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Eastwood and Down
A man. A plan. A Super Bowl ad promoting the re-election of Barack Obama masquerading as a Clint Eastwood promotion for Chrysler.
I'm not sure what I'm more appalled by: the fact that Josey Wales is supporting crony capitalism, or the fact that the American taxpayers are funding a Super Bowl ad for the sitting president. How is this even possible?
I can understand that Clint Eastwood is just making a buck, and that perhaps he didn't understand the ramifications of a bailed-out company spending $3 million per 30 seconds to send a special love note to its benefactor. But "Halftime in America"? Anyone even slightly cognizant of the 80's would have to recognize the parallels to Reagan's "Morning in America" campaign. Obama is half way through a potential two terms, thus this is his "halftime". Ergo, supporting Obama in the next election equates to better times ahead.
In other words, we were fed blatant propaganda via our tax dollars.
Think about this for just a second. A company that was formerly held by a well-heeled hedge fund, and which was bailed out by the current administration, just spent gobs of money (that we provided it) to promote the re-election of its savior. On the most watched television event in the world. Starring one of the most respected actors in history. How is this not a disgusting display of crony capitalism?
Just to be clear, I'm not one to say that these sorts of ads should be illegal (although, I certainly question how — keeping in mind that money is fungible — taxpayer funds can be used to make this sort of ad). Let people say and pay for whatever message they want to broadcast. The more speech the better, IMHO.
My problem here is that we were milked by this company, and that we're paying for the ads to glorify the guy who milked us.
A lot of fools decided to (sort of) camp out in various parks around the nation in order to protest this very behavior. Will any of them stand up and decry this ad? Of course not. Instead, the few of them who make it to the polls will vote to re-elect Obama, and therefor to further crony capitalism so that people better-connected than themselves can have worry-free employment at far greater than the market rate, and the national average.
We can have a country of laws, in which we are all treated equally with respect to individual rights protecting autonomy, or we can have a rule of man in which the favored make all of our decisions for us and reap the benefits of everyone's effort. We are long down that second road.
I just hope that, unlike the Super Bowl, it is not the patriots who lose. I fear that there is no other possible outcome when we are forced to pay for the very propaganda that laces our wrists in chains.
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Lying and stealing taxpayer money, business as usual for obama. He even stole, as you pointed out, from the dead, Reagan, which makes him eligible for a new epithet. Grave robber.
Fiat also got a hand out…but there ad was better.
At least Chrysler has not (so far) produced their Sparky Pinto version. All this other is just too 1984. Orwell would be afraid.
Wow, lighten up. It was a good fun ad, the GM bailout was a success (and will help Obama) and that's reality. You're in a weird bitter nether-world. Seriously, if this ad bothers you, you've lost perspective completely! Sheesh.
@scotterb "GM bailout was a success…"
Not nearly so successful as the Messerschmidt collaboration with the Third Reich. Well, for a while…
@Ragspierre @scotterb Nah, here is the best advertisement for German cars… fast-forward to 4:20…
"U.S. taxpayers likely lost $1.3 billion in the government bailout of Chrysler, the Treasury Department announced Thursday.
The government recently sold its remaining 6% stake in the company to Italian automaker Fiat. It wrapped up the 2009 bailout that was part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program six years early."
(a href="http://money.cnn.com/2011/07/21/autos/chrysler_government_exit/index.htm" target=_blank">link) Some success. As if that had anything to do with my post.
@MichaelJosephWade That's how Erb defines success. Try and imagine what he thinks failure actually looks like.
And Erb, 'fun'? That's what you thought that was?
It would be so totally un-profound of me to say you are odd.
@MichaelJosephWade GM? Weren't you talking about Chrysler, owned by the Italian company, Fiat?
As for GM, it still owes 25 billion to taxpayers. http://tinyurl.com/7z9fpbn
Oh, and:
"Treasury would have to sell its stock for GM at $53.98 to break even. As of Wednesday, GM's stock was at $24.92."
I think you're missing the bigger point, but I won't debate it here. I've made my own post on it: http://scotterb.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/halftime-in-america/
@scotterb Scott you don't HAVE a point. You confuse GM with Chrysler, you confuse Reagan with Obama, you praise policies that benefit a tiny fraction of American businessmen but destroy thousands of jobs and companies elsewhere and then you ripoff a QandO post for some piece of vanity at World in Motion-sickness.
@scotterb Yeah, the poor gigabillion American Automobile manufacturers. Shame Bush/Obama weren't available to save Acme Buggy and Buckboard too.
@DocD @scotterb Dude! Don't forget the "Princes Of Labor" who got pushed up the pay-back line BEFORE secured creditors.
@Ragspierre @scotterb Go read Smeagol's puff-piece on the General Chrysler bailout. Seems he was unaware of any "union deals" to retain jobs. Be quick, before he deletes his own comment 😉
@DocD @scotterb I won't give him the traffic.
@Ragspierre @DocD @scotterb As long as I was there, I figured I might as well get the full dose.
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Obama, by a landslide.
Iran, how attacking will only stop the inevitable government overthrow by the peace loving peoples of Iran coming, soon! soon! (Personally, I think probably not before they do some dumbass thing like threaten Israel or attack an American ship, so be prepared for it to be our fault, personally, here on QandO and not Obama's or Iran's. It'll all work out the same way as us prolonging the Holocaust by entering World War II.)
@looker @Ragspierre @DocD I hope you enjoyed my reflection on John Cougar Mellencamp's albums.
@scotterb @looker @Ragspierre "I hope you enjoyed my reflection on John Cougar Mellencamp's albums"
I have a policy of not drinking that much on a Monday evening.
@DocD @scotterb @Ragspierre What he said. It was enough to skim your political fantasies, I wasn't going to head into the musicological ones.
I guess if you want to pretend their was no impact to taxpayers if they went under… Seems to me 50,000 ex-employees would easily soak up that much in a few years. That's not to mention their suppliers, dealers, etc.
But yeah, I forget letting them go under is suppose to be a panacea and don't ever disagree with that.
@jpm100 @MichaelJosephWade Right, the whole thing would have closed down and there wouldn't have been any kind of a chance for a more sound financial restructuring to come out of it. We were all eager to see them board and shutter the plants, sell the widows and invest in South American Zinc with the funds.
Just like American Airlines will shutter their terminals, ground their planes and vanish from the skies.
As opposed to not bailing them out so they can continue their past policies and force them to rethink their business models so they can be profitable.
Noticed the success of the Chevy Volt recently? Sound like a sound, business based, rational business model decision to continue with that highly profitable line?
So, no, false argument, they would not have closed up shop if they had 'gone under'. They would have done what businesses are forced to do, reorganize, streamline, and rethink themselves.
@jpm100 @MichaelJosephWade But do note, once again framing the false argument – "He was not willing to allow – did not believe it was necessary to allow – the American automobile industry to collapse and disappear," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters.
"Collapse, and disappear" – because you know that was the ONLY other option. The ONLY other option.
Let's keep an eye on American Airlines and see if it collapses and disappears without a government bailout.
@looker @MichaelJosephWade ,
American Airlines is a taxi service and not a manufacturer.
GM & Chrysler going under puts all their part suppliers under. Those plants grind to a halt if the parts aren't there. So not only do you need to find the capital to restart the assembly plants, you have to resurrect the part makers as well. With the exception of standard bolts and some wires, all it takes is one part to no longer be available and you're not building cars. Getting all that going again The bill is 10's of billions of dollars if you're lucky because after that much bankruptcy in the industry, its pay as you go. Who were all these investors standing in like with that money at the time? I'm a little sketchy on their names?
Customers aren't going to react the same way either. Not be a friggin longshot. An airline going bankrupt might create a slim chance you get stranded on a round trip. A new auto company if it fails to take hold can leave a $30,000 paperweight in your driveway. If you think a customer is going to react the same in that situation that's bull.
@looker @MichaelJosephWade Also, the Volt serves the same purpose for GM that the Viper did for Chrysler in the 90's. Nobody but people looking to criticize ever claimed the Volt was intended to be a core vehicle.
@looker @MichaelJosephWade
"Let's keep an eye on American Airlines and see if it collapses and disappears without a government bailout."
Again, equating a taxi service with heavy manufacture just boggles.
@jpm100 @MichaelJosephWade The point, which you have chosen to miss, is that it is a BUSINESS, not a government entity, about to undergo restructuring to handle it's debt and loss and to try and re-invent itself to turn the debt into a profit without the company "going under" in the sense that Obama would have you believe, which is, it would completely cease to exist.
No one would have asked them to go from making cars to growing shallots, they would still be making and selling cars.
All that would have been asked of them is that they shed their less profitable portions, come up with a plan to convince investors and their debt holders to stay with them and allow them (nay, force them) to re-structue and re-plan in such a way that they might make a profit. This is a standard part of many bankruptcy filings.
It was the point I was trying to make about American going chapter 13.
The 'industry' is irrelevant to the concept since we're only talking about the CONCEPT of how bankruptcy works, and how 'going under' does not HAVE to be the same, and given GM's size would NOT have been the same, as ceasing to exist.
The Volt and the Viper – what, to lose money? Vanity cars are for companies that can afford the losses without 'borrowing' money from me, you, and every other tax payer in the US.
@looker @jpm100 @MichaelJosephWade I dunno… the Chrysler Shallot sounds like it would be a winner in academic circles.
@looker @MichaelJosephWade
GM & Chrysler turn over massive amounts of money to operate every day. If they don't, in few days will be out of parts, and they don't build cars. An American Airlines, spends big money when they buy planes to operate. But they don't have to buy planes this week, or next. They can probably go months with minimal impact, possibly a year or two with a small impact.
Saying all industries are alike is something I can try to disprove with anecdotes like above all day long, but I don't have a smoking gun that can be communicated in a comment.
Do you say one industry is like another because you have some personal experience with it? Or because you need it to be so to hold on to your point?
@scotterb Yeah the GM bailout was a success, lucky GM makes all those Chryslers Clint was advertizing. But the GM bailout was a success… if you are a select member of the Detroit industry (let's call them the 1% for convenience). If on the other hand you're an employee of a former subsidiary of GM, let's say Saab, and GM is f***ing you six ways from Sunday by preventing its sale and forcing thousands of people into unemployment in a different country but hanging on to the technology licenses THEN the bailout doesn't look so wonderful. What is Obama's motto again? "Workers of the world unite, so long as you've paid your dues to the American Democratic Party political machine otherwise get stuffed you plebs"?
You are as useful as tits on a bull sometimes Scott.
@DocD @scotterb Or Saturn…seeing a pattern? Make sure no one competes by making the sale of the brand impossible.
The irony in professor brainless defending 'poor GM' is wildly humorous. Poor little GM, we're all picking on them.
@looker @scotterb
Wow, lighten up. It was a good fun war, the Libya bailout was a success (and will help Obama) and that's reality. You're in a weird bitter nether-world. Seriously, if this war bothers you, you've lost perspective completely! Sheesh.
@DocD @scotterb Lot's of fun brewing over there! The Ayatollah proclaims all Jews must die to protect Islam, that a preemptive strike on them to prevent the preemptive strike Israel might launch on Iran is perfectly okay (I guess he never wonders why the Jews would launch a preemptive strike on Iran or even ponder what the word preemptive really means….but he's a man of peace, being his countries leader in the Religion of Peace).
@looker @DocD @scotterb
I like my Saturn Vue. It breaks more often than the Subaru's and Toyota's I have owned, but not as much as the Chevy Astro.
But now it is an orphan, and I wonder when the part supply will run out.
@newshutz @looker @DocD @scotterb Aren't you grateful you did not buy a new Saab…???
@newshutz @DocD @scotterb I love my Vue. I will run the puppy into the ground but so far it's holding up great (2005), I no longer love GM, will not have it serviced by GM and will not buy another GM product in the foreseeable future.
I couldn't stop the bailout, I for damn sure don't have to buy their vehicles.
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That was advertizing autos? Isn't Clint supposed to say "Bazinga" after pulling-off irony like that?.
Yeah, uh, Clint – you keepin up with Detroit's half-time show?
@looker Be very careful to avoid the rush of U-Hauls converging on Detroit, filled with people just DYING to be part of that big boom gonin' on…
Kinda funny for Dr. American Decline to be defending it don't you think?
Same guy that thinks we're unexceptional, that we're former slave holding imperialist bastards the world over is telling Michael to lighten up on it?
I wonder why that would be, let me think……ah, yes….I'm thinking had this been the Bush administration Dr. Chuck would be on the other side of the fence.
I am new to livefyre and have a request. Please stop responding to erb, maybe he will go away, the rest of you make good points.
@willisforster Few people realize this, but the incredibly annoying Monty Python "deja vu" sketch is based on the Life of Scott.
@willisforster Erb has been kicked around on the internet for more than a decade. He started embarrassing himself on Usenet in the long ago time.
He would just take silence as consent, and be encouraged.
@newshutz OK thanks, i am realy reluctant to suggest banning anybody because of my free speech beliefs. He is harmless, he seems to revel in earning contempt of strangers.
@willisforster @newshutz Actually, he thinks he's getting the best of others on the Internet. That's because the gap between how smart he thinks he is and his actual intelligence is bigger than any other person I've ever encountered in any venue.
Given decades in the software industry, which has some pretty puffed up egos, that's saying a lot. Those of us who have recruiting duties for developers sometimes talk about a condition known as ETD – ego-talent discrepancy.
And now the latest allegation – The ad wasn't filmed in……
Los Angeles, and New Orleans with file footage from Detroit.
Damn this internet thingie……and you damn internet people with your realities!!!!!
The dream! you're shattering the dream!
Uhh… Eastwood wasnt' just "making a buck." All of his proceeds went to charity. And he said that this ad was not politically motivated at all.
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I got burnt coconut and wood in this and am happy to report that the sample has emigrated to Stockholm, where it is starting a new life with someone who appreciates it. Me, I am sampling Aomassai today, prompted by an earlier post of yours, I think. I thought I had given it away, but whilst repatriating my perfume bottles in their fridge today (following the installation of a new fridge in the kitchen) I came across it and thought I'd give it a spin. Too spicy, though improves with time.
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Hey, flittersniffer! Y'know, I wonder if in winter, you perceive/develop some of these perfumes the same way that I perceive/develop them in summer. That is, in cold weather I can't imagine Aomassai being too spicy, but in warm weather, absolutely, it would be. And after trying Cadjmere in warm temperatures yesterday, yep, I can see the "burnt coconut".
Maybe you have a summer nose/skin and I have a winter nose/skin. And now that I say that it sounds familiar. Did you or someone else state exactly that theory at some point?
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I don't believe I said exactly that, though I did say that I had been diagnosed as having "green and fresh" skin, which sounds pretty darn summery to me!
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Ok forget the things I said. It doesn't say Awaiting Regestraition anymore. It just says offline. Remember Tragonight , tomorrow 1:00 pm in your country, 6:00 in mine. If Mr Stealth and Jamamana want to join then Ok
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Well, fellas, I'm a new member, so I just wanted to say Hi, and that I'd love to add anybody/everybody here on either regular Brawl or Project M. My FC is 0390-4857-8107 and happy Easter! (if anyone celebrates it).


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Revising Canada's Ethical Rules for Judges Returning to Practice
Stephen G. A. Pitel
University of Western Ontario - Faculty of Law
Will Bortolin
Bennett Jones LLP
December 15, 2011
Dalhousie Law Journal Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 483-527 (2011)
It has recently become more common for retired Canadian judges to return to the practice of law. This development raises an array of ethical considerations and potential threats to the integrity of the administration of justice. Although most codes of legal ethics contemplate the possibility of former judges returning to practice, the rules on this particular topic are dated, under-analyzed, and generally inadequate. This article reviews the Canadian ethical rules that specifically relate to former judges and identifies their shortcomings. In doing so, the authors consider, for comparative purposes, Canadian ethical rules directed at former public officers who return to practice and American rules directed at former judges. These rules have been developed in a different context, but involve many of the same issues and are more comprehensive. Following this analysis, the authors propose a series of new rules for judges who return to practice. These rules are not intended as the final word on the subject, but rather as starting points for further discussion of the issues involved. They illustrate the competing considerations with which law societies need to grapple as more judges return to practice.
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An H Potter original design. Surprise a loved one with this unique gift or treat yourself. Clean lines frame the beauty you plant within.
Metal tray with dark gray powder coat, ball feet, plastic liner and inner rims for glass house to rest upon. Once planted glass top will meet soil/moss to create your enclosed garden.
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I'll be using it for orchid seedlings. It's very high quality and came with no damage and a very nice thank you card. I like the door panel that opens at the top which is why I chose this model.
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This is really a very nice terrarium. Not too big, not too small. The selling point for me was the opening at the top. Great feature - I love this. The door/window that opens was off slightly, so I gently bent it back into shape as best I could without breaking it. It's still off a tiny bit but not very noticable - I think I just notice it because I know that it's there! Very pretty, will have it forever. : )
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The New York Knicks' offseason has had mixed reviews, but when you look closely, it's clear they're building a team that fits perfectly around Carmelo Anthony.
With only the mini mid-level and veteran's minimum contracts to spend, the front office had their work cut out, but for the second year in a row they've done a great job in catering to Melo's needs.
Last year it was all about bringing in a set of point guards capable of running an offense, and this year it's been about adding depth and building around the idea of playing Anthony in the post surrounded by Tyson Chandler and three players with three-point range.
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After 28 years on daytime television, Regis Philbin is calling it quits. The 79-year-old announced on Tuesday morning's "Live With Regis and Kelly" that he is ready to retire.
"There is a time when everything must come to an end for people on camera. Especially for certain old people," Philbin told the audience and viewers.
Philbin started his TV career in Los Angeles, and has been a television personality since the 1950s. Regis moved to WABC-TV in New York City in 1983, and in June 1985 Kathie Lee Gifford joined him. In 1988, Philbin and Gifford launched the show "Live with Regis & Kathie Lee." Gifford left the show in 2000, and Kelly Ripa joined the following year.
Over the years Philbin has hosted the ABC game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," the CBS game show "Million Dollar Password," and the NBC competition show "America's Got Talent."
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Global Range: (>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)) Breeding range extends along the Pacific coast from southern California to South America and along Atlantic, Gulf, and Caribbean coasts from Maryland south to Florida and westward to southern Texas, plus the Bahamas, West Indies, Yucatan Peninsula, and off Venezuela and the Caribbean coast of Colombia. During the nonbreeding season, brown pelicans range in Pacific coastal waters north to southern British Columbia (after breeding, before winter); in western North America, the species winters mainly from California south; in the southeastern U.S., the primary winter range includes Florida and the Gulf Coast.
Subspecies CAROLINENSIS: breeds locally in Maryland and Virginia and south to Florida (primary nesting range), also locally in Louisiana (where reintroduced) and in central coastal Texas; breeds locally also off northeastern Yucatan and Belize, and ranges southward through coastal Honduras and Costa Rica to Panama, where local breeding occurs off the Pacific coast; vagrants wander north to New England and occur casually inland to the Great Lakes and Great Plains states (Johnsgard 1993). Breeds also in the Bahamas (Sprunt 1984) (extirpated, according to Johnsgard 1993). Ranges throughout breeding range and along eastern shores of Mexico south along Central America to the Caribbean coasts of Colombia and Venezuela, and through the Greater and Lesser Antilles to Trinidad; and on the Pacific coast of Central America (AOU 1957).
Subspecies CALIFORNICUS: breeds along Pacific coast in southern California (Anacapa Island), and in Mexico on islands off Baja California and on islands in the Gulf of California (south to Isabella and the Tres Marias Islands); possibly locally along the coast of Sonora and Sinaloa; vagrants have occurred north to British Columbia and Idaho (Johnsgard 1993).
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Speaking to E! Online, George, who shot to fame with Culture Club when he was in his early twenties, says, "Unfortunately when you're at that age, you won't listen to anyone. I did the same thing. People told me time and time again -- not just at 22 but it happened up until 10 years ago -- to sort of grow up a bit."
He says Justin's problems -- which include being arrested for DUI and assault, and suspected of felony vandalism -- are due to "immaturity," adding, "It's being played out in the spotlight and I'm quite sure there will be an interview in the future where he says, 'I can't believe I did that.' Or not. I hope he makes it through. I think he's a gorgeous young man. He's obviously talented, but he's sort of lost in the show biz antics of it all."
The "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" singer noted that very few young stars are "ready" for stardom, saying, "There's no school. It's fumbling in the dark. My attitude to life is we're all kind of clinging to a rock, basically. Some of do it better than others."
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On Wednesday Liz Claiborne Inc.'s Bill McComb appeared on CNBC's "Squawk Box" to announce the company's eagerly awaited new name: Fifth & Pacific Companies. McComb, who stepped in as CEO five years ago, has guided Liz through significant restructuring since then, including the sale of the Liz Claiborne name brand to JCPenney last fall, which triggered the biggest surge in the company's stock price since 1987. Fifth & Pacific, he explained in a video on the company's web site, captures the Malibu-meets-Manhattan aesthetic of the company's three marquee labels (Kate Spade, Lucky Brand and Juicy Couture) while also nodding to what McComb sees as big global opportunities for those brands, especially in Asia. He gave The High Low the back story behind the new name—which takes full effect mid-May, when the company will begin trading as FNP on the New York Stock Exchange—and his [thoughts on] Fifth & Pacific's future.
The High Low: Your stock price got another boost from today's announcement. What's the buzz on Fifth & Pacific so far?
Bill McComb: It's been outstanding. It's one thing to change the name of a company—but when you add the logo and the colors and it all starts to operate as an identity, people really start to react to it and get a feeling for it. The feedback has been all positive, especially on the employee side—even longtime veterans of the company who may have been a little suspicious of the change. This name is a really fresh and interesting intersection of the three brands that we are about as a company—it just makes sense. And we've had an outpouring of congratulatory calls from investors, analysts and customers.
THL: How did you keep this announcement under wraps?
BM: It's one of the best-kept secrets I've ever been part of professionally. There were four of us on the management team who knew, my Board of Directors, a small team of consultants, and that's it.
THL: How long did you work on the name?
BM: We put together the whole thing, soup to nuts, in just under 12 weeks. We had the name by November 15, shortly after finalizing the deal with JCPenney, and then got the graphics on it just after Thanksgiving. We settled on the whole thing around the 10th of December. We moved quickly because it was all working: The name came out of the first round of name generation work that we did, and the graphics came out of the first round of work on graphics.
THL: But a new name has been on the horizon since JCPenney first became the exclusive U.S. retailer for the Liz Claiborne brand in 2009—so hasn't this been percolating for a while?
BM: With the strategic shift that's been going on at the company since 2007, a lot of people have suggested that we should consider changing the name. But it's my philosophy and belief that you don't do anything like that impetuously. The Liz Claiborne name had a certain historical meaning with investors and shareholders that I wasn't willing to abandon so quickly. Even though changing it might have helped telegraph the scope and depth of strategy change going on here two years ago, for me it wasn't right to do until we actually sold the brand — and I wasn't sure if that was going to happen, and under what timetable. Yes, for a long time there's been speculation, there's been an internal discourse on the name. But not until the final transaction with JCPenney last fall did it become enough of a reality to sit down and put pen to paper on a creative brief and list what this new name would have to accomplish.
THL: So where did you start?
BM: The first thing we said was that we wanted a name that came out of the consumer vernacular, not one that sounded like a re-coined or invented word. We also wanted a name that would fit all three brands—Juicy, Lucky and Kate—and evoke the common ground between them, the element of New York and Los Angeles. Juicy was built bicoastally, Lucky was always an LA brand, and Kate Spade is a quintessentially New York brand. As much as we are a global company, what we're selling are these intrinsically American elements. And the name had to be approporiate for a fashion company: There needed to be some chic-ness to it, and not in a contrived way. We didn't want it to sound like a hedge fund, a Silicon Valley high-tech company or a law firm. Fifth & Pacific is not a consumer brand, but it's a brand to investors and we wanted it to feel consistent with our consumer brands without stepping on them or overpowering them.
THL: Did you do any testing or focus groups?
BM: We didn't focus group the name, because this brand is not going in front of the consumer; we had experts at the table, and we just felt that Fifth & Pacific was right. But we did take our time making sure that the name was clear and available for use—not just here but in all our markets around the world—and that we could get a logical New York Stock Exchange ticker and the right URL.
THL: What does this new name say about the company?
BM: Number one, it says: This is day one. We've gone through a very difficult, laborious turnaround, but this doesn't feel like an end to that; it feels like the beginning of the new company that we've created. Fifth & Pacific embodies the brands—the dressy, uptown, city side and the casual, beachy LA component—and it has a contemporary, progressive, forward-looking feel. It has a future, it has momentum. This is a beginning, not an end.
THL: Does that include new brands under this new umbrella?
BM: We have so much opportunity—what I call pipeline—within these product lines that for many years to come we're going to be allocating our capital and expense resources to playing out the full potential of these lifestyle brands. I've said that this can be a multibillion-dollar basket of brands; our focus is on growing domestically and tapping the shores of Asia and Europe in a big way. This name change doesn't impact those moves because we've already been making them, but Fifth & Pacific sounds and feels like a lifestyle company, which is what we are.
THL: It's been a dramatic and sometimes rocky few years—how have all these big moves positioned the company for growth?
BM: Number one, we have the right portfolio of brands: They're early stage, they don't step on each other's toes, they're trend-right and they're hot. Number two, we have the right people in the right jobs—we've hired some of the industry's most talented creative and business people and they're deployed well. Number three, we finally have the right capital structure. We don't have significant, onerous interest payments and balloon debts coming due that make investors anxious. When you put those three things together and look at the growth profile and the margin expansion potential that we've got, it's a momentum package. And now we have a name that fits all of that, so that's the icing on the cake.


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How important is the effect of our PP/PK in this series
Posted 30 May 2009 - 04:20 PM
to me our PK is horriable, and our PP seems sluggish compared to the season.
what u guys think? by the way both have been can we win?
Posted 30 May 2009 - 04:23 PM
Edited by Cern, 30 May 2009 - 04:23 PM.
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Posted 30 May 2009 - 04:25 PM
thanks smart ass
Posted 30 May 2009 - 04:26 PM
Do ho ho ho
Posted 30 May 2009 - 04:27 PM
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Posted 30 May 2009 - 04:33 PM
I thought I'd put your spelling in perspective for you.
Posted 30 May 2009 - 04:35 PM
thanks but i figured the topic at hand would of been more of importance then my grammar.
grammar police take me away!
back on topic
Posted 30 May 2009 - 04:48 PM
Posted 30 May 2009 - 04:55 PM
I think our PK is good enough to keep their power play pretty much shut down but they need to remember to always get the puck 200 feet down the ice. That was a problem that plagued this team all year.
Babcock is lazy and he sucks!
Posted 30 May 2009 - 05:01 PM
This was so funny I had to set it as my sig.
Posted 30 May 2009 - 05:04 PM
HankthaTank - Squirrels, they hate to be thrown. / Why is the magical unicorn named Brian... Jedi - I just downloaded the "kids" book, "Go the F--k to Sleep" as narrated by Samuel L. Jackson on my kindle. I am now ready to be a daddy. / *Checks Router* No, I'm positive I didn't hit the "Wings Defense Sucks" button. Electrophile - I'm just glad the Wings were able to win despite the Curse of Brian. ACallToArms - I think Trey needs to put something about payroll tax and deferred income in his sig... Edicius - I'd rather [have] a soundbite of me saying "I like (man sausage)" rather than "I like Crosby".
Posted 30 May 2009 - 05:07 PM
If our PK was up around 90% we'd be giving up 1 goal a game...
It seems the only way teams stay in the games against us is because of our crappy PK. We faced two potent power play teams in Anaheim and Chicago. I don't think Pitt is as good as those two...ironic considering all the hyper with Malkin and Crosby.
This was so funny I had to set it as my sig.
Posted 30 May 2009 - 05:07 PM
To answer the question, I think our PK is the biggest "key" () to this series. Namely, because we've allowed a PP goal in practically every game, and specifically as it pertains to this series, its probably going to see a lot more work. I can't imagine going through a series against the Pens where we're only killing penalties 2-4 times.
Add to that the fact that Crosby and Malkin will be on the ice for the majority of that time, and its a pretty big deal. Both guys average about 6 minutes per game, so we're looking at having Crosby and Malkin on the ice for the equivalent of 3 total powerplays.
Posted 30 May 2009 - 05:08 PM
Me neither. I have no clue. It must take a lot of mental strength, toughness and energy to play well on the PK and maybe that's just something they've been trying to manage properly until the playoffs/finals. Me hopez that they've been 'saving themselves' for this series.
Other than that, didn't the league move the blue line back about a foot and half or something this year? That might seem insignificant but that nevertheless gives more space on the PP.
Posted 30 May 2009 - 05:45 PM
Posted 30 May 2009 - 05:54 PM
The rest is because we do a poor job of not allowing point shots.
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CROSS BREEDS – Combining different sativa and indica breeds will produce the corresponding traits of each mother and father. Actual percentages each strain will contain is not exact, but pretty close.
INDOOR / OUTDOOR – The most important thing to realize is the length of flowering time. Indoor doesn't matter but outdoor maturation would depend on your climate. If you have a short summer then go with a more indica strain. Remember, the more sativa in the mix the longer the flowering time. Some types of marijuana are specifically bred for outdoor, just look at your details. For indoor growing, don't choose something that says outdoor.
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NORFOLK (NNS) -- USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) welcomed aboard the Australian ambassador to the United States on April 1, for a visit with the ship and crew.
His Excellency Ambassador Dennis Richardson said the visit to Truman was his first aboard an aircraft carrier and it was an eye-opening experience which allowed him to see firsthand the capabilities of the U.S. Navy.
"I'm taking away a much better personal understanding of a carrier strike group," Richardson said. "I'm aware that carrier strike groups are an essential part of the capacity for the U.S. to project power globally, and the capacity of the U.S. to project power globally is important for all countries such as Australia."
Rear Adm. William Gortney, Commander Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 10, said giving one of the United States' closest allies a chance to have a better understanding of our capabilities further fosters relationships between the two countries.
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April 6, marks the 90th anniversary of the U.S. and Australia's allegiance, according to Richardson. Since then, he said the United States and Australia have banded together for every major battle.
Commodore Gerald Christian, Royal Australian Navy attache, joined Richardson for the 24-hour embark and agreed the overall feeling of the ship was one of focus and enthusiasm.
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Christian and Richardson visited Truman as part of the Distinguished Visitor program. Although the program regularly welcomes dignitaries and foreign nationals, its main purpose is to give Americans an inside look at a U.S. aircraft carrier and her Sailors.
"The importance of this program is that it shows people from all over the U.S. -- businessmen, people in government, mom and pop what the U.S. Navy does on a daily basis," said Capt. Herman Shelanski, Truman's commanding officer. "As a tax payer, it's [eye-opening] to come out and see what you're spending your money on and what it's going to."
He said even more important than coming out to see the carrier, visitors have a chance to see the Truman Sailors.
"Our guests come out here without any preconceived ideas of who a typical Sailor is," Shelanski said. "A typical Sailor is a 19- to 25-year-old, patriotic young American, who loves their job and loves their country. They are working hard, they study, they conform and they are enthusiastic... To a person, it makes them feel a lot better about our country, about who is actually defending it and about the quality of America."
The ship is currently undergoing a 25-day underway period to complete Tailored Ship's Training Availability, an assessment grading the ship on warfighting skills and tactical decision-making. The ship is also conducting cyclic flight operations with Carrier Air Wing 3.
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== Thursday ==
Xander Vento, 4, will be removed from life support.
== 8:30 p.m. ==
The boy is still alive, according to the MedStar spokesman, Matt Zavadsky. But it could take days before tests reveal his condition.
Whatever the results, he's a hero. That's a word I try not to overuse, but it's accurate in this case: Zavadsky tells me this 4-year-old boy used the last of his strength to hold the girl's head above water.
== 6:10 p.m. ==
A MedStar spokesman tells me the boy was 4 years old, not 9. And he confirms that he was trying to save the girl, 3, when he went under. Contrary to initial reports, he tells me there was no diving accident.
There were adults at the pool, the spokesman said, including an off-duty nurse who helped rescue the children. But it wasn't clear where the grownups were when the boy made his heroic attempt.
The girl should be fine, but the boy's condition is worrying. The spokesman said rescuers did get a pulse back from him before they loaded him into a helicopter and took him to Cook's. But he still wasn't breathing on his own.
== 5:45 p.m. ==
Still no official information on the second victim, but TV crews on scene are reporting her as a young girl, anywhere from three to seven years old.
WFAA reports that the 9-year-old boy was trying to save her from drowning before he went under himself. He seems to have succeeded: she swallowed water but never lost consciousness.
The boy's condition is still unknown, though WFAA says he still had a pulse before leaving for the hospital.
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Two people, including a child, have been pulled from a swimming pool in Fort Worth and rushed to hospitals.
Rescuers were called the neighborhood pool, at Timberland Boulevard and Old Denton Road, about 3 p.m. A fire department spokesman tells me a nine-year-old boy was reported hurt in a diving accident.
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The three state employees, Mark Janus, Marie Quigley, and Brian Trygg, filed the motion to intervene in the lawsuit today with legal assistance from staff attorneys with the National Right to Work Foundation and the Illinois Policy Institute's Liberty Justice Center.
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