| Stopping the Junk Mail Deluge Can Be Done
Junk mail, paper catalogs and unsolicited credit-card offers clog our mailboxes. Consumer Reports shows some ways to stop the mailbox deluge and get to the mail you need to read. Homeowner Rachel Skinner said she cringes every time she takes a pile of catalogs out to be recycled. More than 53 million trees are used to produce paper catalogs each year. "I can get close to 20 catalogs a day. I get furniture catalogs, lots of children's clothing catalogs. I get bed and bath catalogs," Skinner said. "I'll get four different catalogs from one company." Consumer Reports, however, says it is possible to opt out and choose not to receive catalogs in the mail – and even to end those seemingly endless credit-card solicitations. "The Direct Marketing Association, which includes companies that send you catalogs, must take you off of their mailing list if you sign up for their Mail Preference Service,'" Urvashi Rangan, with Consumer Reports, said.
Radio & TV Talk
THese stations need to play better music instead of the same 20 songs every day, and stop with the "echo effect" - playing another (or the same) song by the same artist within 3 songs of hearing it on another station. 99X was especially guilty of this. .
A Fall Guy’s Final Fall
Scooter took a bullet for his boss, and the commutation/upcoming pardon is his reward for keeping his trap shut. A compliant AG helped hide the rest of the messes behind expanded claims of executive privilege. ">domajot said, December 11, 2007 at 6:53 am: Mule - "he's the only head the Democratic scandal machine has managed to procure" i would really help if we kept to the facts. Libby wasn't 'procured' by anyone except a grand jury investigaion, led by someone appointed by the Republican administration.. Throwing words around just because they sound to some folks is not productive in any discussion. ">Mule Face said, December 11, 2007 at 12:04 pm: Megaman, kritt & domajot: Your comments reflect only your own ignorance.
Category: Dell
Between the Lines Latest Post | Last 10 Posts | Archives The technology worry chronicles: IBM, Best Buy dinged Posted in: General IT Management Hardware Infrastructure Hewlett-Packard IBM Dell Enterprises aren't too hip on buying IT hardware right now and consumers aren't feeling all that spunky either. Those are the big takeaways from the latest installment of Wall Street worry about technology-related companies. On Friday, worries about Intel emerged. You can expect these worries to emerge leading up to the heart of technology earnings season. This earnings season is going to be very interesting in technology. Thus far, companies have weathered the economic storm without many problems. Oracle has said that financial services companies haven't pulled back.
US Sabotages Global Chance for Optimum Health When World Food Body ...
Dr. Barbara Schneeman, head of the FDA Department of Supplements and Nutrition, stunned members of Codex Alimentarius, the UN's international commission on food standards, today by demonstrating US opposition is to health and consumer protection. This move, in the context of Codex Alimentarius' first pro-health initiative, simultaneously removed optimal health as a Codex goal and sought to protect advertisement of junk food to children. The World Health Organization explicitly opposes advertising which preys on children at the expense of their present and future health. Ottawa, Canada (PRWEB) May 4, 2006 -- The FDA's Barbara Schneeman, PhD, US delegate to the 31st meeting of the CCFL, contined theUS opposition to optimal health and nutrition despite strong support for world health by the World Health Organization (WHO) and most member nations at the annual meeting of Codex Alimentarius Committee on Food Labeling (CCFL, 5/1/06).
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Letter: DOT recommends a more balanced scorecard
Given the expansiveness and diversity of the tourism industry in the context of these Cayman Islands we expect there to be a healthy debate of differing opinions on the subject of tourism. Consequently, we accept that criticisms of the Department of Tourism are par for the course and often times the comments are constructive, helping the industry identify an area that needs further attention or at least, needs improved communications to inform the public. Rarely does the Department of Tourism (DOT) feel compelled to respond to negative press coverage; however after a reading an editorial in a local paper we felt that the article was so full of inaccuracies that it was important to set the record straight. According to the editorial, DOT is: out of touch; lacks a cohesive and effective marketing strategy; only targets the rich and famous and does no advertising or promotions whatsoever in Canada.
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