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The Enlightening Mat: Let Your Body Be the Storyteller
In this video, dancer Anna Halprin suggests changing how the mind and body relate to each other by simply reversing the flow of information.
Normally we focus on the mind telling the body how to move, but from Anna Halprin's experience another important way of operating is to let the body inform the mind.
This concept is so wonderfully subtle and simple. All you need to do is reroute the signals running through the circuitry of your physical self so your body is the primary communicator sending messages to the brain. This experience can be applied to any daily movement such as washing the dishes.
When I first tried letting my body inform my mind, I quickly noticed how much more physical awareness I experienced. When washing the dishes, I felt the warm water, bubbles popping, and the shape of a dish. The way I moved my hands across a plate changed, and I began to create a luxurious dance.
Later I decided to experiment with Anna Halprin's concept during a Bikram yoga class. Normally Bikram yoga can feel very regimented for me; however, I noticed that if I followed the instruction given by the teacher by sending information from my mind to a body part such as straightening my leg and then reversing the flow of information by then having my body communicate its experience with the mind, the whole posture changed for me. Sometimes I went a little deeper or saw new ways of doing the posture that I hadn't experienced before.
In addition, I felt more relaxed and completely focused. When I let information flow from my body to my mind, I didn't have spinning thoughts. In fact, it felt like I wasn't thinking at all.
Even if you don't practice yoga, this experience of reversing the flow of information from your body to your mind can be used in a whole range of activities from simply taking a walk to typing at the computer. Reversing the flow of information eases your thoughts and seems to build a bridge between your body and mind. In this way, your body becomes the primary storyteller and not the ego in your head.
The Enlightening Mat is a blog series exploring moments of awareness that come to Beth Hemmila while practicing Bikram Yoga.
To shop for yoga charms that celebrate the different poses click here to view this blog post Sterling Silver Charms for Bikram Yoga Postures.
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Michael Bay will bring Jason back in the remake of "Friday the 13th"
The masked killer Jason Voorhees is on his way to come back as Michael Bay and his Platinum Dunes are eyeing for a remake of "Friday the 13th" through collaboration with screenwriter Mark Wheaton and New Line Cinema. New Line itself previously has released the most recent installment featuring Voorhees entitled "Freddy vs. Jason" in 2003, putting him and Freddy Krueger from the "Nightmare on Elm Street" series to slash against each other.
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Living With A Boyfriend Is Just Like Murdering Five People, Says Pat Robertson
Brenda, a concerned mother, wrote into the 700 Club to ask Pat Robertson for some insight on her daughter's afterlife, and whether or not she was definitely going to hell for living with a boyfriend who had yet to finalize his divorce.
"My daughter is a Christian and a good person. She lives with her boyfriend and plans on marriage, but he has to get a divorce first. Will they go to hell for this sin?"
The answer, according to Robertson, was a resounding YES! Because it's adultery and thus the exact same thing as being an axe murderer.
"She's a good person, but she's living in adultery. That's Hollywood. 'Oh, he's a good person, but he just killed five people, and he threw his mother down the steps. But he's a good person.'"
I watch a lot of murder shows and movies, and I don't think that there has ever been an instance in which someone was like "Oh, sure. He killed people, but he's a swell person!" Except maybe my mom, in reference to Luca Brasi from "The Godfather."
I don't know though. Call me crazy, but I would say that living with someone who hasn't gotten a divorce yet is a lot less morally questionable than telling little old ladies to take out mortgages on their homes in order to give you money, which is a thing Pat Robertson did just this week.


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Port-au-Prince, Haiti - Haiti's government says that heavy rainfall in the north in recent days has killed 11 people and displaced thousands.
A detailed preliminary report from Haiti's Civil Protection Office says rains on Thursday and Friday in the northern city of Cap-Haitien has flooded more than 2 300 homes and that more than 3 400 people have been housed in emergency shelters.
The report released on Sunday said that all but one of the 11 dead were either children or teenagers. One person is reported missing.
The fatal floods come just two weeks after the outer bands of Hurricane Sandy passed the western part of the island nation. The storm left 54 people died and damaged 70 percent of the crops along the southern coast.
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HTC HD7 and HTC 7 Surround star in new videos
The HTC 7 Surround is also a Windows Phone 7 device (hence the 7 in the unit's name), but with Dolby and SRS surround sound, and audience noise suppression, the phone is centered around music. Not that video is an afterthought with a 3.8 inch screen featuring resolution of 480 x 800 pixels on-board. The usual gang of suspects is here too, including a 1GHz Snapdragon processor and a 5MP camera that features HD video capture.
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1. Phullofphil (Posts: 805; Member since: 10 Feb 2009)
well not mutch we did not alrady know
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i see the htc pro and the htc surround. i don't see the hd7 anywhere. it was a bit misleading and needs to be fixed.
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An eleven year old girl lies in her bed. She wanted to sleep, but sleep couldn't come. She looked much older than she really was. And her personality reflected the pains in her past. She didn't let pain bother her. Weather she was torn apart and covered in blood, or lost the final race in that track season. She didn't cry when all of these things happened. She stood strong. Dejection had become a natural emotion for her. She was often disappointed and lied to. She stopped caring about such mundane things. She found a goal and focus on it. She didn't let other happy or painful emotions. She was what most would call strong; untouchable. She never let a tear fall from her eyes, she didn't let heartbreak wreck her for months, she didn't even cry when a best friend died. She stood, she ran, she didn't let the pain catch her. Glass, knives, and claws, they all cut her. Yet she never let the blood shed slow her down. She kept running, and didn't let the crimson path of blood she left bother her. She kept going she kept running. Not the type to crack like brittle glass, right? Wrong. Listen to her story, she may not live to tell another.
She lie in her bed waiting for sleep to come. It wouldn't come and take her away to a world of dreams. She listened to the angry voices. She tried to hold tears back. Her heart was aching. She wished a helping hand would reach out to her. Her friends were merely pixels on the screen. Can pixels on the screen really give someone a will to live? She didn't know. Yet, she tried to find light within the friends she met through the pixels on the screen. The voices cut into her armor less soul. She heard them yelling. Does she stand? Does she try to stop them from fighting? No, She's too afraid. She finally overcame her stage fright, yet she still is held prisoner to the angry voices of her parents.
She wished her cat would come and comfort her. She wishes, she hopes, and knows it won't come to any avail. She lies in the dark; counting the secrets of her heart. She wished her hear wasn't reduced to cracked glass every time their words came cutting through the night. Her heart is like repaired glass. Hardly ready to be placed on the maintain after being knocked over again. The glass is glued together once again and left to set. It's knocked over again before the glue sets. That is her heart. Her heart is made of glass. Blood, dejection, and disappointment can't crack the glass. The words of her parents crack the glass to the very corners of her heart.
After a loud yell, she watches her father storm out of the bed room. He whips open the front door and slams it closed. She listens to the car start. She listens to the rain beating her window. She reaches out to pick up her cell phone to see what time it is. She sees it's seven AM. She knows it's time to take a shower and start school. She stands on unsteady legs. She walks the path that repeats itself every passing day. She finished school, cooks dinner, sings on line, and goes to bed. She drifts into a painful and cold sleep waiting to be awoken by yelling words again. She closes her eyes hopping that the cracked glass of her heart will hold through another rainy morning.
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I hear your voice coming through to me loud and clear and I am moved, and I cry for you.
Think neither good nor evil, right or wrong, just live for the moment, do the best you can and seek out the best in every thing and everybody, no matter how small it might be. And forgive 7 times 70.
This was a masterpiece. You can take great comfort in your skills as a writer. There are none better! Tried to find some of your spelling mistakes:
Weather she was torn apart and covered in blood, or lost the final (whether)
She lie in her bed waiting for sleep to come(lay)
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Cracked glass. A meaningful phrase. Soft revelation of true horror. Leigh, I read this and I thought to myself, "There is one way to mend the cracked glass". Though I don't dare say it here, I think you know anyway. Great write, Leigh! Once again, you prove the rest of us unworthy!
*sorry for party-pooping, but you need to edit it thoroughly for spelling and grammar mistakes!
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Rangers-Flys for the first time this season, at the Arena That Changes Names Every Five Minutes (why can't debris fall on their heads?). Not much more needs to be said.
Henrik Lundqvist starts in goal (against Sergei Bobrovsky, 6-2-0, 2.39).
Derek Boogaard back in (duh). Todd White and Matt Gilroy are prucha'd. Evgeny Grachev gets his first taste of the rivalry, as does Derek Stepan among others.
Speaking of which, we've got a new poll down the right side.
Our buddy Andrew Gross reports that Chris Drury's re-broken finger was, indeed, broken in the same spot, and that the captain believes it was re-broken because it was in a weakened state. So much for that coincidence that he broke the same finger in a different spot.
He also reports that Carcillo is skating on a fourth line with ex-Rangers Shelley and Betts. Wonder if Prust might make an appearance on a line with Boogaard — because Carcillo won't go near Boogaard, but Shelley will.
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1) Isn't it nice to not be getting phone calls from all those full-of-carcillo politicians?
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'Beasts of the Southern Wild' brings its helmer in winning the Breakthrough Director prize, while 'Artifact' delivers Jared Leto to win the Audience Choice Award.
Kicking off the movie awards season, the 22nd Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards revealed its winners on Monday night, November 26. Claiming the biggest award of Best Feature was none other than Wes Anderson's highly-praised vintage drama "Moonrise Kingdom", which defeated such contenders as "The Master", "Bernie", "Middle of Nowhere" and "The Loneliest Planet".
Meanwhile, Benh Zeitlin was awarded with Breakthrough Director prize thanks to his acclaimed work in "Beasts of the Southern Wild". "It feels like you're on the yellow brick road sometimes," Zeitlin said upon accepting his award.
Jared Leto's documentary "Artifact" about his band 30 Seconds To Mars took home the Audience Choice Award. When receiving his prize, Leto gushed that he couldn't believe his film could beat "Beasts". He said, "I feel like Beasts of the Southern Wild should be up here. Don't hate me because I won, I love that other film too."
Another surprise that night was "Your Sister's Sister" which won the Best Ensemble Performance gong. The film starring Emily Blunt, Rosemarie DeWitt and Mark Duplas knocked down fan-favorite "Silver Linings Playbook" and "Moonrise Kingdom".
Held in New York, the 2012 Gotham Awards ceremony was hosted by "Sleepwalk With Me" director and star Mike Birbiglia. The star-studded event also paid tribute to "Silver Linings Playbook" helmer David O. Russell, and "Rust and Bone" actress Marion Cotillard.
Gotham Awards 2012 Winners:
- Best Feature: "Moonrise Kingdom"
- Best Documentary: "How to Survive a Plague"
- Best Ensemble Performance: "Your Sister's Sister" (Emily Blunt, Rosemarie DeWitt and Mark Duplass)
- Breakthrough Director: Benh Zeitlin, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
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The Moto 360 may feature sapphire glass and magnetic induction charging
0. phoneArena posted on 21 Mar 2014, 15:43
During the Google+ Hangout with Moto 360 lead designer Jim Wicks, there was a little talk about what Motorola's smartwatch would use as a charging mechanism. Wicks had noted that the device didn't have any charging ports, and he hinted that Motorola could be using something "secret" to charge the device. The rumor mill took the word "secret" and ran with it...
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1. Lt.Green (Posts: 397; Member since: 13 Mar 2014)
I wonder how Apple plans to top this, wearable tech hasn't been this interesting.
8. ph00ny (Posts: 1508; Member since: 26 May 2011)
Knowing apple and their product line up so far. Something very modern and simple
13. Sauce (unregistered)
= very sexy....like Moto 360. You goon.
12. Sauce (unregistered)
I know right! Watching this sh*t is actually very exciting.
Calling all companies to the colosseum. All companies to the colosseum.
Let the games begin!
2. tedkord (Posts: 14120; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
Sapphire glass? Phhht. Copying Apple.
4. HASHTAG (unregistered)
Copying Apple? Really? I hope you know that sapphire glass is used in many products; especially in many watches. :p
6. a_merryman (Posts: 749; Member since: 14 Dec 2011)
He used /s, that means he was being sarcastic.
9. HASHTAG (unregistered)
Didn't even notice that. Lol.
16. Scott93274 (Posts: 5399; Member since: 06 Aug 2013)
Whatever, sapphire glass has been rumored for both watches "rumored"!!! Even if they both feature sapphire glass you can't accuse Motorola of copying Apple when Apple has yet to officially announce/reveal a smart watch of their own.
31. Arte-8800 (banned) (Posts: 4562; Member since: 13 Mar 2014)
sapphire was used on my nokia arte 8800 way back in 2007
3. camera531 (Posts: 346; Member since: 30 Jun 2012)
@tedkord Apple hasn't done anything to be copied. Looks like they'll be the ones copying if they do anything at all...
5. Martin_Cooper (Posts: 1615; Member since: 30 Jul 2013)
What issues with sapphire? No issues when its for watches.. Half if not many of the 200$+ watches have sapphire. I have 3 watches all sub 500$ and all three of them with sapphire. There are millions and millions of watches with sapphire glass and I never heard any of their watch makers having an issue with it.
10. ph00ny (Posts: 1508; Member since: 26 May 2011)
I'm pretty rough on the watches and Sapphire crystal is not shatterproof nor is it scratch-proof.
Not sure how it compares to GG3 but it wouldn't surprise me one bit if they're not that far apart from each other
18. tumchaaditya (Posts: 71; Member since: 21 May 2012)
There is nothing like scratch-proof(or water-proof or dust proof)!
Its just "resistant".
Sapphire crystal is scratch-resistant but shatter-prone.
Its rule of physics; harder a material is, the more brittle it is.
26. RebelwithoutaClue (Posts: 3578; Member since: 05 Apr 2013)
Hence the brittlenes of diamonds....
30. roscuthiii (Posts: 2241; Member since: 18 Jul 2010)
Funny, but... Diamonds generally come in the "diamond" shape, basically (forgive the crudeness) with aesthetically pleasing facets. A flat thin diamond structure would be much more brittle.
7. VZWuser76 (Posts: 4783; Member since: 04 Mar 2010)
I know a lot of people are talking about it possibly having kinetic charging, but I see a problem with that theory. If they're going to use Moto's Active Display, which I think is pretty much a given, then wouldn't the movement required for kinetic charging, along with the movement of the kinetic sphere itself, cause the display to come on quite frequently?
24. egainer (Posts: 5; Member since: 21 Mar 2014)
I have active display on my phone. When I'm driving or rubbing it doesn't come on. Seems to decipher intentional movement to see the screen vs. Running or driving. When I'm driving, moto assist pops up and asks if I'm driving. I wouldn't mind an active display that looked like an analog watch, but when you unlocked it showed the full screen
25. VZWuser76 (Posts: 4783; Member since: 04 Mar 2010)
I have it as well (Droid Maxx and Moto X). The reason you don't see it pop up while either driving or running has to do with the accelerometer seeing constant movement. In a car it can tell it's moving faster than a human could so you get driving mode. If your running your probably swinging your arms as you run, and when it sees constant movement it doesn't come on for every movement which would drain the battery.
The difference between Moto360 and other devices will be simply that you'll be wearing the Moto360. A phone is picked up or flipped over, and it knows to turn on AD. Even vibration from foot steps can set it off. But wearing the device will be much different, it's going to be hard for it to distinguish when it should or shouldn't turn on AD. Now if they use a predetermined gesture, like the flip twice for camera the Moto phones use, that will be better. But otherwise there could be a lot of false triggers for AD, and the movement of the kinetic sphere inside that allows kinetic charging could even trigger it. That's all I was saying.
Personally I think its very smart using both Active Display and Touchless Controls on a smartwatch. I think it will make for a better user experience, but figuring out the human interaction part will be much harder than simply pressing a button to make use of it.
11. PBXtech (Posts: 1032; Member since: 21 Oct 2013)
i was hoping for sapphire glass, just release it already!
14. blazee (Posts: 414; Member since: 02 Jan 2012)
I don't want them to rush it and release it w flaws. I might get one for myself when it comes out.
15. DRO_ID (Posts: 40; Member since: 20 Feb 2014)
Motorola, the true innovator in the mobile space is getting their groove back. Motorola have always been the leader in my opinion when it comes to mobile technology innovations, they just have a poor track record of marketing and delivery which improved slightly since Google bought them. As long as they use the same formula they did with the Moto X, which was complimenting Android software with their own useful features, I think they could have a serious hit here. As long as they are able to produce this watch at a price that's acceptable for a high end watch, they nailed it.
17. tumchaaditya (Posts: 71; Member since: 21 May 2012)
They better have pretty good charging + battery system in there...
Who the hell would want to charge their wrist watch every night?
19. Professor (Posts: 223; Member since: 02 Aug 2013)
Why not? I don't sleep with a wrist watch...
21. KillgoreTroutTime (Posts: 433; Member since: 06 Jan 2014)
Nor do I. I charge a phone and tablet every night. Why exactly is charging one more thing a big deal?
20. KillgoreTroutTime (Posts: 433; Member since: 06 Jan 2014)
A device that only runs on solar or kinetic? What are people smoking? That type of tech is a long way away. A basic watch can run on just solar or kinetic because....THEY ARE NOT COMPUTERS.
22. frickbot (Posts: 21; Member since: 15 Mar 2014)
wearable tech is going to be like phones where before you could use a model thats a few years old and no one would notice and now if you tell someone you have a nexus 4 or iphone 4 people ask you where you are housing your dinosaur or if you just let it be free range.
23. Scott93274 (Posts: 5399; Member since: 06 Aug 2013)
lol, I hope they include a find my phone feature on there so you can have your phone's alarm/ringer go off (Obviously this would only work if the phone was near by).... it would sure beat asking others to borrow their phones to call yours.
27. RebelwithoutaClue (Posts: 3578; Member since: 05 Apr 2013)
Perhaps you can have the phone alarm go off when it comes out of a certain range of your smartwatch. Can keep you from forgetting your phone as well
28. Scott93274 (Posts: 5399; Member since: 06 Aug 2013)
That could work, and also at the same time drive me nuts... maybe have the watch pulse, or vibrate when it disconnects due to proximity.


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Someone once said, "Raising teenagers is like nailing Jell-O to a tree."
I vaguely remember what being a teenager was like, only I had a twin sister to boot. Twin teenage daughters... My mom probably wondered what she did to deserve such torture.
After all, teenagers can be a real pain.
Most legislation that the General Assembly passes each year falls in one of two categories: It either protects, or it promotes.
That was especially evident this past week in the Kentucky House of Representatives, which voted for bills that range from further limiting abuse of our youngest and oldest citizens to helping more students in the coalfields of Eastern Kentucky get their four-year college degree.
For the last several years, the biggest challenge facing the General Assembly and Governor Steve Beshear has been keeping the state on track as it weathers the toughest worldwide recession in more than 70 years.
By Roger Mattingly
Guest columnist
I believe there is a lot of injustice going on here in Marion County. The injustice I'm speaking about pertains to the way that many employers are treating their employees in our work force. It's past and long overdue for someone to speak out about these types of issues.
Employees deserve to be treated with respect, dignity, fairness and non-discrimination practices. They need to be treated like people instead of animals or robots. Employees need to be listened to, whenever they have a legitimate complaint.
As a Vietnam veteran, I must speak out condemning the recent civilian killings in Afghanistan by one of our U.S. soldiers in the heat of active battle with the enemy, civilians sometimes get injured or killed. That is an unfortunate cost of waging war.
For anyone to seek out innocent civilians, in their homes, to kill is blatantly murder and should be dealt with accordingly. Sadly, our other soldiers will be targeted now out of retaliation for this crime. My prayers go out to all those families affected.
Barney Tharp
The Marion County Lady Knights have a lot to celebrate.
They have completed the most successful run in the history of Marion County girls basketball. During the past three seasons, the Lady Knights have won back-to-back-to-back regional titles. They've made it to the final four of the Sweet Sixteen two years in a row.
And this year, they became the first Lady Knights team to reach the state finals.
Let that sink in for a moment.
I would like to commend Joy Mining Machinery for their recent dedication to their employees in the midst of the storms on Friday. March 2. Not only did they cancel second shift, but they also took the time and effort on Saturday to call employees to verify that they were OK.
This small action shows their true appreciation of their employees. Lebanon is lucky to have a company that still supports the value of what really makes up a company - the employees. May we keep all those affected by the storms in our prayers.
We spent much of two days last week watching radar, looking for up-to-the-minute weather reports and seeing what could be heading our way. We were spared any major damage, but we have seen how devastating the system was through national and state news reports.
We also know about the generosity of Marion Countians. We witnessed it firsthand with the ice storm and the flooding that affected our community in recent years.
You probably won't be surprised to hear that the Kentucky Young Democrats talked politics over the weekend during their convention in Lebanon.
But some people might be surprised that the Democratic Party is essentially conceding Kentucky as a lost cause already in the 2012 Presidential race. Even Keidra King, a field representative for Barack Obama's re-election campaign, said as much when she stopped by the convention on Saturday.
That doesn't mean the Democrats are sitting out the 2012 election, however.
After a pause for President's Day, the legislature moved into the second half of the 2012 General Assembly Session. I had visits from groups representing adult day health care providers and developmental disabilities. Many Boy Scout troops came to Frankfort for the annual Boy Scout Day at the Capitol. It was a pleasure to see these civic-minded boys and young men and their dedicated troop leaders and parents.
So, we have an extra day today... what are you going to do with it?
I have a suggestion for you.
Take the leap to live longer and start exercising.
Wait! Wait!
Before you turn the page, hear me out.
Bringing back the Red Cross
John G. Mattingly and the Marion County Fiscal Court recently approved funding to help the Red Cross purchase disaster relief supplies.
With their foresight, the Red Cross is back in Marion County in a big way. Communities all over the world benefit from Red Cross services in their times of need, and with this commitment, Marion County will be better prepared for the next ice storm or big flood.
We have enjoyed the MCHS boys and girls basketball games this year and would like to point out a few really special people involved in each and every event.
First, the coaches and players have had a great season.
Volunteers show up for every game and do a remarkable job, and the MCHS administration and staff make sure the bases are covered for every game.
The faithful fans deserve credit for showing up to enjoy every game, and the students encourage the players and give us all a lift.
The Community Service Center Board of Directors would like to express our sincere appreciation to all who have donated food or money in the past to help the needy of Marion County.
We have reached the half-way point of the 2012 General Assembly Session. There are daily committee meetings, policy briefings, visits from constituents, and meetings with various advocacy groups.
We have reached the half way mark of the 2012 session and I believe the House of Representatives has much to show for our 30 days in Frankfort.
Since Jan. 3, we have been hard at work moving legislation through the committee process, working on budget issues within our subcommittees and meeting with constituents and stakeholders on issues of importance to Kentuckians.
Here's the good news.
Marion County is in the 24th District of the Kentucky House of Representatives. We know this.
Marion County voters know we will have a choice between the incumbent, Terry Mills, and challenger Bill Pickerill. The problem for the candidates is figuring out what other counties should be part of their campaigns.
If you support tourism in Lebanon, last week was a reason to celebrate.
Not only did the Lebanon Tourist and Convention Commission welcome its new executive director, but the community was able to celebrate what could become our next tourist attraction.
The tourist commission had a rough year in 2011 for more reasons than we care to list here, but 2012 has gotten off to a much better start.
A lot has been shown recently on television concerning the Mayan calendar's end in 2012 and those who believe that a great disaster will strike the earth in late December of this year. I really do not know anything concerning the Mayan calendar and have not been exposed to any information that would let me believe that the world will end anyway soon. However, based upon history and re-occurring earthquakes, I do believe this area could see a major disruption in the very near future.
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Permission has been granted for Helston estate agency The Mather Partnership to relocate further up the street to a bigger office.
Owner Peter Courtis has been granted conditional permission for change of use of the ground and first floor of the former Clarks shoe shop in Meneage Street into an estate agency.
This is to allow his business, currently based further down the same street, to expand.
Mr Courtis took over the business three years ago and has employed three more people, taking the total to six.
In his application to Cornwall Council, Mr Courtis wrote that should the application be successful that number of full time staff would immediately increase to nine.
He added: "I am pleased to say that we have grown the business to such a level that to now maintain and both improve upon our business service levels we need to be looking to move to larger premises in the town."


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The former 'House M.D.' actor will play an uncool cubicle worker whose identity is stolen, but he ends up liking the fake life he's given more than the real one.
Kal Penn has landed a lead role in ABC's comedy pilot "Prairie Dogs". The Kumar Patel in "Harold and Kumar" films is tapped to play a lowly cubicle worker named Neil, who becomes the victim of identity theft.
The thief, however, has created a much more fulfilling life with his identity than he ever has. Preferring the fake life he's been given to the boring one he was living, he enlists the charismatic conman to help him change his life.
The single camera sitcom is written and executive produced by Jackie and Jeff Filgo ("That '70s Show"). "Saturday Night Live" alumna Michaela Watkins has been earlier cast in the pilot.
Kal Penn previously had a regular role on "House M.D." as Lawrence Kutner. He left the show when he joined the Obama administration in 2009. The 34-year-old actor most recently recurred in this currently airing seventh season of "How I Met Your Mother" as Kevin.


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The FY 2017 IHL funding request includes an increase of $50.1 million for faculty and staff salary increases across the system. It also includes an additional $14.2 million for student financial aid over the FY 2016 appropriation and a request for $17 million in appropriated funds to address facility repair and renovation needs.
As outlined in the Statewide Strategic Plan, the state's goal for higher education is "to make available an accessible, quality public higher education at an affordable cost that prepares Mississippians to become productive, financially self-sufficient members of society while meeting the human resource needs of Mississippi and its employers, including the creation of new jobs through the commercialization of university-based research."
Mississippi Public Universities enrolled 93,833 students and awarded a record number of 16,813 degrees in Academic Year 2015. Fall 2015 enrollment is the highest in the history of the university system with 81,132 students enrolled.
Mississippi Public Universities provide high-quality education, research and innovation that support economic growth and opportunities that benefit all Mississippians in a very competitive environment. Keeping our state's brightest students in Mississippi requires the best faculty and support staff; sophisticated technology; and modern, safe, well-maintained facilities.
Facilities Needs Request
The FY 2017 Facilities Needs Request includes the top five capital project priorities identified by each university. The total request includes $551.2 million in capital improvements.
IHL's eight campuses, the University of Mississippi Medical Center, and 12 satellite centers include more 1,653 buildings on more than 12,000 acres of land. IHL buildings comprise 46 percent of the gross square footage of all State buildings. IHL buildings have a replacement value of more than $7.5 billion which represents 50 percent of the overall replacement value for State buildings.


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Fire is a natural element of many natural ecosystems in Michigan, including forests, savannas, and prairies. These ecosystems have evolved with fire, and it plays an essential role in sustaining their viability and vigor. Land managers use prescribed fire to restore fire-adapted ecosystems and reduce fuels, but unplanned or uncontrolled fireswildfirescan be destructive to ecosystems, to property, and even to human life. Fire management comprises the appropriate use of prescribed fire as well as the prevention and suppression of wildfires.
The Michigan Society of American Foresters (SAF) supports stable and adequate funding for wildfire suppression and ongoing training in fire management agencies and local fire departments. Programs that educate landowners and local governments of the danger of wildfire and methods for minimizing risk also are sorely needed, as are fuel reduction programs. Michigan SAF also supports the use of prescribed fire under proper weather and fuel conditions to achieve clearly defined land management objectives. Prescribed fires must be conducted under conditions that minimize the potential health hazards and visibility effects of smoke. The benefits of prescribed fire also must be weighed against the risks of it escaping. A cadre of highly trained and experienced personnel is essential for proper implementation of prescribed fire, and Michigan SAF advocates recurring training of personnel in agencies and organizations doing prescribed burning.
Michigans fire history has taken some extreme turns. During the millennia preceding the major Euroamerican settlement that began in the early 1800s, fires were a common occurrence in Michigan ecosystems, with Native People effectively using it as a land management practice. During the period of rampant forest exploitation that began in the mid 1800s, wildfires of catastrophic proportionsthe effects of which can still be seenburned back and forth across the Michigan landscape. By the 1920s little forest was left to burn. Eventually, fire prevention and suppression efforts improved so that fire was effectively excluded. The last decades of the 20th century witnessed a growing recognition by ecologists and foresters that fire was a natural part of ecosystems adapted to it and intentional prescribed fires were needed to reintroduce this potent disturbance agent.
Nationwide and in Michigan, the risk of catastrophic wildfires is high. Conifer forests those dominated by species like pines, spruces, and firsare at highest risk. Many of these forests have matured without the low-intensity maintenance fires that historically occurred, resulting in dense stands containing large fuel loads. Fires that ignite in such forests can quickly become raging conflagrations that are difficult and very expensive to suppress. It is likely that a warming of the climate will only accentuate this problem.
Another alarming trend is the dramatic rise in permanent or recreational homes in or near fire-prone ecosystems. This increasing rural population increases the probability that a wildfire will be ignited, as over 90% of Michigan wildfires are human-caused. People in forests also greatly complicate fire-fighting strategies as saving lives and structures becomes the highest priority for fire-fighter ranks already stretched thin.
Issue: The wildland-urban interface refers to areas where human communities and wild natural communities abut; the wildland-urban intermix occurs where human and wild communities intermingle (both abbreviated WUI). The interface and intermix present unique challenges for fire mangers in areas where the wild community is fire prone. Forests dominated by red and jack pines that occur in northern Michigan are particularly risky (Haight et al. 2004). Professional foresters can help to educate people living in high-risk WUI areas on the danger of wildfire, as well as on landscaping and building materials and designs that can mitigate fire danger. Local governments also need to be advised of potential wildfire risks when crafting zoning ordinances and building and insurance codes. The national Firewise program (http://www.firewise.org) and Michigan State University Extension (http://web2.msue.msu.edu/bulletins/intro.cfm) produce excellent materials and programs for educating people about wildfire risks and mitigation.
Issue: During the last few decades the accumulation of fuel to dangerous levels has occurred in many conifer forests, due principally to exclusion of the low-to moderate intensity fires that once burned through them. Recent research has shown that these fire-prone Michigan ecosystems still burn more frequently than hardwood-dominated, fire-resistant ecosystems, but the frequency of fire is much lower than in pre- Euroamerican settlement times (Cleland et al. 2004). The federal Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 and the Healthy Forests Initiative that grew out of it are designed to accelerate fuel-hazard-reduction activities, especially in the WUI. Thinning dense stands may be necessary before prescribed fire can be employed to maintain safe fuel levels. Forest managers need to be actively engaged in assessing fuel levels and implementing fuel-reduction treatments where necessary. Funding for these activities on both the state and federal level must increase and, in fact, investments in fuel reduction treatments could pay for themselves by lowering future wildfire suppression costs (Snider, Daugherty, and Wood 2006).
Issue: Fire-dependent Michigan ecosystem types, such as jack pine or paper birch, depend on fire for natural regeneration and forest type perpetuation. Endangered species, like the Kirtlands warbler and Karner blue butterfly, utilize specific habitats that historically were created by frequent fires. Certain stand characteristics that were historically common, such as the open, low-growing understory of mature red and white pine forests, were maintained by occasional surface fires. Numerous pests are controlled by fires that burn across the forest floor where these organisms complete part of their life cycle. Finally, the now-rare savannas and prairies of Michigan owe their very existence to regular fires. Only through implementation of regular prescribed burning by knowledgeable and experienced professionals can these species and ecosystems be maintained or restored to their historic condition.
Issue: Failing to allow professional flexibility in the use of prescribed fire as a management tool can adversely affect both forest values and citizen welfare. Land management agencies and industrial landowners must implement fire-management policies that include both fire suppression and prescribed fire. Exclusion of either will continue to bring unwanted consequences. Use of prescribed fireas with any tool has a negative side: prescribed fires occasionally escape and become wildfires, and they produce smoke which can be an annoyance and a health hazard. Professional fire managers and foresters need to build the regular implementation of prescribed fire into their long-range plans and seek adequate funding to carry them out. They also must exercise diligence and responsibility when carrying out fire plans.
Final Discussion
The goal of modern fire management is to minimize fires destructive effects while maximizing its long-term ecological and social benefits. This goal can be accomplished only by a combination of a high standard of professional expertise in both wildfire suppression and prescribed fire implementation, increased public awareness of fires danger and benefits, and adequate local, state, and federal funding.
Cleland, D.T., T.R. Crow, S.C. Saunders, D.I. Dickmann, A.L. Maclean, J.K. Jordan, R.L. Watson, A.M. Sloan, and K.D. Brosofske. 2004. Characterizing historical and modern fire regimes in Michigan (USA): A landscape ecosystem approach. Landscape Ecology 19:311-325.
Haight, R. G., D.T. Cleland, R.B. Hammer, V.C. Radeloff, and T.S. Rupp. 2004. Assessing fire risk in the wildland-urban interface. J. Forestry 102(7):41-48.
Snider, G., P.J. Daugherty, and D. Wood. 2006. The irrationality of continued fire suppression: an avoided cost analysis of fire hazard reduction treatments versus no treatment. J. Forestry 104:431-437).
A position adopted by the Executive Committee of the Michigan Society of American Foresters on March 20, 2002, and revised and extended on May 30, 2007, which will expire after five years unless revised, extended, or withdrawn.
The Michigan Society of American Foresters is the scientific and educational association of professional foresters, including consultants, researchers, professors, students, and employees of public agencies and private firms. The Mission of SAF is to advance the science, technology, education, and practice of professional forestry to benefit current and future generations.
Michigan SAF Home Page
This website is maintained by Bill Cook, Michigan State University Extension Forest in the Upper Peninsula. Comments, questions, and suggestions are gratefully accepted.
Last update of this page was 29 April, 2009
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Yesterday Adweek pointed out FCB Chicago's new ad for KFC's Buffalo Snacker. The twist? You have to play the spot in slow-mo to get the "secret code" which will get you a coupon for a free sandwich. But not everyone has a DVR. So they have made the spot viewable on their website as well.
Could this be the wave of change to allay DVR fears?
"The secret code is out there if you're hungry enough to find it," said Scott Bergren, evp, marketing for KFC. "And we want people to solve the mystery so that they can enjoy the new Buffalo Snacker on us."
One thing that is missing from this "secret code" idea is something a bit more interesting than what you're actually looking for. You'd think that it would be a number or phrase worked into the background on the spot. Sadly, this is what you're searching for:
If this is used as a trial run to test the waters for options for working with DVRs, I'd be interested to find out how well the program performs. The Adweek article doesn't mention whether or not it is. One thing is for sure, it would have been more creative and fun for the secret code to have been hidden in a more creative way.


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Fujifilm introduces 5 new FinePix in Japan with the F300EXR, Z800EXR, Z80, JX280 and S2800HD
Schedule to be available in Japan early august for the Z800EXR, Z80, JX280 and S2800HD and early September for the F300EXR, Fujifilm latest Point & Shoot line and Bridge aims to give Fujifilm the edge over its competitors.
Fujifilm F300EXR. Our newly developed point & shoot, comes in a stylish and compact body following in the footsteps of the F Series and features not only a 12Mpix Super CCD EXR sensor, but also a 15x optical Zoom, a new Hybrid AF including a Contrast AF and Phase detection AF. The F300EXR also features an intelligent CCD Shift stabilization system using a new Gyro Sensor, a Motion 360 Panorama, a better and accurate Optical Zoom with better noise handling, Face Detection, Face recognition, ISO Speed up to 12800, a 3" LCD and a 720p Video mode and HDMI.
Fujifilm Z800EXR. Keeping it small, still powerful, Fujifilm new Z800EXR is a 12Mpix Super CCD EXR sensor point & shoot, available in 4 different colors including a "Pink" and "Red" model. Clearly targeting active women, our cameras comes with a 5x optical Zoom, a 3.5" touch LCD, an Intelligent IS, Motion 360 panorama, Auto-Image rotate, 720p video (No HDMI) YouTube/FaceBook easy web uploader, Dog & Cat Mode, and both Face detection and recognition.
Fujifilm S2800HD. Our 14Mpix bridge includes a 18x optical Zoom, (28-540mm), a 3" LCD, Dual Image Stabilization, ISO speed up to 6400, 720p video recording with HDMI out, Face Detection, Blink detection, Smile Shot, SR Auto (Scene Recognition Auto), Tracking AF, Motion Panorama and can be used with 4x AA batteries.
FinePix Z80. Another point & shoot with a impressive 14.2Mpix censor, 13Mb of internal memory, available in 3 different "pastel" colors, 5x optical Zoom, ISO speed up to 1600, 720p Video mode with YouTube uploader, SR Auto, TTL Contrast AF and Phase detection AF and a 2.7" LCD.
FinePix JX280. The last Point & Shoot announced today by Fujifilm, comes like the Z80 with a 14.2Mpix censor, ISO Speed up to 3200, 5x optical Zoom, 720p video mode, SR Auto, Panorama Mode, Ir Mode to beam photo to your Ir capable phone and a 2.7" LCD.
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PQ 7. Canterbury, Recovery—Lincoln University Rebuild
[Sitting date: 23 July 2014. Volume:700;Page:9. Text is subject to correction.]
7. Hon KATE WILKINSON (National—Waimakariri) to the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment : What investment is the Government making in the recovery of Lincoln University?
Hon STEVEN JOYCE (Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment): Last week I announced that the Government has approved in principle to provide up to $107.5 million in additional capital funding towards the rebuilding of Lincoln University's science facilities destroyed in the Canterbury earthquakes. Lincoln suffered very significant damage in the earthquakes, losing 40 percent of its academic floor space, including much of its facilities for science, teaching, and research. The Government funding of up to $107.5 million is almost one-third of the projected cost of the total campus rebuild, and will involve demolishing the badly damaged Hilgendorf and Burns buildings, and replacing them with modern new facilities.
Hon Kate Wilkinson : Why is the Government investing in new science facilities for Lincoln University?
Hon STEVEN JOYCE : The Canterbury earthquakes did cause, as I said, very significant damage to the university. It has been using temporary facilities since the earthquakes. And, of course, since the earthquakes, it has had a drop in student numbers, as has Canterbury University. This funding will help the university with its rebuild programme and get it back fully on its feet. Of course, the agricultural sector, which is Lincoln's area of speciality, earns New Zealand $36 billion in exports each year, and the university is a leading player in the sector's teaching and research, helping to ensure increasing amounts of innovation in that sector. The new facilities will be a huge asset to Lincoln, significantly assisting its recovery and student numbers, and, of course, also providing opportunities for those export earnings to continue to increase as productivity increases.
Hon Kate Wilkinson : How does the Government's investment in Lincoln University assist the development of the Lincoln Hub?
Hon STEVEN JOYCE : The Lincoln Hub is a partnership
between the university, Dairy New Zealand, and a number of
Crown research institutes. It will be an incubator for
research, innovation, and wealth creation in the
agricultural sector, with one of the highest concentrations
of agricultural and environmental scientists in the southern
hemisphere working together to bring new ideas to market and
develop new export opportunities. Part of the Government's
agreement with Lincoln for this new funding is the
integration of its new facilities with the other major
partners in the hub. The rebuild of the university, together
with the existing campus development plans of the research
institutes located at Lincoln, mean we have a unique,
once-in-a-generation opportunity to combine the physical
operations of all these entities in one integrated campus
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Any time a company doesn't clearly disclose all of the ingredients in a product I can't help but find out what they are hiding.
As I heard more and more folks talking about this company, I got the same feeling from it that I had when a friend tried to get me on Herbalife about 10 years ago…thank goodness I knew better!
While I realize that people may be experiencing some benefits due to weight loss, energy, etc. you have to consider at what cost that is coming at. And yes, it does give you the warm fuzzies to see that it is endorsed by Drew Brees, Sam Bradford, Colt McCoy and Jason Witten…four of the quintessential "good guys" in pro football, I think they're even Christians so obviously, you can trust them, right?
But we all know that's no reason to use something. So, I started researching one of their most popular products: Spark.
"Spark" is advertised as a low-cal energy drink that is sugar free and doesnt give you jitters.
Just the words "sugar free" and "low-calorie" raised a red flag in my mind. So, I started digging.
The products list on the advocare website lists the "key" ingredients, but it is by no means a full list, which made me think they had something to hide.
It turns out they have a lot to hide. That is, if they want to continue advertising this garbage as healthy!
I finally did find it. In a small tab under the "key ingredients" is "all ingredients". You click the tiny button to the left and it will reveal the actual, comprehensive list, revealing the top offenders: "natural and artificial flavors, sucralose."
Wah..wah…there they are are: the nasty little ingredients that they don't really want you to know are in there. The ones you have to dig to find.
Just because something is a "natural" flavor doesn't mean that it is good for you, and artificial flavors cause a host of issues and illnesses: including headaches, ADD, hyperactivity, tumors, neurological disorders….I could go on.
Sucralose is just the generic name for Splenda, a toxic artificial sweetener. Take sugar (often derived from GMO sugar beets) process it with chlorine, and voila: sucralose. It was actually originally created as an insecticide, but once chemists discovered that it was so sweet, they abandoned the insecticide idea and marketed this chemical as a healthy sugar alternative. Seriously. Why? Because the diet & weight loss industry is way more profitable than the pest-control industry.
"But sucralose is FDA approved! It even says so on the Advocare website!" you might say. Honestly, that means nothing! The FDA has approved a host of horrible chemicals (including asparame!!) that are killing us. They give the thumbs up to lots of other chemicals posing as food that other, healthier countries have long ago banned. Plus, the study that they did before approving sucralose included 23 humans for only 4 days…how irresponsible is that when passing off an insecticide as a food product?
***Since writing this post, Sucralose has been downgraded from "safe" to "caution" because of it's link to leukemia***
I'll go further in-depth about the dangers of artificial sweeteners in a future post but for now, here are the most common side effects of this sweet chemical:
it reduces the good bacteria in your intestines (which causes a cascade of other problems) and raises the Ph in your body. It also…wait for it…is linked to weight gain because of it's propensity to cause carb cravings, stimulate appetite, and increase fat storage in the body. It is also linked to a laundry list of other symptoms like migraines, dizziness, kidney stones, seizures, rashes, stomach pain and diarrhea, anxiety and depression.
So, I am not even going to go into the rest of the questionable ingredients, or bother with researching how they derive the vitamins and minerals in their products. I don't see anywhere where they are "raw" or "live" or "food-sourced" or "organic" so they may just be synthetic or derived from GMO plants laden with pesticides. Honestly, I don't care, because the presence of artificial flavors and sucralose is enough to convince me that these products are not only unhealthy, but not designed with whole body long-term health in mind.
And, in my opinion, any company who would make finding all of the ingredients in their products difficult and who markets harmful chemicals as health products is lacking in either integrity or basic knowledge of long-term health.
I also looked into the protein powders. Every one I saw contained artificial flavors and sucralose. Many are made from soy protein (they don't list their products "non-GMO" which means that there is a 90% chance that this stuff is made with GMO soy!) Also, soy, when not fermented mimics estrogen in the body…man boobs and infertility anyone??
The solution? Eat FOOD, real food. Not processed, packaged, multi-level-marketed chemicals. This means organic, local if possible, fruits and vegetables, pastured bird products, grass fed red meats, raw dairy from grass fed cows…When you fuel your body with the things that it was naturally designed to run on, it functions properly for you, and you stay trim. In the same way that a gasoline vehicle will not function well on diesel, your body will not run well when you put the wrong stuff in it.
The chemicals found in products like Advocare may yield short term benefits like energy and weight loss, but the long-term effects of consuming these things can truly be devestating to one's health.
If you need an energy boost in the morning try kombucha, lemon water, chia seed, or organic coffee. Also consider why you are lacking in energy. This is often because of a mineral or vitamin deficiency that can be healed through proper diet or quality supplementation rather than suppressing the symptoms with a powdered chemical drink.
Alright, I'm really not wanting to step on any toes. I'm just looking out for ya!
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COVER STORY: Pump up the volume
Fuel operations are no fad, and smart grocers are getting better mileage from promotions that win new shoppers.By Jenny McTaggart
Looking for an enticing promotion to lure customers into your store? How's this for an attention getter, borrowed from the Web site of Virginia Beach, Va.-based Farm Fresh: "A customer...recently paid just $.698 per gallon for 10 gallons of gas." Meet one of the most popular marketing tools being used by supermarkets nationwide. Fuel programs wielding promotional discounts have been hotter than ever over this summer, as gas prices climbed above $3 a gallon. Retailers and industry observers now expect that there's no looking back.
"These programs have been around for years, but today their objective has changed significantly," observes Charles L. Sharp, marketing professor at the University of Louisville in Kentucky. "Companies like Kroger originally conducted promotions when they first began offering fuel sales, to build awareness. Now retailers recognize that fuel promotions build traffic, because fuel is so expensive these days."
"Fuel centers will arguably be the fastest-growing trend in the supermarket sector in the next half of this decade," predicts Burt Flickinger III, a New York-based supermarket consultant.
The basic premise of these programs is that by letting shoppers earn discounts toward gasoline purchases when they shop in the supermarket, retailers will gain more loyal shoppers and a broader customer base. Grocers with on-site gas pumps, and even those without, are testing the waters with specials that tie into specific product categories and/or private label programs, and in many cases link up with existing loyalty card programs.
Public companies, including Costco and Kroger, are citing fuel sales in their quarterly financial reports, while privately held companies such as Giant Eagle, Publix, and H.E. Butt Grocery Co. are investing more capital and brain power into how to make fuel promotions work better.
As of today, one-third of supermarket companies surveyed by the Food Marketing Institute say that at least some of their stores offer gasoline service. "Our data show that gasoline sales is emerging as a common offering among supermarket-type formats, ranging from limited-assortment stores to supercenters," says Bill Greer, director of editorial services at FMI.
An informal online survey Progressive Grocer conducted during the summer found that 72 percent of respondents were planning special promotions tied to fuel sales.
Among the benefits for retailers, fuel promotions can:
--Drive new traffic to the store, and help retailers compete on a new level.
--Reward customers with a tangible, valuable incentive.
--Create excitement and attract positive media attention.
--Be used creatively to help drive other businesses, specific initiatives, and/or particular categories in the store.
For most retailers, however, the one thing these promotions don't do -- at least in the short term -- is add to the bottom line. As a general rule, supermarket fuel promotions are largely considered cost programs and break-even propositions at best. Nevertheless, for the retailers actively involved in fuel-based promotions, the advantages far outweigh the disadvantages, so it's a tradeoff that's well worth it.
"They cost something, but like any promotion you do to try and drive sales, fuel promotions position you favorably against the competition," explains Steve Smith, president and c.e.o. of Abingdon, Va.-based K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc., which operates 94 Food City supermarkets and 46 Gas 'N Go fuel stations in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. "Our first fuel promotion this summer was very successful. Now we'd like to do it again and see how we can make it even more effective."
For fuel-entrenched retailers like Pittsburgh-based Giant Eagle -- largely considered to be the standard bearer in the fuel rewards promotional domain -- significant investments are a requisite. The 216-store Giant Eagle's flexible, customer-friendly "fuelperks!" program is routinely viewed as the most powerful of its kind in the country, but that hardly happened overnight. On the contrary, the chain has been aggressively developing and refining its fuelperks! loyalty program for several years, to the point where it's now become an integral part of Giant Eagle's overall go-to-market strategy.
"This is something we believe in," affirms Dan Pastor, v.p. of Giant Eagle's GetGo fuel and convenience store subsidiary. "You've got to have the support from the top of the organization, straight down the line. We really get behind it by saying, 'This is the way we want to go to market.'"
The program is administered by Giant Eagle's CRM (customer relationship marketing) team, so the company sees it as a loyalty program above all else.
Giant Eagle's dedication to fuel operations may be an indicator of what's to come from other industry players in the next several years, observers agree. Beyond functioning as a sharp promotional instrument, fuel centers are helping retailers up the ante on competing on the basis of shopper convenience as well.
'Perks' for Giant Eagle
Giant Eagle first dipped its talons in the fuel rewards program over two years ago with a pilot program called "Save on Gas." Aside from the obvious universal appeal of providing consumers with cheaper prices at the pump, the gasoline-based discount rewards program also gave Giant Eagle an ideal vehicle to help it repair a perception that it was high-priced, amid a slew of new lower-priced competitors encroaching on its home turf.
The program's initial premise was simple: Customers who spent $50 inside Giant Eagle's supermarkets were eligible to receive 10-cents-per-gallon credit toward a loyalty rewards discount on fuel. In the beginning, the process was paper-based, so shoppers had to bring in receipts to receive their rewards. (Some retailers, Hy-Vee and Farm Fresh, for instance, still use the paper-receipt method.)
Seeking to make the program as seamless and convenient as possible for customers -- and already armed with one of the industry's most sophisticated electronic customer databases as a result of its existing Advantage loyalty card program -- Giant Eagle was in an ideal position to make the program technology-based. By electronically tracking purchases inside its supermarkets -- and ultimately inside GetGos -- the retailer could easily tie in-store purchases to a customer's Advantage card, thus facilitating earnings to be credited on an ongoing, real-time basis.
Giant Eagle launched the new technology-based program, dubbed fuelperks!, roughly six months after it had introduced Save On Gas. Recalls Giant Eagle's Pastor: "A key point when we launched [fuelperks!] that was kind of revolutionary was that it was the first real-time program of both rewards and redemptions that enabled customers to literally go to a Giant Eagle store, shop, check out, go to fuel pumps that might be a couple hundred yards away, and redeem points immediately, with no waiting period. Consumers didn't have to hassle with receipts. It was something that was designed from its inception to be very consumer-friendly."
Out of the gate, fuelperks! generated exceptionally positive consumer buzz and considerable media attention. Today, nearly two years later, the novelty has yet to wear off.
"Quite the contrary," notes Giant Eagle spokesman Rob Borella. "We get continued strong and positive reaction, not only about the base program, but also all the ways consumers can now earn fuelperks! points. As the program has evolved, we've included fuelperks! credit for dry-cleaning purchases in our stores, for other retailers' gift cards, and for pharmacy purchases. We've created multiple consumer marketing efforts in our pharmacy business that are geared toward folks who might be Giant Eagle shoppers, but not users of our pharmacy."
Additionally, Giant Eagle has added to the savings pot: In recent months the retailer has begun offering double fuelperks!, as well as bonus discounts at its GetGo gas stations, with purchases of select items, in select markets.
Says Borella: "We're continuing to diversify the program, as well as earnings opportunities for it, while also using it to grow our other lines of business...be it pharmacy, corporate brands, or market share in specific geographic areas. That's why you don't see one enhanced fuelperks! program; it's not a one-size-fits-all approach in all markets."
Consultant Flickinger credits Giant Eagle with "taking their marketing to a whole new level. Consumers are in more cash and credit constraint than at any time since the Great Depression. The only things not fixed on consumers' budgets are fuel and food. So Giant Eagle, by lowering prices and becoming the low-cost leader on fuel in their market, is building an incredible amount of consumer good will and shifting sales from other competitors, including nontraditional competitors."
He points especially to the edge Giant Eagle is gaining over Wal-Mart. "The irony in this is that even though Wal-Mart announced a pact with Murphy Oil nearly seven years ago to put Murphy fuel centers in outparcels of Wal-Mart parking lots, Wal-Mart is still struggling to get its first 400 fuel centers up. Giant Eagle, even with a record number of Wal-Marts opening in a couple of its key trading areas, has managed to be the low-price leader on fuel."
Flickinger estimates that Giant Eagle basically breaks even on its gasoline operations, after factoring in the costs of running the ongoing discounts. But, on the plus side, the program is introducing new shoppers to Giant Eagle, who would have otherwise required much more merchandising and marketing money to attract, he notes.
Giant Eagle's Pastor confirms that "essentially fuelperks! is funded by the amount of additional store sales that we get inside our multiple store formats -- both GetGo and Giant Eagle."
Making cents
On a much smaller scale, independent Tom Kishman in Minerva, Ohio has been running fuel promotions at Kishman's IGA and Gas N Go for the past two and a half years. He admits that he's still experimenting, and aspires to develop an electronic-based program tied to a loyalty card program similar to Giant Eagle's.
"One of the greatest things about having an electronic setup is that consumers can see the price per gallon at the pump changing," notes Kishman. "They see the price go down, and they feel like they've done something for themselves."
While Kishman's operation may lack the sophistication of larger companies', he says his programs have been quite successful in creating excitement, attracting new shoppers, and boosting in-store sales.
As Kishman sees it, cents-off promotions tend to be the most effective, because consumers easily understand discounts per gallon, as opposed to dollars off the total amount of gas purchased. "People will drive 15 miles to save a nickel a gallon," he observes.
Beyond that basic guideline, a little creativity can go a long way, he says.
"We've done double rewards in a period of time when we knew it was going to be slow. We've also done what I call 'ping-pong' promotions, where customers get rewards in the store to use for fuel, and then get a coupon based on the fill-up to use back in the store. Another recent promotion we did around graduation was to give customers 50 cents off each gallon of gas if they bought a full-sheet graduation photo cake." Kishman's IGA's fuel rewards are good for up to 15 gallons of gas.
Cents-off promos are also going a long way for West Des Moines, Iowa-based Hy-Vee, which has more than 220 retail stores and 67 Hy-Vee Gas locations in the Midwest. But as is typical with Hy-Vee, store directors can add their own two cents.
"Every day Hy-Vee Gas offers a three-cent-per-gallon discount for customers who bring in a receipt from that day's purchase at their Hy-Vee store," explains spokeswoman Donna Tweeten. "However, Hy-Vee store directors have the local autonomy to run bigger promotional tie-ins. Many store directors have, and continue to offer additional per-gallon discounts that coincide with various levels of spending within the food store."
In essence, Hy-Vee views each individual fuel station as a "marketing tool to increase sales in our food stores," says Tweeten. The company plans to continue executing such promotions regularly, she adds.
K-VA-T's first-time "Fuel Bucks" promotion ran in select markets from May through the end of July, and convinced c.e.o. Smith and his team that fuel promotions hold a lot of promise.
"We had been a conventional fuel purveyor up until this year, but technology has allowed us to do other things," says Smith. "We wanted to keep the promotion simple, so we said that for every $25 customers spent in the store (excluding cigarettes, alcohol, pharmacy items, gift cards, or video), they'd get one fuel buck via the Catalina coupon dispenser. For every $10 they spent on store-branded merchandise, they got another fuel buck." Customers had to present their ValuCard to the Gas 'N Go cashier to activate the perks.
While K-VA-T didn't expect profitability, it did want to increase transaction size and private label penetration. "We definitely accomplished both," confirms Smith. "Our sales were up significantly, and private label sales were up significantly, too; we actually exceeded our goals. We exceeded our goals on redemption as well."
Smith says he was surprised to see that the promotion also increased coupon usage in general. Apparently, as consumers get used to the great value they're getting on gas, they begin to see coupons in a whole new light. "The redemption of Catalina coupons has gone straight up."
Also, because the summer promotion was the first for his Food City banner, local media showed a lot of interest, notes Smith. "There were even cartoons about it in the local paper."
Now Smith and his staff are looking at revisiting a fuel promotion "with some modifications," he says. "We'd like to take the program we did and make it even more effective. That may mean partnering with suppliers for ideas."
Media frenzy
Giant Eagle's fuel promotions have also generated a lot of media attention. To maintain momentum, the chain kicked off a new back-to-school multimedia advertising campaign that focused not only on the fuel-savings program, but also on the sale of other retailers' gift cards inside Giant Eagle stores.
"The TV ad features a student going back to college, wearing a pair of shoes purchased with a Dick's gift card from Giant Eagle, a pair of jeans bought with an Old Navy gift card, and typing on a laptop that she bought from Best Buy with a gift card," says Borella. "The message: 'Everything you need for back-to-school can earn you fuelperks! credits.'
"It's making a mind shift with our customers that gift cards aren't for gifts anymore -- they can be used for everyday purchases, as an alternative form of currency to earn fuel discounts."
In addition to the gift card tie-in, Giant Eagle is also experimenting with a promotion linked to its corporate brands in Erie, Pa. and Youngstown, Ohio. The retailer also hopes to do more cross-promotions with WetGo car wash locations, a new brand that it began aggressively building last year, according to Borella.
With Giant Eagle setting the bar high, other retailers just getting into fuel operations in its markets will be playing catch-up, says Flickinger. "Giant Eagle has one of the top real estate and store-engineering departments in the country. They've really been working hard at this for a few years."
But retailers outside Giant Eagle's territory may have time to experiment, as fuel promotions shouldn't lose their appeal any time soon, observers agree.
"[T]hese promotions are going to hold their sizzle for the protracted future, because gas and fuel will continue to be an issue, perhaps an even greater issue," says Sharp.
Rob Plaza, senior equity analyst at Zack's Investment Research in Chicago, agrees that more supermarkets will be getting into fuel operations in the coming years. "As long as retailers have space in their parking lots, you'll see fuel stations pretty much everywhere," he says.
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The front features a black and white photography of the Portable Mixer, Cat. No. 149M8. The mixer has three beaters and can be removed from the stand. The background is black with three white stars. The title is white on a blue background, with "Portable Mixer" in white on a black background. The back is two-thirds blue and one-third black. The GE logo is centered. (Form) MAZ-174-2. rev. 36 pages.
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