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Several groups seek to purchase Saturn auto brand

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Thursday, May 7, 2009

Penske Automotive Group, Inc., an Ohio based investment group and Telesto Ventures have indicated separately that they are interested in purchasing the Saturn auto brand from General Motors (GM).

According to The Wall Street Journal, Nissan–Renault is interested in purchasing Saturn. Bloomberg, however, indicated that Nissan-Renault may be a partner of Penske’s potential bid. If Penske acquired the brand, they would distribute Saturn vehicles and outsource the assembly.

GM revealed that the Saturn brand along with Saab and Hummer were up for sale when unveiling their restructuring plans to Congress for governmental loans. While the Pontiac brand was originally to be a niche brand, GM had changed their plans recently and decided to eliminate the brand.

Telesto Ventures is an investment group that includes private equity firm Black Oak Partners LLC of Oklahoma City and several Saturn dealerships. Initially, Telesto will purchase Saturn branded cars from GM then act as a general retailer for foreign brands. Telesto is in talks with several foreign manufacturers.

The Ohio group includes many former senior auto company managers plus private financial backers, chemists and engineers who live in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Florida. This group plans to initially purchase cars from GM then purchase existing but closed plants due to automaker restructuring. Additionally, one of the partners indicated a willingness to accept some “legacy” cost in relation to the United Auto Workers. The Ohio group is also pursuing possible loans or other support from national and state governments.

GM is reviewing several offers for Saturn. GM has contracted with S.J. Girsky & Co. to advise them on the sale.

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Marketing blitz begins for final ‘Star Wars’ film

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Sunday, April 3, 2005 With six weeks before the sixth and final Star Wars film saga, Revenge of the Sith, hits theaters worldwide on May 19, the movie studios behind the brand have launched a massive marketing and merchandising campaign. It includes toys aimed at children, collectibles for adults active in fandom and other related merchandise such as science fiction novels based in the Star Wars universe.

The 20th Century Fox and Lucasfilm studios make millions of dollars in licensing fees from toy manufacturers and promotional deals with fast-food restaurants, candy and cereal boxes. Even telephone companies are getting into the act. Cingular Wireless will be rolling out a Star Wars-themed promotion and handset downloads within the next few days, according to a company spokesman.

Sales from Star Wars tie-in merchandise have brought in a lot of money over the years. Star Wars toy sales themed with The Phantom Menace brought in $500 million. In 2002, Attack of the Clones toy sales were $225 million, according to reports.

In January 2003, toymaker Hasbro struck the biggest licensing deal for the brand when it agreed to pay Lucasfilm $200 million in cash and stock for the exclusive rights to make Star Wars-themed toys until 2018. That figure does not include Lucasfilm’s percentage of the profit from each toy’s sale.

Wal-mart and Target, the two largest toy retailers in the U.S. have entire aisles devoted to tie-in Star Wars action figures, full-sized mock ups of light sabers and other more whimsical items. Hasbro is even marketing a “Darth Tater” special edition of its classic Mr. Potato Head.

The merchandise also has a literary side. Author Matthew Stover has a monetization of Revenge of the Sith as part of a multi-book deal between Lucasfilm and publisher Random House’s science fiction specialty label, Del Rey. Stover’s book has consistently been in the Top 50-most ordered books, according to Amazon.com. Other Sith-themed books released within the past few weeks include coffee table picture books and behind-the-scenes documentation detailing the making of the film.

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How Do You Brand Yourself As An Affiliate Business?

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How Do You Brand Yourself As An Affiliate Business?

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Charles Boustany

The real problem that most affiliate marketers run into is they all promote the same website. This can present a problem if you are trying to differentiate yourself in the marketplace. In this article let’s talk about how you can go about branding an affiliate business of your own and be different doing it.

When you join an affiliate marketing program you are given a replicated website to promote. This means that the website to your promoting is exactly the same as everyone else’s except it is coded with your affiliate ID number. All affiliate websites look exactly the same and you would never know if you’re on a different affiliate marketer’s website or not.

You’re also given marketing materials such as banners, blog copy, e-mail messages, classified and solo ads, and so on. Again these are all exactly the same for every affiliate except when it comes to promoting your affiliate URL.

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The way you go about branding your affiliate business is you do not directly promote your affiliate website. Instead you create a website that contains a unique banner, your picture, and your testimonial on how great the affiliate product is.

You can also create a landing page to capture contact information, and of course on that you want to make that page the same color, design, and header as your regular website. You also want to program into your autoresponder your follow messages that are uniquely written by you.

What you are doing at this point is branding your self first. This is an important point to understand as an affiliate marketer, because whenever you change programs your brand is you regardless of the products you sell.

This means that you can literally sell any product at any time without having to change your header, and any other things that you are using to brand your business with. If you want to brand yourself you want to include a quality digital picture on every page.

Depending on the product you sell today, affiliate marketing businesses are successfully built by developing relationships. The reason social networking works so well is because people still like to buy from people.

Branding makes this possible. Therefore you want to put as much effort into branding your self and your products as you would branding your affiliate merchants products for them.

Once you understand this basic premise you will never again directly promote an affiliate website, but rather you will always be promoting your website first.

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Car insurance is among the most important investments that you can make in your day to day life. Auto insurance is really right up there with health insurance and life insurance in importance. There are many reasons why excellent car insurance is so important; to begin with we spend a substantial amount of our time in our cars or vehicles. We drive ourselves to work every single day, take our children to school and fetch them every single day, go on vacations in our cars and many types of other things. Our vehicles really are a vital part of our everyday lives.

If you’ve ever sought out good auto insurance you most likely know that it can be an overwhelming as well as confusing experience. There are literally hundreds of auto insurance companies operating out in the world. It seems actually that it’s almost impossible to find the best car insurance for your precise needs. What if you get it wrong and get trapped in a lifelong commitment to an unfair insurance contract? There are lots of other factors that you need to take into consideration and think about very carefully before you make any choices about auto insurance.

One of the first things that you need to think about is what exactly your requirements are. How much insurance is enough? Just how much insurance is too much? These are important concerns that you will need to answer so that you have a much better concept of what it is that you need before even investigating different auto insurance providers. You have to evaluate your requirements as well as your month-to-month budget and also be as practical as is possible. Perhaps you do not need all of the bells and whistles which some auto insurance providers will try to sell you. For some of those auto insurance companies it’s all about getting in as much cash as possible, they do not necessarily worry about exactly what your needs might be.

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How many cars do you currently own? If it is only one vehicle are you the only driver? When the response is no then you’ll also need to place any other drivers on your insurance in case they are driving when something happens. In certain areas auto insurance is mandatory and it is illegal to drive a car without adequate and up to date auto insurance. You also need to think about additional clauses ion your vehicle insurance like individual liability cover, 3rd party insurance coverage, damage to property and a few other as well. These are designed to cover all the bases just in case some thing should happen to someone else’s property or person that happens to be your fault.

There are many trustworthy auto insurance firms that you will be happy with, the trick is finding them. The internet is among the best research tools that we have at our disposal today; it’s a great idea to make use of the internet and research various car insurance companies online.

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Car hits five-year-old Australian girl

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Saturday, May 6, 2006

A car driven by an 80-year-old man has hit a five year old girl at a pedestrian crossing at Frenchs Forest Road in Seaforth, in Sydney‘s north at 4 p.m. AEST.

Sophie Delezio, 5, was rushed to Sydney Children’s Hospital. She has injuries to shoulder, jaw, numerous rib fractures but her most serious injury is bleeding around her left lung. She is expected to fully recover. She is expected to be in intensive care for three weeks. She is not expected to have to undergo surgery. A drug called NovoSeven is credited with stopping the bleeding around her lung.

The 80-year-old driver of the car that crashed into her has been arrested on negligent driving causing grievous bodily harm and failing to give way at a pedestrian crossing. He is expected to front Manly Court on 15 July 2006.

Sophie was also involved in an accident involving a driver crashing into the Roundhouse Childcare Centre on December 15, 2003 causing her severe burns to 85% of her body. She also lost both feet, some fingers, and her right ear.

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BDSM as business: An interview with the owners of a dungeon

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Sunday, October 21, 2007

Torture proliferates American headlines today: whether its use is defensible in certain contexts and the morality of the practice. Wikinews reporter David Shankbone was curious about torture in American popular culture. This is the first of a two part series examining the BDSM business. This interview focuses on the owners of a dungeon, what they charge, what the clients are like and how they handle their needs.

When Shankbone rings the bell of “HC & Co.” he has no idea what to expect. A BDSM (Bondage Discipline Sadism Masochism) dungeon is a legal enterprise in New York City, and there are more than a few businesses that cater to a clientèle that wants an enema, a spanking, to be dressed like a baby or to wear women’s clothing. Shankbone went to find out what these businesses are like, who runs them, who works at them, and who frequents them. He spent three hours one night in what is considered one of the more upscale establishments in Manhattan, Rebecca’s Hidden Chamber, where according to The Village Voice, “you can take your girlfriend or wife, and have them treated with respect—unless they hope to be treated with something other than respect!”

When Shankbone arrived on the sixth floor of a midtown office building, the elevator opened up to a hallway where a smiling Rebecca greeted him. She is a beautiful forty-ish Long Island mother of three who is dressed in smart black pants and a black turtleneck that reaches up to her blond-streaked hair pulled back in a bushy ponytail. “Are you David Shankbone? We’re so excited to meet you!” she says, and leads him down the hall to a living room area with a sofa, a television playing an action-thriller, an open supply cabinet stocked with enema kits, and her husband Bill sitting at the computer trying to find where the re-release of Blade Runner is playing at the local theater. “I don’t like that movie,” says Rebecca.

Perhaps the most poignant moment came at the end of the night when Shankbone was waiting to be escorted out (to avoid running into a client). Rebecca came into the room and sat on the sofa. “You know, a lot of people out there would like to see me burn for what I do,” she says. Rebecca is a woman who has faced challenges in her life, and dealt with them the best she could given her circumstances. She sees herself as providing a service to people who have needs, no matter how debauched the outside world deems them. They sat talking mutual challenges they have faced and politics (she’s supporting Hillary); Rebecca reflected upon the irony that many of the people who supported the torture at Abu Ghraib would want her closed down. It was in this conversation that Shankbone saw that humanity can be found anywhere, including in places that appear on the surface to cater to the inhumanity some people in our society feel towards themselves, or others.

“The best way to describe it,” says Bill, “is if you had a kink, and you had a wife and you had two kids, and every time you had sex with your wife it just didn’t hit the nail on the head. What would you do about it? How would you handle it? You might go through life feeling unfulfilled. Or you might say, ‘No, my kink is I really need to dress in women’s clothing.’ We’re that outlet. We’re not the evil devil out here, plucking people off the street, keeping them chained up for days on end.”

Below is David Shankbone’s interview with Bill & Rebecca, owners of Rebecca’s Hidden Chamber, a BDSM dungeon.

Contents

  • 1 Meet Bill & Rebecca, owners of a BDSM dungeon
    • 1.1 Their home life
  • 2 Operating the business
    • 2.1 The costs
    • 2.2 Hiring employees
    • 2.3 The prices
  • 3 The clients
    • 3.1 What happens when a client walks through the door
    • 3.2 Motivations of the clients
    • 3.3 Typical requests
    • 3.4 What is not typical
  • 4 The environment
    • 4.1 Is an S&M dungeon dangerous?
    • 4.2 On S&M burnout
  • 5 Criticism of BDSM
  • 6 Related news
  • 7 External links
  • 8 Sources
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BDSM as business: An interview with the owners of a dungeon

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Sunday, October 21, 2007

Torture proliferates American headlines today: whether its use is defensible in certain contexts and the morality of the practice. Wikinews reporter David Shankbone was curious about torture in American popular culture. This is the first of a two part series examining the BDSM business. This interview focuses on the owners of a dungeon, what they charge, what the clients are like and how they handle their needs.

When Shankbone rings the bell of “HC & Co.” he has no idea what to expect. A BDSM (Bondage Discipline Sadism Masochism) dungeon is a legal enterprise in New York City, and there are more than a few businesses that cater to a clientèle that wants an enema, a spanking, to be dressed like a baby or to wear women’s clothing. Shankbone went to find out what these businesses are like, who runs them, who works at them, and who frequents them. He spent three hours one night in what is considered one of the more upscale establishments in Manhattan, Rebecca’s Hidden Chamber, where according to The Village Voice, “you can take your girlfriend or wife, and have them treated with respect—unless they hope to be treated with something other than respect!”

When Shankbone arrived on the sixth floor of a midtown office building, the elevator opened up to a hallway where a smiling Rebecca greeted him. She is a beautiful forty-ish Long Island mother of three who is dressed in smart black pants and a black turtleneck that reaches up to her blond-streaked hair pulled back in a bushy ponytail. “Are you David Shankbone? We’re so excited to meet you!” she says, and leads him down the hall to a living room area with a sofa, a television playing an action-thriller, an open supply cabinet stocked with enema kits, and her husband Bill sitting at the computer trying to find where the re-release of Blade Runner is playing at the local theater. “I don’t like that movie,” says Rebecca.

Perhaps the most poignant moment came at the end of the night when Shankbone was waiting to be escorted out (to avoid running into a client). Rebecca came into the room and sat on the sofa. “You know, a lot of people out there would like to see me burn for what I do,” she says. Rebecca is a woman who has faced challenges in her life, and dealt with them the best she could given her circumstances. She sees herself as providing a service to people who have needs, no matter how debauched the outside world deems them. They sat talking mutual challenges they have faced and politics (she’s supporting Hillary); Rebecca reflected upon the irony that many of the people who supported the torture at Abu Ghraib would want her closed down. It was in this conversation that Shankbone saw that humanity can be found anywhere, including in places that appear on the surface to cater to the inhumanity some people in our society feel towards themselves, or others.

“The best way to describe it,” says Bill, “is if you had a kink, and you had a wife and you had two kids, and every time you had sex with your wife it just didn’t hit the nail on the head. What would you do about it? How would you handle it? You might go through life feeling unfulfilled. Or you might say, ‘No, my kink is I really need to dress in women’s clothing.’ We’re that outlet. We’re not the evil devil out here, plucking people off the street, keeping them chained up for days on end.”

Below is David Shankbone’s interview with Bill & Rebecca, owners of Rebecca’s Hidden Chamber, a BDSM dungeon.

Contents

  • 1 Meet Bill & Rebecca, owners of a BDSM dungeon
    • 1.1 Their home life
  • 2 Operating the business
    • 2.1 The costs
    • 2.2 Hiring employees
    • 2.3 The prices
  • 3 The clients
    • 3.1 What happens when a client walks through the door
    • 3.2 Motivations of the clients
    • 3.3 Typical requests
    • 3.4 What is not typical
  • 4 The environment
    • 4.1 Is an S&M dungeon dangerous?
    • 4.2 On S&M burnout
  • 5 Criticism of BDSM
  • 6 Related news
  • 7 External links
  • 8 Sources
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Amla Shikakai Shampoo For The Shiniest Hair!}

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Submitted by: Kairali P

Kairalis Amla Shikakai Shampoo is a premium and popular herbal shampoo which has been meticulously and scientifically developed to provide the consumer with maximum benefits. This amla shampoo is carefully designed and manufactured to suit the needs of an aware consumer. It has managed to extract the essence of shikakai for hair and has thus provided maximum benefit to the consumer. This ayurvedic shampoo captures the benefits of ayurveda in a bottle.

The best feature of this shampoo is that it is an extraction of shikakai for hair and being completely chemical free, it serves as a natural and healthy alternative to the chemically manufactured and originated shampoos available in the market.

Kairalis Amla Shikakai Shampoo is a chemical free shampoo and thus provides a natural solution for healthy and beautiful hair. This herbal shampoo has no side effects due to its extraction from the nature and its chemical free base. Made from a proven herbal formula, the ayurvedic shampoo promises improvement in the quality of hair along with protection. It not only ensures the beauty and shine of the hair, but also its strength and health.

Being produced with a careful selection of naturally occurring herbs, this Herbal Shampoo is a cosmetic which naturally solves all hair problems and gets rid of dirt and related ailments.

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This amla shampoo inflicts no harm on the hair because it has a gentle and mild nature along with a naturally low PH level. This also helps in the gentle treatment of the hair and helps the hair regain its natural health and beauty.

How does it work?

Kairalis Amla Shikakai Shampoo begins by removing impurities from the hair shaft and from the scalp. This is an initial cleansing of the hair which provides a clean and strong base for the growth of healthy and strong hair. The amla shampoo has conditioning particles which initiate the strengthening process. They form a protective layer. This layer on the hair cuticle helps in the protection of the hair from further accumulation of dirt and impurities.

Shikakai for hair is highly beneficial and healthy. It naturally cleanses the hair of all the unwanted chemicals and foreign bodies. It also removes excess oil from the scalp which is very harmful and also leads to dandruff. However, during the process, the herbal shampoo does not strip the scalp of its natural oil base which is very essential for the hair. This ayurvedic shampoo is designed to gently remove impurities form the hair and the scalp. This is done because the impurities block the way for essential fortifying nutrients to penetrate the hair and focus on the healthy growth of long, strong and shiny hair.

Benefits of Kairalis Amla Shikakai Shampoo-

The shikakai for hair has strengthening & conditioning properties which are of the most important for the basic health of the hair. These form the solid base for the beauty of the hair that is to follow. This is instrumental in the everlasting health and quality of hair. Being chemically free the herbal shampoo provides beneficial effect on the health of the hair. This is because it strengthens the hair with the use of its natural ingredients. It protects the hair from all harm and without and side effects.

The shikakai shampoo helps in conditioning and cleaning the hair naturally. It prevents hair dandruff by removing excess oil and impurities from the hair and the scalp. It also promotes hair growth by providing a string and healthy base for hair growth. This amla shampoo strengthens and softens the hair naturally while simultaneously removing dirt and preventing hair discoloration. This is a direct result of the cleansing properties of this shampoo which are instrumental in the hair growth process as well.

The careful selection of herbs in this ayurvedic shampoo makes the hair smoother and shinier. The herbs combined in a proper ration ensure that the natural health and quality of the hair is restored. It also plays a part in blackening, conditioning and promoting hair health by removing chemicals from the hair and returning it back to its naturally healthy state. Kairalis Amla Shikakai Shampoo also protects the hair from breakage by strengthening it at the roots itself.

How is it prepared?

Prepared from selected natural ayurvedic herbs, it is, in true sense, an ayurvedic shampoo. It consists of herbs like Amla, brahmi and shikakai, which are combined together in a perfect ratio to obtain a balanced herbal shampoo which makes the hair healthy, strong and long.

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Building Koi Fish Pond 7 Tips For Success

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Are you thinking of building a koi fish pond? Keeping these magnificent fish in your garden can be great fun and it is not as difficult as you might think. With the right care koi can live for decades and some can become almost a meter long. Follow these tips to plan your pond properly so your koi will live long and happy life.

1 Depth is important

Depth of your pond is crucial. The minimum recommended depth is 4 feet, however it is much better to give your fish six or even 8 feet deep pond. This will ensure that your koi are protected from raccoons, cats and other animals who love a fish dinner. Deeper fish pond also helps to keep water cool in hot summer days

2 Make your pond as large as you can

Small ponds are not suitable for koi. Remember, with time koi can grow quite large and they will need a lot of room. Also there are so many color variations of koi, that with time you will probably want to add more fish to your pond. So it is better to create a large pond from the start than rebuild it later. About ten thousand gallons is a good size for a koi pond, bigger would be even better.

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3 Use fish pond heater in colder months

Unlike tropical fish, koi don’t suffer much from cold; however you should never let your pond freeze completely. Installing a proper pond heater will always keep an opening in the ice. Also keep in mind, that koi only grow when the water is warm, so with a heater your fish will grow faster

4 Plan some shade for your koi

When selecting a spot for your pond, make sure it is out of direct sunlight. Also keeping water plants like water lilies in your pond are a good idea – not only they add beauty to the overall design, but they also provide shade for the fish. However, you should avoid building your koi pond under trees. Cleaning a fish pond of fallen leaves is no fun.

5 Plan to install a bird net

There are many birds of prey that would love to steal your koi. Don’t give them the opportunity; plan your pond location so it is possible to cover it with a net.

6 Keep insecticides away from your pond

When landscaping your pond keep in mind that you should not use any insecticides or herbicides near the water. Even a small amount of common garden poison can kill your beautiful fish.

7 Get proper equipment for your pond

Several accessories are absolutely essential for a healthy koi pond. Ideally you will have to invest into a water pump, filtration system, water aerator and an ultraviolet sterilizer. If the water in your pond is still, your fish might get sick and eventually die. Koi pond filtration systems are expensive, so as an alternative you can make your own homemade filters.

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