Read More About: Leather Sofas Melbourne Desired Living By Billy Delaney Convertible cribs are an option that is now available to new parents or those with a baby. These items seem to be turning up everywhere as more and more seem to be available by the day. The product itself provides people with a choice over the stodgy, old baby crib and has a number of advantages over them. Here, we take a closer look at these cribs and their specifics to help you better decide if they might be…
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Controversy erupts over German Anarchist Pogo Party’s campaign ad
Thursday, September 8, 2005 The German Anarchist Pogo Party ran a campaign ad (Download here — NSFW) which, instead of discussing the party’s politics, featured various party scenes set to a heavy metal soundtrack. The spot included revellers smashing furniture, pouring beer down each other’s throats, and women dancing topless. The spot ends with the proclamation: “My vote for the rubbish”. The ARD refused to air the ad because it “violates the human dignity” and showed only a heavily censored version at an earlier airtime. The Party then sued the…
Read MoreSt. Anthony Foundation provides hope
Friday, September 23, 2005 On the corner of Golden Gate Ave. and Jones St. in the Tenderloin, San Francisco, right next to the Civic Center you can see a throng of low-income and homeless people lining up outside of St. Anthony’s Dining Room hall which opens up it’s doors everyday at 11:30 a.m. Volunteers dressed in St. Anthony Foundation shirts help keep the lines moving as hundreds of homeless and low income people shuffle their way towards the dining hall underneath the watchful eyes of a small statue of St.…
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Read More About: Tracking Devices Car Tracker Submitted by: GiveMePublicity Services In this article we will talk about how e commerce companies are working hard to retain their existing customers. We all know that repeat customers are always good for any business. Study shows that if company increases its retention rate by 5% it increases profitability by 25%-95%. According to KISSmetrics Analytics, the global average value of each lost customer is approximately $243 (Rs 16,038.00), which in any terms is huge loss to a business. E commerce companies are now…
Read MoreRugby Union: Ballymore Cup North Queensland carnival
Sunday, July 26, 2009 Rockhampton Grammar School, Townsville Grammar School and St. Augustine’s College (Cairns) played the North Queensland Carnival as part of the Ballymore Cup quarter finals this past weekend. Rockhampton Grammar School won the final and will play Siena Catholic College in the semi final. The Ballymore Cup is a state wide Rugby Union competition in the Australian state of Queensland. Schools participating in the Greater Public Schools (GPS) competition do not compete in the Ballymore Cup. Mackay representative Whitsundays Anglican School did not participate as they could…
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Read MoreU.S. nonprofit news agency shuts down
Saturday, April 28, 2007 The online news agency The NewStandard (TNS), a U.S.-based daily dispatch service, ceased publications on Friday, April 27. The not for profit media organization run by the PeoplesNetWorks Collective out of Syracuse, New York was begun in 2004. The 5 staffers that run the collective said that the reason for closure was a “lack of support”. An announcement made earlier this week on Monday said, “ As those familiar with us or our work can imagine, this was a tremendously difficult decision for us to reach.…
Read MoreGAO reveals $1.6 billion spent on public relations by the Bush administration in 2003-2005
Tuesday, February 14, 2006 A new 154-page Government Accountability Office (GAO) report says seven federal departments together spent US$1.6 billion on 343 contracts with public relations firms, advertising agencies, and media organizations, as well as individuals involved in such activities. Congressional Democrats requested the report after several incidents surfaced in which journalists or commentators were paid to promote the Bush administrations programs, but did not disclose the financing, so called payola. In one case, Armstrong Williams was paid $186,000 for promotions of President Bush’s No Child Left Behind law. The…
Read MoreWhy Advertising Is Important To Any Business}
Why Advertising is Important to any Business by TDI Ads Advertising is considered to be a way of gaining the attention of the target customers of the company. It is also a medium that helps the company get a competitive advantage over its competitors in the market. Through advertisement, a company is able to express itself, its products and services it provides and enables them to explain why they are better than any other. Advertisement for companies producing luxury products has to focus more on its advertisement rather than the…
Read MoreDesmond Tutu calls for election of African pope
NB this story is also covered in the article Archbishop Desmond Tutu calls for African Pope.Monday, April 4, 2005 Retired Anglican Arch-Bishop Desmond Tutu has called for the Catholic church to appoint an African as new pope. “We hope the cardinals when they meet will follow the first non-Italian pope by electing the first African pope,” said Tutu on SABC TV at a press conference in his Cape Town home. Nigeria’s Cardinal Francis Arinze, currently number four in the church hierarchy, is seen as the best hope for a pope…
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