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Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN), whose shares have tumbled by more than 75% this year, has been on a roller coaster ride since it first announced the intention to replace its much criticized co-founder and chief Andrew Mason, and then the board subsequently voted to retain Mason, sending the stock back down below $4. So, all of that served to do little more than induce some short-covering.
Earlier this year, Groupon revised its 2011 financial results, which raised several eyebrows regarding the company's financial governance and controls, prompting the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to start an investigation into the company's accounting practices, particularly those related to coupon refund. On Aug. 2 and Sept. 25, the SEC asked Groupon to reveal more bookkeeping details. The company has since added several high profile executives to its board such as Daniel Harry from American Express, Robert Bass former vice Chairman of Deloitte LLP and Brian Stevens, a former KPMG executive.
Groupon's poor performance is not unique to itself. Instead it is tied to the slowdown in the American economy, which has prompted several industry pundits to ask if the daily deal business model is sustainable. The better question is not sustainability, but rather lack of exclusivity. What's to stop someone else building a similar business and turning the entire 'industry,' and I use that term loosely, into a commodity-level advertising engine, which is exactly what has happened. However, Groupon and its rival, LivingSocial, are the two big names that can claim the dubious title of industry leader. At least LivingSocial is partly owned by the internet retail giant Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), which invested nearly $200 million in the daily deal firm, not that that investment has lit up Amazon's bottom line.
Amazon's Q3 financials revealed a higher than expected loss of $274 million because of a $169 million impairment charge related to LivingSocial. LivingSocial itself had lost $566 million in the quarter, although more than 95% of it is attributed to non-cash items. In fact, it was the first time in four years that Amazon reported a quarterly loss.
Daily deal websites attract price sensitive customers who go after the best deals that can they can find, be it on Groupon, LivingSocial, or any of their numerous smaller rivals. There is very little customer loyalty here, not the market's most desirable demographic. However, more importantly, the businesses are increasingly finding out that daily deals are not their most lucrative option. New research from MIT Sloan Management Review that tracked three companies which offered daily deal coupons found that it would take them from 1.5 to 8 years to recover the amount of lost profits from coupons, and those coupons did not act as loss-leaders to fuel customer loyalty. If anything the whole experience was a net negative, as existing customers feel betrayed when a new one is offered greater discounts than they are.
Customer acquisition costs improperly modeled are the death of many a seemingly no-brainer startup. The whole model is alienating customers willing to pay a premium – desirable customers—who now also go to Groupon, which translates into even more lost profits. The whole industry then becomes a race to the bottom, which is only made worse when economic conditions are poor. When people have more money than time they spend money. When wages are contracting, the opposite is true. When people have more time than money they will search out the best deal, as opposed to making the quick sale of their favorite item from whatever vendor is most convenient.
Groupon's business model could work during a recession, as weak demand and high inventories can be bled off at discounts, but only as advertising for this situation. Those types of sales won't build customer loyalty and margins for everyone will be slim, especially the middleman. When an economy is growing demand is high and Groupon can function as an advertising agency. Therefore, I believe the business is not going to get rid of its problems by hiring new executives or removing Mason. The model is designed to drive margins down, not up.
About two years ago, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) was willing to purchase Groupon for $6 billion before its IPO, but this offer was flatly rejected by Andrew Mason. Back then, the business was dubbed as "the fastest growing company ever," but now its current market cap is just $2.72 billion and it has an enterprise value of $1.52 billion. I'm sure Mason and the board are wondering just what they were thinking turning that offer down.
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A Clockwork Orange: Restored Edition released on 5 December
A Clockwork Orange: Restored Edition released on 5 December alongside a new online resource featuring rare material from the Anthony Burgess archives.
Penguin's A Clockwork Orange: Restored Edition – complete with a striking cover design from Barnbrook studio – hits the shelves on 5 December. To mark the paperback release of Burgess's original text The International Anthony Burgess Foundation will launch an online resource of articles, images and podcasts covering everything you need to know about the novel and the film, and next year will host Day of the Droogs, an event offering new perspectives on cinema, gang culture and young masculinity.
A 'terrifying and marvellous book' (Roald Dahl), this fully restored edition reinstates the author's original text, and includes a Nadsat glossary, explanatory notes, extracts from Anthony Burgess's illustrated manuscript, author interviews and a foreword by Martin Amis.
The authentic, back-to-basics attitude of the publication is also reflected in the cover design from Barnbrook. Jonathan Barnbrook, the designer of David Bowie's recent albums and the acclaimed Penguin Modern Classics cover for George Orwell's 1984, describes his cover creation as 'bold and uncompromising' with Penguin's Art Director, Jim Stoddart, stating Barnbrook's design makes this latest edition 'a book you just have to own'.
A Clockwork Orange Online Resource (5 December 2013)
In addition to the Penguin paperback release, the International Anthony Burgess Foundation will be unveiling a new online resource for A Clockwork Orange.
Visit www.anthonyburgess.org on 5 December and you'll be able to access everything you ever needed to know about the book and the film: myth-busting facts, full bibliographies, informative articles about the evolution of the novel and the film, a gallery of book covers, podcasts and much more.
Day of the Droogs (29 January 2014)
To mark the publication of A Clockwork Orange Restored Edition the International Anthony Burgess Foundation and Manchester Metropolitan University's Institute of Humanities and Social Science Research presents Day of the Droogs, a free day-long event focussing on the critical views surrounding a A Clockwork Orange and its legacies, including new perspectives on cinema, gang culture and young masculinity.
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Born in Manchester in 1917, Burgess grew up in Harpurhey and Moss Side, went to school in Rusholme and studied at The University of Manchester. A prolific novelist, poet, playwright, composer and critic, he wrote thirty-three novels, twenty-five works of non-fiction, hundreds of musical works and vast quantities of journalism.
Based in Manchester, the Burgess Foundation has an extensive library, archive and study centre containing Burgess's books, music and papers. It also has a performance venue where we present new work by writers, artists and musicians. The Burgess Foundation is an entirely independent charity that welcomes all individuals and institutions interested in Burgess's work. Visit www.anthonyburgess.org for more information.
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These are the skills I recommend choosing as a beginner:
I recommend starting with these skills because they all affect combat. Note that when you start the game, you will want to move your club from your inventory to your left hand so that you have both weapons equipped.
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Start adding points into axes first, so that you can get Norwegian Axenado as soon as possible. This spell will prove invaluable when you uncover a Monster Zoo.
After that, get Maces to level 3 so that combined with Axes, your combat Stats will be very good. At this point, your main concern will be traps and Monster Zoos. To help out with the trap problem, start putting points into Perception. When you get it to level 3, you should have no problem disabling traps.
After Perception, start filling up Assassination and Deadshot. If you've made it this far... you're doing great!
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Try to focus on equipping Axes and Maces, but don't rule out swords or staves. Just remember that you lose any stat bonuses from skills if you don't have a weapon of its respective type equipped. However, sometimes even with the lost bonuses, it's worth it to equip one of the other two weapon types if you find a really nice item.
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ESPN's Marc Stein reports news of the trade talks, which would see the Knicks send Chandler and Raymond Felton to the Mavericks. The Knicks would receive Jose Calderon, Sam Dalembert, Shane Larkin, Wayne Ellington and a second-round pick, according to reports.
Chandler was one of the key players on the Mavs' championship team in 2011. Though owner Mark Cuban wanted to retain him, the team decided to let him go because of tight financial restrictions. Chandler then signed a 4-year, $60 million deal with the Knicks and has one season remaining on the deal.
Felton had a terrible season with the Knicks and has one year and a player option remaining on his contract. In order to shed the Chandler and Felton contracts, the Knicks would be taking back Calderon, who is set to make over $7 million in 2015-16 and 2016-17 after signing a four-year extension with the Mavs last year.


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IS Casteism still a racism ?? Does it still affects the human race?
Community is always conceived as caste community, resulting in social distance and the discrimination and subjugation of the lower castes in all spheres of life.The tussle over 'caste and race' has continued for years.Are the Caste and race are not the same?Why do we discrimination on the basis of one's birth?
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To some degree you could consider them interchangable, atleast due to their equal asininity and imprudence. Also because many of the scenarios that demonstrate casteism just so happen to be synonymous with what we would observe as racism.
'Why do we discrimination on the basis of one's birth?'
The short answer is that its because human beings aren't as civilized and enlightened as they typically believe, merely considering themselves to be 'better' just because some of them happen to be slightly ahead of others in a small number of arbitrarily defined characeristics, most evolving solely from the fact that those they discriminate against didn't have the same opportunities...Because of racism and casteism.
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Kenny Rogers is calling four minutes late, but he's apologizing as if he's hours tardy.
"My mom taught me about punctuality, about how everyone's time is important," he said while inserting another mea culpa.
Rogers' mother – amusingly named Lucille – and his father, Edward, receive front-of-book treatment in the country star's new memoir, "Luck or Something Like It," released on Tuesday.
Rogers said his initial writing partner on the book, Patsi Bale Cox, who died last year in the early stages of the project, told him that he needed to focus on telling people where he came from and how he became a superstar with more than 120 million albums sold.
"Patsi told me, 'Kenny, if they love the boy, they'll like the man,'" Rogers said earlier this week from Washington D.C., where he was making a few stops to promote the book.
Rogers, who lives in Atlanta with wife Wanda and their twin 8-year-old sons, will appear at the Barnes & Noble in Alpharetta at 5 p.m. Sunday. But don't expect any autographs or book readings.
"Reading? Heck no, that's work!" the gregarious Rogers, 74, said with a laugh, adding that he'll likely do a photo op with anyone who buys "Luck."
The tome successfully gives fans a glimpse into Rogers' upbringing in Houston, as well as his early musical days playing jazz into his eventual working relationships with Lionel Richie and Dolly Parton, both still close friends today, up through meeting Wanda when she worked as a hostess at Pricci restaurant.
Rogers said that after Cox's death, he started reading the stories she had culled from their hours of interviews and decided that it would be best for him to write his story his own way.
"They were wonderful, but it wasn't my voice, so I started writing them and putting my warped sense of humor to them. But I hate to type so I type everything in all caps and then people think I'm yelling at them," Rogers said.
He also admits to sneaking a peek at his Wikipedia page "to check album release dates and who I was married to when."
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"I was overly protective," he said, "mainly because I'm not convinced that my memory of certain things is the right memory, so I didn't want to get into any of that."
Rogers does discuss in the book moving to the Athens area years ago because it was an amenable location to raise his kids at the time. He sold his 1,200-acre spread there when he and Wanda got married in 1997 and this past summer, unloaded his lake house in Nicholson because of the tremendous upkeep.
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October 4th, 2012
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A good man…and a great singer!
October 4th, 2012
9:03 am
that old fart is still alive? kenny fade away please,you are an old washed up has been,you are yesterdays news disappear please no one gives a damn about you,it's not 1978 anymore
October 4th, 2012
9:14 am
You are a legend and a great performer. Dick Whiskey you should get a life and "fade" away…You are clueless and apparently very jealous.
October 4th, 2012
9:27 am
I agree with rogeriter. Kenny Rogers is a great man and a very good singer. I love listening to his music. A by the way it seems that you dick whiskey are the clueless one. Kenny has put out a lot of beautiful music since 1978.
October 4th, 2012
10:18 am
the old man was in his prime in 1978 is what i meant,started going downhill fast after that,if you remember him and dolly doing islands in the stream you know what i mean,horrible music
October 4th, 2012
10:20 am
Kenny Rogers is testament that there is no accounting for taste. It's amazing what "The Gambler" brought him, and his spoken-sung vocal styling leaves a lot to be desired. Never mind that he's written few good songs; neither did Sinatra fwiw. But he's surely laughing all the way to the 120 million records sold bank, and I know firsthand that Kenny is a very nice, genuine guy. Kenny to me is like many people who go far on any of the musical reality shows: there's a serious dearth of talent but marketing can take you pretty darn far. He's a great businessman with what he's gotten out of his career, monetarily-wise. But let's not mix true talent for great marketing.
Just saying' !
October 4th, 2012
10:50 am
I was a classmate with one of Kenny's nephews at UGA during the time Kenny lived near Athens. I can confirm that Kenny is a genuine and generous guy. Whether you like his music or not, Dick Whiskey, its obvious that 120 million people did like it. If you can get 120 million people to agree on something, you are pretty good at whatever it is that you are doing.
Next time I see Disk Whiskey and the Blowhards on tour, I will be sure to take note of how empty the arena is and how few of your records have been sold on iTunes. Keep your 4-inch opinions to yourself, Dick, and learn how to play a G Chord before you criticize anybody's musical ability.
October 4th, 2012
11:27 am
[...] more than 120 million albums, he told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "Patsi told me, 'Kenny, if they love the boy, they'll like the man,'" he said.Kenny Rogers' "Luck or Something Like It" [...]
October 4th, 2012
12:26 pm
i loved Kenny Rogers music. still do. the songs actually had word you could understand and enjoy listening too instead of some of the rock country so called country today. of course, i am older and so that means this new country as they like to call it is no more than the rock & roll when i was a teen. i am someone who likes 'music you can listen to. and this Rogers style. Like all of us he is older but if some of the younger musicians took time to listen to what he says it might help them as they go along. thankfully everyone has their own taste in music and there must have been a lot of us who liked kenny's style. I love Dolly's style also… great fan of George Strait but don't think much of some of the newer singers… most don't even know what country music is …
October 4th, 2012
2:14 pm
Whiskey, the bottom line is that 120 million people like Kenny Rogers enough to buy his product and I would imagine that its hard to get 120 million people to agree on anything. I am going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that you and your band have also sold 120 million records, so you are not easily impressed? Otherwise, you are taking shots at somebody who has achieved a lot in life yet has been a decent guy during the whole time. Paul McCartney, Sting, Mick Jagger and David Bryne were also around in 1978, so Kenny is in pretty good company if your point is that being a hit maker in the 1970's means you have no business hanging around in 2012.
October 4th, 2012
2:31 pm
Please check out Kenny Rogers & The First Edition from 1972. Kenny was one cool smooth hippie. They sang the classics "Ruby" and "Just Looked In".
Kenny, you should have never messed with your face dude! Why???? You didn't need that. Now you look like you trying to 25 yrs old – not a smart career move.
October 4th, 2012
2:41 pm
I grew up listening to kenny and the first edition and followed him through his career. his music made me laugh, made me cry and often made me think. his love of photography inspired me at an age when I needed something to get involved in. Like him or love him, even hate him, he is still one of the best. And I'll never forget that night in agusta ga when I got to meet him. that is a memory I will cherish forever. so thanks kenny for bein somebody worth belivin in
October 4th, 2012
2:55 pm
To the rude idiotic blogger Dick Whiskey good moniker for you, I suggest you lay off it until you can relocate your manners, surely you were raised with some??????????
October 4th, 2012
2:59 pm
My favorite Kenny Rogers song is "Coward of the County" I loved him when he sang with Crystal Gale too, but when he sang with Dolly I think she had to take it down a notch. To ma at least they were grossly mismatched.
October 4th, 2012
4:09 pm
I was surprised by the photo. I didn't realize he was of Asian descent.
October 4th, 2012
5:05 pm
wow, kenny rogers was & is awsome. This is coming from a black men who don't love country music but love kenny rogers
October 4th, 2012
8:02 pm
I've been a fan of Kenny's for a looooong time! Use to camp out to get good seats at his concerts at the Omni or the Fox. And I had the pleasure of meeting him on the set of Six Pack. One classy dude. Still love ya, Kenny
October 4th, 2012
9:28 pm
hey kenny you are the best,I am from central America and,we listen to your musica;ot again you are the best in country music keep on doing what you do best take care sir.
October 5th, 2012
4:07 am
I think that guy whiskey is drunk all the times he is on the computers.His head is spinning with rude manners about the Good old Kenny.We love you Kenny.You make our childhood memories a reality.Eyes that see in the dark album is my everything
October 5th, 2012
11:12 am
A great website: http://www.MenWhoLookLikeKennyRogers.com.
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October 8th, 2012
8:32 am
I wonder if Kenny Rogers wrote about his FIRST CONCERT APPEARANCE in Atlanta at the old Sports Arena???
October 8th, 2012
10:14 am
I use to live next door to Kenny and he was one of the kindest people I have ever met. I run into him from time to time in restaurants around town and he is always so nice to come up and speak and catch up. I also am a huge fan of his music. Can't wait to read the book. (Hope he didnt put me in it).
October 8th, 2012
10:24 am
When I worked for a large company, Kenny came to see some of the top brass. When he passed my office door, I waved, and he turned and came into this secretary's office and greeted me and shook hands. What a gentleman! . I look forward to reading his book.
October 8th, 2012
12:29 pm
@jojo………….my uncle was the kid that sang "ROCKY TOP" in the movie Six Pack. I haven't seen Kenny in 30 years and yesterday was bittersweet for me because he remembered me meeting him and remembered my uncle. He asked me how he was doing and when I told him that my uncle died, he said that he hated to hear that. Kenny is such a sweet and humble person, and his wife Wanda is one of the sweetest people you will ever get to know and love.
October 8th, 2012
4:59 pm
Dick Whiskey. You are a class A jerk and need to crawl back into the hole you crawled out of. Kenny Rogers has been around long before you were even born. I have never heard any of yours and your bands music which probably stinks to start with. You are the one that needs to disappear
October 8th, 2012
10:46 pm
Just a quick note about Kenny. He's a GREAT entertainer and has been forever. As far as you go Dick Whisky your name should be REVERSED (WD) do you get it or are you too ignorant. Don't cut down other celebrity's unless you can do a better job (which I seriously doubt).


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Just to clarify, the current EVO.com webpage states the Indiv. Ski Weight (g) 240 (for 148cm size). That means the pair of skis, assuming without bindings) weighs 1.1 lbs for the pair!! I belive this website has an error, since theses are *not* that lightweight.
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If you look at the straight math, currently, with 6 shamans a group could get 30 individual heroism/bloodlust buffs with 6 buffs to a group of 5 dps'ers. Thats assuming none of those shaman are resto, which would take away from a dps class getting the buff.
Post patch, in a 25 man raid, 2 shaman could grant all dps classes a heroism/bloodlust buff twice (if we're talking about rage timers, we're talking about encounters longer than 5 minutes), and you'd always be assured to have all dps classes buffed when heroism/bloodlust popped. Lets say a group has 13 dps members. 2 shaman give you 26 individual dps buffs post patch. so you lose 4% of the 30% dps buff. BUT you gain the ability to take classes with better dps than shamans, and tanks and healers are getting the heroism/bloodlust as well.
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The most popular of all royal souvenirs, a tea towel, will be added to the list of official merchandise released to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
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There have been seven semi-finalists. Name them. (no wikiing, people...)
Scotland, Wales, England, France, NZ, SA, Australia
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RIP Fardin Qayyumi (AKA "cricket player"; "Bob"), 1/11/1990 - 15/4/2006
Samoa, Canada, Scotland, Wales, Fiji, Argentina, Japan?
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The Cabinet has approved a decision to allocate 20 per cent of entry fees to the Kingdom's archaeological sites for maintenance and development, Minister of Tourism Nayef Al Fayez said on Sunday.
The archaeological sites need regular maintenance, Fayez said, adding that previously there were no financial allocations for the required work.
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According to latest official figures, the Kingdom's tourism revenues rose by 15.3 per cent in the first 11 months of 2012 compared with the same period in 2011.
Figures showed that revenues rose to JD2.2 billion from JD1.9 billion in the January-November period of 2011.
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Petra is sometimes called the 'Lost City'. In spite of its being such an important city in antiquity, after the 14
century AD, Petra was completely lost to the western world. It was rediscovered in 1812 by the Swiss traveller, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, who tricked his way into the fiercely guarded site by pretending to be an Arab from India wishing to make a sacrifice at the tomb of the Prophet Aaron.
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When I started my job at the International School of Myanmar we had a couple days of orientation. One of the subjects that was discussed was "friending" students on Facebook. I assume that this subject was being brought up because there have been problems in the past with students seeing inappropriate photos of teachers. My principal explained that if she is friends with another teacher, and that teacher accepts a student as a friend they have access to possible seeing pictures of her. To be honest I had not thought about this problem. A couple months later I was "friended" by two former students, and I had to stop and think about what my students would be seeing, aka my digital footprint. I decided to keep my Facebook account free of student interaction.
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It is certainly clear to me now that my digital footprint is important and needs to be edited from time to time. I attended the EARCOS Conference last month and went to many of the workshops that were technology oriented. Each of the instructor had trackable and impressive footprints. Throughout the presentations I could access their blogs, presentations, and interactive notes and question websites. I had a fellow teacher from Yangon ask me what a digital footprint was in a workshop, I was happy to explain it to him, and felt good about having an answer. Living in Myanmar my digital footprint is smaller than before. Regardless, it is clear to me that is very important to create a positive digital footprint. It certainly has implications for finding or losing jobs. I Googled myself recently and found a very clear trail of the accounts I have with different website like Edutopia, Facebook, Meet Up, Twitter, and other random places I didn't expect to find a trail. If a my digital footprint is this important, what does this mean for my students?
Currently I'm teaching elementary students, and next year will only teach kindergarten through third grade. I think that introducing the digital footprint to them is important but perhaps not applicable at these grade levels. I think that for the upper elementary students it very important for them to understand the trail they leave behind on the web. Even with the connectivity problems with the internet, Facebook connects better than some other sites, and I know that my fifth graders are social networking. I think focusing on how to create a positive footprint is the best approach, while discussing how negative trials could impact your life. Next year I will be asking the fourth and fifth grade students to create a digital portfolios. Without being able to consistently rely on the Internet, the portfolios will be offline and using as many software programs as possible. I would like to encourage the classroom teachers to find ways for the students to post their portfolios creating a positive footprint displaying their academic accomplishments.