-high 26:55 on Dec. 11 vs. SJS … Registered five goals and nine points (5G, 4A) during a season-long six-game point streak from Jan. 10-20 … Tallied five goals and 10 points (5G, 5A) during a five-game point streak from Nov. 10-18 … Fired a career-high 10 shots on goal on Feb. 2 at EDM ... Became the first player in Blackhawks franchise history with two penalty-shot goals in one season (Dec. 30 vs. DET, Feb. 16 at NYR) … His penalty-shot conversion just 1:05 into the game at NYR on Feb. 16 was the quickest in franchise history … Ranked second on the club with three shootout goals and two game-deciding markers … Selected to his third career All-Star Game, but did not participate due to injury … Missed 23 regular-season games (Jan. 24; Feb. 21-April 7) due to injury … Shared the club lead with two goals and four points in six postseason appearances vs. PHX in the Western Conference Quarterfinals … Led Blackhawks forwards and ranked fifth among league forwards with an average TOI of 22:17 … Ranked second in the NHL with a 65.0 winning percentage … Equaled the team high with a postseason career-most 6 SOG in Game 3 vs. PHX on April 17.
2010-11: Paced the Blackhawks and shared 10th in the NHL with a career-high 76 points (32G, 44A) in 80 regular-season contests … Collected a team-best 28 assists and shared the club lead with 49 points at even strength … Ranked second on the club with 10 power-play goals … Finished ninth in the league with a 56.7 faceoff winning percentage and took an NHL-high 937 draws … Paced Blackhawks forwards with 20:45 TOI per game ... Posted a team-best 24 multi-point outings … Tallied 36 points (15G, 21A) and a +18 rating in 31 contests after the All-Star break … Honored as the NHL's First Star for the month of February after tallying a league-high 21 points (6G, 15A) and a +13 rating in 13 games ... Voted by fans as one of three starting forwards for the 2011 NHL All-Star Game in Raleigh, N.C. … Recorded three points (1G, 2A) for Team Lidstrom in his second career All-Star appearance ... Netted the 100th goal of his NHL career on Jan. 16 vs. NSH, the fifth-youngest player in franchise history to reach the milestone ... Tallied Chicago's only hat trick of the season and the third of his NHL career (regular and postseason) on Nov. 17 in EDM ... Recorded the first four-point game of his NHL regular-season career (2G, 2A) on Nov. 6 at ATL ... Reached the 200-point plateau (86G, 114A) with a goal and an assist on Oct. 29 against EDM … Missed two games (Dec. 30-Jan. 2) due to injury … Posted four points (1G, 3A) in seven games in the WCQF vs. VAN … Netted a game-tying SHG with 1:56 remaining in the third period in Game 7 at VAN on April 26.
2009-10: Ranked second on the club with 25 goals and third with 43 assists and 68 points in 76 regular-season games … Ranked third on the team and 12th among NHL forwards with a +23 rating … Tied for the team lead with 9 PPG … Ranked second on the Blackhawks with 18 multi-point outings, including three three-point games … Paced the team and ranked eighth in the league with 69 takeaways … Finished seventh in the NHL with a 57.2 faceoff winning percentage … Tied for the NHL lead with eight shootout goals and ranked fourth with 3 GDG … Collected the 100th assist of his NHL career on March 5 vs. VAN … Recorded the first SHG of his NHL career on April 6 at DAL … Posted four consecutive multi-point games (1G, 7A) from Feb. 14-March 5 … Tallied seven assists over a three-game stretch from Dec. 26-29 ... Collected a season-high three assists on Dec. 27 against NSH ... Compiled a season-long four-game point streak (2G, 3A) from Dec. 13-20 ... Won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Most Valuable Player in the Stanley Cup Playoffs … Ranked second in the NHL and tied a Blackhawks franchise record set by Denis Savard in 1985 with a career-high 29 points (7G, 22A) in 22 postseason contests … Paced all players and established a franchise record with 22 helpers in the playoffs … Tied for the postseason lead with 5 PPG … Tied Stan Mikita's franchise-record 13-game postseason point streak (7G, 18A) from April 22-May 23 … Tallied the 19th hat trick in Chicago postseason history on May 7 in Game 4 of the WCSF at VAN … Tied a franchise record with a career-best five points (3G, 2A) in that game … Posted seven multi-point outings in the postseason, including two three-point efforts and a five-point contest … Registered 17 points (5G, 12A) over a seven-game stretch from April 22-May 7.
2008-09: Recorded 69 points (34G, 35A) in 82 regular-season games ... His 34 goals paced the team, and his 12 PPG ranked second ... Named the 34th captain in Blackhawks history on July 17, 2008, making him the third-youngest player to earn that distinction in NHL history at the time … Named to the starting lineup for the Western Conference in the 2009 NHL All-Star Game in Montreal and notched a third-period goal in the contest … Paced the club with 7 GWG and a 54.7 faceoff winning percentage … Recorded Chicago's only hat trick and the first of his NHL career on Feb. 27 vs. PIT … Finished with six multi-goal games … Ranked second on the club with 18 multi-point performances, including posting a season-high three points four times … Named the NHL's Second Star for the week ending Dec. 7 … Matched a season-long five-game point streak twice … Dished out an assist in a season-long four straight matchups from Oct. 18-25 … Netted his 100th career point on Feb. 17 at TBL … Accrued the first fighting major of his NHL career on Nov. 18 against PHX's Martin Hanzal … Named the Blackhawks' "Man of the Year" by the Amateur Hockey Association of Illinois … Tied for second on the club with seven goals and ranked third with 13 points in 17 tilts during his Stanley Cup Playoffs debut … Paced the club with 43 SOG … Led Chicago with three goals and tied for the team lead with three points in the Western Conference Final ... Netted his first two Stanley Cup Playoffs goals, including the GWG, on April 18 against CGY... Tallied a playoff-best two assists on April 20 vs. CGY in Game 3 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals ... Recorded three points (2G, 1A) in Game 6 of the WCSF against VAN on May 11 ... Netted the series-clinching goal at the 13:49 mark of the third period in Game 6 vs. VAN on May 11.
2007-08: Led NHL rookies with 24 goals, second best on the Blackhawks, and 7 PPG while ranking third with 54 points in 64 regular-season games … His 30 assists and 54 points ranked third on the team … Missed 16 games (Jan. 1-Feb 9) due to injury … Nominated for the Calder Trophy as the NHL's top rookie … Registered 10 multi-point games, tallying five two-point outings while notching a season-high three points five times … Potted a season-high two goals on Feb. 14 at NSH … Dished out a season-high three assists on Feb. 24 at ANA … Began his Blackhawks and professional career with a point in each of his first 10 games (5G, 5A), the second longest streak to start a career in NHL history (T. Selanne) … Scored his first NHL goal on his first shot in his first game on Oct. 10 vs. SJS.
2006-07: Capped his collegiate career by ranking second on the Western Collegiate Hockey Association's University of North Dakota with 18 goals and 28 assists and third with 46 points in 34 games … Served as the team's alternate captain … Earned American Hockey Coaches Association First-Team West All-American honors … Named to the Western Collegiate Hockey Association's Final Five All-Tournament Team and Second Team All-WCHA … Tallied 33 points (14G, 19A) in the team's final 21 games after returning from leading Canada to a gold medal at the World Junior Championship.
2005-06: Made his collegiate debut, ranking third on UND with 22 goals and fourth with 39 points in 42 contests as a freshman … Earned the NCAA West Regional Most Outstanding Player Award … Won UND's Tom Hoghaug Memorial Scholarship, awarded annually to the freshman hockey player who has demonstrated initiative, character and a sense of responsibility … Led WCHA rookies in goals (14) during conference play … Scored 21 points (11G, 10A) in the last 13 games of the season.
INTERNATIONAL CAREER: Was the third-youngest player to earn a men's hockey medal at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, winning a gold medal with Team Canada … Became the youngest Canadian in history to earn gold medals at the World Junior Championship, World Championship and Olympics … Was honored with a Directorate Award as the Olympic tournament's top forward and was named to the All-Tournament Team … Led Team Canada and ranked third overall in the tournament with eight points (1G, 7A) … Led all tournament participants with a +9 rating … Was Canada's top performer in the faceoff circle (64.8 winning percentage) ... Earned his fourth career gold medal in 2008 when he captained Team Canada in the World Junior Championship … Captured two gold medals with Team Canada in 2007, first at the World Junior Championship (4G, 3A) and then as the only non-NHL player at the World Championship (2G, 5A) … Won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 2006 World Junior Championship … Represented Canada West at the 2005 U17 World Challenge, registering eight goals and four assists in six games.


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Malignant mesothelioma: Number and percent of deaths by NORA industrial sector, U.S. residents age 15 and over, selected states, 1999
NORA - National Occupational Research Agenda
* The comparable number of malignant mesothelioma deaths in the entire United States for this same time period was 2,484.
NORA - National Occupational Research Agenda
Percentages may not total to 100% due to rounding.
See Appendix for information about data sources, methods, ICD codes, industrial sector groupings, and limitations.
Mortality multiple cause-of-death data from National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System.
Reference Number: 2008-134
Date Posted: June 2008
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Genevieve Kruse, 90, formerly of Montevideo, died Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, at Stearns Place in Paynesville. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 10, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church. Burial will be at Terrace Lawn Memorial Gardens.
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Women's roundup: USC prevails at Arkansas, 43-40
Gamecocks earn fourth straight victory; Clemson women struggle at home against No. 10 Maryland
Published: Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 3:15 a.m.
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Ashley Bruner scored 11 points and No. 18 South Carolina held off Arkansas 43-40 in women's action on Sunday.
South Carolina (18-3, 6-2 SEC), which has won four in a row, didn't score after Aleighsa Welch's three-point play made it 43-36 Gamecocks with 3:44 to play. But Arkansas' last points came on Calli Berna's 3-pointer with 59 seconds to go.
Bruner also had seven assists and five steals. Tiffany Mitchell had eight points and a team-high eight rebounds for the Gamecocks, off to their best SEC start since 2001-02. Arkansas (14-6, 2-5) was led by Jhasmin Bowen with 13 points.
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Protesters chant slogans against the Iraq's Shiite-led government as they wave national flags and hold posters of Sunni Finance Minister Rafia al-Issawi during a demonstration in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012. Thousands of protesters have demonstrated in Iraq's western Sunni heartland following the arrest of bodyguards assigned to the finance minister, who draws support from the area. The Khulafa al-Rashideen mosque is seen at right. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)


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In response to growing concern about abducted children and the success of ''AMBER Alert'' systems, the Meridian Police Department is working on its own local version.
The program, still in its infancy stage, would utilize intense media coverage, through television, radio, and print, to get crucial information to the public.
"This program's going to help us be more proactive that reactive," said Meridian Police Department detective, Dean Harper. "There's no sense in sitting back on our heels and waiting for crime to happen or the public hearing about crime on the news later on. If they're riding down the road, they may see a vehicle we're looking for or see somebody we're looking for. They can pick up a phone and call 911 or their local law enforcement."
Harper said even though Mississippi doesn't have the electronic road signs, the public can be the eyes and ears of law enforcement, through media cooperation.
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The AMBER Plan is a voluntary partnership between law-enforcement agencies and broadcasters to activate an urgent bulletin in the most serious child-abduction cases.
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SPARTANBURG, SC-- Evangelist Jacqueline Michelle Clerk Morris, 50, of 108-A Hannon Court, peacefully entered rest on Monday morning, January 21, 2013.
Jacqueline was a native of Barconne, France; she was the daughter of Mrs. Jessica Wyatt Clerk and the late Edward T. Clerk. Evangelist Clerk was the wife of Pastor Cory D. Morris.
Left to cherish fond memories are: her husband; her mother; her daughters, Shay Young, Tia Cummings, Monique Clerk, Janay Clerk, Corissa Owens and Shetese Roberts; her grandchildren and other dear relatives.
Funeral services will be held on Sunday, January 27, 2013, at 2:00 p.m. at the John Stinson Woodward Memorial Chapel.
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David Crosby has undergone heart surgery and has postponed his upcoming California shows, including ones at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, originally scheduled for Feb. 20-21. The shows have been rescheduled for April 20-21.
Crosby's website said the 72-year-old had a cardiac catheterization on Feb. 14 to fix a blocked coronary artery because he was at-risk for a heart attack.
Crosby also had to move five shows in Los Angeles to April. He said he'll be ready to perform with the group Crosby, Stills and Nash on a tour that kicks off in Richmond, Va., on March 4.
Crosby underwent a liver transplant in 1994.
In a statement, the singer -- who just released "Croz," his first solo album in more than 20 years -- said he is "once again a very lucky man."
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OAKLAND — If you are planning to watch the A's take on Yu Darvish and the Rangers tonight in the Coliseum or on the tube, Darvish would like to plant a seed in your mind.
It's this — he knows the A's have his number.
Darvish is 1-7 with a 4.73 ERA against the A's. Against everybody else he's 35-13 with a 2.93 ERA.
And he's come to terms with it, after a fashion.
"Greg Maddux told me last year that he didn't have any good numbers against Arizona through his career,'' Darvish said in looking toward his third start of the season against Oakland. "Just the fact to know that a great pitcher like him had a team that didn't have any good numbers against, that alleviated my thoughts.'''
Maddux wasn't putting Darvish on. A career 355-227, the Hall of Fame right-hander was just 3-11 with a 5.37 ERA when facing the Diamondbacks.
It happens. It happens to good pitcher all the time. Nolan Ryan was 324-292 with a 3.19 ERA en route to the Hall of Fame, but put him against the Baltimore Orioles and he was amazingly ordinary -- 10-17 with a 4.21 ERA.
Catfish Hunter was a great pitcher with great teams in Oakland and New York playing behind him as he went to the Hall of Fame with a 224-166 record and 3.26 ERA. But put the woeful expansion Seattle Mariners against him and he couldn't quite get it done. He faced them five times when just showing up against Seattle was good enough or a win and went 1-4 with a 4.64 ERA.
Darvish has not always pitched badly against the A's. He beat them in his first career against Oakland in Arlington, Texas. Three of the seven losses have come because the Rangers were shut out, two of those by 1-0 scores.
And yet the A's have hit him hard, too, which is reflected in the fact that his ERA against Oakland is more than 1.50 higher than his overall career ERA.
You would think a pitcher of his admitted quality would break through. It's just that he hasn't yet.
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May 27 2015
McMANN TOPS WISSOTA LATE MODELS AT PROCTOR OPENER
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May 22 2015
Inaugural King on the Hill $2,300 to Win Modified Show
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May 14 2015
Fast Lane Motorsports Northland Super Stock Series
FastLane Super Stock Series Points Fund Gets Boost
by Nick Gima
Ashland, WI — The AmsOil Speedway, ABC Raceway and Proctor Speedway are proud to announce that there has been a generous increase in the overall points fund for the upcoming FastLane Motorsports Northland Super Stock Series.
The three-track, three-race weekend series will open on Friday, June 19, at the big 4/10th-mile AmsOil Speedway in Superior before moving on to the 3/8th-mile ABC Raceway in Ashland the following Saturday night. The final round of the Series will be held on Sunday, June 21, at the 1/3rd-mile Proctor (MN) Speedway.
WISSOTA-sanctioned Super Stocks are invited to compete over that weekend for a chance at nearly $11,000 in feature purses being offered by the three Northland race venues, as well as a share of a final points fund that has now grown to over $7,000, to be paid out to the top ten in final points at the completion of the weekend.
The Series champion is now set to take home a whopping $1,475, to be presented by Halvor Lines. Any driver finishing in the top ten in the final Series standings will claim a minimum $250 from the points fund, and if a single driver should happen to post the feature wins at all three tracks during that weekend, he or she will be awarded an additional $700.
The Series will also offer a $100 "participant non-qualifier bonus" for every driver who finishes outside of the top-ten in Series points but competes at all three tracks during the weekend. A "hard charger" bonus of $100 will be paid out to the driver who advances the farthest from his starting position in each feature, and another $100 bonus will be paid to the driver who gains the most positions cumulatively in all three features.
"We would again like to thank all of our great sponsors for this event," stated Series organizer and Proctor Speedway president Dennis McCauley. "If it wasn't for all this great support, this Series would not be possible for our Super Stock drivers and fans."
Series sponsors include FastLane Motorsports & Powdercoating, Lulich Implement, Northern Clearing Inc, White River Ag Products, Total Recreation, Arrowhead Printing, American Family Insurance-Nick Korhonen Agency, Bob's South Tower Service, VIP Pizza, Bernick's Beverages, Village Lanes, Duluth/Superior Trophies & Awards, Rick Gondik Law Office, Dennis & Cathy Pattee, Rick's Auto Body, Halvor Lines, ICO Pit Stop, Bullyan RV, the Powerhouse Bar, Como Oil & Propane, and the NAPA Auto Parts Stores of Duluth, Superior and Ashland.
For more information regarding the FastLane Motorsports Northland Super Stock Series, including race details and sponsorship opportunities, please contact Dennis McCauley at (218) 348-9919.
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Apr 13 2015
Proctor to host $5,000 to win Mid-West Modified show!
AMSOIL, ABC, Hibbing and Proctor Announce Huge Midwest Modified Summer Nationals.
For Immediate Release – Duluth, MN – April 9, 2015
AMSOIL Speedway, ABC Raceway, Hibbing Raceway and Proctor Speedway announce a huge weekend event to their 2015 racing schedule.
The inaugural Midwest Modified Summer Nationals will be held Friday, Saturday and Sunday August 14th. 15th, and 16th 2015.
The Midwest Modified Summer Nationals will consist of three series points' races for the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds.
The weekend will kick off with at $2,000 to win race at AMSOIL Speedway. Then the drivers actually get to choose to go to either ABC Raceway or Hibbing Raceway for the second night of the Summer Nationals. ABC and Hibbing will enhance their purse to $600 to win at each racetrack. The weekend then caps off at Proctor Speedway with the largest one-night pay day for a Midwest Modified in WISSOTA history. The drivers will be racing for an unprecedented $5,000 to win race.
On top of the incredible payouts each night at the four tracks, the drivers will also be racing for a $4,000 series purse. This will be a $1,000 to win purse, paying the top 10 in points for the weekend.
AMSOIL Speedway board member Joe Stariha said "Proctor Speedway board member Loren Inman came up with an idea to have a huge Midwest Modified race in Proctor, and when we finished our meeting we came up with an idea to make it a huge weekend race involving all four tracks." Stariha also says "You are starting to see some really big races for the Midwest Mods/B-Mods throughout the United States and even regionally now. It's a huge class of competitive drivers and we decided we want to give them a total weekend purse that has never been seen in WISSOTA. If a driver were to sweep the three nights, they would walk away with $8.600."
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Finally, an example of a business plan in which Phase 3 is definitely, "Profit!"
(Thanks, Brent!)
Finally, an example of a business plan in which Phase 3 is definitely, "Profit!"
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Finally, a definition for "Phase 2" of the plan…it only took a few (like 8) years to get here…
Ran into something like this last week when buying lightbulbs from Target. Single Bulbs were discounted by $0.30, while a 2-Pack was discounted $0.40… Needless to say, but the 2 Single Bulbs were a better deal
I'm beginning to suspect that all large retail chains do this, especially now because heavy discounting is "more important than ever."
I keep seeing things that are %50-80 off, yet are still not that reasonably priced. So the regular price seems only to make it seem like you are getting a deal. When in fact the item probably was hidden in a remote corner of the store and never sold at regular price.
To target's defense, the price could have gone up, and the old tag would have been left there by some lazy employee. We don't really have a way of knowing how long the '$2.39' tag was in place.
@MustyBuckets: Guaranteed, this is what happened.
There's not a demon under every bush, Consumerist.
/but it doesn't stop this from being funny, nonetheless1
@InfiniTrent: Actually, it may be easy to find out how long the tag had been there…I know some chains put the date when the tag was printed on it
@MustyBuckets: I like how the price "went up" through no fault of Target. They're the ones who raised the price, then lowered it to something still higher than the original price, and called it a sale.
@B: What's the "original" price? $2.14? What was it before that? When did it increase/decrease to that?
Target is advertising a price drop. It is indeed dropped from its previous price. There's too little information in this picture to determine whether this particular example demonstrates any level of malfeasance.
All stores raise and drop prices according to market conditions. All this example shows is how lazy the employee was that repriced this item.
@Gtmac: Exactly. Even consumers need to understand that prices have to change. With all the "grocery shrink ray" articles, at least we can be glad that they didn't cut a few feet off the end of the roll and keep the same price.
@MustyBuckets: Notice also that the newer tag doesn't say "sale," it says "as advertised." Most places this means it's not, in fact, a sale, but a regular priced item that appeared in an ad.
@MustyBuckets: Normally, I would buy that reasoning since prices do fluctuate…especially now. However, it is Target. They seem to have some type of pricing "issue" at least once a week on here.
@plyhard13: Commodity prices went up across the board last year. The foil likely had a price increase due to this, now Target is offering a discount, but, due to cost increases, still can't offer as low as the prior price.
@plyhard13: I never have an issue like this at the Target I shop at. It makes me wonder if it's Target themselves or the stores.
So the price went up… then it went on sale.
What's the problem here, aside from poor price tag changing?
@acknight: People don't understand that the economy has caused prices to increase. The margin probably roughly stayed the same, and the same margin was probably same to.
Very complex, i know.
@Bladefist: *sale margin
People don't understand that the economy has caused prices to increase.
Nonsense. The current economy has caused prices to go down. According to the latest data from the Dept of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics:
"On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U decreased 0.7 percent in December, the third consecutive decline… The food index declined 0.1 percent in December, the first decrease since April 2006… Consumer prices declined at a seasonally adjusted annualized rate (SAAR) of 12.7 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008… Excluding food and energy, the CPI declined at a 0.3 percent SAAR during the last quarter of 2008″
CPI-U (seas. adj., all cities)
Sep-08 218.813
Oct-08 216.71
Nov-08 213.06
Dec-08 211.49
Very complex, i know.
Too complex for some, apparently.
@TinyBug: Almost every single thing I have to buy regularly has increased in price. I call "nonsense" on whoever compiled that study.
Almost every single thing I have to buy regularly has increased in price.
Fallacy of Hasty Generalization. The plural of "anecdote" is not "data".
I call "nonsense" on whoever compiled that study
How are CPI prices collected and reviewed?
"Each month, BLS data collectors called economic assistants visit or call thousands of retail stores, service establishments, rental units, and doctors' offices, all over the United States, to obtain information on the prices of the thousands of items used to track and measure price changes in the CPI. These economic assistants record the prices of about 80,000 items each month, representing a scientifically selected sample of the prices paid by consumers for goods and services purchased."
@TinyBug: True as that may be, we don't know when that price change went through. For all we know the price could have gone up a year ago.
Also, you have to consider that it could be an increase due to supply chain issue. Just because the average price of products has dropped doesn't mean that Target's suppliers have dropped their prices yet. If they bought all their inventory at higher prices they probably aren't about to start dropping their costs so that they can loose money on their stock. This in turn would limit how much Target can sell the item for and still make margin.
There's a whole complex chain of backlog that could cause the price to remain up there even if prices have generally fallen. Personally their store pricing center is doing a lazy job though. When I worked retail, if the price changed, you had to remove the old one regardless of if the price went up or down.
Have to wonder if the US has anything like they do here where retailers who are part of the Retail Alliance have the scanning code of accuracy practice where if the shelf price is lower than the register price, they have to give you the item free, or take $10 off (whatever comes first, first item only, off the shelf price). Might encourage some better labelling practices.
For all we know the price could have gone up a year ago…
Also, you have to consider that it could be an increase due to supply chain issue.Just because the average price of products has dropped doesn't mean that Target's suppliers have dropped their prices yet.
There's a whole complex chain of backlog that could cause the price to remain up there even if prices have generally fallen.
Don't get too caught up with the specific example in this story. I'm not discussing any particular price, or the pricing at Target, per se. I was responding to the assertion that "People don't understand that the economy has caused prices to increase."
Because it's not true. Yes, there are specific segments that have seen price increases. Yes there are supply chain issues that keep some prices high. Yes, the change in demand for "value" items has caused some prices to go up (used cars, for example).
But none of this changes the fact that in general, and overall, the current economy is causing prices to go down, and has been for several months.
@TinyBug: Yes and when oil usage dropped in January of 07 the government artificially kept the numbers high until the actual cost at the pump started to decrease and then they retroactively altered their numbers to show the truth after over 6 months of blatant lies.
Yes and when oil usage dropped in January of 07 the government artificially kept the numbers high until the actual cost at the pump started to decrease and then they retroactively altered their numbers to show the truth after over 6 months of blatant lies.
I love finding things like this. Our local supermarket charges a higher per pound price on bulk size vegetables. I brought it to the managers attention and am told there is nothing they can do.
My guess is the $2.14 price tag is the old price. Someone forgot to take it off when the price was raised. Sometimes things are just simple mistakes rather than "screw the consumer" conspiracies.
Don't even get me started on the "items scanning higher than the shelf price" myth.
*gets him/her started*
What do you mean?
@heybtbm: I worked at a grocery store for three years, and I can tell you that it's no myth. I doubt it was ever on purpose; but with as many items as a grocery store keeps, it's easy for one or two things to slip through the cracks between price changes and the register system.
I believe it. The "myth" I was talking about is the fear that stores are overcharging for items when they get to the register. In reality, stores LOOSE more money with register errors than they gain. I used to work for Target (12 years ago…wow) and we were presented with some crazy statistics. It was something like for every 1 accidentally overpriced item, 9 items were marked less than they should've been.
You never hear about these "good" scanning errors. Anyway, that's what I meant by "myth".
Target's "sale" prices on everyday items like foil are rarely that dramatic of a price drop. Their regular prices are already pretty low compared to grocery stores. That 75 sq ft roll of private label aluminum foil is regularly priced at $2.14 or $2.39 at Target while the regular price of the private label foil is $3.79 at vons.com and $3.99 at albertsons.com.
I worked at Target for 3 years (during summers), and don't remember anything like this ever happening. If this little picture is enough to make you believe that Target execs are maliciously manipulating prices to trick people into paying more, so be it.
I'm gonna go with the much more believable explanation… they have an ungodly amount of different products for sale (100,000 +) and probably make stupid pricing mistakes on a select few. Is there really a pattern of people getting screwed over by fake sale pricing at Target? I don't think so.
[Target Worker Here]
It's common practice to cover up old labels with new labels when the price changes. Usually the new labels are sticky on the back so they don't fall off the shelf, so the person taking the picture either peeled off the new label off, or the new label didn't have a sticky back.
As for the price difference, prices do change, and sometimes they go up.
Also a team member, and yeah, this is pretty standard. The $2.14 price is probably on a shelf-length strip, so we have to put new price labels over the old. That original price could have been really old, and $2.39 was the more recent price.
As someone said earlier in the thread, there's not a demon in every bush.
Every store does it, it just happens that Target is doing it wrong. Prices went up from Summer to Winter. Im sure I am not the only person alive who remembers everything getting more expensive and smaller…
Now the price is lower and this cunning person took a picture of an old label! Surprise prices change!!! OMG NEWS!
It's like walking into JCPenny and always seeing their Jewelry and watches at least 25% discounted. When they are ALWAYS sold at a discount, why would you believe they were ever worth the original price, whenever that price was actually used, if ever.
This past week my wife and I went to our local JCPenny and looked at some watches. They had some kind of extra discount and when my wife asked for the final price of a watch, the girl called it up on the monitor in plain view of me. It had an 'Original Price' of $250, a 'Selling Price' of $168.25, and the girl quoted my wife $153. How she got to that price beats me (it did not fit the advertised percentage-off, which I can't recall right now), but it should be pretty clear that the Selling Price is the real market price, and the $250 is just some made-up price that makes it possible to give seemingly deep discounts.
Why is it that each and every major chain retailer tries to deceive and mislead their customers in every way possible in the name of profit? I know, rhetorical question, but is that really what they teach upcoming business people – forget honesty and moral values – here PROFIT is king!
This is every jewelry store anywhere. The "list price" is a fake, very high price to make the price they are going to sell at seem like a deal. The problem here is that the first store to try to eliminate this practice will probably fail. The fact is… most regular people have no idea what jewelry "should cost"… they work off the list price, sale price, etc. If all of a suddent they see a real price of 500 that is fair, they wont want to pay more than 300 for it. It's a messed up system.
@BrazDane: The watch either is, or is not, worth its current price to you. "Original Price," "Selling Price," or "Whatever Price" don't seem especially relevant to me.
People who buy something because it is "on sale" or is some large/larger/ginormous percentage off an arbitrary initial price pretty much deserve what they get, imo.
If you need a watch and you are willing to pay $153 for the watch in question why does it matter to you if the price is 50% off from $306 or 80% off from $765 or whatever? The price is what the price is and a decision should be made on that, not what the price used to be or what the price might have been.
First off, blanket responses of "If they don't have the knowledge or opinion that I have, then they deserve what they get" is SOOO inappropriate.
Second… I may be "willing" to pay $153 for the watch in question, but I'm much MORE "willing" to pay $145 for it. I'm even MORE willing to pay $125.
These arbitrary prices can be confusing. It makes it hard for some people to comparison shop. It makes you do MATH, and some people are just not good with math. It also plays on human psychology, just as "liquidation sales" do.
So, I guess you could say that if a customer is human, and falls for these psychological games, then they deserve whatever they get.
@Dooley:First off, I didn't say they deserve what they get because their opinion might differ from mine. I said they deserve what they get if they base their purchases on some markdown percentage rather than whether the current price is a good — in their opinion — price.
Something can be marked down 99% and still be something to avoid or not marked down at all and still be something to be sought.
The question to ask isn't how much the watch has been marked down from some arbitrary price, it is whether the current price is one the buyer is willing and able to pay.
Second… I'm sure just about anyone is more willing to pay a lower price for an item they want. However, unless they know of someone selling the watch for $145 or $125 that willingness isn't relevant. If there is a seller at $153 and no seller at $125, the choice is buy at $153 or don't buy.
How do the arbitrary prices make it difficult to comparison shop? If the watches in two different stores aren't the same, the comparison is not as straightforward regardless of arbitrary pricing because it's probably not an apples-to-apples comparison even with some fixed, metaphysically fair price. If the watches are the same, the comparison is elementary regardless of arbitrary pricing… just compare the actual prices, not some arbitrary markdown percentage.
Is this some lame attempt to get another catch-phrase, so instead of "shrink" we're getting "foiled?"
@The_IT_Crone: (just in case I'm not being clear, I don't think the fact that this is post-worthy unless someone can prove it happened in the span of say, a week)
It looks like 90% of the people posting here entirely agree with you. Stories like this actually hurt Consumerist's credibility… there is zero substance, research, etc… its just a silly picture that could mean any number of things.
@philmin: It is teaching readers to be observant. Since reading the consumerist I have learned to always peel back price stickers and investigate. And even if the prices are old, it still can make you think twice about if you really need the product to begin with.
@calquist: I have to ask. What do you buy then? All prices fluctuate.
@idip: Well I realize that, but sometimes just pausing to think about prices can give you a second to re-evaluate whether you really need it or not. I didn't mean that you can't buy anything ever, but rumor has it that people spend a lot of money on things that they don't really need.
Hold your horses! This might not be what it looks like. I would guess that the price tag underneath is fairly old. We got the same thing going in my store, instead of removing the old tag, we just put the new on top. I'm pretty sure we got 2 year old price tags right behind newer price tags. And that's probably the case here on Target.
The Target by me does this routinely. It's either that, or the "sale" price is the exact same as the old price below it, just with a "sale" cardboard thing tacked on. I went down the candy aisle one day just moving the clipped on "sale" price tag to expose the fact that the normal price was the exact same thing. Came back next week, and all the tags had been moved to cover up the original price again, but the original price tags still hadn't been removed. So I slid 'em over again.
If it was laziness, I wouldn't think they'd take the time to go back and cover up the originals for about 20 items. I'd think someone would have noticed the original tag and removed/changed it. Nope.
@Flynn: "As Advertised," in this case, doesn't necessarily mean on sale; it means it was in the advertisement at that price.
Video game systems are routinely advertised and not discounted, but they still certainly qualify as "Advertised" items.
In advert doesn't necessarily mean on sale.
The original $2.14 is part of a 4 foot strip of plastic- this was the price when the planogram was initially installed. Since then the price of this item went up to $2.39 (and they simply printed up a paper sticker, not the whole 4 foot strip, no reason to waste resources).
While it does say as advertised, it does not say that this is a sale price. They're not trying to cheat anyone. Their prices are already low to begin with.
If you came in to buy that item because you thought it was a good price in their circular, SO WHAT if that's their new everyday price? I think target has excellent prices, even with inflation, and i'm willing to pay a little more to shop here.
@bumpducks: Finally someone mentions the tag says "As Advertised" not "On Sale".
@bumpducks: The 4 foot strips are made to be loaded with paper price tags, They change prices probably about every week (oooo what a shocker). Looks like someone just didn't do it right.
No story here folks, unless making a big sign so as to draw your eyes to a item is considered underhanded.
I was in our local Target two weeks ago on a Sunday and found a tv stand I wanted, the sign said regular price $55.00 on sale for $45.00 unfortunately I did not have anyone with me and I was unable to load the box so I thought I would just come back Monday and bring my husband and thinking even if it's not on sale $55.00 would not be a bad price to pay. Imagine my surprise when I returned on Monday to find out not only was it not on sale but the price was now $69.95. I had checked the codes on the product and signs on both days to make sure I was looking as the right price. Did I buy the unit?, not hardly. There were two boxes on the shelf Sunday and two boxes on Monday which told me it was not a new shipment with a price increase. People would still like to spend and help the economy but we are not stupid and stores need to realize that.
Good for this store for keeping prices in check.
The price of this item, aluminum, has fluctuated almost as much as gasoline!
Just cause it has the "as advertised" tag on it doesnt mean its on sale. it just means it shows up in one of their fliers. It is just a way to get your attention with a big fancy price tag.
many times, especially in electronics, there is no change in the price whatsoever. it doesnt say "on sale"
@SteveZim1017: That was my first thought too. Maybe I am in the minority, but I don't really change my shopping pattern based on a "sale price" anyhow. I usually have an idea on what I am willing to spend on something and shop accordingly. If I think $50 is a good price for a wool sweater, I'll buy on for $49.99. If it USED to be $100 and is now 49.99 or if it was ALWAYS 49.99, I don't care.
I guess people need to feel like they are getting a deal
The 3 different prices thing is messed up but that aside, keep in mind that Target has sale items and advertised items. Sale items are discounted from the regular price, while advertised items are just items that are in the flyer and are being promoted but are not necessarily on sale or discounted. This could be one of those items.
I was just at Target yesterday and came across this pricing scheme: Double packs of Glade Scented Oil for $2.49 while the singles were $1.00 each. Of course it is hard to see that right away with all the red SALE $2.49 tags all over the shelves.
Its a conspiracy man
They want make money off the mind protecting hats
You'll notice the sign does not say SALE!
It only says "As Advertised" you can advertise crappy prices all you want.
I've worked in retail before. This is why we always had to THROW AWAY the old price tags, lest some clever customer removed the new, higher price tag!
I recall reading some blog awhile back that mentioned how Target "codes" it's sales, I went and found it, don't know if it still applies or if they changed the method since this was posted:
"Full prices end in 9. Every time Target discounts, the final digit of the price drops. The lowest the final digit will go is 4. If you see something you want and the price ends in 4, buy it. You won't get it for less."
As someone who worked in retail, for you to have a 'compare' price you must have sold at least one of those items at that price to legally use the term 'compare,' in referencing a 'sale' price. That said, shop around. Do your homework. Know your prices before you go in to purchase an item. Use your coupons. Comparison shop in the same store with the store brands. If your goal is to get the best price, that's what you've got to do!
They are all doing it. Anyone see the regular DVD's "on sale" at Circuit City? Regular price of $21.99? ha..
It's legal for them to do so – raise the price one day before and reduce it for a "sale" the next day, but I am surprised that companies actually still do it.
I've nothing but good experiences at Target. Most recently, I bought a jewelry armoire on sale for half off ($75 instead of the regular price of $125) in Georgia. When I got the box home to Louisiana, I discovered it was damaged. I exchanged it at my home Target and unfortunately had another damaged piece (It was obviously damaged at the factory). There were no more armoires, but Target did refund my money and give me a rain check for the half off price, despite the fact that the furniture was never on sale at my home Target. The annoyance of hauling home two damaged pieces of furniture was made up for by the professionalism and understanding of the Target staff and managers.
I worked at Target for 6 months right after I graduated from college ( The joys of building a porfolio!) and worked for the Price Change team. And this is exactly the gig:
You get a batch of Tags that look just like the ones hanging there. They are printed in different forms.
Some are cardstock- they are temporary price changes and are not permanent. You get some that are printed on sticker paper. These are permanent price changes.
Each tag has the prduct code ( Each target item has a 9 digit code), the location it belongs in the store, and when the tag was printed.
You start at 6 am and change the prices on the store floor first- the items on shelves. Using the location on the tags, you change the tags and therefore the prices. You can sometimes remember locations that have their prices changed frequently. Sometimes only a penny or two every day, sometimes a couple of dollars once a month. But after a while you see patterns.
And if we screw up our tags, we get in BIG trouble.Target price matches whatever their shelf says, no questions. So We have to be absolutely right where we put the tags, and get them out as quick before the store opens. Or write-ups for everyone!
Now, Price Change only Changes prices, they don't do Promotion. That way Price Change doesn't know Sale Prices, and Promotion team doesn't necessarily know what tomfoolery is going on unless they look REAL HARD.
But yes- Target ups prices before Sales. They're clever enough to do it a couple of weeks BEFORE sales so it doesn't look too dubious… but if you know the gig, you know.
My best friend manages a Famous Footwear and they do this ALL the time. Especially when they run their buy one get one half price. They jack up the prices and in some cases it cost more to buy the shoes during BOGO then to have bought them before they were marked up.
Ok this is how it really works
Item was regularly priced at $2.14 This week.
Blame the economy – But the price is going up to $2.39 Next Week. To soften the Sticker Shock, for the next few days The new price is displayed, BUT the item is "on Sale" for $2.29.
Now You know what the price will be, but you feel better knowing you are getting a discount, and next week you won't be surprised when it comes off the sale price to the new Price.
This isn't just Target – at least every grocery store does this and probably other stores I don't know about as well.
Notice that nowhere on the sign does it make any mention of a sale – only that the price was advertised. I've seen this a number of times at my local Target on items that were not discounted in any way. There is a different, yellow-colored tag that goes with items that are actually discounted.
I think this one was just old price tags as others mentioned. But you absolutely have to know the going price of things shopping at Target and you should compare the unit pricing.
I find odd pricing disparities like previously mentioned where a larger package of an item costs you more per unit than a smaller package.
Keep a price book for all of your grocery items. Price check the going rates for other purchases before you go shopping. Most sales are total bullshit and that discount is actually the retail price. Sales are when the item temporarily drastically goes down or is being increasingly reduced because it is old stock.
Was $2.14, magically jumped up to $2.39. Now Target has put it "on sale" at $2.29. Profit!!!
That happens all the time. I worked at Target and we would put up 10 signs that bad sales on them.
What's funny though is the team leaders and executive team leads don't know why it happens.
I've seen that happen in Target, but in other stores too. I've gone to the Service Desk to ask for an explanation of why the regular price is lower than the sale price.
They usually don't have an answer, so I just don't buy the item.
as a former target employee, i can vouch for the price perhaps being there before. lots of times, when they do the resets of the shelving, the labels are preprinted onto the white strip and they just put the whole strip in the slot on the front. i guess it helps the planogram team do it faster?
But their bacon is still half as expensive as the grocery store next to my target! $5.97 at Rainbow, $2.95 or so at Target. Both were the same brand (Oscar Mayer).
In Target's defense it is not actually a sale. The item is clearly marked with an, "As Advertised" tag which means that the item is for sale as marked; entirely different from a sale. On the note of there being two tags. It is possible the second tag was placed there after a price increase occurred. The previous tag would not have been removed because the tags are all printed on a giant long strip of paper which requires ripping and tearing to remove the old tag.
actually, here is what happened.
When a plan-o-gram (basically instructions for how to set up an isle, and what merchandise goes where) sets, corporate sends out label strips that go across the entire shelf. The price changed and since it was only one item that's price changed, the team of people who do the price changes in the store print out a replacement shelf label. Since corporate doesn't send out new labels every time the price changes they put it over the part of the label that had the old price on it. If you look closely at the picture, you can see that the strip is one continuous piece with another label put on.
It isn't anything deceptive, i am sure if you look at the dates, the very bottom label is probably several months old, where the one that goes over it is probably a month or two old, then you have the sale label.
I have seen something similar at Kmart here in Australia. They put a product out advertised at a regular price one week, then advertised in store the next week as a "Special Price" and the jack up the price by 20% or more and state that the saving over the "Regular Price" is 40% savings, all totally not true and against the law! Have seen it three times now in 2 Kmart Stores.
Speaking as a former Target corp. employee … What would be interesting to know is when was this "sale" approved in relation to the price increase? Although it is correct to assume prices can go up (esp. in this economy) … keep in mind these sale decisions are made generally months in advance. So, is this really a "savings" at $2.29 when the item was priced at $2.14 at one time? If this change in price to $2.39 was some time before the decision to put it on the weekly ad (As advertised means it's in the weekly store circular ad), then yes it would be legit. But if sale was planned knowing the price would increase before the weekly sale would be launch to consumers, then it is a bit of a sham. Overall, I know there are a lot of marketing message manipulations by stores like Target to make consumers "feel" like they are saving $$$. So, you have to really watch these promotions and price compare.
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