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(NEWSER) – Thirty skiers grabbed hands, sped down a hill in Canada, and did a joint backflip, hoping for a Guinness record. The good news: It's probably the biggest simultaneous skiing backflip in history, the Telegraphreports. The bad: The group missed the entry deadline, so they'll try again next year. The Quebec event featured some members of Canada's freestyle skiing team, and was organized by mogul champion Mikael Kingsbury, addsSky News. One participant explains they spent two hours prepping in small groups before trying the jump. The first attempt was a flop because the line broke; the second a success.

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Miami Heat win NBA Championship
Not one, not two… A little more than two years ago, LeBron James stood on that stage here, the smoke swirling about him, and made one of the most audacious declarations the NBA had ever heard. He had just joined with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh to form the most star-powered triumvirate in the league, and now he was promising the Miami Heat fistfuls of titles.
Not one, not two, not three, not four, not five, not six, not seven…
James crowed, and he was mocked fast and hard for the boast, for the spectacle of a welcome party the Heat had thrown for him, for his narcissistic I'm-taking-my-talents-to-South-Beach cable TV special. He hadn't won anything yet, of course. He just acted like he had, arriving here full of pompousness and entitlement, well on his way to becoming one of the sporting world's great villains.
Somewhere in all that braggadocio, James' point was clear. He hadn't left his home state of Ohio to come to Miami to win a championship. He was here to build a dynasty, to construct his own legacy as one of the greatest to ever play.
There's no doubting his championship mettle now. Not after Thursday night. Not after an epic NBA Finals Game 7 performance that included 37 points, five 3-pointers and the decisive jump shot that finally helped finish off a 95-88 victory, that finally finished off the San Antonio Spurs. James has his second championship in as many years, and he won this ring in one in one of the tensest Finals ever.
Shane Battier made six 3-pointers, the most ever in a Finals Game 7, and Wade scored 23 points, but this victory – this championship – was won on James' dominance.
James had been swept by this same trio of Spurs' stars – Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili – during his first trip to the Finals in 2007. He was with the Cleveland Cavaliers then, and on the eve of these Finals, he said there was no comparison to the present. He proclaimed himself a much better player than he was in '07 – or even '11 when his passive performance in the Finals allowed the Dallas Mavericks to beat the Heat.
He's set out to prove himself ever since, and he's right: He is a much improved player, more immune to the pressure of the moment. Among the other areas in which James is better: He can shoot.
The Spurs had dared James to shoot over them for the duration of the series, crowding the lane with another defender when he tried to drive, backing off him when he was isolated. By the second quarter of Game 7, he'd never looked more sure. The Spurs kept backing off him and he kept firing, making five 3-pointers and that critical jumper in the closing seconds.
Wade has played understudy to James for parts of this season, but not in Game 7. There's no bigger stage in the sport, and Wade cleared himself some room to share it with James. He had limped out of Game 6 after injuring his left knee only to return with more life – and lift – in his legs than anyone else. He scored 14 points in the first half, content to bury the midrange jump shots the Spurs conceded him, helping buy James some time to find his own shot.
After six games, the Spurs and Heat had played themselves to exhaustion. Miami's thrilling overtime victory in Game 6 had drained both teams, and the enormity of Game 7 seemed to leave everyone's nerves in a jumble. The play was ragged, and neither team could find much rhythm until Battier made three 3-pointers in a short stretch bridging the first two quarters.
The Spurs, as they have for so many of these past 16 years, continued to hang around, hang around, hang around. The Heat outplayed them for stretches of the first half, yet the Spurs walked into the locker room down just two points.
There had been little separation between the teams from game to game, and when Game 7 arrived, there was little distance between them from minute to minute. When Mario Chalmers banked in a pull-up 30-foot 3-pointer at the third-quarter buzzer, it gave Miami a 72-71 advantage.
The Heat would eventually push their lead to six, but the Spurs didn't crumble. After Battier made his sixth 3-pointer to send the home crowd into a roar, Duncan quickly quieted the arena by answering with a three-point play. Kawhi Leonard's 3-pointer brought the Spurs within two and Chalmers followed by missing a pair of free throws.
Leonard had a chance to put the Spurs ahead, but missed a 3-pointer. Wade missed a jump shot,James grabbed the rebound and Battier followed with a missed 3-pointer. That gave the Spurs another chance to tie. Duncan curled into the lane, missed his hook shot and his follow tip attempt also came up just short. As the Heat called timeout with 39 seconds left, Duncan leaned over and slapped the court in frustration.
The Heat came out of the timeout and James coolly buried the 17-foot jump shot to stretch Miami's lead to four. With 27.9 seconds left, it was all the Heat needed for their second championship.
Not one, not two, not three, not four, not five, not six, not seven…
Yes, eight titles is a stretch, but who knows? At 28 years old, James still has so much within his reach.


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Aaron Schock on Jobs
Opponent's Argument for voting No:
The 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act created a bright line to protect people's right to a 40-hour work week, and make sure that that next hour after 40 hours is paid for with the time-and-a-half of wages. That created the weekend in America. That created the time off that middle class families have taken for granted for decades.
What this bill does is it blurs that line; it creates total chaos in terms of trying to come up with a system to set up ground rules with a case-by-case written contract, and then leaves it to the enforcement of State Labor Departments Wage and Hours Divisions, which are totally incapable of going into the tens of thousands of workplaces all across America.
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), a public policy organization dedicated to the principles of free markets and limited government, has created a Congressional Labor Scorecard for the 112th Congress focusing on worker issues. The score is determined based on policies that support worker freedom and the elimination of Big Labor's privileges across the country.
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President Obama's Belgian waffle
More than any President in modern history, Barack Obama won the White House on the combination of his writing and speech-delivery talents. His 2004 Democratic Convention address propelled him into the national spotlight, laying the presidential predicate. When his 2008 campaign hit potentially fatal rough patches, Obama brilliantly used speeches not only to deal with the crisis but also to propel the campaign forward to a new level.
His November 2007 Jefferson-Jackson Dinner speech in Iowa jump-started a floundering campaign. Time magazine observed that it was so effective that afterwards even John Edwards' campaign manager, Joe Trippi, was chanting its catch phrase: "Fired up, ready to go!"
He did it again in March of 2008 when his campaign seemed about to implode over his long relationship with the minister, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright. At Constitution Center in Philadelphia, he managed to defend Reverend Wright as a former Marine who had served his country and a service-oriented pastor who had served his community, while distancing himself from his hateful rhetoric. Then he shifted into a long discourse on race in America. This was a very difficult dive from a high board into a small pool and he pulled it off with remarkable grace and presence.
There were other big moments: election night in Grant Park, his remarks in Tucson for those murdered in the Congressman Gabby Giffords' shooting, his Newtown memorial speech.
So perhaps it was inevitable that the power of his speeches would diminish, if only because his audience became more jaded and ever expectant of fresh magic. The first time a president speaks at Brandenburg Gate it is historic. The second is just a traffic jam.
But some presidents grow stronger rhetorically in the job as the gravitas of the office lends depth to their words. Few would argue that FDR's and Lincoln's best moments were campaign speeches. But in the sixth year, the presidency seems to be diminishing the power of Barack Obama's words. That weakness was on full display in the speech he gave to European allies in Brussels on Wednesday.
In a moment that called out for a rallying cry of moral strength, the president fell back on his favorite rhetorical construct of weighing both sides of an argument. While this can lend a certain intellectual honesty to an argument, few have ever run to the cry of "on the other hand."
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'Dancing With the Stars' hottie mugged at gunpoint after performance
(Yahoo!) - Last Monday, as most of Hollywood was recovering after the Emmys, Brant Daugherty was heading home after his second successful week as a contestant on Season 17 of "Dancing With the Stars."
The "Pretty Little Liars" actor, 28, and his partner Peta Murgatroyd, 27, had just survived the season's first elimination, earning a 23/30 in their second week, which placed them sixth on the leaderboard. But when the night was over, one of this season's biggest heartthrobs was in for quite the surprise. After heading home, Brant was mugged at gunpoint outside of his apartment, People reports.
"After the show, I got dropped off and was walking up to my apartment building and a man followed me up with a gun and told me to give him my stuff," he tells the mag. "It was a complete random occurrence of events and it led up to one of the worst nights of my life – after having such a great night last week on the dance floor."
But the assailant didn't get much — just "a pair of workout pants, two T-shirts, dance shoes, a toothbrush and his cell phone," according to the magazine.
"Somewhere out there, there's a dancing thief with great teeth," he noted. "We like to joke that we changed his life. When he got my dance shoes, he swore away his life of crime and he's going to start doing the salsa now."
Peta told People that the experience has had quite the effect on his rehearsals this past week. "He came in the next morning ... and he was so flustered and emotional. I was like, 'Oh my Lord, he's had the worst time,'" she added.
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Courtney Love facing another defamation lawsuit
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Just a few weeks after a victory in her "Twibel" trial, Courtney Love is facing another defamation lawsuit.
"SPIN" says her legal team was back in a Los Angeles court Thursday, attempting to stop a lawsuit from fashion designer Dawn Simorangkir. Simorangkir filed her suit last year after Love made comments about the designer on "The Howard Stern Show" and the social media site Pinterest.
Love's lawyers tried to argue that the libel case is meant to "chill" the Hole frontwoman's constitutional right of speech, but the judge didn't agree and denied their motion to strike the suit. A case management conference is now set to take place at the end of April.
This isn't the first defamation lawsuit Simorangkir has filed against Love. She sued the rocker for comments she made on Twitter back in 2009, but the dispute never made it to trial because Love agreed to pay $430,000 to settle it. However, Love did go to trial earlier this year for tweets directed at her former attorney. The jury decided she wasn't liable for the posts in what was the first U.S. trial involving defamation on Twitter.
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This is the iPhone and iPad hub that charges four devices simultaneously. The unit holds two iPads and two iPhones (or three iPads) and has four USB ports, charging all of the devices while requiring as little tabletop space as an alarm clock. The USB ports each provide 2.1 amps for efficient recharging and the hub has built-in protection from power surges. Three cord eyelets and a cord wrap keep cables organized and prevent tangles. The unit's three shelves are wide enough to charge iPhones and iPads while they are in their cases. Includes three 15 1/2"-long 30-pin USB charging cables. Compatible with any USB-charged device. Plugs into AC. 7 3/4" H x 5" W x 7 1/4" D. (4 lbs.)
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Not convenient
By Dwightl
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The charging stand does not accommodate iPad covers as stated. Also, it does not solve the cord problem and makes devices difficult to plug in. Cords do not hold well either. Do NOT recommend.
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It's a smidge too small.
By Haley
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Compact and keeps Apple products organised, however it's too small. The Ipad slots are too small to fit with Ipad in case. May fit with a very skinny case. Iphone (one a 5 another a 4) are not stable on shelf together, especially while in Otter cases. The additional footprint of the unit needed so it will trully fit the Apple products would be well worth the benefit of organization in a updated design.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
Iphone/Ipad Charger DOES the job
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This unit palces charging in a central location and eliminates several cords and transformers.It was very easy to set up and I did not have to use instructions (Am I smart or not?)
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Good product but something missing
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The ad for product says charge up to four devices. It has four USB ports but comes with only three cords. Hard to charge four devices with only three cords
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from Hawaii
Organizes electronic charging. Wonder why it comes with three connectors when it charges 4 components. Looks good.
Awesome Product!
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Best thing invented since the iPads. It came with three cords which I missed initially. So it was an extra perk when I found them right before the packaging went into the bin. All three iPads go in smoothly and the holder sits on my desk without taking up space or being cumbersome. When we went out of town I unplugged it, packed it, and easily set up my own charging station at my sister's on Christmas Eve. All our cords made it there and back.
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Nicely designed I-Phone, I-Pad Charger
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A great way to keep all of your Apple mobile devices organized and rapidly charged. The advertising only lists I-Pads, I-Pods, and I-Phones through 4S. However, this device also works well with the I-Phone 5
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It was a last minute upgrade. So glad I came upon this item. I can quickly charge four smart devices at the same time. Smart, innovative, neat, clean. Terrific product,
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The design needs to allow for protective covers w/keyboards on iPad. Like it because it can hold several electronics for recharge.
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Arcadia, CA, Oct. 3, 2013 -- HRTV (R), The Network for Horse Sports, will further expand its on-site live streaming coverage, via HRTV.com, of a very unique event -- the Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium -- from Pimlico Racecourse this Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 5 and 6.
Organized by the Retired Racehorse Training Project (RRTP), HRTV.com's coverage presents an online premiere and exclusive look at the opportunities and successes for Thoroughbreds that have retired from racing as they transition to both English and Western horse sports.
HRTV.com will provide the live stream both days, commencing when the arena action begins each afternoon at 12:30 p.m. From that point on, 26 trainers from 15 states and Canada will perform with 26 ex-racehorses (which they acquired at the beginning of the summer) in 10 different disciplines.
The performances will run until 5:30 p.m. both days, and allows former Thoroughbreds to demonstrate their talents for second careers.
Following an Opening Ceremony at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, highlighted events are: "America's Best OTTB Jumpers;" "Ride Like a Jockey" demonstration, featuring Hall of Fame jockey, Chris McCarron; and "From Racing to Polo." The "Western invasion" takes over at 4:30 p.m. with the "Extreme Racehorse Makeover Barrel Race," and the "Thoroughbreds' Ranch OTTB Rodeo Team Cattle Roping."
Sunday's festivities include: "Kids and their Racehorses," "The Cross Country Course: U.S. Eventing Assn.," "the Hunter Ring," "The Hunt Field," and "The Dressage Arena."
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HRTV, The Network for Horse Sports, is a television-based multimedia network dedicated to equine sports. HRTV's programming features horseracing from top U.S. and international racetracks, as well as a wide range of world-class English and Western horse competitions, news, original programming and award-winning documentaries covering the world of horse sports. The live stream of HRTV is available on a subscription basis to high-speed Internet users worldwide at www.tvg2.com <http://www.tvg2.com/> . In the U.S., the HRTV television network is available via telco, cable and satellite in over 19 million homes.
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Chris Young on the mend
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Chris Young is battling back from a leg infection that landed him in a Denver-area hospital last week.
"Country Weekly" says the singer was finally moved out of intensive care and into a regular room late last week.
Young was traveling to Montana for a concert last Wednesday when be began experiencing symptoms that sent him to the hospital for emergency treatment. Doctors are apparently still not sure what caused the infection but the singer is said to be doing well.
Chris' mother, Becky Harris, said he up and walking around on Friday. Young is expected to resume his tour Thursday in Redding, California.
His new album, A.M. is due out on September 17th.
Photo Credit Getty Images


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Bachmann: 'We're in God's End Times'
(NEWSER) – Michele Bachmann says we're facing "God's end times," and she finds the proof in President Obama's actions in Syria. He recently waived some arms-export rules in order to offer "non-lethal assistance" to the opposition there, according to the National Security Council, the Hillnotes. Or, as Bachmann puts it, "the United States is willingly, knowingly, intentionally sending arms to terrorists," she told radio's Understanding the Times in an interview, as noted by Right Wing Watch. "Your listeners, US taxpayers, are now paying to give arms to terrorists, including al-Qaeda."


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3 ways the Xperia X Performance improves upon the Xperia X
A quick comparison of Sony's mid-ranger and high-ender.
A quick comparison of Sony's mid-ranger and high-ender.
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HP OfficeJet 250 Mobile Printer
The HP OfficeJet 250 Mobile Printer is a great device that fits perfectly into my fast paced and mobile lifestyle. My first impression of the printer itself was how incredibly compact and sleek the device was.
HP OfficeJet 250 Mobile Printer
Wireless printing from my iPhone was also a handy feature, the whole experience was quick and seamless with no setup requirements - accessed through the default iOS printing menu options.
HP OfficeJet Pro 8730
A smarter way to print for busy small business owners, combining speedy printing with scanning and copying, making it easier to produce high quality documents and images at a touch of a button.
HP OfficeJet Pro 8730
I've had a multifunction printer in the office going on 10 years now. It was a neat bit of kit back in the day -- print, copy, scan, fax -- when printing over WiFi felt a bit like magic. It's seen better days though and an upgrade's well overdue. This HP OfficeJet Pro 8730 looks like it ticks all the same boxes: print, copy, scan, and fax. (Really? Does anyone fax anything any more? I guess it's good to know the facility's there, just in case.) Printing over WiFi is more-or- less standard these days.
HP OfficeJet Pro 8730
As a freelance writer who is always on the go, I like my technology to be both efficient and effective so I can do my job well. The HP OfficeJet Pro 8730 Inkjet Printer ticks all the boxes in terms of form factor, performance and user interface.
Windows 10 for Business / Dell XPS 13
I'd happily recommend this touchscreen laptop and Windows 10 as a great way to get serious work done at a desk or on the road.


text: PBI Autobuild results for module astro/google-earth/: Status: Failed View Folder: ftp://ftp.pcbsd.org/pub/pbioutgoing/x32/8/outgoing/astro/google-earth// File listing: -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 65661 Jan 19 08:44 build.log.bz2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 Jan 19 06:02 build.time PBI MD5: Last 50 lines of build.log --------------------------------------------------- This port has installed the following files which may act as network servers and may therefore pose a remote security risk to the system. /Programs/GoogleEarth/lib/perl5/5.8.9/mach/CORE/libperl.so If there are vulnerabilities in these programs there may be a security risk to the system. FreeBSD makes no guarantee about the security of ports included in the Ports Collection. Please type 'make deinstall' to deinstall the port if this is a concern. For more information, and contact details about the security status of this software, see the following webpage: http://www.perl.org/ ELF ldconfig path: /lib /usr/lib /usr/lib/compat /usr/local/lib a.out ldconfig path: /usr/lib/aout /usr/lib/compat/aout ===> Cleaning for google-earth-5.1.3533.1731 ===> Vulnerability check disabled, database not found => GoogleEarthLinux.bin doesn't seem to exist in /usr/ports/distfiles/google-earth/5.1.3533.1731. => Attempting to fetch from http://dl.google.com/earth/client/current/. GoogleEarthLinux.bin 24 MB 3570 kBps ===> Extracting for google-earth-5.1.3533.1731 => MD5 Checksum OK for google-earth/5.1.3533.1731/GoogleEarthLinux.bin. => SHA256 Checksum OK for google-earth/5.1.3533.1731/GoogleEarthLinux.bin. ===> google-earth-5.1.3533.1731 depends on executable: unmakeself - not found ===> Verifying install for unmakeself in /usr/ports/archivers/unmakeself ===> Vulnerability check disabled, database not found ===> Extracting for unmakeself-1.1 ===> Patching for unmakeself-1.1 ===> Configuring for unmakeself-1.1 ===> Building for unmakeself-1.1 cc -O2 -pipe -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/ports/archivers/unmakeself/work -o /usr/ports/archivers/unmakeself/work/unmakeself /usr/ports/archivers/unmakeself/files/unmakeself.c -larchive -lbz2 -lz -lcrypto -lmd ===> Installing for unmakeself-1.1 ===> Generating temporary packing list install -s -o root -g wheel -m 555 /usr/ports/archivers/unmakeself/work/unmakeself /Programs/GoogleEarth/bin ===> Registering installation for unmakeself-1.1 ===> Returning to build of google-earth-5.1.3533.1731 ===> Patching for google-earth-5.1.3533.1731 ===> Applying FreeBSD patches for google-earth-5.1.3533.1731 1 out of 1 hunks failed--saving rejects to bin/googleearth.rej => Patch patch-stacksize failed to apply cleanly. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/astro/google-earth. ===> Patching for google-earth-5.1.3533.1731 ===> Applying FreeBSD patches for google-earth-5.1.3533.1731 1 out of 1 hunks failed--saving rejects to bin/googleearth.rej => Patch patch-stacksize failed to apply cleanly. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/astro/google-earth. ERROR: 2.1 Build failed of astro/google-earth/!!!


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Pope: Church Should Accept Gays 'With Respect'
(NEWSER) – More unexpected comments about homosexuality from Pope Francis: In a new interview with a Jesuit journal, he says the church cannot "interfere spiritually" in the lives of gays and lesbians, CNN reports. He's gotten letters from gays and lesbians who felt "socially wounded" by the church, "but the church does not want to do this," the pope said. Yes, the catechism condemns homosexuality, but gays and lesbians must still be "accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity," he continued. "Religion has the right to express its opinion in the service of the people, but God in creation has set us free: It is not possible to interfere spiritually in the life of a person." More:
- His answer to the question of whether he approves of homosexuality is another question: "'Tell me, when God looks at a gay person, does he endorse the existence of this person with love, or reject and condemn this person?' We must always consider the person. Here we enter into the mystery of the human being."


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10 ways to keep your skin healthy all winter long
Diet and digestion have more to do with cancer prevention than you may realize
From mammograms to personal hygiene, learn the truth about these deadly breast cancer rumors.
Julia Aharonov, DO, reveals the quickest way to beat drug withdrawal.
Learn what happens before, during and after a heart attack occurs.
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Clinton has a spreadsheet of Dems who crossed her
(NEWSER) – Hillary Clinton doesn't just remember who her friends and enemies are—she has a database. As her 2008 campaign wound down, two of her closest advisers created what Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes dramatically term a "political hit list" in an excerpt from their new book atPolitico today. The spreadsheet documented not only which Democrats had and hadn't endorsed her, but any favors they'd done, extenuating circumstances, and, at one point, a betrayal rating on a 1-7 scale. Here are some of the known 7s:
- Claire McCaskill—"Hate is too weak a word to describe the feelings that Hillary's core loyalists still have for McCaskill," Allen and Parnes write. The Clintons supported her in 2006 (as did Obama), but she coordinated her endorsement of Obama with two other women for maximum effect.
- Ted Kennedy—Delivered a pivotal Obama endorsementright before Super Tuesday. Years later, an aide joked about the fate of Hillary's foes saying, "Bill Richardson: investigated; John Edwards: disgraced by scandal; Chris Dodd: stepped down. Ted Kennedy: dead."


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How to Establish & Manage a Recurring Revenue Model
Available On Demand
Duration 60min
Jon Gettinger
Senior Vice President of Marketing
Aria Systems
Jon Gettinger
As senior vice president of marketing, Jon Gettinger is responsible for Aria Systems' global marketing strategy including product marketing, channel marketing, demand generation and corporate communications. Gettinger has more than 20 years of experience marketing and selling business software applications to multi-billion dollar enterprises, including in his most recent role as head of marketing for Accept Software. Prior to this, he led marketing for Fortify Software (acquired by Hewlett-Packard), where he grew the enterprise customer base from 200 to more than 1000, and launched Fortify on Demand, the company's first SaaS offering. Gettinger studied Computer Engineering at Case Western Reserve University.
Bob Harden
Former Software Director - Global Corporate Systems
Bob Harden
Bob Harden has nearly 30 years' experience as an IT professional in the Healthcare and Information Services industries, including more than 15 years supporting billing and revenue processes. In his former role as Global Director of Billing Software for Experian, Bob has worked with industry leading Billing, CRM and ERP packages supporting a wide variety of monetization models for business units on five different continents.
Many brand name companies, including United Airlines, SurfAir, YouTube, Adobe and Microsoft have recently made large business bets on recurring revenue models. However, for companies to offer products or services that their customers want and will buy on a recurring basis, it's critical that they're able to employ the features, benefits, and capabilities necessary to support the recurring revenue model of their choosing.
Attend this webinar to learn how to:
Attend this webinar to learn how to:
- See if recurring revenue can work in your business
- Effectively manage your recurring revenue-based business
- Increase customer satisfaction with a recurring revenue model
- Minimize impact to IT and financial operations
Register for this webinar to learn about a new breed of billing that doesn't stress IT or finance.
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