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Khatami Expected to Declare Candidacy Wednesday
Iranian President Mohammad Khatami is expected at the interior ministry Wednesday morning to declare his candidacy for the June presidential election, official sources said.
"Khatami will come this morning to file his candidacy," a ministry official who asked not to be named told AFP.
Sources close to the reformist president, cited in the conservative Jomhuri Eslami newspaper Wednesday, said Khatami had definitively decided to run after a meeting Sunday with Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Khatami has kept Iran on tenterhooks with his silence over whether he intends to seek a second four-year term in office when voters go to the polls on June 8.
Khatami's silence has fuelled widespread speculation about his political plans, and he has gone public in recent months with his frustrations over his limited powers in office.
Stiff opposition from conservatives who control key state institutions such as the courts and police has stymied Khatami's agenda of social and political reforms.
More than 30 mostly pro-reform newspapers have been closed down since last year, while opposition leaders, reformists, journalists and political allies of the president have been jailed.
The reformist cleric swept to office in 1997 with nearly 70 percent of the popular vote, largely on the back of overwhelming support from women and young people.
Earlier Wednesday, Farah Khosravi filed her papers at the ministry, becoming the first woman to stand for president in Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution.
Meanwhile, Mohammad-Reza Khatami, Secretary-General of Islamic Iran Participation Front (IIPF), said Tuesday he hoped his brother would soon respond to the candidacy question by his action, said the official Iranian news agency (IRNA).
The MP said that his brother had formerly seriously doubted his entry in the elections.
He said President Khatami had doubts about whether opponents of reforms would be ready to give the least chance for meeting public demands.
He added that as a whole, he thought President Khatami would abide by his commitment to the public and would be ready to put up with all hardships on the way – Albawaba.com
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President Obama, Gov. Scott react to Zimmerman trial
President Obama:
"The death of Trayvon Martin was a tragedy. Not just for his family, or for any one community, but for America. I know this case has elicited strong passions. And in the wake of the verdict, I know those passions may be running even higher. But we are a nation of laws, and a jury has spoken. I now ask every American to respect the call for calm reflection from two parents who lost their young son. And as we do, we should ask ourselves if we're doing all we can to widen the circle of compassion and understanding in our own communities. We should ask ourselves if we're doing all we can to stem the tide of gun violence that claims too many lives across this country on a daily basis. We should ask ourselves, as individuals and as a society, how we can prevent future tragedies like this. As citizens, that's a job for all of us. That's the way to honor Trayvon Martin."
Gov. Rick Scott: "As a father and a grandfather, my thoughts and prayers remain with Trayvon Martin's family and all those affected by his death. Our judicial process is a sacred part of the fabric of our country; and the more difficult the decision, the more we must value this important American institution."
Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Miami: "A simple fact remains: an innocent young boy is dead. After Trayvon was shot and killed, I was one of the loudest voices demanding a trial and I am disappointed with the verdict. My role in this case has been to help ensure that Mr. Zimmerman faces a court of law. While I am profoundly disappointed with the ruling in this case, the criminal portion of the process has run its course. I encourage Trayvon's parents to pursue vindication of their rights under civil law. I will support the family in any way possible. I extend my deepest sympathies to Trayvon's family. I will continue to fight for justice for Trayvon."
Rep. Corrine Brown, D-Jacksonville: "I am heartbroken and angered by the verdict in this decision. My prayers go out to the Martin family in their grief as they are faced to live with a justice system that has failed them, a system that did not exact even minimal punishment on the man who killed their 17 year old son.
"This is a blatant example of our justice system being entirely broken. Along with the NAACP and other civil rights groups, I pledge to fight for the removal of Stand Your Ground laws here in Florida and across the nation, and do everything within my power as a Member of Congress to put an end to racial profiling. Last year, an innocent young man was killed in Sanford, Florida while returning from a 7-11 grocery store, and the perpetrator was not even convicted of a crime...clearly, there is something very wrong with a system of justice that legally sanctions such a heinous act.
"Two cases involving Stand Your Ground laws in my congressional district highlight the hypocrisy and disparities in this law's interpretation. In this case, in Sanford, a white man shot a black teenager, Trayvon Martin, and the justice system ruled it was an act of self defense under Stand Your Ground. In Jacksonville, Marissa Alexander, a young black mother fired a warning shot because she feared another possible attack by her abusive husband, yet she was not allowed a stand your ground defense during her trial. If ever there were a case where Stand Your Ground should apply, it would have been that of Marissa Alexander."


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Fannie and Freddie's Huge Profits Raise Questions for Future of Mortgage Finance
October 18, 2012
Government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, accounted for 100 percent of the mortgage market through June 2012. The lowest percentage of the share these GSEs held in the mortgage market was 95 percent in 2008, says Economic Policies for the 21st Century.
- Between 2008 and 2011, Fannie and Freddie recorded $91 billion in credit losses on mortgages.
- But in 2012, this figure fell to just $14 billion.
- The GSEs combined to generate $203 billion to protect against future losses.
- However, in 2012, the projection of future losses had declined and the combined provision against future credit losses was just $2 billion.
Fannie and Freddie's losses leading up to the collapse of the housing market originated from buying mortgages in an overheated housing market. Many of the loans given out in 2006 and 2007 were in the form of interest-only and low-documentation loans. These loans accounted for 64 percent of all loses. However, once these types of loans stopped going out, the GSE's finances picked up once again.
Tthere are several factors that are contributing to the success of the GSEs.
- First, Fannie and Freddie face less competition today than they did between the 2000 and 2005 period.
- Second, guarantee-fees are higher.
- Third, they are allocating less for compensation-related expenses.
- Fourth, conservative underwriting has helped increase overall margins.
Arguably the biggest profit driver for Fannie and Freddie are the earning profits, which currently rest at $32 billion annually. On top of that, previous losses from 2008 to 2011 were carried forward to offset future tax liability; but considering the current outlook, accounting profits can exceed $60 billion in 2013.
The Obama administration amended the terms of the bailout to require that the GSEs distribute their profits to the Treasury as dividends each quarter. This may the result of a desire to increase federal revenue. However, now that the Treasury has an incentive for the GSEs to continue profiting as they are in the status quo, there is little motivation to reform the mortgage market, letting the GSEs control 100 percent of the market.
Source: "Fannie and Freddie's Huge Profits Raise Questions for Future of Mortgage Finance," Economic Policies for the 21st Century, October 9, 2012.
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Can You Put Fondat Decorations On Whipped Cream Icing?
Decorating By princesscatt Updated 26 Jun 2010 , 10:35pm by princesscatt
I have a little girl who wants whipped cream on her cake. I have heard that fondant will get goey on whipped cream. Is this true? It's a graduation cake so I want to at least put the year and also she is a lacrosse player so I would like to incorporate that somehow as well.
Yeah. It's true. It dissolves the fondant because its got such a high moisture content. You can decorate with buttercream on whipped topping....provided the buttercream decor isnt too heavy on the sides of the cake. You may be limited to drawing on a design with buttercream on a whipped topping cake.
Now, Ive used Rich's Bettercreme as a filling in fondant cakes before. BUT you have to have a really thick dam of buttercream so that none of it leaks out and touches the fondant. And of course the outside of the cake has to be frosted in buttercream before you apply the fondant.
I dont do this with real whipped cream frostings though, because I hate refriderating fondant. The condensation makes the cakes look horrible. Had an issue with my son's b-day cake actually. It had cream cheese filling. The fondant condensated so bad (humid and hot here in FL) that it made the fondant sticky and shiney and it didnt dry properly even after several hours. I normally make a rule not to refridgerate fondant cakes, however it was for my son, not a customer, so I didnt really care too much.
Yes, you can definately put fondant decorations on whipped topping. I use Cool Whip to decorate many of my cakes and almost all of the decoartions are fondant. I usually wait until shortly before delivery to put the fondant decorations on...as they do tend to melt some, but it will last for several hours without messing up too much.
Thanks, I actually talked to the girls Aunt and told her about it so she is ok with not having too many fondant accents. I don't want to chance anything, it's for a party this coming weekend and we've been hitting the 90's in Jersey..I do not want anything melting! Thanks for responding!


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AMA Pro Daytona SportBike Field Closes In On Beaubier During Second Practice At Daytona (Updated)
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March 14, 2013
Free Practice Two Results (3.5-mile course, all on Dunlop tires):
1. Cameron Beaubier (Yam YZF-R6), 1:50.799
2. Jake Gagne (Yam YZF-R6), 1:51.652
3. J.D. Beach (Yam YZF-R6), 1:51.744
4. Bobby Fong (Yam YZF-R6), 1:51.781
5. Jason DiSalvo (Tri Daytona 675R), 1:52.193
6. Garrett Gerloff (Yam YZF-R6), 1:52.328
7. Jake Zemke (Duc 848EVO), 1:52.822
8. Benny Solis (Hon CBR600RR), 1:52.939
9. Jake Lewis (Yam YZF-R6), 1:52.954
10. James Rispoli (Suz GSX-R600), 1:53.221
11. Huntley Nash (Yam YZF-R6), 1:53.382
12. Joey Pascarella (Tri Daytona 675R), 1:54.025
13. Bostjan Skubic (Yam YZF-R6), 1:54.771
14. Elena Myers (Tri Daytona 675R), 1:55.079
15. Melissa Paris (Hon CBR600RR), 1:55.282
16. Ben Young (Yam YZF-R6), 1:55.293
17. Shane Narbonne (Suz GSX-R600), 1:55.390
18. Barrett Long (Duc 848EVO), 1:56.062
19. Fernando Amantini (Yam YZF-R6), 1:56.423
20. Scotty Ryan (Yam YZF-R6), 1:56.516, crash
21. Kenny Riedmann (Tri Daytona 675R), 1:56.556
22. Luke Stapleford (Kaw ZX-6R), 1:56.759
23. Anthony Fania (Yam YZF-R6), 1:57.275, crash
24. Brian Kcraget (Suz GSX-R600), 1:57.808, crash
25. Daniel Ortega (Yam YZF-R6), 1:58.052
26. Tristan Palmer (Kaw ZX-6R), 1:59.238
27. Daniel Guevara (Yam YZF-R6), 2:00.870
28. John Ashmead (Kaw ZX-6R), 2:04.436, crash
29. Barry Burrell (Yam YZF-R6), 2:10.490
30. Dane Westby (Hon CBR600RR), no time recorded
More, from a press release issued by Team Hammer:
M4 Broaster Chicken Honda's Benny Solis showed excellent form on opening day of the 2013 AMA Pro Road Racing season.
The talented team newcomer was second quick in the practice aboard his Honda CBR600RR, lapping at 1:54.006. The youngster from North Hollywood, California came back in the day's second Daytona SportBike session and dropped his time by more than a second with a quick lap of 1:52.939, good enough for eighth in a practice session held in high winds with plenty of crashes from other riders.
Solis avoided trouble and will now focus on Friday's two qualifying sessions.
Meanwhile, Chris Ulrich took to the track on the hugely promising M4 Broaster Chicken Honda CBR1000RR Superbike on Thursday. After years of racing aboard another brand of motorcycle, Ulrich is relishing the opportunity ahead with the new program.
Despite having just one day of testing prior to Daytona, the Californian was tenth fastest in the opening free practice of the season. He further improved upon his practice time of 1:43.366 with a 1:42.806 during the afternoon's first qualifying session. That mark placed him 13th provisionally with tomorrow morning's second session remaining to decide the grid for the season opener.
"It's a big change -- we're figuring out what makes the Honda chassis tick," Ulrich said. "Rolling into Daytona with limited testing isn't ideal but it's the situation that we're in and we're pleased with how it is going. We were tenth this morning and 13th in the afternoon and we did go quicker. We picked up some very good information and we're making wholesale changes for tomorrow to try to get the bike to do what I need. We were taking little chunks out of it until we figured something out with the front end that we need to do, and now I expect to make more progress tomorrow morning."
Commenting on the vast potential of the Honda CBR1000RR, Ulrich said, "It's a great platform to go racing with. It's so great to have a new challenge. It's refreshing and I'm excited. This is probably the highest spec Superbike that I've ever raced aboard. We have some engine management stuff to get sorted out too but we'll get it all figured out."
The squad will return to the famed high banks of Daytona on Friday with Solis set claim his grid position for Saturday's Daytona 200 and Ulrich competing in the Superbike season opener.
About Team Hammer: In 2013, Team Hammer, Inc. is competing in its 33rd consecutive racing season, and is marking its seventh year of offering technical and logistical support through its Contract Services Department. Riders on Team Hammer-prepared racebikes have earned 54 AMA Pro National race wins; 130 AMA Pro National podium finishes; 5 AMA Pro Championships; 133 Overall National Endurance race wins; 13 National Endurance Championships and assorted other race wins and titles.
More, from a press release issued by LTD Racing:
Daytona, FL (March 14, 2013) -- LTD Racing and Huntley Nash opened the 2013 AMA Pro season on Thursday at Daytona with an excellent day for the young rider. Nash was 6th and 11th in the practice sessions for the historic race.
Nash, making his third Daytona 200 start this weekend, found himself in competitive form on the long course used for Saturday's race. Huntley's goal, to run with the lead pack in the race, came one step closer when he found the speed to run inside the top ten in the morning, showcasing the skill he has developed in his time on the AMA Pro tour.
The former SuperSport race winner was pleased to show good form in the afternoon, too. "On one lap, I had a draft but we were slow through the infield and the next lap I was able to go fast through the infield, so my ideal time was pretty solid at 1:52.875. That's a good start and what I'm really looking forward to is getting to go for 57 laps. The previous 200-mile races, something has always happened but we're working hard to have a positive weekend to start the year."
Nash has been training with multi-time Daytona champ Scott Russell in Atlanta, reviewing races and taking in a little advice from Mr. Daytona. "I've been training hard and really ready to get back on the track with the team and see what we can do. The team has worked hard and I gave them some extra work when I had a crash at Jennings a few days ago, but everyone pitched in and we had a good day. I'm excited for this chance in the Daytona 200."
Nash will qualify for the Daytona 200 in two sessions on Friday.
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The Third Department gives a nice analysis of the law of "account stated" in its decision, Antokol & Coffin v Myers ;2011 NY Slip Op 06051 ;Appellate Division, Third Department .
""'An account stated is an agreement between parties to an account based upon prior transactions between them with respect to the correctness of the account items and balance due'" (J.B.H., Inc. v Godinez, 34 AD3d 873, 874 [2006], quoting Jim-Mar Corp. v Aquatic Constr., 195 AD2d 868, 869 [1993], lv denied 82 NY2d 660 [1993]). An attorney can recover fees on an account stated "with proof that a bill . . . was issued to a client and held by the client without objection for an unreasonable period of time" (O'Connell & Aronowitz v Gullo, 229 AD2d 637, 638 [1996], lv denied 89 NY2d 803 [1996]).
At trial, plaintiff introduced evidence of a retainer agreement between Antokol and defendant as well as unpaid invoices for legal fees dated between September 1995 and December 1996. Antokol testified that these invoices were ordinarily sent to defendant on a monthly basis and that defendant did not object to the bills until plaintiff commenced this action. Defendant testified that she did not remember receiving monthly bills but, in her prior deposition testimony, acknowledged that she thought she had received a bill most months. Although defendant claimed to have had "constant conversations about the bills" with Antokol, and Antokol admitted that he made efforts to get her to pay, including offering a 10% discount in February 1996, he testified that defendant never offered a reason for her refusal to pay the bills. Indeed, with the exception of one specific objection to work completed by one of Antokol's colleagues, which defendant ultimately agreed to pay, defendant did not claim to have made objections to any specific bill, despite the language at the end of each bill stating, "The above information will be deemed correct unless objection is made within 30 days." Further, defendant admittedly made no written objections to the bills. Under these circumstances, we agree with Supreme Court that defendant's general claims of verbal refusals to pay did not constitute a specific objection sufficient to defeat plaintiff's cause of action for an account stated (see Darby & Darby v VSI Intl., 95 NY2d 308, 315 [2000]; J.B.H., Inc. v Godinez, 34 AD3d at 875-876; PPG Indus. v A.G.P. Sys., 235 AD2d 979, 980 [1997]; see also Zanani v Schvimmer, 50 AD3d 445, 446 [2008]). "
"Turning to the adequacy of the services billed for, we agree with Supreme Court that the record demonstrates that plaintiff provided competent representation in a difficult matrimonial matter. Antokol's failure to establish grounds for divorce in defendant's favor, albeit clearly a point of frustration for defendant, was irrelevant, as fault did not affect the equitable distribution of marital assets (see Howard S. v Lillian S., 14 NY3d 431, 435-436 [2010]). Defendant's assertions that Antokol should have presented expert testimony to increase her share of the marital estate and that he was not prepared for trial are counterbalanced by record evidence that Antokol's decisions were part of his trial strategy and his claims that defendant's refusal to follow his advice at times interfered with his ability to achieve better results for her. In sum, the record evidence fully supports Supreme Court's finding that the alleged inadequacies of Antokol's representation are insufficient to undermine plaintiff's right to be paid for its services (see Matter of Wapner, Koplovitz & Futerfas v Solomon, 7 AD3d at 916). "


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THURSDAY, 5:02pm: Having missed out on Rudy Gay and Eric Gordon, the Phoenix Suns are making an effort to trade for Josh Smith, Alex Kennedy of HoopsWorld reports. Kennedy writes that the Suns are intent on acquiring a max-level star to make into a cornerstone of their franchise, and have had preliminary discussions with the Hawks regarding possible trade packages.
Kennedy reports that a Suns package would likely be based around center Marcin Gortat, as well some combination of the expiring contracts of Jermaine O'Neal, Wesley Johnson, Shannon Brown, and Sebastian Telfair. Luis Scola could be involved as well, although since he was claimed off amnesty waivers, any deal including him would have to be a sign-and-trade made after July 1. The Suns also own multiple first-round picks, including their own, one from Minnesota, and two they received from the Lakers in last summer's Steve Nash trade.
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WIN: U.S. OPEN/U.S. OPEN SERIES -- ARLEN KANTARIAN's vision for America's strong hold on summer tennis got a major boost this week with the announcement of ESPN and Tennis Channel paying a significant rights fee to be associated with the U.S. Open and the Series. More money, greater exposure and a commitment for significant marketing support is hard to argue with.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) – It's a lingering problem in post-Katrina New Orleans: Residents and neighborhood activists say some neighborhoods lack easy access to full-service grocery stores and fresh food.
In the Lower 9th Ward neighborhood, where the population was devastated by the storm, activists, local businesses and nonprofit groups plan a Saturday event calling attention to the problem, complete with a temporary outdoor "pop-up" grocery store, live music and cooking demonstrations.
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Author Dave Wolverton (better known as fantasy novelist Dave Farland) is raising money to pay medical bills after his son's tragic accident.
Over at GoFundMe, the family has already raised nearly $23,500 in four days to pay for the medical bills. Yesterday, readers and writers banded together for a book bomb, buying copies of Farland's Nightingale (propelling the book to No. 84 on Amazon). Here's more from the donation page:
Ben Wolverton, age 16, was in a long-boarding accident on Wednesday the 4th, 2013. After falling off his board, he suffered from severe brain trauma as well as a cracked skull, broken pelvis, broken tail bone, burnt knees, bruised lungs, broken ear drum, as well as road rash and many scars. He is currently stable, but in a coma. Ben is a straight-A student, very athletic, and is well liked by all that know him. His family has no insurance, and the bills for the hospital and treatment in this instance often exceed a million dollars, but we are starting out low, hoping that he will recover quickly. Any donations are greatly appreciated.


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Stillwater fishing books or DVD
Can anyone recommend me a good book or DVD for stillwater fly fishing?
I am mostly fishing the reservoirs and lakes from the shore, from a rental boat or from my SOT kayak.
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My favorite stillwater book is written by Denny Rickards titled "Stillwater Presentation".
www.flyfishstillwaters.com - Fly Fish Stillwaters
Denny also has a couple of DVD's on stillwater fishing if interested.
Re: Stillwater fishing books or DVD
Thank you,
I shall have a look.
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Built using id's Tech5 game engine, the developer's CEO Todd Hollenshead said of the game: "Rage represents a new direction for our games. It is a shooter unlike any other, developed on our cutting edge new technology, and built to the exacting standards id is famous for. We're excited to have the support of EA Partners to launch Rage on the world."
EA Partners' senior vice president and general manager David DeMartini added: "The Rage publishing deal is the epitome of EA Partners' mission – provide the world's best developers with access to the world's best publishing resources. The team at id Software is one of the best development studios in the world. We're excited to work with id Software to give Rage a blockbuster launch on the global stage."
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On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote: > Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes: >> ... (and many of the more >> significant remaining patches look like they are right up Tom's alley >> anyway). > > FWIW, if left to my own devices I will eventually get to everything > except the dblink, ecpg, and encoding/win32 patches. I don't intend > to touch any of those because there are other committers better > qualified to review them. (I don't actually think we have anybody > except Michael who's really familiar with ecpg.) Thanks, I think that's helpful information. > However, if no other committers are working on it it's going to be > a long commitfest ... That is my concern as well. > The other problem is that most of the patches are not Ready for > Committer anyway. I (and hopefully the people who agreed to help with patch-chasing) can work on this, but given that there are 5 that are Ready for Committer and probably as many more that are close, and further given that in the past 7 days exactly 1 patch from the CommitFest has been committed, I'm not sure there's a real problem here. If you commit/bounce all 5 of those afternoon I will spend the evening making sure you have a few more to tackle tomorrow. ...Robert
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One of the angles was the participation of 75 teams, including three VFS 4way teams. The UK Nationals have become one of the largest 4way events in the world. Only the USPA Nationals and the World Challenge are used to such numbers of teams at their events.
Skydive Perris attracted a total of 80 teams to the USPA Nationals 2005. There were no VFS 4way teams included, as the event was not a part of the national championships by then. The 80 teams were also separated in only three USPA categories, Open (AAA), Advanced (AAA) and Intermediate (AA). The British Parachute Association has adopted all four NSL categories and attracts additional A Class and Rookie Class teams to the national championships who have no playground at the USPA Nationals.
A total of 72 teams competed in the United Kingdom at last year's national championships, and this year's 75 confirms the consistent British 4way upswing. It will be no surprise if the United Kingdom will eventually arrive at the US record number of 80. VFS 4way has been included in the USPA event format for a few years, and a total of 74 teams competed last year in Eloy, Arizona, including a total of 13 VFS teams. This year's UK record beats USPA's 2012 number.
The USPA Nationals 2013 begin in little over two weeks, and the Sun Path Products NSL News will be live on site at Skydive Chicago. This year's numbers will show if USPA may have to include A Class and Rookies in the future to fend off the UK challenge...


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Dear Soapdom,
My mom and I watch As the World Turns everyday. We are so sad that Jennifer has to die off the show. She is one of our favorite characters.
We want to know why she is leaving the show?
She just got her baby back and Dusty. Dusty and "Red" were meant for each other on the show. My mom was crying, and I was almost there, too. I must say they are playing the part real well, but we still don't want Jennifer to go.
Thank you very much.
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Dear Rochelle,
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the Jennifer/Dusty storyline on As the World Turns. We couldn't agree more that all the actors involved including Jennifer Ferrin (Jennifer), Grayson McCouch (Dusty), Colleen Zenk Pinter (Barbara), the late Benjamin Hendrickson (Hal), Roger Howarth (Paul), Marie Wilson (Meg) and everyone else who is sharing in this tragic storyline are doing an amazing job.
As for Jennifer dying off the show, well, sometimes these things are out of the hands of the show writers and producers. Many times, it has to do with the actors themselves and in this case, Jennifer Ferrin, who plays the character of Jennifer, has chosen not to renew her contract at this time. She wants to spread her wings and try her hand at some other career opportunities. Soapdom wishes her well in these future endeavors.
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Our industry has talked so much about omnichannel that it seems only the "aha" gets our attention anymore. Here's the problem: Our talk is well ahead of our ability to execute. And execution is what matters.
Omnichannel isn't sexy. It's not about "Wow." It's about making it easier for people accustomed to an anything-anytime-anywhere world to do business with us. That's primarily a question of organization, commitment and execution, for manufacturers as well as retailers.
Retailers need manufacturers to step up to new, flexible ways of doing business. Otherwise, retailers risk doing everything right and still getting it wrong. The fundamentals of omnichannel retailing will be the norm within another year or two. So far, though, few if any retailers are really there, let alone their manufacturing partners. I know this both from consulting with hundreds of retailers and manufacturers throughout the past 15 years, and from a telling personal experience with Home Depot (one of the most open promoters of omnichannel service) this past summer.
I went to Home Depot to buy a grill. They did not have enough choices in the store, so a rep advised me to go online. I did a bunch of research and price comparison and bought a $700 Broil-Mate model. After prompt delivery, I ended up with 400 pounds of grill parts spread across my three-bay garage for nearly two months — all because a packet of 130 nuts and bolts was missing from the original shipment.
I made multiple trips to the store, talked and exchanged email with HomeDepot.com customer service four times, and at their direction talked with the manufacturers' customer service three more times before being informed the parts I needed were back-ordered. After six weeks of frustration and waiting, I received my shipment — of the wrong parts. In a last ditch effort for service, I visited my local store again to speak with a manager. Much to my dismay, he told me only HomeDepot.com customer service could help me. So I returned the grill and went directly to Lowes, where I bought another brand (and gladly took advantage of their free assembly offer).
That's a colossal breakdown in one of the most fundamental omnichannel mandatories — offering service wherever and however the consumer wants, regardless of where they researched and/or purchased. At the core of the issue was the manufacturer, which likely had not properly anticipated the demand that Home Depot was driving. This is often the case when no structure or process is in place for effective real-time communication between a retailer and manufacturer.
What's the lesson in this? Getting omnichannel right in practice requires a broader view from both parties, and more granular, tactical support than manufacturers are accustomed to providing. Until now, manufacturers have approached the anywhere-anytime desire principally through marketing communications. Now they are being forced to confront it head-on through product delivery and customer support.
To be successful, this must include merchandising at an unprecedented micro level. Manufacturers need to examine the elements of forecasting more broadly and more deeply. That means including more details on promotion and placement into the distribution strategy. For example, in the case of my problematic grill, demand forecasting needed to take into account precisely how Home Depot was going to market the item (it was the top featured natural gas model on HomeDepot.com).
Where is the item featured in TV, print and digital promotion? Is the product featured in marketing spots on the website and how does the product perform in on-site search? How competitive is the price in comparison to other models? What does the social community have to say about the product in reviews and other user generated content? All of these factors have a huge determination of how certain products will sell.
You simply cannot organize a business around functions and channels and somehow execute omnichannel right. Scroll through the list of titles in an organization chart of the 500 largest manufacturers. You'll find people dedicated to grocery, mass market, specialty, online and mobile. You'll even find functional specialists — marketing, sales, product, distribution, research, customer service — dedicated to specific channels. Each has a unique set of siloed business objectives, responsibilities and incentives.
Most companies are trying to address omnichannel through committees. They bring silo chiefs together to create common policies and procedures — which amounts to trying lots of mini-initiatives or picking something "easy" to execute.
There are two glaring problems with that approach. For one thing, it is typically not enough. Omnichannel has to be an ethos and a commitment. It has to be the culture. That can't happen unless the orientation of the company takes a profound turn. For another, the committee members are still being compensated based on their functional and/or channel performance. The line "you get what you pay for" applies to incentive in business. Without an empowered leader and structure for delivery, omnichannel ends up being an empty promise. It's everyone's responsibility but no one's job.
While there is no panacea, there is a simple first step. Top management needs to appoint and empower an omnichannel champion — someone with both the responsibility and the authority to bring product, marketing, sales, fulfillment and customer service in line with each retail customer. That person has to create and manage a central database — so everyone can see the full spectrum of distribution and customer service — and wield the ultimate authority to direct changes in production, distribution and fulfillment. That point person has to work out the performance measurement and reward structure for unit and function leaders, so omnichannel has real implications for individual performance.
Also, that point person will need to adjust the company's approach to some core disciplines. For example, in marketing, creating loyalty efforts that engage people with content, contests and offers before they even make their first purchase; or in promotion, supplying product videos to retailers' mobile applications so consumers can research and compare more fully in store. But innovations like these are moot if the foundational support and service are not there yet. And that foundation is a function of organization, alignment and commitment.
You might be tempted to say this is more a retailer's than a manufacturer's job. It's both. But retailers can replace manufacturers much more readily than manufacturers can replace retailers. So manufacturers need to think like retailers and step into the leadership role. My Home Depot experience showed loud and clear that the manufacturer is a critical link in the omnichannel vision.
Paul Elliott (email@example.com) is managing partner at Rosetta, a customer engagement agency and independent brand in the Publicis Groupe.