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Direct Marketing Expenditures Account for 50% of Total Advertising Expenditures, DMA's 2007 'Power Of Direct Marketing' Report Unveils
Oct 16, 2007, 01:00 ET from Direct Marketing Association
CHICAGO, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite a US economy that shows signs of softening in key areas, growth is predicted in direct marketing (DM) expenditures, sales, return on investment (ROI), and employment through 2008, as reported in The Power of Direct Marketing, the Direct Marketing Association's (DMA) annual forecast of direct marketing's economic impact on the US economy, including advertising expenditures and sales. The 2007 edition of the DMA report, which was first published in 1995, was released today. "For the first time ever, direct marketing represents more than 50 percent of total advertising expenditures in the US, growing faster than total advertising spending and the US economy as a whole," said Dr. Peter Johnson, DMA's research strategy and platforms vice president, and lead author of the report. "Marketers are moving dollars into direct marketing because of its higher ROI relative to other forms of advertising. This makes 'direct' a more reliable engine for sustaining sales, incomes, and jobs at a time when the mortgage and energy markets are heightening economic uncertainty." According to DMA's latest report on the economic contributions of multichannel direct marketing, positive indicators of continued growth from direct can be found in most sectors of the economy. "Overall," said Johnson, "business performance in 2007 is likely to be measurably brighter than it would otherwise be, thanks to the effectiveness of direct marketing." Direct Marketing Advertising Expenditures: Moderate Growth in 2007, Strong Growth in 2008 The $173.2 billion in direct marketing advertising expenditures that marketers are predicted to make by the end of 2007 represents a modest 4.4 percent increase over the $166 billion actually spent in 2006. The actual 2006 figure did not achieve the higher levels that initially had been predicted for it at this time last year due to the greater-than-anticipated decline in home sales, lower automobile sales, and higher energy prices. Looking forward, the growth rate in direct marketing expenditure for 2008 is expected to bounce back to 5.7 percent, or $183.1 billion in direct marketing advertising expenditures. Above-average spending growth is expected in commercial e-mail, Internet marketing, DRTV, and direct mail (including catalog). Direct Marketing Sales: Modest Growth in 2007, Strong Growth in 2008 Direct marketers should expect a reasonably successful 2007, and realize about 5.2 percent annual growth in sales. This figure is 1.5 percentage points lower than the growth recorded for 2006, and is due to the economic slowdown that continued through the middle of 2007. In 2007, total US direct marketing sales are projected to hit $2.025 trillion. The current 2008 revenue forecast for direct marketing is even more optimistic. DMA's new report predicts solid growth of 6.6 percent next year. In 2008, total US direct marketing sales are expected to surpass $2.158 trillion. The biggest improvements in 2008 direct marketing revenue growth are expected in financial services, transportation, and utilities. On the other hand, utilities, natural resources, construction, and government revenues from direct marketing are forecast to grow at the slowest rate next year. US Growth to Receive Boost from Direct Marketing in 2007-2008 "As in 2006, direct marketing will continue to help sustain the overall US economy," said Dr. Johnson. In 2007, direct marketing advertising across all economic sectors is expected to account for over $1.41 trillion of final demand nationwide, representing 10.2 percent of total US GDP. Key Economic Impact Findings: -- Strong Jobs Outlook: In contrast to the forecasts for both expenditures and sales, the overall picture for direct marketing employment looks better for 2008 than in 2007. In 2007, direct marketing will directly support 10.6 million jobs. This employment figure is expected to grow by 2.2 percent in 2008. -- High Return on Investment: For 2007, an investment of $1 in direct marketing advertising expenditures is predicted to return, on average, $11.69 in incremental revenue across all industries. -- Growth for Interactive Marketing: Expenditures in Internet marketing and commercial e-mail will continue to grow in 2007-2008, with predicted expenditures of $19.7 billion in 2007 and $23.6 billion in 2008. DMA's The Power of Direct Marketing report was prepared in August 2007 using the economic model of US direct marketing activity updated every year for DMA by Global Insight. Incorporating the most recent data available on developments in all sectors of the US economy, it aims to help marketers plan expenditures, sales, ROI, and employment for the 16-month period through the end of 2008. To purchase the 2007 Power of Direct Marketing report, visit DMA's online bookstore at www.the-dma.org/bookstore. About Direct Marketing Association (DMA) The Direct Marketing Association (www.the-dma.org) is the leading global trade association of businesses and nonprofit organizations using and supporting multichannel direct marketing tools and techniques. DMA advocates standards for responsible marketing, promotes relevance as the key to reaching consumers with desirable offers, and provides cutting-edge research, education, and networking opportunities to improve results throughout the end- to-end direct marketing process. Founded in 1917, DMA today represents nearly 3,600 companies from dozens of vertical industries in the US and 50 other nations, including a majority of the Fortune 100 companies, as well as nonprofit organizations. The Power of Direct: Relevance. Responsibility. Results.
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Some old habits are hard to break; and for the Washington Wizards, the inability to close out bit them in the butt as they collapsed into a tough loss versus the Denver Nuggets last night at the Verizon Center.
Blame it on injuries if you want, but everyone involved with the organization has stated that injuries are simply inexcusable at this point in the franchise's development. In a combined 60 minutes of play, the Wizards' bench scored a measly five points on an even more pathetic 2-FOR-13 shooting.
While the defense kept the high-octane Nuggets team to only 75 points, Trevor Booker said it best after the loss.
"Yeah we kept them to 75, but we only got 74. It doesn't matter."
Booker has no reason to feel bad about his performance, however, as he stepped into the starting PF role in place of the injured Nene, going for his first double-double of the season with 12 points and 12 boards, and adding two blocks to the stat sheet as well. Booker, who just a few games ago, was complaining about the lack of minutes he was seeing, made the most of his opportunity last night. Also getting the start was rookie Glen Rice Jr. who made the most important play of the game with a late-game steal which set the Wizards up for a potential game-winner with four seconds to play.
So while these two guys — who usually do come off the bench — came in and produced, the fact still remains that a good basketball team is not a five-man roster. It's not a seven-man roster. As a team, you're only as good as your "Eric Maynor" (if you need clarification, please refer to last night's game recap for the worst offensive possession of the year).
I, for once, have no qualms with Jan Vesely's play last night (sans a couple of missed free throws) in his 20 minutes of time . I can't believe I'm saying that, either. In fact, I actually think he's earned to get the ball a few more times in order to make a play. There's no reason that someone with 20 minutes of game time should only take two shots. I do, however, have qualms with the lack of production from Chris Singleton, Kevin Seraphin, Garrett Temple and Eric Maynor. (Otto gets a pass due to the whole second-game of his NBA career thing he's got going on).
I could continue to beat a dead horse and tell you how terrible Eric Maynor's floater and overall game is, but instead I offer a solution (although that solution does involve Maynor). When Wall is out of the game, it's obvious that the game slows down drastically, and with the Wizards' bench not being too high-octane to begin with, the Wizards need to do something about a backup point guard.
At what point do you count your losses and cut ties with either Temple or Maynor (hopefully Maynor) and go pick up someone who can simply fill in for the times when Wall needs a breather the way you thought Maynor specifically would be able to do? I know plenty of worthy candidates within the D-League or in free agency (COUGH D.J. AUGUSTIN COUGH), or through a trade (COUGH KYLE LOWRY COUGH..CHOKING) who could do this job better than what this team has got going on now.
While not being able to close out a close game for the second time in a row, the bench has shown signs of life in every other position except the point. Webster, Booker, Rice, Vesely, and at times, Singleton and Seraphin, have all shown that they can handle the game long enough to get some minutes of rest for the starters. But this team is missing a true backup point-guard. Denver showed this best last night with Nate Robinson as he carved up the Wizards for 16 points off the bench. This is what this team needs to cross that bridge of being "#SoWizards" to "#GoWizards"; and you've got to think that Wittman (as well as the rest of the organization) isn't going to wait much longer for someone to "step up."

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There's little doubt Research in Motion faces problems, especially as its share of the global smartphone market shrinks and doubts emerge from some traditional enterprise users of BlackBerry who felt burned by a recent network outage .
But the picture for RIM isn't all dreary; especially outside of North America where RIM's BlackBerry Messenger instant messenger service is popular and where the company is drawing in young users to a wide range of new BlackBerry smartphones.
One U.K.-based analysts blamed bad press for at least part of the company's U.S. problems. RIM "continues to face unfavorable press" in the U.S., said Canalys analyst Tim Shepherd.
Ramon Llamas, an analyst at IDC, said the perceptions of bad press toward RIM stem mainly from stories about U.S. and Canadian concerns about the dual CEO structure that's headed RIM for more than a year.
"I don't really see a lot of bad press about RIM," Llamas said. "What I do see more commonly are companies saying, 'We've had BlackBerry for a while and we're ready to move onto something new.' The BlackBerry outage was the final straw for some of them."
iPhone, Android Lead in US
Llamas added that RIM's North American problems can also be traced to stronger competition from Apple's iPhone and Android-based smartphones than in other parts of the world.
Also, he said, RIM has saturated all of the North America carriers with products for years, but is still a newcomer to carriers in emerging African and Asian markets. Carriers in those countries can introduce BlackBerry smartphones as something new, different and exciting, he said.
Both Canalys and IDC this week reported that BlackBerry's market share declined sharply worldwide in the third quarter.
IDC on Thursday reported that RIM's smartphone market share dropped from 15 percent globally in third quarter of 2010 to 10 percent in the third quarter of 2011. At the same time, IDC said shipments of RIM smartphones fell from12.4 million to 11.8 million smartphones during the same period.
Meanwhile, Samsung became the top worldwide smartphone vendor in Q3.
"RIM's market share has fallen below 10 percent for the first time and the current outlook for it in the U.S. is certainly bleak," Shepherd wrote. "RIM must deliver a competitive high-end 4G smartphone in early 2012."
Shepherd noted that RIM shipments dropped by 58 percent year-over-year in North America, while the U.S. market share dropped from 24 percent in third quarter 2010 to just 9 percent in third quarter 2011.
RIM's refreshed product line with the BlackBerry Bold 9900 didn't help in the quarter, he noted.
Outage Doesn't Deter Loyalists
Despite RIM's lassitude in North America, Shepherd said "the picture for RIM in other parts of the world is clearly more positive."
He said RIM shipments grew more than 50 percent over a year ago in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific largely because of the "continued popularity" of its BlackBerry Messenger service.
Even the widespread outage isn't perceived as that devastating for the company outside of North America, Shepherd said.
"While October's outage, focused on EMEA particularly, has hurt RIM's reputation for reliability, we do not expect it to have a substantial impact and expect a decent Q4 performance there," he added.
Llamas and Shepherd both said that whatever success RIM has outside of North America, it needs to reassert its position in the U.S. and Canada, its home country, with products based on its new BBX platform.
Llamas noted that RIM didn't release a new BlackBerry in North American in 2011 until mid-year, while HTC, Samsung, and Motorola were releasing new smartphones "almost every month."
Llamas added: "Repetition is reputation, and if RIM's not repeatedly out there with new products, it will lose mindshare."
Matt Hamblen covers mobile and wireless, smartphones and other handhelds, and wireless networking for Computerworld. Follow Matt on Twitter at @matthamblen , or subscribe to Matt's RSS feed . His e-mail address is firstname.lastname@example.com.
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This is going to be brief. I'm tired. Been up with the kids off and on since 3 am. So here it goes.
That was brutal. What else is there to say? If you saw the game, you know what I am talking about. The Lakers looked completely disinterested.
The holidays are stressful enough as it is. Opening up presents. Cleaning up the mess. Getting the kids ready to go to eat dinner and meet up with the rest of the family.
For the Lakers to lay such a colossal egg on Christmas made everything worse.
There really isn't much to add here.
Kobe, Pau and the rest of the Lakers looked like kids who would rather be playing with their new toys found under the tree.
This is undoubtedly the low point of the season.
I hope it is the low point of the regular season.
Lakers get San Antonio next.
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I'm going to guess that many members of this audience may find this analogy helpful in understanding the Eurozone's response to its financial crisis. The real question, though, is: why would any polity agree to have their wealth used as armor for the Greeks?
At least, that's the real question from outside Greece. The Greeks seem to think the real question is a different one.


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Nature of Case: HSLDA participated financially and as a plaintiff in this home school class action suit handled by Attorney Shelby Sharpe. The suit asked a state court to either declare home schooling legal under current Texas law or to declare the law void for vagueness, because the law did not state whether a home school is a legal private school or not.


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Are you ready for an acting fix? On Friday, June 3 during the Midwest Haunters Convention, TerrorFest will be entertaining haunters with a FREE tour of both of their attractions. They have most of their regular crew, but with haunters touring their attractions, they would like to add more performers. Ideally, they would add about 10 more actors to their crew.
While you will be volunteering; we are offering an incentive to help out. Everyone performing that night at TerrorFest will receive 50% off the Saturday night Masquerade Party (reg $40) and/or weekend seminars (reg $85). If buying both tickets you'll save up to $60.
The haunt will be open from 7 - 11 pm and we've distributed all 1000 available tickets. So you should be pretty busy! TerrorFest is a really cool haunt with two attractions. Great scenes to perform in with lots of animatronics in a very old warehouse downtown.
Please e-mail if you are interested in getting your acting fix while performing for 1000 of your peers.
Thank you for your consideration,
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Summer Update
Oh hai blog, I've missed you.
I've been taking a little step back from all things library this summer. We're on a 9-month contract where I work but in the past I've always signed up for an additional summer contract and kept working through June, July, and August. This year, I decided to take June and July off (except for a few days here and there). I feel like I deserve a break after going through the tenure and promotion process this past year. I'm also trying to gear-up for our library reopening at the end of the summer. I've been feeling a little guilty about not being available while construction and other things are wrapping up. It's so hard to take a step back… But at the same time I know that this break is imperative for my mental well-being. By the end of the spring semester I was feeling the need to create some space in my life in order to replenish my ideas and enthusiasm.
It's been wonderful. I've been concentrating on my creative work—writing, reading, performing, sending work out for publication. I have lots of camping trips planned for July and I'm seeing old friends and making new ones. Making things… trying to build my community. I've been trying to do some things that are outside my comfort zone (reading my poetry at this house show, for example) and it's great. Each time I do something that scares me it makes the next thing a little bit easier.
Some random updates in digestible list form:
- I'll be presenting "The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: Post-Renovation Revelations" at the Pennsylvania Library Association (PaLA) 2013 Annual Conference in Seven Springs this October with my colleague Melissa Gold.
- Our library renovation is on schedule and we will be reopening by the beginning of the fall semester.
- I'm tenured effective fall 2013! Still waiting to hear if I was promoted from Instructor to Assistant Professor.
- My poems "Renaissance Body" and "Tasks To Privilege" were recently accepted for publication in an upcoming issue of The Pinch Literary Journal. Stoked.
- I've been working on the Membership Committee of PaLA as part of my Director-at-Large responsibilities. We've been busy brainstorming creative ideas for recruitment and retention. Lots of good stuff.
- My trip to Italy was fan-freaking-tastic and made me want to go to all the places. Travel: you should do it.
How is your summer going? Anything fun in the works?
listening // to get disowned by hop along, sports by modern baseball + npr.
watching // twin peaks + audrey hepburn.
reading // snowflake/different streets by eileen myles.
wanting // this sleeping grizzly bear bean bag + these baby skull earrings.
working // on signage for the new library, summer plans + a new writing gig (details soon!).
writing // blackout erasure poems from an old ornithology book.
thinking // about letting go of the life i'd planned to embrace the life in front of me.
What are you guys doing?
(inspired by Kara at I Just Might Explode)
Books I read in 2012
2011 was the first year I tracked my reading and it was around this time last year that I set the goal of reading an average of 3 books per month in 2012 (for a minimum of 36 books). I'm happy to report that I exceeded that goal and read a total of 46 books! Check it:
You can learn more about the titles on my Goodreads page. According to 5-star ratings, my favorite books were:
- O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
- Pretty Tilt by Carrie Murphy
- The World According to Garp by John Irving (also the longest book I read last year)
- Betting on the Muse: Poems and Stories by Charles Bukowski
- The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes by Janet Malcolm
- The New Fuck You: Adventures in Lesbian Reading by Eileen Myles
- Driftwood Valley: A Woman Naturalist in the Northern Wilderness by Theodora Stanwell-Fletcher
- Surfacing by Margaret Atwood
- Nature I Loved by Bill Geagan
- Sisters of the Earth: Women's Prose and Poetry About Nature by Lorraine Anderson
- Strike Sparks: Selected Poems, 1980-2002 by Sharon Olds
- Kindred by Octavia Butler
I read over 11,000 pages! What did you read in 2012? Any reading goals or books you're looking forward to reading during 2013?
Sips Card Project
A few months ago I came across the fabulous work of mixed media artist Kristen Solecki, out of Charleston, SC. There's just something about her use of color that really draws me to her prints and paintings. I ended up purchasing some of her owl prints to give away as gifts and they were gorgeous in really simple Ikea frames.
Kristen contacted me a few weeks later to let me know about a new publication that she and partner Tim LeVan Miller are embarking on. Enter Sips Card:
"Sips Card brings independent fiction and local coffee shop/bar venues together. Customers can find Sips Cards at participating coffee shop-like venues. Each card contains a QR code, loaded with a short story from an independent writer meant to last as long as their drink. The cards are venue specific and include their business information as well as that issue's author, story title, and website."
Um, amazing. I immediately loved this project because it's the perfect combination: coffee, good writing, and technology. Plus, it's an example of QR codes that actually makes a lot of sense (rather than randomly slapping the darn things on every piece of paper in sight). Also, this would be a really fun activity for a library. I could totally see an academic library partnering up with their student-run literary magazine and in-house coffee shop to do a project like this. Maybe even team up with Sips Card to do a limited-series offshoot event of some kind. FUN!
Check out the Sips Card website or Facebook page to learn more about the project. Submissions of poetry and short stories will be accepted April 16 – May 31 for Issue 2. Writers, get a move on! Hope to see some of your best work featured on a Sips Card.
Librarian Wardrobe
You might spot a familiar face or two over at Librarian Wardrobe! Melissa Gold and I work together as academic librarians in Pennsylvania. We're modeling (air quotes) in front of our library which is currently smack-dab in the middle of a two-year renovation. You can learn more about the project here. The dress code at our place of work is pretty much non-existent… We typically use our best judgement based on our activities for each day. For example, you might find me in a blazer one day giving a presentation and then wearing jeans and converse to hang posters around campus the next. Thanks to Nicole for letting us share our outfits!
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Interview with "I Need a Library Job"
Check out my 6-question interview over on the website I Need a Library Job (INALJ) today! The site is a goldmine of ideas and resources for job seekers, new professionals, LIS students and career-minded information professionals. You can also find INALJ on Twitter, Facebook, and now my Blogs I ❤ page!
Naomi will be posting more interviews in the coming weeks with fellow Lead Pipers Emily Ford and Ellie Collier. Oh yeah… I forgot to mention that I was invited to join the team at In the Library with the Lead Pipe! So honored to be working with such a fabulous group of professionals… and if you have ideas for guest posts over there, talk to me!!
In other news, I've added a sidebar widget (right hand side, just above Archives) called "Erin 'Round the Web" to gather all of my various guest postings published outside of Library Scenester.


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Transmedia projects have multiple points of entry that follow multiple storylines across several platforms. This kind of attention to detail can be overwhelming to a small team, and let's face it, most transmedia projects function on micro budgets. Asking your audience to jump down the rabbit-hole with you requires finesse, timing, and above all energy. With so many moving parts it can be a daunting task to keep a project from becoming completely overwhelming.
In the spring of 2010 I joined a transmedia project already underway, called Zenith. Focused around a film (which was not set to release for months), our small team was tasked with designing and building a campaign that would invite our audience to engage with the film's central themes and incorporate them into their own stories. This is how we did it.
Zenith is a science fiction thriller, which takes place in two separate time periods: the present day and the year 2044. The film alternates between the realities of the two main characters: Ed Crowley, a paranoid conspiracy theorist, and his son Jack, a drug-dealing ex-neurosurgeon. Ed predicts a future where a hidden society controls the minds and actions of the population. Ed's future – Jack's present – has become a bleak reality where people are permanently numb, yet pay dealers like Jack for pain from expired prescriptions. Jack is pulled into his father's quest for the truth behind this genetic experiment when he is presented with the first in a series of ten VHS tapes that Ed has left behind.
Zenith's director, Vladan Nikolic, first conceived the concept of multiple entry points for a project years before the advent of Facebook and Twitter. It wasn't until production got underway in 2008 that Internet technology had reached a point to where it could lend itself to an engaging multimedia experience. The term "transmedia storytelling" was the latest buzzword in the film community and its definition closely matched that of the filmmaker's vision of a new form of storytelling.
The transmedia project was multi-tiered. The first tier, an outreach campaign, was developed to connect with bloggers in the gaming, film, science fiction and conspiracy theory communities. The initial goal of the campaign was to get people talking about the conspiracy theory portion of the project, called Stop Zenith. With a tag line of "What is Zenith?", the outreach garnered mixed reactions: some bloggers were afraid they had been accosted by a group of conspiracy theorists, while others embraced the deception with the understanding that this was all part of a much larger project. Partnerships with other websites were also developed, like that between Zenith and Above Top Secret (ATS), a conspiracy website with a multi-million member fan base. These partnerships were instrumental to attracting a larger, more engaged audience. They also showed our team that to keep the conspiracy plot moving, we had to think fast and build out our story lines with intelligence.
The second tier of the project was to develop online personalities who we would use to encourage conversation about Stop Zenith. One of my roles as a member of the transmedia team was to create over a dozen Twitter, Facebook and YouTube personalities to carry out the Stop Zenith message. While the concept was easy enough to start, we quickly found that managing so many feeds with such time and budget constraints were nearly impossible. Shortly afterward we scaled back the number of characters as well as their functions, limiting them to posting on The Conspirist, a transmedia blogging site.
Another concept we fleshed out was the VHS tapes. Ed's creation of and Jack's hunt for the tapes is a core component of the film. Our hope was that by releasing portions of the tapes from the film across video platforms like YouTube, we would attract an audience that would want to create their own versions of the tapes and continue the story. We started by asking friends and colleagues to create and post their own videos, and then reached out to others in the community. Though a few people were happy to jump on board, the reality was that many people were still not comfortable with downloading a video file from an undisclosed source to edit on their own and re-post. We released six tapes in total, the final of which correlated with the film's release.
After the initial theatrical release of the film we scaled back on the Stop Zenith project, which had been planned early on. We instead turned our focus onto the second part of our distribution strategy, a cross-platform launch that incorporated the DVD with a VOD release while the film screened in independent theatres across the country. This unique strategy earned a lot of press for the film and the transmedia project. Filmmakers began to question whether a festival release (which Zenith chiefly avoided) was still a necessary requirement for an independent film. As Zenith made its calculated progression across platforms we took the time to build a new social media presence in the form of a singular Facebook page and Twitter feed to provide updates on the film's distribution, showings, release information and reviews.
Zenith was met with both rave reviews and harsh criticism, which is to be expected with any experimental project. Some members of the audience embraced the transmedia component; others found it clunky and difficult to navigate. Overall, based on our viewing numbers and the amount of press we received, it can be concluded that we achieved success beyond any of our expectations. While certain components of the transmedia project worked before the release of the film, such as the outreach campaign, the partnerships and the websites, others benefited from the film's theatrical release and distribution, including the campaign with the tapes and the social media element.
While I don't believe every film needs a transmedia component, independent filmmakers shouldn't rule it out. Transmedia storytelling is a creative way to engage with a film's audience and Zenith proved that you don't need a big budget or large team to pull off a project that gets noticed.
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A research letter by Brian Wansink and Aner Tal, of Cornell University, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, suggests that hungry grocery shoppers tend to buy higher-calorie products. The research includes a laboratory study in which 68 paid participants were asked to avoid eating 5 hrs prior to the study, although during some of the sessions some of the participants were given crackers so they would no longer feel hungry. A follow-up field study tracked the purchases of 82 participants at different times of the day when they were most likely to be full or hungry.
According to the results, hungry laboratory participants chose a greater number of higher-calorie products but there were no differences between conditions in the number of lower-calorie choices and the total number of food items selected. Field study shoppers who completed the study at times when they were more likely to be hungry (between 4–7 p.m.) bought less low-calorie food relative to high-calorie food options compared with those who completed the study when they were less likely to be hungry, the results also indicate.
"Even short-term food deprivation can lead to a shift in choices such that people choose less low-calorie, and relatively more high-calorie, food options. Given the prevalence of short-term food deprivation, this has important health implications," the study concluded.


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All the Best, George Bush: My Life In Letters and Other WritingsThe most intimate and revealing look at one of America's most private public figures. Though reticent in public, George Bush has openly shared his private thoughts in his correspondence throughout his life. Fortunately, since the former president does not plan to write his autobiography, this collection of letters, diary entries, and memos, with his accompanying commentary, will fill that void. Organized chronologically, the volume begins with eighteen-year-old George's letters to his parents during World War II, when, at the time he was commissioned, he was the youngest pilot in the Navy. Readers will gain insights into Bush's career highlights -- the oil business, his two terms in Congress, his ambassadorship to the U.N., his service as an envoy in China, his tenure with the Central Intelligence Agency, and of course, the vice presidency, the presidency, and the postpresidency. They will also observe a devoted husband, father, and American.Ranging from a love letter to Barbara and a letter to his mother about missing his daughter Robin after her death from leukemia to a letter to his children two weeks before Nixon's resignation to one written to them just before the beginning of Desert Storm, the writings are remarkable for their candor, humor, and poignancy. As the Bushes continue to emerge as a major political family, this portrait of its unassuming patriarch is timely and important. That George Bush is allowing this much of the collection to be published is remarkable in itself. All the Best, George Bush provides a surprisingly intimate and insightful portrayal of the forty-first president of the United States. As the author writes in his Preface: So what we have here are letters from the past and present. Letters that are light and hopefully amusing. Letters written when my heart was heavy or full of joy. Serious letters. Nutty letters. Caring letters, and rejoicing letters...It's all about heartbeat. |
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WASHINGTON – It hardly seems the stuff of geopolitical significance: In forested flatlands about 100 miles from Fairbanks, Alaska, contractors are taking down 135 acres of fire-scorched spruce and birch trees on a closed military post.
When they are done, they also will improve a few roads near Fort Greely and dig wells.
Next spring, given congressional approval, the Bush administration intends to dig some deep holes there, then fill them with five interceptor missile silos.
At some point during the work – precisely when is open to debate – the United States likely will come into conflict with the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with Russia. It is one of the fundamental arms control treaties of the Cold War.
The administration says it will either withdraw from the treaty to avoid violating it, or it will reach a modified accord with Russia allowing the work to go forward.
Even during the Clinton administration, Fort Greely was a flashpoint for ABM treaty issues. Clinton considered using the fort as the home for 100 interceptors that would serve as the nation's sole missile defense.
The Bush administration has changed that. It is opting to test several missile defense technologies, including the ground-based interceptor program backed by the Clinton administration.
To do so, the military envisions a missile range spanning most of the north Pacific Ocean. Sites at Fort Greely, Kodiak Island, and Shemya, Alaska, would augment the existing test range that runs between Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands and Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
Ballistic target missiles would be launched from one part of the range, either from a ground-based site or from an airplane. New radars would track the missile as it arcs toward space, shedding boosters and possibly dropping decoys.
Around 200 miles above the Earth, the targets would tip over and fall back toward the surface. One or several experimental missile defenses – ground-based or naval interceptors, airborne lasers or possibly orbital weapons – would try to shoot it down.
The ABM treaty has provisions against testing many of those defenses. Even using certain ship radars, or several radars in tandem, to track missiles during flight tests could create problems with compliance, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz acknowledged in congressional testimony in July.
The giant range is necessary to give the programs adequate testing, said Lt. Col. Rick Lehner, a spokesman for the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, the Pentagon agency running missile defense.
He said there is only one trajectory for missiles flying between Kwajalein and California; with the multiple launch sites, there would be several.
Building the range will cost $800 million, much of that for a new, high-resolution radar in Hawaii, Lehner said.
Fort Greely would be an interceptor missile base. Crews there would practice loading and unloading interceptor missiles from silos. Others would run an operations center and conduct launch drills, but no plans are in place for missiles to take off from Greely, Lehner said.
Those five silos, however, would be operational, and nothing would prevent the missiles inside from being used in an emergency, officials said.
Should the interceptor program go forward, Greely likely would be the site for the real thing. The 135 acres being cleared at Greely would provide enough space for 100 silos, Lehner said.
Greely was shut down in the 1995 base closure round. Its virtue as a base was its arctic conditions. The Army tested equipment performance in temperatures that regularly dip below minus 50 degrees Fahrenheit.
Now, much of its 750,000 acres serves as a bombing range for military aircraft.
When the base closed, nearby Delta Junction, a community of about 3,000, lost about half of its job base. The town's economic development director is happy to see the military return.
"They will have an awful lot of construction people, and they will have a lot of rocket scientists working out there and living in the community," Pete Hallgren said.
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Jim and Sharon Janz Receive DSA Mark of Distinction Award
Amway Crown Ambassadors, Jim and Sharon Janz of British Columbia, Canada, were recognized for their longstanding commitment to the Direct Sellers Association of Canada (DSA) with the inaugural Mark of Distinction Award. They received the award Friday, Oct. 19th during the DSAs "Celebrating Excellence in Direct Selling" Gala in Toronto.
The Mark of Distinction Award was created to recognize independent sales consultants who uphold the values of trust and integrity that are so vital to the direct selling industry in Canada, and who have exhibited leadership qualities that inspire others to achieve their full potential.
The Janzes have been Amway Independent Business Owners since 1964. Over the course of their 48-year direct selling career, Jim and Sharon have positively impacted the lives of thousands of people around the world.
As global leaders, the Janzes have been deeply involved in the development and planning of business enhancements for the Amway business opportunity for nearly five decades.
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Congrats you both deserve it. SO funny Jim you are laughing in almost every picture. I love your laugh, it reminds me of my Grandpa. You are both inspirational to me and I am so Blessed to be under your tutelage. Blessings, Lisa Marie McEachran
Congratulations my friends, You so deserve this award. You have gone through the thick and thin times through the years. You are great representatives of our type of business in the world of marketing.


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The Lost Stories, Big Finish's audio productions of stories that were devised for television but never made, will return in 2013 for a fourth and final season.
"It's been a hugely satisfying – and sometimes Herculean! – job reviving these previously lost adventures," says producer David Richardson, "but we feel that with these last four stories that the line will have run its course. These new tales are for the first three Doctors and, like the hugely popular Farewell Great Macedon, they'll be told with a mix of enhanced narration and dialogue.
"The first three stories all have a theme – they are all adapted from original paperwork submitted by Brian Hayles, who wrote The Ice Warriors, The Seeds of Death, The Curse of Peladon and The Monster of Peladon."
The series kicks off in September 2013 with The Dark Planet, which is six episodes long and has been adapted by Matt Fitton. The story is performed by William Russell and Maureen O'Brien with guest stars John Banks and Charlie Norfolk, and is set on a world where light and dark are at war.
"It was an extraordinary experience to record this," says David. "The script feels so authentic to the era that Maureen was convinced she'd actually filmed it back in the Sixties. She took quite some convincing that it hadn't actually already been made!"
Four-parter The Queen of Time will be released in October 2013, and is adapted by Catherine Harvey. It is performed by Frazer Hines and Wendy Padbury, while Caroline Faber (Merlin) plays Hecuba – the titular Queen.
"This one finds the TARDIS landing in a realm which is ruled by a woman with a particular fascination for time. Brian Hayles devised this one as a spin on The Celestial Toymaker, and there are indeed links between Hecuba and the master of toys and games…"
The Ice Warriors will return in November 2013 in the six-parter Lords of the Red Planet, which will be adapted by John Dorney.
The series ends in December 2013 with Third Doctor story The Mega, a tale that was devised by Bill Strutton, who had previously written The Web Planet. This six-parter is adapted by Simon Guerrier.
The next Lost Story, The Masters of Luxor, is released in August. The six-part tale was originally planned to be the second ever Doctor Who story; it is performed by William Russell and Carole Ann Ford and adapted by Nigel Robinson.
Nick Briggs presents the nearest thing to a full-cast podcast ever produced by Big Finish. Throwing the usual format out of the window, he visits Baltimore for the convention RegenerationWho3. Guest star Sylvester McCoy (Doctor Who number 7!).


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Institute of Rural Health
The Institute of Rural Health, established in 1989, is a university-based research, education, and service organization providing research, consultation, and technical assistance to governments and communities in the health field. Our work spans public health, health professions training, community programming, and mental health areas. The IRH is housed in the Kasiska College of Health Professions at Idaho State University.
The Institute of Rural Health has grown rapidly in the past several years, maintaining offices in Pocatello and Meridian. The number of full- and part-time faculty, staff, and students has grown from fewer than 10 during our first eight years to nearly 70 in our 17th year. Our grant portfolio has grown from $2 million to more than $19 million with an annual budget of $5.5 million.
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There is so much speculation amongst the fans these days, myself included, as to whether or not Michael Johns will soon announce that he's signed a record deal. Here are my thoughts on the matter. Michael Johns was good enough to sign before he ever considered trying out for American Idol, and was in fact signed by major labels more than once.
It wasn't he, but the labels with which he signed who failed. Since his appearance on American Idol has exalted him to instant stardom, there are now three of his previous works released for sale to the buying public. They say hindsight is 20-20. I'll clue you in, so you can claim a 20-20 precognition instead. The following is a list of his "pre-idol" music when he was lead singer in the bands The Rising, and film.
The Rising – Future Unknown, is a full length CD garnering rave reviews by all who have heard his astounding talent. I have heard lots of music before, and there is none better than this! Reviews of the CD are five stars and can be viewed at Amazon.com.
The Rising – Live At The Apple Store, is an EP release, which includes live versions of five of the songs from Future Unknown. These are masterfully done in acoustic and showcase the quality of Michael's voice, as well as the talent of the musicians that surround him.
film – rolling, was his first EP release while lead singer with the band. Again, the ratings are five star, and the songs are a must hear to believe!
After The American Idol Tour 2008 has run its full course for the summer, how much more so will Michael Johns be considered the hot ticket item? Just because he hasn't announced that he's signing a deal with any specific label yet, doesn't necessarily mean that he won't. It just means he can't say anything at the moment, and has repeatedly told us so.
Again, all of this is just speculation, as I don't claim to know anything at all about the recording industry or the music business. I do, however, know a thing or two about marketing and why businesses do things in the way that they do. It's my opinion that the label must surely be focused right now on this year's American Idol winner (David Cook), and teen scene heartthrob (David Archuleta). In any business, that much should be expected. What business doesn't first market their primary brand name?
By the end of The American Idol Tour 2008, when the roll of their newly named thunder dies down, might be the best time for announcing a deal with Michael Johns. Perhaps they're holding him as their ace in the hole, as we all know he is a whole handful of aces. Please excuse the description, but I had to make reference just once to his "card dealing lessons".
For those of you who don't know, that was the excuse he jokingly gave to CNN's Larry King for being in Las Vegas rather than joining the rest of the American Idol Top 10 in the studio for a live interview. He claimed he was taking lessons in card dealing, in case the music thing doesn't work out. Perhaps he should consider becoming a comedian instead, with his constant joking around. Those of you who have heard his music already know… there's no way he will fail in the music field.
It turns out he was actually in Vegas at the request of David Foster to participate in the show David Foster & Friends, which will air on PBS later this year. David Foster is one of the most respected names in the music industry, whose career has spanned 35 years and earned him 14 Grammy awards. As originally reported by Access Hollywood.com, Michael Johns is one of David Foster's new favorites! What an honor from someone who is held is such high esteem!
We fans most certainly do have American Idol to thank for introducing Michael Johns and his talent to the world. The world gives thanks you for that much, but as soon as the tour is done, he will belong to us, his adoring fans. We will have him and his talent with or without your kind assistance. My hope is that it is with it.
American Idol is a giant in the field and it is run like a well-oiled machine. They more than know what they're doing. They have consistently pulled the lion's share of television, boasting millions of viewers now for a number of years. Perhaps by putting off an announcement that they have signed this particular talent, they are ensuring Michael Johns CD will fly off the shelves just as soon as we can buy it. A talent like his will not go unsigned with all the friends he's made in the business. They must surely know that.
Michael is not one to burn bridges behind him, nor should any of we fans just yet. With an album full of songs ready to burn by the end of the tour, or at least by the end of the year, what business savvy record label could refuse to sign what the world now demands they will hear? I think we fans should settle down just a bit, since his future success is assured. Patience is a difficult thing to endure when you want so much more of whatever you crave, and you wanted word of it yesterday. They say patience is a virtue… unfortunately, it's never been one of mine. Who am I to say?
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Still Bottoms from Solvent Distillation Units
From the archives of the Enforcement and Compliance Listserv for Hazardous Waste Generators
April 5, 2006
Waste Management Guidance on Still Bottoms from Solvent Distillation Units
Many automobile dealerships, auto body shops, and other businesses operate resource recovery solvent distillation units. These solvent stills help businesses reduce both their solvent purchases and hazardous waste generation rates. Waste still bottoms are generated from the distillation process and must occasionally be removed from the unit and disposed. In recent years, several businesses have been out of compliance because they didn't know that their still bottoms were hazardous wastes, and they disposed of these still bottoms illegally in a sanitary landfill. This guidance is intended to help you avoid these violations at your business.
Depending on the specific solvent used, the still bottoms from your distillation unit may be hazardous waste. If you use a listed solvent identified in 40 CFR 261.31 as F001, F002, F004 or F005 for cleaning purposes (cleaning surfaces, spray guns, brushes, etc), then the still bottoms will carry the same listing as the solvent. Any of these listed still bottoms are hazardous waste and you will need to apply the waste code that matches the solvent used. For example, if you use methyl ethyl ketone (F005) as a solvent in your distillation unit, then the still bottoms from that unit continue to be a listed hazardous waste and carry the F005 waste code.
If you do not use a listed solvent, then your next step should be to determine if your still bottoms are a characteristic hazardous waste (see determining a hazardous waste for more information.) Unless you suspect that your still bottoms contain some toxic contaminant other than the solvent, it may not be necessary to spend money on having the still bottoms tested using the toxicity characteristic leaching procedure (TCLP) prior to disposal. As noted above, still bottoms are a listed hazardous waste based on the listed solvent source used in the distillation unit. When a F001, F002, F004 or F005 solvent is used for cleaning or dissolving, Federal regulations identify this waste as hazardous regardless of the amount (or lack) of listed solvent in the waste. You will need to do TCLP testing if you suspect that your waste contains a contaminant on the toxicity list in 40 CFR 261.24 (for example lead and benzene are common in still bottoms).
All hazardous waste still bottoms must be managed, transported, and disposed according to the hazardous waste regulations that apply to your generator status. For more information see Does your Business Generate a Hazardous Waste? .
It is important to know that if the solvent is F003 only, and the still bottoms contain no free liquid or any other listed or characteristic hazardous waste, the still bottoms are not hazardous waste. These still bottoms may be legally disposed in a sanitary landfill and should not carry the F003 code.
Please note that the department encourages resource recovery and according to 10 CSR 25-9.020 (2)(A)-(C) most small distillation units used for reclaiming waste from on-site are exempt from the majority of Missouri Hazardous Waste Management Regulations. This regulation does require that you notify the department if you use, reuse, legitimately recycle or reclaim less than 1,000 kilograms (2,200 pounds) of hazardous waste from on-site in a calendar month. You need only notify the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Hazardous Waste Program, P.O. Box 176, Jefferson City, MO 65102 of your activities and identify the owner/operator, name and location of the facility, identity of the waste(s) recovered, method(s) of recovery and approximate annual quantity of waste recovered. If you recycle or reclaim 1,000 kilograms (2,200 pounds) of hazardous waste or more you must have a resource recovery certification. Visit Resource Recovery Certification for more details and contact information.
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Drycleaning Environmental Response Trust (DERT) Fund staff will be holding public seminars throughout Missouri about the DERT program and how it works. Topics include: general information about the DERT Fund; updates on DERT Fund Rules; and the application, claim and reimbursement process. The DERT Fund established monies for investigation, assessment, and remediation of releases of chlorinated solvents from dry-cleaning facilities. For more information on the DERT Fund and an upcoming presentation in your area, please visit DERT Fund and click on seminars.
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If you need further assistance, please email or contact the Department of Natural Resources' Hazardous Waste Program at 573-751-7560 or 800-361-4827.
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Navizon for Symbian - Navizon is the perfect urban companion for your handheld. It allows you to find cool places around you (such as bars, restaurants etc...), see where your friends are and find your own directions
Users with a GPS device can use Navizon worldwide. And Navizon will allow you to get a GPS fix where you couldn't before (indoors, urban canyons etc...) by automatically switching to WiFi or Cellular positioning when GPS signals are lost.
Users who don't have a GPS device can still benefits from Navizon's cool features thanks to Navizon's WiFi and Cellular positioning modes (if their area is covered by Navizon's database).
If you have GPS applications, you can also plug them into Navizon by using Navizon's output COM port.
Navizon works on any mobile equipped with Wi-Fi and/or cellular phone (GSM).
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Amy Goodman, (born April 13, 1957, Bay Shore, N.Y., U.S.), American journalist, columnist, and author, best known as the cofounder and host of Democracy Now! The War and Peace Report, a liberal-progressive daily news program produced in New York City. It is syndicated on radio and television in the United States and broadcast on the Internet.
Goodman grew up on Long Island, N.Y., and graduated from Harvard University in 1984 with a degree in anthropology. For the next decade, she worked as a producer and news director at the New York outlet of Pacifica Radio, a noncommercial, listener-funded network ... (100 of 268 words)


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Climate change may create price volatility in the corn market, say researchers from Stanford and Purdue
America's No. 1 crop could see its prime growing region shift to the Canadian border or its price volatility increase sharply within 30 years. A new Stanford study points to climate change as the cause.
Stanford researcher Noah Diffenbaugh discusses climate and corn price volatility.
By the time today's elementary schoolers graduate from college, the U.S. corn belt could be forced to move to the Canadian border to escape devastating heat waves brought on by rising global temperatures. If farmers don't move their corn north, the more frequent heat waves could lead to bigger swings in corn prices, or price volatility, which cause spikes in food prices, farmers' incomes and the price livestock farmers and ethanol producers pay for corn.
A study published April 22 in the journal Nature Climate Change shows for the first time climate change's outsized influence on year-to-year swings in corn prices.
Researchers from Stanford and Purdue universities found that climate change's impact on corn price volatility could far outweigh the volatility caused by changing oil prices or government energy policies mandating biofuels production from corn and other crops.
"Frankly, I was surprised that climate had the largest effect of these three influences," said Noah Diffenbaugh, an assistant professor of environmental Earth system science at Stanford's School of Earth Sciences and a fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment. "These are substantial changes in price volatility that come from relatively moderate global warming."
Even one or two degrees of global warming likely will increase heat waves, devastating the corn crop in some years, said Stanford researcher Noah Diffenbaugh.
The study, based on economic, climatic and agricultural data and computational models, finds that even if climate change stays within the internationally recognized target limit of 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit above pre-industrial levels, the temperature changes could still make damaging heat waves much more common over the U.S. corn belt.
"Severe heat is the big hammer," Diffenbaugh said. "Even one or two degrees of global warming is likely to substantially increase heat waves that lead to low-yield years and more price volatility."
The researchers calculate that when climate change's effects are coupled with federal mandates for biofuel production, corn price volatility could increase sharply over the period from 2020 to 2040. Increasing heat waves will lead to low-yield years, and government-mandated corn sales to ethanol producers limit the market's ability to buffer against low-yield years.
"By limiting the ability of commodity markets to adjust to yield fluctuations, biofuels mandates work in exactly the wrong direction," said Thomas Hertel, a professor of agricultural economics at Purdue University who participated in the study.
"Our results suggest that energy policy decisions are likely to interact with climate change to affect corn price volatility, and that the market effect of a binding biofuel mandate is likely to intensify as the climate warms," Diffenbaugh said.
Diffenbaugh and Hertel also explored the potential of farmers to adapt to the changing climate. They found that, unless corn farmers increase their crops' heat tolerance by as much as 6 degrees Fahrenheit, the areas of high corn production would have to move northward from the current U.S. corn belt to near the Canadian border in order to avoid excessive heat extremes.
"Our goal was to explore the interacting influences of climate, energy markets and energy policy," said Diffenbaugh. "It is clear from our results that those policy decisions could strongly affect the impacts that climate change has on people. And, importantly, we also identify potential opportunities for reducing those impacts through adaptation."
The study was made possible by a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science.
Rob Jordan is the communications writer for the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment.
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Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA) is not going to be singing jolly tunes this Christmas. Its lack of an appealing new line of console and PC games, coupled with a desperate attempt to recover players in its online games ,are shaping up to form a disappointing third and fourth quarter for the game producer.
EA develops, markets, publishes and distributes video games for use on platforms including video game consoles, PC and tablets and smartphones. Most notably, EA is behind the production of several big name video game franchises such as Battlefield and Mass Effect, and the major sports video game titles including the FIFA and NHL franchises. EA also owns PopCap Games Inc. and produces games for mobile devices and tablets under this brand.
1) The Current Picture
EA is currently trading at $14.74, which is up from its 52 week low of $10.77. The price to earnings ratio on the shares is 1,506 which is well in excess of the S&P average of 14. There is an average Hold recommendation by analysts with a target share price of $15. Furthermore, EA was downgraded from two to one star on October 31, 2012 by S&P.
Period Ending |
Sep-12 |
Jun-12 |
Mar-12 |
Total Revenue |
711 |
955 |
1368 |
Cost of Revenue |
445 |
63% |
205 |
21% |
374 |
27% |
Research Development |
314 |
44% |
290 |
30% |
284 |
21% |
Selling, General and Administrative |
311 |
44% |
231 |
24% |
337 |
25% |
Non Recurring |
-2 |
0% |
7 |
1% |
2 |
0% |
Others |
7 |
1% |
7 |
1% |
6 |
0% |
Operating Income Before Taxes |
-364 |
215 |
365 |
Source: Yahoo Finance
This year to date, EA has been able to generate steady sales but has not been consistently profitable. The large expenditures that go into R&D and SGA eat away the vast majority of the gross revenues. Furthermore, these expenses seem to show a relatively poor correlation with sales, with R&D consistently increasing and SGA fluctuating based on the timing of video game releases.
2) Video Game Industry
The high level of expenses incurred is not in my opinion the result of poor cost-control or inefficiencies on the part of EA. Consumers are demanding more from their video-games, and there is an underlying trend in the industry where big-name and top-selling titles are generating much stronger sales than lesser known or older games. Accordingly, big name producers like Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI) and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) are investing heavily into their franchises to keep their market shares and attempt to meet consumer demands.
Source: vgchartz.com
EA is competing with developers to capture the big markets with its game titles. Like its competitors it has to make a substantial financial commitment to support its titles and aim them for the top spots. As a result, if the games fail to reach this level, the developer does not stand a chance at recovering its investment. This seems to be a recurring theme for EA this current year, as several of its big name titles have not been able to deliver the expected results:
· Medal of Honor, a long-standing series which together with Battlefield were supposed to compete with ATVI's Call of Duty series, has yielded disappointing results since its release this year. Despite being on the market for 3 weeks, sales have barely reached 0.5M units.
· Need For Speed, another timeless classic, has suffered a streak of disappointing releases, with the latest one selling 0.27M in its 2 weeks on the market.
Two titles released by EA have delivered stronger results this year:
· FIFA 13, the soccer game, outsold its predecessor with 2.6M units sold in the first week, and a total of 4.3M copies to date. This title stands to be EA's strongest game again this year.
· Mass Effect 3, a sci-fi shooter also released earlier this year, is the second strongest title released with a total of 2.6M units sold since release in early 2012.
Competitor Activision Blizzard suffers the same fate with high SGA and R&D expenditures. On the other hand, ATVI is able to spread these expenses over a much larger sales base and deliver a much higher profit per dollar of sales. Its incredibly strong sales in the Call of Duty series allows it to run the same model as EA but with a much higher profit. The most recent release, Call of Duty: Black Ops II has already sold in excess of 6M units in its first week on the market.
Similarly, Microsoft's Halo 4 released several weeks ago has already risen to 3.8M copies sold the first week after its release.
What this means for EA is that there seems to be a recurring theme of relative underperformance by its titles compared to the heavy hitters released by competitors. The success of its competitors and its inability to match their level of sales exacerbates the poor profitability condition which EA currently suffers.
3) The MMORPGs
The massively multiplayer online role playing game Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR) released this year is off to a slow start with subscribers falling below 1M this summer. The release has disappointed expectations and has not been the strong competitor to ATVI's World of Warcraft whose subscriber base jumped back over 10M after the release of the newest expansion pack.
EA responded by modifying the fee structure to include a free-to-play portion. The free-to-play structure has been developed in order to attract new players who would be willing to try the game out up to a certain level. Should they wish to continue after that level, they will have to pay for a subscription.
This fee structure was launched Monday, Nov 19th, and was followed by a rally in the markets boosting the share price by 5%, signaling strong investor confidence. While the markets were delighted to see this development, it could really be seen as a desperate last minute attempt to break even on a project. The results of the free-to-play fee structure are yet to be seen, and will likely have a strong impact on the future valuation.
4) The Holiday Season
The lackluster performance of EA during the course of this fiscal year will inevitably set higher expectations on the following two quarters before their financial year end in March 2013. The year ended March 2012 followed in a similar pattern, as it was strongly supported by the final two quarters which yielded 25% and 33% of the total sales in that year. The sales in the first two quarters of 2012 amount to $1,666M or just 40% of the total sales in FY 2012.
October 2012 (in Q3 2012) saw the release of Battlefield 3 which lifted with ease the sales of that quarter as the game sold 9.6M units in calendar year 2011 alone. Q4 of 2012 saw the release of Mass Effect 3 which as described previously was also well received. So the question stands, will they be able to replicate these figures for the coming quarters?
The coming soon page at EA games lists the following console game titles with the release dates as follow:
Game title |
Release Date |
Predecessor Game unit sales |
Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel |
March 26, 2013 |
Crysis 3 |
February 2013 |
Dead Space 3 |
February 5, 2013 |
Fuse |
March 2013 |
No Predecessor |
With no titles bound for the holiday season, EA will have to rely on sales from its recent titles including Medal of Honor and Need for Speed to carry these sales figures. With competitors just recently releasing Call of Duty Black Ops 2 by ATVI and Halo 4 by MSFT, it will be a tough market for those underperforming games to gain market share.
Projections for Q4 of 2013 are a little more positive with some larger title releases. Using the sales of the predecessor in the series to generate a rough estimate of the future sales of the games, the total of these three releases could generate approximately 6M units sales over their lifetimes. At an estimated retail price of $59.99 each, this would generate sales of $360M before direct costs. This may give Q4 2013 a well needed boost, but will certainly fall short of the sales from big name releases seen in Q3 and Q4 2012.
In the short-term outlook, the release of Nintendo's next generation console, the Wii U, will give EA a chance to re-sell its existing big titles as they will be re-released for this new console. These re-released titles will give EA a strong chance to improve its profitability as it will be using mostly existing content, and will have access to a large new market.
The Q3 2013 earnings release scheduled for January 30, 2012 will likely yield disappointing results given EA's poor positioning in the holiday season and the poor performance of its recent titles. The poor performance of its most recent titles leaves a bleak outlook for the near future.
EA may still have some room to recover as it does carry some large name titles that could drive strong future sales. Its announcement that it will begin re-releasing games on the Wii U console may provide some additional sales from existing content.
For the fiscal year ending in March 2013, the titles scheduled to be released in early 2013 may provide some relief from otherwise lackluster results, however this will likely be a very disappointing year for EA.
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


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Descent (DOS)
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The Post-Terran Minerals Corporation (PTMC) digs up minerals on all nine planets of the solar system, employing humans and robots to do its job. Unfortunately, the mining robots are now being controlled by a hacker, and have taken the human workers hostage. The PTMC has tried to get the robots back under their control, but communication with the mining stations has been lost. In desperation, the PTMC modifies a Pyro-GX ship for combat and hires a mercenary, codenamed "Material Defender", to fly it. The mission is to destroy the infected mines and rescue human hostages, destroying any hostile robot that gets in the way.Descent is a 3D first-person game that puts the player at the controls of the Pyro-GX spaceship. Descent is notable in that the player travels through various interior locations (mines) but can do so in 720 degrees of movement. The ship however only moves forward and backward in any of the directions it is facing. The ship is able to use a variety of weapons scattered as power-ups throughout each level. They include: standard lasers, the Vulcan Cannon (a chaingun-like weapon), the Spreadfire Cannon (a rapidly firing, shotgun-like energy weapon), the Plasma Cannon (a rapidly firing energy weapon more suited for medium-range combat), and the Fusion Cannon (fires a ball of energy that's more powerful the longer it is charged it up, but could destroy the ship). All of these weapons, except for the Vulcan Cannon, use the ship's energy supply. The Pyro-PX is also capable of firing regular concussion missiles, homing missiles, proximity bombs (sits in the sky, then explodes when something gets close to it), smart missiles (more powerful homing missiles that fire out homing energy balls upon impact with their target), and Mega Missiles (the ultimate weapons of mass destruction).
The goal of each level is to locate and destroy the mine's reactor. Once completed, there are only 45 seconds to find the escape hatch to get out of the mine before it explodes. As progress is made through the game, the AI will adapt to player's strategies and attempt to prevent the player from reaching the goals.
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Alternate Titles
- "Inferno" -- Working Title
- "Descent: Destination Saturn" -- Demo Version Title
- "Descent 1" -- Informal Name
Part of the Following Groups
- 3D Engine: Descent
- Descent series
- Game Feature: In-game Screenshot Capture
- Gameplay feature: Auto-mapping
- Gameplay feature: Recordable replays
- Games made into books
- Genre: Six degrees of freedom
- Setting: Mars
User Reviews
Critic Reviews
The DOS Spirit | Apr 11, 2009 | 6 out of 6 | 100 |
High Score | May, 1995 | 5 out of 5 | 100 |
PC Games (Germany) | Feb, 1995 | 92 out of 100 | 92 |
CD Player | 1996 | 9 out of 10 | 90 |
GameCola.net | Mar 23, 2012 | 9 out of 10 | 90 |
Score | Feb, 1995 | 90 out of 100 | 90 |
Joystick (French) | Mar, 1995 | 87 out of 100 | 87 |
PC Joker | Jan, 1995 | 81 out of 100 | 81 |
GameSpot | May 01, 1996 | 8 out of 10 | 80 |
Gameplay (Benelux) | Apr, 1995 | 74 out of 100 | 74 |
Topic | # Posts | Last Post |
Early Moby Shenanagins. | 9 | DANIEL HAWKS ! (1894) Jul 30, 2008 |
1001 Video Games
Descent appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.Cheats
If you used one of the cheat codes, you'd hear a female voice call you "Cheater" in a mocking tone.Commercials
Commercials for the Playstation version of the game featured the celebrities Rodney Dangerfield and Jenny McCarthy.Covermount release
A complete version of Descent is available on Classic Games Collection CD featured with the July 2000 issue of PC Gamer Magazine.Development
The game was originally titled Inferno and was to take place in space stations rather than mines.Enhanced edition
In the readme file included with the registered version of Descent, a "CD-Enhanced" version was promised to be released in the summer of 1995. Descent had already been released on CD-ROM, but the "CD-Enhanced" version was to contain new levels and enemies, a Redbook (CD audio) version of the game's soundtrack, and 3D-rendered cinematics. Unfortunately, this version was never released. However, Descent II was suggested to have been the CD-Enhanced version of Descent that they were talking about: it contains all of the features promised for the CD-Enhanced version, and retains most of the original Descent's gameplay (along with some new features like an afterburner, energy-to-shields converter, and headlights).KALI
The very popular KALI online matchmaking program, which emulates IPX over the Internet was created in the sole purpose of bringing online play to Descent. Indeed, it grew quite bigger as the time went on.Release
Descent was to be a shareware game, and Apogee Software (one of the most famous names in shareware games) was going to distribute it for Parallax. Unfortunately the deal fell through...Apogee didn't have the finances to distribute the game, and Interplay came in to save the game from being canceled fully.The game was still released as shareware, where you could download the first seven stages and purchase the rest from Interplay directly or in stores. As a token of the appreciation, Parallax added a thank-you message to "Scott Miller and Apogee Software" in the credits for the game.
A trilogy of novels inspired by the game was published by Avon Books. They were all written by Peter Telep and first published in 1999:- Descent
- Stealing Thunder
- Equinox
- GameStar (Germany)
- Issue 12/1999 - #50 in the "100 Most Important PC Games of the Nineties" ranking
- PC Gamer
- April 2000 - #45 in the "All-Time Top 50 Games" poll
Related Web Sites
- The Descent-Network (Site Description:
"The Descent Network hosts the biggest websites for Descent-related information and download since mid of 97. Since mid of 1998 we are extending our web to cover all other games released or about-to-be released by Volition, Inc. and Outrage Entertainment. This URL, descent-network.com, is there to combine the sites and to serve as a gateway to the Descent Network sites, as well as offering shared resources."
My Opionion: Its the largest collection of stuff for the Descent Series that I have ever seen, thousands of levels for Descent 1,2,3 and Freespace 1,2. Numerous contests going on, like level building contests and robot building contests. Also has a whole arsonal of Descent robot and level editing tools for download. If you like descent, you will LOVE this site. ) - The Official D1_3dfx Site (There is a patch here that will let you run Descent hardware accelerated, as long as you've got a 3dfx card. Patch never went beyond beta, so no mouse support and a few bugs.)
- The Official DESCENT Page (official game page at Interplay's website from 1997, preserved by the Wayback Machine)
- Wikipedia: Descent (Information about Descent at Wikipedia)
Accatone (5171) added Descent (DOS) on Jan 08, 2000
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Tamales are a sign of celebration at holiday gatherings in Mexican households on both sides of the border, especially for occasions like Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve dinner. Here we stuff them with creamy winter squash, black beans and tangy goat cheese.
Nutrition Profile: Diabetes Appropriate Gluten Free Diet Healthy Weight Heart Healthy Low Calorie Low Cholesterol Low Sat Fat
Serves 16
Prep Time 90 min
Total Time 150 min.
Step 1
To prepare wrappers: Place cornhusks in a large bowl, cover with hot water and weight with a heavy plate or pan to completely submerge them. Let soak for 30 minutes.
Step 2
To prepare batter: Put masa and 1 1/4 cups hot water in a large bowl; stir with a wooden spoon until a soft dough forms. Beat ricotta, oil, baking powder and salt in another large bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed for 2 minutes. Reduce speed to low. Add grits (or cornmeal) and mix until combined. Add the ricotta mixture to the masa mixture and stir until smooth. Stir in broth 1/4 cup at a time until the batter is very moist and spreadable, but not runny.
Step 3
To prepare filling: Place squash puree in a fine-mesh sieve and gently press on it to extract excess liquid. Transfer to a medium bowl and add beans, chiles and salt; stir until combined.
Step 4
To assemble tamales: Drain the cornhusks and pat dry. Sort through and pick out 16 large, unblemished husks to use as wrappers. Cut about 2 dozen thin, long strips from the remaining husks to use as ties (or use kitchen string instead). Cover the husks and ties with a damp towel to keep moist.
Step 5
Working on a clean surface, unfold one of the large cornhusks so it's completely flat. Spread 1/3 cup of the batter in the center of the husk in a 4-inch square, leaving a wide border at the top and the bottom. Spoon 2 tablespoons of the filling in a thin strip down the length of the batter. Top the filling with 1 rounded teaspoon goat cheese.
Step 6
Bring the two long sides of the cornhusk together, causing the batter to completely surround the filling—but don't fold the sides over the tamale yet. Fold the cornhusk ends in, then fold the sides around the tamale. If a cornhusk splits while you're folding the tamale, just wrap a second husk right over the first and finish rolling. Tie the tamale closed using a thin strip of cornhusk. Repeat with remaining ingredients to make 15 more tamales. (You may have a little batter and/or filling left over.)
Step 7
To steam tamales: Fill a large Dutch oven with 1 inch of water. Place a steamer basket in the pot and loosely place the tamales upright in the basket. Cover and steam over medium heat for 1 hour. Check the water level periodically and add more boiling water if necessary. The tamales are done when the batter is firm and easily pulls away from the wrapper.