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OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill., and BRUSSELS, Belgium, Feb. 8 - FirstCall -- VASCO Data Security International, Inc. (NASDAQ?), (www.vasco.com), the global number one vendor of strong user authentication products to the financial sector, today announced its acquisition of AOS-Hagenuk of 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, a worldwide innovator of security-based Internet appliances and secure smart card readers (www.aos-hagenuk.com). VASCO will acquire all of the stock of AOS- Hagenuk, in exchange for consideration totalling Euro 5 million ($6.5 million U.S. dollars using the exchange rate at the date of close), consisting of Euro 3.75 million cash & Euro 1.25 million VASCO common stock
AOS-Hagenuk is an established, privately-owned company with a growing revenue base and significant technical expertise in the smart card related e-banking market. AOS-Hagenuk generated revenues of Euro 4.4 million in 2004 ($5.4 million U.S. dollars using the average exchange rates for 2004), an eighty-five percent increase over 2003. AOS-Hagenuk has a strong market position in The Netherlands and its customers include Fortis and ABN-Amro. AOS-Hagenuk generated modest operating profits in both 2004 and 2003 and is debt free. AOS-Hagenuk has a strong installed base of more than 2.5 million smart card based authentication devices. Although before today VASCO and AOS- Hagenuk were competitors, there is hardly any overlap in the current product offerings of VASCO & AOS-Hagenuk.
With the acquisition of AOS-Hagenuk, VASCO expands and strengthens its product line and position in the smart card enabled secure e-banking and e- commerce market. With the addition of AOS-Hagenuk's technical expertise, VASCO expects to be able to further accelerate its product development and revenue growth.
VASCO will centralize its smart card related R&D activities in AOS- Hagenuk's offices in The Netherlands, thus creating a secure smart card reader research and development center focused on smart card technology. VASCO believes that the combination will allow it to take advantage of current and future opportunities and evolutions in the global smart card authentication business, including the emerging EMV (Europay-Mastercard-Visa) environment.
"We welcome AOS-Hagenuk, its products and its people," said Jan Valcke, VASCO's President and COO. "During our Q3 2004 conference call, we announced that we would grow our number of employees, our geographical presence, our market penetration and our product range. With regards to products, we announced that we would implement a 'make or buy' strategy. The acquisition of AOS-Hagenuk reinforces VASCO's position in the smart card enabled e-banking authentication market. In addition, AOS-Hagenuk brings us a number of highly experienced smart card developers, which allows us to accelerate the development of VASCO's smart card reader offerings and to be confident about future evolutions in the smart card market. We believe that there are
important synergies between VASCO's Digipass and AOS-Hagenuk's PocketID unconnected smart card reader."
"The acquisition of AOS-Hagenuk is another excellent example of how VASCO is executing its growth strategy," said Ken Hunt, VASCO's Chairman and CEO. "AOS is a profitable company with proven technology and proven success in the market. With the acquisition of AOS, we are able to expand our product line and customer base, as well as enhance our technological expertise. We believe that all of these factors will help accelerate VASCO's growth in revenues and profitability. With the synergies that exist between the two companies, and the fact that AOS is a profitable company, we expect that the acquisition will be modestly accretive in 2005."
"The authentication market has become truly global," said Mladen Filipan, CEO of AOS-Hagenuk. "Therefore, AOS-Hagenuk has looked for a strong, global partner. Although AOS-Hagenuk was very well positioned, a strong, international partner was needed to address the current global authentication & security market. I am convinced that the combination of the experience, market vision, R&D capacity and extended product range of both companies will allow them to be successful all over the world."
Mr. Mladen Filipan, CEO of AOS-Hagenuk, will join VASCO as VP Business Development.
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VASCO designs, develops, markets and supports patented "Identity Authentication" products for e-business and e-commerce. VASCO's Identity Authentication software is delivered via its Digipass hardware and software security products. For user access control, VASCO's VACMAN products guarantee that only designated Digipass users get access to the application. With over 12,5 million Digipass products sold and ordered, VASCO has established itself as a world-leader for strong Identity Authentication with over 300 international financial institutions and approximately 1,400 blue- chip corporations and governments located in more than 80 countries.


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Yaz seals its legacy with first-ever L.A. performance
There was a touching moment toward the start of Yaz's first of three shows this week at the Orpheum Theatre that had nothing to do with the influential but long-neglected electro-pop being dusted off - and everything to do with the two Brits who were doing the dusting.
Just after the duo had finished the percolating pleas of "Bad Connection," soulful vocalist Alison Moyet, a beaming smile already spreading across her face, briefly flitted off stage, gently squeezing synthetics master Vince Clarke's arm as she exited. When she returned, she squeezed again - then turned back to give Clarke a warm, spontaneous hug.
The capacity crowd roared approvingly, as loudly as they would for any of the 21 cultishly cherished songs the pair spotlighted during Tuesday night's 90-minute revival.
That included just about everything they ever recorded, actually - not just '80s staples like "Situation" and "Don't Go" and their still-lovely first single "Only You" but lesser-known tracks like the anti-war piece "Unmarked" and the stark chill of "Winter Kills." As this was not only Yaz's first appearance stateside in a quarter-century but its first-ever shows in Los Angeles - only New Yorkers had a chance to see them back in the day, and only twice at that - Clarke and Moyet didn't scrimp, weaving in the entirety of 1982's "Upstairs at Eric's" as well as nine of 11 songs from their only other work, 1983's more fractious "You and Me Both."
One of synth-pop's most tenuous but ultimately crucial acts split up on the eve of that album's release over clashing egos and artistic differences. (A new box set, "In Your Room," documents the collapse on DVD while gathering all original and remixed tracks on three CDs.) Clarke, who began as a founding member of Depeche Mode (he gets the credit for "Just Can't Get Enough"), soon formed the enduring but initially very Yaz-like Erasure with singer Andy Bell. Moyet, meanwhile, moved on to a solo career steeped more in traditional instrumentation, English balladry and R&B - and has remained more popular at home than on this side of the Atlantic.
"I think there was a bit of bitterness when we parted company," Clarke, 47, mentioned a few days before this Orpheum opener from his home in Maine. "Unfortunately, in the course of our existence together, we never really learned how to communicate with each other. That was really where the problems began, I think.
"We only ever really recorded" - and separately by the time of "You and Me Both." "We never did anything else together. We never went out for a drink, or really even got to know each other."
That's why it was so special for longtime fans to see these two stoics visibly happy and embracing. Clarke says that prior to this "Reconnected" tour (already a critical and commercial success in the U.K., where the duo is known as Yazoo), he and Moyet hadn't even spoken in nearly 15 years. "We saw each other at a wedding once," he recalled, "and I saw Alison perform live in New York many years ago."
But a while back Moyet approached him about "doing something together, she wasn't sure what, maybe some writing. And I was flattered, but I just didn't have the time to do it because I was so involved with Erasure. If you'd ask me a year ago, I wouldn't have thought I'd be doing this now."
Bell opted to take time off after the last Erasure tour, however - and suddenly the timing was right for a 25th anniversary Yaz tour.
Clamor for '80s nostalgia has only increased this decade, after all - note the pairing of the reunited duo with Psychedelic Furs when their outing concludes July 24 at Pacific Amphitheatre, not to mention bills at the venue this month and next featuring Stray Cats, Pat Benatar and Berlin. Yet there's a more obvious and altruistic reason for this partnership to have been reconvened: If ever there were a band from the decade with unfinished business to attend to, it's Yaz.
Tuesday night's performance, then, was a way of paying respect to and sealing the mystique-shrouded legacy of a group that never got played much on radio outside of the most cosmopolitan markets, garnered only fleeting MTV attention and never rose above underground dance-club sensation. "Perhaps that's why people have kept our records in their hearts for this amount of time," Clarke says.
Maybe, but it surely has much to do with the lasting uniqueness and freshness of the music - simplistic but soulful, futuristic and even fractured yet rooted in pop forms and packing hip-shaking heat ("Goodbye Seventies" and "Sweet Thing" could have been released last week, while "Situation," no matter how overplayed, remains one of the mightiest of dance tracks.)
All of those aspects burst forth at the Orpheum, with Clarke only slightly refining the music ("Midnight" was noticeably rearranged) and Moyet wailing dramatically and diva-like in front of Kraftwerkian retro-techno visuals that encompassed everything from a lone swinging light bulb (setting up the theatrics of "In My Room") to stop-motion scenes of blossoming flowers (amid "Too Pieces") to a Space Invaders backdrop (during "Bad Connection").
By night's end, Moyet, 46, clad in black cover-alls and her hair in loose pigtails, proved she isn't as golden-throated as she once was; she had pitch problems during "Bring Your Love Down (Didn't I)" and "Don't Go." But a touch of rust is to be expected from something so unexpected.
"We're middle-aged codgers now," Clarke quips. "She's got three children, I've got one child. But we have far more in common now than we ever did 25 years ago. We talk about diapers. It's very, very relaxed between us - finally it's a chance for us to get to know each other.
"Now we have had a drink or two together."
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Xcel Energy (XEL) is expected to report poor fourth quarter earnings on Thursday, January 31, 2013 with analysts expecting a 3.4% drop in earnings from a year ago. The consensus estimate is 28 cents per share, down from earnings of 29 cents per share a year ago.
The consensus estimate is down from three months ago when it was 30 cents, but is unchanged over the past month. Analysts are expecting earnings of $1.81 per share for the fiscal year. Revenue is expected to be $2.93 billion for the quarter, 14.1% higher than the year-earlier total of $2.57 billion. For the year, revenue is expected to come in at $10.6 billion.
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India Women, guided by skipper Mithali Raj and night-watchwoman Shikha Pandey, registered victory in the one-off Test against England Women, after returning to the longest format after eight years. India Women won by six wickets, as Shikha Pandey hit the winning runs.
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India Women 4 Test wins bt WI Patna 1976 by 5 wkts bt SAf Paarl 2002 by 10 wkts bt Eng Taunton 2006 by 5 wkts bt Eng Wormsley 2014 #EngvInd
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this is a plea, a demand almost, to the bcci to encourage women's cricket more. only requires intent.
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Congratulations are in order. India's women cricket team beat England's by 6 wickets. Skipper Mithali Raj 50 n.o the star
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Great news coming from India's cricket team playing Test cricket in England..of course I'm talking about our women's team. Well done, ladies
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Me in Video Class. It's actually a fun class, I just don't like having my picture taken.
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Yes, he plays WoW too.
Not saying this in a mean way, but I've known a few girls are are appointed to raid lead/officer in their guild BECAUSE they are female. Guild status doesn't necessarily portray or identify a particular level of what your skill is at compared to any other gamer (male or female). I've had horrible raid leads/officers. Friends of friends get many benefits they don't really deserve.
Something more accurate would be DPS on X fight, HPS on Y fight, Arena rating at 2400 etc..
Not to sound elitist or sexist but i do find that male gamers are significantly better at pvp and usually pve or things that require competitiveness, planning and concentration. On the other hand i find girl gamers tend to migrate to professions like cooking (not joking), mount collecting, and pet collecting, which I can never seem to get into. I'm not saying that girls cant be good at raiding or pvp/pve, they definitely can, but the majority tend to fall into the mount collector/cooking category.
My boyfriend would look at you and shake his head for that. I am the pvp Queen between the two of us and he is/was the achievement whore. I pulled him into pvp'ing with me. He also has been impressed with my common sense compared to most men in the game.
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Which is why I said most girls fall into the latter category, not all. You could be one of the few, and it wouldnt bother me at all. I think it's awesome if i could find a girl who was on my level for pvp-ing. But the argument here depends on your definition of "good" and what pvp queen means. Do you just like to pvp and bg alot? Or are you actually a 2k/2200 rated arena player in full vicious with t2 weapons? I know plenty of people who like to do bgs and enjoy them throughly, but they really aren't that good per se. I might be picky since i play against/with gladiator caliber people but i would call good somewhere around 2k+ rated in arena and thoroughly knows the in's and outs of their class and how to ideally play against each other class in the game and win.
But for the sake of argument..you could ask how many people have an arena rating of over say... 1800 in here(which isnt hard to get at all). Majority would be men, maybe a couple girls. Then you up it to 2k, and 2.2k and the girls will start to drop to nothing in the representation. You could also ask how many guys and how many girls have been gladiator in any season. I've been a gladiator, so we have 1 guy so far.
I'm not trying to be mean when i say that it's usually guys who are "good" at pvp, its just the statistics. And i'd have to reiterate again: that liking pvp, or participating in a lot of pvp does not mean that you are particularly successful at it.
While im on it, i should elaborate on what i said earlier. The point of my previous post was to say that men generally engage in the competitive aspect of wow through pvp/arenas/pve(dps) and i find women doing activites centered around grinding and collecting. Every girl that i know who plays wow is obsessed with getting every mount they can. They always work on the companion achievements or want them (cause they're CUTE). They are always doing professions ( i have one friend trying to collect every cooking recipe in game, thats what made me think cooking) and rep grinding (for more achievements). Most of them that i know don't like to pvp, and if they do they are still very green and would rather stick to farming or pve healing (a few are dps). I think it stems from the fact that most males grow up playing competitive sports and video games. It takes a certain personality to get into the competitive aspect of WoW, or any game and most females arent raised in an environment that promotes that. Of course, like i said before there are exceptions, as with anything. And there will be the select few who have the same mentality and skill in certain areas as a good male wow player. But they will always be few and far between.
This is not to say anything like "OMG GIRLS SUCK AT WOW". I've seen many of guys that completely blow at the game as well. Not all guys are good, but I'm saying of the good players there is definitely a minority representation of the women in that category.
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Ribs USA used to be a favourite of Bob Hope and Jay Leno when he did the Tonight Show out of Burbank and occasionally still drops by. Great ribs and Brandon the Banker and the baby backs can't ever be beat. Love the homemade BBQ beans and coleslaw.
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Very small restaurant like a cafe you would find on route 66 on a small town. Nothing fancy. Almost across from Warner Bros studios. Tender baby back ribs, and chicken wings sold by the pound! Sides are the traditional ones, skip the macaroni, Veteran owned and discount given with I D.
After picking up concert tickets, my husband and I wanted to eat something quick and get it to go, so we ran across the street to Ribs USA. I ordered the BLT sandwich with a side of fries and he ordered baby back ribs with bbq beans. OMG, while heading up to San Francisco, he fed me a few pieces... More
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We have been visiting Ribs USA for 20 years and all barbecue we have anywhere in the world is rated against RIBS Usa for our family. It is the place where Bob Hope went to get his ribs and when Jay Leno had the late show in Burbank they catered his show. Jay still goes there occasionally for his Ribs.... More
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Battle of 0-4 Super Bowl Losers
Posted on 2 Dec 2010 by Norm Duhamel.
Week 13 brings Buffalo Bills against Minnesota Vikings which I have dubbed the "Battle of the Super Bowl Losers". Combined they have 8 Super Bowl losses and as we all know Buffalo lost 4 straight but you may not know that Minnesota lost theirs in a span of 7 years. Realistically none of these losses really matter anymore but as fans these losses are still raw. I'm still reeling aft...


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Othrod was a "lord of the Orcs" slain by Tuor during the fall of Gondolin.[1]
He only appears in Tolkien's early The Fall of Gondolin.
See also
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, "The Fall of Gondolin".


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The new philosemites – anti-Muslims in disguise
Don't be fooled. Europe's far-right racists are not discerning
Opportunistic words of love for Jews and Israel cannot disguise the European far right's toxic rhetoric of hatred
Anne Karpf, Comment is Free, Guardian
On Saturday, in the Danish city of Aarhus, a Europe-wide rally organised by the English Defence League will try to set up a European anti-Muslim movement. For Europe's far-right parties the rally, coming so soon after the murders in south-west France by a self-professed al-Qaida-following Muslim, marks a moment rich with potential political capital.
Yet it's also a delicate one, especially for Marine Le Pen. Well before the killings, Le Pen was assiduously courting Jews, even while her father and founder of the National Front, Jean-Marie Le Pen, was last month convicted of contesting crimes against humanity for saying that the Nazi occupation of France "wasn't particularly inhumane". Marine must disassociate herself from such sentiments without repudiating her father personally or alienating his supporters. To do so she's laced her oft-expressed Islamophobia (parts of France, she's said, are suffering a kind of Muslim "occupation") with a newfound "philozionism" (love of Zionism), which has extended even to hobnobbing with Israel's UN ambassador.
Almost all European far-right parties have come up with the same toxic cocktail. The Dutch MP Geert Wilders, leader of the anti-immigrant Freedom party, has compared the Qur'an to Mein Kampf. In Tel Aviv in 2010, he declared that "Islam threatens not only Israel, Islam threatens the whole world. If Jerusalem falls today, Athens and Rome, Amsterdam and Paris will fall tomorrow."
Meanwhile Filip Dewinter, leader of Belgium's Vlaams Belang party, which grew out of the Vlaams Blok Flemish nationalist party, many of whose members collaborated with the Nazis during the second world war, has proposed a quota on the number of young Belgian-born Muslims allowed in public swimming pools. Dewinter calls Judaism "a pillar of European society", yet associates with antisemites, while claiming that "multi-culture … like Aids weakens the resistance of the European body", and "Islamophobia is a duty".
But the most rabidly Islamophobic European philozionist is Heinz-Christian Strache, head of the Austrian Freedom party, who compared foreigners to harmful insects and consorts with neo-Nazis. And yet where do we find Strache in December 2010? In Jerusalem alongside Dewinter, supporting Israel's right to defend itself.
In Scandinavia the anti-immigrant Danish People's party is a vocal supporter of Israel. And Siv Jensen, leader of the Norwegian Progress party and staunch supporter of Israel, has warned of the stealthy Islamicisation of Norway.
In Britain EDL leader Tommy Robinson, in his first public speech, sported a star of David. At anti-immigrant rallies, EDL banners read: "There is no place for Fascist Islamic Jew Haters in England".
So has the Jew, that fabled rootless cosmopolitan, now suddenly become the embodiment of European culture, the "us" against which the Muslim can be cast as "them"? It's not so simple. For a start, "traditional" antisemitism hasn't exactly evaporated. Look at Hungary, whose ultra-nationalist Jobbik party is unapologetically Holocaust-denying, or Lithuania, where revisionist MPs claim that the Jews were as responsible as the Nazis for the second world war.
What's more, the "philosemite", who professes to love Jews and attributes superior intelligence and culture to them, is often (though not always) another incarnation of the antisemite, who projects negative qualities on to them: both see "the Jew" as a unified racial category. Beneath the admiring surface, philozionism isn't really an appreciation of Jewish culture but rather the opportunistic endorsement of Israeli nationalism and power.
Indeed you can blithely sign up to both antisemitism and philozionism. Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik described himself as "pro-Zionist" while claiming that Europe has a "considerable Jewish problem"; he saw himself as simultaneously anti-Nazi and pro-monoculturalism. The British National party's Nick Griffin once called the Holocaust the "Holohoax", subsequently supported Israel in its war "against the terrorists", but the day after the Oslo murders tweeted disparagingly that Breivik was a "Zionist".
Most Jews, apart from the Israeli right wing, aren't fooled. They see the whole iconography of Nazism – vermin and foreign bodies, infectious diseases and alien values – pressed into service once again, but this time directed at Muslims. They understand that "my enemy's enemy" can easily mutate into "with friends like these …".
The philozionism of European nationalist parties has been scrutinised most closely by Adar Primor, the foreign editor of Haaretz newspaper, who insists that"they have not genuinely cast off their spiritual DNA, and … aren't looking for anything except for Jewish absolution that will bring them closer to political power."
Similarly Dave Rich, spokesman of the Community Service Trust (CST), which monitors antisemitic incidents in Britain, told me that far-right philosemites "must think we're pretty stupid if they think we'll get taken in by that. The moment their perceived political gain disappears they revert to type. We completely reject their idea that they hate Muslims so they like Jews. What targets one community at one time can very easily move on to target another community if the climate changes." Rich's words, spoken before themurder of Jews in Toulouse, now sound chillingly prescient. The president of the French Jewish community, Richard Pasquier, judges Marine Le Pen more dangerous than her father.
French Muslim leaders rallied round Jewish communities last week. Next week sees the start of Passover, a festival celebrating the liberation of Jews from slavery in Egypt, when Jews often think about modern examples of oppression. Let's hope that French Jewish leaders use the occasion to rally round Muslim communities, and to remember that ultimately, racism is indiscriminate.


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nah that's cruel. I might still enjoy it.
The new album's gonna be out April 24
It'll be different. But yes it is early days to judge from a lone track and a vevo channel.
I'm excited.
I need friends with equal music taste so I can say death girps lyrics at inappropriate moments and people get me :smith:
"DeathGripsVEVO" is a weird thing to see.
Something I can see happening, is that Death Grips will go down as one of the most important artists of this generation. Call me crazy.
Can't wait to be the guy that listened to them in their early days when all my mates get into their hits when they're big.
the track is growing on me. Exmilitary was about a beast and this is something different, it's clear to me now.
SO I got banned and happened to come across this..............
2 singles to download you heard Get got not sure about blackjack
OHHH shit they arnt to bad at all.
Loving the new stuff.
These are both excellent
I quite like Blackjack, but I'm not really feelin' Get Got that much. The background doesn't fit at all with the vocals IMO.
Holy shit I actually love Get Got, not even sure why I've had it stuck in my head all day.
tbh even if I didn't like get got -and I do like it - then Blackjack would more than make up for it.
Listened to Exmilitary again after a long break.
Culture Shock is very similar in tameness to Get Got.
I have yet to hear Blackjack. And I think it will be a lot more awesome through the context of the album.
It's only their sophomore.
Yeah is blackjack on YT yet?
yeah, it was that first track where the thumbnail was like a pill
holy shit Blackjack is intense...
link please
Read the content on this page.
Yeah, but I'm after the film clip if there is one.
Thanks. It's awesome, I like Get Got better though. Still cool!
I'm not all for the music videos. They're nice but I'd rather get a mental picture of the music.
I dunno, I just find their video style interesting.
Yeah, but in general I tend to stay away from music videos.
It's like what trailers are to movies for me.
[release][h2]NEW OFFICIAL ALBUM COVER RELEASED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?!?!?!??!!?!?[/h2][/release]
Oh my
I can't say I was expecting that
Can you guess who it is?
It's clearly Dr. Dre
i posted it on the lastfm page, watch a bunch of imbeciles get pissed off.
trolls gona troll :D :D
Can't be the MC. Not enough beard.
my mind has turned to dust. :(
guess zach hill is still in death grips then
[release][h2]ACHTUNG: ALL NEW *OFFICIAL* ALBUM COVER, SUPPOSEDLY THE DELUXE EDITION[/h2][/release]
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Death Grips is so great that it can bring Issac Hayes back form the dead.
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— The Walking Dead (@BAMF_walker) October 24, 2016
Things to consider while realizing the rest of the NFL sees the Patriots sitting at 6-1 and knows exactly how everyone on "The Walking Dead" is feeling right now:
— Before we begin, understand I am in a state of post-traumatic stress from the season premiere of "The Walking Dead." I promise, no spoilers. Just know that as you're reading this, I should be curled up in a ball under my bed or seeking grief counseling. But I do it for you. Just don't responsible for anything I say. Thank you.
— This is one of those wins where if you look at it close up, doesn't feel all that impressive. You faced a back up quarterback, at times made him look like 1999 Kurt Warner and let a team hang around longer than you should have. But hit the "-" button on this one's Google map a few times, and it looks better. On the road, the Patriots didn't play their best game by any means, fumbled twice and dropped two perfectly thrown third down passes (one followed by a duck hooked 25-yard punt) and still won by double digits. Sure, they need to clean it up, but if you can find much negative in this, there's a career waiting for you in the field of campaign attack ads. Or Boston sports journalism.
— I'm fascinated by Josh McDaniels' approach to this one. We all know the McOffense can shape-shift at will like Mystique. And you'd assume its at-rest, default setting (its Rebecca Romijn/Jennifer Lawrence mode) would be the Rob Gronkowski/Martellus Bennett combination, create mismatches and chuck the ball all over the place. But in Pittsburgh, Gronk and Bennett rarely saw the field at the same time. And usually when they did, either one stayed in to block (the long catch by Gronk to set up the final touchdown) or was a running play (the three tight end look with James Develin they pounded LeGarrette Blount behind to kill the clock in the fourth). For the most part, McDaniels preferred a Posse look, with one running back, one tight end and three wideouts. It says everything about how stocked his toolbox is that he can use them the way he did and still put up four touchdowns despite the turnovers and drops.
— Of course, now that the battle station we call Gronk is fully operational, he alone is enough to make defenses suffer complete meltdowns. Consider his touchdown catch. The Pats ran a three man route combo I've seen called "Parachute," where Danny Amendola ran a deep curl, Julian Edelman a shallow cross and Gronk ran the "chute," a go route. The play side safety was Sean Davis, who left the seam to go help on Amendola and looked like he simply wanted no part of covering Gronk. Which makes zero sense football-wise, but perfect sense when it comes to self-preservation.
— More than anything, the gameplan seemed to be about pushing the Steelers front-seven around. And it succeeded. They used a lot of traps and zone blocks. Blount's first touchdown was a stretch run where Nate Solder rode L.T. Walton into the interior of the line, Gronk came across the goal line to snowplow Mike Mitchell and Blount cut back against the grain for the score.
— The first touchdown was a perfectly blocked screen to James White, set up by David Andrews engaging Ricardo Mathews before slipping outside and Joe Thuney submarining Lawrence Timmons. All done with Gronk out of the play, split out as a wide-Y on the back side of the play.
— I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I didn't single out Marcus Cannon for praise. Right now he's in a two-man race with White for the most improved player on the club. I'm glad I said it, because I need to be able to live with myself. I can't afford the extra rent.
— I really appreciate the NFL running those "Football is family" ads where a player does some woman's job so she can go get her breast cancer screening. I'm looking forward to the one where a guy goes to help out Josh Brown's wife so she can get treated for broken bones and contusions.
— There are few things in this life that bring me as much joy as watching Mike Tomlin make indefensibly stupid decisions. Throwing the challenge flag on a Gronk non-fumble that wouldn't have gotten him possession of the ball unless Industrial Light and Magic doctored the replay with CGI. Down by 11 in the fourth quarter, he opts for a 54-yard field goal try instead of trying a fourth-and-2.
— Not to mention Tomlin's team's general lack of situational awareness. On that first Blount touchdown, his defense got set with all the urgency of the old lady in front of you in the express line paying with a check. And with the clock running down, his offense ran like the first rehearsal of a kindergarten play. Between Tomlin bellyaching last year about his headset going haywire in Foxboro, Ben Roethlisberger claiming the Pats defensive linemen were moving too much and his defensive coordinator saying the Patriots cheat, it couldn't happen to a nicer coach. Keep worrying about Bill Belichick pulling fast ones on you instead of fixing your own failings, Dr. Foreman.
— I get people's frustration over the Patriots defense. I don't share it, but I do get it. They're about keeping points off the board. And they succeed. In this NFL, giving up 16 points on the road is a win any way you look at it. I know it's ugly sometimes. There's no forgiving surrendering two, third-and-10 first downs to Cody flipping Hamilton. But it works.
— The Patriots D fights like the Russians did against Napoleon and Hitler. They gave up miles of ground, let the enemy get deep into their territory, then toughened up in the red area and, when it mattered most, inflicted millions of casualties. And, they'll get even tougher when winter comes.
— Despite the lapses, like Hamilton and that 51-yard flag route by Antonio Brown over Malcolm Butler, I thought the secondary played pretty well. As Billy Zane told Kate Winslet in "Titanic," you can be blasé about many things Rose, but not an end zone interception in single coverage. Butler also added a nice pass defensed versus Xavier Grimble on a third-and-4 to hold the Steelers to a field goal. And showed some real grit and balls on a reverse when Pittsburgh had numbers out in front of the runner, so he took Maurkice Pouncey head on. Add a Pat Chung pass defensed against LeVeon Bell at the goal line and some outstanding tackling (Chung against Grimble to force a punt on the first possession) and the fact that one of the touchdowns was that obligatory amazing sideline balancing act they get burned by once a week, and I think they'll grade out better in the film room than in the court of public opinion.
— It's been a good three bullet points since I dumped on the Steelers for their general dumbassery. So let me point out that Darrius Heyward-Bey complained about an offensive pass interference call where for his entire pattern, he beat Eric Rowe with a bat wrapped in barbed wire. Sorry. I promised no "Walking Dead" spoilers. I'll say no more. Moving on …
— And before I move off the topic of Pittsburgh stupidity, you had to love the crowd booing the unnecessary roughness call when Artie Burns (the NFL's "Least Football Player-y Name" winner for 2016) tackled Chris Hogan with a body slam that would've gotten Kurt Angle DQ'd from King of the Ring.
— This week's Applicable Movie Quote: "This is where we grab 'em by the nose and kick 'em in the ass!" – "Patton"
— Another note about the way the defense played. It's worth pointing out that Landry Jones is not the worst backup quarterback in the world. Granted, he's got that weird thing going where his mustache doesn't reach his beard. And when his chinstrap covers the beard he looks like he should sitting in a primered van parked next to a playground. But he could start for several teams. So there's no shame in holding him to 16 at home.
— There is no one who's more excited about having Brady back than Julian Edelman. Every time he catches a pass for a first down (which he did a lot of Sunday) I half expect him to bring the ball back to Brady in his mouth, wagging his tail.
— Though I don't think Brady feels the same way about Malcolm Mitchell. After that play when he was running for his life then launched an ICBM, only to watch from his back while Mitchell broke off his route, Brady shot Mitchell a stink eye the likes of which we haven't seen since Scott Chandler became invisible to him.
— With the Pats on a roll like this, and a bigger, better, stronger, faster, less stoppable roll seeming to arrive any second now, there is literally no team in the NFL I'd rather see them facing right now than Buffalo. That win over a wounded Jacoby Brissett that the Bills Mafia practically held a parade for has to be avenged.
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MONDAY'S BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:Pro football
NFL: Houston at Denver, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)
NHL: Calgary at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. (NHL)
NFL: Patriots 27, Steelers 16
NFL: Cardinals 6, Seahawks 6
NFL: Buccaneers 34, 49ers 17
NFL: Giants 17, Rams 10
NFL: Eagles 21, Vikings 10
NFL: Dolphins 28, Bills 25
NFL: Bengals 31, Browns 17
NFL: Jets 24, Ravens 16
NFL: Chiefs 27, Saints 21
NFL: Colts 34, Titans 26
NFL: Lions 20, Redskins 17
NFL: Raiders 33, Jaguars 16
NFL: Chargers 33, Falcons 30
NHL: Oilers 3, Jets 0
NHL: Rangers 3, Coyotes 2
NHL: Islanders 6, Wild 3
NHL: Ducks 4, Canucks 2
— After the mother of Giants rookie corner Eli Apple criticized Giants co-owner John Mara on Twitter last week, Apple reacted to her posts on Sunday.
"My mom's very vocal and that topic is very important to her, so I can understand where she was coming from," Apple said. "But at the same time in my position I just have to do my part and play football and do what I can do."
Annie Apple, a domestic violence survivor, criticized her son's boss for his handling, or mishandling, of Giants kicker Josh Brown's domestic violence against his wife.
In an article for SI.com on Sunday, Annie Apple further expressed her disgust.
"The comments made by John Mara, owner of the New York Giants, were insensitive, dismissive and callous," she wrote. "How are you a so-called champion of domestic violence but lack basic compassion for a victim? Yes, this man signs my son's checks as I've been reminded on Twitter. Mr. Mara owns the New York Giants. He doesn't own Annie Apple. Wrong is wrong. And Mr. Mara's comments were unapologetically wrong and hit at a raw place."
Apple stressed on Sunday he spoke with his employers and assured them he is committed to the team despite his mother's anger.
"I talked to them, let them know my mom, her reactions like that sometimes are like that, she's her own person, she's going to do that, so I've just got to do my job," he said. "I just made sure I talked to everybody, man, just let them know, whoever is concerned."
Apple returned from a groin injury Sunday to play in his team's 17-10 win over the Rams in London.
— Derrick Rose returned to Knicks practice Saturday after being found not liable in his weeks-long rape trial.
Rose said it felt "like heaven" to be back on the basketball court and said he "just wants to hoop."
"I got through my little situation, but I'm happy to be focusing on nothing but basketball," Rose said.
And he has returned ready to get back into his craft.
"I'm very confident, man,'' he said. "I really believe that's why I'm here — to hoop. I still have a lot of confidence in my ability."
Though he missed basketball, the only thing he regrets missing during his trial was his son's birthday.
"Out of all this, the only thing that hurt me was missing my son's birthday party and birthday," he said. "Those were the two things I was worried about the most — not being there with my family."
Rose likely will start in the Knicks' season opener in Cleveland on Tuesday.
— For the first time since 2014, an NFL game ended in a tie.
When the Cardinals and the Seahawks went to overtime Sunday night tied, 6-6, Arizona's kicker Chandler Catanzaro only needed a 24-yard field goal to secure the win. He missed when his kick hit off the left upright.
Then Seattle kicker Stephen Hauschka needed to make a 27-yard field goal for the win. He missed with a kick that went wide to the left.
The last time an NFL game ended in a tie was two years ago when the Panthers and the Bengals tied, 37-37.
The two missed field goals came on the same day Colts kicker (and former Patriot) Adam Vinatieri broke the NFL record for consecutive field goals with his 43rd.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Right now, I stink." — Stephen Gostkowski, after missing an extra point for the second week in a row
THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY: The Red Sox beat the Rockies, 13-1, to take Game 1 of the 2007 World Series. Dustin Pedroia becomes the first rookie to lead off a World Series game with a home run. Josh Beckett struck out nine batters and got his fourth win of the postseason.


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Census Records
Introduction to Census Records
You can start your Census records search with only
- the name of your relative or ancestor, and hopefully
- the state he or she resided in
The first Federal Population Census was taken in 1790, and has been taken every ten years since. However, data from recent censuses are not available after 1940 because of a 72-year restriction on access to the Census. Most researchers find it most helpful to begin with the 1940 Census and work backwards to locate people in earlier generations.
The National Archives has the census schedules on microfilm available from 1790 to 1940, and free online access is available through our digitization partners at any National Archives facility.
(Please note: Most of the 1890 Census was destroyed in a Department of Commerce fire, though partial records are available for some states.)
What can the Census tell me?
Census records can provide the building blocks of your research, allowing you to both confirm information, and to learn more.
From 1850 to 1940, details are provided for all individuals in each household, such as:
- names of family members
- their ages at a certain point in time
- their state or country of birth
- their parent's birthplaces
- year of immigration
- street address
- marriage status and years of marriage
- occupation(s)
- value of their home and personal belongings
- the crops that they grew (in agricultural schedules), etc.
Not all of this kind of information is available in every census. Before the 1850 Census, few of these details were recorded. From 1790-1840, only the head of household is listed and the number of household members in selected age groups.
For specifics on what information was collected in each census year, see Availability of Census Records About Individuals
How can I search the Census Records?
You can access census records many different ways:
View digitized Census Records online through one of our partners, ancestry.com or familysearch.org. ( Familysearch.org is free-of-charge. Ancestry.com is available free-of-charge at the National Archives facilities nationwide and through many libraries, otherwise by subscription.)
View our complete list of Records Digitized by Our Digitization Partners
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Glycerin is a commonly used as an ingredient in many beauty and cosmetic products. Using glycerin helps in keeping the skin soft and supple. Glycerin also helps in building the skin structure. This colourless and odourless liquid is also used in pharmaceutical and medical products.
Though pure glycerin might have a few adverse effects on your skin, when used in a diluted form, glycerin plays a vital role in skin care. Let us have look a the multiple uses of glycerin for your skin.
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2.Psoriasis, a skin disease, where the skin cells shed before they mature can be treated by application of glycerin. Glycerin helps the cells to complete the maturation process, thus curing this skin disease.
3.Dark and chapped lips too can be treated by the application of glycerin. You can apply diluted glycerin directly or mix it with milk cream and apply it before going to bed.
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Paul Hayes continued Charlton's fine start to the season with a goal and an assist in a 2-1 win at Notts County.
In the 35th minute Alan Sheehan's poor pass led to Ricky Ravenhill being muscled off the ball by Hayes who played in Scott Wagstaff, and the young Addicks winger knocked the ball past Stuart Nelson and finished neatly from a tight angle.
Ten minutes later Jeff Hughes' loose pass sent Bradley Wright-Phillips through and his square ball left Hayes with a simple finish for his first Charlton goal.
Sheehan made amends early in the second half with a goal-line clearance to deny Hayes, and on the hour-mark his corner hung in the air long enough for Colombian teenager Cristiano Montano - making his league debut as a half-time substitute - to fire past Rob Elliot.
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Al Khaleej backs Dubai Sugar ConferenceAl Khaleej Sugar, the largest stand-alone sugar refinery in the world, is participating at the ongoing Kingsman Dubai 9th Sugar Conference in Dubai, one of the largest events in the sugar trading industry. The event, which opened More… |
Al Khaleej Sugar receives top awardLeading sugar refinery, Al Khaleej Sugar, has been awarded the 'Dubai Quality Award' at the Business Excellence Award ceremony held at the Dubai World Trade Centre yesterday. Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum presented the More… |
Dubai sugar refinery restarts operationsDubai's Al Khaleej sugar refinery, one of the the largest sugar refineries the world, restarted operations on Feb. 28 after a month-long shutdown, said the refinery's general manager. "The refinery has restarted production and by next week More… |
Dubai sugar refinery plans output boostDubai-based Al Khaleej sugar refinery, one of the biggest in the world, is undergoing an expansion during a shutdown that will boost its capacity to 7,500 tonnes/day from 5,000 tonnes, its managing director said. "We are targeting 7,500 to More… |
Al Khaleej won't expand UAE sugar refinery nowDubai-based Al Khaleej Sugar Company will not expand its refinery this year because adding capacity would require closing down at a time when demand for white sugar is high, an executive said on Thursday. Al Khaleej, the largest refinery i More… |
Al Khaleej buys 250,000 T Brazilian sugarThe UAE's Al Khaleej Sugar has bought 250,000 tonnes of raw sugar from Brazil, said a top official of the company. "We bought 250,000 tonnes from Brazil," Al Khaleej trading manager Shabbir Baherenwala told Reuters on Tuesday. "Thi More… |
UAE sells 100,000 tonnes sugar to PakistanThe UAE's Al Khaleej Sugar has sold 100,000 tonnes of white sugar to Pakistan this month, an Al Khaleej company executive said on Thursday. 'This month we sold 100,000 tonnes of white sugar to Pakistan, this deal was with the gover More… |
India rejects Al Khaleej sugar plansThe Indian government has turned down a proposal from Dubai's Al Khaleej Sugar to begin operations in the country, the finance ministry said in a statement on Monday. The ministry's Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) did not More… |


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Re: variables versus functions
Clear[a, b, x, af, bf]; a = Cos[x]; b = ArcTan[x]; af[x_] := Cos[x]; bf[x_] := ArcTan[x]; Plot[a, {x, 0, 2Pi}]; FindRoot[a == b, {x, Pi/2}] == FindRoot[af[x] == bf[x], {x, Pi/2}] True However, if x has a definition prior to defining the variables x = Pi/4; a = Cos[x]; b = ArcTan[x]; {a, b} {1/Sqrt[2], ArcTan[Pi/4]} Plot[a, {x, 0, 2Pi}]; FindRoot[a == b, {x, Pi/2}] \!\(\*FormBox[ RowBox[{\(FindRoot::"jsing"\), \(\(:\)\(\ \)\), "\<\"Encountered a singular \ Jacobian at the point \\!\\(TraditionalForm\\`x\\) = \ \\!\\(TraditionalForm\\`1.5707963267948966`\\). Try perturbing the initial \ point(s).\"\>"}], TraditionalForm]\) FindRoot[a == b, {x, Pi/2}] Bob Hanlon In a message dated 2001/5/13 3:34:17 AM, jsweet at engineering.ucsb.edu writes: >How is it different to define a variable such as A=Cos[x] >versus a function A[x_]:=Cos[x] ? > >Furthermore, what If I define two functions A[x_]:=Cos[x] and >B[x_]=ArcTan[x]? How would FindRoot[A==B,{x,pi/2}] treat this >differently than if I just used variable definitions for A & B? >


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Messed Up! #20 - This week, I reveal the identity of the Superior Spider-Man!Don't forget to leave suggestions in the comments for what topics you want me to talk about in future episodes!
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Okay, my wife is catching on pretty quick. We squeezed a few hours in on Sunday between rainstorms for some fishing. We took the john boat out to the pond and Anne started zinging her favorite frog colored panfish popper around with more ease than usual, and she did a pretty good job of hanging a few fish. The picture below shows one of the typical bass that she caught and released.
I can think of worse ways to spend an afternoon. Watching her catch fish on a flyrod is more fun for me than catching them myself when we're together. But if she starts getting really good, the courtesy first casts to prime structure are over.......;) |
Good deal Dble Haul ;) Yeah, I heard about the New England rain, but up-state NY did not get a drop. I went for trout yesterday, but will probably go back to warm water today.
Nice catch! ;)
My girlfriend does pretty well with the spinning gear, but I haven't been able to get her to try the fly rod yet. Q |
You're a lucky man! This reminds me, I once met a couple flyfishing on the cape. The guy was a righty and the girl was a lefty, great caster. They stood close and were able to talk without hooking each other. I walked past and said hello, and said something like "it must be great to have a girlfriend who flyfishes AND is a lefty".
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WallStreet Journal Spurred by economic worries, American shoppers have quickly decided that cheaper is better. They are trading down to store brands from fancy labels, to small cars from SUVs, and to deep-discounters from full-service stores. Inc., which last year returned to its discount roots to try to reverse weakening sales, Thursday reported its best monthly sales gain in four years; it benefited from bargain-hunters seeking deals on the most basic stuff. Discount stores overall saw sales jump nearly 6% last month, while those of full-price department stores declined. Consumers' use of discount coupons is starting to rebound after a 15-year slide. In June, the lowly Toyota Corolla became the best-selling vehicle in America, a spot held for more than two decades by the beefier (and pricier) Ford F-150 pickup. Trading down is a common consumer reaction to economic ills. But this time around, the change has come unusually fast and may be touching on the broadest array of goods since the recession of the early 1980s. The combination of historically high fuel prices and soaring food costs, combined with falling housing and stock values and tightening credit, are severely damping the spending habits on which the U.S. economy has long thrived. The about-face in consumer behavior could bring striking changes to the marketplace, as retailers revamp everything from the size of their stores to the way they stock their shelves, and may force manufacturers to trim niche products in favor of more reliably selling basics. "There has been a major shift in thinking by shoppers," says Thom Blischok, head of consulting at Information Resources Inc., which tracks spending on consumer goods. "Consumers are moving away from availability, to affordability." Dunnhumby Ltd., a consulting firm that tracks shopping habits for many retailers and manufacturers, says 20% of loyalty-card holders of its U.S. and European retail clients are "radically" reducing spending, according to its analysis of their purchasing data. The shift challenges a 20-year embrace of ever-pricier exotic foods and a widening array of luxury goods. In the 1980s, Americans warmed to designer labels, Egyptian cottons, and shopping as a form of entertainment. Now, consumers are pessimistic that their ability to spend will improve any time soon. Two-thirds of Americans expect the current slump to last for several years, according to the latest Reuters/University of Michigan survey of consumer expectations. Consumer confidence has dropped 38% in the monthly index since its January 2007 peak, and last month 57% of those surveyed reported their financial situation had worsened, the highest figure since the survey began in 1946. At almost every income bracket, Americans are changing buying habits and deciding they can live without old favorites. Bob Swanson, a 48-year-old Houston software salesman, drove BMWs for most of the past two decades. But as the price of premium gasoline jumped, he traded his 8-cylinder BMW 540 for a more frugal 4-cylinder Honda Accord that he bought secondhand. "I went from an average of 14 miles a gallon to an average of 24," Mr. Swanson says. Visits to department stores are down 6% this year, down 7% at office-supply stores and down 10% at home-improvement retailers, says market watcher Nielsen North America, which tracks store traffic and spending. But the downturn has proved a boon for retailers at the bottom of the price scale. Inc., a small, discount department-store chain, forecasts same-store gains of 4% to 6% for its fiscal fourth-quarter ending Aug. 30. Corp., another discounter, recently reported same-store sales jumped 5.6% for the fiscal quarter ended May 2. Trying to lure the newly frugal, big retailers and brand-name goods manufacturers are revamping their goods and promotional offers to suit the times, relying on increased efforts to track their consumers' habits. For instance, in Texas, grocer HEB Inc. has begun stocking up on inexpensive fare -- beans, rice and flats of eggs -- toward the end of the month, as customers run out of money. Wal-Mart says it is putting more multipack items on its shelves at the start of the month when many customers are flush from being paid, then switching to individual items that require smaller outlays later in the month. Thursday, the nation's largest retailer reported that U.S. same-store sales for the five weeks ended July 4 rose 5.8%, Wal-Mart's highest monthly increase since May 2004. The big results for the June reporting period were partly attributable to temporary factors benefiting many discount retailers. Federal tax-rebate checks were trickling in, and there were two first-of-the-month days in the period, when many customers get paychecks or government payments and visit stores. But Wal-Mart also returned to its roots at just the right time. Unlike other retailers, the discounter's less-affluent customers felt the pinch of rising energy and credit woes as early as 2006. Wal-Mart ultimately responded by cutting back on new-store construction and revamping its merchandise. It cut inventories and renewed its focus on reducing prices, just as the economy swooned. This year, its stores were better equipped for consumers looking to trade down. Wal-Mart also increased advertising spending by 42%, rolling out a campaign that highlighted savings. Corp., in contrast, last fall loaded up on clothing, home-goods and holiday merchandise. It was forced this spring to cut back on marketing and discount heavily to clear its shelves. Same-store sales in the quarter ended May 3 fell 9.8% at its Sears stores and 7.1% at its Kmart unit. Some big-name brands are testing new approaches to try to keep customers. "The reality of the business is you've got to come to the table with an offer," says Bryce McTavish, vice president of retail and sports marketing at MillerCoors, a joint venture of beer makers SABMiller PLC and Molson Coors Brewing Co. One new strategy: Placing lower-priced Coors Light alongside Blue Moon premium beers in store displays, to encourage Blue Moon drinkers who want to economize to stay within the brand. Miller Coors also is weighing offering gasoline cards with purchases as an incentive. The ability to capture trade-down shoppers will be crucial for some companies. New, cheaper favorites among brands or stores can be formed after as little as three or four favorable experiences, retail experts say. But unfortunately for some retailers, "the tide is going out," says Credit Suisse analyst Gary Balter. He forecasts retail profits will struggle until "2010 at the earliest," when the current spending weakness should lift. Retailers now losing customers such as Inc. and Inc., both of which reported widening losses compared with a year earlier, won't have relief from slow consumer spending anytime soon, he says. The next step for retailers and manufacturers is to weed out niche products that don't have mass appeal, says John Rand, a director of retail insights at consultant Management Ventures Inc. Some retailers already are considering dropping suppliers or products that don't generate big sales. Most at risk are premium-priced items that appeal to convenience over value. Consultants' studies of consumers' food baskets suggest that vitamin waters, 100-calorie snack packages, and children's lunches in a tray are being supplanted by tap water, value-pack snacks and home-made lunches, respectively. One retail trend already under way may mesh well with the change in consumer habits. Retailers known for their "big boxes" -- Inc., Tesco PLC and Wal-Mart -- have or will soon introduce small 10,000- to 15,000-square-foot stores that fit into neighborhoods and contain just a few thousand products. A typical 50,000-square-foot grocery store sells 20,000 items. But most homes buy fewer than 1,000 items a year. Stores that can correctly pinpoint customers' choices will earn higher returns on these smaller spaces. Electronics chains such as Co. and are embracing smaller-size stores as a way to boost margins by shedding goods with slow sales. Such limited-assortment, high-turnover stores may be the next big wave in retailing, says Lee Peterson, a vice president at retail-store consultants WD Partners. In the meantime, shoppers' eagerness to save shows up in all sorts of ways. Consumers do more one-stop shopping, buying groceries only once a week or twice a month to save on gasoline and by buying in bulk. When they do, they are more apt to stick to a grocery list -- and bring coupons. Matthew Tilley, director of marketing at Carolina Manufacturers Services, a large coupon processor, says coupon redemptions last year already stopped falling for the first time since 1992, and the company forecasts increases for the rest of this year. Consumer demand for lower-cost private-label and store brands also is leading retailers to license those brands to competitors to broaden their reach and increase sales. Best Buy now sells its Rocketfish private-label electronics through Japanese retailer K's Holdings. Safeway is selling its O brand of organic foods through restaurant supplier Sysco Corp. and the world's second-largest retailer after Wal-Mart, France's Carrefour SA. Sales of private-label goods are up sharply, especially for staples with escalating prices. The cost of eggs has risen 33% this year, milk is up 18% and flour nearly 11%, says consulting firm Information Resources Inc. And even higher prices may be coming. "We haven't yet seen the real impacts of rising commodity costs," says Mr. Blischok, IRI's head of consulting. "We're in a transformation that affects how you spend your money, where you go, what you eat," he says. IRI's grocery-basket surveys show that sales of prepared foods such as Kraft Foods Inc.'s Lunchables have tumbled. Americans are eating at home more, buying multipurpose medications rather than separate medicines, and choosing a single brand of shampoo instead of one for each family member, IRI studies show. U.S. premium gasoline sales so far this year are off 12.6%, compared with a just 1.3% decline in regular unleaded sales, according to delivery figures compiled by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. In some cases, saving money is replacing conspicuous consumption as the object of awe. Linda Butler, a Portland, Ore., homemaker who has used coupons for decades, says that in the past six months she has often been approached in the checkout lanes by other shoppers seeking shopping advice. The 51-year-old homemaker routinely cuts a $150 grocery bill down to a $40 outlay through intensive use of coupons. "People are asking me, how do you do that? Where do you get the coupons?" Mrs. Butler says. She is thinking of setting up classes on how to save money, she adds -- for a fee, of course. Write to Gary McWilliams at firstname.lastname@example.com


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**Cadillac User Experience (CUE)** Discussion, CUE defaults at startup in Item Specific Cadillac Discussion; When I start my '13 XTS the CUE defaults to whatever I had on at the last shutdown, except for ...
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CUE defaults at startup
When I start my '13 XTS the CUE defaults to whatever I had on at the last shutdown, except for the clock. Guess what I would like to
have come on most of the time. Anyone know of a fix ?
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Osmos (PC) review"Hemisphere Games put some real thought into this game. They didn't want you walking out thinking it was a loveless affair. Each new situation adds to the addiction and stimulates your gray matter and your gall, putting together a solid plan on the fly and having the brass put it into effect, even when it seems you may fail." |
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Rumor has it that Joe is not actually a man, but a machine that likes video games, horror movies, and long walks on the beach. His/Its first contribution to HonestGamers was a review of Breath of Fire III. |
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