This is the same reason I car shop at dealers that offer fixed pricing. No screwing around with what is available, and how much it costs. If you have the product I want at a fair price, I'll purchase it. If you don't, I'll walk out without spending a dime.
Local stations are still in better shape than public broadcasting stations. With recession-induced government funding, it's even harder for them to maintain dual broadcast formats until June. During the fund raising drive over the last 3 days, my local PBS station said it'll cost them an extra 60k in operating costs to broadcast in both analog and digital.
So..... How long before someone gets creative, and tries to back-bill the ad content owner for their bandwidth bill? I can easily see a stretch made to relate this to receiving telemarketer calls or unsolicited text msgs on a mobile phone.
Actually, some of the geeks that are of the latest generation may lean more towards movies and games than the printed word. So I'd bet that not listing a SF author would be entirely possible.
I used to work for a co-packer, and you can bet that Tostitos aren't always made in Texas, either. A significant portion of their and cheese dip are made in upstate NY. When I was there, we used to pump out nearly a million pounds a day.
The Los Angeles City Attorney's Office is asking that the court permanently prohibit the company from further engaging in any unlawful, unfair and fraudulent business acts and practices or deceptive advertising and take appropriate action to adopt measures to prevent future acts.
Do they ask the same of DWI's that kill people, or rapists? What the hell is the point of even making such a statement? Trying to save the city money by not having to prosecute again because you asked them not to repeat?
Kent Brockman: Mr. Simpson, how do you respond to the charges that petty
vandalism such as graffiti is down eighty percent, while heavy
sack-beatings are up a shocking nine hundred percent?
Homer: Aw, people can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent.
Forty percent of all people know that.
You can buy it any place that carries hunting clothing. Undergarments with silver threads as an anti-bacterial agent are commonplace at stores like Cabela's and Bass Pro Shops. They're used primarily by bowhunters to reduce human scent when stalking prey with a good sense of smell.
An interoffice memo from our firm... Company and personnel names have been changed to protect the innocent (namely, me)
Internal Memorandum
Date: July 17, 2002
To: All DrugCo Employees
From: John Smith, Group VP, Marketing & Sales, Pills and Syrups
Fred Johnson, Group VP, Sourcing, Pills and Syrups
Subject: Divisionalization Project
This communication is the first in a series to employees explaining the reasons for and the effects of the on-going divisionalization of DrugCo into separate Distribution and Sourcing companies. This project was introduced in January of 2002, and you have probably heard "bits and pieces" of information since that time.
The acquisitions of FizzCo and PopCo can be used to highlight the need for this divisionalization for several reasons. These acquisitions introduced a much wider product portfolio (with some overlap), two more North American sales forces, and two additional European factories to the DrugCo picture. These acquisitions, to a great extent, "internationalized" DrugCo, with products now being supplied from factories in France and Germany, in addition to products from factories in Sweden and the U.S., all intended to serve markets across North and South America.
Drug AB and many other well-known international companies have successfully used an organizational model in which the key responsibilities of the company are divided between a Distribution Division and a Sourcing Division. The Distribution Division has the key responsibility for marketing and selling cost effective solutions that satisfy our customers' need for products and service in the various markets we serve. The Sourcing Division has the key responsibility for developing and supplying the right products, on time and at the right price, to the Distribution Division through a combination of internal production and external suppliers.
Implementation of this basic organizational concept is currently in progress, with Joe Smith leading the global Distribution Division and Fred Johnson leading the global Sourcing Division. Reporting to John is Billy Bob, President and CEO for DrugCo, Inc. Reporting to Fred is Bubba Joe, President for DrugCo Sourcing, LLC.
Most work, thus far, has concerned the development of financial reporting and logistics management, both being critically important areas. It is envisioned that as the implementation continues, the two Divisions will develop into "Centers of Excellence", keenly focused on their respective functions.
The Distribution Center of Excellence will develop world class expertise in identifying customer needs in the various market segments that it serves. Such expertise includes the ability to specify, bundle, and profitably sell effective solutions to customers from a wide product portfolio. Thus, this Center of Excellence will control marketing, sales and service; pricing; finished goods and service parts inventory; sales forecasting and demand planning; and, shipping and installation.
The Sourcing Center of Excellence will develop world class expertise in the various products it supplies to the Distribution Division. Such expertise includes the ability to develop, produce and/or source products worldwide. Thus, this Center of Excellence will control purchasing, product supply, production planning, product manufacturing, product engineering, external product sourcing, and quality assurance/regulatory affairs.
The primary business planning interface between the two Centers of Excellence will happen via market segment managers in the Distribution Division and product managers in the Sourcing Division. Since products overlap markets, these experts will interface on a matrix basis, thus interconnecting the Divisions to a web of customers, markets, and product suppliers.
The beneficial effects of this organizational model are many. Perhaps the two most important effects are:
Hopefully they'll consider this a supplement to officers on the street, and not a substitute. The tech path has bitten many an intelligence agency in the ass as they drop HUMINT in favor of tech.
Because it's really not a FA at all... It's a blog that links to an article.
Would it kill the editors to actually link to a story, instead of just bump up joehaveablog's hit counter?
I'd love to see where you got that figure from. If they're only making $200 total for that trip, why the hell are they even in business? I'd be willing to bet that they could employ less people and invest less capital in starting a McDonalds franchise.
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As other posters have already mentioned, this is OLD news.
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/monsanto-pig-patent-111
This is the same reason I car shop at dealers that offer fixed pricing. No screwing around with what is available, and how much it costs. If you have the product I want at a fair price, I'll purchase it. If you don't, I'll walk out without spending a dime.
Were you the bagger, or baggee? :-)
Five bucks says that the current TOS already contains a clause that they can change it without prior notice. The users will never know.
Local stations are still in better shape than public broadcasting stations. With recession-induced government funding, it's even harder for them to maintain dual broadcast formats until June. During the fund raising drive over the last 3 days, my local PBS station said it'll cost them an extra 60k in operating costs to broadcast in both analog and digital.
Wish I had mod points for you - you're spot on. Can't use it if you don't know it's there.
....except Boston will never play the Yankees in a World Series.
Color me stunned - not even a FP troll. Was this story improperly formatted when it was posted?
So..... How long before someone gets creative, and tries to back-bill the ad content owner for their bandwidth bill? I can easily see a stretch made to relate this to receiving telemarketer calls or unsolicited text msgs on a mobile phone.
Many gas companies also have an option to force a meter read each month. Sounds like it would have been prime time to check off that box.
Actually, some of the geeks that are of the latest generation may lean more towards movies and games than the printed word. So I'd bet that not listing a SF author would be entirely possible.
They'll see it tomorrow too - when the story gets posted as a dupe.
I used to work for a co-packer, and you can bet that Tostitos aren't always made in Texas, either. A significant portion of their and cheese dip are made in upstate NY. When I was there, we used to pump out nearly a million pounds a day.
On their sister site - http://www.adafruit.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=27
$17 seems pretty reasonable to me.
The MySpace page mentioned in the article-
http://www.myspace.com/JoE_BoNeS
He's got his profile set to private instead of public now, and he's no longer using the mugshot for his profile pic.
LA DA asked for the same in their suit -
The Los Angeles City Attorney's Office is asking that the court permanently prohibit the company from further engaging in any unlawful, unfair and fraudulent business acts and practices or deceptive advertising and take appropriate action to adopt measures to prevent future acts.
Do they ask the same of DWI's that kill people, or rapists? What the hell is the point of even making such a statement? Trying to save the city money by not having to prosecute again because you asked them not to repeat?
Homer: Aw, people can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. Forty percent of all people know that.
And since you seem to be "in the know", what might this detail be? If you're going to call out the document, at least back up your assertion.
You can buy it any place that carries hunting clothing. Undergarments with silver threads as an anti-bacterial agent are commonplace at stores like Cabela's and Bass Pro Shops. They're used primarily by bowhunters to reduce human scent when stalking prey with a good sense of smell.
Internal Memorandum
Date: July 17, 2002
To: All DrugCo Employees
From: John Smith, Group VP, Marketing & Sales, Pills and Syrups
Fred Johnson, Group VP, Sourcing, Pills and Syrups
Subject: Divisionalization Project
This communication is the first in a series to employees explaining the reasons for and the effects of the on-going divisionalization of DrugCo into separate Distribution and Sourcing companies. This project was introduced in January of 2002, and you have probably heard "bits and pieces" of information since that time.
The acquisitions of FizzCo and PopCo can be used to highlight the need for this divisionalization for several reasons. These acquisitions introduced a much wider product portfolio (with some overlap), two more North American sales forces, and two additional European factories to the DrugCo picture. These acquisitions, to a great extent, "internationalized" DrugCo, with products now being supplied from factories in France and Germany, in addition to products from factories in Sweden and the U.S., all intended to serve markets across North and South America.
Drug AB and many other well-known international companies have successfully used an organizational model in which the key responsibilities of the company are divided between a Distribution Division and a Sourcing Division. The Distribution Division has the key responsibility for marketing and selling cost effective solutions that satisfy our customers' need for products and service in the various markets we serve. The Sourcing Division has the key responsibility for developing and supplying the right products, on time and at the right price, to the Distribution Division through a combination of internal production and external suppliers.
Implementation of this basic organizational concept is currently in progress, with Joe Smith leading the global Distribution Division and Fred Johnson leading the global Sourcing Division. Reporting to John is Billy Bob, President and CEO for DrugCo, Inc. Reporting to Fred is Bubba Joe, President for DrugCo Sourcing, LLC.
Most work, thus far, has concerned the development of financial reporting and logistics management, both being critically important areas. It is envisioned that as the implementation continues, the two Divisions will develop into "Centers of Excellence", keenly focused on their respective functions.
The Distribution Center of Excellence will develop world class expertise in identifying customer needs in the various market segments that it serves. Such expertise includes the ability to specify, bundle, and profitably sell effective solutions to customers from a wide product portfolio. Thus, this Center of Excellence will control marketing, sales and service; pricing; finished goods and service parts inventory; sales forecasting and demand planning; and, shipping and installation.
The Sourcing Center of Excellence will develop world class expertise in the various products it supplies to the Distribution Division. Such expertise includes the ability to develop, produce and/or source products worldwide. Thus, this Center of Excellence will control purchasing, product supply, production planning, product manufacturing, product engineering, external product sourcing, and quality assurance/regulatory affairs.
The primary business planning interface between the two Centers of Excellence will happen via market segment managers in the Distribution Division and product managers in the Sourcing Division. Since products overlap markets, these experts will interface on a matrix basis, thus interconnecting the Divisions to a web of customers, markets, and product suppliers.
The beneficial effects of this organizational model are many. Perhaps the two most important effects are:
1. The creation of
Hopefully they'll consider this a supplement to officers on the street, and not a substitute. The tech path has bitten many an intelligence agency in the ass as they drop HUMINT in favor of tech.
Because it's really not a FA at all... It's a blog that links to an article. Would it kill the editors to actually link to a story, instead of just bump up joehaveablog's hit counter?
I'd love to see where you got that figure from. If they're only making $200 total for that trip, why the hell are they even in business? I'd be willing to bet that they could employ less people and invest less capital in starting a McDonalds franchise.
Were they from Illinois?
No, but I have heard of Burma Shave.