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Where Event Planners Go to Find Business Event Industry Trends Data
An Introduction to the Annual EIBTM Trends Watch Report
The last several years since the 2007-2008 financial crisis, both U.S. and European event planners have been concerned about the cost of meetings and incentive travel, the major factors contributing to which have been increased costs associated with air travel and hotels. On the other hand, industry leaders have also recognized that the meeting and events industry is maturing, and international destinations options are giving planners potential new locations and facilities for consideration. While the average event planner is generally most concerned with their more local business, ambitious event planning business owners try to stay up to date on the greater industry as a whole. Many stay 'in the know" using the EIBTM Trends Watch Report.
History of the EIBTM Trends Watch Report
These relevant industry trends, among others, are analyzed every year in the annual EIBTM Trends Watch Report (formerly known as the EIBTM Industry Trends and Market Share Report). The report explores data relating to supply and demand of business events and provides some perspectives of current and possible future trends in the industry.
The Trends Watch Report began when Reed Exhibitions approached Rob Davidson, then a senior lecturer in business travel and tourism for the University of Westminster in London, with the idea of writing an annual report on changing trends in the meetings and events industry. Since then, the Trends Watch Report has taken off and Davidson has continued to act as the report's analyst and author.
What the EIBTM Trends Watch Report Contains
Since its inception, the EIBTM Trends Watch Report has greatly evolved. After the first few years of the report's annual publication, it became clear that the report's primary audience was much more interested in overarching trends in the meetings and events industry, in particular how the industry has responded to developments in the market. So the report began to focus its analysis on the topics about which readers most wanted to learn. Today the report is structured as follows:
- Overview of the global macroeconomic situation
- Review of the performance of industry key markets
- Analysis of annual demand for corporate meetings, association conferences, and incentive travel
- Summary of the outlook for the year ahead
Over the years, there has also been tremendous growth in the availability of information and resources from which to collect relevant data. Today, each year's report identifies several industry trends by analyzing industry data from the previous 12 months, including information from MPI, Convention Industry Council, PCMA, American Express Business Travel, and others. This information provides a unique perspective of domestic U.S. and international event planning.
Recent Event Industry Trends in North America
As of the end of 2015, meeting and events industry trends suggest that the industry will continue to witness growths in meetings, events, and business travel. In fact, in the United States, reports forecast a sort of seller's market in which demand will continue to grow while new supply lags just slightly behind. Among other interesting observations and trends that can be found in this year's report, it certainly sounds like a good time to be in the industry!


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Success Story: "I'm Not Going to Kiss You Anymore"
We always discuss in class about kids who will escalate to test the new skills mom and dad are using. It's the old "short term pain for long term gain" adage.
This mom thought it would be something only older kids would do, but preschoolers know how to escalate with hurtful words too.
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Using "I know" really started working for me with our 3 year old daughter. I was surprised when she escalated her response to "I'm not going to kiss you anymore!" I was shocked and heartbroken, but I stayed brain dead and said, "I know."
Just 20 minutes later, after things calmed down, she came to me and said "Mommy, I want a hug."
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Here's is a letter I sent to Letters To The Editor at the CA today. I don't know if they'll print it, but I'm using my blog to talk about it. Here ya go:
I am writing in support of the Madison Avenue restructuring plan.
Currently, the only thing that makes Madison Avenue interesting is its potential. With many vacant buildings and abandoned businesses, it acts only as a way through Midtown. Oh, but what it could be! — a neighborhood main street for pedestrians, bicyclists, and people dining outdoors and patronizing the Madison businesses.
Madison Avenue is in a prime location to become a destination. With its proximity to Overton Park and the arts disctrict, why not make it a beautiful place in keeping with its unique location?
My husband and I live one block north of the Madison Avenue Huey's. He has lived here for over 25 years, and I have lived here for 14 years. I walk in the neighborhood daily and we both often walk or ride bikes to work in Midtown.
As a Midtown small business owner (Evergreen Yoga Center), I know change can be scary. Progress will always scare a few people. I hope that the fears of a few folks will not delay the upgrades to Madison.
The truth is that we will all benefit from shifting Madison Avenue from a passageway thru Midtown to a destination location that will attract people from all over the Mid-south.
These changes will enrich the local businesses on the street, improve the quality of life for Midtown residents and businesses. Ultimately, this will benefit even those who are most vocal about how they fear it will affect their own businesses– as property values in the surrounding neighborhoods are sure to increase.
Just say "Yes!" to the Madison Avenue improvements for making a useable, vibrant street for all!
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06 May 2009
How are you?
I've been eating junk food non-stop, and not exercising at all, which isn't exactly a winning combination. I've literally been lying in bed at night and shoving food in my mouth. So I feel fat and gross, but not fat enough or gross enough to stop, because comfort food is called comfort food for a reason, and I've needed a little bit of comforting.
K is supposed to take Gabriel this weekend from Friday at 7pm until Sunday at 6pm. I'm trying to figure out something to do on Sunday that won't make me feel mopey for not having Gabriel on Mother's day. And. While I'm not disputing the fairness of this, or K's right to having Gabey for the whole weekend or anything, I don't think I like the idea of him having Gabe from Friday night all the way to Sunday night. The weekends are our best times together, and usually when K has him on the weekends, I still get to see him, because K will usually just have him for like, exactly 24 hours. When will we go to the park?
Yesterday I bought a bunch of really cute Christmas decorations and crafts that are all high quality and cute for like $1 each from a weird back table in Paper Vision. And X-mas decor for Gabriel's dollhouse. Next Christmas when we're decorating we can decorate his dollhouse too! I squee'd. Also I got nice Valentine's for next year so I actually have Valentine's for Gabriel to hand out next year, because this year I was a total fail at the whole affair. I now feel very prepared and mom-like. I even have a holiday storage bin.
I was on Amazon buying 4-for-3 coloring books for Gabriel because he's been really into coloring lately, so I went ahead and bought two fancy detailed coloring books for myself so I have something to do when he wants me to color with him.
I've been looking at the website for the guy who did Julia's tattoo, and I was thinking about going up to SF to talk to him about my Where the Wild Things Are tattoo that I've always wanted.
One of my friends works at Pixar, and he said he could take me and Gabriel on a tour there sometime. It reminds me of when we went to Pixar for a field trip in high school, and Megan rear-ended Becka, and then students weren't allowed to drive on field trips anymore. I was sitting in the front seat, and I so vividly remember making eye contact with you in the back of Becka's car right before we crashed. Wasn't that Pixar?
In court on Tuesday, the people who were up right before me were arguing because the mom got the son's ears pierced and the dad didn't like it, and the mom kept talking about how much the son loves it, and how it was something he'd really been looking forward to and begging for, and then the judge said, "Yeah, he's two." Perspective is always good.
I bought a little pocket calendar yesterday so I would have one specifically to keep track of Gabriel's schedule and write down the actual times K has him, and $$ I receive, etc., and if you wait until May to buy a 2009 calendar, you have to get the Fabulous Kittens one. I'm hoping that no one is going to judge me by my kitten calendar, even though I would totally judge someone for having it. The good thing about waiting until month five to buy a calendar is that it's only $1.50.
So. I'm fine I guess?
How are you?
I'm still hosting a giveaway at Disgraced Shopping.
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I'm fine. :-)ReplyDelete
Loved your blog post. It's life as it's lived.
Happy Mothers Day to you!
- AnonymousMay 6, 2009 at 8:58 PM
Isn't it fairly likely that Kimate will consistently take Gabriel for his Full Weekend Time for about, oh, three weekends or so and then start slacking off and taking him for half weekends and then little hour chunks? I'm just basing this hypothesis on how he's been thus far.... And I know that's not great, but at least you'll get more time with your babe.ReplyDelete
Happy Mother's Day! :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 6, 2009 at 9:34 PM
I love this post.ReplyDelete
Happy Mother's Day sweetie!
A calendar! Thats what I need.ReplyDelete
Thanks for reminding me.
- AuroraMay 7, 2009 at 8:37 AM
Won't your mom disown you if you get a tattoo?ReplyDelete
I like that you bought yourself some coloring books. Isn't it funny how when kids get tired of coloring and move onto something else, the adult will still finish their picture?ReplyDelete
Oh, and are you going to hang your pictures on the refrigerator?
Can we meet you for the Pixar tour? I'll buy lunch. Love the court/perspective story. "He's two". Hilarious.ReplyDelete
- KrystenMay 7, 2009 at 7:39 PM
I wish to buy you a kitten pencil to go with your kitten calender, but I'm just too lazy.ReplyDelete
- KrystenMay 7, 2009 at 7:42 PM
Calendar. Ugh. Would you believe I skipped grade 5?ReplyDelete
i want a fancy coloring book for me. that is so much fun! we could be coloring nerds together. oh and a WTWTA tattoo would be AWESOME.ReplyDelete
"Santa" used to put a colouring book in everyone's stocking...mine was always pretty cool heehee....it would be wonderful family chill time!ReplyDelete
happy mama's day to you!


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OWEGO, NY — CPSI Biotech president, Dr. John M. Baust (President and Lead Scientist), presented today at the Cell Culture and Cell Therapy Bioprocessing conference in Philadelphia, PA (June 26-27). CPSI's podium presentation detailed recent studies focused on improving the thawing process and quality of frozen cell and tissue products using CPSI's SmartThaw™ device and RevitalICE™ reagent.
Dr. Baust's presentation featured studies conducted by CPSI researchers on human hematopoietic and mesenchymal stem cells. Commenting on the research, Dr. Baust stated "this study demonstrated that sample quality and processing can be improved using SmartThaw™ and RevitalICE™. SmartThaw™ provides improved processing of frozen products while in many cases also improving viability post-thaw. Further, the RevitalICE™ post-thaw recovery reagent was shown to give researchers the ability to salvage samples which have been cryopreserved using dated approaches."
Providing further insight, Dr. Kristi Snyder (Director of Operations and Principal Scientist) stated "SmartThaw™ provides a viable alternative to water baths offering a clean, dry and documentable process while delivering improved cell recovery." When asked about RevitalICE™, Dr. Snyder stated "RevitalICE™ is the newest member of the SmartBio platform. RevitalICE™ is a molecular based cell culture media additive designed to modulate a cell's recovery response. RevitalICE™ can be used with any sample which is currently frozen, using any type of preservation media, to more effectively recover samples following thawing, thereby improving sample quality and function."
Dr. Baust continued "RevitalICE™ is designed to minimize alterations in cell function thereby improving cryopreservation outcome without front end process changes. This technology offers potential benefit for the billions of samples currently cryopreserved globally today."
Development activities involving SmartThaw™ and RevitalICE™ are ongoing. "We are very excited to take the next steps towards commercialization for both of these technologies. SmartThaw™ will provide a vital link in improving cryopreserved cell handling. We have placed a number of pre-production units with select collaborators to gain end-user feedback to help finalize the product for commercialization. This has been a long process but the information we are collecting on SmartThaw™ has been invaluable. RevitalICE™ remains in the R&D stage, however, reception of the initial data has been very positive" stated Snyder. Currently, CPSI is targeting commercial launch of SmartThaw™ in 2018 with RevitalICE™ following thereafter.


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The Five Enemies of Your Financial Success
The path to financial success is actually surprisingly simple.
Spend less than you earn. Do something sensible with the difference.
That's it. If you do that each month, each year, each decade, you'll have quite a lot of financial success. Debt will melt away. Retirement savings will go up, up, and away.
If it's that simple, then why doesn't everyone do it? If it's that simple, then why are 78% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck?
The reason is simple: Although the path is incredibly straightforward, there are many enemies along the way that will knock you off of that path. They pop up constantly, in different forms and in different numbers, and if you're not ready to handle them, you will fall right off the path to financial success.
These enemies come in many, many different flavors, but they can mostly be boiled down to five groups, with different tactics for handling each one.
Enemy #1: Bad Habits
In other words, you have bad day-to-day routines in your life, ones that add up to a bunch of unnecessary expense. Those bad routines by themselves won't entirely disrupt your progress, but they will slow you down and they will make it easier for other enemies to knock you off the path.
These bad habits and bad routines wear many faces. They take the form of your monthly bills – some are overinflated (like your energy bill), while others are unnecessary (like your cable bill). They take the form of ordinary expenses that you incur multiple times a month without really thinking about it, like eating out for lunch or hitting the coffee shop or buying convenience foods at the grocery store or skipping over the store brands that you've never tried in order to use the more expensive name brands.
People are creatures of habit. Once you firmly establish a routine, you'll probably stick with it for a very long time, usually until something disrupts that habit. Disrupting a habit without some big life change (like moving) is hard.
Here are a few tactics for defeating this enemy.
Keep track of where every dollar goes. At the end of each month, sit down and go through your bank statements and credit card statements and identify what exactly each and every purchase was for. Was it a sensible purchase? Did it add real value to your life? Can you even remember what it was for? (Hint: If you can't remember, it was probably a bad purchase.) Look for patterns in what you're observing, especially in the less worthwhile expenses. Are the bad expenses popping up regularly in certain locations? On certain websites? Those are bad habits that you should be breaking.
Reconsider every single regular expense; if it repeats, particularly once a month (like a monthly bill) or more, carefully re-evaluate it. If a specific expense is repeating in your life, like a monthly bill or a thrice-weekly stop at a coffee shop or a once-weekly stop at a hobby shop, ask yourself seriously whether that expense needs to continue and, if so, whether or not it can be cut in some fashion.
Cut down most of those expenses to the bare minimum, then build them back up as needed. Once you've identified a bunch of regular expenses, it's a good idea to trim them to the bare minimum and then, if you find that this isn't working for you, restore just the expenses you're missing. Try switching all of your regular purchases to store brands, for example, and then only switch back if the store brand doesn't work. Try making cold brew coffee at home in the fridge (it's easy and cheap) and then switch back to the coffee shop if you've tried it a bunch of times and can't make good coffee (I really doubt this will happen).
Enemy #2: Bad Advice (from Everywhere)
When people think of "advice," they tend to think of themselves asking for help or looking for help on something that troubles them in life and then finding someone they trust to give them an answer. Typically, that's good advice… but that's not what we're talking about here.
We're talking about bad advice. We're talking about advice or suggestions that have no real consideration of your actual life, your actual wants and desires and goals. We're talking about suggestions shared in the media for products you "need" (but don't actually need). We're talking about lifestyle suggestions that have nothing to do with your actual wants or desires or life. We're talking about marketing ideas that are far more about selling a product than about improving your life.
Bad advice is everywhere. It's on television. It's on the internet. It's on social media. It can come from the mouth of your best friend or from an overheard conversation on the street.
How can you defeat the enemy of bad advice?
Cut down on your media diet. Spend less time watching television. Spend less time online. Spend less time on social media. Replace that with actually doing things. Go on a hike. Make a great meal. Read a book. Learn a new skill. Have a party. Start a garden. Do something – anything – just cut down on your media intake.
Find ways to spend time with friends that don't involve spending money. If you're going to do something social, make sure that it's not something oriented toward spending money or talking about products or things you want. Avoid retail therapy. Do things at each other's homes or at a free public location like a park.
Look for multiple sources of advice, including experts, before you make a financial move. Whenever you're considering making a financial move or looking for strategies for improving your situation, look for a number of different sources before making a major move. Don't just trust the word of the salesperson or agent, and don't just trust the word of a single article in a major publication. Look around for several sources of advice and go with what they suggest as a whole. One single point of advice might be wrong; a bunch of different points of advice, mostly in alignment with each other, are much more likely to be right.
Enemy #3: Temptation
We're all tempted in our daily lives. We're tempted to be lazy. We're tempted by treats and perks and pleasures. We're tempted by the good thing we can have right now.
The catch, of course, is that temptations are distracting. They grab our focus and pull us away from the big picture. They demand fulfillment right now without any real concern about what might come later.
Spontaneity can sometimes be fun, sure, but when spontaneity drains away lots of resources and cuts off future plans, it becomes a problem. When giving into temptations means giving up on big plans and goals and dreams, it's usually a bad choice, even if it seems really really desirable in the here and now.
How can you tackle temptation?
Practice the 10-second rule. The 10-second rule is a wonderful little trick you can practice any time you're about to make a purchase of any kind or about to put something in your shopping cart. All you have to do is pause for 10 seconds, and during those 10 seconds consider reasons why you shouldn't buy this item. Don't think about why you should buy it, but why you shouldn't. Do you really need it? Could you get it cheaper elsewhere? Is there a better option for your needs? Couldn't this wait until later? Most of the time, non-essential purchases will go right back on the shelf.
Practice the 30-day rule, too. This is a nice supplement to the 10-second rule above, and it pertains very nicely to nonessential purchases of any significant magnitude (for me, the minimum level is the price of a book, about $10). If you have the desire to buy a nonessential item, simply give it 30 days to rest. In 30 days, consider the item again – do you still want it? If so, then start bargain hunting for it, and you can do it patiently because you've already observed you don't need it right away. If not, then just forget about it. I find that about 90% of my wants just go away if I apply this 30-day rule to it.
Delete your credit card number from online accounts, and don't keep your account login information saved. One very easy way to give into temptation before having a chance to think about it is to simply order things with just a click or two online without having to enter payment information. There's nothing wrong with buying online, but when you can go from "impulse" to "ordered item" in just a few seconds, it's really easy to just let temptation run the show. For example, I often run into this with Kindle books – I know very well that I order more than I should, and this depletes my monthly hobby spending more quickly than I'd like. The simple step of removing credit card and account information in as many places as I can keeps me from a lot of little impulsive purchases.
Enemy #4: Bad Perspective
Human beings have a few psychological quirks that served us very well in life up until roughly the industrial revolution, but don't serve us particularly well today.
One of those quirks serves as a giant enemy on the road to financial success, and that's our natural tendency to focus strongly on the short-term perspective rather than the long-term perspective. We put far more weight on today and this week than we do on next year and the rest of our lives.
Sure, we're able to think about and consciously plan for our future, but it's often very nebulous thinking and planning. Most of the time, we play it by ear, and even when we have the best of intentions, short-term objectives and desires will trump long-term objectives and desires unless we're very diligent about focusing on the long-term perspective with our thinking.
How is that bad? If we focus on the short term as a top priority rather than the long term, it becomes so much harder to save for future goals like retirement. The benefits of saving for retirement are incredibly obvious and important, but because it's a long-term goal, the average person doesn't do it very well. A large portion of Americans have nothing saved for retirement, and among those who do, many just have a trivial amount that's often just what their employers automatically put aside for them.
We're bad at long-term thinking in the moment. How can we change that?
Consider your spending choices from a five-year perspective. If you're about to spend money, ask yourself whether, five years from now, you would consider that expenditure to be a worthwhile one. Will your future self think that this purchase was really worthwhile at all? If your future self would think of this purchase as not a very good use of money, then you should strongly consider leaning against it. What I've found is that this line of thinking tends to push me toward minimal spending on myself, though it does encourage social spending and self-improvement spending. I often pair this thinking with time use, something which I'll get back to in a few paragraphs.
Consider what a series of unfortunate events does to your life, and come up with a realistic plan for handling most of that impact. What exactly happens to you if you lose your job and your car breaks down on the same day? How do you handle that? What if you're suddenly diagnosed with a serious illness at the same time that your oldest child moves back in with you? How do you handle those kinds of extreme events? If you don't have an answer that will help you handle a large portion of the impact, then you need to be planning ahead for that impact. Start a big, healthy emergency fund, for starters, and start taking steps to strongly reinforce your career. You should automate those plans by, for example, setting up automatic transfers from your checking to your savings account (for an emergency fund) and scheduling and blocking off time for career improvement. Make it as easy as you possibly can to keep moving forward with those plans.
Consider how you spend your time in a given week and ask yourself if there's not a more personally fulfilling and worthwhile way to spend that time. How much of your time is just wasted in a way that you can't even really identify? How much of it is wasted on things that provide no long-term value and little short-term value (like aimless social media or web surfing or watching unplanned television)? That time is just lost, with no purpose. Start finding ways to cut that lost time, and start using that time for things that will provide value to you now and over the long term of your life. Learn things. Exercise. Get in better shape. Take on tasks that will save you time later, like preparing meals in advance.
Enemy #5: Lack of Knowledge
One final obstacle that stands in the way of financial success is simple lack of knowledge. You might be able to identify that there's a financial problem in your life, but you really don't know how to fix it or how to ensure that it doesn't happen again.
Usually, financial solutions are pretty simple, but if you've never been exposed to the solution to your problem, solving the problem can feel like a tremendous obstacle. This is the value of education – it can take an unanswered question that seems incredibly difficult and complex and break it down into something simple that you can understand and handle and put into action.
Here's how to do just that.
Read personal finance books and independent personal finance sites. If you're struggling with personal finance as a whole or don't understand broad topics such as investing or debt repayment, the best approach is to grab a personal finance book from the library and dig in. If you thrive on seeing those solutions through the filter of a person's real life, then an independent personal finance blog (like this one) is a great additional tool. Both can teach you what you need to know – the books provide the core knowledge and the blogs provide the examples and relatability.
If you hear about a financial topic that you don't understand, take the time to understand it and integrate it into what you already know. So often, people will start learning about a personal finance topic, understand 75% of it, and then get lost on the other 25%. Rather than stopping right there and fixing that deficit, they nod and move on. Don't do that. Whenever you come across a point or a subtopic that you don't understand, stop and learn more about it. Don't come back to the bigger topic unless you understand the specific point that's being made.
Why? It's often the case that later points build upon and rely upon earlier ones, so if you don't understand the earlier ones, you almost never understand the later ones. Plus, it's much easier to stop and learn about a point when you first encounter it, because learning about that single point when you first find it is likely to be quite easy in comparison to trying to figure out where you went wrong later on.
Don't inherently trust the words of an advisor; do the research and figure things out on your own. You should never, ever make major financial decisions based on the advice or ideas of a single person, whether it's a book or a blog or a financial advisor. Don't take one person's word for it if it's a major decision that will have big ramifications in your life. Before making a choice, consult other sources. Verify what a website is saying by looking at other websites and at books. Verify what an advisor is saying by looking at websites and books. Verify what you've learned from books with other sources of information. Don't just rely on one source (and, yes, that includes The Simple Dollar).
Final Thoughts: Fighting the Battle
The real challenge of personal finance success in the modern world isn't following the path to success, which is easy, but in fighting the many different enemies that block your path and force you off of it. It is those who overcome those enemies and keep on the path that find financial security and, eventually, financial independence.
You won't be successful in every battle – no one is. However, if you manage to turn a few losses into wins, you'll find yourself moving faster and faster down the path, with more confidence and momentum than ever before, and that alone will go a long way toward bringing you the success you desire.
This is your journey. There are many who stand in your way. Are you ready to take them on?
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Nintendo Power Ceasing Publication After 24 Years
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Nintendo Power Ceasing Publication After 24 Years
"Difficult to work with" Nintendo is uninterested in continuing Nintendo Power.
For over two decades, Nintendo Power has been one of the most prominent gaming magazines available. The first issue was released in the summer of 1988, and it was published by Nintendo from 1989 to 2007, when Future US took over. Now Nintendo Power is coming to an end after 24 years, with Future US planning to stop publishing the magazine.
The news was originally reported by Ars Technica, and confirmed by Nintendo Power Senior Editor Chris Hoffman on Twitter. Like many publications in the magazine industry, Nintendo Power struggled as online news sources became more and more popular. Nintendo Power saw a 10% decline in circulation in the first half of 2012, with a current monthly readership of about 475,000. According to Ars Technica's source, Nintendo was "difficult to work with," and uninterested in renewing its contract with Future US.
Hoffman stated on Twitter that the staff of Nintendo Power will "try to make the last issues memorable." There's no word yet on how this will affect current subscribers, or exactly how many more issues are left before Nintendo Power shuts down completely. Best of luck to the magazine's editors and staffers, who are reportedly being moved to other Future US publications.
Source: Ars Technica
Wow I didn't even know Nintendo Power was still around...
The funny thing is I actually just subscribed to Nintendo Power...I should be getting my first issue in the next couple of weeks. I never had a subscription as a kid and while I knew this was coming and guess I deserve to lose my...however much my subscription cost (don't remember the price). It seems unfair that Nintendo Power is going under while Game Informer is allowed to continue on.
This is horribly depressing. I may have stopped subscribing over half a decade ago, but I have so many good memories from the old days. I started reading their stuff when I learned how to read! I have issues that date back before the SNES came out!
I don't have enough :( to illustrate my despair.
Me too.
I loved reading Nintendo Power when I was a little kid, and this just makes me sad. It was so cool reading each issue and learning about new easter eggs and cheat codes for a diffrent game.
Now I feel old and depressed. :(
One of my favorite parts about the magazine was seeing games I had never heard of and playing them years later only to remember, "Hey that's right! I remember seeing this game covered in Nintendo Power when I was a kid". This happened with me and Chrono Trigger when I played it for the first time in High School (roughly 10 years after release). I got stuck at one part and instead of looking it up online I dug up an old issue of Nintendo Power and found out what I had to do :P
Now instead of looking in a magazine for game clues, we'll just have to use a web bowser.
I think that killed me a little bit inside.
Same here. That magazine was a huge part of my childhood. It was probably inevitable given the rise of the internet, but seeing it finally die is still sad.
At least I'll still have issue 100 to remember it all by.
Oh well. It was going to happen sooner or later.
Wow... I can't believe it. I thought Nintendo Magazine would just continue on forever, and be one of those things that could never die. Sadly, I've been proven wrong.
At least you can continue using Nintendo Power on the Internet...
I stopped buying Nintendo Power when I moved to Mexico (For fairly obvious reasons). Now that I'm back it feels kind of sad knowing that it's gonna end. I might buy the last few issues to come out, just for good measure.
Nice. To survive almost 20 years after the invention of the Internet is still pretty impressive feat.
Wow...this really is kinda depressing. I never owned a subscription, but it's just always sort of been there, for as long as i can remember. Ah well, best of luck to all those involved with the magazine.
It's horribly, horribly depressing to hear of the demise of Nintendo Power, although I figured it was only a matter of time. I got into NP full-time a bit late (issue 85 was the first issue I had read cover to cover, not including the SMB3 strategy guide), and I am depressed that it's now ending. (Let's hope that Nintendo does something nice for us once they finally print that last issue.)
Good times, man good times.
Time to pour out a cold one for it.
I used to be a subscriber years ago, and I can understand them wanting to quit. What's even the point of having Magazines anymore with the internet? Everything that would be reported in a monthly magazine would have been reported a month earlier.
Instant information 24/7 is making things like newspapers and magazines obsolete.
God, this is sad.
Well, at least in Mexico we still have Club Nintendo, wich is the closest thing to Nintendo Power (and amazingly, it's still being published to this very day), but it's quite sad to see it's inspiration being closed down.
Even if I don't buy any more issues of Club Nintendo since the early 2000's, I fear for the same fate if it ever happens and it certainly saddens me to even think that the very magazine that teached me how to read would close down someday.
I remember my copy of the Super Mario 3 player's guide, with full maps of the completely linear levels. Good times.
Damn. I've been a loyal subscriber since 2004... RIP, Nintendo Power. May Nester live on in our hearts.
What the poop? I remember getting a copy of this when I was like 5 or 6... I thought it had died out like post SNES era...
Didnt this one have a really lame cartoon in it that was always a thinly veiled attempt to sell a Nintendo product? I remember one that had Mario crying because his GameBoy ran out of batteries while he was playing Tetris but Luigi, the smug self serving bastard that he is, had a special extended battery life pack and was able to carry on playing.
One of those things that we all saw coming, but are still hurt when it does actually happen. Still, part of me kinda wished that Nintendo Power would have at least outlasted Game Informer.
Best of luck to all those who were working there. I might actually pick up the final issue when it comes around...
It's a Nintendo Magazine. Of course it wants to sell Nintendo Products!
AVGN did a throwback to them a while back. Man, the memories.
Also, some of the "Cartoons" were quite good, like a Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Manga, or a Super Metroid comic.
Well that made me die a tad inside.
some people say its inevitable the internet replaces print magazines...
however tbh the print gaming magazines haven't done themselves any favours.
most are now only extensions of their websites and they have adopted low content, art heavy, articles that are carbon copies of what you can find on web magazines including a far lower standards and amounts of "journalism" and content.
i remember (and indeed still possess) loads of gaming magazines with full colour multi page guides to every level and secret in a given "hit" game.
while 100% completion youtube videos may exist as well as guides from gamefaqs and the like these at created mostly at the discretion of the fans and besides the experience of their use is simply not the same (the major point missed on the "paper media will wither and die" crowd.)
truly in-depth interviews with a distinct lack of fawning as well as guides on OSs & hardware repair and optimisation which were actually resourced and not sourced from a cloud full of "chinese whispers" as well...
then there's truly objective reviews written once the reviewer had completed the game -.-
and discs included with magazines that contained demos and patches that, in some cases, you actually bought the magazine for. a leverage that hasn't gone away imo. i for one would purchase a magazine with a dvd on it that offered to do away with countless hours of downloading for a major mmo update patch for example or the complete installation of a f2p title.
in short the internet changed the magazines and not for the better.
how much this related to Nintendo power i honestly wouldn't know. (as i never saw it on UK newstands)
but it certainly relates to PC related gaming titles.
and i find the idea that you have to be "in" with the makers of the games to be able to produce a magazine based on them an anathema tbth. all you really need is enough cash in the magazines budget to buy the titles as the come out and the ability to play and write about them well.
Never picked up an issue in my entire life, but it is sad to see an industry mag disappear :-(
Tis a sad day. That's some childhood ending right there. Remember this?
This little free gift brought me so much happiness as a kid.
Could they just move it to online-only, like some other mags have?
well, now I'm getting even more depressed
Man, this is sad. RIP, old friend. This was my first gaming magazine as well as many others'.
This is all the fault of those stupid 'internet magazines'!
But seriously though, if the magazine is shutting down it can't have been all that good.
Yes and no. NP's closing means Nintendo will no longer have a US magazine, but it also has a magazine in nearly every other territory, all of which are not (apparently) ending at the moment.
I still have my copy of Dragon Warrior, delivered by nintendo power.
God damn that game was great.
Also, FF1 Strategy Guide!
God damn I miss those days.
Nintendo Power's goin' under?
Then who will inflict bodily harm on Chris Sheppard??
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Super Four Provincial limited over
Dimuth Karunaratne the Kandy captain celebrates his half century against Dambulla at Dambulla Stadium yesterday.
Sri Lanka Test captain Dimuth Karunaratne further enhanced his chances of getting into the World Cup squad of 15 with another noteworthy knock of 86 off 74 balls (9 fours) to steer Kandy to a seven wickets win over Dambulla in the final Super Four Provincial limited over league match played at Rangiri Dambulla Stadium yesterday.
Dambulla opting to bat first after winning the toss could rack up only 198 off 44.5 overs where only Oshada Fernando and Angelo Mathews got into the forties. Thisara Perera was the chief wrecker of the Dambulla batting taking four wickets for 25.
Kandy spearheaded by Karunaratne's steady innings and supported by an unbeaten half century from Pathum Nissanka (51 off 47 balls) coasted to their target with plenty of overs in hand in the 32nd over to record their first win in the tournament.
Dambulla finished the preliminary round without a single win losing all three games.
In the other match that had no bearing on the standings Colombo and Galle who are both through to the final figured in a no-result at Pallekele with rain allowing only 7.1 overs to be bowled during Colombo's run chase for 259 runs.
Sri Lanka spinner Akila Dananjaya took five wickets for 53 for Colombo.
Galle skipper Lasith Malinga stood from the match and Lahiru Thirimanne led the side.
* At Dambulla: Kandy won by 7 wickets.
Dambulla 198 in 44.5 overs (Oshada Fernando 44, Bhanuka Rajapaksa 27, Angelo Mathews 47, Ashan Priyanjan 24, Thisara Perera 4/25, Jeffrey Vandersay 2/40)
Kandy 199-3 in 31.3 overs (Dimuth Karunaratne 86, Sangeeth Cooray 33, Pathum Nissanka 51 n.o.)
* Pallekele: No Result.
Galle 258-9 in 50 overs (Dhananjaya de Silva 34, Minod Bhanuka 37, Wanindu Hasaranga 56, Lahiru Madushanka 42, Dushmantha Chameera 23, Chamika Karunaratne 2/48, Akila Dananjaya 5/53)
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The UK department store chain John Lewis will tap into multiple data sources made available by the tech company to personalise experiences, based on geolocation, website interaction and previous purchase behaviour.
Jon Carthew, senior online insight manager at John Lewis, said: "Customer service and satisfaction is a key cornerstone of our proposition across all channels.
"With continued growth in eCommerce and increasing numbers of consumers looking to shop online, we aim to use the Monetate platform to optimise the customer journey through johnlewis.com."
John Lewis revealed its Christmas trading figures last week, with the week commencing 19 December 2016 – which included two extra days of sales as the comparative week in 2015 included Christmas Day and Boxing Day – seeing sales of £175.6 million or a 36% increase year on year.
The following week, which included Christmas Day and Boxing Day this year, and last year included New Year's Day when most of the retailer's shops were not open, saw trade fall 9.4% year on year, totalling £138.5 million.
Maggie Porteous, director for shop trade at John Lewis, commented: "Desire to make Christmas dinner tables and homes look great for friends and family drove last minute online shopping purchases on johnlewis.com.
"Eight of the top ten selling items online before Christmas were household items and included sets of china, white plates and cereal bowls. Click & collect orders were busy right up to the last collection day on Christmas Eve, and orders for that week were up 15.9% year on year. "
She added: "The busiest shopping hour online was between 6pm and 7pm on Christmas Eve, soon after clearance began, and on Christmas Day the peak hour for placing orders was between 9pm and 10pm. Online Clearance best-sellers included Mulberry handbags, Dyson vacuum cleaners and Samsung televisions, along with beauty gift sets. The busiest day in our shops was 27 December as customers sought bargains after our shops opened again for clearance."


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ANDREWS – In 2006, new federal standards were created for the amounts of arsenic and fluoride that are allowed in drinking water. That meant Andrews was no longer in compliance. After years of research, the town finally adopted a new technology that will improve their water.
"We started the process back in 2007 to try to find a cost effective and water conserving technology that would take the arsenic and fluoride out of the water supply," Andrews City Manager, Glen Hackler, said.
The new technology is called Activated Alumina Absorption. Andrews will be the first small town in the state to adopt the new water treatment.
"It's actually a process where you inject some chemicals in the water at a pre-high rate of speed so that you can remove or at least get at a much smaller level of arsenic and fluoride in the water supplies so that it's beyond or below the federal limits," Hackler said.
Cardinal Contractors Inc. were given the bid for this project. The total cost will be $5,000,000. Although this will improve the water in Andrews, the current water does not pose any immediate health risk.
"I think it's very debatable of whether or not there is a health issue involved. We definitely know that high rates of fluoride can have adverse effects on teeth and younger people. The arsenic levels that you're talking about are far less than effects that would be adverse to human health," Hackler said.
This long term solution is expected to help pave the way for other small towns.
"We can advertise that we are a superior drinking water community which means that we're well within compliance with state and federal standards. That's a big deal," Hackler said.
Construction on the new plant is expected to start this October and be done within a year.
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• Andrews was found to have a natural level of fluoride in their drinking water of 4.9 ppm – see http://www.fluoridealert.org/wp-content/pesticides/levels/texas.html
• See 2009 article which also gives arsenic levels (30 ppb), Reverse osmosis units could be installed in every Andrews household


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At this year's Download Festival one unlucky punter punted a Golden Delicious at the Main Stage during Cradle Of Filth's set. This meant that dreadlocked frontman Dani Filth launched a truly unholy tirade of insults upon said individual, culminating in a most wonderful slur: "An apple? Who throws an apple? You? You rubbish wanker." That is by no means verbatim, but you get the general idea and it was funny. Okay, I guess you had to be there. Rubbish wanker, though. Come on. That's funny. No? Okay.
Dani Filth recently engaged in a vapid session of answering Some Questions, and we at DiS are proud to publish the answers from the great one, if only because he didn't call us either rubbish or wankers. Not to our faces, anyway.
If you could be drowned in anything, what would it be?
Naked female flesh. Or booze. Or Lovecraftian tentacles.
Have you had any near-death experiences?
Once on mushrooms. I transcended the universe, becoming one with God until a friend's persistent nagging brought me back from beyond the veils of death and into his rather manky flat in Colchester.
Definitely a mushroom
But is it magic?
What are your favourite websites?
Secretary porn and weird and wonderful sports cars.
If you could make one already-written book as important and integral to Western society as the Bible, what would it be?
The gospel of FILTH [not a real book – library-bound Ed].
Do you believe in a God?
Yes I do, although it is an amalgam of all the relevant bits of other religious deities, including of course, the nasty ones. To avoid debates with so-called people-in-the-know, I get away with saying I'm a pagan.
What's your favourite alternative porn title for a Hollywood blockbuster?
Schindler's Fist.
What is your favourite country?
England, because despite all it's faults, I'm a patriot.
Are you a vegetarian?
Hardly. I like blood too much.
What has been your most notable experience with fans and admirers?
They have all been good. Our fans are the dog's bollocks and are continually surprising us with their dedication to the cause and, of course, their endless enthusiasm for our musical output.
The band spends so much time together, how do you stay friends?
Voodoo dolls, love triangles, lawsuits and forced grins.
What advice would you give someone coming to one of your gigs?
Try not to fall in love with the elder guitarist, bring stout earplugs and perhaps a little picnic for the interval.
What's your favourite booze and why?
All of them… because I'm an alcoholic.
What's your favourite drug and why?
Cocaine, although I rarely do it for that reason alone.
Who or what do you miss the most?
My wife and daughter every time I go out on tour. Oh, and my cat and Ultimate Dalek.
What's your favourite childhood memory?
A holiday at my grandparents had whilst moving schools.
What was your worst haircut?
A dye job when I was at sixth form that went wrong (it went orange), one that my mother contributed to by misjudging an under shave and making it bald. For about a week I looked like a ginger vulture.
On a scale of 1-10, how good do you look naked?
It depends what sex is looking. Since my detox diet, I reckon I could pass as an eight if the viewer didn't see my face.
Name three things you could not live without.
Sex. Cars. Heavy metal music.
Dani Filth strongly and sternly suggests that you DiScover New Project, Eggs Benedict and Dimmu Borgir. Yeah, I didn't think you'd have heard of them either! Failing that, he would say you should go to Wacken Festival in Germany. He says it's "metal central" and he's absolutely correct.
Having released Thornography on Roadrunner Records in October, Cradle Of Filth are set to go on tour in December. Here are the dates…
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18 Birmingham Academy
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THE HAGUE, January 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ —
Royal Dutch Shell plc ("Shell") (NYSE: RDS.A)(NYSE: RDS.B)announces the poll result from today's General Meeting held at the Circustheater, Circusstraat 4, 2586 CW, The Hague, The Netherlands. Shell shareholders expressed their support for the recommended combination with BG Group plc ("BG") by carrying the resolution to approve and implement the transaction.
Full details of the resolution passed, together with explanatory notes, are set out in the Shell shareholder circular dated December 22, 2015 (the "Circular"), including notice of the General Meeting, which is available at http://www.shell.com. The resolution was proposed as an ordinary resolution.
The expected timetable of remaining principal events remains as set out in the Circular.
Should BG shareholders approve the offer at shareholder meetings to be held on January 28, 2016, the transaction would be expected to complete on February 15, 2016, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain customary conditions, including the sanction of the scheme of arrangement to implement the combination by the High Court of Justice.
Commenting on the shareholder vote, Ben van Beurden, CEO of Shell, said:
"I am delighted with the positive shareholder vote and the confidence that shareholders have shown in the strategic logic of the combination of Shell and BG. Our immediate focus is on the successful completion of the transaction and we now await the results of tomorrow's BG shareholder vote."
Results of the Shell General Meeting
VOTES RESOLUTION VOTES FOR % AGAINST % TOTAL VOTES To approve the 3,272,360,952 83.08 666,259,619 16.92 3,938,620,571 acquisition of BG Group plc by the Company , as more particularly described in the Notice of General Meeting RESOLUTION % OF ISC VOTES To approve the VOTED WITHHELD acquisition of BG 61.24% 22,241,824 Group plc by the Company , as more particularly described in the Notice of General Meeting
Please note that votes withheld are not votes under English law and have not been counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes 'for' and 'against' the resolution. Pursuant to the Listing Rules, a copy of the resolution will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at: http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.
Shell Shareholders may request a hard copy of this announcement by contacting Equiniti during business hours on +44 (0)121 415 7073 or by submitting a request in writing to Equiniti at Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing, West Sussex BN99 6DA.
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Set in modern day Los Angeles, Spread is a hard biting story about a high-end lothario, Nikki (Ashton Kutcher), who has slept his way into a life of privilege. He shares his secrets with us as he hosts parties and beds scores of women, all while living it up at the Hollywood Hills home of a middle-aged female attorney, Samantha (Anne Heche). Everything is going swimmingly until Nikki meets a gorgeous waitress named Heather (Margarita Levieva), who, unbeknownst to him, is playing the same game that he is.
Actors:Sonia Rockwell,Ashton Kutcher,Sebastian Stan,Hart Bochner,Margarita Levieva,Anne Heche
Description:SPREAD is a fresh, funny, and racy look at the trials and tribulations of sleeping your way to a life of privilege in Los Angeles. Comic and karmic, the film is an "immorality tale" about a gorgeous guy who gives women what they want in order to live exactly as he likes. In SPREAD, Nikki (Ashton Kutcher) isn't a gigolo. He's a sexual grifter, a fun-loving, freeloading hipster who understands his greatest assets are his looks and sexual prowess, which he uses to charm his way into the hearts of the city's richest women and enjoy their lifestyle. Nikki gets a free place to live, fantastic gifts, A-list access, and plenty of sex. The women get to feel young, beautiful and utterly fulfilled in the bedroom. It's a mutually beneficial set-up. Nikki's latest conquest is Samantha (Anne Heche), a stunning middle-aged lawyer who gives him more than he's ever had before. But then he meets a gorgeous waitress his own age named Heather (Margarita Levieva). She comes to visit Nikki at Samantha's house while Samantha is out of town, sees what an incredible place it is and comes to the mistaken conclusion it's his. Unbeknownst to Nikki, Heather lives by playing the same game. When Samantha comes home, she discovers Nikki's infidelity and he's put out on the street. With nowhere else to turn, Nikki pulls out all the stops to win Heather over and they begin to form their own kind of bond. Sexually charged by a game of one-upsmanship, each shows the other their best grifts, and they unexpectedly begin falling in love the one thing they can't do in the life they lead. Soon, the truth of their unfolding relationship forces a choice between love and money, and Nikki has to decide whether he can live on his own once and for all in the hopes of finding something real.


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Arpke, Bremen, concert, Hamburg, Mönchengladbach, photography, Travel
Hey hey,
The last four days with Chris were great!! In Berlin we played the Ramones Museum and it was nice to have such a good mix of people in the audience. From age 15 tip 81 and it seemed like we all had a great time! It was sad that Flo couldn't make it due to a double date, but hopefully next time..
On Saturday we drove to Arpke. I've told Julia and Chris a lot about this unknown place near Braunschweig and I think they instantly fell in love with the Hinterhof as well. Tilmann-Tigeryouth was also overwhelmed by the great food and the incredible kindness of everyone!! Tobi and the others put sofas in the concert room for the listeners to crash on and to create a comfy atmosphere. Watching Chris and Tilmann play was so damn great! The concert was just beautiful. Here are some photos from Arpke:
"Closed eyes and gothic piano"
"Joana and Tilmann in the chill-out lounge"
"Tilmann aka. Tigeryouth in front of stage"
"The solitary life of a singer-songwriter"
In the night after the show we drove to my parent's place in Bremen. In the morning we made a short sight-seeing trip through Bremen with Chris.
After the trip we went to Hamburg and I promised Chris a nice harbor view while driving into the city but I just couldn't find the right way. So Chris, you need to be back soonish! After a weekend of protests and party and work, everyone was so dam tired. However, thank you all for still coming out! To me the acoustic-sofa-sitback-concert was a nice match for the whole feel if the day. I wanna thank Yannig, Chris and everyone who helped and made vegan cakes!!! It was a delicious Sunday evening.
"Chris riding the pigs in Bremen"
"Under the make-a-wish star in Bremen"
On Monday morning we made our way to Wassenberg with a short break in Mönchengladbach. All Chris needs is cafe, french fries and a beer every once in a while. We bought some last-minute Christmas presents as well.
Arriving in Wassenberg we met at Felix' and Annette's place. They made great dinner for us and made us feel very welcome from the first minute on.
The show was a very different experience to the very quiet audiences the last nights, but that was OK as well. There were a lot of people at the Bucanero and most of them haven't seen in a while, so there was a lot to talk about.. We still had a great time but could still feel the lack of sleep of the last days in our bones.
Thanks so much to everyone who still listened to the musicians that night!
I wanna thank Flo and the crew of Ramones Museum, Tobi, Jan and the whole Hinterhof crew, Yannig, Horrorbiz-Chris and everyone who helped, and Felix, Annette, David and everyone at the Bucanero!
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Spain's latest bank reform deserves two cheers. The country has finally owned up to the fallout from its housing bust by requiring lenders to set aside an extra 50 billion euros to cope with possible losses on their 323 billion euros of exposure to property developers. While this will help, the deteriorating economy means more provisions will be needed. The bigger listed banks can cope, but the state will still be on the hook for part of the cleanup.
The extra buffer will double the overall coverage of dud real estate loans to 55 percent, according to Cheuvreux estimates, which is a decent cushion. But that figure is based on balance sheet figures from June 2011. While the government has also asked for banks to set aside around 10 billion euros against property loans that are currently still good, Spain's economic slide means problem loans are continuing to pile up – and not just in real estate.
Spain's listed banks, which account for 65 percent of the system, will have to find an additional 18 billion euros in provisions and capital, according to Barclays Capital estimates. Big groups like Santander and BBVA can handle the burden, though they may have to defer the cleanup until after June deadline set by European regulators for boosting capital ratios. Bankia, which some analysts estimate faces potential extra provisions of between 5 and 7 billion euros, also says it can raise the funds on its own, but this looks more doubtful.
The government is also attempting to spur consolidation by giving merging banks an extra year to make the provisions. This will help domestic lenders such as Banco Popular and Banco Sabadell, which are already in the process of combining with other banks, and will provide an incentive for strong players to acquire the weaker ones. That would reduce the cost of taxpayer bailouts. However, as merging banks will also have the option of receiving fresh capital from Spain's bailout fund, the government will still have to chip in.
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Effective January 31, 2014, the Statement of Investment Policies and Goals (SIP&G) for Sun Life Financial's Granite Series of Target Date and Multi-Risk Target Date Segregated Funds (Granite Target Date funds) has been updated with two slight changes in the Rebalancing section of the SIP&G.
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Batsman Darren Bravo and allrounder Andre Russell have returned to the West Indies squad for the World Twenty20 to be played in Sri Lanka. Bravo had to return to the West Indies from the tour of England after suffering a groin injury and missed the home series against New Zealand as a result. Russell had missed the T20 leg of the series against New Zealand in Florida due to an injury he had picked up in England, but played the ODI series in the Caribbean thereafter.
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Poems: "hood," "chunked" "in the summer months," "mild death," and "low level ache."
Sara Ries was born in Buffalo, New York, where her parents owned a diner since she was two-years-old. She holds an MFA from Chatham University, where she received the Best Thesis in Poetry Award. Her first book, Come In, We're Open, won the Stevens Poetry Manuscript Competition and was published in June 2010 by the NFSPS Press. Her poem, "Fish Fry Daughter," was selected by Ted Kooser for his American Life in Poetry column. She currently hosts the Poetry & Dinner Night Reading Series at the Woodlawn Diner and teaches at Erie Community College.
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McDonald's 'Temporarily' Shutters All Its Restaurants in Crimea
McDonald's announced that it has "temporarily" shut down all three of its restaurants in Crimea, the formerly autonomous region of Ukraine recently annexed by Russia.
The company said on Friday that it had no choice but to shutter its restaurants in the cities of Yalta, Simferopol and Sevastopol due to the "suspension of necessary financial and banking services," presumably a reference to United States-imposed sanctions against Russia that froze certain bank funds.
"Like many other multi-national companies, McDonald's is currently evaluating potential business and regulatory implications which may result from the evolving situation in Crimea," the company said in a statement on its website. "We believe it is prudent and responsible to sort through these details thoroughly."
Tensions between the U.S. and Russia escalated to the highest point since the Cold War in late March after Russia annexed Crimea, a peninsula that was an autonomous region at the South of Ukraine until Moscow invaded it earlier that month. The U.S. does not recognize that Crimea is controlled by Russia; the U.S. and Russia have issued sanctions against one another including travel bans on high-ranking Russian and American officials.
The U.S. has also locked assets at Bank Rossiya reportedly worth $10 billion. All Americans and American businesses with funds tied to that bank will not have access to them as long as the sanctions remain.
While there was no explicit mention of the political situation in the McDonald's statement, the Russian leader of the Liberal Democrat Party seemed to regard the announcement as a shot at Russia. Vladimir Zhirinovsky, whose party backs Russian President Vladimir Putin, declared that all 400-plus McDonald's restaurants in Russia should be shut down or picketed, and threatened that Pepsi may be the next American company to get the boot.
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WWE Legend The Undertaker has removed all references to WWE from his social media accounts. In addition, The Deadman is promoting a link where he is accepting booking dates.
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