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Nordstrom, Inc. today reported an 8.6 percent increase in same-store sales for the five-week period ended March 31, 2012 compared with the five-week period ended April 2, 2011. Preliminary total retail sales of $1.03 billion for March 2012 increased 14.7 percent compared with total retail sales of $897 million for the same period in fiscal 2011.
Quarter-to-date same-store sales increased 9.2 percent compared with the same period in fiscal 2011. Preliminary quarter-to-date total retail sales of $1.73 billion increased 15.3 percent compared with total retail sales of $1.50 billion for the same period in fiscal 2011.
Kohl's Corporation reported today that for the five-week month ended March 31, 2012 total sales increased 5.3 percent and comparable store sales increased 3.6 percent over the five-week month ended April 2, 2011. Year to date, total sales have increased 3.6 percent and comparable store sales have increased 1.8 percent.
The Company opened 9 new stores, including one relocated store, and closed one store in March 2012 and now operates 1,134 stores in 49 states, compared to 1,097 stores at the same time last year.
Gap Inc. today reported that March 2012 net sales increased 10 percent compared with last year.
Net sales for the five-week period ended March 31, 2012 were $1.46 billion compared with net sales of $1.33 billion for the five-week period ended April 2, 2011. The company's comparable sales for March 2012, which include the associated comparable online sales, were up 8 percent compared with a 10 percent decrease for March 2011.
Macy's, Inc. today reported total sales of $2.358 billion for the five weeks ended March 31, 2012, an increase of 6.9 percent compared with total sales of $2.206 billion in the five weeks ended April 2, 2011. On a same-store basis, Macy's, Inc. sales were up 7.3 percent in March 2012 as compared to March 2011.
For the year to date, Macy's, Inc.'s sales totaled $4.218 billion, up 6.3 percent from total sales of $3.969 billion in the first nine weeks of 2011. On a same-store basis, Macy's, Inc.'s year-to-date sales were up 6.1 percent.
Oil in New York traded near its lowest price in seven weeks, paring earlier gains amid renewed concern that the euro area has yet to contain its debt crisis.
Futures were little changed, after advancing as much as 1 percent. European equities retreated and the euro weakened against the dollar as Spanish bonds fell and borrowing costs increased at a French auction. A report showed industrial output in Germany declined more than forecast last month. New York crude dropped 2.4 percent yesterday, leaving West Texas Intermediate futures at the biggest discount to London-traded Brent crude in more than five months.
"Oil is staying near yesterday's low on concerns about the European debt situation," said Eugen Weinberg, head of commodities research at Commerzbank AG in Frankfurt. "It is in line with all risky assets right now. Today we had France, yesterday we had Spain's auction. Equities and commodities are being driven by a higher risk aversion."
Crude for May delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange was at $101.67, up 20 cents, at 10:50 a.m. London time, after gaining as much as 96 cents to $102.43 a barrel. The contract fell yesterday to as low as $101.08 the least since Feb. 16.
Stora Enso Renewable Packaging plans to improve competitiveness and respond to customer needs through restructuring its converting operations at Páty in Hungary and efficiency measures in the consumer board mill at Barcelona in Spain.
"Demand for corrugated board consumer packaging has significantly weakened in Hungary, so we plan to centralise our operations in Hungary to Komarom Mill and close down Páty Mill. As a part of the plans, Komarom Mill would be enhanced with asset transfers and recruitment so it can better meet customer and market needs. The efficiency measures planned in Barcelona are intended to improve the mill's profitability. The plans announced today, in combination with earlier announcements, would improve Renewable Packaging's cost competitiveness," says Mats Nordlander, EVP, Renewable Packaging.
According to the plans, converting operations at Páty Mill in Hungary would be permanently closed down by the end of the third quarter of 2012. The planned closure would affect 79 employees at Páty. The proposed restructuring measures would reduce the number of employees at Barcelona in Spain by 15. No decisions will be taken until after the local co-determination negotiations have concluded.
Bonnier Corp. and Pulse announced a new partnership today — 20 Bonnier brands are launching on Pulse, the award-winning application that makes it easy to consume news on mobile phones and tablets.
The new full-fledged partnership follows a trial run with Bonnier's iconic brand Popular Science. It launched on Pulse in July 2011 and has now become one of the most actively read sources on the Pulse platform.
Popular Science grew from 60,000 initial subscribers in its first month on Pulse to over 3 million subscribers in January 2012. The impressive growth in only six months pushed Bonnier and Pulse to form this new partnership. New Bonnier titles, in addition to Popular Science, officially launching today include: American Photo, Conceive, Field and Stream, Garden Design, Outdoor Life, Parenting, Popular Photography, Saveur, Scuba Diving, Ski, Skiing, Sound + Vision. TransWorld Ride BMX, TransWorld Business, TransWorld Motocross, TransWorld SKATEboarding, TransWorld Surf, TransWorld WAKEBOARDING and Working Mother.
Electric City Printing, a Consolidated Graphics, Inc. company based in Williamston, SC, recently installed an HP4600 digital press in order to facilitate a growing demand for the company's printed race number capabilities. The new HP4600 will supplement output from the printer's existing HP4050, which serves a similar function. Electric City is the world's largest printer for competition media, providing entry packets, racing numbers, brochures, signage, and integrated technology to help facilitate major races and competitions throughout the world.
"We had to look for additional equipment to service our growing clientele," said Electric City President Mike Schmitz. "Electric City has been servicing the racing business for over 30 years, and we've committed ourselves to bringing our customers the newest technology, highest-quality equipment, and best-in-class service to meet their needs."
The new press will supplement the company's existing HP4050 press, enabling Electric City to output nearly six million impressions per month in order to keep up with growing demand. The two presses will be used primarily to print race numbers on DuPont Tyvek, which requires specialized equipment to avoid melting the substrate. The digital press also helps service a growing demand for customization at events like the Disney Princess Race in Orlando, Florida, where runners can select a Disney princess, color, and name, all of which are printed onto the race number. Additional benefits of the new press include faster turnaround times and reduced cleanup and maintenance.
Google has enhanced its AdWords products by enabling advertisers to create multiple ads for multiple locations and by providing more precision by targeting at the zip code level, said Richard Holden, a Google product management director.
"These set of features will give advertisers more control over how they target advertising locally," Holden said. "It also gives consumers higher quality ads by giving them the right ad at the right time."
The first feature, AdWords Location Targeting, allows advertisers to target more than 30,000 US zip codes. They can add up to 1,000 post codes at a time to search ad campaigns. AdWords Location gives advertisers more precision about which ad to show and when, based on origin and regardless of the intent of the search.
Previously, Google would try to figure out what ads to show based on search intent, Holden said, not based on where the search originated from.
"This had some unforeseen consequences where ads were not showing what advertisers wanted them to show," Holden said.
Holden said the tool is especially useful for the travel sector. For example, if a consumer in Atlanta searches for flights to Seattle, then an advertiser targeting Atlanta residents can still show their ads.
The 'Netflix for magazines' concept is back. Next Issue Media has rolled out a new digital newsstand subscription plan and app for tablet magazines that allows customers to pay a flat monthly fee for unlimited access to a collection of, so far, 32 titles.
For the $10.00 per month basic plan, customers have access to 27 titles from NIM's consortium of 5 publishers—Condé Nast, Hearst, Meredith, Time Inc. and News Corp—including Better Homes and Gardens, Esquire, Real Simple and Vanity Fair. So far, News Corp has not contributed a title in the plan.
For $15.00, customers get the premium plan, which includes five weeklies: Entertainment Weekly, People, Sports Illustrated, The New Yorker and Time.
The plan is being promoted with a free 30-day trial for first-time customers. Access includes the ability to choose freely among the selections.
Beyond the 32-title inventory, there are some other initial limitations. The magazines are only available for Android tablets. The company says it's submitting the newsstand app to Apple "in the coming weeks."
Amazon.com is America's most relevant retailer, followed by Target, according to Brodeur Partners' Retail Relevance Top 10 ranking. The study asked shoppers to look at 21 of the nation's top retailers and select the "most" and "least" personally relevant retailer in four specific areas: practicality, values, sensory appeal and social appeal.
"These are four ingredients of relevance that you look for in everything, from a Google search to a product, candidate, cause, or place to shop," said Brodeur Andy Coville, CEO, Brodeur Partners, Boston. "Amazon.com has clearly cracked the code when it comes to being relevant to American shoppers." It is striking, the company noted, that shoppers gave Amazon.com the highest ranking in the area of practical value considering it has no real-world storefront shoppers can visit.
Target came in second in the relevance ranking largely because shoppers found it the most appealing to the senses.
Kirkwood Holdings has acquired Nu Graphics Etc., an advanced digital print solutions company. Nu Graphics Etc. joins renowned commercial printer Kirkwood Printing (Printing Impressions 2011 Top 400 ranking: #111 with $43 million in sales) and direct marketing communications leader Kirkwood Direct in serving a sophisticated domestic and international clientele. Perrone Group, which is also under Kirkwood Holdings' umbrella, offers extensive direct marketing expertise to the higher education and nonprofit marketplace.
"The purchase of Nu Graphics Etc. is a growth-based acquisition designed to meet our clients' rapidly growing demand for high quality variable digital and large format printing," says Robert Coppinger, president and CEO of Kirkwood Holdings. "We are poised to take Nu Graphics Etc. from a strategic partner to a member of the Kirkwood family, retaining the same exceptional management and services."
According to Stephan Duncan, president and general manager of Kirkwood Direct, "The acquisition of Nu Graphics is extremely positive and will continue to ensure that our clients receive a full roster of services unmatched by any other company."
Costco Wholesale Corporation today reported net sales of $9.13 billion for the month of March, the five weeks ended April 1, 2012, an increase of 10 percent from $8.33 billion during the similar period last year.
For the first thirty-one weeks of its reporting period ended April 1, 2012, the Company reported net sales of $56.34 billion, an increase of 11 percent from $50.79 billion during the similar period last year.
The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. today announced comparable store sales for the five weeks ended March 31, 2012 decreased 0.1%. Total sales decreased 0.1% to $254.1 million for the five weeks compared with $254.5 million for the prior year period.
Year-to-date comparable store sales increased 0.3%. Year-to-date total sales increased 0.3% to $453.5 million compared with $452.2 million for the same period last year.
Walgreens had March sales of $6.02 billion, a decrease of 4.3 percent from $6.29 billion for the same month in fiscal 2011.
Total front-end sales increased 2.5 percent compared with the same month in 2011, while comparable store front-end sales increased 1.2 percent. Customer traffic in comparable stores decreased 1.0 percent while basket size increased 2.2 percent.
Limited Brands, Inc. reported a comparable store sales increase of 8 percent for the five weeks ended March 31, 2012, compared to the five weeks ended April 2, 2011. The company reported net sales of $840.9 million for the five weeks ended March 31, 2012, compared to net sales of $863.0 million last year.
The company reported a comparable store sales increase of 8 percent for the nine weeks ended March 31, 2012, compared to the nine weeks ended April 2, 2011. The company reported net sales of $1.495 billion for the nine weeks ended March 31, 2012, compared to sales of $1.534 billion last year.
Effective with all orders entered immediately and all orders shipping on or after May 1, 2012, Verso Paper Corp. is increasing the transaction price of all Coated Freesheet, Coated Groundwood and Supercalendered grades.
The increase applies to all Coated Freesheet, Coated Groundwood and Supercalendered grades including but not limited to the following brands: The prices for Influence®, Influence Soft-Gloss®, Velocity® will increase by $1.50/cwt ($30/short ton). The prices for Liberty®, Advocate®, Advocate EHB®, Advocate Roto®, Advocate Roto Hi-Bulk® and Clarity® Plus will increase by $3.00/cwt ($60/short ton).
The increases apply to all grades, basis weights, bulks and finishes.
Consumer confidence rose again in March, spurred by brightening attitudes toward the overall economy and sustained confidence in personal finances. The Discover U.S. Spending Monitor, a 4-year-old daily poll tracking economic confidence and spending intentions of nearly 8,200 consumers throughout the month, climbed 1.6 points to 96.5. The Monitor is at its highest level since October 2007, and has jumped 19.5 points during the past six months.
In March, a quarter of respondents said their personal finances were improving, and 35 percent said that the overall economy is improving – the highest figure since April 2010. At the same time, 50 percent responded that the economy was poor, which is the lowest figure since April 2010.
Verso Paper Corp. announced today the completion of the tender offer of two of its subsidiaries, Verso Paper Holdings LLC and Verso Paper Inc. to purchase any and all of the Issuers' outstanding 11.5% senior secured notes due 2014.
The Tender Offer expired at 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on April 3, 2012. As previously announced, the Issuers received tenders from the holders of $270,573,000 aggregate principal amount of the Notes prior to the early tender payment deadline of March 20, 2012, at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, which represented approximately 85.9% of the outstanding Notes. On March 21, 2012, the Issuers accepted for early payment, and paid for, the Notes tendered prior to the Early Tender Date. After the Early Tender Date and prior to the Expiration Date, the Issuers received no additional tenders. The tenders for all Notes received by the Issuers prior to the Expiration Date represented approximately 85.9% of the outstanding Notes. The Issuers intend to redeem the Notes that remain outstanding after completion of the Tender Offer at the applicable redemption price, plus accrued and unpaid interest, on April 30, 2012.
Mergers and acquisitions are on the rise for b-to-b companies in 2012 as companies look to grow and branch out into new areas. Some of these include the acquisition of TransUnion, a provider of information management and risk management solutions, by Advent International and GS Partners for $3.3 billion and the QuinStreet acquisition of Ziff Davis Enterprise. Merger and acquisition activity for the business-to-business media sector picked up slightly in the first quarter of 2012, with nine transactions at a total value of $63 million vs. only four transactions for a total value of $15 million in the first quarter of 2011.
Notable deals in the most recent quarter included: Briefing Media's acquisition of UBM's Medical and Agricultural Divisions for nearly $16 million; Urban Expositions' acquisition of Airport Concessions, a magazine, tradeshow and data source company serving the airport industry; and Seguin Partner's CFO Publishing acquisition of Innovation Enterprise Group, a B2B multichannel media brand for finance executives, according to The Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc. (JEGI). But what are companies looking for when deciding on whether or not to go forth with a merger or acquisition? John Wickersham, Partner at Atwood Capital Partners; Managing Partner Reed Phillips III from Desilva and Phillips Investment Banking; and Richard Mead, Managing Director, JEGI, offered their input as to what is making mergers and acquisitions more attractive for b-to-b media.
Despite Congress's political gridlock, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) expects action on a comprehensive postal bill to address its financial issues on the Senate floor "within the next two weeks," said Ron Stroman, deputy Postmaster General at the USPS, during the executive briefing session at the National Postal Forum (NPF) in Orlando, Fla.
Stroman singled out Nevada Senator Harry Reid as a major supporter in the USPS's efforts to push the bill to the Senate. "We have a good shot of getting the House to take action," Stroman said. "If we get that done, we can get to a conference. In that conference I think we can resolve a lot of our differences."
Stroman identified three issues within Congress that account for the current indecision.
"The Senate tells us we have to move slower. The House tells us we have to move faster," Stroman said. "Trying to navigate between those two has been a major stumbling block for us." He added that political consensus is necessary for the USPS to move forward.
The second problem, Stroman said, is that ironically the USPS might not have enough of a financial crisis to spur Congress into action. "All we hear about is: 'When will you run out of money? At what date? That's when we can get something done,'" Stroman recalled.
Oil dropped for a second day amid rising crude stockpiles and speculation the Federal Reserve may refrain from more monetary stimulus to boost the U.S. economy.
Futures slipped as much as 1 percent in New York, extending yesterday's drop. An American Petroleum Institute inventory report after the market closed showed an increase in crude supplies three times larger than analysts expect a separate report from the Energy Department to show later today. Federal Reserve minutes from a March policy meeting showed it plans to hold off from increasing monetary accommodation unless economic expansion falters.
"I don't think we really have a problem with supply right now," said Sintje Boie, an analyst at HSH Nordbank in Hamburg who predicts Brent crude will stay at about $120 a barrel until the middle of the year. "We'll only see oil prices between $130 and $150 if there's an escalation in the conflict with Iran. But I think we'll get some kind of diplomatic solution."
Oil for May delivery declined as much as 99 cents to $103.02 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It was at $103.24 at 11:10 a.m. London time after losing 1.2 percent yesterday.
Crosschannel retailer HSN has acquired upscale children's apparel seller Chasing Fireflies, and will make it a part of the Cornerstone Brands operating segment. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but HSN has said Chasing Fireflies will continue to operate as an independent brand.
Chasing Fireflies was founded in 2006 by former Nordstrom and Celebrate Express executives Dina Alhadeff, Amy Grealish and Lori Liddle, and sells children's apparel, costumes and gifts online and via the Chasing Fireflies and Wishcraft catalogs. The Chasing Fireflies co-founders will continue to run the business and oversee day-to-day operations from their office in Seattle, while working closely with Cornerstone CEO Mark Ethier, HSN said in a press release.
Chasing Fireflies, which won a Silver in the 2010 MCM Awards children's catalog category, did nearly $20 million in business in 2009. Those net sales nearly doubled to $39 million in 2011.
Chasing Fireflies joins Ballard Designs, Frontgate, Garnet Hill, Grandin Road, Improvements, Smith + Noble, The Territory Ahead and TravelSmith as members of the Cornerstone family. Cornerstone distributes more than 300 million catalogs annually, operates eight separate digital sales sites and operates 19 retail and outlet stores.
Finishing equipment supplier IFS has moved to meet a growing demand for hardback book manufacture by adding Photobook Technology to its vendor arsenal. IFS has become the exclusive UK supplier for the Swiss manufacturer, which produces equipment for the photobook and prestige publication sector.
The range includes the the Mitafold, which automatically creases, folds and presses sections, ready for turning into lay-flat bookblocks by the Mitamax section glueing machine.
IFS will also supply the Mitabook, a compact, fully automated hardcover casing-in system designed specifically for the short-run sector. Joint managing director Tony Hards said: "These exciting products offer printers significant growth potential in premium and niche sectors; they are an ideal complement to our range of market-leading finishing solutions for both litho and digital print.
QuadDirect, a division of Quad/Graphics, Inc. is completing installation of a new "Press-Plus" solution for inline direct mail production that promises higher response rates and improved ROI. Its modular component approach allows clients greater direct mail capabilities and flexibility, while retaining the speed and efficiencies of inline production. The system can be customized to produce more sophisticated direct mail pieces using the latest response-driving ink-jet and finishing techniques. Inline mail sorting helps shorten production cycles and lower costs overall compared to prior systems.
"Our newest press installation redefines inline direct mail printing by building in the newest component capabilities required to produce increasingly personalized, targeted and engaging direct mail promotions," said Joel Quadracci, Chairman, President & CEO of Quad/Graphics. "This press system reflects Quad's continuing commitment to innovation, technology and leadership in inline direct mail production."
Steve Jaeger, President of QuadDirect, added that Quad's end-to-end inline solutions create finished mail-ready direct marketing pieces in a single, continuous production workflow. "Traditionally the efficiencies of inline production came at the expense of feature and format flexibility," he said. "With this innovative Press-Plus design solution in our Pewaukee, Wis., location, we are able to customize and configure the press to deliver a much greater range of direct mail formats, features and solutions, while helping control both production and mailing costs."
Typical applications include press-pasted booklets, self-mailers with single- or double-card applications, self-mailers with unique pocket designs, inline envelope packages with multiple components and much more.
The 12-unit, six-color, double-web offset press configuration is equipped with inline ink-jet, inspection, sorting and mailing technologies. Folding, perfing, cutting and gluing options provide a wider range of page size and page count flexibility. Varnishes and spot colors, UV coating, high-speed label application, and advanced ink-jet addressing and personalization are additional features that give direct marketers even more options in creative design and format execution.
2012 started off strong with 52 new titles launched and only 12 folds, according to online database MediaFinder.com. Niche magazines replaced regionals as the most fertile launch category in the first quarter of this year, with new restaurant, hunting & fishing and lifestyle titles hitting newsstands.
While the number of launches fell slightly from the first quarter of 2011 to the first quarter of 2012 (down from 54 to 52), closures fell dramatically. The first three months in 2011 saw 24 closures, while the same period in 2012 only had 12 magazine shutters. Among those titles is Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade and Spa in the consumer sector; b-to-b media lost Pharmaceutical Representative and Heat Treating Progress. New titles include five DiningOut guides, produced by Pearl Publishing, and four books from J.F. Griffin Publishing in the hunting & fishing category. It's been a lucrative quarter for lifestyle/luxury titles as well, with Bloomberg Pursuits' debut and the return of TIME's Style & Design. The business-to-business category added eight new titles, including Professional Yacht Broker.
R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company today announced that it has taken an equity stake in San Francisco-based Real Valuable Corporation, maker of the CoffeeTable iPad catalog shopping app (coffeetable.com). CoffeeTable offers a discovery-based tablet shopping experience for consumers to browse and shop across multiple retailers and provides a comprehensive set of data analytics to help drive retailers' multi-channel marketing strategies.
"This new relationship continues to expand the range of our digital service offering," said Thomas J. Quinlan III, RR Donnelley's President and Chief Executive Officer. "In virtually every customer segment that we serve, we offer a compelling digital service that complements our other capabilities. We serve retailers, catalogers, and other direct response marketers with an array of resources. The addition of CoffeeTable enables us to craft even more extensive end-to-end solutions for our customers."
The catalog industry uses a variety of media for customer acquisition, engagement, and conversion. The CoffeeTable iPad app connects the inspiration of traditional catalogs with the instant gratification of e-commerce. CoffeeTable offers usage data to deliver catalog analytics to aid retailers' channel planning, complementing RR Donnelley's expertise and end-to-end capabilities.
Grainger today announced it has acquired 100 percent of the shares of AnFreixo S.A., effective April 2, 2012. With 2011 sales of approximately $37M USD, AnFreixo is a leading broad line distributor of maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) supplies in Brazil. The company had been a subsidiary in the Votorantim Group, one of the largest industrial conglomerates in Latin America with 2011 revenues in excess of $20B USD. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Moving forward, the company will operate under the name Grainger.
The acquisition of AnFreixo provides Grainger with a solid entry point for physical operations in Brazil, the largest MRO market in Latin America. "We're excited to enter Brazil through the acquisition of AnFreixo," said Mike Pulick, Senior Vice President and President, Grainger International. "Many of Grainger's customers have operations in Brazil and they're looking to Grainger to help them keep their operations running efficiently and keep their employees safe on the job. This acquisition is a great step forward in our continued focus on meeting the needs of businesses throughout the Latin American region."
AnFreixo serves more than 2,000 customers from its distribution center in Sao Paulo and a team of sales professionals. Today, a significant portion of AnFreixo's sales are to affiliates of its parent company, Votorantim Industrial. As part of the transaction, Grainger announced it has entered into a long term supply agreement in which the Votorantim Group will continue to purchase MRO products from AnFreixo.
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc ("Bloomsbury") announces that its US subsidiary, Bloomsbury Publishing Inc, has today completed the purchase of Fairchild Books from Fairchild Fashion Media, a unit of Conde Nast, for $6,500,000. The consideration will be paid in cash from existing cash balances in three equal annual installments, commencing at completion.
For the year-ended 31 December 2011, Fairchild Books generated net profit before tax of $706,000 and as at 31 December 2011 had gross assets of $7,567,000.
Fairchild Books, based in New York, is a market-leading publisher of textbooks and educational resources for students of fashion, merchandising, retailing and interior design. It has a strong history dating back to the nineteenth century and a world-class reputation for producing student materials for the fashion and design industries.
The Fairchild Books list is highly complementary to Bloomsbury's existing academic list in the Visual Arts, which was bolstered by the acquisition of Berg Publishers in 2008, the launch of the award-winning Berg Fashion Library www.bergfashionlibrary.com in 2010 and the acquisition of a fashion photography archive in 2011.
Oil fell after the biggest gain in six weeks as a forecast for rising supplies in the U.S. signaled demand may be easing in the world's biggest crude consumer.
Futures slid as much as 0.8 percent in New York. U.S. crude stockpiles probably rose for a second week, to the highest level since August, according to a Bloomberg News survey before an Energy Department report tomorrow. Prices advanced yesterday after U.S. manufacturing in March expanded at a faster pace than estimated. Oil has climbed this year on concern that tension with Iran will disrupt global supplies.
"There's no immediate shortage of supplies," said Andrey Kryuchenkov, an analyst at VTB Capital in London, who predicts U.S. oil will struggle to rally beyond $107 a barrel. "Today there's small-scale profit-taking after last night's rally. The upside is also limited on demand concerns."
Oil for May delivery dropped as much as 81 cents to $104.42 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange and was at $104.56 at 10:40 a.m. London time. It climbed 2.2 percent yesterday, the most since Feb. 21, to $105.23. Prices are 5.8 percent higher this year.
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) maintains an ongoing push to use better data and technologies to improve services amid digital competition, said Patrick Donahoe, Postmaster General and CEO of the USPS, during the keynote at the National Postal Forum in Orlando, Fla., on April 2.
"I don't think we're old school, nor do I think we can afford to be," Donahoe said. "We need to change and evolve. I think of mail as a data and technology center." He added that mail, unlike other marketing channels like digital, print and television, is chiefly about driving ROI. "When it's targeted," he said, "it gets to every household. It is the best way to drive a consumer purchasing decision, the best way to get people to go to the website, and to connect with customers to strengthen brand relations." In a video presentation on direct mail at the USPS booth at NPF, the agency claimed that 98% of consumers bring mail in every day and that 77% look at their mail immediately.
Because mail is a tactile medium, it is a fundamentally different way of communicating than other channels, Donahoe said. He emphasized that it is important to keep that key differentiator, while at the same time integrating services with other communication channels. He alluded to Apple's continuing work developing smart television sets. "But what if your mail can interact with a smart TV?" Donahoe asked. "What if it can interact with your brand? What if people can manage their mailing information on a smartphone?"
To drive these changes, Donahoe said the USPS is focusing on four key business challenges: strengthening the business-to-consumer channel by promoting to businesses the value consumers see in mail; growing the package business by improving scanning and adding services, such as product returns for retailers; becoming "leaner, faster and smarter" with technologies such as the Intelligent Mail Barcode (IMB), which enhances tracking information; and improving the customer experience by investing in training and adding new, technology-based capabilities.
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) officially announced at the National Postal Forum in Orlando, Fla., the pilot program of its gopost parcel delivery and drop-off lockers, which the USPS began implementing in Northern Virginia late last year, said Susan McGowan, senior manager of public relations at the USPS.
The current pilot phase has seven existing lockers throughout Northern Virginia with plans to expand throughout the Washington, D.C., area, McGowan added.
While customers typically have packages delivered either to their homes or their work addresses, gopost, situated in areas with heavy foot traffic, provides a third option. Customers sign up for the service online, decide which gopost location they want to pick up their package, and are given a keycard and PIN to open the locker when the package is delivered. Customers are notified of the package's delivery through text or email.
McGowan added that eBay, the recipient of the USPS' Partnership for Progress award, was particularly excited about the gopost program.
Though an analogous solution exists in Europe, American consumers behave differently, said Paul Vogel, president and CMO at the USPS. The current pilot program, Vogel added, is designed to test American behaviors and measure foot traffic and rotational time to determine the success of the gopost lockers. The USPS is also working on ensuring customers do not simply use the lockers as a storage area.
MPA, along with a bevy of C-level consumer magazine executives, released a set of voluntary guidelines to help standardize advertising within tablet editions. Publisher reps from Bonnier, Conde Nast, Forbes, Hearst Magazines, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Meredith and Time Inc. are included in the MPA Tablet Metrics Task Force.
With the help of MPA and input of seven advertising agencies, the Force solidified the following as the first five recommended metrics for quantifying the digital publishing field: 1. Total consumer paid digital issues; 2. The total number of tablet readers per issue; 3. The total number of sessions per issue; 4. The total time spent per reader per issue; 5. The average number of sessions per reader per issue.
These metrics also come with a recommended reporting time: the release of metrics to advertisers 10 weeks from newsstand on-sale dates for monthlies; and a recommendation of seven weeks for weekly publications. These time frames allow for four weeks to collect data, and two weeks to analyze the results.
Hearst Magazines will start releasing metrics on its paid digital copies, specifically its iPad editions, today announced David Carey, president, Hearst Magazines. These metrics will include total paid copies, total time spent per reader per issue and average number of sessions per reader per issue. Hearst will begin sharing data with advertisers about its total paid copies per month immediately, followed by the other two metrics as soon as possible for those titles that are currently able to track. With these new metrics, both Hearst and its advertisers will get further insight into the engagement of these purely paid subscribers and single copy readers of the company's digital editions. As the still-nascent tablet landscape expands, Hearst expects that measurement will increasingly become more stable and accurate, which will enable both publishers and advertisers to learn more about how consumers interact on this medium. Hearst is following a business model focused on paid digital circulation and is not offering free access to print subscribers. "We believe that consumers are willing to—and do—pay for great content on multiple platforms and, with over 500,000 paid digital subscriptions across our portfolio so far this year, we have seen that play out," Carey said.
Hearst recently announced that Cosmopolitan surpassed the 100,000 mark for paid digital subscriptions and the company expects to reach or exceed 1 million paid digital subscriptions by the end of 2012.
The Quality Council of India (QCI) and the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) signed an historic agreement today at FSC's Bonn, Germany headquarters. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between QCI, India's national quality facilitation and accreditation organization, and FSC, the world's global standard for responsible forest management, is aimed at promoting responsible forest management in India and facilitating international trade in forest products.
TR Manoharan, FSC's National Representative in India, sees the MoU as a positive step forward: "Collaboration between QCI and FSC is a significant achievement and this will help to bring the benefits of FSC certification to the fast-growing Indian economy, people and the environment"
The agreement aims to support the development of FSC programs in India by strengthening the credibility of independent third party auditing, providing technical support and training, and fostering the exchange of information between the two organizations.
Sappi Fine Paper North America today announced the release of eQ Journal 004, an in-depth, myth-busting look at sustainable forestry. Grounded in facts and science, this edition of eQ Journal presents how sustainable forestry protects air and water quality, supports biodiversity of plants and wildlife and results in healthier forests.
This edition also challenges the assumption that the best thing for a forest is to leave it in its natural state. It illustrates that in fact, sustainable forest management creates biodiversity in age classes which helps support a wide variety of bird and animal species, as well as the long-term vitality of the forest. To examine the true benefits of a well-managed forest, eQ Journal 004 draws on thought-provoking expertise from Sappi foresters, an academician, a conservationist and a third-generation logger. This edition also shares insights from Hans Wegner, chief sustainability officer of National Geographic Society, regarding how his organization is supporting sustainable forestry.
"As a global leader in the forest products industry, we want consumers to understand the environmental, social and economic benefits of working forests," said Laura Thompson, Ph.D., director of technical marketing and sustainable development, Sappi Fine Paper North America. "Sustainable forest management practices are utilized to help deliver on society's demands for wood products while preserving forest health and biodiversity," added Thompson.
eQ Journal 004 also reveals details about Sappi's best practices at its mills in Cloquet, Minn. and Skowhegan, Maine, including routine visits to harvest sites to ensure plans comply with Best Management Practices- criteria essential to securing chain of custody certification for the company's products. To learn more about sustainable forestry initiatives at Sappi's Cloquet Mill, watch "Taking the Guilt out of Paper."
Ripon Printers, a leading printer of catalogs, publications, manuals and soft-cover educational products, has acquired certain business interests and assets of Sells Printing (New Berlin, WI). The combined annual sales of the two companies total approximately $55 million (Printing Impressions 2011 Top 400 ranking: Ripon - #134, $36.59 million; Sells - #168, $29.1 million).
This acquisition unites two market leaders, bringing greater resources and a broader range of services to both companies' clients. The name of the combined companies will be Ripon Printers and Andy Lyke, president and CEO of Ripon, will continue serving in that role.
"This is an exciting time for our customers and for Ripon Printers," Lyke said. "Sells Printing is well respected in the Milwaukee market and beyond. It's commitment to meeting and exceeding it's customers' expectations makes it a perfect match for Ripon Printers. We look forward to continuing this fine tradition—providing customer delight to all of our customers.
"We anticipate the synergy created by the combining of these two companies will create more employment opportunities, particularly at our main plant in Ripon. This is good news for our employees, company and the Ripon community."
UPM's sale of RFID business to SMARTRAC N.V. was completed on 31 March 2012 following clearance by all competent authorities. The RFID business consisting of three companies in Finland, the United States and China, has been transferred to the new owner. The deal was published on 22 December 2011.
UPM will become an indirect shareholder of SMARTRAC with a 10.6 percent economic interest through the company OEP Technologie B.V., a holding company controlled by One Equity Partners and one of the major shareholders of SMARTRAC.
Ahlstrom, a high performance materials company, announces that its ownership in associated company Jujo Thermal Ltd. will increase to 50% from the current 41.7%.
Jujo Thermal has decided to redeem the shares of its minority shareholder Mitsui & Co. Ltd. As a result, Jujo Thermal's remaining shareholders Nippon Paper Group and Ahlstrom Corporation each own 50% of the company. Ahlstrom will continue to include Jujo Thermal's financial figures in its consolidated financial statements as an associated company.
Jujo Thermal is one of the world's leading suppliers of durable direct thermal papers for label, tickets and tags and point-of-sales use. The company is based in Kauttua, Finland.
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RADNOR — In sports, two weeks is a long time to think about being embarrassed. Two weeks is a long time to heal up. Two weeks to prepare and bounce back came just at the right time for Villanova, which benefited from several big defensive plays to get a big win over No. 9 James Madison 35-20 on Senior Day at Villanova Stadium.
"Defensively it was just a great endeavor by our kids, who I thought played great," said coach Andy Talley after his Wildcats improved to 7-3 on the year and kept their hopes for an FCS playoff berth and even a CAA championship alive. "I think these guys up front did a really good job against a big physical offensive line."
Coming off the open week, Villanova knew they could still make a run at the postseason, which the Wildcats had been a part of for three straight seasons before last year. The team also knew the defense had to play much better than the 570 yards they gave up to Towson if they wanted to make a late season run.
The Wildcats defense challenged themselves to rally against a JMU team that put up 456 yards in a win over Nova last year. The call was answered with a pair of safeties, three sacks, two interceptions and only 231 yards allowed.
"We did a great job coming out and bouncing back from last (game) because we had that week off, a lot of time to think about that Towson loss," said junior nose guard Antoine Lewis. "Any time a coaching staff or a player questions your toughness or your physicality, it's going to make you reflect on yourself as a person, as a football player, as a team and especially as a D-line because everything starts with us up front. We took that very personally."
It wasn't a matter of changing personnel, packages or schemes to improve the defense. All it took was a simple gut check and a chance to come out and play hard.
"They didn't do anything (special)," said James Madison coach Mickey Matthews. "They lined up in exactly what we thought they would line up in. Up front we played bad. We lost the line of scrimmage very badly."
The Dukes came into the game averaging 226 yards a game on the ground and Villanova held them to just 108 yards Saturday in addition to holding quarterback Justin Thorpe to a pedestrian 123 yards passing. Lewis and the defensive line generated a lot of pressure and allowed just four of 12 third down conversion attempts.
"Antoine is, I think, the best nose man in the league," said Talley after 'Nova won its first home game since September 15. "You can't single block him so when they do double him it does free linebackers up and safeties up."
It was an unhappy homecoming for JMU center and two-time All-Delco offensive lineman Matt Williams. The Cardinal O'Hara product has started every game at his familiar center spot after appearing in nine games last year with time spent at right guard and on field goal protection. Williams had 30 family members and friends in attendance to witness what was a long day for the Dukes offensive line. Continued...
"Pretty true to what they showed on film," Williams said by phone about the Villanova front. "We just got started a little late and our mistakes caught up with us."
Lewis paid respect to the man he lined up against after the game.
"I think he was a good player," Lewis said of Williams. "We have no bad centers in our league. Every one is competitive, every one is going to give you a good game so you have to be on top of yours."
If the Wildcats are on top of their game again next weekend in Newark for the annual regular season finale against Delaware, they are expected to be back in the postseason. If they miss the playoffs, Villanova will have a whole lot more time to think about the tough losses that came earlier in the year.
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It gives me great pleasure to release the latest version of Ceon PaymentSense Direct for Zen Cart.
An overview of the module and the full feature list follows:
Module Overview
This payment module provides everything a Zen Cart shop owner needs to accept credit/debit card payments over the internet.
It uses the PaymentSense payment gateway, which connects to a bank and checks the validity of the card details entered by the customer at the checkout. The customer remains on the store's website, they are not redirected to an external site to enter their details as with many other payment solutions, making this as professional a payment solution you could possibly use with Zen Cart!
The whole checkout process is completely streamlined, therefore allowing store owners to have a store which works just as well as any of the large e-commerce websites!
Stores wishing to accept cards online through PaymentSense only need sign up for a PaymentSense account and to link it with a merchant account. (If the store doesn't yet have a merchant account, information on how to get on is included in the documentation).
Feature List
Streamlined and Professional Checkout Experience
- With Ceon PaymentSense Direct the customer always remains on the store's website, they are not redirected to an external site to enter their details as with many other payment solutions, making this as professional a payment solution could possibly be used with Zen Cart!
Support for the main Card Types handled by PaymentSense
- Cards supported:
- Visa
- MasterCard
- Maestro
- Visa Debit
- MasterCard Debit
- American Express
- Visa Electron (UKE)
- Visa Purchasing
- Diners Club International
- Laser
Full 3D-Secure Support
- Also known as "Verified by Visa" or "MasterCard SecureCode", 3D-Secure adds an extra layer of security to the acceptance of card details over the internet. The online equivalent to "Chip and Pin", it is anticipated that the majority of cards will eventually make use of this technology.
Surcharges/Discounts Support
- In collaboration with another of our modules, the Ceon Payment Surcharges/Discounts Order Total module:
- each Card Type can have an individual surcharge or discount rate specified which applies to all Order Values, or
- each Card Type can even have a full range of surcharge/discount rates specified, so that differing Order Value ranges result in differing surcharge/discount rates being applied!
- The rates for individual cards can even differ according to the country the billing address is in and/or the currency being used!
- This all means that store owners can pass the cost of accepting certain card types onto their customers, or offer their customers discounts for using particular card types.
- The Ceon Payment Surcharges/Discounts module can be downloaded for free from the Ceon website/the Zen Cart downloads area and is simple to use/integrate with stores!
Visual Feedback of JavaScript Validation
- In order to catch any problems with card details entered by the customer as quickly and easily as possible, this module will not only alert the customer to any incorrect information when they attempt to submit the form, it will actually highlight the form fields which require their attention.
- This helps to minimise the number customers getting frustrated and leaving at the last hurdle!
Icons for each Type of Credit/Debit Card Accepted
- If this option is enabled in the admin, icons are displayed for each credit/debit card accepted (all are enabled in the screenshot to the right).
- This looks very professional for the store!
Cards Accepted Sidebox
- A "Cards Accepted" sidebox also comes with the module, allowing the dynamic display of icons for each type of credit/debit card accepted by the store.
- This lets customers know what card types are accepted even before they've reached the checkout stage.
- The display of the "Secured by PaymentSense" logo gives further confidence to the customer that they are using a professional website with a reliable payment gateway.
Retains entered Card Details right throughout the checkout process
- If the customer returns to the payment page (for example, to change their shipping address, or if they realise at the confirmation stage of the checkout procedure that they have entered some incorrect information), the card details they entered previously will be automatically restored!
- This prevents any frustration with customers having to re-enter their details, something which unfortunately has to happen with most other payment modules.
- In turn this feature helps to prevent customers leaving at the last hurdle!
- An option is available to specify whether the details to be stored temporarily in the session should include the "sensitive" card details (Card Number and Card CV2 Number). If this option is enabled, these sensitive details are encrypted in the session using the Blowfish algorithm, to protect the confidentiality of the details as best as possible.
Automatically selects itself as the current payment method when customer uses any field
- Whenever the customer uses any of the Ceon PaymentSense Direct fields on the checkout payment page, the software automatically selects itself as the current payment method, saving customers time and frustration when they forget to select the payment method they are using.
Support for any number of Merchant Account Currencies and any number of PaymentSense Gateway Accounts
- Any number of Merchant Account Currencies can be used with the module, simply by configuring the module with the currencies that can be used and linking the currencies to PaymentSense gateway account(s).
- If a customer tries to check out in a currency for which there is no matching Merchant Account, the module will automatically convert the order's total to that of the default Merchant Account's currency when performing the transaction with PaymentSense.
Integrated PaymentSense Direct Panel on Admin Order Details Page
- The Transaction Information for any order processed using Ceon PaymentSense Direct is available directly for viewing on the Order Details page for that order in the Zen Cart Admin.
- A "Summary Panel" with a PaymentSense logo conveniently linking to the RealControl website, and a button to show the full panel is displayed by default. The full panel shows all the information recorded about the initial transaction with PaymentSense. A configuration option alows the full panel to be displayed by default if desired.
- The two panel types have been carefully coded so that they're not present in the print output of the page, maximising the space available on printouts for the order's details.
Quick and Easy Installation or Upgrading
- Thanks to its automatic database creation functionality and automatic upgrade functionality, Ceon PaymentSense Direct is exceptionally easy to install or upgrade.
Easy Testing with PaymentSense's Test Cases
- Ceon PaymentSense Direct allows its operation and configuration to be tested by using the store's Test Gateway Account(s) and various Test Cases.
- These Test Cases allow various card scenarios to be tried out, to check that the store performs appropriately in all situations.
- Once the configuration of the module and its integration with the PaymentSense payment gateway has been confirmed as working, the module can be switched to use the store's Production Gateway Account(s) with the click of a radio button!
Payment form can handle the following card details
- Card Holder's Name
- Card Type
- Card Number
- Expiry Date
- CV2 Number
- Start Date (Maestro/American Express)
- Issue Number (Maestro)
Dynamic Start Date and Issue Number support
- Certain cards (American Express) may need a Start Date to be supplied for authorisation to take place, while certain cards (Maestro) may need an Issue Number to be supplied.
- Ceon PaymentSense Direct dynamically displays the necessary form gadgets to capture this information from the user, based on the card types enabled in the admin.
Support for cards without a CV2 Number
- A small minority of cards have no CV2 number. If a customer has filled in all card details except for the CV2 number, they can be given the option to indicate that their card has no CV2 number.
- This is totally automatic. The module can detect if a customer is trying to use a card without a CV2 number and, if the card type can sometimes have no CV2 number, will ask them to confirm that there is no CV2 number on their card. Otherwise they will be asked to correct their oversight.
- This is necessary for Laser cards as many of them tend not to have CV2 numbers.
Automatic IFrame Creation
- The module has intelligent browser capability detection routines built in to maximise the customer's checkout experience when 3D-Secure authorisation is required.
Ability to Disable Autocomplete
- Some browsers store credit/debit card numbers and/or CV2 numbers entered in the form fields and then automatically insert them in the form fields when a user returns to a website.
- This can be quite disconcerting to customers, so the option to have this browser feature disabled is offered (and set by default) by Ceon PaymentSense Direct.
Start/Expiry Date Format Specification
- The format of the text to be used for the Start/Expiry Date selection gadgets can be specified in the module's configuration.
Automatic Database Table Creation and Auto-Upgrade Functionality
- Ceon PaymentSense Direct automatically creates its database table upon installation.
- It also automatically upgrades any previous version's database.
Full Transaction Recording
- The transaction attempt is recorded in the database, before contacting PaymentSense.
- Its progress is then recorded at any significant points along the way.
- This allows tracking of how far any incomplete transactions got, and as a consequence, for the possibility of linking up with cart recovery software to recreate an order which, for any reason, wasn't associated with a completed payment (although this hasn't been implemented in any way).
- The tracking also records details about the session, including a human-readable description, based on the customer's name, so a series of transaction attempts by a customer can be grouped together for easy analysis/trouble-shooting.
Debugging Output Modes
- Sometimes there can be problems sending information to and/or receiving information from PaymentSense. The debugging output modes give the ability to see what information was sent and received, so any problems can be identified and fixed quickly and easily.
- There is a "Visual Debugging" option, to display debugging information onscreen at critical points of the checkout process.
- There is also a "Debugging to File" option, to silently log all information, including extended "back end" debugging information, to a file created especially for the current user session.
- There is also the option to use a combination of both visual and file-based debugging, for instant onscreen output of the most useful information, with the full, extended information available in a file.
- Most stores should never need this functionality though and it is consequently disabled by default.
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It has been also submitted to the downloads area and should be available there soon.
This is now the official support thread for the software.
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- Avoid using bubble bath, because it may cause more irritation. If urinary pain or vaginal burning and redness occur in a young girl, she may have an allergy to bubble bath or soap.
- Use gentle soaps, such as Basis, Cetaphil, Dove, or Oil of Olay. Avoid deodorant soaps. Use as little soap as possible.
- Apply a heating pad over your genital area to help relieve the pain. Set the heating pad temperature on low. Never go to sleep with a heating pad in place.
- Examine your genital area. Increased redness may mean skin irritation.
- Wear loose clothing and soft cotton underwear. Do not use soaps, perfumes, or feminine hygiene sprays on the genital area.
- Avoid intercourse until symptoms improve. Do not use a diaphragm or spermicidal cream, foam, or gel. A diaphragm may put pressure on your Reference urethra Opens New Window. This pressure may slow down or prevent your bladder from emptying completely. Spermicides can cause Reference genital skin irritation.
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- Your symptoms do not improve after 48 hours of treatment.
- You start having bladder infections more often than in the past.
Your self-treatment plan is developed for your health needs. Do not take antibiotics that have not been specifically prescribed for this bladder infection. Do not take antibiotics left over from a previous prescription or antibiotics prescribed for someone else.
Urinary incontinence
Urinary incontinence is common, especially among older adults. Home treatment can often help decrease your symptoms.
- Talk to your doctor about your incontinence at your next regularly scheduled appointment.
- Reduce the amount of fluids you drink to no more than 2 qt (2 L) daily.
- Establish a schedule of urinating every 2 to 4 hours, whether you feel the need or not.
- Make a clear, quick path to the bathroom, and wear clothes that you can easily remove, such as ones with elastic waistbands or Velcro closures. Keep a bedpan or urinal close to your bed or chair.
- Practice "double voiding" by urinating as much as possible, relaxing for a few moments, and then urinating again.
- Do not drink caffeinated or carbonated beverages, such as caffeinated coffee, tea, and soda.
- Do not drink more than 1 alcohol drink a day.
- Increase the amount of fiber in your diet. Constipation may make your symptoms worse. For more information, see the topic Reference Constipation, Age 12 and Older.
- Talk with your pharmacist or doctor about all Reference medicines you take, including nonprescription medicines, to see whether any of them may be making your incontinence worse.
- Strengthen your pelvic muscles by doing Reference Kegel exercises Opens New Window every day and by having a regular exercise program.
- Control your weight. If you are overweight, try to lose some weight. Remember that effective weight-loss programs depend on a combination of diet and exercise. For more information, see the topic Reference Weight Management.
- Quit smoking or using other tobacco products. This may reduce the amount that you cough, which may reduce your problem with incontinence. For more information, see the topic Reference Quitting Smoking.
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- For men who have symptoms of Reference prostate infection Opens New Window, see the topic Reference Prostatitis.
- For new Reference kidney stones Opens New Window, see the topic Reference Kidney Stones.
Symptoms to watch for during home treatment
Reference Call your doctor if any of the following occur during home treatment:
- Other symptoms develop, such as fever, belly pain, or vomiting.
- You are unable to urinate or have increasing difficulty urinating.
- Symptoms of a Reference bladder infection Opens New Window do not completely go away after home treatment.
- More urinary symptoms develop, such as localized back pain (Reference flank pain Opens New Window) or blood in your urine.
- Symptoms become more severe or more frequent.
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Howard, your vision of the issue of race is completely one dimensional.
Who exactly are the "people of color" you have pitted against whites? The behavioral - not racist - division in Rochester is primarily between a significant subset of young African Americans and everyone else. That division is defined by the disruptive behaviors of the former.
I was recently at a meeting for a Rochester branch library facing a serious teen problem (almost all of whom were African American). That problem included assaults on the premises. In walked a tardy city official who commented 'sorry I was at meeting discussing the problem of assaults on refugees'. No one had to ask who was perpetrating those assaults. Of course none of this was news - unlike your march in Greece - given the enormous barriers to honesty on the subject of race.
I think that a recent statement made by Mr. Aaron Wicks regarding this article is critically important, and in fact classic, i.e.,
"Serious damage."
"It would be refreshing to have some discussion about precisely what kind of serious damage to our community would be done by talking about race during a campaign. We already know the damage from not talking about: clear disparities between whites and people of color in virtually ever measure of social well-being. THAT is serious damage. If one is concerned that feelings might get hurt or old wounds might be reopened -- or, heaven for fend, some yelling and naughty words get uttered -- perhaps that might be the type of damage we can endure to prevent the damage we have been perpetrating on ourselves for generations. Alas, the dark editorial supplies no indications of the serious damage that such a campaign would cause. It simply takes it as a given."
Primaries are healthy, as long as they're restricted to a single match up between candidates (and with a run off if necessary). They are however disasterous when utilized in the manner we see every four years with our presidemtial primaries. As a result of far too much media hype and far too little intelligent weighing of the candidates by the voters in subsequent primaries, we now have a system where a few thousand individuals in Iowa and New Hampshire are for-all- intents-and-purposes, selecting the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates for the remaining 313,900,000 of us.
Alex White probably is the best candidate for the job, unfortunately he doesn't seem to have much of a base. Additionally, Richards (the seasoned lawyer/businessman) will make it difficult for him to make any charges stick. Like it or not, this probably will come down to race... If Warren gets the vote out, she wins - possibly by landslide. And I truly hope she does as Richards' blustering, arrogant style of governing (much like "Big Brother" Bloomberg's or King Andy's) quite literally infuriates me.
I am always commenting on the need for bold leadership, however bold leadership must be focused on the important issues. Unfortunately, this has not been the case in Rochester.
The last bold move by a Rochester mayor was rolling the dice on the fast ferry. About the only other bold announcements , which are actually somewhat common, are construction projects. ...the still born Renaissance Square and PaeTec Tower, which now is not going to cast much of a shadow.
But how do things like ferries and office towers help with the true issues plaguing the city? They don't. When all of our time, energy and money are poured into big dream projects, they isn't any time, energy , money or interest in focusing on poverty and crime.
All local leaders are guilty of ignoring the important issues, but they can't seem to ignore a building project. The short term creation of jobs gets hyped...then what?
Alex White is the only candidate for mayor who ever talks about the important issues. Alex White is the only candidate not being swayed off course by the distractions the other candidates fall prey to--money and powerful people.
Rochester need a truly good progressive mayor who knows what the real issues are. Rochester needs Alex White.
The latest numbers thrown around are about 11,000 gun RELATED deaths per year in the US. These include death by COPS and JUSTIFIABLE homicides...where the good guy wins so criminals don't get to live doing more crime and causing more deaths. It is unfortunate but necessary.
Why don't you look at the actual statistics?
Here are the victims:
And the perpatrators? The same! There, I said it. Now refute it if you are able!
A must read no matter what your position. History is very telling of what disarming citizens will do. Number one killer of all time...democide...death by your own or another government (war, genocide, etc).
Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms. -James Madison
Cosmetics do nothing to the effectiveness of a firearm. That's the problem...misinformation with no unbiased sources and much of a general populace who is then misinformed. The D&C, owned by Gannett, has spread flat-out lies and biased stats. A sling swivel is not to attach a grenade launcher to, which are already banned, but placed in Feinstein's bill just for an emotional response. Hollywood doesn't help making it look like guns have unlimited bullets and silencers make guns silent.
Just like religions, you can't lump gun owners all together. That is one trick used to demonize all gun owners, 99.999% of which have not committed a crime nor will. A single mother protecting her kids does not have the same objectives as a sportsman or a competition/recreational shooter. A "prepper" also has different goals. The idea big gov't will always be there in an emergency if a fallacy even with FEMA, which has now become highly militarized versus humanitarian. Natural distasters of late have people shouting for the gov't to do something...rather than having been prepared! Of course there are all sorts of products out there...many for a zombie apocalypse...it is all marketing and sells because that is what is popular.
Single shot idea's main problem is this: when you disarm law-abiding citizens will the criminals simple turn in their multishot firearms? Will the military/police as well? How effective is one shot in a self-defense scenario, especially more than one attacker obviously. The police hit rate is less than 20%, would have to look it up. For sportsman, myself included, I know I have needed more than one shot. Wounded game disappearing into the brush is not ideal for an ethical take. I am sure you heard of the woman attacked in her attic. 5/6 shots hit the guy in the face and body yet he survived. The lowest recoil firearms for those of low stature to use and popular for concealed carry are small caliber where one more shot is needed and can be life or death. Also, most firearms are used for sporting/recreation...it is simply too much of a burden to reload after each shot. It would even change olympic sports where shooters get on target and need to stay on target. In the case of Virginia Tech the shooter used 17 five and ten round magazines. When the victims are disarmed or there are magazine limits, criminals take reign. In the milliseconds needed to change out a magazine they would have you believe you could rush the gunman. This has been proven false, it would be suicide. The ideas that our Founding Fathers would only use a one shot musket versus a modern musket (black rifle) is absurd. They did know the value and inevitability of technology and mult-shot firearms did exist even then.
Thoughtful, necessary and timely commentary. Thank you Mary Anna.
I have to agree with gun owners on one point. That is the definition of a particular style of gun as an assault rifle is not necessarily a deterrent to a killer. However, there would be one very effective bit of legislation that could have a real effect on limiting the potential for mass type killing. That would be to eliminate all firearms with the exception of single shot weapons. Specifically,legal arms could only hold a single cartridge which must be manually reloaded after each shot. This would not only eliminate the potential for mass shootings, but it would also increase gun safety for legal sporting use. As someone who has a lifelong involvement in wildlife conservation, I am at the receiving end of a load of sporting and gun catalogs. The recent trend in ads for thousands of rounds of ammunition, high capacity magazines, and burial containers for hiding guns and ammo, make me think our so called civilized sportsmen are less civilized than I had hoped.
Firearms are different than cars or dogs. For one driving is a privilege, not a right. Dogs are registered with the local gov't. You are discussing personal property however. Your car is not impounded when there is a gas tank limit. Your dog is not taken when it grows to be 300lbs.
You only have to see time and time again when it happens. Janet Reno said decades ago said "Waiting periods are only a step. Registration is only a step. The prohibition of private firearms is the goal." Many other gun grabbers are now stating the same goals. Feinstein, Soros, Bloomberg, the female democrat in IL etc etc.
Here are some recent examples from all around the world (Yahoo answers...blah I know, look at the best answer, it checks out): http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qi…
This is good as well:
You don't hear about how NY nixed the COBIS 4million/yr program that did not solve one single crime...yet was another burden not only on law-abiding gun owners but NY taxpayers. Canada spend billions on registry:
David Shaw, you mention that "there is only one reason for registration: confiscation." Has the government come to take away everyone's cars? Those are registered. What about dogs? Those are registered, too, and I don't remember any jackbooted thugs coming to take my puppy away.
Democrats have held the seat of Mayor in Rochester since 1974. That's 40 years. Forty straight years. Is our city better for it? Doesn't seem like it. It's time for a change Rochester.
The current leadership has been focused on slashing services to meet reduced revenues and not focusing nearly enough on actually growing revenues.
There's a generational shift occurring right now. Urban living is much more popular among young adults and new empty nesters alike. Developers have been cashing in on this trend by building new apartments, condos and townhouses in the city.
You'd think that the city would be cashing in too, but that hasn't been the case. There have been a lot of tax giveaways to the developers instead. The logic is that the tax breaks are a catalyst for the development, but this development would have happened due to market demands regardless.
Alex White is the only candidate who's talked about making sure developers pay their fair share of the costs of the infrastructure they profit from. I'm tired of being asked to choose between closing a library or a rec center so that we can slash taxes on luxury condos. New leadership is needed across the board and I hope people look to the Green Party to provide it.
You also mention gun registration. What is the purpose? Our founding fathers created a government which would not make the mistakes and tyranny of the past. Looking to history there is only one reason for registration: confiscation. How do you do that? Seizure of personal property. How are you going to do that? What reasons will they give? You fail to see how guns were seized (and never returned for years if ever) in areas of New Orleans that were high and dry and well-to-do. The Nat'l Guard was watching the New Orleans Police as they were reportedly raping women and corrupt. It has happened, it is not fear mongering: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-taU9d26wT4…
Wow...rhetoric right from Soros and Bloomberg. There was already a 10 round mag limit and less per DEC hunting regulations, but you never heard that reported did you? Sensible? How? Why 7 rounds? Eight rounds and you are worse than a child molester, fact. You're right....crime is down...as concealed carry and gun owernship is up! The younger generation is being brainwashed....just as Eric Holder stated in the 90's, the plan to quote "brainwash" people into believing guns are the problem and bad. He has used executive privilege to block investigation from Congress (our checks and balances) of Fast and Furious. No, no citizen could fire back legally in gun-free zones, that is why the mass killers chose them. Isn't it already illegal to kill yourself and commit even a single murder? How is more laws going to stop this person? Long guns of any type are used in less than 2% of any crime, but since the gun-grabbers couldn't ban handguns they invented the term "assault rifle." http://www.assaultweapon.info/ Citizens won't be able to fire "faster" than criminals at all while they obey the law yet crimals don't. Look to Mexico, which has zero personal firearm ownership. Only to militarized police and criminals have guns. It is not about living in fear, we choose to NOT live in fear! You could never understand that until you are waiting for someone with a gun to come save you when it is already too late. The number of crimes where a suspect is legally killed, ran off at sight of a weapon or detered by armed security is not reported in the news. It is death, death, death...and you buy into it hand and foot. A polite society is an armed society.
This editorial references the gun deaths in Herkimer and Mohawk, but doesn't cite any law (either existing or proposed) which would have prevented those crimes. Nor what laws would have prevented the Webster Christmas Eve crimes either.
Please include homeschooling as an option many city residents have also chosen. Thanks.
@cityguy: That's quite a charge, accusing our city leaders (and a mayor who had been a lifelong Republican, just like his predecessor) of conspiring to keep the middle class from returning to our city. What evidence do you have in support of this charge?
This is a big problem, many people who can afford to leave the city when they have school age children. Why people in these middle class neighborhoods aren't sending their kid(s) to the neighborhood school would be nice to know.
As for attracting more middle class families to the city, I don't know if City Hall would like that. They seem to have a nice democrat voter base that keeps them in power, I don't know if they'd like middle class and potentially republican voters from the county coming or staying in.


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text: So those who know me know i am one of the biggest hockey fans you will ever see. My teams are the Carolina Hurricanes and the Philadelphia Flyers. Canes didn't make it, but the Flyers start game one in minutes against a team i can't stand the Penguins. But for me this year is extra special cause NBC is broadcasting every game of every series over their network. I love my teams but being the fan i am, i love great hockey and will watch as much as i can. So who has a team in the playoffs. If you say the Penguins i will throw a puck at your head...lol Just kidding, i'll make it a gut shot. Dang i love this time of year. To make it better, today is also my wedding anniversary and it is nice and cold outside. Ahwoooooooo haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. Lets get ready for some hockey my friends.


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