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10 days ago I showed you another concept. From the feedback we got and new ideas this one has been put together.
I hope the graphic is self explaining.
I know of course that the oldskool players are to a certain extend not happy about this, but we have to make sure it appeals to lots of people who don't even know yet, that the game exists. In the end nothing changes for the oldskool players. The only difference is, that the first 1-14 days are a new experience. After that, it's back to normal. We could even give the oldskool players an opportunity to skip this phase. Shouldn't be a problem.
Exact numbers are mostly just placeholders in this and just rough ideas. The XP achievements are also temporary for the most part.


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Intelligent, driven and focused, adult star Nicole Aniston is a young woman with a clear picture of what she wishes her future to hold.
In her two-and-a-half years as part of the erotic entertainment world, Aniston has established a name for herself with roles in films for some of the powerhouse studios of XXX including Hustler, Brazzers, Adam & Eve and Wicked Pictures. Additionally, the blonde bombshell has further cemented her porn status by becoming a mainstay in numerous adult parodies, notably a starring character in Third Degree Films' 2011 Official Bad Teacher Parody.
Aniston reached a career pinnacle when Penthouse anointed her the brand's 2013 Pet of the Year last month, arguably the adult industry's top honor. As part of the accolade, Nicole was featured on the cover of the January 2013 issue of Penthouse (now available on newsstands) and will exclusively represent the company for the next calendar year.
Aniston kindly granted XXX Wasteland an interview on the afternoon of January 14 to discuss being chosen as Penthouse Pet of the Year, her official crowning during last week's "I Heart Pornstars" party in Hollywood, serving as Official Trophy Girl at the recent 2013 XBIZ Awards gala and more.
Nicole Aniston is represented by 101 Modeling. You can follow Nicole on Twitter under the handle @XNicoleAnistonX and check out her FreeOnes page here.
(Special thanks to Lindsay Trivento. All photos courtesy of Penthouse)
First off, I'd like to congratulate you on being selected as Penthouse Pet of the Year.
Thank you! It's still kind of settling in. I'm definitely very excited to earn the title.
Absolutely. How did it feel when you first discovered you had been chosen?
Gosh … kind of disbelief, I guess. (Laughs) I was up with the Pet of the Month title in August 2012. I was sharing the year with so many equally amazing young women that absolutely deserved the title as much as I do. So, I guess it was kind of down to the basics of who can be professional and best represent the company. So, I feel really honored that they respect me that much and know that I will be respectful, presentable and hospitable to new clients and things like that. So, I'm pretty excited that they think that highly of me.
Will you now be exclusively contracted to Penthouse for a period of time?
I will, I will. Most likely for the next year, I will be solely producing adult content for them. However, I will move on to, I guess, a little bit bigger and better as far as trying to get into mainstream and doing a little bit more mainstream print work, maybe a little acting here and there and also pursue a career more toward nutrition, health and fitness, which is another real big passion of mine, and also photography. So, (the Pet of the Year title) will give me a secure career in the adult field still producing content and maintaining my adult fanbase while also building a new clientele, per se, for things that I really care about also.
Right. And do you have mainstream projects currently on the horizon?
None, actually, so far. I never really pursued it because the transition is a little bit rocky. So, I haven't put forth too much effort to try and branch into mainstream. I don't really have a body for modeling; I could do fitness modeling, but I'm only 5'3", so I'm kind of limited. And those who would even potentially go for my look wouldn't go for me because of my adult career. So, hopefully (the Pet of the Year designation) will help me branch out a little bit, get some P.R. and some management in mainstream and help me become a little bit more of a marketable brand and a household name.
Are you aware of any Penthouse-related projects or products you will be involved with in the coming year?
With Penthouse, I know for sure I will be doing a lot of traveling, meeting new clients and things like that. I've got some other scenes coming out on the website in the next month or so. The current project we're working on is a little piece directed by Francois Clousot – who is a pretty well-known French director, a very good, close friend of mine – called Blonde Power. So, that will be my next little toy to play with.
Other ways, I really have a knack for photography. I just bought a really nice camera, so hopefully within the next few months I'll be learning the ins and outs of the camera, photography, shooting and things like that. I'd love to get into directing as soon as possible.
Directing in the adult field or mainstream field?
In the adult field for now until I really learn the ins and outs of the camera work, angles and lighting. I think it's a really great environment to learn, starting with something as simple as adult work. I don't want to downplay it – I don't mean to downplay it at all – but learning in a much simpler, low-pressure environment, I think, would be the ideal situation. So, that's my goal in the next few months.
Excellent. Your official crowning as 2013 Penthouse Pet of the Year took place at the "I Heart Pornstars" party in Hollywood on Thursday night. Can you tell us about that night and what it was like to be the focus of the entire evening?
Well, I had a little bit of trepidation going into the evening because I'm not very good at being the focus of attention. I've been told that I am, but I don't regard myself as the kind of woman that comes into a room and commands attention – nor do I want that. So, walking into room with an entire group of people that I love and respect to have a tribute or an honor to me is so humbling and so exciting at the same time. I wasn't too sure if I was going to enjoy it or if I was going to feel overwhelmed, but I had a very nice time. It was at the Key Club; we had great bottle service all night and they have a fantastic menu, really nice items on the menu.
It was really enjoyable. We had a band who is also an adult performer – the lead singer. The band's name is Til All Is One; they performed a couple different sets, I think they did an hour of performing. It was really fantastic to see one of my peers in the adult film industry performing at the Key Club.
So, it was fun. It was a really enjoyable night. Everyone was in good spirits and it was the beginning of a new year as well, so it was really enjoyable. It was very nice.
Very cool. And of course, you served as an Official Trophy Girl for the XBIZ Awards ceremony the following night. Can you tell us about that evening as well?
That was a lot of fun, too. A little tiring – it didn't end up commencing until a little later in the evening. It was scheduled to start around 9-9:30 and didn't begin until much, much later and ended around 1:30 in the morning.
Oh, wow.
(Laughs) Yeah. So, arriving there around 7:00 p.m., the other Trophy Girl and I … Riley Reid is her name. She was fantastic, that was my first time really spending time with her. That was so pleasant. It really didn't end up getting underway until much later and trying to manage many of the presenters that had been drinking for several hours during the red carpet event was a little chaotic. I'm not a huge drinker myself, so I don't really have to worry about corralling myself to where I need to be. But corralling the rest of the girls? A little bit of a task.
But it was really fun. I love the high-pressure, high-maintenance atmosphere and a lot of intensity in a situation like that, where it required a lot of organization – I feel I'm very good at that. So, I had a great time with the backstage managers and handing out awards and congratulating my peers for their accomplishments throughout the 2012 year.
So, it was a really nice time. I had a really good time and met people that I had never spent time around before. So, it was great. The awards ceremony was really well-done.
Very nice. Going back a little bit, can you tell us how you initially entered the adult industry?
I entered the adult industry on a whim. It was an opportunity that was absolutely handed to me on a silver platter. Everyone asks, "Why? Why did you get in? What was your reasoning behind it?" And the simplicity behind it is that I just ran out of money. I was in a pretty tough financial situation – I had kicked out the person I was living with, my job cut my hours in half and it was quite a tough time.
A friend of mine and I decided to send some photos up to L.A. to an agency and they signed me. We filled out the paperwork and within about four days I did my first shoot. It was so seamless; I felt very comfortable, my first shoot went very well – it was for a company called Reality Kings. I had a great day. I felt very comfortable, they were very hospitable and welcoming and it was a very low-pressure situation. And I think if I had not had that ideal situation and very comfortable atmosphere, I would not have pursued it any further. But I did, so I felt I could pursue it as a career.
And I kind of haven't looked back since. My bills are paid on a regular basis and I have no debt whatsoever. I live very simply and live a very clean, simple life, a very healthy lifestyle and really have no worries. So, I have kind of just never looked back.
It's absolutely a means to an end. It's been about two-and-a-half years and I feel like I'm getting closer to doing something a little bit more meaningful and productive creatively, that gives me a more creative outlet. But it's a process and it's a transition. So, I'm taking the appropriate time to get to that point. I'm not just jumping from one project to another; I really want to know the ins and outs of the thing that I'm working on and be the best at what I'm doing. So, it's a transition. It's going well, though.
Great. Over the past couple of years, you have acquired regular roles in some major parodies including Exquisite Films' Xena and Tomb Raider as well as starring in the Bad Teacher parody for Third Degree Films. Are you happy about becoming a mainstay in the parodies and do you enjoy the acting and dialogue aspects that go along with them?
I love the parodies, yes. I think that will be one of the major things that I miss being contracted with Penthouse is the parodies and working with such amazing crews such as Third Degree and Exquisite. I love the crews and have built such amazing rapport with such amazing, creative people. I'm going to miss those different crews and all those different ideas, concepts and costumes. It's only a year that I'll be contracted with this company and yet I'm already looking forward to hopefully working with them in the future again – maybe not in front of the camera, but behind the camera, absolutely. I love the parodies and the people that I'm cast with, the costumes, the set design and it's so fun. And yet, people usually don't put that much thought into the details behind what goes into a porn (film). It's a lot of work. (Laughs)
There's a lot more to it than just two people doing an act on camera – there's a lot more to it. And I'm definitely having a lot more appreciation for production value working with such amazing companies doing these parodies and sets and all of the things that they do in post (production). It's really neat and I have a new appreciation for it, definitely.
Are there one or two misconceptions about the adult business from people outside the industry that particularly bother you?
There are a lot of misconceptions, to be completely honest, that I was completely oblivious to. I had never even watched adult films before I got into the industry via just choice; I really had no interest. The concept of sex was kind of uncomfortable to me before I got into the industry. I had my stigmas and I had my judgemental views. But I'm also a little bit of a different person than a lot of my fellow female performers. I regard myself as a very clean-living, very simple, healthy lifestyle kind of woman and a lot of my co-stars are not, which is a stigma that is absolutely there for a reason. Stigmas don't just appear out of nowhere; they appear because there is a consistency in the type of people that are involved in the industry. And it can be true.
The only stigma that I have a problem with is that I suppose there is no crossover, there is no transition. There are a lot of very significant individuals – men and women – that are adult performers who are extremely creative, extremely intelligent, lead healthy lifestyles, very professional, honest and reputable people that really do deserve a shot in mainstream or doing something outside adult films but still in the public eye that aren't given a chance because Consensus America doesn't like the thought of an adult performer – a "porn star" … it's kind of a shame that they don't give individuals like that a shot to just be a person. They are not an object, they're not a meat puppet, they are an actual person and they have a lot to offer. I think that's the only downside of that.
I agree with you. I have always felt it is terribly unfortunate that just because somebody has an adult background that it excludes them from so many opportunities.
It does – not only in the public eye, but there are many other even basic, white-collar jobs that will look into that past and will not allow you to work. I've had friends say that they couldn't get jobs in some kind of a P.R. or H.R. status because of their past as an adult performer. So, we're kind of limited in what we do after porn. I guess it just depends on the connections you make. It's a fine line now – there's a lot of gray area. It's not just black and white; there is plenty of gray area to play with and you can do it. It just has to be tactful.
Absolutely. May I ask a few questions about yourself as a person?
Thanks. Can you tell us where you were raised and how you would describe yourself growing up?
I was brought up in Southern California – born and raised – and I'm still local. I'll probably never leave. (Laughs) I'm more towards San Diego than I am to Los Angeles and will never live in L.A., although it takes care of me professionally and financially. It doesn't tolerate me very well as a person because I prefer a little bit more of a small-town, hometown atmosphere that I really enjoy and that's my persona, that's who I am as a woman.
Growing up, very white picket-fence, small-town. I came from a mother who was a horse breeder and a dad who worked in GPS contracting and grading and things like that for big companies.
We grew up real simple – we were the mac and cheese, the Hamburger Helper family. I came from very humble beginnings. I grew up on a horse, doing quads and guns – I guess you could say "redneck" – we're a pretty redneck family. But I wouldn't have it any other way – it's given me a pretty solid foundation of the kind of character that I want to represent to others and the type of business ethic and personal ethics that I display to people that I care about and work with.
I think that it's been pretty good for me; it's not something that you see all the time in Los Angeles, which means that I kind of stick out like a sore thumb with how I talk, act and behave professionally, especially in the adult industry. So, I like that about myself.
Besides that, I never did any modeling, I never did any child pageants, never did anything strange like that. I was a little bit more of a sheltered child, never was really taught about sex or a lot of the basic feminine aspects of hair and makeup. So, it was something that when I reached pre-adulthood that I basically had to teach myself.
It was a slow learning process and in adulthood I was very naïve, there were a lot of things I had to learn on my own. And yet, I think the point in which I got into the adult industry was absolutely necessary for my character and for my development as a person. I feel that if I hadn't made that jump and made the commitment to stick to it and learn and experience all of these different people and perspectives in the industry that I work in that I wouldn't be the same woman. I feel like it was necessary.
How about interests and hobbies away from work?
Gosh … I'm still very much into guns and hunting, fishing, hiking – very outdoorsy. Not much for chick flicks and shopping – I think the closest thing I can do is wineries once in a while. (Laughs) But I'm not really a girly-girl. I love hair and makeup and I love a lot of the creativity in femininity, and yet I'm just now finally getting good at it at 25 years old. (Laughs) So, there's a lot that I have to learn still.
But I love being outside. I could literally sit out on my road all day and just fish. I still like horseback riding a bit, I've kind of grown up on that. But otherwise, I'm getting into some photography and some nutrition and health.
I'm a pretty simple gal. I kind of stick to the simple and the basic things of life that I enjoy and appreciate and can find in my hometown and don't have to go to L.A. for.
Is there one thing about yourself that you think would surprise most people?
No, not really – I pretty much wear everything out on my sleeve. I'm a very out-there person. Everybody has all my details – you can look on the Internet and find damn near anything about me.
I've been in the industry about two-and-a-half years and I feel like it's going according to plan. I did not anticipate Pet of the Year, but here it is and I feel like I couldn't be in a more ideal position as far as being right along track to not perform anymore because it's just not my forte. I don't feel like it's glamorous or that I'm a star. I'm very much humbled by the entire experience that anyone even wants to tolerate my company for more than an hour. (Laughs)
I don't really have anything very interesting about me. I'm kind of just a simple girl-next-door that happens to do this job.
Are there any current or upcoming projects in the works that you would like to put out there?
Gosh … bedsides Penthouse, that's about all that I've got going on right now. And AVN will be this week. I'll be out at AVN visiting and chatting with the fans and hosting a party (Saturday, January 19 at PURE nightclub in Las Vegas). But we're still in the first portion of the year, thankfully – plenty to look forward to, lots of creativity and learning in these next few months until I get into some really big projects. But everything adult-wise is exclusive to Penthouse and I've got a couple of tricks up my sleeve yet that I'm not quite talking about, but everything adult will be at Penthouse.
To finish up, is there anything further you wish to say to readers?
Again, thank you for tolerating me. (Laughs) It's been a great two-and-a-half years and I'm sure I'll be entertaining for years to come. Thank you for the positivity, love and support and I will continue to always be improving myself, my character and my performance, and my output in product. Lots of love and appreciation – thank you.
Awesome. Thank you for taking some time to speak with me today. Again, I congratulate you on becoming Pet of the Year and best wishes for what I'm sure is going to be a huge year for you. Have a terrific day.
Likewise. Thank you very much! Take care.

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Bribie will attempt to recreate the performance of older brother Woorim when he runs at tomorrow's midweek meeting in Doomben.
The Show A Heart gelding is a full brother to Woorim, who gave trainer Robert Heathcote his first Group 1 win in the Oakleigh Plate last Saturday.
Heathcote is confident that Bribie can take out tomorrow's restricted handicap.
Bribie was due to run at Eagle Farm two weeks ago, but was a late scratching from the field after casting his leg on the stalls pre-race.
"Bribie is clearly the pick of my chances tomorrow," Heathcote said.
"It was totally out of character when he had to be scratched last time after flipping over.
"I was forced to send him to Deagon for a soft barrier trial last week before the stewards would let him start again and he trialled great.
"I even put him in the barriers this morning at Eagle Farm and he stood there like he was reading the paper."
Bribie has won two of his eight race starts and has earnt more than $21,000 in prize money.
While the four-year-old hasn't produced the wins Woorim has, Heathcote insists he is a talented galloper.
"The pressure is on him now to try and live up to his brother who is a Group One winner," he said.
Woorim currently remains in Melbourne, where he will stay until he competes in the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap on March 10 at Flemington.
Heathcote's other flag bearer Buffering will go on to the Group 1 William Reid Stakes after his gallant third place effort behind Black Caviar and Hay List in the Lightning Stakes.
"Woorim will stay on in Melbourne after the Newmarket while Buffering runs in the (Group One) William Reid Stakes," Heathcote said.


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LONDON: Join us for our final live Twitter Q&A of the year, with Kevin Moss, Programme Director Net Good, BT, to discuss the opportunity of 'Net Good' business, at 3pm GMT, December 17, on hashtag #NetGood.
BT's Net Good program was first unveiled in June by then Chief Executive Ian Livingston. This innovative carbon abatement methodology, which was reviewed, refined and endorsed by the Carbon Trust and Camanoe Associates (researchers from MIT), aims to help BT achieve its 2020 goal to help customers reduce carbon emissions by at least three times the end-to-end carbon impact of BT's business.
Since the launch of Net Good, among many initiatives, BT has become a major IT partner in a smart city initiative in the UK to support economic growth while reducing water, carbon emissions, electricity and gas consumption; it has launched a fleet engine remapping programme; and has played a part in developing Britain's first internet-connected road, which could pave the way for self-driving vehicles and help reduce road congestion.
Kevin Moss comments: "All of our latest projects offer potential to contribute towards the Net Good goal and are signs of the growing role of sustainability in the growth of our business. The directional impact of our Net Good goal is also clear. It is about business opportunity. For companies that take the strategic long term view, addressing climate change is an opportunity for growth. Companies that don't are on the wrong side of history. Our Net Good goal calls on us to grow the portfolio of products and services that contribute towards helping our customers reduce their emissions. That is business opportunity and will help us thrive rather than just survive in a resource constrained environment."
"I see a lot of momentum, but as a sustainability practitioner, I know there is so much more to do. I would love to see your thoughts in the comments below about what business can do to create transformational change amongst consumers and investors in particular. I am looking forward to our Twitter Q&A with The Climate Group on December 17. Please join us."
The Twitter Q&A will center on the progress of Net Good and the business opportunity in integrating sustainability into growth strategies - not just in IT and telecoms, but in any business sector.
To take part, follow the discussion or ask questions, use hashtag #NetGood on December 17 before or at 3pm GMT. You should also follow @KevinIMoss and @ClimateGroup to keep this important discussion going well beyond 2013.
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Kevin Moss blogs for us about the need for companies to address climate change - those that don't he says, are on the "wrong side of history".
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The Magic thermodynamic box is a UK company based in Chelmsford , Essex that specialises in the manufacture and distribution of quality renewable energy products solely to businesses across the world. The company was set up to provide the UK and other parts of the world with green environmentally friendly products, to improve the environment and resist climate change. Here we publish a press release by them:
The Magic thermodynamic box company is pleased to announce the addition of The Magic Heating box to the range of renewable energy products that it now offers. The Magic heating box is a revolutionary central heating management system designed to save the customer money on their heating bills and to reduce the CO2 emissions. This system will improve the existing boilers efficiency by eradicating common central heating problems. The custom design makes the unique product unlike any other on the market today and this won it a Geneva Invention Award at the World Geneva Invention Fair. The Fair has been running for over fourty years and this year welcomed over sixty thousand entrepreneurial businesses over the five days where there were seven hundred and twenty five exhibitors from fourty five countries and over one thousand inventions on display.
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CASE N°15 – Chondrosarcoma FNA Cytology & Histology
Clinical History:
Age: 63
Sex: Male
The patient are not aware of the growing tumor until he noted lump on the right shoulder.
Thorax x-rays: not recognize the scapula due to massive osteolytic lesion.
CT-SCAN – destructive neoformation of 10 cm in diameter of the scapula
Cytological Images:
Cytological material: Percutaneous FNA of the right shoulder mass
Cytological Report:
Numerous and isolated malignant cells admixed to amorphous material. Positive for malignancy.
Histological Images:
Histological Report:
Chondrosarcoma GI-II
Chondrosarcoma is a member of a category of tumors of bone and soft tissue known as sarcomas. Chondrosarcoma originate from transformed cells that produce cartilage. About 30% of skeletal system cancers are chondrosarcomas. While the disease can affect people of any age, unlike most other forms of skeletal system cancer, it is more common among older people than among children, and more often affects the axial skeleton than the appendicular skeleton.
Earlier diagnosis is generally accidental, when a patient undergoes testing for another problem and physicians discover the cancer. Occasionally the first symptom will be a broken bone at the cancerous site.
Prognosis depends on how early the cancer is discovered and treated. For the least aggressive grade, about 90% of patients survive more than five years after diagnosis. People usually have a good survival rate at the low grade volume of cancer. For the most aggressive grade, more than a quarter of patients live more than five years.


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Siddhartha Thotholu is just 23 years old and completed his B.Tech in Electronics and Communications. The young director started his career by making short films and enjoyed doing it. His friend, Gautham who is also a short filmmaker, got a chance to meet Ram Gopal Varma insisted that his friends accompany him to Mumbai. Siddhartha met Ram Gopal Varma in one such meeting and from there began their association.
Siddhartha is a reserved and a closed off person, but when it comes to movies, a whole world of cinema runs inside his mind. Ram Gopal Varma discovered this during the making of a web series he was working on and Siddhartha suggested a concept to him. When Ram found that there was a different world Siddhartha sees through his camera, he decided to work with Siddhartha and give him a chance to prove his mettle.
Ram revealed in an interview, that he warned Siddhartha that making a feature film and a short film was not one and the same, but Siddhartha worked with the same dedication and passion and did not flinch once in the face of hard times. RGV was in for a surprise as Siddhartha seized the opportunity with zeal and zest. Not once did he seek the counsel of Ram Gopal Varma on how to direct the movie or what elements can be added to make it interesting. In fact, he had clarity on how the scene should work and what is the kind of response he wanted from the actor.
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Metallica Announce Release Date For "Live At Grimey's"
October 6, 2010 by TWRY Staff
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On June 12th, 2008 Metallica took over the tiny venue known as "The Basement" in Nashville, TN, underneath the record store Grimey's New & Preloved Music to an intimate 150 capacity crowd of fans and friends. Now the band has announced plans to release a live recording of the show on November 26th titled Live At Grimey's.
Live at Grimey's has highlights like "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)," a blistering "Master of Puppets," and "For Whom the Bell Tolls," and will be released on standard CD plus as a limited-edition two-disc set on regular-weight 10" vinyl with a gatefold jacket.
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The Unconventional Beauty of the Macabre: Perfumer Beth Moriarty Loves Horror
Crafting horror-inspired scents is a tricky business. Yet Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab (BPAL) has invented hundreds of unique perfume blends, carving a niche via fragrances like Embalming Fluid and Night-Gaunt. With lines inspired by Edgar Allen Poe, Lewis Carroll and H.P. Lovecraft, the BPAL team has set a high standard for exploring the darkest depths. "There are traditional formulas in classic perfumery," explains founder Beth Moriarty. "The challenge in creating horror-themed scents is forcing yourself to throw that all away."
Moriarty makes light of her work ("No one should take themselves too seriously, especially a woman that makes Eau de Herbert West for a living") but she's passionate about horror. Says Moriarty. "People may find that the scent of graveyard dirt, embalming fluid, or shoggoth pheromones stimulates them." A scent such as Dracul is part "black musk, tobacco, fir, balsam of peru, cumin, bitter clove, crushed mint, and orange blossom." That's an overall aroma every bit as dark and complex as the Count himself! "I'd rather wear a scent that embodies the sensuality of Salome or the ferocity of the Sacred Whore of Babylon than some pre-packaged formula," states Moriarty. Her favorite from the BPAL line? Snake Oil.
It's no shock that someone who finds beauty in Hellraiser's Cenobites can recommend a pretty mean list of horror films, too.
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Karen Berger has left Vertigo. If you don't know who that is you should probably learn. She has been the Editor-in-Chief of Vertigo since its inception in 1993. She's not just leaving the company, she's apparently leaving the industry in general, desiring a "professional change." Karen Berger has been a legend in her field for the past twenty years, helping to usher in titles like Sandman, Hellblazer, V for Vendetta, Fables, Preacher, The Invisibles, 100 Bullets, Y: The Last Man, American Vampire and many many others. It's hard to think how the comic book imprint will function without her guiding it.
Perhaps that's just what DC Comics wants, though. Recently, Vertigo has been on shaky grounds. A few years back DC changed their contract language, essentially taking away royalties if a creator's comic doesn't sell well. That sounds fair, but the company now holds their standards as high as 50,000 units sold, which Vertigo books never reach. Meaning all creators, even if their title is successful will miss out on royalties that they once were entitled to. This seems to be stemming from an idea that Vertigo isn't really the moneymaker it used to be and DC has been left footing the bill for underperforming titles more than they prefer.
While Vertigo still pays their writers the most in the creator-owned community, their previous contract changes have caused popular Vertigo creators to move their work to other comic book publishers. DC now owns 50% of the media property rights for all their Vertigo titles and, understandably, people don't like that.
DC Comics has also moved over most of the original Vertigo properties that were taken from DC in the first place. That's why characters like Swamp Thing, John Constantine, Animal Man, Black Orchid and Madame Xanadu are now displayed prominently in the DCU. Though it was previously stated that Constantine's presence in the DCU would have no affect on Hellblazer, that has recently changed, as the long running title will be ending with issue #300 in order to make room for a Constantine title as part of the New 52.
It is also notable that there has been a dearth in overall Vertigo titles since the contract change. DMZ, Scalped, Northlanders, House of Mystery, Sweet Tooth, Madame Xanadu, iZombie, Unknown Soldier, Air, Jack of Fables, Greek Street and Dominique Laveau, Voodoo Child have all ended since 2010 for various reasons. However, Vertigo has not entirely replaced those titles, with only American Vampire (which is taking a near-year long hiatus), Saucer County and Fairest coming in during that timespan. The Vertigo sub-imprint Crime, started in 2009, was shut down as of 2011 as well. To their credit Vertigo has published a large amount of original graphic novels since 2010, but creator owned OGNs hardly bring the same amount of business. The company has previously announced new titles by Jeff Lemire (Trillium), Scott Snyder (The Wake) and Simon Oliver and Robbi Rodriguez (Collider), the latter of which was said to be out in the fall of 2012 and has yet to be solicited. There's also a planned Sandman prequel by Neil Gaiman coming up. That's pretty much it.
There's a thought that these changes were made to Vertigo to prevent creators from coming to DC with their creator-owned properties, making a bunch of money off of them and heading over to Marvel to write their superheroes. It's possible that DC Comics is deciding to scale back Vertigo in order to diminish expenses on underselling books and keep "their" writers happy at Vertigo. Now Scott Snyder and Jeff Lemire are welcome to join the exclusive Club Vertigo. Everyone else get out.
The strategy makes some sense, but at the same time it feels like DC is shooting themselves in the foot. Instead of giving writers incentives to stay at DC they're punishing creators because of the nature of the business and the current state of the economy. Fables will now be the imprint's longest running title, followed by The Unwritten. These two could be the last holdouts of a Vertigo gone by. When they end, what will Vertigo be like?
To seemingly ease the tension over the future of Vertigo, the anthology title Time Warp was announced after Karen Berger's departure. Almost nothing is known about the title except that it involves a laundry list of creators: Damon Lindelof, Jeff Lemire, Matt Kindt, Toby Litt, Mark Buckingham, Dan Abnett, Peter Milligan, Ray Fawkes, Simon Spurrier, Gail Simone, Rafael Albuquerque, Tom Fowler. New titles coming in is good, so perhaps more titles will be on the way.
There seems to be no direct evidence to back this up, but I feel that the sudden departure of Berger, along with the recent goings on can't be a coincidence. Berger had seen a diminish in some control over the imprint, mostly dealing with financial concerns, since 2010, and her dedication to titles like Hellblazer could mean that she was against the cancellation of the book. Perhaps she was forced out, or maybe she simply had enough and has become disillusioned with the comic book industry in general. Or maybe she just felt like a change. We'll probably know more eventually.
I don't think DC would outright shut down Vertigo, simply because of the power that name still has in the industry and among readers, but a change is coming. I think DC is pulling Vertigo closer to the vest in order to have better control over its finances and rebrand the imprint for its own reasons. I could see them making Vertigo much more like Marvel's Icon imprint, which publishes a smaller amount of titles from their elite creators in order to make every Vertigo title "matter." I still wouldn't be surprised if they shut the whole thing down tomorrow, though.


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This week in Bağdat Caddesi, Istanbul
We are often to be found eating at our favourite restaurant, Café Cadde. It's very popular and usually full to bursting, but because we are regulars we can usually get a table. We've heard that it is an IN place to be. We didn't realise just how IN, until we found ourselves sitting next to Tuncay Sanli, the Stoke City player. With his £5,000,000 transfer fee from Middlesbrough, he can afford to eat anywhere, and he chose our local. He came over to speak to us - such a nice man!
A great thing about living in Bağdat Street is that there is always something going on. We woke up one day last week to find a big hole in the pavement, where some workmen were replacing leaking pipes. Amazingly, it was all cleaned up by the evening, with the pavement completely restored.
On another day, hundreds of cyclists rode by, completely blocking the road and preventing the traffic from moving. I think they were making a statement that the roads are for cyclists too; although weaving in and out of traffic on a bicycle is not my idea of fun - especially in Istanbul - more like suicide!
Our summer series of concerts has begun again. Every Sunday evening throughout the summer, Mithat, a nearby menswear shop, hosts a free operatic concert. We have grandstand seats on our balcony. It's great fun, especially as we are far enough away to join in the singing.
Posted by Geriatric Gapper at 5:00 PM Labels: Bağdat Caddesi, Istanbul, Tuncay Sanli, Turkey
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Hello there Lizzie and David, tried to text you Friday night when the Healeys here for dinner but some stranger wrote back so gather I have a wrong number now.ReplyDelete
Just had a quick look at your wonderful BLOG. You are so good with it - mine is very spasmodic at best. When are you leaving Turkey???
Have put a few new photos on recently - had the last weekend in Tekapo which was great. Still flat out at work and no plans for travel as still waiting to see if Mark and family are coming to Sydney.ReplyDelete
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The projects I selected for this year's Portfolio Showcase are the result of a process begun by narrowing down to the most cohesive submissions that have a well-written, fitting artist statement and skillfully crafted images. I gave myself time to think about the work, mull it over and let it sink in. As I lived with the photographs, I rearranged, evaluated and responded to the images until a final edit insisted itself. All the while I was being affected by the images. This year's projects impacted my view of aging, hardship and the immense beauty to be found in the imperfections of life.
The mystery of aging continues to confound and therefore require examination. In separate projects, Elise Kirk and Suzanne Revy feature young subjects on the precipice of change, but who are presently trapped by the bubble of their adolescence and connection to the environments that molded them. On the other end of life, Susan Rosenberg Jones photographs her second husband. She presents an unfiltered view of the effects of time on the body, but also freedom from vanity. Jones captures her images with tenderness, made from the vantage point of experience and knowing that love and companionship grow with recognition and appreciation. Our inability to exert any influence on time has caused nearly every photographer, at one point or another, to try and stop time with the magic of the still image. Leah Zawadzki makes this sleight of hand convincing by photographing the people she loves, not with stiff camera-ready smiles, but as though she happened upon them, preserving time through moments of authenticity. Zawadzki also uses the camera as a tool to slow time and carefully observe today.
However, careful observation can be a risky endeavor. If we look too closely at our own hardship or the hurt of others, we must contend with that reality. Many of the projects selected show us that the myths we employ to circumvent hard truths and navigate our day-to-day are on unsteady ground. Jessica Harvey presents a view of an early 20th century failed utopia. We might encounter her photographs of objects and empty rooms as a quaint, distant past, or we can recognize the parallels to today. Joseph Stanek's images offer a comparable story of once-significant things left behind in homes abandoned during the recent housing crisis. He distils the story of collective enthusiasm for homeownership morphing into unhappy personal reality. Camilo Ramirez's epic images juxtapose the myth of reverence for the gulf coast with the reality of its abuse, showing us the depth of our ability for self-deception. Rationalizing behavior is at the center of Robert Crifasi's photographs of people in need and asking for help, as viewed through the secure and enclosed confines of a car. By framing his images as he does, Crifasi shifts the focus onto the unseen driver and probes the psychology of empathy. Similarly, Michael Joseph asks, "Does it make you uncomfortable to talk to people whose faces tell stories unlike your own?" His up-close portraits of unconventional strangers also questions if this discomfort is a result of our assumptions. And, if so, why not risk dispelling preconceived notions by finding out more? Over the course of 10 years, Jessica Eve Rattner found out more about her "bag-lady" neighbor. During this time, she uncovered a complex story of an intelligent woman with a rich history living independently in squalor. What these various projects share is an invitation to look closer at hardship and dispel comforting assumptions.
The final grouping of projects presents a wabi-sabi view of life by embracing imperfection. In his beautiful night photographs of unexceptional places, Bob Avakian does just that. Under the lustrous soft glow of fog and light, the world can be squarely composed into manageable doses. It takes a further stretch of the imagination to sentimentalize the formations of Kathleen Taylor's images, but her consistent framing and dramatic skies transforms rock piles into found art with grandeur. The flat elegance of Clay Jordan's images is familiar to an audience conditioned to William Eggleston's democratic use of the camera, but is distinguished by the element of sequencing to build narrative. Jordan arranges unrelated, distinct images in a precise succession designed to create theatrical tension. In JP Terlizzi's graceful photographs, he shows the practice and rituals of hunting to be, as he puts it, "grittily romantic." Leah Edelman-Brier writes in her statement, "This series aims to construct beauty out of what appears outwardly grotesque." Her photographs explore issues of the body, genetics and the mother-daughter connection. They are simultaneously luscious and unpleasant, captivating and repelling. These projects share a holistic view of life where flaws have their own beauty.
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Man shoots off his own penis taking selfies with gun
ST. LOUIS, MO – A 20-year-old man is in stable condition Monday afternoon after the gun he was posing naked with accidentally discharged and shot off his penis.
"We've never had someone shoot off their own junk before," the police said in a statement. "There was a man who shot off his foot, a middle-schooler shot her guinea pig, and even a baby was able to shoot both his parents, but never someone's own junk."
"First I posed with this bad-ass look on my face," said the man in a falsetto voice. "Then I thought the only thing girls like more than guns is men without shirts on, so I took my shirt off. To stand out from the rest of the shirtless gun-selfies, I decided to take my pants off because I read online that women like it when random guys send them pictures of their dick. I was trying to thrust my hips around and do the helicopter like my peen is another gun, but then the gun shot off instead of the camera."
Police dropped all endangerment charges in exchange for him not filing a complaint about them expressing relief he won't be able to reproduce.
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Never pose with a loaded gun LoL.
Darryl Van Rijn
OMG! When you THINK you've heard everything. I am NOT sure how I feel about this. Personally MYSELF? I would feel like an "IDIOT" and 100 times worse knowing it was in the newspaper
This page even has a disclaimer. It reads as follows:
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We only use images with permission, belonging to public domain i.e. stock-photos and mugshots, or we are covered by fair use laws as a parody. However, we will remove any picture at the request of the person in the photo. You can either send our Facebook page a message or email editor[at]thevalleyreport.com with proof it is you and we will remove it. All third parties or threats of legal action will be forwarded to our legal department at gofuckyourself[at]thevalleyreport.com and will be taken down in 90 days out of moral obligation, not legal.
I hope all you guys do know that the story is not real at all. I mean look at the wording, and the suppose quotes made by police officers and medical personnel. No police officer is going to say "junk" in an interview. No professional would talk like this to the press. Although I am definitely sure there are men out there stupid enough to shoot off their own penis, the story is a fake.
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Your comment is redundant
This is a SATIRE website.
Read the disclaimer.
No, women do not like strange men's dick pic's!!! Dumbass!
You know it was a man that came up with something that stupid. For once and for all. NO, women do not like or in any way want a strange, unknown guy to send her a picture of his ball, penis or ass. It is not sexy or alluring, it just looks stupid. The fact that a guy is so proud of his dick that he wants to make unrequited pictures of it and send it to unknown women just makes the guy look pathetic. 9.999% of the time what he's got isn't even a little bit better than what anyone else has and all it does is either creep the woman out or she laughs her ass off at it. Please for all woman kind. Just don't. Stop it.
Katherine Stine
You know it was a man that came up with something that stupid. For once and for all. NO, women do not like or in any way want a strange, unknown guy to send her a picture of his balls, penis or ass. It is not sexy or alluring, it just looks stupid. The fact that a guy is so proud of his dick that he wants to make unrequested pictures of it and send it to unknown women just makes the guy look pathetic. 9.999% of the time what he's got isn't even a little bit better than what anyone else has and all it does is either creep the woman out or she laughs her ass off at it. Please for all woman kind. Just don't. Stop it.
Daniel Way
This is a HOAX. It is not in any media source in St. Louis. Only on commentary blogs can I find this.
Shawn S. Lealos
If anyone can't figure that out based on the police comments, they deserve to believe the story…
ROFL..THIS ONE GOT ME ROFLLMAO….ANY ONE THAT CAN SHOOT HIS DICK DESERVE THE BRUCE JENNER AWARD.ROFL.oh help me Lord…ROFL.
radical fem
if it's satire it's supposed to be clever, amusing and original. this is all too common; men are always shooting their dicks or other body parts off. this is nothing new; ask any ER nurse.
Aside from gun control, we need self control!
Sheila Maury
I am glad to find out that this is a fake. Of course, no one has to take an iQ test to buy a gun, but I would hate to find out there are people ,with guns ,that are this stupid. Wait a minute, there are people like this with guns and we will soon read about them on Facebook.
john hough
I worked as a nurse (LPN) in a desert community where guns are very common..and (wink) some of the things that I've seen shot or shot off..should have made the news..many times and shoot "junk" was not such a rare incident but usually a small caliber weapon or air rifles..not surprised !!
bill w.
There are probably people this stupid andI would argue that we are more at risk from them voting than owning guns.
William Place
That sucks, but not for him any longer!
john hough
BYE,..BYE,..LOVE!!! hello prosthetics !!
Satire, and not that well done either ! Though this was funny … "said the man in a falsetto voice."
I'm glad this man is removed from the gene pool.
Destiny Dimension
Your comment is idiotic.
This is a SATIRE website.
Read the f-ing disclaimer.
You should be removed from the gene pool.
The World According to Brian Arbenz
People believe thing is real is enough to make me want shoot off my….well, maybe not.
This story is fake, the photo is of Jules bahler. He was convicted of bank robbery in Michigan.
Richard Jennings
Ok how stupid can you be and still able to purchase a weapon or as certain idiots demonstrate…. a gun ????
If you can't tell a round is in the chamber AND your legally old enough to buy a weapon. You deserve what happens when you pull the trigger.
Denis Sagendorf
find your caps lock and refer to them as "magazines". Nothing worse than someone acting like they know about guns on a fake article.
larry overstreet
what a dumb ass
Delton Streetman
You do realize that this is totally made up and intended to be a joke don't you?
Big clues are the remark about him answering in a falsetto voice, and the police not filing an endangerment charge in exchange for him not filing a complaint about the police making remarks that at least he can't reproduce now.
If you really think this is a real news article you're probably as dumb as the fictional character in the story.
With all the accidental gun shot stories that's been on Facebook as well news regarding these guys who are so in love with their guns but somehow turn off their brains when having their hands on their guns , it really wouldn't surprise me
What bathroom will he use
What bathroom will he use????
Jeff Bartlett
LMAO.. no charges because he could have filed and sued them for saying crap….LMAO.. i woulda said Fk that.. arragin me.. I'm suing.. i shot my junk off.. i got nothing more to lose fkr's..lol
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Even as Russia and the West keep raising the stakes in their economic sanctions battle, the one commodity that could matter most — Russian natural gas — seems still to be off limits.
And that is all the more notable because long before Ukraine erupted as a geopolitical crisis, the European Union was aggressively pressing an antitrust case against the Russian state-controlled gas giant, Gazprom. If Europe has grounds to punish Moscow economically, the Gazprom antitrust case might seem to be a prime opportunity.
Gazprom is suspected of inflating prices and imposing unfair restrictions on gas distribution within Europe, which is heavily reliant on Russian natural gas.
As recently as last winter, Russia and the European Union's competition commissioner, Joaquín Almunia, seemed on the verge of settling. But now the case appears to be languishing. And people close to the inquiry are uncertain whether it will be revived before the autumn, when Mr. Almunia is scheduled to leave office.
While that prospect is disappointing to small European Union countries like Lithuania that are particularly dependent on Gazprom for their energy needs, the lost momentum of the antitrust case seems to underscore a reality: So far the sanctions war may be more about symbolic actions than imposing far-reaching economic pain on either side.
A failure to press the Gazprom case "would mean that the commission is weak and not in a position to defend our own rules," Jaroslav Neverovi, the energy minister of Lithuania, said in a telephone interview last week. He was referring to the European Commission, the E.U.'s administrative arm. Gazprom, Mr. Neverovi warned, could make "an attempt to get back to old practices" in future negotiations.
Lithuania is among six European Union member states dependent on Russia for all their gas. And, like Latvia and Slovakia, it relies on that source for more than a quarter of total energy needs. The other European Union countries wholly dependent on Russia for their natural gas are Bulgaria, Estonia and Finland, according to the European Commission.
Three years ago, Lithuania helped advance the Gazprom case by sending Mr. Almunia a formal complaint. Lithuania is also seeking compensation from Gazprom for what it contends were past pricing abuses at a separate arbitration proceeding in Stockholm.
As recently as last December, two months before Ukraine erupted, Mr. Almunia seemed eager to bring Gazprom to heel. At a meeting at the top of the glass-and-steel headquarters of the European Commission here, Gazprom's representative was proposing concessions aimed at ending the antitrust investigation, which had badly irked the Kremlin.
The Gazprom executive, Alexander Medvedev, who was head of the company's export division at the time, said then that it might even be possible to reach a settlement before the Winter Olympics got underway in February in the Russian city of Sochi. A person with direct knowledge of the meeting described the conversation, on condition of anonymity.
And now, even as the Ukraine crisis has divided Russia and the West like nothing else since the Cold War, it is far from certain that Gazprom will face formal antitrust charges that could force the company to revise long-term contracts with countries like Lithuania.
Formal charges would also make it more likely that Gazprom would eventually be told to pay a fine — one that could theoretically run as high as 10 billion euros, or about $13.4 billion, although European Union antitrust penalties have never gone that high.
Antoine Colombani, a spokesman for Mr. Almunia, declined to comment on the December meeting or subsequent settlement talks. The antitrust "investigation is ongoing," said Mr. Colombani. "We cannot anticipate the timing of decisions."
The antitrust investigation began in September 2011 with surprise raids by European officials on Gazprom offices and those of several of its customers in Germany and across Central and Eastern Europe.
A year later Mr. Almunia opened a formal antitrust case asking three main questions: Was Gazprom blocking gas flows in some parts of Europe? Was the company thwarting its European customers' efforts to diversify sources of supply? And was it imposing unfairly high charges by linking gas prices to those of oil, rather than basing prices on global natural gas market rates?
The case concentrated on Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Analysts say one reason Mr. Almunia may have still not issued formal charges is that natural gas was conspicuously exempted in the sanctions that the European Union imposed on Russia last month.
The concern, they say, is that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia could accuse the Europeans of ramping up an antitrust case as a rationale for extending the sanctions to natural gas. That could give the Russian leader, who has already told his government to follow the case with "very close attention," another pretext to retaliate, perhaps by cutting supplies this winter.
Russian gas made up 39 percent of total European Union imports last year, up from 30 percent in 2010. About half those supplies are delivered through Ukraine, and previous flare-ups between Moscow and Kiev left some European cities shivering during midwinter in 2006 and 2009.
"Of course the Ukrainian crisis could have slowed down" the case, said Mario Mariniello, an expert in antitrust law at Bruegel, a research organization in Brussels.
But Mr. Mariniello said there were also legal reasons for Mr. Almunia's hesitancy. "Proving the need to remove the link to the oil price is possibly the most challenging part of the case to resolve," he said.
Gazprom was willing to resolve antitrust disputes with Europe a decade ago when it agreed to end restrictions in Western Europe that had prevented its customers in Italy, Austria and Germany from reselling Russian gas to other countries.
Oil-linked pricing in Europe goes back decades to the development of gas fields in countries like the Netherlands. Gas was pegged to the price of oil, which gas was replacing for uses like heating.
But linked pricing began breaking down in Western Europe with deregulation of energy markets and with the availability of new supplies like liquefied natural gas, or L.N.G. But pricing still can be opaque, even in Western Europe, where a complete break of the oil-gas price link has proved difficult for big buyers in countries including Italy.
Energy experts said Mr. Almunia would be on firm legal ground in demanding that Gazprom rid contracts of clauses that limit Eastern and Central European countries from shipping Russian gas to other destinations within the European Union. But many say that Mr. Almunia may have less standing to challenge Gazprom's pricing practices.
"For the Baltic States and Poland I think the commission is on difficult ground," said Jonathan Stern, the chairman of a natural gas research program at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. He said the only viable alternative source of supply for those countries was L.N.G., which usually comes by ship from countries like Qatar and Norway and still is generally more costly than Russian gas carried by pipeline.
"It's very unlikely that either the Poles or the Lithuanians or anyone in the Baltics currently and historically could have obtained gas at a cheaper price than the Russians are selling it to them," Mr. Stern said. "Politicians and people high up in the commission say the fact that prices charged to the Baltic States are higher than the prices charged to Germany proves those prices are anticompetitive. But that is not proof."
The countries involved in the antitrust inquiry still lack cheaper energy alternatives, Mr. Stern said. "There's no backup at the moment," he said, and "who knows what will happen to L.N.G. prices in the next couple of years?"
But proponents of bringing formal charges against Gazprom say that energy alternatives should be available soon, as countries including Lithuania and Poland begin operating planned seaport terminals that could give them leverage to negotiate lower prices on Russian supplies.
They also say geopolitics — not just lower gas prices — should be a consideration, in encouraging Ukraine to more closely embrace Europe as it turns away from Russia.
"If we send a message that all parties that are participating in the European gas sector are treated equally, and they are subject to the same set of requirements and rules," said Mr. Neverovi, the Lithuanian minister, "then Ukraine might implement European law, realizing it is seriously treated and protected by the E.U."
Without that message, Russian and Ukrainian energy companies would probably continue to "divide the market and manipulate the price and use all the tricks" that Europe is trying to eradicate, he said.
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Every successful entrepreneur possesses pads or files stored with hundreds of ideas. If there is anything most entrepreneurs are searching for, it is that next 'big' idea that would revolutionize the globe to make them world-famous, extremely wealthy, and then put them on that revered list together with the creators of Google, Apple, sliced bread and sticky notes.
Ok. Ok. My goals might not be that ambitious, but I know every entrepreneur is looking for amazing business ideas that would generate massive income – and if that idea sparks an industry revolution, so much the better.
From experience, I now know no idea or product is weird and unprofitable. With just the right angle, money can be made right out of it.
The process of generating outstanding ideas doesn't have to be painstaking, tedious and intense. It can actually be fun, and open your previously unseeing eyes to a world of possible cash cows.
Below are five tested and tried ways I use to creating amazing business ideas that end up making money.
1. I Ask Other People.
This doesn't seem too 'business-like', right? True, but it works. I'm just one person – which means the ideas I can generate will be extremely limited.
I've come to understand that when generating ideas, two heads are better than one, three heads are better than two, four heads are….you get the picture. Imagine if I can get ideas from twenty or thirty people: you would be stunned at the number of amazing inspirations I can get from them.
To make it even easier, I really don't have to go far to get these people. Family and friends are usually an unlikely – but surprising source – of fantastic business inspiration. For cash or capital, we think 'yes'; but for ideas, we usually overlook or underestimate them.
Creating a business without help – or from scratch – is often glamorized and romanticized, but the truth is that it is unwise to build a business without help from family and friends – especially when they have some experience in business or your selected industry. Think Wal-Mart or Donald Trump's dad.
Be sensitive to recognizing good ideas, no matter the source. It is easier and more profitable to build on another person's idea and experience.
2. I Improve On An Already Existing Idea.
Most entrepreneurs feel that 'authentic innovation' (whatever that means) should be totally brand new. I slightly disagree. From my perspective, I feel if someone isn't satisfied with a product or service, then creation of an improved version should come into play.
That's why I believe tweaking an already established process or product can lead to innovation. For example:
Bread has always been in existence, but slicing it became such a huge commercial success that the phrase 'the best thing since sliced bread' was coined when referring to wonderful things.
The adhesive used for the popular sticky notes (or Post–it notes) was created as a result of a failure in producing super glue. Instead of throwing away the 'failed' product and doggedly going after the manufacture of super glue, a global market was built on that failed paste.
Taxis have always existed, until Uber and Taxify came along.
Same brand automobiles are churned out every day, but with far more superior improvements on previous features.
All over the world, food and drink chefs create newer and more exotic fares from already existing products.
Simply put, a business idea doesn't always have to be something 'out- of-the-world.' You can improve and build on already existing products and services in your present world and still use it to astound your world.
3. I Try to Cash In On My 'Aggravation Spots'.
What are the things that constantly irritate, bother, anger, aggravate, or frustrate you? That's one core I get ideas rolling in. I tend to ask myself, what situations cause me to think 'I wish there was a faster, better, smoother, easier, cheaper way of —-'?
Those areas, dear entrepreneur, are potential money makers. It might sound simplistic, but every successful innovation solves problems – which in turn leads to cash.
I love examples, let's take a look at some:
King C. Gillette was so frustrated with the tiresome and constant sharpening, that he built the gigantic disposable razor industry.
Netflix was created by Reed Hastings who was angry at Blockbuster for charging late fees for a rented video.
The budding entrepreneurs behind MerchantMoney wanted to find an easier way for small businesses to collect loans to fund their businesses, and MerchantMoney happen.
Valerie Gordon-Hunter, Marion Donovan and Victor Mills were all frustrated with constantly washing baby nappies, and invented different disposable solutions, with Victor Mills creating Pampers – which sells $10 billion worldwide nowadays.
The list is endless. Write down your constant frustrations and find out if others feel the same way. Then ask yourself, 'What Can I Do To Solve This Problem and would you pay if I did it?' and voila, a business idea is born.
4. I Convert My Passion Into Cash.
Nothing beats doing what I love doing. But instead of simply being passionate about a hobby or interest, why don't I just convert it to cash?
To do this, I simply sit down and list out my top hobbies and interests – cooking, writing, photography, talking…whatever, and then think of how I can create business opportunities from them.
Colonel Sanders took his passion for a particular chicken recipe and established KFC worldwide.
Brandon Stanton's photoblog 'Humans Of New York' has earned him massive popularity and two book deals.
Debbi Fields started selling homemade cookies at 20 years of age, which has mushroomed into over 4,000 employees in almost 400 locations.
Tim and Nina Zagat's Zagat Survey which is sold in stores globally, was birthed from their love for dining out.
So, instead of enjoying your passion all alone, export it to the world and convert it to money in the bank.
5. I Travel and See the World.
There is something about travel that opens your mind up to hundreds of brilliant possibilities and ideas.
Staying in one environment can stifle my business juices and cause a recycling of 'same old, same old' ideas. Travelling makes helps me see new ideas that aren't in my marketplace. I can import them back home and adapt them to suit my own location.
Leopoldo Fernandez Pujals started TelePizza in Spain after he travelled to the United States and stumbled on Domino's Pizza. TelePizza is now in eight countries and records over $200million in sales.
Conversely, traveling also makes you observe a need in other environments which you can fill. You can export an idea that already exists in your vicinity, and launch it into areas that are lacking.
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August 4, 2020 - Latest: What has happened to markets this year? by Darius McDermott
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Reich says that the biggest continuing problem for most Americans is their homes: "Purchases of new homes are down 77 per cent from their 2005 peak. They dropped another 0.9 per cent in January. Home sales overall are still dropping and prices are still falling – despite already being down by a third from their 2006 peak. January's average sale price was $154,700, down from $162,210 in December.
"Houses are the major assets of the middle class. Most Americans are therefore far poorer than they were six years ago. Almost one out of three homeowners with a mortgage is now "underwater", owing more to the banks than their homes are worth on the market."
He concludes that apparent recent improvements in housing data – such as a decrease in the number of homes on sale – are illusory and only government intervention – in the form of changes to the bankruptcy rules and, possibly, taking on some mortgage debt – will stop the rot.
Goldman Sachs has also recently pushed out its forecast for the bottom of the housing market to mid-2013: "First, we now see a somewhat weaker near-term house price outlook. Specifically, we forecast that house prices will decline by 3.3% from 2011Q3 until 2012Q3, and by an additional 1.1% between 2012Q3 and 2013Q3. Second, the expected bottom in house prices is pushed out from end-2012 to mid-2013."
In response to both articles, a number of people have pointed out additional headwinds for the US housing market: williambanzai7 says on Zerohedge: "There will be no housing recovery until those 46% of unemployed young Americans figure out a way to find a job. And if they do find a job, it had better be a very secure one. Otherwise tying oneself down with a mortgage and sacrificing mobility would be very ill advised indeed."
Munzoenix on the FT site says the headwinds for US housing are demographic: "The generation that is just finishing school, the kids of baby boomers, are loaded with student loan debts….The income potential of those who are just finishing school has been severely hammered by this recession…. Which brings me to something else that is important – work place insecurity and the globalized economy. Why commit to a big mortgage in a specific location of the country when you may lose your job or get relocated?"
However, before getting too gloomy on US housing, there are those who believe that there are signs of life. For example, Simon Ward, chief economist at Henderson, says: "It is recovering slowly in my view. However, a rebound in Treasury yields and mortgage rates could abort the recovery. The direct implications for GDP are small, since housing investment is now only about 2% of GDP versus more than 6% at the peak." In other words, the decline has been naturally stabilising in reducing the importance of housing overall.
Warren Buffet has admitted that he was too optimistic in predicting a housing recovery by now, but believes it will still happen: "Buffett said housing "remains in a depression of its own," but he predicted…that the housing market will come back because some human factors can't be denied forever.
"People may postpone hitching up during uncertain times, but eventually hormones take over," he wrote. "And while 'doubling-up' may be the initial reaction of some during a recession, living with in-laws can quickly lose its allure."
Other leading economists have also predicting an imminent recovery: Jay Brinkmann, chief economist at the Mortgage Bankers Association, says: "One measure of the health of the market is what is going on with delinquencies. We will not see prices come back until we see foreclosures end…and in this there are signs that the market is on the mend. We are in the third stage in the type of recovery – the first stage was dealing with sub-prime, the second was the recession and now we are seeing the numbers distorted by some really bad states. There are some good signs in these delinquencies."
The US housing market is undoubtedly still weak and has stayed weaker for longer than many originally thought. However, there are better signs and while there are many things that could derail its fragile improvement, the problems are slowly working through the system. It is a hindrance to economic recovery, but it is also reflective of it.
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