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It's not too early to think about who will win the Christmas toy wars. Every holiday season there's one gotta have it toy that dominates the American parent's subconscious. That's why toy companies are as difficult to game as teen retailers. Who knows what children really want? And as the saying goes, past performance does not guarantee future results. With a sector so strongly tied to the vagaries of childrens' deepest desires what do you do?
No parent wants to see a disappointed little face come holiday morning. And neither do CEOs want to hear the whining of disappointed retail shareholders come the Q1 2013 earnings release. So who is capturing the hearts and minds of the children?
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Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT) may have the best shot this holiday season. It is the big dog in toys with an $11.07 billion market cap. They also have the deepest bench of toy lines including: Thomas & Friends (Thomas the Tank Engine), American Girl, Fisher Price, Monster High, Hot Wheels, Uno, the iconic Barbie and Disney branded Cars. They sell their toys in 130 countries.
Mattel has a P/E of 14.97 and is just 5% below its 52 week high of $34.62. It has a share buyback program in place, manageable debt, a yield of 3.8% and good cash flow to support that dividend.
What is looking good for Mattel is their continuing relationship with Disney (NYSE: DIS). Already they are beginning to sell out of the "Brave" princess Merida doll. And with the American Girl collection, which still is extremely popular, and Barbie line continually updating their toys for girls is the best of the three big publicly traded toymakers. If you are not the parent of a girl it is hard to impress the importance of that American Girl line which has been marketed to keep the number of popup type stores limited to keep the demand up. The decision to make a line of American Girl dolls that can be individualized to look just like a particular girl (the Just Like Me line) and for her to treasure, that decision was very canny indeed and will continue to drive American Girl profits.
The line that is worrisome has been Fisher Price which competes with Hasbro's Playskool. However, the other strong players on the bench should pick up any slack from that division. Mattel reports July 17.
Hasbro Has to Compete
Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) is Number Two in the toy game. And speaking of games, it owns Parker Bros. and that is part of the reason it received a downgrade from Citi analyst Gregory Badishkanian on June 27. He downgraded to sell with a price target of $31.00. Why? Because he doesn't think board games such as Scrabble, Monopoly and Operation have a place under the tree anymore and that Hasbro's deal with Electronic Arts to digital apps of the Parker Bros games may be too little, too late to rescue that division.
Still, Hasbro has a good bench without Parker Bros games with Marvel (including Spiderman), Transformers and Playskool. Unlike Mattel its offerings for girls are not that strong which was part of the reason for the Citi downgrade. For girls it has Littlest Pet Shop and My Little Pony offerings which have not done as well as the superhero themed toys.
Hasbro has a 4.43 billion market cap, a smaller P/E of 12.49 and a larger yield (4.30%) than Mattel. It is significantly below its 52 week high of $46.01 trading closer to its 52 week low of $31.36. That said, "The Amazing Spider Man" may be a catalyst for the rest of the summer toy line. Hasbro reports July 23.
You Don't Know Jakks
Jakks Pacific (NASDAQ: JAKK) is the speculative long shot of the three. It may not even be publicly traded by the holiday season as 5% stakeholder Oaktree Capital Management, LP had made a $20 per share offer and talks are on again, off again.
With an outsized P/E of 139.30 and a market cap of $413.78 million, it is definitely the riskiest with a more fad oriented line of Hello Kitty and Pokemon themed toys. It also has Cabbage Patch Kids and Nickelodeon toys. Surprisingly, it does have a 2.5% yield.
Jakks Pacific reported a Q1 wider than expected loss of 65 cents but guided higher for the rest of the year. Trading has been volatile especially after an $80 million self-tender share buyback offering after which it plunged 15%. It is currently trading around $16.32. With a second possible suitor rumors swirl around this name and according to this Fool article may present a special opportunity.
Coal or Candy
So which one leaves you a lump of coal in your portfolio stocking? The safe bet for a happy holiday is Mattel but Hasbro could surprise on the upside as nine analysts still like the name. Jakks Pacific could outperform all three, but this is the one most likely to leave a lump of coal.
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As a Holy-heavy Priest, I'm still feeling a lot of pain here. I've been trying hard to keep my mana regeneration viable by speccing off just far enough into Discipline to get Meditation, but I'm still hurting sometimes for mana, relying on Replenishment and Mana Potions more than I should.
I'd like to believe that I'm good at conserving mana with the right spells, but either there's something wrong with how I play a healer, or Priests are severely lacking in mana regeneration for healing. I still believe that druids have much more regen than we do, and they don't need nearly as much spirit/MP5 based gear to get it. This isn't just because of Innervate, but that is a heavy reason for it.
I'd like to see Symbol of Hope either not need to be channeled, or return at least twice as much mana as it does in the same amount of time. Either that, or buff Meditation or give Holy an ability that increases mana regeneration as a whole.
You're right that it's hard to have decent mana regen without Meditation, especially for long battles. However, I find that if you're running out of mana on anything shorter than a five minute battle, either you're not using the most efficient spells for the task at hand, you're overhealing, or you're not stacking enough spirit. Something I learned the hard way: All the +heals (or +spellpower, now) in the world won't help you if 15 casts is all it takes for you to go OOM. Give up some of those +12 Spellpower gems and put Spirit gems there instead.
Are you remembering to set your shadowfiend out *before* you're out of mana? If you balance things just right, you can find a nice chain for especially long fights: I use my fiend when I'm around 40%, which usually gets me in the 90-100% area, pop a mana pot around 60%, again at around 30%, and can usually use my fiend again before I'm OOM, bringing me back up to around 60-75%. Of course, depending on how heal intensive the battle is, you can take turns with the other healers in taking a break in casting to allow regen, before you're tapped dry. Bangle of Endless Blessings or Earring of Soulful Meditation are both very helpful with this tactic.
I can't compare druid regen to my own, but I find that if even with all this, if you're still pushing it to the limit, and running dry before the battle is over, make friends with the Druids you run with (especially feral!) and stack spirit. In a tight spot, give them notice that you may need an innervate, and when they find a moment, they can send one your way; with enough spirit, you don't even need to stop casting to go from bone dry to 100% mana. If you're low on spirit, one of the trinkets above can be popped just before you are Innervated to boost its effectiveness.
I hear you on the mana shortness... things don't get much easier in Shadow.
I have found a few things that help though...
As the person above said, definitely stack spirit. Before 3.0.3 I was all +damage, now I'm all hit, crit, some haste and spirit, spirit, spirit. There was actually a lot of synergy introduced into the Shadow spec. Twisted Faith in the Shadow tree takes the edge off of chucking all those +dmg gems for spirit (or dmg/spirit). Imp Tap will increase your Spirit on certain crits and will give you extra in-combat regen... and extra Spirit means extra damage with Twisted Faith.
Stack crit. Crit is one of our go-to stats next to hit and spirit. In Shadowform your crit chance increases the damage of your dots. Let me say that again... your dots' damage is increased by you crit chance. So... if you have 10% crit, and sw:p, VT and DP up on a mob, then pop Shadowform, the damage done by each dot goes up by 10%. VT's spell coefficient was reworked as well so that it does much more damage. I've seen it tick for over 800 once I stack up some Shadow Weaving. Plus.. everything we have can crit.. including dots. So, be sure to use your dots effectively and stack that crit.
Now that downranking was removed you can't actively control your mana at the level we used to. You can't say 'well, I want sw:p, but full rank sw:p is too expensive, so I'll cast a lower rank'. Now you have to choose between using the spell... and not using it. In general you have to be more selective about what you cast when. In effect, every spell we have is now kind of 'situational', since we just can't afford the mana to stack them all.
That said, VT takes as much time to cast as MB, does pretty close damage (with a lot of crit, it could do more) and costs quite a bit less mana. When I'm soloing, I cast shield, VT+flay+flay ... that's pretty much enough for anything I run up against. If you're trying to stack up a pack of mobs, the key is to proc Imp Tap and Spirit Tap as soon as possible for the damage boost and regen. VT+DP the 1st mob, VT the next, VT the next, fear, MB or flay the 1st... you should kill it, proccing Spirit Tap... then... have fun. In general I don't pull sw:p out of the box unless absolutely necessary. It costs waaaay too much mana to use regularly. It goes on bosses and elites only. If you're dealing with a group pull and need some AoE (I havent gotten mind sear yet, so I can't talk about it really), VT+tab 3 mobs, then flay around.. use mb on mobs around 4 to 5k (or sw:d around 2k) to try to catch the killing blow for that sweet, sweet Spirit Tap proc.


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It's the original FDA Megamix, featuring Tyrone from Telebubby Fun Land!
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As Adrian Peterson chased Eric Dickerson's single season record of 2,105 yards, he ended the season just nine yards short of the record. The miraculous part about Peterson's season was that he tore his ACL last December. Today, Peterson spoke with the NFL Network about his season and his future goals.
Peterson spoke about being only nine yards short of the record.
"It was a terrible feeling," Peterson said. "I kind of figured I didn't break the record. I kind of assumed maybe I was 30-40 away from it.
"When I heard nine, my heart just sunk into my stomach. (There were) 5-6-7 plays I was impatient or made the wrong read – I could have blew it out the water."
Peterson went on to talk about next season and had, what might seem like an impossible goal for a running back. Peterson says next season, he wants to rush for 2,500 yards.
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For a running back, 2,500 yards seems like an unattainable goal. However, plenty of people doubted Peterson coming into the 2012 season and he shut them up. This season, Peterson looked like one of the best running backs to ever play the game. With Ponder as his quarterback, if Peterson could stay healthy, he has a chance to break Dickerson's record of 2,105 rushing yards.
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This morning, my wife and I hid a number of Easter eggs around the family homestead for my son to find. Later, he wandered outside, basket in hand, looking for the eggs. He figured out the game pretty quickly, looking around in the grass for the brightly colored eggs, and he would pick each egg up with pride, show it to us, and gingerly put it in his basket before moving on to find the next egg.
I realized, while watching him hunt for the eggs, that this simple game, like so many others he plays, is just a microcosm of adult life. We spend our adult lives looking for Easter eggs.
Think of it this way: each egg is a major milestone in our adult life: marriage, children, a home purchase, a great job, and so on. We emerge from childhood much as my son emerged from the house, ready to wander about looking for the eggs.
Some of the eggs are easy to find; these are the events that seem to just fall into our lap, like finding that one special person (when it happens, it always seems to be an unexpected surprise).
The interesting ones, though, are the ones that are hard to find. We spend so much time searching and searching, trying to find our way towards a goal that we know is out there, without knowing for sure that we'll find the egg that we seek.
At the end of the day, we have a bunch of eggs in our basket. Did we find the eggs that we want? Do we have as many eggs as we want? At retirement, we peer into our basket of eggs and ask ourselves if we've found what we've been looking for.
Our everyday lives are the time spent stumbling about in the yard, looking for an egg. These are the times that we can either just cast about, hoping that we stumble upon an egg, or that we can plan our attack, utilizing a careful strategy for finding an egg.
As I watched my son out in the yard, time and time again, he found much more success when he would plan ahead to find an egg. He would look around for a good egg hiding place, then go over there and thoroughly examine the area, and eventually he would find a beautiful egg to hide in his basket. I do the same thing with my "eggs;" I'm planning ahead and using a strategy so that I am actively working to find my eggs, rather than just hoping I will stumble upon them in the future.
Reflect on any Easter egg hunts you had the opportunity to see today (hopefully you did – few things are more heartwarming than watching a child hunt for an Easter egg) and ask yourself whether you would rather spend your life just wandering around the yard hoping to stumble upon an egg, or if you would rather spend a bit of time planning and having a much greater success in your life's Easter egg hunt.


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Southwest Gas employees were venting the ground from a natural gas leak that occurred Monday near the hotel near Interstate 17 and Cactus Road when the odor seeped into the building about 4:30 a.m. and triggered calls to 911, according to a Phoenix Fire Department spokesman.
Only 16 guests were evacuated Tuesday, compared with 140 guests Monday.
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Our balcony room was well appointed...the storage area over the bed was hard to get at but the bathroom was great.
Entertainment was spotty..some good and some bad, particularly the female lead singer who screamed her way through some lovely songs.
Tours that we took, particularly St. Petersburg, were good. Brugge and Warnemunde were not much to see but pleasant. Stockholm you can do on your own...the hop on/hop off boat first thing to the Vasa Museum gets you there before the crowds. Then do whatever else strikes your fancy. In Helsinki, we did the Ipod Walking Tour...outstanding and you can pick your spots there but do it at your own speed. The Rock Church is a must. Our St Petersburg guide for the two day tour was great...good English and she hit the hilites. Tallinn is a nice walk from the ship and lots of shops and restaurants to sample at your leisure. Copenhagen is incredibly congested. We took the shuttle to downtown but with hindsight should have walked from the ship following the ship provided map and we would have seen the main sights ending at the Tivoli Gardens and taken a cab back to the ship.
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- Square Feet:
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- What I Love About My Small Home:
- We love that our small space allows us to be creative, strategic, and practical. Our design style is an eclectic mix of industrial and contemporary, and we love having heavier neutral pieces mixed with colorful rugs, artwork and pillows. Our home could easily look cluttered, so we choose our pieces carefully, while prioritizing storage-ability. Mostly, we have loved creating a small, yet comfortable family home to unwind and relax with our beloved Cat Benatar.
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- We would suggest using the space's nooks and crannies with thoughtful, multi-functional pieces. We always choose our pieces by whether they match our color scheme for each room, whether they can fit without cluttering the space, and also whether they have sharp design and storage appeal. Mirrors and reflective materials can also help your space appear much larger than it is.
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Nice use of the hallway walls.
I am curious about the choice of putting the throw on the seating part of the sofa rather than on the back cushions. It seems awkward to me to have to sit on a covered part. It makes me think it is hiding a stain.
I'm actually a bit confused about the layout. The second sofa - is that in the dining room?
I like your art wall both with and without the framed prints. Adding the throw to either the back or the seated area adds interest to a solid colored sofa. Patterned sofas are very difficult to find these days and pretty much all sofas are muted solid colors unless you take the custom route or utilize a patterned throw. Last, I love your Barcelona chairs. I've been thinking of getting the Room & Board knockoff version but haven't made the final decision yet.
Love it, great job Rich!
LOVES IT!!!! Hey Rich!
Absolutely Awsome.... Love the use of colors and the talent on the artwork. Best of luck and I hope you are the winners.
Cool room decorated by cool people with a very cool cat :). The art work is amazing by the way. The rug is fabulous and the door used as decoration is such a great idea. Can you tell that I am jealous.....xo
I like how it looks like a place for conversation instead of just for TV watching.
That bedroom is a work of art.
Uhm, soooo when are you moving out? andddd when can I move in? K. Thanks.
Awesome! Loved the bold use of colors and pattern. Obviously I really appreciated the hallway artwork and how it was displayed.
I love seeing smart apartments from my amazing Jersey City neighborhood featured on AT! Great job guys it looks amazing!
Cat Benatar!
What makes this Beautiful Place unique, is that no room is predictable, it just (shouts out) with coolness!!! and also gives such a Warm feeling of Home!!! Great Job done by the Greatest Guys!!! Cat Benatar, such a fitting name for this cat, She is a Star!!! RAO
Would you mind revealing the specific navy paint you used in the bedroom?
I too love seeing a Jersey City neighbor here. Lovely place! You do us proud.
Thanks SO much for the votes and comments, guys! We love Apartment Therapy and are so excited to be a part of this. Keep voting and spread the word on social media, family, friends where you can!
RE: ekathrein - We used Valspar Signature Paint + Primer, Interior Matte, Base C, and the color is Night Sky. Thanks so much for commenting!
Clever storage with the old suitcases on the rack in the office area! Much nicer than just stacking them in a scary 'tower'. Good job on the color in the bedroom. The dark bedrooms I've been noticing lately are very appealing.
Loving the hallway gallery wall- can we know more on how that was achieved?
Bedroom gorgeous!
Suitcases on shelving... now I know what I'm doing on Bank Holiday Monday here in UK. Idea well and truly stolen!
Thanks for the storage comments, guys! RE: MB@UK Kim created a wall of inspired magazine pages, glued them to the wall and then we painted over it with watered-down white paint. We then added some of Kim's artwork and photography on the wall over the "whitewashed" magazine pages. Thanks for commenting! We are happy you enjoyed it!
Sorry didn't see the reply button but we replied in the timeline!
Sorry didn't see the reply button but we replied above!
So cool my favorite :)
Homey and artsy. Love it. My favorite is the magazine wall that provides the backdrop for the cool art. I've done many decoupage projects, but never thought to do a white wash over it. Super! Good luck.
Thanks so much!!
Love how you incorporated Kim's artwork into that wall! Also, how you used colors and neutrals in balance.
Meow meow meow meow meow, meow meow.
Love your style and creativity! Your bedroom and artwork is amazing. Awesome job.
I like this one a lot. I think because it looks like a regular sized home. It looks like nothing was done to "make spaces appear bigger".
Lovely job with all of it.
I'm really digging that wallpaper.
Wait, no photo of the kitchen?
that navy bedroom! I think I love it because the colour doesn't go all the way to the ceiling.
I'd move the throw which has been placed over the majority of the sofa cushions. Makes me wonder what kind of a stain might be lurking across the majority of the sofa.
Is that a pouf from CB2 next to the sofa? It looks like the one from recycled materials but I can't really tell.
That is totally the recycled pouf from CB2. Thank you for the comments!
Spectacular! I love every inch of your apartment. Can I help you spend your prize winnings?!? ; )
I love the use of patterns in the living room...from the artwork, sofa and rug. It makes the room fun to look at. Nice touch with the simple white vases on coffee table..what a nice place to hang out in.
when you FAVORITE it that's the same as voting for it???
Well, hello! Absolutely gorgeous!
I absolutely love the use of the space and the creative storage furniture such as the dressing in the bedroom and computer stand. I also love the sofa in the dining room. So unique. Great flow. Awesome job Guys! xoxo
very distinct and personal styling ... i love that it doesnt look like you ripped ideas from a book. kudos !
Love it ! Very cool & very unique especially that wallpaper..awesome job you two!
Kim! I love seeing your Small Space! Beautiful job! xoxox
Love the style and the look and the patterns! This is no easy task and what you accomplished is excellent!
Thanks for the "how to" on the gallery wall. My daughter's now seen it and wants to create her own version on her bedroom wall at home (think her student digs would freak out!)
So that's at least two ideas stolen your home! Hope you agree imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Wishing you both lots of luck in the competition, but think you've already created your own luck...
Can I hire you to come and decorate my small space? LOVE IT!!!
that 'wallpaper' is going to appeal to/be borrowed by a lot of a/t folk, given that it is cheap, easy to do, has great effect, and looks good whether it has pics on it or not. have seen similar, particularly in baths, but not w whitewash, which stops pics from overwhelming.
That is very sweet. Thank you for the kind words!!
Thanks for all the comments, guys, and for the votes! If possible, help get us more votes but spreading this link in comments and social media, friends, etc - http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/kim-richs-contemporary-mix-small-cool-contest-203826
Have a great Memorial Day Weekend and thanks again! - Rich
Great apartment!
Thanks for the comment, Kayla! Spread the word if you can!
Personally I like the throw over the seat part of the couch. It gives visual interest to the otherwise austere couch and the colours in the throw are perfect for it. I really like the bedroom too.
patsy votes for rich & kims cool small space
Thanks, Patsy!! ;-))
I love it---now can you help me with mine?
Love your office space and your great storage solutions.Is that peg board being used as a top on the metal shelving?
Magazine art wall is fabulous!


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This study from Canada looked at the evolution of new MS lesions over time using frequency shifts of the MR signal in 20 people with relapsing-remitting MS, serially scanned at monthly intervals every six months.
They acquired maps of the MR frequency shifts using susceptibility-weighted imaging. Gadolinium enhancement was used to identify new lesions. They found that 40 new lesions were identified as areas of increased signal on gadolinium-enhanced scans. There was a rapid increase in MR frequency seen between one month before and one month after Gd enhancement. There was no difference in the frequency up to three months before lesion appearance in areas of future Gd enhancement when compared to normal appearing white matter. The frequency stabilised two months post the enhancement and remained at a constantly increased level.
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Bridges truly are a feat of engineering and human innovation. We have been constructing bridges as a means of getting from one place to another, over any number of obstacles, for many decades now. From the humble log positioned over a stream, to the grandiose welding, steelwork and mighty cranes involved in today's bridges, there is no doubt that humans just wouldn't be where we are today without them.
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What if Florida workers never got discouraged?
Florida Gov. Rick Scott has gotten some heat recently over how much of Florida's unemployment decline is thanks to hiring, and how much is thanks to unemployed workers giving up their job search and no longer being counted in the unemployment rate.
To understand the debate, you have to know how the unemployment rate is calculated. On Friday morning, Florida will release federal statistics showing how many people in the state are employmed, and how many people in the state are unemployed but actively looking for a job.
Those two counts are combined into the a pool known as the labor force, and the unemployment rate is calculated by dividing the number of unemployed by the number of people in the labor force. As of July, Florida's unemployment rate was 8.8 percent. That's down about two points from when Scott took office in January 2011, and also represents one of the fastest drops in the country.
But is that thanks to more hiring or more people giving up?
It's hard to say, because some people drop out of the labor force because they can't find work and some drop out because they get old and retire.
Here is a look at monthly changes in all three measures: labor force, employment and unemployment. The labor force has been growing pretty steadily until the start of 2012, when there were some sharp drops. Employment has been on the rise since 2009, with the one dip coming in July. And unemployment has been down since the summer of 2011 — until June, when the jobless rolls began climbing again.
What if those numbers were different?
The chart below shows Florida's actual unemployment rate, and what it would be if the labor force never shrank. On those months when the labor force did shrink, the chart simply replaces it with the previous high. I started the calculation in January 2010, a year before Scott took office.
As you can see, the unemployment rate would indeed be worse if the labor force had kept growing through 2012: 9.1 percent versus 8.8 percent. That's a difference of .03 percentage points — not a dramatic gap, but a difference nonetheless.
But there's also a line showing the unemployment rate if Florida's "participation" rate never changed. That's portion of Florida's 15 million residents who are in the labor force — again, either working or looking for work.
That's been on the decline since 2007, and now stands at exactly 60 percent. The decline shows the real asterisk behind Florida's improving unemployment picture.
If participation in the labor force had kept up with Florida's population growth — federal estimates say the state has about 450,000 more people than when Scott took office — the unemployment rate would be 11.5 percent by now. And it would have been 12.2 percent when Scott's tenure began.
That would have resulted in a drop in one percentage point, not the 2.2 points Scott can point to using the raw numbers.
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What everybody in advertising, marketing and media should know about the technologies that are reshaping their business. By Paul Beelen, February 2006.
This 20 page whitepaper explores the influence of technology in advertising, marketing and media, and the threats and opportunities triggered by the revolution of the new, social internet.
There has never been so much change in the way people communicate than there is right now. New generations use tools their parents dont even understand, and young people consume news as easy as they create and publish it themselves. These shifts in communication will undoubtedly have consequences for the communication industry. Can advertising campaigns still be based on a mix between 30 second tv commercials, print ads in top-down media and below the line activities?
Roughly five years after the burst of the Internet bubble, developers and investors are regaining trust in the World Wide Web. But not in the web as we know it. This time its about conversation, cooperation, and empowerment of the masses. This time it is bottom-up, instead of top-down. People are taking back the web that companies have been trying to commercialize for the past 10 years, without much success. This time, the web is going social. Within the Internet community, this new, grown up version of the web is called Web 2.0.
If we combine the social aspects of new web applications (which I will explain later on) with technological developments such as the ever dropping price of hardware, the rise of wireless communications and the massification of mobile phones, we can start to see mayor changes in a lot of aspects todays advertising relies on to be effective. This paper intends to explore these changes.
Whats the effect of an advertising campaign, in a world where every consumer has instant access to all hard data about any given product? How can we even reach these consumers in a media landscape that consists of millions of personal blogs, podcasts and time shifted television?
What is the role of marketing when consumers are directly connected to almost anybody within the companies they buy from? In this paper I will attempt to provide some answers (or at least clues), but for now, the best way to be prepared is to simply be aware of the fact that things are changing. Something has been set off, that is impossible to stopped. And it will force advertising to reinvent itself in quite a few ways.
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Everybody in advertising, marketing and media, especialy those interested in new technologies. However, technical knowledge is not required, which makes this document a good opportunity to catch up if you haven't yet explored the changes that affect the advertising industry.
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Paul Beelen was born in The Netherlands. He has been part of creative departments at various advertising agencies, including Lowe, BBDO and Leo Burnett, in The Netherlands, Switzerland, the Caribbean and Chile. Currently, he holds a position as creative director at El Cielo Agulla & Baccetti Santiago, Chile.
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April 17, 2013
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Architect's Vision: Science, Art and Landscape Converge at Exploratorium's New Location
Statement from EHDD's Marc L'Italien, Design Principal
The new home of the Exploratorium is where architecture, art, science and site converge. It elevates the Exploratorium's mission as both a destination for experiential exhibits and an R&D facility that creates innovative ways to teach and learn.
Visibility, public access, and flexibility drove the planning and design. Situated midway between Ferry Plaza and Pier 39, the new Exploratorium brings to life a previously dormant stretch of the San Francisco's historic Embarcadero waterfront.
The complexity of the program – to design an ultra-flexible building to support an ever-changing array of exhibits in keeping with the Exploratorium's culture of inquiry – was matched by the challenge of rehabilitating an existing historic structure in the most energy efficient manner possible. To that end, the building takes advantage of the original pier building's natural lighting and the water of the bay for cooling, and uses materials that are both sustainable and durable enough to withstand a harsh maritime climate. The goal is for the Exploratorium to be the country's largest net zero energy museum. This, combined with the Exploratorium's reputation as a hub of innovation, will make the building an industry model for what's possible in energy efficiency.
The Fisher Bay Observatory building is an elegant two-story steel pavilion at the east end of Pier 15 that contains an open plaza and pays homage to the clean lines of Pier 15, yet stands out with its taut façade. Using fritted glass to mitigate heat gain and reduce bird strikes, the building will house the SEAGLASS Restaurant and the ticketed Fisher Bay Observatory Gallery. The Fisher Bay Observatory will undoubtedly become a destination, from which visitors can see open water, maritime traffic, Treasure Island and the Bay Bridge, wildlife, hills, and other elements, both natural and human-made.
A promenade encircling Pier 15 enables free interactive outdoor exhibits, captivating the general public and passers-by with the direct experience of the surrounding bay and the city. Almost three times larger than its previous location at the Palace of Fine Arts, the new site enables the Exploratorium to dream big and to keep reinventing itself in unimaginable ways as it expands its programming. – Marc L'Italien, 2013
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Getting Here
The Exploratorium is easily accessible by public transit. Convenient parking is available nearby. For more information, visit www.exploratorium.edu/visit/location-directions.
About the Exploratorium
The Exploratorium is the global leader in informal learning, igniting curiosity and inspiring creativity in people of all ages. The world-renowned science museum creates original, interactive exhibits, on display at more than 1,000 science centers, museums and public spaces around the world. Dedicated to education reform in and out of the classroom, the Exploratorium is a premier professional development center for educators and a creator of award-winning educational resources. Since 1969, the Exploratorium has influenced generations of entrepreneurs, artists, scientists, teachers, students, children, museum professionals and everyday doers, reaching nearly 180 million people annually from around the globe. On April 17, 2013, the Exploratorium opened at Pier 15 in the heart of San Francisco's Embarcadero, where it will celebrate a new era of experiences that encourage critical thinking and awaken wonder for generations to come. For more information, visit www.exploratorium.edu/visit.
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It took the better part of a month to transform the Daly House in St. Louis Park into one seriously spooky graveyard to give candy-seeking kids a fright.
The ghouls and ghosts who provide the fear-factor are all part of the Halloween glue that makes the neighborhood together. While there are plenty of houses with candy, this graveyard is always looking for a few more guests.
The experience is the brainchild of Nikki Daly, a kindergarten teacher who began building her fright night theater with her mother more than 20 years ago.
"I think it all stems from my mom," Daly told FOX 9 News. "She went into labor on Halloween night with me -- my birthday is tomorrow. So, Halloween has always been a big part of my life."
While most neighborhoods have at least one house that attracts all the kids to the best candy or creepy décor, the graveyard along George Avenue South is so popular, the Daly family bought enough candy for 600 kids this year.


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September 27 through October 13 in their studio theater. An upper-middle-class suburban couple have their lives disrupted by long-time friends seeking to escape an unnamed terror.
Performances are Fridays and Saturdays starting at 8:00 and Sundays at 2:00. Tickets are $12, $11 for seniors and students. The LVLT website is here.
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Submitted by Anonymous | December 6 2012 | Permalink
Is this Webinar recorded for playback? I'd like to recommend it to many foster homes I work with.
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After rearranging my schedule and looking forward to the webinar all day, I tuned in at 3:00 central time, instead of Eastern, and missed it. So bummed, as this is info I can really use to help cut down on returns to the shelter where I volunteer.
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I too didn't get home in time for the webinar but would absolutely love to view the contents and share the information with the families who adopt our rescued dogs. Pat McConnell is fantastic so I'm sure I missed out on some great information. :-(
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I am trying to find out exactly when and how this webinar will be available. My understanding is that people will be able to listen to the recording of it at some point, but I don't know the details yet. As soon as I know, I will post a comment with the info here. Sorry for the delay!
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This lack of reliability and consistency in solar and wind energy production necessitates the use of emergency backups – something that will only rise as California continues its transition to renewable energy sources.
California currently gets one-fifth of its energy from renewables, and looks to raise that to 33 percent. According to the article, the state's electricity costs are among the highest in the U.S. and "are projected to rise sharply in coming years."
As its percentage of renewable production rises, the state will need more fossil fuels as reserve power sources:
The California Independent System Operator, the nonprofit company that runs the grid, estimates that by 2020 the state will need to double its reserve capacity. California now maintains a margin of 7% to 8% above projected daily demand, in case a nuclear power plant goes offline or outages occur. But when 33% of the state's power comes from renewables, that margin will have to rise to 15%, said Stephen Berberich, the firm's chief executive.
This reserve energy may be hard to come by. Natural gas plants in the state have come under attack by the California Water Quality Control Board, which has ordered 19 plants to close by 2020 because their intake pipes kill fish.


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After failing the first time, Augusta will try again to privatize the transit system.
Commissioners voted Tuesday night to have Texas-based McDonald Transit Associates take over city bus service.
Mobility Transit Services, the company currently in charge, is out after it contract ends at the end of July. Mobility made it about two years, taking over in August 2011.
Some Augusta Commissioners, though, feel hiring a private company adds costs and limits making changes.
"I think, financially, we would have been lots better off keeping it in-house because we have the expertise here. And, it would have given us the ability to tweak the routes and so forth because you got these companies that come in. Every time you want to change a route or add a route, it's going to cost you additional money," says Commissioner Bill Lockett.
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It's a sad story, about the love between the city and a writer who wants to love the city, but just can't remember how. Or maybe it's not even that complicated.
Read on over at SFist.com for the final installment of Urbane Studies. Thanks for everything, guys.
It's a sad story, about the love between the city and a writer who wants to love the city, but just can't remember how. Or maybe it's not even that complicated.
This week's Urbane Studies should be accompanied by an over-sugared vanilla hazelnut coffee from Happy Donuts.
Revolt, drag, drugs, and true love: all will be revealed in this week's Urbane Studies.
Well that was exciting.
And so was Jones Street: read all about it over at SFist.
This week's column over at SFist is without bodega, without bar: just as well to work rather than play. And for anyone sitting in a parklet going on about parks for people, green is good, click through, let us show you the ways in which Boeddeker Park is a complete disaster. Parks are useless as bandages if you put the wrong kinds on the wrong wounds.
Did you notice the writer's strike? No? It consisted mainly of a single writer not writing, but now that's all sorted out so you can continue to ignore the weekly column over at SFist.
Have you been to Wilson & Wilson? Have you wandered up and down the street waiting for the place to open, chatting with the locals, waiting for the crowd loudly checking phones just outside the speakeasy door to dissipate, wondering why you bother? You really should go. Read on.
If it's Monday, then it's time for Urbane Studies at SFist. Incidentally, there's a reason why no one can remember those little details I'm always harping on like some kind of lesser Frank O'Hara. Scientists say we're hardwired to remember the more emotionally charged events of our life. All well and good, but some days all it takes is a guava popsicle and a lovely view. Here's to lowered expectation!
Sascha spoke of conspiracy and UFOs, CIA chemtrails and the balls of flame that light up the hotel at night. Good to have friends in the neighborhood. You don't know it? Let's learn more about Ellis & Leavenworth, shall we?
Raymond has lived in the Cadillac for a while, enjoys their free concerts. I told him I don't normally take portraits, but he said he was feeling pretty good, and that I should take his picture. Best smile in the TL on a 70-something degree day. Read on at SFist.
The Maryland Market is among the best in the neighborhood, if only for the beverage case: Cristal Negra soda, Inca Cola, and once I swear I saw Kolachampan, that Salvadoran elixir. Across the street, one can buy VHS copies of some of Stallone's lesser films; t-shirts, cellphone chargers, Viccodin. So go back to the Maryland, stand in admiration of its southern wall: a warm-paletted Mondrian across the Cola signage, Maryland all free and easy, Market steady and controlled. As for the other three corners? Read on.
"L.A. isn't beautiful, and Angelenos know it." Meanwhile, in San Francisco, Hyde & Golden Gate offers its rejoinder.
" Until the twelfth of never and that's a long, long time"
The stories, they are many. Read more in today's Urbane Studies column.
The people of Hyde & Eddy are very chatty, mostly because you're over the age of ten and buying a dollar's worth of ninjas. Read more over at SFist.
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Male Infertility: Low Sperm Count Linked to Genital Measurement
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A study from researchers at the University of Rochester shows that when it comes to a guy's fertility, size really does matter. But as Reuters Health reports, the dimension in question is not penis or testicle size, but a measurement known as anogenital distance (AGD), or the distance from the anus to the underside of the scrotum. According to the study of a group of 126 men, published March 4, 2011, in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, men with an AGD shorter than 2 inches have seven times the chance of having low sperm counts ("sub-fertility") compared to those with a longer AGD.
According to study author Shanna Swan of the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York, the new findings may point to a relatively simple fertility screening test for men. "It's non-invasive and anybody can do it, and it's not sensitive to the kinds of things that sperm count is sensitive to, like stress or whether you have a cold or whether it's hot out," says Swan in an interview with Reuters.
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Past research has shown that men with sub-fertility have about half the chance of conceiving as do men with normal sperm counts. While the AGD finding may mean nothing for the majority of couples, it could matter, especially if you and your partner are trying to figure out why you are having trouble getting pregnant.
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Creating A Tropical Garden For Wisconsin
From inside the Thai Pavilion at Olbrich Gardens in Madison, Jeff Epping explains how to create a hardy tropical garden in Wisconsin backyards.
Rain Gardens
John Gishnock of Broadhead's Applied Ecological Services explains how rain gardens decrease water run-off. He shows viewers how to create and maintain the native plant-populated gardens then create beauty in all four seasons.
Pruning Trees and Shrubs
Janesville Rotary Gardens Horticulturist Mike Maddox demonstrates how the cold season is the perfect time to prune trees and shrubs.
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Shelley Ryan visits the Tsyunhehkwa Project in Oneida, learning about the importance of specific plants to the Onieda Native American nation.
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Although he is completely blind, Charlie Anderson has a passion for horticulture and gardening. He shares his story with Shelley Ryan and explains how he enjoys plants without seeing them.
A New Way to Plant Trees
Dane County Horticulture Educator Lisa Johnson says the rules have changed. There is a new and better way to plant trees.
Hot Plants for the Garden
We travel to Songsparrow Farm and Nursery in Avalon to see what's new and hot in trees and shrubs. Roy Klehm shares his new favorite woody plants for the garden. He emphasizes colorful foliage and a variegated redbud.
Growing Lettuce
Judy Reith-Rozelle of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Experimental Farms explains the importance of soil temperature when planting lettuce.
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Shelley Ryan meets a rock gardener growing more than 25 varieties of clematis in all shapes and sizes. Venerable clematis, which often bears large purple flowers, is a plant that has long been valued by those looking for a showy, height-seeking garden dweller.
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Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra said he wants to move toward giving feds a subsidy of $2,000 to purchase their own devices to work on.
Many federal employees have better technology at home than at the office, Kundra said at an AFCEA discussion on the federal budget. But making it reality could be challenging, especially on the cybersecurity front.
Ed Meagher, former CIO at the Interior Department, says it's "an idea whose time has come," despite those challenges.
Meagher, now vice president for healthcare strategy in CSC's North American Public Sector Group, said there are challenges now. The compatability issues are just a similar horse with a different color. In the end, Meagher told Federal News Radio, "I think the business case will be made."
The key to the success of the idea, said Meagher, is to do it now. "We'd better quickly get over ourselves and figure out how we do it today and how we will do it in the future. It's not a matter of should we do this, it's a matter now I think of how we do it."
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