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Society has experienced waves of innovation, according to Marco Annunziata, chief economist at General Electric in his TED talk, "Welcome to the Age of the Industrial Internet."
Two such waves are the industrial revolution and the internet revolution; and the third revolution currently in progress is that of the industrial Internet.
The industrial Internet is a "marriage of minds and machines," says Annunziata, a process in which various sensors are attached to industrial machines. These sensors collect data which is then available for analysis that can result in improved efficiencies in many industries, to include energy, aviation, and healthcare.
This is a unique metamorphic change as information becomes intelligence.
Further, this most current innovation is important because "industrial sectors play a huge role in our economies and our lives."
As you listen to Annunziata's talk, consider how this revolution may impact the lives of your members and your own product and service offerings.
Can you collect and analyze data in a way that makes information become intelligence? How will this "metamorphic change" in our society affect our economy and members' finances?
'I never think about the future—it comes soon enough.'—Albert Einstein
Research findings this week focus on the future as we look toward 2014. Can you identify any revolutions?
"As challenging as the current operating environment is, we believe the banking sector in 2020 is a land of opportunity," says a new Accenture study [pdf].
Technology is at the forefront of innovation as the financial industry charts new courses. "Most notably, digital shifts—both inside and outside of the industry—are rapidly redefining the information flows and the way that service providers and customers interact, while dramatically cutting distribution costs to unprecedented levels."
Is this a metamorphic change in our industry? "Consumers view online banking as the single most important area in which banks should invest and develop."
Those who ignore digital banking will do so at their own peril. And, according to the paper, "three new business models will emerge to take market share away from traditional, full-service banking institutions that fail to adapt":
Another Accenture study dovetails the previous research report. "Banks will need to rise to the digital challenge—but it won't be easy." See "A Critical Balancing Act: U.S. Retail Banking in the Digital Era," [pdf] and learn the five key findings that outline the needs for more a more direct approach in the digital era:
Are you meeting your members' expectations with digital offerings?
"An uptick in cloud usage and continued innovation in the payments space are among trends we can expect to see next year," says banktech.com in "Four Bank Tech Predictions for 2014."
Other trends to expect are that bank technology will address not only the customer service piece of operations but also risk management issues. Plus, "this will be the year corporate mobile and online banking fully comes into its own." Consumers will expect ability to bank from anywhere.
'I see only adaptations—not revolutions.' –Gordon Getty, American businessman
Take a look at "The Crystal Ball for Mobile in 2014" to learn about consumer use of electronic devices in this MediaPost blog.
"With Apple continuing to exclude NFC [near field communication] from the iPhone, despite the rest of the payments industry lined up to make it happen, there will still be no effective catalyst to make mobile payments in stores habitual."
Further, "2014 is likely to be tough for mobile display networks" as media attempts to meet consumer expectations. "Plain old display will feel the squeeze."
A final tidbit from this interesting article: "Those retailers who have spent the past few years busily clearing out legacy systems will be making hay with new technologies… Mobile will begin to be key in closing the measurement loop between online and retail."
All of this consumer interest in digital connectedness "places new demands on marketers," says eMarketer. "Consumers expect instant interactions, whether it is a relevant offer or an answer to a customer service query."
Applying data will allow providers to "respond faster—and better—to business challenges," and "87% of U.S. financial services and healthcare executives cited the acceleration of their ability to gain insights and answer questions as a byproduct of working effectively with Big Data."
Other benefits of big data application: 70% say it will allow them to examine "new sources of information in real time" and 70% say it will "reduce the costs of our analytical and data discovery environment and processes."
More digital marketing tips are found at imediaconnection.com in "10 Trends That Reshaped Digital Marketing in 2013."
Learn from the past and discover how you can best engage members. Among the considerations suggested in this interesting post:
Finally, note that "Household Use of Mobile Bill Pay Doubled in 2013," according to Fiserv. "Sixteen million U.S. households paid a bill using an app, text, or mobile browser in 2013, up from 8 million in 2012," primarily driven by Smartphone users "as bill payments in that group rose 150%, to 30% of Smartphone users."
Still, even though mobile is important, people like choices when paying the bills. In fact, 83% of respondents use two or more channels to pay bills, and they used an average of 3.2 bill-payment channels monthly.
Technology is very impactful in not only meeting consumer needs but in identification of them as revolutions like that of the industrial internet affect our daily existence, and forever change the way we do business.
Make sure you are on the cutting edge of consumer needs and technological capabilities to remain relevant and viable.
The only constant is change. Be prepared to offer and meet it for successful outcomes.
In the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Revolutions go not backward."

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|Executive chef Liz Walkowicz (left) and chef instructor Alexandra Riccuiti (right)
in the kitchen at Eurostoves.
Gordon College News Service
April 5, 2012
(This story appeared April 18, 2012, in the print and online editions of The Salem News.)
BEVERLY—Are things about to boil over at the office? Try taking it to the stove.
Eurostoves, a gourmet cooking store in Beverly, has a unique recipe for bringing the community into the store while helping businesses build better office dynamics at the same time. Through the sometimes difficult art of cooking and preparing a meal, the store offers corporate cooking events in their kitchen for team building and group exercises.
"In the office, people are not always collaborating as much as they should," said Eurostoves' chef instructor Alexandra Ricciuti, 37, of Beverly. "[Cooking classes] are a nice chance to work together and it's fun to create something everyone enjoys."
In early March, Linda McGrath, assistant to the head of controlling at EMD Millipore Corporation, a biomanufacturing company in Bellerica, took a team of 42 employees to Eurostoves for a chance to get out of the office and into the kitchen.
"I was looking for a fun, interactive team building event," she said. "It was an all around great night."
For many of her employees, it was the first time they met face to face.
"Even though they've emailed and talked on phone, they had an opportunity to talk to each other in a more informal atmosphere," McGrath said. "They got to know people on a personal side that you don't always get to do at work."
Ricciuti said that a few times a month different companies bring a group in, ranging from 10 to 50 employees, for a night of cooking. An event typically lasts for three hours, which gives teams time to prepare a meal and a dessert with a chef instructor and present their plate before a panel of judges.
"We get a lot of biomedical people and I find their minds work a lot differently than the chef," Ricciuti said. "It's amazing the quality of food that comes out."
The store also sells gourmet cooking appliances and equipment, but attached to the store is a kitchen that has held upwards of 70 people during cooking competitions. Eurostoves offers classes and events for businesses and the public at $75 per person ($125 per person for corporate events). Several events in April include Couples Cooking French Country, Caribbean Dinner Party and April in Paris.
Finding creative strategies to get the community involved in the store, like Eurostoves' classes, is a popular trend right now, according to Erik Smith, vice president of the North Shore Chamber of Commerce.
"People are realizing they need to get up from behind their computer and not be afraid to aggressively go out there and find new ways to market themselves," he said.
Several corporations benefit each month, both in the kitchen and in the office, from Eurostoves invitation to employees to work together in their store.
McGrath said it was interesting to see how people took on different roles within their groups to get the task accomplished, which on their night included both a chicken and crab cake dish, along with appetizers, soup, salad and dessert.
"It's a very relaxed and comfortable atmosphere for people to be themselves and get to know each other," she said. "In the end it's a huge success."


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fitchtank needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
2 winners were selected from 111 designs submitted by 34 freelance designers.
$315 total. Gourmet Realty, specializing in residential real estate with a strong emphasis on specific (large, newer) neighborhoods.
Gourmet Realty
Desired Color Scheme:
Be creative.
Desired Style:
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Focus on a *brandable* logo.
Although we're Gourmet, we're not fancy. No gold please, no intricate detail.
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Gourmet Realty: classy real estate company, looking for timeless, fresh, clean image. Think Gourmet (not food). Strong. A Gourmet is a refined person with discriminating taste. We provide a high level of real estate service to cater to the Gourmet in everyone.
Be creative, focus on a brandable logo.
Although we're Gourmet, we're not fancy.
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Alpha Protocol - PS3
Release Date:June 01, 2010
Also on:PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 PC
Viewing USA:Also on UK.
I would avoid this game unless you just happen to like putting your money down the toilet.
PlayStation 3
I was really excited when I got this game. Sadly, my excitement quickly died and felt that I wasted a lot of my time. So this game is spy thriller with big crime bosses, a global conspiracy and corporate greed. Sounds pretty cool, which is why I bought it. You are Michael Thorton and you play an agent who is supposed to change the events of a global event. It is even set in real world cities like Rome, Taipei, and even Moscow.
You are going to be using rifles, shotguns, SMG's, bullet proof vest, etc. Not your typical RPG in retrospect. However, there is a conversational system where you can make important choices. The choices in turn can decide if other characters live or die. Along with that there are a bunch of characters that you can decide if you want to settle beefs with them the hard way or the nice way. The level of customization isn't bad by any means at all, but the characters are pure crap.
I mean don't get me wrong a good RPG will have a good storyline and plot like this one does. However, the characters don't really seem to come to life at all. In fact, it is pretty stereotypical and I found myself not caring one bit about the characters. Some of the characters cuss, scream and seem to have no real emotions at all. They are just there for the sake of being there, AHHHH HAAAA.
The main character Thorton can be entertaining if you choose some questionable reactions. But, for the most part when this game tries to be all serious and stuff it is a snore. When they try to make something humorous it is like watching a really really bad stand up comic.
You almost feel bad for them and laugh. You know what I mean? So once you get out of your safe house and are ready to get into the combat you will just wish you quit in the safe house. What do I mean? The AI is not the smartest AI you will ever come across. You will fire away at your enemies only to be left ducking and covering to regain your health. I found that enemies would go right past me as I ducked and covered making the game feel simply weird. I ducked and you can't find me now. I am pretty sure my 3 year old would be able to find me if I ducked.
The enemies just seem to be no fun at all. No challenge you can easily get through the game, provided you have the patients to actually see it through until the end. I didn't because it just simply falls apart as you get into the combat mode. I would avoid this game unless you just happen to like putting your money down the toilet.
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ploom needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 49 designs submitted by 23 freelance designers.
Logo for new website that allows people to debate topics.
Desired Color Scheme:
Recommend one or more of the following: blue, green, orange, red, black -- web 2.0
Accepted File Formats:
photoshop and gif
This is a website that allows people to comment on and debate topics in an online forum.
Need a catchy, rememberable logo that will help people remember the website name. At some point, this logo may be placed on shirts as well.
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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Writer James Salter, whose archive resides at the Ransom Center, will discuss his life and work with Professor Thomas F. Staley on Thursday, November 7 at 7:00 p.m.
Salter is the author of A Sport and a Pastime and the acclaimed new novel All That Is. He received the 1989 PEN/Faulkner Award for his collection Dusk and Other Stories, as well as the 2012 Pen/Malamud Award, which honors excellence in the art of the short story.
A book signing of All That Is will follow the lecture.
In honor of his appearance, the Ransom Center is giving away a book signed by Salter. Email email@example.com with "Salter" in the subject line by midnight CST on Thursday, November 7 to be entered in a drawing for the book. Attendees will also have the opportunity to win an autographed copy of A Sport and a Pastime and From Gutenberg to Gone with the Wind: Treasures from the Ransom Center.
Doors open at 6:20 p.m. for members and at 6:30 p.m. for the public. Complimentary parking for members is available at the University Co-op garage at 23rd and San Antonio streets.
This Harry Ransom Lecture is presented by the University Co-op.
Related Content:
-Read about Salter's writing advice discovered in his archive
–View a list of books recommended by Salter
–Listen to an audio interview with Salter from March 2007
Image: Cover of James Salter's novel All That Is.


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ARLINGTON, Va. — When Adm. Michelle Howard thought about who to thank first during her speech at a Tuesday ceremony marking her promotion to four-star and her assuming duties as the Navy's number two officer, the list was long.
But in the end, she settled on Rear Adm. Jonathan Yuen and Navy Exchange executive Rob Bianchi.
"If you don't believe today was a first, when I called to order four-star shoulder boards for women, they didn't exist," Howard said. "A special contract was let, and you folks are seeing the first set in the history of the United States Navy."
The ceremony, held at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery, made Howard the first woman to make four-star admiral. On Tuesday afternoon, she will assume duties as the vice chief of naval operations.
The ceremony was presided over by Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert.
Howard thanked her family and her fellow officers in front of a crowd of about 100 for their support over the years. During her speech she reflected on the shared history of the Fourth of July weekend, saying that sailors embody the spirit of independence forged then and thanked sailors for the privilege to lead them.
Mabus said that Howard serves as a role model for his three daughters, but also downplayed the significance of the event somewhat. Mabus said Howard was selected to four-star because she was the best qualified.
"The Navy chose the best officer to be the VCNO, that's the only thing that happened here today," Mabus said.
Howard has faced critics who say she was promoted for political reasons rather than merit, a notion that both Mabus and Greenert were quick to dismiss in their remarks.
"Michelle has put in a tremendous career," Greenert said. "Thirty-two years of mainstream, at-sea, tough tours. Michelle came up through the amphibious expeditionary warfare arena and came into [Washington] and did the hard jobs that needed to be done. And so she is definitely ready to assume this position, there is no question in my mind."
A 1982 Naval Academy graduate, Howard has achieved many firsts in her career. She was the first black woman to command a ship — the amphibious dock landing ship Rushmore in 1999 — and went on to command Amphibious Squadron 7 and later Expeditionary Strike Group 2.
Howard most recently served as the deputy CNO for operations, plans and strategy. In a phone interview with Navy Times on Monday, she said she'll be focusing on "culture" issues as VCNO, especially in the areas of cyber and information security in an age of social media and online gaming.
Howard is relieving Adm. Mark Ferguson, who is taking over as commander of Naval Forces Europe-Africa and Allied Joint Forces Command in Naples, Italy.
source: usatoday.com


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Double-dip recession
Aired June 12, 2010 - 13:00 ET
ALI VELSHI, CNN ANCHOR: Fears of double-dip recession. What does that mean? When an economy falls in recession it slows down slowly until it hits a bottom and from there it usually begins recovering. CHRISTINE ROMANS, CNN ANCHOR: But when a double-dip recession hits that recovery then becomes short-lived and the economy actually slips back into another recession. So, where are we headed now? What are possibilities this could happen again? Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke weighs in this week. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) BEN BERNANKE, FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN: Our current most likely outlook is that the economy will continue to recover at a moderate pace. Of course, a double-dip can never be entirely ruled out of course, but right now our expectation is the economy will continue to grow at around a 3 to 4 percent pace this year. (END VIDEO CLIP) ROMANS: So, Ben Bernanke not ruling it out, of course, but saying that, what we've been through means you have to keep that possibility out there. There are some people who say 20 percent maybe is the possibility of a double-dip, there are others like Robert Reich, who said that -- VELSHI: Is a former secretary of labor in the U.S. He thinks this it is the job numbers are what are really affecting us. Let's take a look; I put together a balance, a scale of good and bad in the economy. Let's take a look at this. On the good side interest rates remain very low, that allows people to buy houses, to invest in business, if you've got credit. ROMANS: And you know the average 30-year fix rated mortgages this week was 4.81 percent. VELSHI: Unbelievable. ROMANS: They were 4.81 percent for a 30 year fixed rate mortgage. VELSHI: That generally is good for people. Housing is stabilizing and jobs are growing. I put a "sort of" next to jobs; I guess you could almost put a "sort of" next to housing, too. ROMANS: Yes. VELSHI: OK, but that is potentially good. We'll talk about jobs in a second. ROMANS: Good because it's sort of and not bad. That's an improvement. VELSHI: Let's look at the bad side. Europe. This whole continuing mess in Europe. ROMANS: Right. You have a Sovereign debt crisis in Europe that's still a real problem there and still concerned about what that is going to mean for the banks who have exposure there. You still have questions about more than just macro economics; you have questions about politics and issues, saber rattling around the world. VELSHI: So North Korea, and Israel, and Iran these are not issues that affect our markets per se but they affect sentiment about where the world is going and stability in general and markets don't tend to like instability, whether they are about politics or war or anything else. ROMANS: So a lot of things to talk about and worry about. You know one thing that people specifically when they're talking about a double-dip recession, the mother of all double-dip recessions was back in 1934 and '37 after the recovery, what we thought was the recovery from the great depression. There was another big letdown that was horrible and that's what people think of as the great depression. VELSHI: That isn't on our chart is debt. ROMANS: Right. Debt is a very big part of this, because we've been spending money to make sure we don't do what happened in the 1930s and we don't have another recession. And debt is a very big part this equation because debt could actually hamstring us going forward once the economy starts to grow. Let's talk about that with David Walker, president and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation and author "Come Back America turning the country around and restoring fiscal responsibility." Also, Dean Baker co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. Dean, let me ask you first as an economist, do you think that there is a risk here of a double-dip recession or is this just I guess healthy concern after all we've been through? DEAN BAKER, CO-DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR ECONOMICS AND POLICY RESEARCH: Well there is certainly a risk of it. I think the main point is though that the basic growth path is very, very weak. What Federal Reserve board chair Ben Bernanke was outlining was a path 3 to 4 percent growth. Most other estimates are in that same range and given the severity of the downturn you would expect to see growth of 7, 8 percent, that's what we had after a less-severe downturn, 81, 82, '74, and '75. So we are on a path of very weak growth and it certainly could turn negative that wouldn't be my bet but the main point is the economy is not growing nearly as fast as it should. ROMANS: And Dean in the fourth quarter, we saw the economy kind of come back in the fourth quarter of last year but it hasn't really built on those gains and you are right historically a weaker recovery out of such a steep recession. VELSHI: Let me put this to David Walker. David you are the president and CEO of the Peterson Foundation, but you are the controller of the United States of America, you are very concerned about levels of debt in this country. Though, if the economy continues to falter, you still think it's acceptable for the government to need to shore up the economy until the consumer fully steps back in and takes up their role in buying things and getting this economy going? DAVID WALKER, PRESIDENT & CEO, PETER G. PETERSON FOUNDATION: Well Ali as know I was the controller general of the United States, but basically we need to understand the difference between the short term and the structural problem. Our problem right now is we need to make sure that the economy recovers and we don't have a double-dip and we need to do something about high levels of unemployment. That means that we can end up taking targeted actions that will help to try to stimulate employment, minimize the possibility of going into a double-dip recession. But we have at the same time need to start taking steps to deal with what really threatens the future of this country and our families and those are the large and growing structural deficits that will exist after the economy recovers, after unemployment is down, after the wars are over and after the recent financial services and housing crisis are long passed. ROMANS: So how do we do that? WALKER: Time. ROMANS: We talk about addressing it, we talk about how we have to get our fiscal house in order longer term but in the near term we have to spend. It's a tough balance. VELSHI: The question most people out there are asking us, if you want to spend where does this money come from? WALKER: Let me be specific. Not all deficits are equal. About half of this short term deficit today is because of declines in revenue due to a weak economy. About half of it is because of additional spending, some of which are temporary types of actions. We could look at temporarily extending unemployment benefits with appropriate time limits both overall as well as for individuals; we could look at targeted retraining assistance to be able to help people with clearly defined objectives, criteria and conditions. We could look at selected key infrastructure projects that try to help promote economic growth, enhance our energy and environmental security. For example, distribution systems dealing with alternative energy sources. We can do these kinds of things but frankly the government needs to go about doing it the right way. Historically the government does an extremely poor job of planning and execution and the government has a credibility gap with the American people that it's got to address. VELSHI: OK. So you're being very specific, you're saying if you have to spend money, if the government has to spend money in lew of people spending money be very targeted and be very specific. Dean Baker, you have a different view on where that money should come from, or how we should deal with debt. BAKER: Well, let me just say, I really applaud, I really appreciate David's comments because he's been an important voice of sanity arguing here that we shouldn't be concerned about the deficit at least in the short term, that we do need to spend money to get the economy going again. Now over longer term, I mean one of the issues that David's pointing out is that we are looking at a situation where we are building up a debt burden. One of the points I made is that there is very little consequence, very little risk of inflation if the Fed were to simply at this point buy up debt and hold it. It's doing that to some extent but the intention is that it is going to sell that back to the public so that five, six, seven years out we're going to have large interest obligations on their debt. I see no risk at all buying that debt and having the Fed in essence hold it. So what that would mean is that when we're paying the interest on the debt we're accumulating today in 2010-2011 that is going to go to the Fed and the Fed will in turn rebate it to the treasury. ROMANS: We'd be paying ourselves instead of paying for example other countries who could turn around and compete with us in global markets for natural resources or who can build militaries or who can turn around and embolden their own export -- we keep that money at home you're saying? BAKER: Exactly. You could do that in a context where we're looking at the double digit unemployment or near-double digit unemployment that we're seeing now or project to have next year. Ordinarily to do that you would get inflation but in this context you're very hard pressed to say how do you get inflation when you have an unemployment rate that is almost 10 percent? WALKER: Can I jump in here? VELSHI: Finish us off. WALKER: Let me jump in here. Look, there is very little risk of inflation in the short term because we still have a weak global economy and unemployment is very high. But look, the fact of the matter is we need more market forces affecting us because we are an improved and unsustainable path. The Fed buying our debt is called self-dealing. The Federal government has a number of special purposenties; they're called GSE, Government-Sponsored Enterprises and trust funds. These are practices that are disconnected from reality. VELSHI: You're talking about things like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? WALKER: I'm talking about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, that the government effectively controls, that it has guaranteed over $5 trillion in debt and it is not owning up to it, I'm talking about the fact that we need to save Social Security and preserve a strong safety net but the government has raided all the trust funds, there is no money there. Let's get real people. We are the greatest country on earth and at the same time we're not exempt from the laws of prudent finance and we're fundamentally imprudent with regard to our long term course and we need to start doing something about it. ROMANS: You know gentlemen this is a discussion that we're going to have again because you know what it's not going to get fixed tomorrow. As even evident by this conversation people disagree on what exactly is the core of the problem. VELSHI: People have different approaches. I do want to ask one thing of David. Is that a World Cup tie you are weighing, is that why you're doing that? WALKER: You got it my friend; this is the biggest sporting event in the world! VELSHI: We're going to be talking about it. David good to see you and Dean. BAKER: He came better prepared than me. ROMANS: David Walker and Dean Baker. VELSHI: Good to see you both. All right. Here is an interesting thought, why to keep the landmark climate change reform could be drill baby drill. We will tell you about that. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) ROMANS: Two months ago President Obama shocked supporters when he linked expanded offshore drilling to the clean energy movement. Listen. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Moving towards clean energy is about our security. It's also about our economy. And it's about the future of our planet. What I hope is the policies that we've laid out from hybrid fleets to offshore drilling, from nuclear energy to wind energy, underscores the seriousness with which my administration takes this challenge. (END VIDEO CLIP) ROMANS: You hear that wind energy and offshore drilling all in the same breath. VELSHI: Same place. There was a bipartisan effort to get a climate bill, an energy bill out there, it was derailed by the Arizona Immigration Issue, because the government shifted its emphasis and things started to come apart. Senate Majority leader Harry Reid said he wants to get moving on energy reform by July. But this Gulf oil disaster, this Bp disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has actually affected the ability of the administration to trade more offshore drilling for support for a carbon tax or a cap and trade legislation. ROMANS: Where are we now on this? Howard Gould is an eco- entrepreneur and Stephen Moore is editorial writer with "The Wall Street Journal." VELSHI: Stephen, I want to ask you about this, really, does the Gulf oil spill and the fact that President Obama can't put offshore drilling on the table at this point to appease some people, are there really a lot of Republicans who are going to come out and say we really want to keep going with more offshore drilling? Isn't that just politically unpalatable right now? STEPHEN MOORE, EDITORIAL WRITER, "THE WALL STREET JOURNAL:" Well it may be. There is no question when I talk to Republicans about this issue on hill right now they're kind of in the fetal position. I think it's the wrong position. Look we need the oil. I think we can do it safely, especially in the shallower water. So I think we have to think about the implications on our oil prices and our gasoline prices if we are not drilling. VELSHI: Let me just take this further. There are a lot of people in Louisiana for instance, so upset about this bill who are saying to the president, don't stop the offshore drilling because it's our livelihood. And, and, Howard, we're not using a drop less oil as a result of this whole thing, so if we're not drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, this isn't a defense for it, I'm just saying if we're not drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, someone is drilling and we're buying oil. HOWARD GOULD, ECO-ENTREPRENEUR: Clearly the fact is that we use 20 percent of the world's oil -- VELSHI: We are less than 5 percent of the population. GOULD: And we only produce 2 percent of it. This isn't necessarily making a huge, huge impact. I agree that look, oil's not going to go anywhere for the next 20 years, I mean that's a given but the fact is that we should be clearly; this is clear evidence that we should be looking at doing other resources. There is two scenarios here, one is that oil is finite and the price is going to ramp very, very quickly. Or two, the oil is infinite and the fact is that you're going to have India and China and demand is going to out strip supply. So the price of oil is going up either way. So why wouldn't we use this as a catalyst to start looking at clean energy? ROMANS: Stephen Moore, let me -- MOORE: Let me just answer that, the answer is because even though oil is expensive, it's much, much cheaper than all of these other alternatives. I mean it's significantly cheaper -- GOULD: Significantly cheaper -- MOORE: Wind power -- GOULD: That's coming from an attitude of right now. I mean the fact is that you look at solar; the price of solar has significantly come out. Last year silicon was $450 a kilogram, today its 47 bucks, so you can't tell me that the price isn't coming in and that's actually with very limited investment in this area right now. Only, out of 365 billion that's spent every year on oil business, you only get $1 billion spent on renewable energy. MOORE: But let's not forget, you can't power your car and you can't power a lot of our electricity with solar. We're going to need oil. We're going to need it to make sure that our cars run and so on and remember, I think the key point here is, there are a lot of people in the Gulf whose jobs depend on offshore drilling. I mean you made that point Ali; I think it's really important that we're talking about tens of thousands of jobs that would be destroyed if we're not doing the drilling. ROMANS: Stephen let me ask you about, real quick about Bp, I mean do you think Bp, Exxon for example, after its big debacle what 20 years ago, Exxon went through couple of mergers, came out with great profits, a big more powerful company. Does Bp survives or is this is a completely different ball game here? MOORE: Christine that is a tough question. They are in so much trouble right now. I think one of the reasons they're paying out dividends is they want to pay out those dividends before the government can get a hold of their money. I think they should be, clearly liable for the direct expenses in the environmental damage that's been done. I think it's crazy as the administration says that they should actually have to pay for the cost of the moratorium on drilling. Bp is opposed to that. I don't see why they should be responsible for the jobs that have been killed by the president's decision not to do drilling but this company I think is in big trouble and you've seen stock shares just plummet in the last couple of weeks. VELSHI: You think the deal for climate change legislation is in trouble, too, as a result? MOORE: I think it is in a lot of trouble and I think it simply comes back to the one issue we talk about every week on this show, which is jobs. The carbon tax is a big killer of jobs in the U.S. ROMANS: Howard is like -- Howard --he can't sit still. GOULD: Not only is it not a carbon tax but the fact is it's not a job killer, it is a job creator. Most people actually think-- MOORE: How? How can you -- GOULD: If you let me speak for a second I'll tell you. Most people actually think that when you look at clean tech and the climate bill that it's solely focused around wind and solar, the fact is that there are companies out there that take trinity industries for example, this is a 100-year-old metal bending company, five years ago they decided to continue on producing their rail cars but also producing wind turbine towers. Now they're hiring people. These are green jobs. MOORE: I'm all in favor of your green technologies just don't ask taxpayers to pay for it and there is no way you can make energy -- GOULD: Taxpayers pay for oil? Why shouldn't they pay -- MOORE: You can't make energy more expensive and production more expensive in the U.S. which the climate bill does and expect that to create jobs? It does create jobs; it just creates them in China and India. VELSHI: Oh, we need one of these World Cup whistles. But I will tell you what, excellent discussion, we'll continue to have it with you two guys but I think we're going to call this carbon tax every week just because it gets Howard so fired up. I love it. ROMANS: I know. VELSHI: All right. Guys what a pleasure to talk to both of you, again this is a perfect example of the fact that smart people can disagree on this thing but our viewers need to know what those disagreements are so you can make up your mind. ROMANS: Look, another example of the Bp disaster, the Gulf oil spill and how every time you peel back a layer of the onion, there are big long term ramifications that could actually change the way you live your life. Thanks guys. Stephen Moore and Howard Gould. All right. So you are out work, you can't find a job in your field to save your life. The experts say it's time to retrain. But how do you retrain when there are no jobs to retain for? We'll tell you. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) ROMANS: Our population is growing, more and more people sending their kids to public schools. You have got schools being built to handle all of the new demand. You would think that teaching an education would be a recession-proof profession. VELSHI: You would think so. Not necessarily that safety net has been destroyed. Another casualty of the financial crisis. Here's Mary Snow. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) MARY SNOW, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): At this job fair for teachers in Austin, Texas, organizers report record turnout. 1,000 perspective teachers attended but this year fewer school district representatives showed up with jobs to offer. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I know it's hard out there but I'm here hoping that one of these school districts will see something in me they like. SNOW: Organizers say many districts were there to collect resumes but had no open positions. It's a problem across the country. Andrea Miller Hamilton left her job in a battered music industry in New York to get her teaching degree. Did you think it was a safe career choice? UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I did at the time. Two years ago, the market was great, and New York City need teachers desperately. Everyone yeas recruiting, I thought I'll go to school, two years I'll have a job. Five minutes and that's not what happened. SNOW: So Miller Hamilton bartends to make money until she finds that job. She and her family even moved to New Jersey recently in hopes of better hiring prospects. But the picture is grim. 15,000 teachers in New York State face layoffs. In Illinois, it's 20,000. And in California, 26,000. Nationwide 275,000 teaching jobs are on the line according to a national group of school administrator. A big reason why stimulus money is gone. NOELLE ELLERSON, AMERICAN ASSN. OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION: Those stimulus dollars were much needed and much appreciated but it was one time money and that money is running out. SNOW: While educators are hoping for government help an effort by Democratic lawmakers to provide an additional $23 billion in stimulus in schools so far has stalled. Critics say Uncle Sam's pockets are empty. THOMAS JAMES, DEAN, COLUMBIA TEACHERS COLLEGE: This is the deepest dip we've seen since World War II. SNOW: Thomas James is the dean of Columbia Teachers College who says some graduates are getting jobs. JAMES: I think they're doing better in some fields, such as special education or in math and science. Also for English language learners, that's another field. But I would say the broad answer would be its tough. It's a tough summer for teachers. SNOW: Mary Snow, CNN, New York. (END VIDEO CLIP) ROMANS: Certain in my sister's schools and a lot of other people I know who are teachers, people they know are losing their jobs or they are still waiting to find out. You don't find out until August if you're on. VELSHI: It's a profession that is getting bashed a lot these days, in all of these efforts, race for the top and improving public schools. There is a whole segment of Society that says its teachers to blame that's not a fair way to do it. They're getting blamed a lot. ROMANS: It is a very big system with problems and teachers who are out of work. It turns out that lots of folks, not just teachers are finding themselves jobless after retraining. I mean, this is fascinating, a study commissioned by Labor Department shows; it showed that laid off workers who retrained found the benefits in earnings and employment to be small or nonexistent compared with those who didn't retrain at all, you heard me say for years, we don't do it well in this country retraining. VELSHI: David Walker said it very well at the beginning of this show, he said what if you retrained with specific benchmarks, and one of the problems is if your training is not very organized thing. ROMANS: It's not very organized and you can retrain like this young woman in this story. You can retrain for something that seems like it is going to be a good bet down the road and the economy shifts much more quickly than your skills and my skills could shift. VELSHI: And the three years it might take you or the four years it might take you or the place that you're living in might not be -- ROMANS: All of these things. People have done a good job retraining in health care for example, people who worked in construction, a man who worked in construction, he retrained to physical therapy, you can get $100,000 or more if you're in the top percentile in physical therapy. There are also a lot of drops right now believe it or not in trucking. VELSHI: Yes, there were a lot of jobs lost in trucking. It was of the fastest growing industries in the United States, looking for a few good drivers right now. About 400,000. ROMANS: Believe it or not. 200,000 drivers they'll need by the end of 2010, another 200,000 by the end of 2011. I have a counter intuitive take of this actually. So there is a lot of retirement. People retiring. VELSHI: There are new rules which are taking all truckers off the road. ROMANS: Also, we and this is where I bring-- VELSHI: We lost 150,000 in the recession. ROMANS: That's right. So now they are starting to see hiring again but also remember one of those reasons is because we're importing so much stuff again. You look at our trade deficit again, China's exports, very, very big. Any hint of recovery in the American economy, we're buying cheap stuff again. VELSHI: Where was the biggest cuts in recession? ROMANS: You have to ship that -- VELSHI: Biggest cuts were in manufacturing. ROMANS: Right. VELSHI: You don't manufacture here, you manufacture elsewhere. It comes to the ports, the stuff that you buy from elsewhere and those trucks take that stuff from the ports to stores that we buy them at. ROMANS: I'm not really -- ready to concede it was good to get rid of manufacturing jobs. VELSHI: No, no, but I think you are right that it may have something to do with the fact that we need more truckers. ROMANS: It does. VELSHI: All right. So many American cities are in trouble that means big cuts to police, schools and other services. What does it mean to your hometown? We're going to talk to three mayors of three troubled cities coming up next. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) VELSHI: Three mayors walk into a TV studio in Oklahoma City. ROMANS: Usually there is one mayor in Oklahoma City but not this weekend. There are actually hundreds of mayors in Oklahoma City for the annual U.S. Conference of Mayors and we have two who are there and one who is not there but decided to join along and tell what is going on in that town. VELSHI: Well you know, high on the agenda, obviously, going to be tackling economic problems that are hitting so many American cities. Houston Mayor Annise Parker and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter they join us now from Oklahoma City, and Birmingham Mayor William Bell. Mayor Parker of Houston, let's start with you, give me a sense of what you have had to face coming into office as a new mayor in a major American city. What are some of the changes you had to make that you're not comfortable with having to make but they are necessary because of the recession? MAYOR ANNISE PARKER, HOUSTON: Well, not any city in America that's not dealing with the current economic climate. We're fortunate in Houston that I've been able to balance the budget without having to furlough or layoff employees but cities are service organizations, the bulk of our expenditures are personnel and overhead. Approximately 75 percent of what we spend in the city of Houston goes to our employees and they provide essential services, so if cut spending in a city, you cut people. And that in turn affects the local economy and there is a feedback loop that you don't want to get into. ROMANS: Well you know Mayor Nutter, that feedback loop, you don't have any control over in some cases, and I mean this is sort of handed to you guys. Here you are on the ground as a mayor of a big American city and a recession has really limited your choices. You have got a lot of bad choices basically that you have to make. How do you make those? MAYOR MICHAEL NUTTER, PHILADELPHIA: Well, they're all bad choices, Christine. And as Mayor Parker said, when the bulk of your dollars are going to personnel, benefits, and the overhead of a major enterprise, when you cut people you do cut service. And so, somehow we have to further explain to the public and others the people who watch what we do, they just say, well cut spending. OK. I mean, it is kind of like you want to say I wish I'd thought of that. We're cutting spending. We've cut back on people but that has a negative impact on service and then the citizens come back and say, no we don't want you to cut services. So there is a disconnect out there. VELSHI: Interesting. NUTTER: This is all across America that people are not understanding that cuts in personnel, cuts in programs, cuts, cuts, also eliminate service, so the choices here are all bad. And you try to maintain your core functions. Police, fire, EMS, health but then you have other things that citizens need or want. You have to pick up the trash. You need recreation centers, you need libraries. We have health centers; other people have other health facilities. So, these are all bad choices. They are tough choices and but that's what we were elected to do is make the tough choices and stand up and explain them to the public. PARKER: You fall back on the core public safety issues and the quality of life services begin to suffer very quickly. VELSHI: Mayor Bell, this is interesting, because I think what Mayor Nutter said was very interesting, that you wish when people make these suggestions that you feel like saying I wish I'd thought of that before. But what other things do you think about because you could cut pay to public service workers, you can lay them off, you can close some of those services that Mayor Parker is talking about. Or you can make sure that you're not raising taxes or maybe you have to raise taxes. How do you prioritize which road you take? MAYOR WILLIAM BELL SR., BIRMINGHAM: Well, first of all, you have to look at what is the basic role of local government? Basically it's to provide public safety services as well as garbage services and things of that nature. And you have to meet your basic core services and then you look at those services that are not essential but maybe the public relies upon them and make sure that you try to maintain some semblance of having those programs in place. The biggest problem that we hate to see happen is that those non-departmental agencies that depend on local government for a portion of their funding, they're the first ones to be impacted -- VELSHI: Such as? BELL: For example, we have a program Called Kid One that provide medical services for children with chronic illnesses by taking them to the doctor's office and things of that nature, we provided funding for them. That's not a basic service of city government, so when you're faced, as I was with $77 million deficit we had to clear up within two to three months before the end of our fiscal year that along with our programs were some of the first to go. NUTTER: Ali and Christine, one other issue that I want to mention to you, in addition to local government challenges, many of our states have serious financial challenges. In Pennsylvania, Governor Rendell is relying upon $800 million in F-map money coming to Pennsylvania. If that doesn't happen if that program is not extended, as they say, stuff rolls down, it's going to roll to our front door step and have further impact on the city of Philadelphia and many other cities all across the nation. So it is not just the fact that our local tax revenues have been hit hard by the recession, it's also what happens when states have to make cuts and all those cuts end up on the backs of cities and local governments. ROMANS: Mayor Parker, we leave the last word with you that are exactly right. It ends up; the last place it ends up is there at your desk where you have to figure out how to make these cuts when you have revenues that are down. How are things going to look different for a person who live in Houston a year out from now or does the economy start to grow and that takes some of the pressure off? PARKER: Well we're all hoping that the economy starts to grow but you can't depend on that. You have to bring your budget into line with the current realities. And there are cuts in services, there have to be. We're also pushing more costs off on to our employees; we're all dealing with health care costs. We, too, are looking at self- insurance but we're also pushing more of the cost of the current health care benefit on to our employees. I socked our retirees why a big health care bill and we're looking at outsourcing a number of the services that we provide. I am not a big believer in the fact that the private sector can always do it better but sometimes when you're looking at that overhead on our personnel and there may be opportunities, so we begin to unload pieces of things that we've done for a very long time. None of these choices are ones that we'd like to make. There are always efficiencies because technologies change, circumstances change. But the core issues are, you have to bring your revenues in line with your -- rather your expenses in line with revenues and many of us have made the choice in this economy not to look to the taxpayers but to cut what we spend. ROMANS: All right. Best of luck to all of you. Because every one of those decisions you're making are affecting the daily lives of the people who elected you. So, that's a big responsibility. Thanks to all of you. From Birmingham, Alabama, Houston and Philadelphia. Thanks. VELSHI: Well there is a recession and then there is the he- cession. Men lost their jobs in greater numbers than women in this past recession. That means the number of dads are staying home simply because there are no jobs for them. One group of dads is dealing with unemployment, coming up next. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) VELSHI: Mr. Mom for some dads is a choice, but others would rather be working, instead, they are taking care of the kids while their wives work to support the family financially. ROMANS: You know and it use to be the women had the choice you can stay home with your kids or you can go to work. But what happened in the recession is that women are the ones who have a lower unemployment rate, 8.1 percent is our unemployment rate, adult men, 9.8 percent. So, in some cases women have lost that choice, they're out in the work force, dad's at home. Rafer Weigel will look inside one group offering support to dads dealing with life without work. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) RAFER WEIGEL, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): How you doing? JIMMY BARON, CREATOR, "DADS BETWEEN GIGS:" its guys that are stay-at-home dads. WEIGEL: Jimmy Baron started this group. Jimmy what made you decide to create this organization? BARON: Well, it was my own experience. I mean I was out work for three and a half years. CHRISTOPHER SMITH, UNEMPLOYED ARCHITECT, STAY AT HOME DAD: When I was let go, that morning, I did two interviews that day. And was thinking you know, this may not be so bad. I'm an architect and I've never been out of work before. I'm going on 18 months or so with four kids. It's very stressful. I just never thought it was going to be like this. BARON: We're talking about guys that are highly trained, guys with masters degrees, education, who are now in these Mr. Mom roles and it's not a typical position for most guys. BRUCE LAWSON, UNEMPLOYED CHEF, STAY AT HOME DAD: Being overqualified more than anything, I get that more than no responses because they look at executive chef and then some of the jobs I'm applying for just to get a job, line cooks. SMITH: We're supposed to be the main bread winner. My now ex- wife, I also went through a divorce during this 18 months and you know, I think it just stressed the family out too much. WEIGEL: It can be more difficult for a man being a stay-at-home dad. BARON: You know, we're not wired the same as women are and I think a lot of guys, when they go out and go someplace and they're the only guy, I think they may feel embarrassed or it's also you know, you're not going to talk to the other moms on the playground. LAWSON: Ratio of 10-1 of mothers versus guys, sometimes he'll disappear on the slide and I'll get looks like he's a stalker. WEIGEL: Wow. Do they look at you strange, is there a stigma being the dad at the park with your son and your daughter? NATE ELLISCU, STAY AT HOME DAD: I'd say so. You get the, why is this guy here? Why isn't he out and working while mom should be here with the kids? WEIGEL: The guys here are really thankful that there is something for them to do even it is for an afternoon every few weeks. LAWSON: I just think it's nice to hang out with other dads who are going through the same boat. ELLISCU: Have a good time, get the kids together. The male on male bonding type thing going on. Instead of getting with moms and their kids. WEIGEL: You almost don't want to be able to see them at the next gathering because maybe that's -- shows that they've turned their circumstances around? BARON: You want nothing more than for some guy to say, hey, I met another guy at Dads Between Gigs and he knew a guy and we networked and now I got a job. SMITH: I see things are turning, just holding on. Just hoping my time will come again. (END VIDEO CLIP) ROMANS: I've been doing a lot of research about getting a job and networking is the number one thing. That's exactly what that group, that's exactly what that group is about, is about networking. VELSHI: Let's bring Max into the conversation. CNN contributor Max Kellerman joins us as he does most weeks. MAX KELLERMAN, CNN CONTRIBUTOR: I asked my father about this, he's a shrink, he has been in the field for over 50 years, he said actually some of the people he sees, some of the guys when they're out of work they actually like it. It's, they may not brag about it but they actually don't want to face the pressure but he thinks a minority and most -- VELSHI: I know a few of those and they are quite happy. KELLERMAN: Mr. Mom and they love it. But mostly it is a dis- empower situation for the man because the one who brings home the paycheck really assumes control. ROMANS: Max will stick around. We have more to talk about. VELSHI: Because we're going to talk about football. He loves soccer. ROMANS: He knows and loves sports, I'm not sure he's a big soccer fan. VELSHI: You say football here in the U.S. and people think, of course, of Payton Manning and Drew Braes (ph), anywhere else in the world football means Renaldo and Rooney. ROMANS: If those names sound foreign to you, you're not alone. Next why the World Cup is a really big deal around the world. VELSHI: And why Max is going to watch every one of the games. Stay with us. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) VELSHI: All right. We are back with Max Kellerman. Here is a number that you may not believe; 3 million kids play soccer in the United States. That is the highest youth participation rate. It's ahead of Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and little league. ROMANS: And here is what we do, we watch all these little kids play soccer and somewhere down the line it drops off the radar. VELSHI: You get one good head butt, and that is it. KELLERMAN: You know headers cause brain damage. VELSHI: Now you tell me, Max. ROMANS: Yet we cannot crack the big three, football, baseball, basketball. The rest of the world looks quite different. Ali, maybe because you were not born American is why you can do this. VELSHI: This is a replica ball from the World Cup. I'm a big World Cup fan. I stayed up reading "Sports Illustrated." Everything you have to know about, everything there is to know about every player. Max, you are not as enthused about this as I am. KELLERMAN: I was born here. The reason soccer is so popular worldwide primarily I think is because there's much less competition for the entertainment worldwide. If you look at a full generation, maybe more than that already raised in soccer which is a great idea, everyone can participate. You get to run around. It's great exercise for kids. There are soccer moms. Everyone knows what that means. It does not translate. Finally now after all of that and billions of dollars, it's sort of, kind of catching on. It seems the editors of magazines have wanted it to catch on for decades now. ROMANS: But we have 715 million people who will be tuned in for the last World Cup in 2006. VELSHI: That's the big ball there. ROMANS: That's 715 million global viewers. VELSHI: How many Americans are in that group? ROMANS: Seventeen million that's it. So is soccer important? The world says yes, America says maybe. KELLERMAN: You have to admit if you're a soccer fan. I'm a huge baseball fan. I admit baseball is not so intrinsically compelling. I love baseball maybe above all team sports because I grew up in a baseball culture. Most people around the world who grew up in soccer cultures love soccer, I don't think soccer is as accessible as basketball for instance which why basketball is growing faster than the rest of the world. VELSHI: I think there is nothing more accessible. Kids love it because you just follow this ball around the court, around the field. Bottom line is, more people are going to watch, more Americans are going to watch this time than the last time. Very surprising even when you walk around CNN, do you think everybody is watching the news? ROMANS: I accidentally called it golf on "American Morning." Jamie Craft the executive producer almost killed me. He is crazy about soccer. KELLERMAN: Hey listen I'm more interested in it now than I've been in the past. Since Pele played with the Cosmos. VELSHI: That is about the last soccer player that most people can name. ROMANS: Coming up, Ali's prediction on who will win the next World cup. But first a small publisher who finds a recipe for success in this week's "Turn Around." (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) VELSHI (voice-over): This is no Harper Collins or McGraw Hill or Penguin. Good Books is the best-selling publisher you never heard of and for good reason. They make their home here, not in the big city but in the Amish and Mennonite Community of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. MERLE GOOD, ONWER & FOUNDER, GOOD BOOKS: We began in 1979, just publishing two small books. And then the next year we added six small cookbooks and then the next year several more. ROMANS: But Merle Good and his wife Phyllis could never imagine how their fate would change 20 years later. PHYLLIS PELLMAN GOOD, OWNER & FOUNDER, GOOD BOOKS: We were putting together our publishing list for the upcoming season. We had a cookbook on that list that was not coming through. ROMANS: So Phyllis stepped in with a book of slow cooker receipts, solicited from friends and local woman actually called "Fix It and Forget It." P. GOOD: There was a real appetite for these books. They were brought into the stores and suddenly we were getting orders for reprints. ROMANS: Without a single advertisement in the first year sales skyrocketed. M. GOOD: Our sales increased 1,000 percent that is ten times in one year. Most people talk about being up 10 percent or 50 percent is scary. Doubling is really scary. We were up ten times in one year. ROMANS: The success can come at a price. The Goods worried that their big hit could bankrupt their small business. M. GOOD: We said we've got to suppress sales so we can build our cash and do the printings because you're extending credit. Most of the stores get 90 days but you've got to pay your printer in 30. ROMANS: By 2001, the book had hit "The New York Times" best- seller list. M. GOOD: We built up our cash so we were never out of books. ROMANS: Today the "Fix It and Forget It" series includes six books. P. GOOD: The recipes were simple, a big point. People don't have time to cook. People are also not very confident in the kitchen anymore. These are very, very simple recipes. ROMANS: Prep time rarely exceeds 20 minutes and every recipe is tested by one of Pellman-Good's hand-picked testers. P. GOOD: We want to know what kids think, we want to know what foodies think. I look very carefully at those comments when I decide whether or not this recipe merits being in the book. ROMANS: Books that have now sold nearly 10 million copies. P. GOOD: It's sort of an out-of-body experience. You know kind of pinch-me thing, where we had just been a small publisher going along, doing all right. Not expecting major, major sales. I think we just were astonished. ROMANS: Christine Romans, CNN, New York. (END VIDEO CLIP) (COMMERCIAL BREAK) ROMANS: All right. That wraps it up for this week's show. You can join our running conversation on Facebook and Titter @Alivelshi and @Christineromans. VELSHI: And make sure you join us every week for YOUR MONEY, Saturdays at 1:00 pm Eastern, Sundays at 3:00. You can also log on 24/7 to CNNMONEY.com. Hey all next week I'm going to be back on the CNN Express in the Gulf coast. But we will see you, Christine and me every single day a couple times a day. ROMANS: Who is going to win the World Cup? VELSHI: I think it might be Brazil. Maybe Spain. I will narrow it down in the next couple of weeks. Have a good one. ROMANS: See you later.


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Site redesign for international mobile handset manufacturing company. Existing site http://tinyurl.com/ubqj The client is looking for a clean, current design. Site design needs to be original. Would like to follow design styles of similar companies though. Feel free to be creative, but remember to be professional and clean.
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Site redesign for international mobile handset manufacturing company. The client is looking for a clean, current design. Site design needs to be original. Would like to follow design styles of similar companies though. Feel free to be creative, but remember to be professional and clean.
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The focus of the existing site is the products. We want the focus to be on the company. Currently there is a shopping cart on the site, but we don't currently need that on the new site.Remember this is an international company who's products are sold worldwide.
The end deliverable is a coded template. We can add most of the content or can work out an additional price to have you do it. Eventually I want to have the template coded for the Joomla CMS, but don't want to exclude designers that don't know how to do this. So if you can code this for joomla, that is our preference, but if you cant, xhtml/css will do.
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At the mouth of the Ganges River lies the Sundarbans - 20,000 square kilometres of Unesco protected Mangrove forest stretching between India and Bangladesh. It is home to 500 endangered Bengali tigers, countless crocodiles and around 4.3 million people.
A combination of subsidence and sea level rise means these fragile islands are disappearing quickly. In last 20 years four islands have been submerged leaving 6,000 families displaced. It is estimated that 30,000 people will lose their homes by 2020 as 15 percent of the Sundarbans habitable land will be gone.
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GREELEY, Colo., July 18 (UPI) -- A Greeley, Colo., high school teacher was jailed after an anonymous tip to police revealed she sexually assaulted a student, police said Wednesday.
Rhonda Eisenberg, 44, a Spanish teacher, was booked into Weld County Jail Tuesday after admitting to a sexual relationship with a high school student while he lived with her in 2010, the Greeley Tribune reported Wednesday.
"Several months before he graduated, she gave birth to a Hispanic baby and co-workers and family suspected she had a relationship with the victim, who was a minor in her care," said Lt. Carl Alm, spokesman for the Greeley Police Department. "She admitted to sexual intercourse with the victim multiple times before he moved out in September 2010. The victim is the father of her baby."
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Of course these two had custom matching wedding jackets
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There are so many ways to send off a newly-married couple in style. There's the traditional car with cans tied to the bumper and "Just Married" written in soap on the window. There's a romantic dash through sparklers, birdseed or bubbles. There's the final dance song blasting as the couple vanishes so their exit doesn't stop the party. And then there are matching leather jackets with "JUST MARRIED" scrawled on the back. Want to guess which option Kim Kardashian and Kanye West opted for?
The duo posed for their black-and-white photobooth in their newest clothing acquisitions (and their go-to facial expressions: "Attitude" and "Duckface"). The jackets are emblazoned with coordinating thunderbird icons facing each other, plus graffiti-style text along the shoulders: "JUST" for Kanye and "MARRIED" for Kim (who is wearing BLK DNM's leather jacket 1). The snap was shared by Kim's sister Khloe, who included the charming caption, "'I've now joined the married gang. I'm ready to gang bang for my gang!' KW" — which we're hoping was part of one of Kanye's several 20-minute wedding speeches.
RELATED: See the entire wedding timeline from ring to first kiss!
It was the final over-the-top finale for an over-the-top wedding, but we can't help finding these jackets pretty cute. (They remind us of Bey and Jay's matching Mrs. Carter varsity jackets, which … may have been part of the point.) So the only question remains: Do you like the jackets? Would you do something similar? And do you think they're wearing them all over Ireland on their honeymoon? Comment below.
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Replacement parts for the Model S
Replacement parts for the Model S
LOL! I want to get a spare Flux Capacitor just in case :)
I guess there could be some ozone emissions.....didn't know they were dangerous though except in very high doses.......!
It fits over the driver's face, and converts his death-breath.
We already have been pulled over by a WHP with insufficient traffic stop records for the night, and told that we have to take our Tesla-S to a vehicle inspection station to have our exhaust tested for amplification.
At the local test station the WHP officer nearly fell down laughing. Said I had obvously encountered a reacent grad from the Waunakee WHP school, who was not yet dry behind his ears. A badge does not come with competence attached.
What does test for amplification even mean?
I get it- he notice there was no muffler! Apparently some states require mufflers and the statute hasnt caught up to EVs yet. Whodathunkit.
Means they put a microphone 10 feet from the back of your car and have you rev the engine. If it registers more than 80db they write you a ticket to get your exhaust repaired.
Told the inspector that my exhaust was missing---opened the frunk and showed him that my engine had been stolen too. Bet they are still laughing at the inspection station.
The smart assed punk who wrote the ticket will be ridiculed out of the WHP, or he's really going to be laying for me next time.
+dr, bob reinke
that is so funny
+dr, bob reinke
that is so funny
That is very funny. I googled 'test for ampolification' and in California law, to avoid 'amplification of exhaust' (ie deliberately loud) they REQUIRE motor vehicles to have a muffler. So the young cop probably saw that there wasnt one and a VERY literal read (if Wisconsin has the same law) would say they have to cite you and send you to inspection station!
You kept your sense of humor in awesome fashion. Good job remembering rule number one of traffic safety: 'Don't argue with the young man on the motorcycle with a pistol.' (whether or not he is a police officer!)
Ok, we need a thread for this kinda thing cause it is FREAKING FUNNY :D
I'm waiting for someone pulled over for something (no exhaust, coasting, etc) to open the frunk and watch the officer loose his mind trying to figure out how the car is moving with no engine!
That's why I recommend having a hamster wheel in there. With a stuffed hamster in it.
Brian that would be absolutely hilarious. Not hat this story wasn't funny enough.
I wonder if there is more to the story. Dr, "B"? Pretty critical of the officer. I''d think you would find it funny if it was only what you mention. I happen to know some WHP and they are pretty nice folks to be honest.
@BrianH: Probably wouldn't be too difficult to wire this up in the frunk:
Too funny BrianH!
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If only that was a video! Perfect. But it's set up to "run" only while someone is typing. That would need to be modded. ;)
Only $50 for hours of innocent fun! Such a deal.
@Dr. Bob, thanks for sharing the story. Nice to start your day with a laughter.
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I check the forum several times everyday but passed this over initially as I don't even have the car yet so didn't think I needed to read about spare parts.
But having exhausted almost all the new items, I decided to take a look at this.
Boy! Am I glad I did.
This is soooo hilarious, I almost fell of my chair. I even had the thought of how i would implement Brian's brilliant plan for an engine in the frunk ...
Thanks Dr Bob and BH!


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The New Marketing
Oct 31, 2012 5:00 AM PT
I spent a day last week in Boston attending a conference called the " Inbound Marketing Summit" organized by my friend and former analyst Allen Bonde. Inbound marketing IMHO is taking off in some important dimensions.
Inbound marketing is a cool idea that's been pushed by multiple companies recently. For instance, HubSpot held its user meeting early in the summer, and it was all inbound marketing all the time. The company showed off new tools for developing content and managing its distribution as well as capturing feedback from customers.
Content Is King
Inbound marketing relies heavily on content, but if you think you can get by somehow with putting your usual product slicks, brochures and white papers online, you might want to think different, as somebody once said. Inbound marketing relies on a lot of content, and one of the things that impressed me about IMS was the vendor booths representing content creators -- literally body shops with staffers who can pump out 300 words on almost anything. I wonder a lot about that.
Granted, you can't have too much content, because you quickly come to see that your content program is a ravenous beast devouring it as fast as it's made. Where do you get it? One idea -- other than the body shop -- that impressed me was HubSpot's approach to content creation. In their world, everyone in the company is a potential content creator. The old saw that everyone has a story to tell really happens to be true.
If you can organize everyone on your team to generate a piece of content once in a while, you will have what it takes to drive a content marketing program, because there really is no one better equipped to do the job than the people who live with your products. That means people in service, support, marketing and sales. Everybody has something to contribute.
What to write about? Well, how about the top hundred or so questions that customers ask either online or on the phone? Putting that information in a handy place will reduce your workload and save a couple of bucks. Links to each document will fly around the Web on social wings, so it's all good.
Put It in Motion
That's not the end of the story. Just as we're getting to the point where we can produce voluminous information that's easy to access in print, we're discovering that people have less inclination to read it. So one of the big eye-openers for me was how important video is becoming in the context of content marketing and service. I've been banging on that drum for a few years, but it was still something of a surprise to see so much focus on video.
To face facts though, video has never been easier to make. The vibe these days is that the video that's well produced is nice, but it lacks the verisimilitude (don't I sound like a film major?) of something you do in-house just to get the information out.
Whatever you use, video -- even more than a print document -- has a life of its own. Once it's out there the links can be forwarded and shared in a real, viral way. It's available 24/7 and it can produce an ROI.
A couple of years ago, I wrote about a video that Salesforce did on using video in online marketing. Take a look at it, because it's got some good ideas and some stats -- it's still valuable in a way that a white paper probably wouldn't be.
The Takeaway
So what did I learn? First, content marketing is the new black. Involving your prospects and customers in your thought leadership beats throwing a product brochure at them. Second, everyone in your organization has something to contribute. Third, you can buy content, but you won't be as successful if you outsource everything, so find a balance. Fourth, video is in your future, whether it's homemade or something you bring in outside talent to help with.
Speaking of talent, there's a community called " MediaMobz" that I've had good luck with. They have a powerful site that helps you, the producer, conduct an auction for a project. Talented people bid on the project, or parts of it, and you get to make whatever you want to make. I found the pricing reasonable and the expertise high.
Whatever you do, you'll need a variety of media depending on your objectives and budget. Content marketing looks like it will be a lot of fun and it's showing up at a good time. Good luck with it.


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