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Complaint Review: SMC - Specialty Merchandise Corporation
- SMC - Specialty Merchandise Corporation
996 Flower Glen Street
Simi Valley, California
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SMC Specialty Merchandise Corporation Swindled Abused and humiliated Simi Valley California
The advertisement say you will be able to start your business right away; everything they tell you is basically a lie. It wasn't exactly a win win situation as I was told and quite frankly what I've seen is they are the only ones who win. Some may say you have to give it time, It wasn't as though I didn't want to give it more time, but really after awhile all you need to do is the math. I even told the rep, I'm not a good sales person; not a problem, that's why we're here to help when you need help.
My first customer purchased an item for $153.49 including tax handling and shipping. Paypal gets a fair amount; $10.00 off for the Gift Card and $25.00 given to the customer for a purchase of $100.00 or over; Upon ordering the shipment, SMC takes their cut of $63.50; leaving me with $44.00. That is definitely not 300% profit. When my customer received her item it was broken. Rather than go through the trouble of sending it back, she glued it back together. In the end how this happened I have no idea but I ended up spending $11,000.00. Actually I do know; They assured me that by purchasing the Gift Card Redemption Center along with certain packages; it would get you off to a great start and that would be the best thing for the business. Investing and working hard is the best way to make it work.
The reason I got into the business was because in about 7 years I wanted to retire. Life has taken it's tow on me, due to my disablity which is post polio syndrome causing chronic fatigue, bone deteriation and nerological problems; I had polio when I was one and lost my leg through a series of experimental surgeries; Due to the scholiosis and hip problems I have been unable to wear a leg so I walk with crutches; I also have ostoperosis and have to take shots everyday which I was told will help maintain and help with bone deterioration which is exciting to me. But I did not want to have to rely on the small amount of money social security will provide. However; when my new business escalated into a business that took more energy than my day job and more money than I could afford; I found that it was far too much than I could handle and I am not a quiter by no means. I explained all this to the SMC people and all they could say was I made an agreement and was over my 30 day period and couldn't back out. I could quit but I could not get any of my money back. Which is a scam and just legal robbery because I didn't have anything that was worth $11,000.00. One of the representatives messed with me and said she would send shipping labels for the 22 unopened cartons I have in my living room but she needed the tracking numbers on each box; I told her that would entail me lifting up the heavy boxes and that it would take me a while. She said she would wait. I wrote each tracking number down and when I got back to the phone she said no not the tracking numbers, I just need the invoice number. That was a crock because she had the invoice number right there in front of her; in her computer.
The next day I telphone and asked a different rep the status of my labels and she said; there were no labels shipped to you. It states here that you talked about it but no we don't pay for anything to be shipped back. I have just been sick about this whole thing. I cannot believe that people can be so ugly. After leaving a voice message for my personal coach who is suspose to be there for you when you need help, she did not respond.
After a week, I finally made an appointment with the receptionist for her to call me. She was suppose to call by 5:30 p.m. the next day and by 5:45 when she didn't call I telephoned the receptionist. She put me on hold for about 5 minutes and upon her return I was told my coach was finishing up with her last customer (which I thought; that's what am) and she said my coach will call me back in 5 minutes. I did not hear from her for another 45 minutes. The agreement that they made with me was not kept; yet they somehow got hung up on the agreement I made. I spent $11,000 on this business and all I have to show for it is 2000 catalogues and thousands of useless gift cards and merchandise that breaks if you look at it too hard. It is difficult to speak to these people because they are fast talkers and being that they are big buisness they know all the legal mumble jumble that goes with it and will make you feel lower than an ant. But at that I could say that through it all, we clients, are like ants who do all the work and give the goods to the queen. I sent emails to them; when it started taking every minute of my time and asked for there help and did not hear anything. I telephone SMC and spoke with A representative who spoke with his supervisor and thus told me that they would get every cent back for me. They also said, that it would take awhile. Again they were messing with me because noone ever got back with me.
I reported them to the BBB and of course they declined to pay back any of the money they legally stole from me and in sending my rebuttal to BBB letting them know that somehow or other while in my Web site I stumbled onto another Web-site within mine which was Bill's Girl and they told the BBB in there answer that I was confused. In speaking with another person at SMC who was very sweet and seemed helpful; said she would have my phone conversations pulled to see if there was a way to help me. I told her that I did not think that I out right said in those conversations that I wanted to cancel but the frustation was there in my voice.
Unfortunately they said the conversations did not have any evidence of me wanting to cancel before the 30 days. Of course although I started on March 17, 2008, I did not actually have the WEB-SITE up and running until March 31, 2008. Meaning I had to get a name established and nothing could really be accomplished in that time span. I also really wanted to make a go of it but they were not helpful; when you call you get past around from one person to another and each one of them tries to sell you something. I did try to cancel my membership on March 16; however that was too late because I did it by email and not by regular mail from what I'm told. The response of some were helpful but only to pacify you while the clock ticked. Some were outrageous because they've been through this before and know they can get away with it and it gives them a little power trip to be able to manipulate people and take their hard earned money. I had $3000.00 left in my gift card redemption web-site which I couldn't take as cash so I purchased that much stuff and after I get it will close down the web-site and try to get things back to normal. I received the merchandise and sent numberous emails for them to shut down my web-site but it's still there. I don't know what they're going to pull next; but I am writing this report so others will not get involved in anything like this especially SMC they have no heart. Personally I think most of them are just greedy and will take everything from you. Thanks you for letting me tell my story. Have a great day.
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Hi Dear One! Welcome to all of you!
Deconstructing our Indian democracy deity with its appurtenances and paraphernalia needs a lot of intelligent effort, if not perseverance, and time by those determined to do the job right and put it again on lubricated rail tracks.
Everyone here is fully aware that we in India are still paying our bills late with Late Fees added in –so damaging to our credit score—for those democratic ABC rights we ought to have already secured , were we and our government earnest and in our senses like our former colonizer nation at least , accomplished long ago.
Referendum and Recall already exists there, while at this end, the Election Commission head is still having a million doubts about its constitutional justification.
But of course we were merely content to be sedate peace loving people content with our workhouse Mr. Bumble gruel with no meat but only bone pieces in it, and most unwilling to ask questions to those that we had been tempted to elect into power!
Of course, we have kept our philosophic and spiritual ostrich heads in the sands with a thousand and one excuses one more crippled than the other and never looked up to other democracies turning vibrant with their foliage red, vermilion, orange and golden yellow .
And till last year we remained with the classic Micawber line of self delusion: "It's not so bad as we thought. Something will surely turn up later in my day!"
A really awful scenario isn't it, Dear One, across the nation and in the political power points in her nostalgic capital?
It's not that we don't wish to be liberated from this killer stress we feel today on that account, but where does anyone have the time and leisure to do it, now that almost everyone has been turned into a Pavlov's dog by his cell phone slave master?
It's the easily visible 800 ft tall granite boulder in a Stone Mountain Park of sorts in the human psyche across vast distances-from the Islamic Lilliputs, Laputas and Brobdingnags around the Mediterranean Sea to the US Wall Street and the kuccha village roads and vast highways of Mumbai and New Delhi in India. Millions of apparently blind men are running helter-skelter around it too, seeking to decipher its Commandments written in cuneiform or hieroglyphics, and screaming much muck and sense in a Babel of tongues!
Answers need to be found for painful queries like "Who is the real Decision maker in a Dilemma?" ," Is the Parliament for the people or the people for the Parliament?" and "To what extent are Reject, Recall and Referendum needed?" or " Is the Devil in the details of dispensation, the archaic system or the service delivery aspect?"
Now that we are listening to the laboured and rasping breaths of the old year on its death bed, and fast warming up to the New Year, let's touch upon what New Year symbolizes for us-- in the gutter but looking up at the stars-- before we pass on to the six resolutions we need to thrash out in depth. It's the time of the year when we look back and learn yesterdays, and hope for the future, when we strain to see opportunity peeping out eagerly from every difficulty, and when we ponder ruefully over out still unfulfilled potential, whatever it may be. It is when we dream of being the rainbow in the storms of our life, the evening beam that smiles dark clouds away with a gentle hand movement, and tints all out tomorrows ahead with a prophetic pink hue.
It's also when we discover that last year's words belong to last year's language and that another voice is needed for uttering the words of the coming year, as TS Eliot observed.
Now that we are sufficiently warmed up and updated, let's take off from where we left yesterday!
6. Put your Chin up, hell bent on self value addition at all costs:
If you are a woman , as you are, Dear One, you need to look to your life in single blessedness or maidenly meditation if a spinster but if married, there are quite a number of things you need to think of, down to earth of course , but capable of causing unpredictable consequences if ignored for any reason. Learn to wash every veggie item that you buy since pesticide residue may be there. Teach your kid proper hand washing and sleep habits with gusto.
The former activity is especially important in this country where we use our hands for lots of unhygienic activities too—including nose picking and nose blowing -- along with its use for consuming food.
Put your kid to sleep on all days at 8 pm or so—no TV flicks or PC stimulant-- so that they get a solid 10 hours of sleep , which they require for proper brain development. For your attention, lack of sleep in our kids can affect his temperament, behaviour, alertness, ability to learn, memory retention rate, and attention in class session. Don't mollycoddle them with coffee after 5pm for it affects their REM sleep. Alternate Dad-and-Mom time on alternate days , and ensure that the kid's room is both dark and silent.
Plan your family's meals creatively as a GRE/GMT problem solving exercise, in consultation with your hubby(who is allergic to cheese), and your kid(who hates broccoli like hell), not forgetting your own weight watching habit—as a falcon or eagle might watch out for swimming fish or prey down from its eyrie high on the hillside! Junk Food demon mustn't be let in.
If you are a man, stage a coup on old age dissatisfaction. Keep your brain cells active through some reading and writing or engaging classes, no matter the income from it.
Start some physical activity like aerobics, brisk walking plus jump rope, or Pilates. Viniyoga @5 days a week for 30 minutes each is ideal for you to keep old age illnesses—like HTN, DMII etc-- at barge pole length, plus if needed, PMR(progressive Muscle Relaxation) techniques.
7. Be proud but be proud like the sun, or Horn of Plenty! :
Referring to those close friends and martyrs of the Irish Rebellion, WB Yeats sang with frozen sorrow in his trimeter poem "Easter 1916" in praise of:
Pride like that of the sun
When the headlong light is loose
Or that of the fabulous Horn,
Or that of the sudden shower
When all streams are dry
Or that of the hour
When the swan must fix his eye
Upon a fading gleam
And there sing his last song!"
WE need to feel proud of ourselves—as responsible life partners, parents and team mates etc-- but in a positive manner as the sun would when he gives us light and heart without out pleading him for them, or as the Horn of Plenty might as it fulfils our needs in a jiffy in response to our wished for need, or the sudden burst of rain would when it gave life to parched earth, or what the dying swam might as he sings his swansong while looking fixedly at the setting sun!
And not in a negative manner on the basis of our caste, community, our elevated status, salary scales, perks, our skin tint, or ancestral family's royal connections!
8. Do a SWOT Analysis and Ishikawa Introspection:
No person is perfect and every one of us has our strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats all around us. Most of us just drift along in our all too precious lifetime, "distracted from distractions by distractions" as Eliot has put it. But isn't it more worthwhile to need to be focused on value adding our own selves whatever it takes, rather than remain addled over what our parents or superfluous well wishers might tell us? This is the invaluable message that comes out of the film "Three Idiots". We can do a SWOT analysis of our own strong points, congenital or acquired weaknesses including our eccentricities and vices, the opportunities open to us with a little effort, and the threats we have in front of us in our efforts to advance, upgrade and go one up in our skill sets. We can introspect about ourselves as products of a long process, and try to correct whatever it takes in us to become truly acceptable in society as a valued member. We can question why we had done something in the past and what had probably motivated us to do so. Ishikawa can help us a lot in such self analysis.
9. Up-skill your Kids within their limits:
Once you are a parent, dear children, you no longer have the spare moments to relish the sight of the woods on snowy evenings but necessarily have umpteen promises to keep and also have smiles to go before you can sleep in peace, if at all!
You no longer can follow Marcus Tullius Cicero in being fully content with a garden and a library! And you will see that almost all measures that most of us use for measuring success—such as fancy home, an expensive car or dress –are immaterial in your kid's judgment of you!
You may refer to the time energy and money you spent for him or for her, plus to those parties that you let him have or the toys he got from you. But still unless you help them improve their skill sets along with you and gain benefit from them, and spend a lot of time with you too, they will hold their unfavourable opinion of you close to their chest for a suitable moment.
It's the one measure that you can get to spend! So pray together with your wife and kids, and share food with all of them, have a happy relationship pattern yourself and show them the magic of succeeding in love through tact and diplomacy---and also how you work.
Never put them in their place, unless they cross set borders of demeanour—which can also be a sign of lateral thinking and creativity peeping out!
Instead convince them how these irritate them too.
10. Trace your roots as a tool for discovering yourself:
Visiting your relatives you left behind in the village from where you migrated to the city for better advancement opportunities is one way to give your kids an identity, which they won't have if you have a nuclear family set up, and living in an apartment. This identity crisis is the underlying reason for wayward behaviour of teenagers once they leave school, their temptations for terrorism, weaponry, tobacco, drugs and booze.
Take your wife and kids along to them and let them also hug your kids. Introduce your kids to their grandparents and other similarly aged people around across caste, faith and community so that they have many lovable story-telling friends and grandmothers or grand fathers in "Dad's place"—and also understand that caste and community no longer matter, that there is but one Godhead, and that the ability to speak and express love alone is the couple of eternally undying and imperishable golden threads that Man has been gifted or bequeathed by his Creator, or " the President of the Immortals" as Thomas Hardy has called him in strenuously restrained contempt !
11. Put your religious faith in its proper place:
Your religious faith—whether your parents chose it for you or not—is a good personal servant—a Man Friday of sorts-- but certainly a quite bad diabolic master.
It does give you some semblance of peace of mind if you are weak at heart unlike the late Red Adair, the oil fire fighter, or that classic AIRPORT character Joe Patroni, who outsmarted the pilots of a semi-buried Quantas jet by making it leap like a shot rabbit out of the ice at /St Louis airport!
But it can, if given too much latitude and addiction-degree allegiance, make you also a Gilbert the Filbert the colonel of the nuts! It can cannibalize many precious days and weeks of your short life and coax you to part with your hard earned resources. So please give your faith its due place and no more! You have a life of hectic schedules and inflexible deadlines to live through, plus a million obligations to your kids and hubbies! Pray to your chosen deity daily but not for the whole day at any cost because all our deities , except perhaps for the visionary prophet Jesus and the Prophet Mohamed, are nothing but man-made mythical creations with varied personal traits calculated to cater to our different tastes. Teach your kids the value of your faith and the chosen deity too by all means but also tell them not to get obsessed by or fanatical about faith.
12. Manage your Time optimally:
As a nation, we are poor Polls when it comes to managing our most precious gift and resource -Time.
100% government-run offices are notorious for denial through delay, and the UPA too is not free from this syndrome, partly thanks to our waterlogged and slow-footed bureaucracy habituated to their routine working style.
Olympics remain a dream that we can't fulfil because we are such dolts in time management.
"We run the race as a routine," comments Binoo K John tartly in Firstpost," To breast the winning tape is not an Indian trait in any field. Compare ourselves to minuscule Jamaica and Trinidad, which now produces the fastest runners in the field, where 4 or 5 at least can run well below 10 seconds for 100 metres, a feat that an Indian will take at least 2 decades to achieve, whereas they stretch and reset one barrier after another ".
What with your attempts to keep up with the Joneses next door, like a cat chasing its own tail, you will never be making enough money ever to meet your expectations—the odds here being 7 billion to one--, so prioritize your time on Earth intelligently in the direction of happiness and contentment. Plan each days and prioritize your tasks carefully, saying no to non essential ones. Delegate to those equally capable below you in office or home, but make sure you take the time to do a quality job at all times consistently.
Espouse the "10 minute rule" of working on a dreaded task for 10 minutes every day till it's over and done with. Break large tasks into smaller micro tasks. Limit distractions even on the road and remain focused while coming home since driving quality is poor after noon on the roads globally. Get professional help when needed and get plenty of sleep and exercise too.
13. Maintain your body to be God's tabernacle:
Know Alexander Graham Bell better to understand what human life is at close quarters and what it should ideally be like! He invented the phone but he never made a call to his family because both his wife and daughter were stone deaf. Beethoven was also deaf. That's life for you!
Just as heated gold becomes ornament,, depleted stone becomes fine statues, and betted copper becomes suitable for making into wires, the more pain you give your body through work or get in your life in your mind, the more value-added you become.
Your body so perishable in one sense is still a miracle of miracles taking place all the time night and day. Your heart started its marathon race across a billion billion heartbeats on the 22nd day after you were conceived. Thousands of quite complex chemicals are being made at this very instant in different parts of your body. Cells are dying and cells are being generated. Blood is absorbing oxygen and releasing it too. The front part of your brain—the cerebrum-- is actively communicating and getting some feedback from the still more precious back portion-- the cerebellum.
This portion is the racial-memory-containing 'black box' or seat of your life-the virtual Godhead—and that's precisely why it's placed so thoughtfully as it were, in the rear of the head for more safety and data concentration and storage like in an external HDD! Used intelligently through auto stimulation technique like the common prayer, it can change you into a superman or superwoman, possessed of Uri Geller magic in his fingers!
Such a wonderful body as yours you owe to yourself to keep like a temple—free of dirt and dross, unclean ideas and unholy notions. A tabernacle is a temple or church!


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When the Lehigh Valley Conference tweaked its football schedule a couple of years ago, it shifted some of the league's best rivalry games to the final week of the regular season.
One matchup will benefit the most this year from occurring in Week 10.
In a final week where plenty must still be decided, Emmaus' visit to Parkland will come with the highest stakes. Parkland (8-1 overall, 7-1 LVC) needs a win to guarantee itself at least a share of the LVC title for a second straight season. Emmaus (6-3, 6-2), meanwhile, can jump into the Districts 2-4-11 Class 4A subregional field by beating the Trojans.


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Bajirao Mastani movie is approaching towards its release. After the trailer and song release of Bajirao Mastani, fans are very eagerly looking forward to the movie's release. The movie lately made headlines when veteran actor Raza Murad shared his look from Sanjay Leela Bhansali's magnum opus project, Bajirao Mastani. The looks of the main leads of the film, Ranveer, Deepika and Priyanka Chopra are already out and now is the turn of another pivotal character of the film, Raza Murad. From the moment Sanjay Leela Bhansali had announced this project, it has been making headlines. The makers had made efforts not to reveal the looks of the characters from the film before its release and they surely succeeded in doing so. Since the release of Bajirao Mastani trailer, one or the other news is keeping fans updates about the movie. Raza Murad shared his look in the movie and information regarding his role on his Facebook page.
The post that the Bajirao Mastani star posted stated the look of the actor in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Bajirao Mastani. Raza Murad is playing the role of Nizam of Hyderabad in this magnum opus. The actor has earlier too worked with Bhansali in 'Ram Leela'. He played the role of a village sarpanch. The actor further said that only four actors have been repeated from Ram Leela in this project, Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra and Raza Murad. The actor is excited regarding this project and will be seen playing a very important role in the movie. Apart from the three main leads of the movie, Raza Murad too has an ambitious role.
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Bogota, Colombia (PressExposure) August 20, 2009 -- The expansion of the Cartagena Refinery to a capacity of 140 thousand barrels day is a strategic project for Colombia. Another aim of the project is to improve the quality of the fuels to meet national and international environmental standards, and to optimize financial and operational indicators. It is estimated that the project will be completed by 2010.
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For the inspection of tank bottoms and roofs, SGS inspectors used Ultrasonic Testing (UT) methods such as B Scan and C Scan in order to detect corrosion. B Scan provides a cross-sectional image of the material and detects material thinning which is caused by corrosion in the inside of tank walls. The C Scan is used as one of the last tools during the inspection process as it is more accurate than the B SCAN. The C Scan is able to make cross-sectional images and identify failures of items located underground.
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013
A huge apology. I've got to many shoes I'm trying to wear all at one time and I haven't been a good leader on this challenge. My parents were in town for a few days, Sam got baptized, I got asked to go to Girls Camp two weeks ago as a Level Leader and I'm in charge or organizing our Pack for Cub Camp. I also spent time while my parents were hear tying to help with details on a wedding and family reunion.
After a 3 hour meeting for girls camp I ended up going to Cub Camp last night, although it was not my day to go. Girls Camp starts on Monday...I'm not ready. I'm trying to wear to many shoes at one time.
So YES! Let's start Thursday and End on July 3rd! That is 14 days.
My goals will be to 1) Write my food intake 2) Drink lots of water 3)Don't eat after 8pm. This will be very hard for me since I will be at girls camp but it will help get me started on some goals I've been struggling with.
If someone wants to be in charge of starting another one after the third for two weeks that will be great. I'm headed to CA for my sisters wedding and a family reunion my parents are in charge of with 76 of my wonderful family. I will have no cell service the week that I am there. I will be back on Sunday night the 14th....actually we are taking the red eye.
Best of luck to all of you in this next round!
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Wow Audrey. I will stop complaining about how busy I am now!ReplyDelete
I'll take charge of planning for the rest of the summer. I didn't mean to add to your responsibility!
Wow is right! No need to apologize. It's just fun to have a virtual place to come and be reminded of some important health goals.ReplyDelete
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Amyloid β40 (G2-10)
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Clonality: monoclonal
Host: Mouse
Isotype: IgG2b,κ
Methods: ELISA, IH, WB
Source: Chemicon and Upstate are Millipore
Cat# MABN11
Cook, JJ, 2010
Formulation: liquid, purified, buffer, Tris-glycine, BSA, azide
Reacts in: Human, Mouse
immunogen = linear peptide of human Amyloid β40 at the C terminus
recognizes Amyloid β40 at the C-terminus
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- Cook JJ, Wildsmith KR, Gilberto DB, Holahan MA, Kinney GG, Mathers PD, Michener MS, Price EA, Shearman MS, Simon AJ, Wang JX, Wu G, Yarasheski KE, Bateman RJ. Acute gamma-secretase inhibition of nonhuman primate CNS shifts amyloid precursor protein (APP) metabolism from amyloid-beta production to alternative APP fragments without amyloid-beta rebound. J Neurosci. 2010 May 12;30(19):6743-50. PubMed.
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IBM famously navigated the transition from mainframes to personal computing, flourishing as it diversified into software, consulting and outsourcing. But Big Blue appears to be struggling with the current shift into cloud computing, as big companies cut IT costs by outsourcing their computing networks.
This was evident in IBM's second-quarter results. IBM sales fell 3% to $24.9 billion, less than the $25.4 billion analysts had expected, as hardware and software revenue fell short.
Chief Executive Ginni Rometty blames the poor economy. But some of the smartest money on Wall Street is betting the company has a bigger problem as major cloud competitors such as Amazon.com (AMZN - up 13%) and Salesforce.com (CRM - up 6%) have performed well thus far in 2013; whereas IBM shares are down 2%.
Keeping profit on an upward trajectory is a struggle when revenue shrinks. Pressing on the accelerator of job cuts and software acquisitions has worked relatively well so far - but can that continue?
Competition in Cloud: Big companies are increasingly renting cloud services from the likes of Amazon and others and, therefore, don't need to buy their own servers from IBM. In addition, cloud-based software from Salesforce.com and its ilk can replace all manner of IBM's software and service offerings. Some cloud products are based on open-source standards, providing even lower-priced competition for IBM.
Efficiency Drive: Costs have been cut to the point where some investors feel that research and development has been left underfunded. Efficiency drives, naturally, show diminishing returns. Eliminating trash cans and enacting mandatory furloughs for employees in its hardware division are one-time fixes. Attempting further savings could be counterproductive in the long-term.
Altered Income Calculation: IBM uses a different definition of income to inflate its reported income by the way the company accounts for pensions, acquisitions and layoff costs. This has resulted in an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission into how the company books revenue for its cloud-based businesses. IBM officials have, thus far, been silent on the issues; which makes it difficult for an outside observer to determine whether there is a problem.
Selling Assets To Improve Ratios: Earnings-per-share has increased far faster than revenue at IBM. The reason is that IBM has been aggressively conducting share repurchases. This is a short term fix which rewards shareholders and improves ratios; however, it's just that - short term. Recently IBM sold its low margin hardware business to generate cash in order to buy back shares, pay dividends, and acquire more profitable software. While this isn't necessarily a problem, it's not a long-term solution.
IBM is losing market share in four of its five largest software businesses. The company aims to increase cloud-related revenue from $3 billion to $7 billion by 2015, a lofty goal. Stiff competition for cloud computing, coupled with falling revenue from its vast software division, makes it increasingly doubtful that IBM will be able to surprise with future earnings. The company has a great track record; however, in the near to mid-term, I'll be staying away.
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Twente stay top; Sporting lose & Benfica are held; Fener shoot down Vassell's Ankaragucu; Pana win; Gregory's reign in Israel start with Beitar defeat
FC Twente 3 – NAC 1 (Eredivisie, December 12, 2009) Edwin De Graaf gave the visitors a halftime lead (highlights here) at the Arke Stadion, but Twente stepped up their efforts in the second half with a brace from Miroslav Stoch and a further strike from Bryan Ruiz earning Steve McClaren's men a convincing win.
Heerenveen 0 – Feyenoord 2 (Eredivisie, December 12, 2009) (Longer highlights here.) Second half goals from Kevin Hofland and Jon Dahl Tomasson were enough to give Feyenoord the points.
Sporting Lisbon 0 – Uniao Leiria 1 (Superliga, December 12, 2009) Paulo Vinicius' 26th minute strike lead Uniao to a shock victory at Sporting.
Olhanense 2 – Benfica 2 (Superliga, December 12, 2009) Carlos Fernandes put the hosts ahead after nine minutes and then, after Javier Saviola had equalised in the 28th minute, Vitor Toy put them back on top shortly after. But despite the 42nd minute dismissal of Angel Di Maria, Benfica continued to fight and earned their point when Nuno Gomes popped up at the death.
Fenerbahce 3 – Ankaragucu 2 (Super Lig, December 12, 2009) Brazilian forward Alex put Fenerbahce in the lead after 27 minutes, but goals from Darius Vassell and Aydin Karabulut turned things around for Ankaragucu. Fener hit back, with Alex making it 2-2 on the hour before Daniel Guiza netted the winner with just two minutes left in regular time.
Iraklis 0 – Panathinaikos 1 (Greek Super League, December 12, 2009) Panathinaikos' superiority paid off in the 72nd minute when Sortiris Ninis won the ball in the area and hit the net with a powerful shot.
Pas Giannina 1 – Ergotelis 0 (Greek Super League, December 12, 2009)
Aris 0 – Asteras Tripolis 1 (Greek Super League, December 12, 2009)
Shakhtar Donetsk 2 – Illitchivets Mariupol 1 (Ukrainian Premier League, December 12, 2009) A mistake in the Shakhtar defence allowed Pavel Kirilchik to break clear of the backline and lob the goalie to fire Illitchivets into the lead. Two goals in the opening 10 minutes of the second half turned the match for Donetsk, Ruslan Fomin's smart swivel and shot was followed by a sublime left-footed free-kick from Kostyantyn Kravchenko.
Arsenal Kyiv 2 – Chernomorets Odessa 0 (Ukrainian Premier League, December 12, 2009)
Metalist Kharkiv 3 – Dnipro Dpetrovsk 2 (Ukrainian Premier League, December 12, 2009)
Ahi Natzrat 0 – Beitar Jerusalem 1 (Ligat ha'Al, December 12, 2009) John Gregory's reign as the new manager of bottom-club Ahi Natzrat started badly, Beitar claiming the points courtesy of Amit Ben Shushan's winner on the hour.
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It appears Georgia's Class of 2013 might not have added ESPN 150 defensive tackle Kelsey Griffin (Hoschton, Ga./Mill Creek) just yet.
Griffin told DawgNation on Friday morning that he was committing to the University of Georgia. He said he had not spoken to the Bulldogs' coaching staff at that time, but he did say he had spoken to the coaches at South Carolina, his second choice, and told them he was committing to Georgia.
This afternoon, Griffin's coach, Shannon Jarvis, spoke to the Georgia coaches and subsequently told DawgNation that Griffin was not committed.
"I have talked with them and cannot comment," Jarvis said. "My focus has to be our game tonight. Please remove your stories. At this point Kelsey is going to continue the recruiting process."
Griffin has had Georgia as his leader since July. But there appears to have been a hang-up. He told DawgNation two weeks ago that "I haven't gotten to talk to one of the coaches to clear some stuff up" with the school he planned to choose. Last week, he said he had been in touch with that school and that everything was fine and he was ready to commit.
"I talked to the coach," Griffin said. "It went great. I got all the questions I had answered."
Friday morning he chose Georgia. As of now he is uncommitted. It appears as though Georgia was not yet ready to accept his commitment, but the Georgia coaches are not allowed to comment on prospective student-athletes. After his announcement Friday morning Griffin said he was going to visit Georgia on Saturday. There is no word yet on if he will still make the trip to Athens.


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New cars and motorcycles are put through grueling tests, all so that they qualify for the most prestigious/coveted/desirable award, which is the Indian Autos Blog Reader's Choice Car of The Year and the Reader's Choice 2-Wheeler of The Year awards.
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IPFreely (143) Sanborn, New York | January 29, 2004| Updated February 13, 2004
Nice that the bar is totally separated from the rest of the place. Nice taps, different for the area and constantly rotating. I also like that they have a chalkboard featuring the beers they'll have on each tap when that one runs out. They also sell some nice glassware such as Ommegang and that big dimpled mug by Lowenbrau. The food was quite good, get a pod. Nice place.
rudolf (104) Buffalo, New York | July 28, 2009
Pizza Plant has always been a great place. Food is good, it's one of the few places in Buffalo where you can get cask beer regularly & there are always interesting things on tap. Probably the most family friendly beer-related place in the Buffalo area.
frylock (80) Atlanta, Georgia | February 12, 2004| Updated April 7, 2004
The better of the two Pizza Plants in my opinion. Food is the same at both locations, pretty good quality and generous portions at reasonable prices. Beer list usually features about 6 or 7 beers on tap. All taps are quality stuff, ranging from local favorites to micros that can be found no where else in the area. In my opinion the best bar for a ratebeerian in the Buffalo area.
Johnsense (76) , | June 1, 2012
Not as intimate as the Main St location but far more room than both Main and it's olde location. Prompt service, and the waitress knew her beer. Very good selection when I was there - Stone, Victory, Bear Republic, a couple interesting imports. Food is still very tasty and a good value. they also have WiFi as an added bonus. Close to shopping which my Wife likes as well!
TheJester (72) Cavan Monaghan, Ontario | August 19, 2014
A quiet afternoon. The decor and menu are busy, but not the restaurant. Decent tap and bottle selection. Nothing that would blow you away though. Service isn't speedy. Everyone's food was well received.
MrManning (60) Hamilton, Ontario | March 10, 2013
Nice pizza joint with impressive tap list.We went on a Friday night, they had a live band, so it was extremely loud near the bar, but you could sit in the restaurant, where the band was not too loud. We returned a week later and there was no band. Excellent selection of taps with many american micros. Decent bottle list with prices that are value oriented for what you get. Extensive menu needs an hour to read over properly. Pizza is world class in my opinion, excellent. Worth a stop IMO.
rob6239 (60) Ontario | March 17, 2014
Great family restaurant with huge 30 tap list of great craft and micro choices, some that other locations in the area don't have. Service was very helpful in my visit and food was fantastic and a huge menu. They offer a special discount like a "membership" card of 15 pints for 55 bucks that you can redeem between visits and never expires.
HogTownHarry (28) Toronto (Harbourfront), | April 29, 2006
Went here once, nice place, 12 solid taps, good pizza but like a lot of US pizza too freakin' tomato-y - cool menu too, lots of beer t-shirts for sale, local micros represented.
danmalleck (17) Alberta | April 19, 2009
As good as Walker location, though I often find the wait staff are not as knowledgeable about beer as at Walker. I was served a lager when I ordered a Rogue ale, and had to explain to the server then the bartender the difference between a lager and an ale, especially a Rogue! But the beer selection is as good as Walker, the food is too. And there's more space here, it seems. the bar has more events, and music on the weekends. Pods are great, curried nachos are surprisingly awesome, and as a vegetarian I especially like the incredible range of veggie options. Makes me feel like I'm not a second class citizen, unlike many pubs in the US of A.
beerlord (11) Cumming, Georgia | January 16, 2008
Went for lunch, same menue as the Main St. location. Not nearly the beer selection the Main st has , food is a little better too, and service was some what slow. Still, I will go there and recomed it to others But will go to the Main ST. location if given the choice
rob897 (10) Buffalo, New York | October 15, 2007
Not much more you can ask for with 13 rotating taps and 1 cask. Food is always good and the service is great. This is one of my favorite places for food and beer!


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Well this is how I Mordekaiser. Ive gathered a good amount of information from all around and finally came up with this. I don't know how to classify this, though I just say its an AP/DPS/Tank hybrid I guess.
Start with a Regrowth Pendent and a Health Potion.
The Regrowth Pendent covers Mordekaiser's health costs quite nicely and the Health Potion is helpful for if you get attacked with your shield down/ganked, and all you need to do is stand back and heal up with it, and the health regen you have will help as it is used.
Once you have enough gold and if you're lane is not in danger, get the giants belt for 1110 gold, or if you can hold out longer, get that and a pair of boots as well.
I would not suggest getting the AP items until you can finish the Rylai's Crystal Scepter unless you am forced to back before you can finish it, and even then you should finish the boots before it even if you could because the early extra Magic Pen. works wonders for your shield, especially early game.
Finish both your Sorcerer's Boots and Rylai's Crystal Scepter, then start on the Hextech Gunblade.
If you are able to finish your Hextech Revolver in one go with 1200 gold then get it, if not, get the Vampiric Scepter first, and they the Hextech Revolver right after.
After your Hextech Gunblade is finished, work on the Sunfire Cape.
I suggest starting with the Giants Belt for the extra health over the Chain Vest, as your shield will eat up any damage you will take, and the small less decay from the Chain Vest is not really worth it over the health behind the shield.
Finish the Sunfire cape as soon as possible, and, if the game isn't already over, start your Malady.
For building the Malady, you can get the Amplifying Tomes over the Dagger since that small amount of attack speed does not out weigh the extra damage from your spells.
Start and finish Warmog's Armor, win game.
Even though you probably won't finish farming up the 100 minions to get its full bonuses, though the Champion kills and assists will fill it faster, it is still a huge bonus to have at the end of the game.
I use to start with a Warmog's but decided I wanted something to do with that health or something else on the item with it. Of course getting the sorcerer boots to help with magic penetration to get more damage from your abilities, and combined with the runes it hits even harder. The Gunblade is amazing as it keeps you going in a fight, and the spell vamp is a great part of it. The Sunfire Cape helps for its armor and health, and the passive goes great with Creeping Death, though it is already 2 of them at level 5, but if you're facing a more heavily magic damage team you could get a Banshee's veil for the extra health, Abyssal scepter for more AP and reducing their magic resist even more, though no more health, or even a Hexdrinker I suppose if they're more of the nuking kind. I added the Malady for more attack speed and to reduce their magic resist even more, though I have often considered getting a Nashor's Tooth for the cooldown reduction, but this just seems better since his cooldowns are pretty low already. The Warmog's is just for the great boost of health at the end of the build.
The summoner spells are typical, and mandatory, for Mordekaiser. Ignite to go with your Ultimate, and ghost to catch up to someone, or to run away with his lack of escape abilities.
The masteries I felt were better than going down the defense tree. Getting the summoner spells down faster, move speed, exp, and a bit more cooldown were better for not being a complete tank.
The runes are also very helpful to Mordekaiser. The magic pen. runes to go with the sorcerer boots are the main part of them. The cooldown glyphs I don't really know what else to use, and I don't have any other myself, but they go with the masteries quite well. The magic resist seals I don't own myself but they are what I would get if I made a page just for him since the main build does not include much Maric Resist. The Quints could easily be switched out for some move speed runes, which I am considering doing my self since I stopped getting Boots of Swiftness on him, and I do miss the faster movement.
I have used this build a lot and it works wonders. Though it lacks a straight focus, I believe that this 3-way hybrid thing is an amazing way to build this amazing and unique champion.
And to show how this build can kill everything, and completely brag about it, here are a few pictures I have of it (yes I go by Jedrek13 in game):


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Two die, four hurt in multiple car pile-up
TWO people were killed last night in a multiple-car crash in driving rain and on icy roads.
The two men were travelling in the same vehicle when they were involved in a four-car collision in Co Monaghan.
The incident happened last night about 2km outside Carrickmacross on the main N2 road at Nurebeg.
Both of the dead men were passengers in one of the cars involved.
The driver of the car is understood to be in a serious condition in hospital.
Another two people were also rushed to hospital and were last night said to be in a serious condition. Another person is in a less serious condition.
One of the people in a serious condition in hospital is a pregnant woman.
Two children were also brought to hospital for monitoring after the accident.
A section of the road -- which is the main route between Carrickmacross and Ardee -- was last night sealed off by the emergency services.
Medics declared the two men dead at the scene.
The number of people who have died on the country's roads so far this year now stands at 211.
This is a sharp drop from the number killed in previous years.
Since 2001 the number of people who have died on the roads has almost halved.
Before last night's tragic accident, the last person who died this year was Patrick Murphy from Greenview apartment, The Brook, Arklow in Co Wicklow.
The 41-year-old man was killed in a fatal collision in the early hours of Christmas Day.
He had been walking on the N11 southbound at Coynes Cross when the incident occurred.
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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ General Audiences ] Being a production of Russian Federation, this feature film of 2013 has been excellently directed by Karen Oganesyan. You can watch Marafon online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in Russian at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2013.
Rating: 5 by 95 users./
Runtime: 100 minutes
Mikhail Porechenkov, Scott Engrotti, Anna Mikhalkova, Anatoliy Belyy, Sergey Gazarov, Yekaterina Vasilyeva, Mark L. Colbenson, Aleh Neliubin, Mariya Aronova, Dennis DeCamp and Ruslan Kim.
Comedy, Drama.
100-minute film (full movie) directed by Karen Oganesyan.
The original audio of Marafon has dialogues in or Russian, it was produced in Russian Federation.
It premiered in cinemas or television in 2013.
Sergei Shults.
Sergey Gazarov, Charles Arthur Berg and Sergey Gavrishkiv.
This film was produced and / or financed by Cinema Art Studio and Cinemoon Productions.
Interfilm Distribution, Inter-Film and Central Partnership.
Without commercial breaks, the full movie Marafon has a duration of 100 minutes; the official trailer can be watched in streaming on the Internet. You can watch this full movie free in English or Russian in movie TV channels, renting the DVD or with VoD services (Video On Demand player, Hulu) and PPV (Pay Per View, Netflix).
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I always love to be on Twitter, that virtual planet where millions (or is it billions?) of people of different races, cultures, ages and religious orientations can get to meet and share opinions, ideas, friendship and even love.
To me, Twitter is more than just a social medium; it is a veritable human community, albeit with certain modal variations. However, being an undergraduate and, as of yet, not having a career in the deployment of new media, I do not usually possess the luxury to log on to Twitter consistently express my opinion at all times.
Due to my workload in school, I have to be away from the environment sometimes for days, weeks or, at times, even months. Needless to say though, I am always delighted to be back on.
On this note, I was happy to conclude exams in school about a week ago. I enthusiastically packed my belongings and vacated the hostel for home. I had looked forward to this long holiday, during which I had planned to, among other things, re-unite with the Twitter community.
My enthusiasm was doused, however, by the first news that greeted me upon my re-arrival: Japheth Omojuwa's iPad, which got missing on an Arik-Air flight, has not been recovered yet; the thieving or lying Lanre (or both) is still at large and probably still enjoying life as an unqueried Arik employee; even the inculpated Arik-Air management has not thought it wise to do anything but take matters up against the dispossessed Japheth himself, preventing him from flying after he had booked a ticket, and even moving to sack the poor attendant that had initially checked him in.
Obviously, these developments would make one ask the clichéd question, "What kind of a country is this?" But it also led me to thinking about the greater ramifications of the whole drama – those possible dimensions and consequences that may go beyond the two parties involved in this particular case.
Firstly, the struggle between the individual and establishment (e.g. the state, institutions etc.), and the question of how they should interact, has been a major philosophical problem for ages before now. From the time of Socrates, philosophers and politicians have asked questions as to which is to be held as more important, the individual or the establishment.
Certain scholars have opined that the individual is more important, since his existence is prior to that of the establishment or state and, also, because establishments are run, in the end, by individuals. Some other scholars, on the other hand, maintain that in relation to the state or establishment, the individual has limited or no rights at all.
In an ideal and just society, a balance is usually sought and delicately maintained between the rights of individuals and those of establishments, with the facts and intricate details of particular cases determining to which side justice leans. But in a country like Nigeria, where establishment is synonymous with corruption and oppression, justice is perpetually clothed in the colours of the establishment – no matter what the facts may be.
Take the case of Omojuwa against Arik-Air for example. I am not someone that pretends to neutrality, but you need not be biased to see to which side all blame must be cast in this particular case. Or can it ever be thought a mistake for a passenger to travel with his personal belongings? Has the safety and security of airline cargos become too much to ask?
And, in the event of one's item getting lost or stolen on an airliner, is it out of place for one to demand that it be found, or even that a replacement be made? Again, in a just society, all these questions would obviously be answered in the negative. In our Nigeria, however, where establishments dictate the tune, the answer to the above questions seems to be an oddly resonating YES!
In this matter, I see the conflation of an individual's interest with our collective quest for probity and true justice. "The story of my iPad," writes Japheth, "has since become the story of a generation's quest for justice and justice or nothing." I totally agree with him.
Victory for Arik in this case would mean yet another undeserved and unjust victory for the establishment over an individual, and this would, in turn, prepare the ground for the further oppression of more individuals – and whose turn would be next, you or me, nobody knows.
Unfortunately, by refusing to speak up and agitate for right, we lend our silent support to Arik, becoming accomplices of the establishment against our own selves, and joining that evil choir in singing a stentorian "YES!" to questions that should be answered in the negative.
Also, and very importantly too, Japheth Omojuwa is known as an activist and social critic, who does all that he can to better the lives of youths and the country in general. He has been involved in rescue missions and fundraising's through which the lives of individuals with death-threatening diseases have been saved.
What becomes of us, when the people who fight for our collective justice and well-being are unable to get justice for themselves? I am reminded now of how the late Gani Fawehinmi was once brutally beaten at Yaba by security agents while onlookers, the same people whose interests he always sought to protect, kept a safety distance away.
The question I ask is, for this habit of neglecting our stalwarts of justice, truth and hope, is Nigeria not worse off? Whence cometh civil justice, when even the vanguard of our struggle is denied it?
The point is that we must begin to speak up. We must make a louder noise against the theft and rottenness that have come to characterize establishments like Arik, and against the bravado and the oppressive stunts with which they attempt to stifle agitation. Maybe this bigger picture – these larger ramifications to the matter that have been laid bare here – can shake us all out of our speechless inertia. Then, together, we can pronounce a resounding "NO!"
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Jefferson Township is a township in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,259 at the 2000 census. It is named for former president Thomas Jefferson, and many of the township's streets are named after other U.S. presidents. Frazier School District serves the area.
Redstone, Albany, Lowber, and Grindstone are located within the township.
Located within Jefferson Township is a group of petroglyphs known as the "Francis Farm Petroglyphs."[1] As an archaeological site, they have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 20.5 square miles (53.1 km²), of which, 20.2 square miles (52.3 km²) of it is land and 0.3 square miles (0.8 km²) of it (1.46%) is water.
As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 2,259 people, 865 households, and 657 families residing in the township. The population density was 111.9 people per square mile (43.2/km²). There were 900 housing units at an average density of 44.6/sq mi (17.2/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 97.52% White, 1.55% African American, 0.04% Native American, 0.22% Asian, 0.04% from other races, and 0.62% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.44% of the population.
There were 865 households out of which 30.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.7% were married couples living together, 9.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.0% were non-families. 21.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 2.99.
In the township the population was spread out with 22.4% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 26.5% from 45 to 64, and 16.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 97.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.6 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $33,618, and the median income for a family was $40,900. Males had a median income of $32,455 versus $21,799 for females. The per capita income for the township was $15,669. About 11.6% of families and 15.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 22.1% of those under age 18 and 9.8% of those age 65 or over.
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Two 18-year-olds familiar with the criminal justice system have been charged in the shooting death of a man near Capitol Hill Wednesday.
Glen Jackman, 18, and Jim Delli, 18, were charged with criminal homicide, a first-degree felony, for allegedly shooting Manuel Portillo after an apparent robbery at 458 N. 300 West.Portillo, a Mexican national, was shot in the arm and the back just after midnight Dec. 20.
Jackman and Delli were arrested after the shooting.
According to 3rd Circuit Court documents, Portillo was walking down the street with another man when they were approached by Delli and Jackman. Delli told the men to give him their money and another man pulled out a gun and shot five times, the court documents state.
Portillo's friend told police he saw Jackman throw the gun against the building after Portillo fell down.
Portillo, who would have celebrated his 23rd birthday Friday, was taken to an area hospital where he died shortly after arrival.
An autopsy performed by the state medical examiner ruled Portillo's death a homicide.Comment on this story
Jackman was convicted of attempted murder as a juvenile in 1993 after shooting a man at the Utah State Fair.
Gilbert Arredondo, 20, was shot in the back by Jackman, who said his friends told him to do it and he was afraid not to shoot.
Jackman, then 16, spent six months at an Orem group home and seven months at Decker Lake for the shooting.
He was paroled from the lock-up juvenile facility March 9.
Delli was charged with attempted murder in December of 1993, but the case was dismissed two weeks later.
The men remain in the Salt Lake County Jail with bails set at $250,000 each.


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Governor Palin Takes President Obama to School
Sunday, September 20, 2009
President Obama could learn a thing or two from Governor Palin.
The president is in my state, the state of New York. In fact, tomorrow he will be a mere 35 miles from where I live as he speaks at Hudson Valley Community College.
Today he made media round after media round, causing some to wonder if these plethora of appearances are too much of a "good" thing.
The New York Daily news reported:
Obama will push his health care reforms on five morning news shows today, an unprecedented presidential feat that has stirred debate over whether Obama has hit the point of overexposure.
Obama's decision to hit five network shows today - ABC's "This Week With George Stephanopoulos," CNN's "State of the Nation," CBS' "Face the Nation," NBC's "Meet the Press" and Univision's "Al Punto with Jorge Ramos" - is known in media circles as "the Full Ginsburg."
It is so named after William Ginsburg, who in 1998 became the first person to hit five shows in one Sunday as the attorney for White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Hillary Clinton later did it when she launched her presidential bid in 2007.
Obama is the first President to even try, which just underscores his comfort level with the medium, experts said.
Comfort level? Hmmm...Well, apparently he's not too comfortable with one particular media outlet, and that would be Fox News. It appears he's still pouting that they are not cheering, fainting, and getting tingly leg sensations at the mere sound of his voice. Therefore, he won't give them the time of day. For a president many tout as a brilliant politician, why has he thumbed his nose at the cable news show that leads all others? An L.A. Times article called "Top of the Ticket" stated:
Latest ratings out for the second quarter of 2009 show the top-rated FNC having one of the best quarters in its entire history with prime-time ratings jumping an astounding 34%, not all of them Obama fans. That 8-11 p.m. slot is crucial for viewers -- and ad dollars -- which includes Fox's showcase "The O'Reilly Factor."
Throughout the viewing day, Fox News did even better with its 1.2 million viewers, on average, more than doubling CNN's 598,000 and more than tripling third-place trailer MSNBC's average audience of 392,000.
With the resistence of the American people to accept President Obama's Health Care Bill, one would think it a "brilliant" political move for him to have swallowed his intense dislike for the cable news channel he's always dissing and to have capitalized on the advantages of granting them an interview. Instead, didn't he dodge an opportunity to reach across the aisle, show he is not the ultra-partisan president he has been accused of being, and stand up to the hardball questions he would get from Fox that he would likely not get from other media outlets? GOP lawmakers said yes.
A handful of Republican lawmakers, including Rep. Joe Wilson (S.C.), say that President Barack Obama is ignoring a large segment of the public by refusing to appear on Fox News.
Obama is scheduled this weekend to appear on every major Sunday talk show except for "Fox News Sunday."
Fox News, which is considered more conservative-leaning than ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN, confirmed Obama will not be interviewed on its network on Sunday.
Wilson, who was reprimanded this week by the House for his outburst at Obama last week, said that by excluding Fox, the president was not being fair.
"If people are going to be on the Sunday talk shows, they should be on all of them," Wilson said.
Freshman Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) said that the White House's media strategy is an example of the president not living up to his promise to change the tone in Washington.
"The only thing this shows is that the president is ignoring a very large segment of this country. He said he was going to reach across party lines and be a different kind of president, but so far he hasn't followed through with real action," Scalise said.
Some House Democrats saw nothing wrong with Obama's decision to forgo Fox.
Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) said that it has become clear "which networks are really fair" while predicting that the president will eventually appear on "Fox News Sunday" in the future.
So President Obama chose to appear on "really fair" networks while ignoring the likes of Fox News? Well, how interesting is that. I say the president has a lot to learn.
Rewind to the 2008 campaign. People can say what they want about the McCain camp throwing Governor Palin to the wolves when they allowed the likes of Katie Couric and Charlie Gibson to have at her. Both Couric and Gibson had an agenda. Katie couldn't get past the abortion question and Charlie played a gotcha game with the Bush Doctrine question. Prior to both interviews, the McCain camp clearly knew that the interviewers were in the tank for Obama. We can go round and round about that decision, but there's one thing that stands out about the McCain camp as I consider that the President of the United States refused to appear on Fox News even as he seeks to win over the American people on health care: At least they didn't hide. I don't know why they refused to sit her down with Bill O'Reilly but instead sat her with Katie Couric and Charlie Gibson. But I do know she went on.
I also know that when she returned to Alaska after the election, she invited Matt Lauer into her home and let him interview her. She didn't hide.
I know, too, that upon her resignation announcement in July, Governor Palin didn't shy away from Andrea Mitchell but while fishing granted her an interview. Again, no hiding.
The bottom line is that Governor Palin, demonstrating true leadership, has neither run away nor been shielded from those who have not exactly been in her corner. President Obama, on the other hand, has almost every media outlet in his back pocket, and he wouldn't even rise to the challenge of the one "fair and balanced" one that was sure to ask him the toughest questions--questions to which Americans want honest answers. He's not even campaigning anymore(or is he?); he's already got the job. And he's not lying about health care, right? So what's the problem?
Maybe he'll answer that question while he visits with David Letterman tomorrow night. Surely that'll be a tough interview.


text: Social networking may be fueling revolution across the Arab world, but in Brazil it's inciting problematically large street parties. The official start of Carnival is just two days away, and street bands called "blocos" have begun their scheduled parades in neighborhoods across Rio. The newspaper O Globo says that schedules passed around on sites like Twitter and Facebook have prompted record crowds for a host of new blocos in posh neighborhoods like Ipanema and Copacabana. One example—after the singer Preta Gil tweeted to promote her parade in Ipanema last Sunday, she estimated that eight times as many revelers showed up this year, compared to last. Here's a photo. The city government, unprepared for these "flash mobs", says next year it will move some of the blocos north to the city center.


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Clyde Travel Management awarded 2016 Best Large Business Travel Agent in Scotland
Clyde Travel Management was announced as the '2016 Best Large Business Travel Agent in Scotland' as Scotland's top-performing agents and suppliers were honoured at the Scottish Passenger Agents' Association 24th annual awards ceremony, held on Thursday 03 November, at the Doubletree Hilton in Glasgow city centre.
The SPAA are the world's oldest travel organisation, representing the interests of the Scottish travel industry, and this 24th annual awards ceremony, celebrating the best that the industry has to offer, sees Clyde Travel Management winning the award for the fourth time since 2010.
SPAA president Alan Glen said the number of votes received from agents and suppliers had more than doubled this year compared to last following the introduction of electronic voting.
"This event is the recognition of all the hard work among Scotland's agents," he said. "We have a very close knit community. We're competitors but we all know each other and everyone is pleased to see their peers succeed."
Clyde Travel Management Director Brian Potter commented: "The beauty of this award is that it's not a self-nomination process like many other awards – we are voted for by travel suppliers such as airlines, airports and car rental companies.
"The vote in confidence is based partly on our working relationship with these suppliers, as we have an open-door policy for airline representatives to come in and train staff on their products unlike some of our larger competitors. The voting also relects our staff attitude and customer service levels so it really is a team award covering all staff in all positions and locations.
"Having now become the first company to win the award in consecutive years, this level of consistency is testament to the continued development of our staff along with our bespoke technology, much of which was developed internally, to ensure that our supplier and customer interaction is second to none.
"All our staff can feel very proud of themselves as this is a true team effort in being recognised again in what is a very competitive sector."
Qatar Airways, Emirates, Royal Caribbean and Jet2 were other winners recognised on the night.


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Two days ago we went to get some holiday pics of Lillian. Isn't this one adorable? It is the only one we got access to. I had to find a reason to post it because I love it so much.
So, this dress is a hand me down from some of our friends. I think it is so cute, because there is no way she will let me dress her in something like that come a few years. So, yes, I will put my child in the silliest little outfits as long as I can, and for my own satisfaction. Look at that nerdy collar…
Have you ever taken your kid to a photo shoot? It is pretty hilarious. I actually brought a real pom-pom, like from high school, to cheer her and distract her while she was taking photos. Myself and the photographer were making the strangest noises to try and get her to laugh (he has a 7 month old himself). Fake sneezes, fart noises, shrieks, jazz hands, and that annoying lip rolling where spit flies out of your mouth.
He even mentioned that I was one of the most out there parents when it came to trying to make their kid smile. It was a compliment… I think???
Ok, we were a ridiculous site. But look what our hard work produced! So cute.
All this is a side note to say I am getting excited about the holidays. In fact, I am craving a peppermint mocha right now. Bring on the food.
Have a wonderful Sunday,


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Starbucks donates money for World AIDS Day
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Starbucks will donate a nickel for every drink sold today at participating stores in the U.S. and Canada to the (Red) Global Fund, a partner to many big-name corporations. In the past year, the group generated $140 million to support AIDS programs in Africa.
For people who can't make it to Starbucks, it will contribute up to $50,000 altogether to the fund for drawings submitted to its "Love Gallery."
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