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A summary of trading in key commodities markets overseas:
Global crude oil prices fell after a disappointing US manufacturing report raised questions about the health of the world's largest energy consumer.
The US benchmark futures contract, West Texas Intermediate for delivery in October, closed at $US105.92 a barrel, down 50 cents from Friday.
London was closed for a bank holiday on Monday, but in electronic trading on the Intercontinental Exchange Europe's main contract, Brent North Sea crude for October, was trading at $US110.94 a barrel around 1945 GMT (0545 AEST), down 10 cents from its Friday settlement.
Market sentiment took a hit after the Commerce Department reported new orders for US durable manufactured goods plunged 7.3 per cent in July, much sharper than the 5.0 per cent drop expected.
Silver has pushed to a three-month high, while gold eased, as traders weighed the effect of weaker US economic data on the Federal Reserve's potential stimulus rollback.
Silver for September delivery rose 1.2 per cent to settle at $US24.01 a troy ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, the highest settlement since May 3.
Gold futures pulled back in thin trading on Monday as investors cashed out after prices breached $US1,400 an ounce.
The most actively traded gold contract, for December delivery, fell $US2.70, or 0.2 per cent, to settle at $US1,393.10 a troy ounce on the Comex. Gold had settled at an 11-week high on Friday.
Trading volume was lower than normal on Monday, with London's precious metals trading hub closed for a bank holiday.
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After the recent success of their latest album 'Father, Son, Holy Ghost', San Francisco's GIRLS are back to tour Australia. The album received a glowing 9.3 review on Pitchfork and plenty more unconditional love for this stand out pop gem. 'Father, Son, Holy Ghost' exhibits a new sound built on the ideas and ears of a much more confident band. GIRLS are at times ebullient and at others absolutely devastating. A truly beautiful and immensely diverse band, sliding from sweet punchy pop tunes into soothing psychedelia, now is the time to catch this all-inspiring group and be mesmerised by the sun soaked psychedelic pop that is GIRLS. Watch the video for the second single off the album, 'Honey Bunny', here.


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... where all the others are?
makoto utari -
"Do" is correct grammatically.
... where all the others are?
"Do" is correct grammatically.
sorry about that … french speaking :)
It seems the answer is no.
Taking for example issue #01 published in July 2009 that contained a 2 part chronicle: "Freeze on Freedom".
I can't find any reference to it being archived on eveonline.com or anywhere else online for that matter.


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Libya's oil slowly comes back online after deal, driving speculation
The original deal, which was agreed to on Sunday, would have allowed two oil ports to open after a nine-month blockade that stopped 700,000 barrels of oil per day from flowing and cost the country $7 billion. An undisclosed amount of money was agreed to be given by the General National Congress, Libya's legislature, to Ibrahim al-Jathran, the leader of the rebels in eastern Libya.
The end of the blockade had been heralded in the oil futures markets. Libya, an OPEC member, holds Africa's largest oil reserves and the price of " Brent crude," a trading benchmark for oil prices worldwide, has dropped about 3 percent since January amid speculation that Libya would ramp-up its oil exports. Traders and suppliers here in the U.S. calculated that the re-entry of Libyan oil on the world market would decrease the price, leading to even lower costs for refined fuel. But speculators feared that rebel protests would continue and oil futures reached a 5-week high on the New York market–also driven by increasing U.S. consumer confidence and energy instability in Eastern Europe. Brent crude prices see-sawed on news that Libya would continue to open its production lines.
After the deal to re-open Libya's oil terminals, the nation is operating at only 10 percent of its capacity, still stymied by protests. Overall, Libyan oil output has plummeted from 1.4 million barrels per day in 2012 to about 350,000 barrels per day in February 2014.


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Curried wild rice & butternut squash soup
This recipe, using Suma wild rice is from the new Suma cookbook available free with any order (BK028)
"Wild rice" is not actually rice at all, but the seed of a marsh grass native to the northern Great Lakes. Its nutty flavour and chewy texture makes a great addition to rice pilafs or simply cooked along with brown rice.
Serves 4
250g (½lb) uncooked Suma Wild Rice (QS102)
1.1kg (2½ lbs) butternut squash, peeled & cubed
1¼ pints Suma Vegetable Bouillon (LJ214)
¼ pint orange juice
2 tbsps butter or non-dairy spread if vegan
1 medium onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
1½ tsps curry powder
Salt & pepper
1 In a pan, bring the wild rice to a boil in plenty of water. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 45 minutes.
2 Place the squash in a medium pan with enough water to cover, and bring to a boil. Cook for 15 minutes, or until tender. Drain, return to the pan, and mash. Mix in the vegetable stock and orange juice.
3 Melt the butter over medium heat, and sauté the onion and garlic until tender. Season with the curry powder. Reduce heat to low, and continue cooking for about 12 minutes, stirring occasionally.
4 In a blender or food processor, blend the squash and broth with the onion and garlic mixture until smooth. Return to the pan, mix in the cooked wild rice, and cook until heated through. Season with salt and pepper to serve.


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Well done Scarlett!
I liked Joel but think Scarlett deserved to win. Very natural and modest. Everyone seemed to like her a lot.
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Adam or Scarlett to win.
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The best series ever!
I've always been a lover of I'm a celebrity, but this has definitely been. The best series so far in my opinion! I've loved to see everyone getting on! I'll be very sad to see this series finish!
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is this awful programme going to infest our TV?
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What a refreshing change!!!!
Everyone got on and I don't think there was a single swear word. Best series ever!??
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Still loving it !
I love the program & the presenters ??????
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Ten minutes of show then 4/5 minutes of adverts all the way through. It's going to be a long series!!!
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So old, so tired
Yet more people you've never heard of or forgotten being laughed at by two incomprehensible clowns.
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Who Does Cara Delevingne Turn to for Advice? Rihanna and Kate Moss, Of Course
When you're one of the biggest names in modeling, work can be overwhelming: juggling fittings, fashion shows and photo shoots take a toll.
But luckily for Cara Delevingne, she has some solid confidants to lean on when times get tough. At Fashion Week this year, when Delevingne's psoriasis — a skin condition that causes redness and irritation — acted up as she was on deck for the catwalk, it was Kate Moss to the rescue.
"Fashion Week … is the worst time of the year for me to be covered in scabs. Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease, and I'm sensitive," Delevingne, who turns 21 today, says the latest issue of W magazine. "Kate saw me before the Louis Vuitton show at 3 a.m., when I was being painted by people to cover the scabs. She said, 'This is horrible! Why is this happening? I need to help you.' She got me a doctor that afternoon; Kate gives really good advice."
And she's not the only one. Delevingne also has her pal Rihanna on speed dial for whenever she's in need of a pep talk, which happened during her recent Grecian getaway with her sister.
"I thought that would make me happy and relaxed. But when I stop everything, it's really bad. I go crazy,:"the model recalled. "In Greece, it was a lot of couples, and I felt alone, which made me sad."
So she phoned someone she knew could relate. "I called Rihanna," she continued. "She said 'It's easy to drown yourself in work. That's a form of escapism. So, if you're alone and you want to cry, cry.' And I did. But by then, it was time to leave and get back to my life."
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Monday, January 28, 2013 12:59 pm
By Katie Doyle · Bankrate.com
Madonna is looking to unload her Beverly Hills mansion for a mere $22.5 million.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 5:27 pm
By Judy Martel · Bankrate.com
Homebuyers are out there, but they're finding fewer homes for sale than they were a year ago, according to the latest data from Realtor.com. In February, the number of homes listed for sale rose a meager 0.5 percent from January, but fell 22 percent from the same time last year. The median time a home


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Boris Johnson was greeted by more than 100 campaigners hoping to save the axed N213 night bus when he came to Croydon on Wednesday night.
The protest was organised by Sutton student Laura Wheeler, 22, using facebook, the social networking site.
Nearly 4,000 people have joined the group online to save the N213, the only night bus route between Croydon and Sutton.
The route was cancelled on July 4.
Campaigners fear vulnerable young people will be forced to take unlicensed cabs or walk home after a night out in Croydon.
They are also concerned Sutton residents working in Croydon's clubs and bars will have no way of getting home late at night.
Miss Wheeler personally handed a 4,000 strong petition to the Mayor outside Fairfield Halls.
She said: "There were about a hundred of us standing outside Fairfield Halls when Boris arrived and he did a news interview with us in the background, so our campaign has gone national.
"I personally got to have a one on one with Boris. I said we have over 4,000 members on our facebook group and he did not say anything. He looked shocked.
"I also went into the Mayor's debate and Councillor Steve O'Connell allowed me to have a question.
"I asked him what he was going to do.
"He said he was a bus lover and this was now the most famous bus in London, which made us smile.
"He did take it seriously though."
The campaign has attracted the support of Sutton MP Tom Brake and Coun Steve O'Connell, the Sutton and Croydon Greater London Assembly representative.
In answer to Miss Wheeler's question Mr Johnson said: "I understand what you say and thanks for the demonstration earlier on.
"I have got the petition. I know the strength of feeling and I am going to take it back to TfL and I am going to ask them next time they decide to cancel a night bus can they make sure I am not going to speak in the borough where the cancellation is taking place.
"The point you have made is a good one. It is about the security and safety of people and night buses play an important part especially for female passengers. And there are economic benefits."
Miss Wheeler, who is meeting with Transport for London (TfL) next week said she was confident the Mayor would do all he could to help them reinstate the bus.
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 31/10/2013 (1392 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The trouble with all the hype about global warming is that it isn't true. I wish it were.
Why would anyone living at Headingley's latitude complain about a little less time in the deep freeze each winter?
But every year it's the same old, same old. The pond is usually frozen over by Nov. 15 and the snow is seldom completely gone by April 15.
And we should be able to recognize climate change when we see it. We get it twice annually. It's called fall and spring.
What's harder to understand is why anyone still pays attention to the apocalypse-now crowd, when they've been shouting wolf for the last three or four decades and nothing's happened.
It seems these folks have a sort of Monty-Python-Doomsday-Club gene in their systems that makes them unable to resist the impulse to issue dire warnings about the end of the world.
Doesn't seem to matter by what means: mad cow disease, Y2K, errant comets, global cooling, global warming, sin…
In any event, don't expect them to throw in the towel anytime soon.
Last spring, for example, Paul Beckwith of Sierra Club Canada confidently told the world that the Arctic seas would be ice-free this past summer (2013). The BBC made the same prediction.
That drew boat owners of every description eager to make it through the fabled Northwest Passage. They came in yachts, sailboats, rowboats, kayaks — even a few on jet-ski personal watercraft.
The fun didn't last long. It turned out to be one of the coldest summers on record. By late August, ice blockages were forming on some channels. By September, ice had sealed the passage and locked at least a dozen craft in its fearsome embrace.
Losses will be extensive. Some of the boats were luxurious, costly vessels. All will be write-offs.
Although the media constantly bombards us with reports of retreating ice in the Arctic, it's been revealed that as of the end of September the net ice coverage on northern waters was 73% greater than at the same time last year.
The adventurers should have known better. Our planet's overall temperature has not wavered much for the last 17 years. In 2007, NASA predicted cooler winters until 2030.
Even a better acquaintance with the historical record might have helped. In the mid-18th century British scientists and explorers were dumbstruck by the dramatic disappearance of Arctic ice. Imminent open-water travel through the Northwest Passage was forecast. Then, like Doc Williams' cat, the ice came back.


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Sturdy hemp and a fun smocked stitch pattern make this the perfect reusable market bag. Originally published as "Rutabaga" in Knitscene, Spring '07.
Yarn Requirements: worsted-weight yarn, approx 400 yds (sample uses Hemp for Knitting allhemp6 in Dijon)
Gauge: approx 18 sts/20 rows = 4" in mesh pattern on size 10.5 (6.5mm) needles (gauge is not critical for this project)
Difficulty: advanced beginner
Size: approx 13" x 13" excluding strap
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I recently upgraded to an HDTV set, and I am finally displaying the HD recordings on my MythTV system in HD glory. Like most of my tasks with MythTV, though, it wasn't just a straightforward connection to the HD set and away we go.
MythTV assumes that the display device has 100 dots per inch of resolution, even though TVs do not. The Sony KDS-50A3000 is a 50″ set with a resolution of 1920×1080, or about 44 dots per inch. (Interestingly, this isn't all that different from the 40-45 dots per inch of the small standard definition TV I had been using with MythTV.)
The nVidia graphics display drivers calculate dots per inch based on the EDID information. In the case of the KDS-50A3000, it calculated a value of 30 dpi. The resulting font was so tiny I could barely read it with my nose pressed up against the screen. The MythTV wiki describes using the DisplaySize directive to get to the magic 100 dpi. Once I put in the appropriate directive and restarted X, the fonts in the Myth front end were nicely readable.


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14 Jun 2013
Dad's best parenting moves (Parents.com)
Father's thoughts as new fathers (Babble)
Reasons to ditch the baby for a romantic summer trip (The Stir)
Is marriage obsolete? (Your Tango)
Why one company is quitting photoshop (HuffPo Women)
Do you suffer from bitchy resting face? (The Hairpin)
Melissa McCarthy on movie critic who called her a 'hippo' (The Frisky)
What you must do before the baby comes (HuffPo Parents)
Giuliana And Bill Rancic may have more babies (Celeb Baby Laundry)
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Insurers are having a great year, and Markel ( MKL) is doing great. Although its main business is insurance and that segment is doing well, some of the investments it has been making with its excess cash are performing even better. The economy is in recovery, and while the market as measured by the Value Line Index was up 12% in the past year, Markel is up more than 24% for the same period:
Source: Barchart.com Markel Corporation markets and underwrites specialty insurance products in the United States and internationally. It operates in three segments: Excess and Surplus Lines, Specialty Admitted, and London Insurance Market. The Excess and Surplus Lines segment writes property and casualty insurance outside of the standard market for hard-to-place risks, including catastrophe-exposed property, professional liability, products liability, general liability, and commercial umbrella, as well as provides environmental, transportation, inland marine, ocean marine, casualty facultative, railroad, and public entity insurance products. The Specialty Admitted segment writes risks that remain with an admitted insurance company for marketing and regulatory reasons. This segment writes specialty program, personal and commercial property, and liability and workers' compensation insurance products. The London Insurance Market segment writes specialty property, casualty, professional liability, equine, marine, energy, and trade credit insurance and reinsurance products. The company was founded in 1930 and is headquartered in Glen Allen, Virginia. (The preceding company profile is from Yahoo! Finance.)


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Fergie Has A Total "Let Them Eat Cake" Moment
Here's Fergie Ferg, hanging off the edge of balcony greeting her adoring fans and throwing grapes to them. She also tossed them candy and lipsticks, too, presumably from her new Wet 'N' Wild collection. What is this Marie Antoinette bullshit? In any case, that's a rather glorious caftan, no?


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There are so many places in Utah where you can pick your own berries, and this is the perfect time of year to do so! Last night, we loaded up the kids and headed to McBride's Briar Patch in Mapleton, since it happened to be one of the closest patches to our home.
I was so impressed with the couple that owns this particular patch. They were so friendly and helpful and kept telling us how wonderful it was that we brought all of our children. They had a sandbox for the little ones, they had a bathroom available and they told the kids that they could eat as many as they wanted while we were picking raspberries. They had a bunch of buckets and ropes you could use to tie them on your waist for more efficient berry picking. They have thought of everything! There were plenty of raspberries and the kids had a blast
eating picking them.
There were a bunch of goats, chickens and deer on the other side of the fence from the patch, and the McBrides told my kids that they could feed them as much hay as they wanted. My 1-year old was completely content sitting in his stroller as long as we kept a steady supply of raspberries available to him. I'm not sure how many he ended up eating, but we definitely got our money's worth!
It started raining about 15-20 minutes after we arrived, and amidst the chaos of trying to stay dry, I didn't get a picture of the huge bowl of raspberries we picked, but they are wonderful! We ended up with just over a pound, and it was only $3! The kids had more in their buckets too, but they didn't even charge us for those ones-they were so nice.
If you live anywhere near Mapleton, I recommend that you go to McBride's Briar Patch. If you don't live close, here is a long list of other locations all over Utah where you can go to pick your own berries. It's a great family activity-the kids will have fun and you can get lots of yummy berries that are much cheaper and fresher than the ones at the store. We picked a few pounds of blackberries last year that I divided up and froze for my smoothies…I just barely used up the last of them!


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Alias Hook by Lisa Jensen
Posted by Krystal Larson at 2:47 AM Wednesday, June 24, 2015
"Every child knows how the story ends. The wicked pirate captain is flung overboard, caught in the jaws of the monster crocodile who drags him down to a watery grave. But it was not yet my time to die. It's my fate to be trapped here forever, in a nightmare of childhood fancy, with that infernal, eternal boy."
Meet Captain James Benjamin Hook, a witty, educated Restoration-era privateer cursed to play villain to a pack of malicious little boys in a pointless war that never ends. But everything changes when Stella Parrish, a forbidden grown woman, dreams her way to the Neverland in defiance of Pan's rules. From the glamour of the Fairy Revels, to the secret ceremonies of the First Tribes, to the mysterious underwater temple beneath the Mermaid Lagoon, the magical forces of the Neverland open up for Stella as they never have for Hook. And in the pirate captain himself, she begins to see someone far more complex than the storybook villain.
With Stella's knowledge of folk and fairy tales, she might be Hook's last chance for redemption and release if they can break his curse before Pan and his warrior boys hunt her down and drag Hook back to their never ending game. Alias Hook by Lisa Jensen is a beautifully and romantically written adult fairy tale.
Goodreads Summary
This is a very fun and different take on the familiar Peter Pan story that Disney brought to us many years ago. We still see the same magical environment of Neverland and the charm of Peter and the lost boys and that never ending battle between Hook and the kids. There are a few twists thrown in here to make this book unique and worth reading over other renditions of the story.
I liked the more adult take on the story where the characters are more humanized and we actually feel for Captain Hook as a person. We actually get to a point where the sill battle between him and the kids may end once and for all, and his reign as a terror of Neverland may come to a close. Shifting the perspective to a telling from Hook's eyes also makes the story fresh and exciting on what can sometimes be and overdone and over-told story. We see this poetic and well spoken side of the villain that deepens his character and adds a whole new realm to our concept of the man. If you are a fan of the Pan story line, this book is right up your alley.
5 Stars
Reviewed by Chris
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The Most Romantic Story Of The Day: Dog Mourns The Loss Of Cat Best Friend
Get your Kleenex ready girls, we've got a heartbreaker here. Oscar, a dog, and Arthur, a cat, were totally BFF's — they were inseparable, even cuddling together every night as they slept. Then Arthur died at the ripe old age of 17. His best friend buried in the backyard, Oscar was inconsolable. So heartbroken was he, that one night he went into the backyard, pulled up Arthur's remains from his little grave and carried the kitty to his bed and cleaned him up, laying down next to him as he had so many times before. Now that Arthur has been reburied, Oscar's owners have taken steps to mend his wounded heart — getting him another kitten playmate named Limpet to keep him company. Sniff. Even though there was no way that Oscar and Arthur could ever reproduce, we're pretty sure that this is the most romantic story we have ever heard. These two beasts were in love in that special way that only interspecies gay lovers can be and that we celebrate. [Metro.co.uk]


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The Associated Press has a breaking news update: If you want to apply for Obamacare at HealthCare.gov today and you've never set up an account, forget about doing so for the time being.
The update is is running under this morning's old headline ("HEALTH CARE WEBSITE STUMBLES ON LAST DAY"), begging the question as to when a "stumble" turns into "I've fallen and I can't get up" (HT to several tweeters):
Note how Ricardo Alonso-Zalivar implies in the breaking news that the problem is volume-related, when the full text of his morning report, which was still there at the time of this post, indicates that it's not.
Here are AP's two most recent tweets on the issue as of 1:45 p.m. ET.:
Note that the government has said they've identified the problem, but not when they will fix it.
This sort of renders the following tweet inoperative:
Except that there really is no buzzer, given the scope of the announced deadline extension.
Will all the clowns who have said the web site is "fixed" during the past couple of months please stand up?
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All Greg Williams wanted to do on March 20, 1998, was fix things the way they had been the day before.
He was the head boys basketball coach at North Hall High School the day a tornado came through the north end of the county and left a scar on the school.
Before anyone had known it was coming, the storm had damaged part of the school's vocational wing, leveled a greenhouse attached to the school and demolished several trailers — most of which were used for classrooms — including the one that housed the family of the school's head custodian, Barbara Little. Little's husband, Calvin, her daughter and grandson were killed.
And all Williams wanted to do was make it better.Williams, now the athletic director at West Hall High School, remembers his reaction when his wife told him a tornado might have hit the school that morning 10 years ago. Williams jumped in his truck.
"I tore up the road up Jim Hood to North Hall, and got through just in time," Williams said. "I guess the police were starting to block off the roads, and I had just gotten through in time."
Williams arrived to hear the sound of disaster, people and sirens screaming, and experience the sight of it, downed power lines and debris, before emergency workers blocked off the roads and blocked outsiders from seeing what Williams saw.
"You could really see the carnage then," Williams said. "I mean, there was stuff strung all over the parking lot, all up in the trees."
Pieces of mobile homes, insulation and two by fours, and personal belongings were hanging from the trees around the Mount Vernon Road school, Williams recalls.
"Some people were running around screaming," Williams said. "I remember looking across the road and there were some mobile homes that were across the road and they were gone."
The sun was out when then-Gov. Zell Miller flew in on a helicopter. The National Guard had arrived to support the Hall County deputies, firefighters and emergency medical technicians.
Many of Williams' decade-old memories have faded into light recollections, but helping move the deceased still weighs heavy on his mind 10 years later.
As emergency workers covered the bodies of the deceased, Williams and others picked them up and placed them on a vehicle.
"That was probably the worst thing of all," he said.
Williams worked all day that horrible Friday, and he was at the school working the rest of the week. Like everyone, he just kept working, because he wanted to get things back to normal.
"We were just all overwhelmed about what we went through that day," Williams said. "It was quite a day, quite a day."
Some members of the North Hall family were gone, many were shaken, but the school was able to resume classes one week later.
Life eventually returned to normal, and Williams' mind was able to shake off some of the weight of the wrath of the 1998 tornado.
"I know it was a horrible day, but pretty much after that it just kind of blends away," Williams said.


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Homer Simpson – "D'oh!"
A complete d'oh-lection of "(annoyed grunts)."
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Captain Picard – "Beam"
That's why they never drink Jim Beam on board the Enterprise. It'd be too confusing.
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For such a little gland, it can cause some big problems. The thyroid is a small gland in the neck that secretes hormones needed to regulate metabolism. Everything from body temperature to weight to energy are metabolically modulated, so an imbalance in thyroid function can cause a range of unpleasant symptoms.
Too much thyroid hormone (hyperthyroidism) can cause weight loss, rapid heartbeat, anxiety, insomnia, sweating and muscle weakness. Not enough thyroid hormone (hypothyroidism) can cause the opposite: weight gain, fatigue, hair loss, sensitivity to cold, joint or muscle pain, and depression.
However, thyroid disorders are relatively easy to diagnose and treat. "Usually, the first test to order is a TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone), which is a good screening test," says Dr. Deepashree Gupta, a SLUCare endocrinologist. If TSH levels are abnormal, physicians may order a more comprehensive blood test that measures levels of specific thyroid hormones. Based on these findings, physicians can initiate treatment.
"Thyroid disorders are relatively easy to treat," Gupta says. "People are started on thyroid hormone supplementation in hypothyroidism, and anti-thyroid medications in the setting of hyperthyroidism. Labs need to be monitored routinely if patients are on these medications. If medications don't help, the other options for treatment of hyperthyroidism are radioactive iodine ablation or thyroid removal surgery. The latter can be associated with cure in hyperthyroidism."
Hypothyroidism is the most common scenario, and it is often associated with an autoimmune disorder known as Hashimoto's thyroiditis. The disease is much more common in women than men, and tends to be diagnosed between the ages of 40 and 60. For some people, the diagnosis explains years of symptoms often chalked up to behavioral or dietary causes. Treatment can provide relief and improve quality of life.
However, not every weight gain, fatigue, hair loss, etc., means thyroid disease, notes Dr. Veronica McGregor, a Mercy Clinic endocrinologist. "Consider if you are sleeping at least seven hours a night, if you are exercising regularly, and if you are eating healthy foods and normal portions."
Because the thyroid needs the mineral iodine for hormonal production, iodine deficiency has been related to thyroid disorders. But this is much more common in developing nations where malnutrition is more widespread. Iodine fortifies many foods in the typical American diet, particularly iodized table salt.
Gupta advises patients who have a family history of thyroid disorders to have their TSH levels checked annually. Twenty million Americans may have thyroid disease, and as much as 60 percent are undiagnosed, according to the American Thyroid Association.


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Link: http://www.thestar.com/Sports/Football/article/499857The day after he arrived in Toronto to take the head coaching reins of the Toronto Argonauts, Don Matthews warned that reputations meant nothing when moves had to be made.
He was true to his word yesterday when he announced that quarterback Kerry Joseph, the league's most outstanding player last season and the Argo who cashes the biggest paycheque every week, was being benched for Saturday's game in Calgary.
The job now falls into the hands of Cody Pickett, the former San Francisco 49er who threw his first CFL pass late in Friday's embarrassing 39-9 loss to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.


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The network is cooperating with the police in the investigation of assault by the reality show's star Amber Portwood to her former fiance Gary Shirley.
Police is moving on with the investigation of a possible domestic violence in the relationship of "Teen Mom" star Amber Portwood and her ex-fiance Gary Shirley. Back in September, MTV aired an episode where Amber threw punches and kicks at Gary when he threatened to leave and report her to Child Protective Services. The unedited tape is now requested for investigation.
Court papers were served to a lawyer representing the channel. The police asked for raw footage of any physical violence or potentially violent encounters between the young couple. They also require any footage of Amber talking about the assault, be it aired or unaired.
MTV has since cooperated with the police and handed out the tapes. "They normally have 30 days to respond and they already have the tapes with their attorney. They have helped us along in letting us know what was available," a spokesperson for the police department said to Radar Online. "MTV sent all the material ahead of time and once the subpoena was issued they said we could have access to the records."
Amber and Gary have one daughter together named Leah Leann Shirley who was there when her parents fought. They got engaged for a while before breaking up and continuing a rocky relationship. Few weeks after police went into investigation, Amber's father Shawn Portwood said that his daughter and Gary were going through couple counseling and were doing "fine".


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Not in our town, Chris Brown.
That's the message Kelcy Beirnes hopes to get across to the promoter involved in bringing the controversial American singer to Winnipeg next month. Taking a cue from a grassroots effort in Halifax, which saw an online anti-Brown petition surpass 11,000 signatures and four corporate sponsors pull out of Brown's appearance there next month, Beirnes started her own petition on Change.org Monday, asking promoters of the Energy Rush tour to shelve the Aug. 29 show at MTS Centre.
"It's a really shameful thing for us to be having this concert here," Beirnes said Tuesday. "Of all the artists we could have brought in we have to hire somebody who is a terrible role model. We're rewarding terrible behaviour and we're bringing a criminal into our country."
Brown pleaded guilty to assaulting his then-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009. The incident, which saw Brown hit and choke his fellow pop star during an argument in Los Angeles, drew attention to violence against women and created a public-relations nightmare for Brown -- one he hasn't been able to pull out of due to continued run-ins with the law.
The controversy surrounding Brown hasn't hurt the popularity of his music, though. His last two full-length albums, F.A.M.E. (released in 2011) and Fortune (2012) both reached the top of the Billboard charts. His new album X is set for release later this summer.
Susie Parker is also not down with Brown coming to Winnipeg, as she's in the planning stages of a benefit at Academy Lanes to raise money for Osborne House -- a local women's shelter and victims of domestic abuse -- on the same night as the concert. The event is not organized by Osborne House.
"We're just trying to take money out of Chris Brown's hands and give it to Osborne House," Parker said of the event, called Loving Hands Don't Hit. "I used to be a Chris Brown fan, but as a woman with a conscience, I just can't support him anymore."
Stephen Tobin, owner of Drop Entertainment Group and promoter of the three-stop Canadian Energy Rush concert series (Brown is the headline act), identified support for the show in Winnipeg as "nothing short of electric and overwhelmingly positive."
"In no way do we condone Chris Brown's past behaviour or personal endeavours. We are purely focused on his music, incredible talent and overall popularity. I believe it is a very slippery slope when we start trying to censor or dictate who can or cannot perform."
True North Sports and Entertainment, which is housing the show at MTS Centre, is sympathetic to the sensitivities regarding Brown but is not considering cancelling the show. It will let people make their own moral determination on the R&B singer.
"If Chris Brown is legally able to come into the country and play a show, we are into a contract with the promoter that we will honour," offered TNSE spokesman Scott Brown (no relation). "As with any show we put on, people can decide whether or not to support it by purchasing a ticket. And if they choose to express their opinion the night of the show, as long as they do so in a respectful manner and not interfere with the people that have chosen to go to the show, then they're entitled to do that as well."
Beirnes hopes her petition, which is addressed to Energy 106 (the local radio station promoting the show) and Winnipeg Mayor Sam Katz, finds similar traction as the one in Halifax. Four corporate sponsors -- including Rogers and Molson Canadian -- have pulled out of the Energy Rush tour.
Beirnes implores those planning to attend the Brown show to reconsider.
"This is a guy who beat his girlfriend to the point where you couldn't recognize her," she said. "It's disgusting that he's coming here and I hope parents think twice about allowing their children to support this guy."
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The award was established in 1974 to honor the memory of Dr. William T. Pecora, former Director of the U.S. Geological Survey and Under Secretary, Department of the Interior. Dr. Pecora was a motivating force behind the establishment of a program for civil remote sensing of the Earth from space. His early vision and support helped establish what we know today as the Landsat satellite program.
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October 12, 2009 12:48 pm
The notable quotables of the week that was, from play-ins, playoffs, and getting played out.
October 11, 2009 12:23 pm
Today's Three 'Rs' are Replay, Rangers, and Rocktober, plus skipper shuffling and rumors from around the game.
Phil Cuzzi barely had enough time to mistakenly signal a foul ball when advocates of expanded instant replay started howling for change. Major League Baseball begrudgingly became the last major North American professional sports league to implement the use of television replays to help aid in umpiring calls in August, 2008. Replay reviews are used on boundary calls concerning home runs, and Commissioner Bud Selig had to have his arm twisted almost off to agree to that.
October 7, 2009 12:25 pm
Apparently not destiny, meaning we get another post-season with quality time in their dome home.
Sometimes, being both a fan and an analyst creates a conflict. For me, that has usually centered around my desire to be a credible writer and my lifelong love affair with the New York Yankees. This played out on these pages all through last year, the final season of the old Yankee Stadium, in moments such as the All-Star Game, where I wanted badly to cheer Mariano Rivera but couldn't because I was in the role of professional in that moment.
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August 11, 2009 2:39 pm
An initial look at the extent of the home-field advantage in terms of its incidence on in-game results.
In every sport and at every level, the home team wins more games than the visiting team. While this is true in baseball, it's less the case than in other sports. Throughout baseball history, the home team has won approximately 54 percent of the games played. Nearly every aspect of the game has changed drastically over the last century, but home-field advantage has barely changed at all. Consider the home-field advantage in each decade since 1901:
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July 28, 2009 12:27 pm
Providing a helping hand to your nationally broadcast ballgame.
Several weeks ago, as part of the Prospectus Idol competition, I penned an Unfiltered post regarding the use of statistics in baseball telecasts. In that missive, I noted that while technological advances have made the experience of watching a baseball game on television more visually satisfying than ever-in some ways better than attending the game in person-innovation in the use and display of meaningful statistics during a broadcast has lagged well behind. Not only does this make the broadcast less interesting than it could be to the more enlightened baseball fan, it misses the opportunity to introduce even a few simple sabermetric principles to a wider baseball audience-which in turn creates more devoted fans, higher ratings, and increased revenue.
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June 28, 2009 12:00 am
Baseball games in late June should almost never be considered pivotal - especially interleague baseball games. Yet to the ever-anxious fans of Chicago's north side baseball team, circumstances conspired to make Thursday's match-up between their star-crossed Cubs and the streaking Detroit Tigers take on an air of unusual importance.
May 27, 2009 12:31 pm
The Rays seek to rebound, the Rangers are already up, and the Orioles launch the Wieters Era this coming weekend.
Joe Maddon used a football analogy to describe the play of his Rays up to this point in the season. "It's like you play the worst first half of football possible in the Super Bowl, but still only trail by a touchdown at halftime," last season's American League Manager of the Year said. Maddon was referring to his beloved Arizona Cardinals and their performance against the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Super Bowl in February.
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May 6, 2009 11:57 am
The Reds squint at the horizon, newfound patience in San Francisco, Tampa Bays' Bartman, and the umps get busy.
There's something that has stuck with Dusty Baker since his playing days with the Dodgers from the mid-1970s to early-1980s, when Al Campanis was their general manager. "Al used to always say that you don't make any judgments about teams or players until you've gone around the league one time in a season," said Baker, now the manager of the Reds.
October 30, 2008 12:00 am
The Philadelphia Phillies finished the World Series as they started it: by outplaying and outmanaging the Tampa Bay Rays.
Baseball is just fine. Rain, cold weather, long games, late games, poor TV ratings, worse umpiring... none of it matters. Nothing that makes this many people this happy is ever going to go away.
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September 7, 2008 12:05 pm
Don't stop believing in the AL Central, the Orioles' annual late-season wing-clipping, and instant replay on the job.
White Sox skipper Ozzie Guillen was chatting with a group of reporters this past week, when the talk turned to analyzing the remaining schedules of the two contenders in the American League Central. Some felt that the Sox had the easier path to winning their first division title since 2005, a season in which they also won their first World Series since 1917. Others believed that the Twins had the clearer path to a second AL Central crown in three years.
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August 31, 2008 11:55 am
Enter instant replay, bad blood between the Mets and Phillies (and Brewers and Cards), plus news and notes from around the game.
Instant replay is here, although it's yet to be used after the first three days of being available to help umpires on home-run calls. While video may have killed the radio star, it is not expected to kill off the men in blue. Commissioner Bud Selig has made it clear that replay will not extend beyond boundary calls on homers, but even in its limited form, replay is stirring debate around the major leagues. Everyone has an opinion; people either love it or hate it, with seemingly no one standing on middle ground.
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August 10, 2008 11:00 am
Some veterans who may get moved this month, umpires dodging lightning bolts, disgruntled Venezuelans, and more developments on the diamond.
While most of the heavy-duty trading is over now that the deadline to make deals without securing waivers passed on July 31, there are still potential swaps to be made. A couple of relievers cleared waivers and changed teams this past week; the Rays acquired right-hander Chad Bradford from the Orioles, and the Phillies picked up left-hander Scott Eyre from the Cubs. The Red Sox had a deal in place to add to their already impressive arsenal by trading for Padres outfielder Brian Giles, but the San Diego native invoked his no-trade clause, preferring to remain in his hometown with the last-place Padres rather than join the contending Red Sox.
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Getting a Jump on the New Year1 Jan, 2012 By: Thomas Haire Response
Members of Response's Advisory Board discuss the opportunities and challenges that the industry will face in 2012.
As 2012 gets underway, direct response marketers are faced with another year of challenges, opportunities and change. From a continuing tough economic climate to the promise of a media crunch due to expected record-level campaign spending, marketers and DR industry service providers are seeking to expand ways to reach consumers and turn them into customers.
"The DRTV industry is approaching a moment of truth in terms of what business models can really thrive in this lingering economic climate and current era of multichannel distribution," says Tim Hawthorne, founder and executive creative director for Fairfield, Iowa-based Hawthorne Direct. "Look for a new model of success in DRTV to be a hybrid of drive-to-retail/drive-to-Web/lead generation/continuity campaigns, where media efficiency ratios (MER) and conventional TV metrics merge."
Richard Stacey, president and CEO of Toronto-based Northern Response Intl. Ltd., agrees, adding, "Some may even argue there is no such thing as a pure DR business anymore. We are dealing with multiple business models simultaneously, and many of these models are in a constant state of change and at different stages of development. For example, while the DRTV model is slowing, you have got to figure out the retail model or the online model — but these models are also changing at the same time."
However, change in the retail model and, especially, the online model — where social media and mobile marketing are becoming more pervasive by the day — are creating new opportunities for DR marketers to support current campaigns and branch out into new and different initiatives.
These opportunities and challenges — and how DR marketers plan to attack them in 2012 — are the topics of the first quarterly edition of the 2011 Response Advisors Forum.
What will be the two biggest issues facing direct response marketers in 2012? Why?
Linda Goldstein, Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP: First, the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) increasingly aggressive enforcement posture will continue to impact DR marketers. The FTC's recently announced settlement with Reebok in which it required that, in the future, toning and shaping claims be supported by competent and reliable clinical studies is an indicator that the FTC will increasingly be looking for clinical studies to support all health, safety and weight-loss claims. In addition, the FTC's trend toward demanding full restitution in all of its cases is likely to put further strain on DR marketers. Second, privacy and data security issues will continue to be a challenge. The FTC's recently announced settlements with Facebook and Google illustrate just how important an issue this is to the FTC.
Hawthorne: The over-saturated use of DRTV, an aging audience and competition with alternative media are making life tougher. DRTV is a more mature medium, so the concepts and executions need to follow. Younger people have a stronger aversion to "hard sell" and DRTV is still dominated by it. Alternate media and unlimited choices in current media — like 500+ cable channels, mobile, social and experiential media — are further fragmenting the audience. The lack of short-form inventory but — more than that — quality inventory is an issue. With many DRTV clients trying to build their brand and drive response, they want high-profile reach among a very specific, pre-qualified audiences.
Peter Koeppel, Koeppel Direct: The elections and the primaries leading up to the elections could have a significant impact on DRTV inventory. In a typical election year, campaign spending has the biggest impact in local markets. However, the ruling by the Supreme Court in 2010 that removes spending limits on corporations should also create more demand for national cable and network TV inventory by various advocacy groups, special interests, corporations, unions, etc. Another key factor is whether we will remain in an economic downturn in 2012. If the economy improves then general advertisers will demand more TV inventory and the cost of DRTV inventory will increase. However, if the job market remains moribund and bad economic news continues this could adversely affect DRTV sales and offset the lower cost of DRTV inventory.
Fern Lee, Thor Associates: Marketers must learn how to create a model that captures a multichannel approach and engages consumers leading to conversions around the tight control of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and FTC. The need for clear substantiations and clinical tests are a challenge, as well as the use of testimonials that provide support for the DR model. Also, defining the difference between conversations and conversions will be crucial. It is easy to "join the conversation," meaning that branding is available. This leads to relevance of ROI modeling within social media and the digital space.
Kevin Lyons, Opportunity Media: The two biggest issues confronting direct response marketers in 2012 are the economy and the election. Although very interrelated, the economy looms large as the biggest issue. The prolonged and acute softness in the economy affects the bedrock of our business, consumer confidence and, correspondingly, consumer spending.
Mike Medico, E+M Advertising: The biggest issues facing traditional direct response marketers are eroding gross margins in the face of higher costs across the board and media fragmentation. In both instances, these issues negatively impact the ability to acquire new customers by increasing the cost to expose the message to smaller audiences and lowering the margin needed to profitably generate orders.
Digby Orsmond, ARM Direct Ltd.: In Europe, uncertainty about the economy and whether the euro will survive may bring about a double-dip recession and higher inflation. Germany and France are trying to rescue the euro. Wolfgang Schäuble, the German finance minister, called on European leaders "to do what they all promised to do in order to win back gradually the trust of investors worldwide. Time is now running out." Only the Irish seem determined to forge ahead with their drive to resolve their debt crisis, while the Greeks demonstrate on the streets, and the rest of Europe dithers.
Stacey: It is getting increasingly difficult to make money solely from TV and also to continually find new innovative products that resonate with consumers and are suitable for the DR medium. Executing a multimedia strategy, measuring it accurately and then tying it into a multichannel distribution infrastructure is a work in progress for many traditional DR marketers. At the same time, the public is always looking for the next new thing — so products with mass appeal, good margins and those that are protectable and demonstrable are always challenging to keep finding.
What will be the two biggest opportunities for direct response marketers in 2012? Why?
Goldstein: As traditional television viewing continues to decline, social media and mobile present new channels of opportunity for direct response marketers. In addition, these platforms are uniquely suited to DR audiences. Social media provides fertile ground for testimonials and depictions of actual customer experiences. Mobile marketing, particularly through the use of apps, provides an emerging platform through which marketers can showcase their products and services.
Hawthorne: Leveraging social media applications and mobile advertising along with our more traditional direct channels is crucial. Executing work for established brands that respect the brand essence while still selling matters. A similar approach even holds true for emerging brands that want more sophisticated executions. Marketers can use short-form DRTV to generate leads for high-end products or services and utilize strong backend services to convert the sales. More marketers like Bowflex, Treadclimber, NordicTrack and ProForm have sidestepped long-form and shifted to cost-effective short-form media to generate large volume of leads. These marketers are utilizing strong and incentivized call centers to close these high-end sales.
Lee: As the political campaign becomes heated and consumers are provided with all the negatives that campaign advertising address, the DR marketer can create messaging of hope, improvement, health and wealth.
Lyons: Connected TV will provide great opportunities, although just in its beginnings in 2012.
Medico: Key opportunities are the expanding opportunities of "As Seen On TV" retailers for direct response marketers and the growing acceptance of mobile and social commerce. In the face of eroding margins, retail has become the prominent source of revenue for direct marketers who can no longer be profitable as a direct-to-consumer-only promotion.
Orsmond: In the U.K., it will be how to best make use of the more competitive airtime rates that are likely throughout 2012 as TV stations struggle to maintain their spend. Also, how to maximize online sales by using DRTV or TV program sponsorship to drive new visitors to your website will be crucial.
Stacey: One opportunity is in continuing to build on the connection and relationship between DR marketers and the retail industry. The other opportunity is internationally, where the DR industry is still going strong. Many marketers still don't take full advantage of their products' potential in foreign markets.
With most projections showing 2012 will be the most expensive political ad season ever, what do DR advertisers have to do to work around the burdens that will cause?
Koeppel: DR advertisers will need to closely monitor how political spending is affecting inventory and rates. DR advertisers also need to be flexible in moving their spending to various TV mediums, including cable, network, broadcast, satellite, etc., and among all forms of media, including TV, radio, online, mobile, social and print.
Lyons: A robust election ad budget could make it very difficult for short-form DR advertisers, as there will be a significant rise in demand pushing rates higher. Especially with anticipated unbridled spending from super PACs, inventory could remain scarce, especially in the third and fourth quarters. DR advertisers need to secure inventory in advance through longer-term commitments in anticipation of the election spending by campaigns and political organizations.
Medico: It seems we go through this same exercise every two and four years, and the industry somehow adapts. Media fragmentation also means media opportunities to try testing unwired networks — radio, mobile and social can all help to stabilize unsettled media landscape.
Stacey: Media availability at cost-effective rates is always a struggle. DR marketers will buy the time that they can get and that makes sense. Rates will fluctuate according to demand and supply.
With an economy that is lingering near recession levels, how can DR advertisers best break through consumers' malaise and prompt them to become customers?
Hawthorne: Strong creative, compelling offers and incredibly focused media placement will help us hit our target every time. We can't afford spillover or wasted eyeballs. And when we reach them, the message needs to be extremely compelling. For short-form, try new conceptual approaches and/or executional tactics like jingles, music mnemonic devices, more engaging graphics, new ways to demo products and devices, along with irresistible trials and offers. In long-form, it is all in execution, much like other content genres on television. Casting, scripting, directing, editing, effects, etc., keep these shows fresh.
Koeppel: DR advertisers must be more creative than ever in developing products, offers, pricing and payment plans that will appeal to a more frugal consumer. Consumers have less money for discretionary spending, so products that save the consumer money and time and lift their spirits will be particularly appealing. Creative must be positioned to appeal to an audience that is looking to take advantage of great deals.
Lee: Conversions and customer engagement rely on credibility of product, education, substantiation and proof of concept. Let us never forget, "Art inspires, but logic sells."
Orsmond: Add better value — that is how to manage business through tough times. Standards of order taking and delivery have to be top class, and you need to make customers part of your success. Many DR advertisers want simply to make the sale and are often terrible at getting customers onside through follow-on offers or discounts — either online or via call backs.
Stacey: Lower-priced products with free offers and easy payment plans generally do better than higher-priced offers. Strong value offerings are also important to entice the consumer to order.
How will DR advertisers utilize retail sales opportunities (either brick-and-mortar or online) to their advantage in 2012?
Hawthorne: If DRTV is the introduction, retail allows for a relationship where consumers learn, touch, feel, ask questions and provide feedback. DRTV spots and infomercials educate the consumer, demonstrate the product, and provide competitive advantages and testimonials as they prime the viewer to purchase the product at retail. Any product-oriented marketer must utilize brick-and-mortar and online retail sales, and their agencies will have to be strategic in the rollout and execution of national cable DR and local DR to support retail sales.
Koeppel: With more DR sales occurring at brick-and-mortar stores and online, plans for retail distribution must be established prior to the launch of a campaign. A DRTV drive-to-retail plan must also be utilized to take full advantage of this trend. Employing a distinctive and consumer-friendly website and a robust online campaign that integrates with a DRTV campaign will lead to improved online activity and conversion.
Lee: Retail sales opportunities will rely on taking advantage of using DR rates and messaging to support branding that produces sell through and leads to increased revenue. More DR marketers are using digital forms of retail: QVC.com, AsSeenOnTV.com, Drugstore.com, Costco.com, etc. This is a very important part of our marketing pie.
Medico: In the end, it's all about the sales numbers — the greater the sales revenues, the greater the contribution to margin and the allowable for advertising. Margin drives media and media generates sales on all levels, but especially retail.
Orsmond: DR advertisers must make the most of the months when TV airtime rates in the U.K. are at their lowest (January-April). Getting your product into U.K. retail is all about who you know and managing those relationships well. For a newcomer from the U.S., it pays to link up with an established media company that can make the introductions and navigate around European sales regulations.
How will the roles social and mobile marketing play in DR campaigns change in 2012?
Goldstein: With traditional television viewing continuing to decline and the increased costs of media, social media and mobile marketing provide cost-effective and highly relevant platforms through which DR marketers can promote their products and services to consumers. Direct response marketing is uniquely suited to social media because it affords a platform through which marketers can build consumer communities. Mobile marketing is an attractive platform for DR marketers because it affords new and highly interactive ways to encourage consumer engagement and purchase. Mobile marketing combines some of the core features upon which direct response advertising is based.
Hawthorne: It's the future of DR, although social and mobile help close the sale, not make the sale. However, a marketer should continue to use social and mobile media to pay close attention to what engages consumers or potential consumers, what categories are piquing their interest, what products should be launched, how and what motivates their enthusiasm to share a product, when to enhance or update and offer. Social and mobile are already making a dent as another "authentic" way to reach people.
Koeppel: Facebook is becoming a powerful marketing tool that needs to be part of every DR marketer's media mix. Mobile search also needs to be considered, since it is growing rapidly as more consumers are conducting searches and responding to DR campaigns through their smart phones.
Lee: By following the consumer anywhere they are, whenever available, however available — the DR marketer has the upper hand in capturing revenue. Social media also avails itself to opinion formation. The use of mobile marketing is paramount, especially optimizing tablets and Web-enabled TV. By availing the consumer the opportunity to download content on a mobile device, you are essentially creating a pocketbook of offers for future uploads.
Medico: Consumers are no longer tied to their TVs or radios for information, entertainment and advertising. With that in mind, social and mobile commerce will take on increasing importance. You will see Facebook, QR codes, mobile campaigns and Twitter become integral to a campaign.
Stacey: Our company continues to explore social and mobile marketing opportunities where appropriate. However, these relatively new forms of marketing are still a long way from driving our fundamental business decisions. We use TV and print to drive the Internet, and we use organic search and affiliate marketing to boost online sales.
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Pierre Cardin hops on board the Android tablet bandwagon
The tech specs of the Pierre Cardin tablet are something that pretty much nobody would be impressed with nowadays, namely a 7-inch display with a resolution of 800 by 480 pixels and a single-core Samsung processor ticking at 1GHz. What you also get is the modest 4 gigs of storage, a basic 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera, Wi-Fi connectivity, and a 4400 mAh battery to keep you going through the day. If the device's hardware specification isn't disappointing enough, add to it the fact that the tablet runs Android 2.2 Froyo and you get a device that even the original Samsung Galaxy Tab can outshine.
Well, at least the Pierre Cardin comes with a stylish leather case, which you can use to hide the device itself from the eyes of the people nearby. For some reason, the tablet does not live up to the brand name as its design is as bland as a piece of celery. Nevertheless, if a well known designer logo is all that matters to you, the Pierre Cardin tablet can be yours for $450. Just bear in mind that with a weight of 520 grams and thickness of 14 millimeters, this is definitely not a gadget that will fit in the inside pocket of your designer suit.
source: Pierre Cardin via Pocket-lint
7 Comments
1. PhoneFanatic92 (Posts: 11; Member since: 31 Jan 2011)
I like it I would so buy it for my galaxy
2. G-Reg (unregistered)
Author of article should have cut this thing to shreds. Why give that much respect to a device that was out dated before they designed it.
They need to realize that the ished is housing %99 of media tools/drones and their isnt enough idiots to go after 2 different over priced status sybols.
3. G-Reg (unregistered)
Not trying to imply only stupid people have an iphone. Just alot of stupid people buy into the marketing. fyi
4. chocolatebear76 (Posts: 122; Member since: 03 Mar 2011)
they should stick to their designer clothing/bags,just a waste of money and bad adviser behind this rubbish idea
5. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
wow.. really? lol. whats next, the coach tablet complete with 800x400 resistive screen? lol.
6. bossmt_2 (Posts: 457; Member since: 13 Oct 2009)
Look George, it's a Pierre Cardin.
7. gallitoking (Posts: 4721; Member since: 17 May 2011)
there is a saying.. "dont judge a tablet by its cover"... it applies here


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New research suggests that Americans are more likely to socially reject children with mental illness than they are those with physical illnesses like asthma.
"Many respondents did not want their children to become friends with other kids identified as having mental illnesses or have them come over to spend an evening socializing," said Jack Martin, Ph.D., lead author of the study, which appears in the latest issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior.
The Indiana University research team looked at data from a national face-to-face interview of adults who were given descriptions of children of various ages with symptoms that were similar to asthma, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, depression or "normal troubles."
"We used asthma as a baseline condition because it represents a physical problem with a known and standard treatment," said Martin, executive director of the university's Karl Schuessler Institute for Social Research in Bloomington. "We wanted to see if Americans felt differently about a child with a mental-health problem."
Almost 30 percent of the 1,134 participants said that they would not like their child to become friends of a child with depression, and almost one in four said the same thing about ADHD. Roughly 20 percent said they did not want a child with either ADHD or depression living next door.
But when asked about friendships with children with "normal troubles" and asthma symptoms, negative responses dropped to 10 percent or less in all categories.
"[People] aren't as concerned, however, if a child with mental illness is in the same class as their child or if a child with mental illness moved into their neighborhood," said Martin. "This study suggests that a large number of Americans just don't want their kids to be spending time with other kids suffering from ADHD or depression."
David Rabiner, Ph.D., director of undergraduate studies in the department of psychology and neuroscience at Duke University, said that the study "highlights the difficulty that parents of a child with mental-health problems … can have in helping their child make friends and be accepted by peers."
Rabiner, who was not involved with the study, added that "identifying ways to reduce the stigma that children with mental-health problems may often contend with is an issue that parents, professionals, researchers and educators should join forces to address."


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American Experience: Earth Days - Educator's Edition DVD
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Earth Days traces the origins of the modern environmental movement through the eyes of nine Americans who propelled the movement from its beginnings in the 1950s to its moment of triumph in 1970 with the original Earth Day and to its status as a major political force in America.
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- Production Year: 2010
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A beautifully composed tribute to visionary thinking and political ingenuity. The New York Times
A tale of vision, education, organization, and determination. Rick Warner, Bloomberg News
A rapturous and enlightening testament of what the environmental movement has meant in America, and to why now it means more than ever. Entertainment Weekly
The film should be required viewing for any environmentalists and prospective environmentalists. The Daily Green
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- Director Robert Stone ("Oswald's Ghost," "Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst") drawing heavily on eyewitness testimony and a wealth of never before seen archival footage, examines the revolutionary achievements - and missed opportunities - of a decade of groundbreaking activism. The result is both a poetic meditation on man's complex relationship with nature and a probing analysis of past responses to environmental crisis.
Interviews with former Secretary of Interior Stewart Udall; renewable energy pioneer Hunter Lovins; Biologist Paul Ehrlich; former congressman Pete McCloskey; Earth Day organizer Denis Hayes; and Apollo Nine astronaut Rusty Schwecikart.
Footage of all the presidents from JFK to George W. Bush discussing the environment
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Thursday, 25 July, 2002, 17:54 GMT 18:54 UK
Towering symbols of America's West
They grow taller than the Statue of Liberty, are wider than a bus and can live for more than 3,000 years.
Now more than 100 of the seemingly invulnerable giant sequoia trees are threatened with destruction by a fire that started in California on Sunday and quickly blew out of control.
They have been described as "priceless", a "work of ages" and have captured the imagination of all who have encountered them.
Although California's redwoods are the tallest trees in the world, sequoias are the largest overall. They measure up to 10 metres in diameter and weigh as much as 600 tonnes.
Those threatened by the flames are more than 100 metres high and between 300 and 1,300 years old.
Part of the longevity of giant sequoias in an area prone to wildfires is due to the fact that they are among the most fire-resistant conifers in the world.
The bark - which can be almost a metre thick - is able to withstand low-intensity fires. Some bear burn scars that are centuries old.
Giant sequoia's have a shallow root network, which if severely damaged, could result in the tree toppling over.
"If a fire of high intensity burns along the root line, the soil will dry out and the tree could fall over," David Barna, chief of public affairs of the US National Park Service, told BBC News Online.
Controlled burning
Similarly, if the flames were to reach the wide branches some 30 to 60 metres above the forest floor, the tree could die.
Mr Barna added that in the threatened area of the Sequoia National Monument, there was an alarming build up of dense underbrush and small trees.
"There hasn't been a fire in this area for at least 100 years, which has contributed to the build up of underbrush," he said.
"We frequently carry out controlled burning - partly to thin out the dense undergrowth, but there is a backlog and we hadn't reached the area that is now threatened," he said.
Coniferous forests have long been subject to a frequent regime of low-intensity fires, which some argue play an important role in reducing dense regrowth of underbrush.
But the process is controversial. In the past, low-intensity fires have been known to get out of control.
Mr Barna said that while the giant sequoia could withstand low-intensity fires, there were indications that high-intensity fires were on the increase.
"Towns are expanding and more and more people are building recreational homes in previously uninhabited areas," he said.
"People don't clear up after themselves properly and there is always a lot of fuel left around.
"We are set for real destruction in the West."
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