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WASHINGTON -- Perhaps the most important thing President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney can do to win the job of president for the next four years it to show they can help other Americans find a job.
Hit by a great recession and now stuck in a weak recovery, the country has grappled with a jobless rate above 8 percent since February 2009, Obama?s first full month in office. That stretch of 43 months is the longest prolonged period of unemployment above 8 percent since record keeping began in 1948. It long ago passed the 27 months recorded during Ronald Reagan?s first term.
Roughly 7.9 million jobs were lost during the Great Recession, which spanned December 2007 to June 2009. Job growth turned positive in March 2010 and has stayed that way except for a few stray months. Yet 12.5 million Americans remain unemployed, and another 8 million work part time and are seeking full-time jobs. Hiring remains sluggish.
?The weakness in the job market during this economic recovery is due to a hiring shortfall of about 1 million per month,? said Mark Zandi, chief economist for forecaster Moody?s Analytics and an analyst sought out by politicians from both major parties.
?Hiring prior to the Great Recession was running at near 5.25 million per month. Hiring is currently running close to 4.25 million per month,? Zandi said. ?The economy is experiencing net job growth only because layoffs are extraordinarily low.?
The two major party candidates offer very different prescriptions to help the country create more jobs.
Obama offers a plan that depends largely on government spending and tax cuts. Economists say the Obama plan could create 1 million to 1.9 million new jobs through short-term efforts to stimulate hiring, coupled with continuation of longer-term efforts already started to promote employment in emerging ?green technologies? and spending on education to better prepare the nation?s future workforce.
Romney offers a different path that avoids targeted short-term government spending in favor of moves to improve the overall environment for business. He promises 12 million new jobs over four years through a revamp of both government taxation and spending, and pro-business strategies such as a lighter regulatory hand by federal agencies. The 12 million might be a safe bet: It?s in with Federal Reserve estimates of a return to full employment around 2017.
There?s evidence that both approaches could work, according to David Card, a labor economist at the University of California, Berkeley, and head of labor studies for the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Germany, he said, has been criticized for its high taxes, big health insurance costs and a strong government hand in regulating industry. Those are all things Republicans accuse Obama of seeking, and yet today Germany is one of the few developed nations that continues to do well despite a global economic slowdown.
Similarly, said Card, the smaller government, low regulation approach advocated by Romney has been undertaken in Hong Kong and has helped the former British jewel and now satellite of China become an economic powerhouse.
?The connection between these tax changes and policy changes are just so hard to figure out,? Card said, offering voters little help. ?An economy can do well both ways.?
Email: khall@mcclatchydc.com; Twitter:@KevinGHall This is the first of the McClatchy News Service?s analyses of five major presidential campaign issues. The others will be taxes, foreign policy, social issues and Medicare/Social Security.
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I see no significant opposition from the democrats, so there's no point in trying to discuss only half the picture.
No because they've only been trying to keep the fuckwit retards of the Teabag Party from shutting down our entire country for the last two years.
While I'm admittedly bothered by this, this is a direct result of caving to the "we're too BROOOOOKE" mythology of the retard right that can always find a hundred billion or two to start a fucking war, but has a full-blown hissyfit meltdown when someone tries to fund health insurance for poor kids.
In other words, you don't see any significant oppo from the Dems because they've been fighting a gridlocked, deliberately-sabotaged government for several years now.
But, trying to actually understand what is going on in your little world is probably too much effort, judging from the laziness of your thinking.
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Many science fiction fans would argue that "Star Trek: The Next Generation" is the best series in the "Star Trek" franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. Looking back at the show on its 25th Anniversary, it's easy to see why.?Debuting on September 28, 1987,?over 20 years after the original "Star Trek" series, the show?lasted seven seasons and was nominated for, and won, multiple awards.?The success of this?spin off?led to the creation of 3 other series in the franchise: "Deep Space Nine," "Voyager," and "Enterprise," as well as multiple feature films.?
Taking a look back at the engaging characters and strong?story lines is enough to one miss having a "Star Trek" show on the small screen. From Captain Picard's many uses of the words "engage" and "make it so" to the amazing theme song?to the ethical questions the show presented, it is unforgettable even all these years later.
To celebrate this milestone anniversary, here's a roundup of seven of the best episodes from the series.
"Yesterday?s Enterprise" (Season 3, episode 15)
This is an episode with all the classic elements of "Star Trek": temporal rifts, space battles, and a major moral dilemma. After encountering the rift, the Enterprise enters an alternate timeline where they are at war with the Klingon empire and there is no Worf or Deanna on the ship. Instead we see the return of Tasha Yar (who was killed in season one) and the appearance of the Enterprise C, which?barely escaped destruction at the hands of the Romulans by leaving?the past using?the rift.
In order to set the timeline straight, the original Enterprise needs to send the crew of the Enterprise C back to the past to face certain death. All those lives must be sacrificed in order to set things right, a decision that is difficult for the present crew. This episode also gives another one of the most memorable lines in the series said by Captain Picard. One that is especially appropriate for this anniversary: ?Let?s make sure history never forgets the name Enterprise.?
"The Measure of a Man" (Season 2, episode 9)
This episode is a perfect example of what's so great about "The Next Generation."?There?s no need for an action-packed space battle to keep this episode interesting, as the Enterprise crew faces a more intriguing battle with android crew member Data at the very center of it. When the beloved android refuses to submit to a Star Fleet researcher?s risky procedure, he finds himself dragged into a legal battle fighting for his very existence: Is he a machine, just Federation property that can be taken apart at any moment, or a sentient being with the same rights as any other living being under Federation law?
Tackling these types of moral dilemmas is what makes "Star Trek" such an unforgettable series. Captain Picard?s stirring speech at the end is moving, powerful, and shows off actor Patrick Stewart?s classical background to the fullest. How can anyone question Data?s right to choose as a person after watching Picard?s amazing argument in the clip above?
"Chain of Command" (Season 6, 2-parter)
Sent on a covert mission to a Cardassian border planet, Picard, Worf, and Crusher walk into a trap that results in the capture of the captain. A prisoner of the Cardassians, the episode takes a dark turn as Picard is tortured at the hands of his captors.?A lot of TV shows have tried to address the issue of torture in the past, some succeeding and some failing, but this two-parter does an excellent job portraying a powerful story focusing on Picard?s struggle to resist torture at the hands of the Cardassians.
This is a strong story that goes back and forth between Picard's agony and his crew's fight to rescue him.?It?s a great performance by the cast and guest stars Ronny Cox (who plays Captain Jellico, the one in charge of the Enterprise in Picard?s?absence) and David Warner (who plays Picard's Cardassian torturer.) You can never forget Picard?s final proclamation that ?There are four lights!??
Phantasms (Season 7, episode 6)
Talk about an irresistible pick! While not the strongest of episodes in some ways, it?s the?perfect example of the type of sci-fi fun that can be had on a show like "Star Trek."?It?s an episode that takes us for a ride in our favorite android?s dreams, or rather nightmares, as Data's unconscious tries to warn him about an alien presence on the ship.
Between seeing Deanna as a talking cake, Crusher drinking Riker?s brain through a straw, and visits from Sigmund Freud, it provides us with laughs only a "Star Trek" episode can offer. Like many of the episodes featuring Data, it has just enough heart to make you?smile?too. The scene where Data asks Worf to take care of his cat Spot and then gives him cat-sitting advice is priceless because it?s not only funny, but sweet to see how much Data cares for his pet.
"The Inner Light" (Season 5, episode 25)
In this episode the Enterprise discovers an alien probe that knocks Picard unconscious with some kind of beam. When he wakes up he?s on a primitive planet and everyone thinks he?s an iron weaver named Kamin, a married man who likes to try playing the flute! Picard ends up living a lifetime, growing old with a wife, children and grandchildren only to wake up back on the Enterprise and discover he?s been knocked out for about 25 minutes.
It?s an amazing episode showcasing the acting of Stewart, and even won the 1993?Hugo Award for best dramatic presentation. That?final?scene with Picard clutching and playing the flute, clearly thinking of the family he had that no longer exists, is truly moving and unforgettable.
"The Best of Both Worlds" (Season 3/4, two-parter)
This episode has everything you could want from a confrontation between the Enterprise and their ultimate nemesis, the Borg. From major space battles to the transformation of Picard into Locutus to Riker's struggle to deal with taking on the mantle of Captain, it's an amazing cliffhanger episode with a more than satisfying conclusion. It?s definitely why this episode can be considered THE best of the series.?
Nothing gives you more chills than hearing Picard of all people say??Resistance is futile.?
"All Good Things?" (Season 7, series finale)
... must sadly come to an end, even "Star Trek: The Next Generation." As the series finale, this episode had a tough job trying to please fans who were saying goodbye. While no finale was going to please everyone, the intriguing?story line?in this episode does a good job combining all our?favorite?elements of "The Next Generation."?With time travel, touching crew moments, action, a complex problem, and of course a return to show's premiere plot with a visit from Q, it is certainly a classic episode.
Picard ends up jumping through time, to the past and the future, allowing us to re-visit familiar faces from the Enterprise?s early days and go 25 years into the future to glimpse what might become of our beloved characters. Of course in the end Picard?s efforts save the whole of humanity (as it should be) and the series closes on a friendly poker game played by the main characters, allowing us to see them happy and together one last time. This episode also won a?Hugo Award for best dramatic presentation?in 1995, and it's easy to see why.
And since there's not enough space to cover all the greats, honorable mentions go to these classic episodes: "Darmok," "The First Duty," and "Cause and Effect."
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Nowadays, with sustainability dominating the charts across majority global issues, an increasing number of event organizers are planning to go green with the events that they are organizing. This helps them to move up a step ahead in the path to reduce environmental burdens. The motive behind green events is to eliminate the negative impact on the environment. Usage of energy efficient materials, proper treatment of food wastage, usage of recyclable materials, etc. are some of the elements that need to be taken care of whilst organizing a green event.
Though events bring together thousands of people and contribute to the local economy but environmentally and socially it leads to creation of tons of waste, use of exorbitant amounts of electricity and increase in carbon monoxide emissions. As per reports put forward by the United Nations World Tourism Organization, tourism's contribution to climate change accounts for approximately 5% of all carbon monoxide emissions. Organizers must therefore strategize on serious efforts to reduce carbon emissions and play a part to a greener and better environment.
Let me now outline some of the benefits of organizing green events that are increasingly making it the preferred choice amongst modern day event organizers.
Contributes To Environmental Protection:
Green events can contribute greatly towards overall environmental protection. By incorporating and implementing sustainable practices while event planning like choosing an energy efficient venue, ensuring composting of food waste, usage of recyclable materials can greatly ensure preservation of the planet.
Improves Company's CSR Responsibility:
Going green largely reflects the organization's commitment towards ensuring a sustainable environment. In a company's Corporate Social Responsibility lies its duty to ensure welfare of the host community and the environment as a whole via basic elements of event planning, implementation and its evaluation. Going green add to the element of welfare for both, thereby enhancing the company's CSR.
Cost Effective:
Green events are quite cost effective since the bulk of the necessary equipments used are either biodegradable or can be re-used for future use. This allows companies to reduce waste and cut costs thus allowing organizers to gain a significant competitive advantage.
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These sustainable events can pave the way by example a brilliant stage and great means to spread the message of reducing environmental burdens amongst the attending participants and staff. The benefits of such events initiate more awareness of the greening process amongst attendees. This will help participants to become a part of more long term solutions therefore altering their environmental practices and the decision-making process. Such consciousness also helps them grow into better human beings and contribute greatly to the environment.
These are some of the benefits that organizers can enjoy once they go green.
Jonathan is a professional event planner. Event professionals worldwide are increasingly relying on automated software to streamline the online event registration, payment management, and attendee relationship management. Acteva is the market leader in providing event registration solutions at competitive price.
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This Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, photo, shows a Campbell Soup Co. factory in Sacromento, Calif. The world's largest soup maker said it will close Sacramento plant that has about 700 full-time workers. The plant, which makes soups, sauces and beverages is the company's oldest in the country.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
This Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, photo, shows a Campbell Soup Co. factory in Sacromento, Calif. The world's largest soup maker said it will close Sacramento plant that has about 700 full-time workers. The plant, which makes soups, sauces and beverages is the company's oldest in the country.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
This Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, photo, shows a Campbell Soup Co. factory in Sacromento, Calif. The world's largest soup maker said it will close Sacramento plant that has about 700 full-time workers. The plant, which makes soups, sauces and beverages is the company's oldest in the country.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
Campbell Soup Co. announced it was closing two U.S. plants including the one in Sacramento, Calif., seen Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. The world's largest soup maker said it will close Sacramento plant that has about 700 full-time workers. The plant, which makes soups, sauces and beverages is the company's oldest in the country.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
In this Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011, photo, cans of Campbell's soup are seen in Moreland Hills, Ohio. Campbell Soup Co. announced Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, that it will be closing two U.S. plants and cutting more than 700 jobs as it looks to trim costs amid declining canned soup consumption.(AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
NEW YORK (AP) ? Campbell Soup Co. is closing two U.S. plants and cutting more than 700 jobs as it looks to trim costs amid declining consumption of its canned soups.
The world's largest soup maker said Thursday that it will close a plant in Sacramento, Calif., that has about 700 full-time workers. The plant, which makes soups, sauces and beverages, was built in 1947 and is the company's oldest in the country. That also means it has the highest production costs of Campbell's four U.S. soup plants.
Campbell also plans to shutter a spice plant in South Plainfield, N.J. that has 27 employees. Production will be shifted to the company's other spice plant in Milwaukee.
Employees at the two closing plants were notified that there would be a meeting at 6 a.m. local time Thursday; about 400 workers showed up in California, where they were told of the closure.
"It's always difficult, even when there's a business case that is compelling," said Anthony Sanzio, a Campbell spokesman. "You're dealing with people, and this is going to impact 700 employees who've worked together closely for many years."
CEO Denise Morrison, who was been on the job for about a year, was not present at the meeting.
The announcement comes as Campbell looks to freshen up its image with dozens of new soup flavors and sauces intended to lure younger consumers. Many of the new products come in pouches designed to convey a fresher feel, rather than the iconic steel cans that have long defined the company.
Those new pouches are manufactured with another party and are not made at Campbell's soup plants.
Although Campbell makes other products such Pepperidge Farm baked goods and V8 vegetable juices, soups account for half its revenue. And the Camden, N.J.-based company has struggled to fix the soup unit.
Over the past decade, overall canned soup consumption is down 13 percent, according to the research firm Euromonitor International, as fresh soups have become more widely available at supermarkets and restaurants. Campbell's share of the market has also declined to 53 percent, down from 67 percent a decade earlier.
To expand into products with more growth potential, Campbell this summer purchased Bolthouse Farms in a $1.55 billion cash deal. The company says the move will help it stake a claim in the fresh packaged food category, which is growing at a faster clip than the broader packaged food market.
Campbell Soup has about 19,900 employees globally. The company said the California plant is expected to close by July 2013 and the New Jersey plant by March 2013.
The company expects the closings to result in about $115 million in pre-tax costs. Its actions will also require about $27 million in capital spending.
Annual savings are predicted to be about $30 million starting in fiscal 2016.
Shares of Campbell were down 19 cents at $34.67.
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Many of us grew up on Star Wars, Star Trek, James Bond, and any number of other movies and TV series which featured highly futuristic technology such as wristwatch video cameras, holograms, and transporter beams. Some of those things are still just the stuff of imagination (no one can "beam us up" just yet). Others have become reality. In some cases, the technology we've developed is actually superior to the fantastic tech that used to hold us glued to the movie screen in awe.
From motorized wall systems to cell phones to an ultra-silent TV lift, here are the top three ways in which our actual technology of today is better than the science fiction writers and movie producers envisioned the technology of the distant future to be:
Our technology is quieter. Have you seen one of today's ultra-silent TV lifts? While they're not in everyone's home yet, they are quickly becoming a popular luxury item. With the push of a button, you can lower your television from the ceiling or raise it from the floor or a cabinet. Nothing like the whirring, whizzing and buzzing similar technology makes in old sci-fi movies, an ultra-silent TV lift is just that: very quiet.
Our tech devices are smaller. Sure, your favorite space opera featured com-links that allowed you to speak to people across the galaxy, but they were huge. Today's cell phones fit into the palm of your hand nicely. The same goes for computers. The laptop or PC you're reading this on has more capacity than the computers used to calculate the particulars of our first trip to the moon.
Our tech devices are readily available. The modern home is becoming more and more high tech every day. These days, it's easy to buy motorized wall systems which allow you to raise or lower a TV, projector or other electronic equipment. Everyone has a computer. Even the poorest among us has gadgets and gizmos which were the stuff of science fiction two generations ago.
Chances are, you already have a laptop computer and many other high tech amenities. If you don't have an ultra-silent TV lift yet, chances are you'll be adding one soon enough (they're more affordable than you may think). While it's unlikely that you'll be buying a laser gun any time soon, the days of small computers, digital cameras, ultra silent TV lifts, and motorized wall systems is upon us
This article is brought to you by Tupac Roberts, Vice President of Inca Corporation. Learn more about TV lifts, automation equipment and controls to enhance your home theater/entertainment center, by visiting our website at http://www.inca-tvlifts.com.
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NBC News photographer Jim Seida spent a day shooting stills?with the iPhone 5, along with the iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, the new Samsung?Galaxy S III and a high-end point-and-shoot from Nikon, the P7000. The results? While the iPhone 5's 8-megapixel camera performed well, it did not noticeably?outperform its most recent forebear. But there was one way that the iPhone 5 clearly?bested the 4S.
The key to the test was that Seida didn't use any special apps, just the native camera mode, and the only manipulation he did was to tap the same spot on the screen each time, to focus the camera and determine the exposure.
By?comparing low-light portraits of Seida's colleague, you can see a slight reduction in noise compared to the 4S, but the picture itself is a tad?underexposed, too.
While noise was also not a problem for the Samsung Galaxy S III's 8-megapixel camera, it did lag in detail (and also appeared somewhat dim).
Outdoors, Seida challenged the phone-cams with high color contrasts and an abundance of light. The only noticeable difference between the iPhone 5 and 4S was background detail, which could be explained away by multiple factors. (Besides, having a slightly blurred background is generally preferred.)
The Galaxy struggled a bit with exposure ? towards the top, the meter is?too washed out.
The results aren't surprising.?One of the biggest leaps for the iPhone 4S was its camera ? just look at how the iPhone 4 did in the above experiments, paying special attention to the noise in the low-light shot and the over-saturation in the outdoor shot.?Meanwhile, the specs on the iPhone 5's camera never suggested a quantum leap forward.?
But Apple has promoted its camera as improved ? going so far as to say that the new A6 chip has an image signal processor that can deliver more brightness to a picture, up to two full stops. In our real-world and controlled testing, we have not seen any significant difference.?
Consumer Reports had similarly unspectacular results in its comparison test of the iPhone 5 and 4S cameras.?Though usability is better, due to the phone's overall?faster performance and bigger screen, outdoor shooting showed a?"modest step up," yet "the claimed improvements of the iPhone 5 in handling low-light shots were not apparent in our tests."
When it comes to the front-facing camera, however, the difference doesn't require expertise to spot. The FaceTime camera on the 4S supports?"VGA-quality photos and video" in the 640x480 resolution, while the new one on the 5 brings 720p HD-quality video and 1.2-megapixel stills. Seida's self-portrait shows just?what that means:
Wilson Rothman is the Technology & Science?editor at NBC News Digital. Catch up with him on Twitter at @wjrothman, and join our conversation on Facebook.
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APTeammates douse Atlanta's Freddie Freeman?with champagne?in the clubhouse after Freeman'swalk-off two-run home run propelled the Braves into the playoffs.
By George Henry
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updated 10:45 p.m. ET Sept. 25, 2012
ATLANTA - Freddie Freeman hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to put the Atlanta Braves back in the playoffs with a 4-3 victory over the Miami Marlins on Tuesday night.
Freeman's dramatic drive off Mike Dunn clinched at least a National League wild-card berth for the Braves, who squandered a big lead in the wild-card race last year with a huge September collapse.
Longtime star Chipper Jones, who plans to retire at the end of the season, led off the ninth with a double. He moved to third on a wild pitch by Dunn (0-3) and scored when Freeman's 22nd homer easily cleared the center-field wall.
"There was never any doubt," Jones said during the clubhouse celebration. "We knew that last year was somewhat of a fluke."
Craig Kimbrel (3-1) worked a scoreless inning to help the Braves win their 22nd straight game started by Kris Medlen. The streak is the longest in the majors since the New York Yankees won 22 consecutive games started by Whitey Ford in 1950 and `53.
Returning to the postseason helps wipe away some of last season's frustration for the Braves, who blew an 8 1/2-game lead in the wild-card standings and finished September 9-18. They missed the playoffs after one of the biggest collapses in baseball history.
This year, Atlanta cruised most of the way and wrapped up a postseason spot with more than a week to spare. And the Braves still have a chance to catch first-place Washington in the NL East. They moved within four games of the Nationals, who lost to Philadelphia 6-3, with eight to play.
"We are shooting for the stars," Jones said. "It makes it all worth it. I'm happier for these guys because they worked hard."
While he was being interviewed on television, the 40-year-old slugger was doused with bubbly and beer by teammates in a jubilant clubhouse.
"I am so cold right now!" he said.
Four of the five NL playoff spots are secured. In addition to Atlanta, Washington, Cincinnati and San Francisco have all punched their tickets to the postseason.
The second-place Braves have a comfortable cushion in the wild-card race, and St. Louis leads the chase for the league's second wild card.
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The road to driverless cars of the future may be a highway lined with trains of cars that autonomously follow human-driven trucks, according to Volvo.
The car company and its European partners just completed the Safe Road Trains for the Environment (SARTRE) ?project, successfully showing the potential for so-called platooned traffic.
The concept is a step towards a future where we leave all the driving to robots. Here, drivers pilot their cars onto a highway where they join with a regularly scheduled ?road train.??
Once joined up with the train, drivers are free to take their eyes off the road and hands off the wheel. Read the newspaper. Play games with the kids in the backseat. Take a nap. When your exit comes up, drivers manually leave the train. The concept is demonstrated in the video below.
The lead truck is driven by a professionally trained human at speeds up to 55 miles per hour. The cars in the train simply follow the lead vehicle.?
The ability for cars to do so comes from existing camera, radar and laser technology developed for systems such as adaptive cruise control and parking assistance, Volvo said.
The only new features are an interface that humans can use to join and leave trains as well as short-range vehicle-to-vehicle communications systems so that cars in the train can talk to each other.
In addition to the joy of not having to stay focused on the road drive down mind-numbing stretches of highway, the technology will save fuel given the reduced air drag, improved traffic flow, and better utilization of available road real estate, according to the SARTRE project.
Before the trains become a reality, hurdles include obstacle avoidance and sudden braking. But such technicalities are smaller feats than those required for fully robotic cars driving down city streets.
?? via IEEE?
John Roach is a contributing writer for NBC News Digital. To learn more about him, check out his website. For more of our Future of Technology series, watch the featured video below.
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Mila Kunis's film 'Ted' and the Bourne series could both be getting sequels, according to Universal.
Mila Kunis (center), Seth MacFarlane (l.) and Mark Wahlberg (r.) all starred in 'Ted.'
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EnlargeFamily Guy creator Seth MacFarlane?s Ted was a surprise strong success at the box office, taking in some $395 million worldwide while racking up solid reviews from critics and casual moviegoers alike. The Jeremy Renner-headlined Bourne spinoff, The Bourne Legacy, has proven to be somewhat of a disappointment by comparison ? with a series-low $182 million global take on a $125 million budget, as well as a more lukewarm reception than its predecessors.
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Universal, however, knows there?s still life in the Bourne name ? especially if Matt Damon returns for a future installment ? so the studio still plans to make Bourne 5 and beyond. A Ted sequel (we?ll call it Ted 2 for now) looks to become a reality for $imilar reasons.
NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke has announced (via THR) that Universal Pictures is focused on increasing its animated feature output, following the success of such films as Despicable Me and The Lorax ? that is, in addition to putting an increased emphasis on developing and maintaining live-action franchises from hereon out. Hence, Burke says the Bourne franchise will live on; meanwhile, he and his fellow studio executives plan to jump-start development on Ted 2??as soon as we can.?
Before Bourne Legacy hit theaters, series producer Frank Marshall announced that future Bourne installments will follow Renner and costar Rachel Weisz? characters ? while teasing that the door remains open for Damon to reprise his role as Jason Bourne in Bourne 5. Chances are good that Universal will make a very strong push for that (re: offer Damon a sizable paycheck), as his return would help ensure that Bourne Legacy?s trend of diminishing returns doesn?t continue.
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Posted on 24. Sep, 2012 by Lee Odden in Amber Naslund, B2B, B2B Social Media, Blog, interview, interviews, Marketing PR Conferences, marketingprofs, Small Business Internet Marketing, Small Business Marketing
As customers evolve and change the way that they find and consume information, marketers must innovate their approach to meet customers where they?re looking, especially in the social media world.
Business to Business marketing can involve many decision makers and sales cycles that take weeks or months. ?Navigating the mix of social content types for different customer segments over time can be a challenge. Luckily, we?ve picked the brains of some of the digital marketing?s world?s brightest to share their practical and innovative B2B marketing tips.
To that end, we visited with?Amber Naslund, who?is a business strategist with a strong focus on social media communication and community initiatives in the B2B Marketing arena. ?Amber is the co-author of The NOW Revolution, and her blog Brass Tack Thinking has been recognized for excellence in social media and community related content.
Please tell us about your role at SideraWorks and the kind of B2B marketing work you?re most excited about.
I?m the president and co-founder along with my business partner, Matt Ridings (our CEO). I?m particularly excited about the work we?re doing in traditionally challenging industries ? higher education, pharma, and professional services ? to help them move from ?doing??social media to becoming social businesses, both culturally and operationally.
At the MarketingProfs B2B Marketing Forum, the track keynote you?re giving, ?Creating a Social Center of Gravity? is about creating a scalable foundation for social business. ?Can you share at least 3 of the most important takeaways?
Sure. First, we?ll?wait a second. Isn?t this part classified? I think this part is classified. As in, I could tell you, but then I?d have to hunt you down.
How about I give you some code words to remember? Like ?networks?, ?culture? and ?scenarios?. All of those figure prominently in the quest to take your social media efforts and really weave them into the fabric of your business. The rest you?ll just have to show up for. Oh, and ?Rosebud?.
There?s a common association that it?s tough to come up with new B2B marketing ideas, but as you know, innovation exists within B2B as much or more as it does with consumer marketing ? just in different ways. What?s your process for coming up with new and innovative ideas for your B2B marketing efforts?
Oh, how tired I am of this argument.
Listen, B2B marketing is about one core thing: knowledge. Sharing it. Creating it. Making it more available to the people who need it. Enhancing it, adding value to it, offering new points of view on things we think we already know. Positioning a B2B company is about how you can help your customers do their jobs better.
We also take ourselves *way* too seriously in the B2B world (and I?ve been in it for the bulk of my career). We?re still people talking to people, we?re just spending more money and making a more complicated decision. But those decisions get made around individual connections and networks.
Innovative? Heck, I?d settle for seeing more really *good* B2B marketing based on the approaches and methods that we already have!
The digital marketing world with social media, big data and mobile has created a more complex environment for marketers and their approach in attracting, engaging and converting prospects to customers. Of course it depends on the project, but generally, what are some of the B2B marketing strategies you?ve had the most success with in 2012?
Content to explore ideas or share knowledge. Relationship development, both online and off, focused on identifying and solving key business challenges. Then making more content based on what we learn through those relationships. Rinse, repeat.
Developing a solid B2B marketing plan takes research, and understanding of the customer goals, pain points and journey. ?What are some of the most common myths or mistakes you?ve seen with B2B marketing planning? ?Any tips on how to be more successful?
Marketing planning in general often starts upside-down. We?re trying to sell our bosses and our teams the ships (Pinterest! Podcasts! Blogs!) instead of the destinations. Tactics come last, not first. Trust me, you?re glad now you didn?t have a fax strategy.
One of the reasons social business is becoming so important is that marketing efforts, especially through social media, have deep and sometimes complex implications for the rest of the organization. Marketing plans need to be developed in better concert with other areas of the organization to discuss those impact points, and plan for how to deal with them.
With all the hype in the business marketing media, it?s tempting for companies to chase trending B2B marketing tactics like social this and QR code that. How do you decide what the right B2B marketing tactical mix is for the engagements and projects you?re involved with?
It?s like you read my last answer!
The right tactical mix is only answered in one place: your listening and analysis efforts. That means first understanding where your customers and clients are ? online and off ? and making sure that at minimum, you?re serving their needs THERE and meeting their expectations for awareness, response, and participation. Forget the next big thing until you?ve got that figured out.
As for where your customers are going, or where they hope you?ll help them next, you need to ask them. Openly and often. The advantage for B2B is that we often have more focused client communities with very targeted needs, and a long relationship cycle that lends itself to talking with them. Even on that newfangled thing we call the phone.
There are many resources online and off (like the MarketingProfs B2B Forum) to leverage for practical and innovative information about modern B2B marketing. ?Of those resources, blogs can be particularly useful. What are your 3-4 favorite B2B marketing blogs?
Oh, the pressure of naming peers. Should I be using their code names too? Hmm. There are many, but for this round I?ll go with:
I?d add Lee ?Top This? Odden and TopRank and Ann ?Wicked Pissah? Handley from ?Profs, but I?m hoping those are givens.
Please share your advice for other B2B marketers out there on how they can be more innovative.
Be more innovative by realizing that marketing is not an island, and shifting your focus as a result.
Social business ? the result of actively adapting your organization to better collaborate and communicate with your peers, your customers, and your partners ? should be part of your vision even if you?re miles away.
Once you understand how and where marketing critically touches every part of an organization and how it has the potential to affect so many things ? for better and worse ? you?ll find that your perspective gets much broader and your marketing will get much, much smarter and more strategic.
Thank you Amber, for a no-nonsense approach to Social Media and B2B Marketing.
If you?re looking for even more insight on making your business more social, ?be sure to check out Amber?s Track Keynote at the B2B Marketing Forum conference in Boston: ?Creating a Social Center of Gravity? Friday, October 5th at 8:15am.
What?s your best B2B Marketing Innovation tip?
We would love to hear from you. ?Share your best B2B marketing innovation tip in the comments below and you will be entered to win your very own copy of Optimize?AND a copy of Content Rules. We?re taking entries until Wed 9/26 so share your tip today.
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Having put the phat back in phablet with its original 4:3 aspect ratio, 5-inch Optimus Vu, LG seems bent on releasing a successor already, the Optimus Vu II, according to a leak from Korean blog Bad IT Tong. The new Galaxy Note II challenger would carry the same form factor and 1080 x 768 IPS screen as the current Vu model, while doubling the RAM to 2GB, bumping the Qualcomm processor to an 8960 1.5GHz dual-core model (not the international quad-core version) and keeping the LTE radio from its US Intuition variant. It would come out of the box with Android 4.0, an 8-megapixel rear shooter, 32GB of storage and a 2080 mAh battery, judging by the leaked image above -- all specs we've seen before. There's no word yet on US pricing, availability, a stylus or an intriguing universal remote app teased by LG, but recent purchasers of the original Optimus Vu might be feeling left in a technology wake.
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Brent Vernon, a musician, writer and ventriloquist will appear in Brewster on Sunday Sept. 23, at the Northside United Methodist Church. The church will hold an ice cream social at 4 p.m. followed by the concert at 5 p.m. Vernon and his sidekick Sam, will entertain everyone especially the kids with Christian music and stories for about an hour. He has performed all over the world and each of his concerts is a potpourri of energetic, challenging, and hope-filled music. The concert is free. The church is at 701 Airline Road in Brewster. For information call 508-385-8622.
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Source: http://www.wickedlocal.com/harwich/fun/entertainment/x928648234/Musician-at-Methodist-Church
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Eddie Vedder clearly thinks you can't find a better man than Barack Obama for President ... or at least that he's a better man for the job than Mitt Romney.
Performing a set of songs at a campaign fundraiser for Obama in South Tampa last night, the Pearl Jam frontman bashed Romney's 47 percent comments.
"It's very upsetting to hear a presidential candidate be so easily dismissive of such a ginormous amount of the population," Vedder told the audience.
Vedder helped raise $1.7 million Thursday for Obama's reelection campaign, playing four songs for the president and 85 guests at a $20,000-per-person dinner.
"I can't say I've ever played that many songs in a suit before," he said of "Rise," "Without You," James Taylor's "Millworker" and Neil Young's "Rockin' in the Free World."
He recalled signing up for a government security guard training program, working the midnight shift and becoming a security supervisor at a petroleum company.
It was this, he said, that made his dreams reality.
"I'm an example of someone who never made it to university," Vedder said. "I did have this dream to be a musician. I felt that this dream had an expiration date."
"It was that job which allowed me to keep affording to guitars and microphones ... For me, it all began with that ability to get the proper training for a decent job."
"It's very upsetting to hear a presidential candidate be so easily dismissive of such a ginormous amount of the population."
Vedder introduced Obama, who thanked him for "for that unbelievable performance but more importantly for that story."
"For you to share that story with us, Eddie, speaks volumes not only about you but about this country," Obama said. That story captures better than anything what this campaign is about and what this country is about."
Jackson Ripley would surely agree ... what about you?
Who are you voting for in November?
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