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Posted on: 5:21 pm, October 15, 2012, by Staff Writer, updated on: 05:43pm, October 15, 2012

ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI) ? FOX 2 needs your help provide ?Kennel And Care? for homeless pets.? When we get to 200,000 fans, we will donate a special FOX 2 dog kennel and a FOX 2 cat kennel to the Humane Society of Missouri.

If the goal is met homeless then cats and dogs will have ?Kennel And Care? at the Humane Society of Missouri.? When a cat or dog staying in the FOX 2 kennels get adopted then care will continue for the next pet who stays there.? The care will continue for the next year.

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rcs-fuzzy: International Business and Communication

Today companies trade goods and provide services to global customers. Many companies have facilities in different countries and most companies, small and large, work already with a highly diverse, international workforce.

Communication is clearly the enabler of any kind of cooperation and business activities - nationally and internationally. Different cultures have particular business communication styles, well accepted and adopted by their population. Other cultures have different ways to conduct business and with that, use different styles to open, discuss, negotiate and close business deals and maintain business relations.

What is the best way to communicate for people of different cultural background? The potential customer's style or the one that relates to the language used during the communication? Unfortunately there is no clear answer to this question.

Specific communication styles have developed over long periods based on cultural values. Even with the wish to "speak the language of the customer", these values cannot just be set aside when writing or talking to people of other cultural influence.

Two little anecdotes show the difficulties in communicating internationally. A Japanese corporation hired a professional trainer to teach their people how to communicate with Western customers. The Japanese style uses passive wording, perceived by Western customers "as if they do not want to make business with us". Nothing was further from the truth; the Japanese corporation was of course very interested in Western business. I witnessed another case of misinterpreted correspondence first hand, when a colleague received an email from another colleague in Europe. When reading it he suddenly murmured: "Why is he yelling at me?" I asked him what he meant and he responded that the colleague's use of exclamation marks would be equal to yelling at him. A look at the email confirmed what I thought: the exclamation marks underlined great importance - not to scold the reader. Using the exclamation mark that way is common practice in the country of the writer. But the author wrote in English - so should it not be natural using Anglo-American writing styles and rules?

We will have more fruitful interpersonal and business experience, if:?

1. Individuals writing in their second or third language, avoid phrases, formulations and special punctuations that are common in their language but might be unknown or sometimes even offending in other cultural regions. Keep it as simple as possible.
2. Receivers of emails not written in the writer's mother-tongue should read them with extra tolerance. The writer took great efforts to learn this language, but do not expect impeccable wording. Try to understand what the writer had in mind.
3. Openness and willingness to understand different cultures and how they express themselves in business communication, bears a huge potential of additional possibilities. There is benefit in learning the ways of other cultures. Adapting some of them may even give the own company a head start.

Source: http://rcs-fuzzy.blogspot.com/2012/10/international-business-and-communication.html

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Gunning for iCloud: White-Label Cloud Hub Provider, Funambol, Closes $5.75M Round To Push Global Growth

White-label cloud service provider Funambol has closed a new $5.75m funding round aimed at speeding its global expansion. The company's customers are already deploying its OneMediaHub personal cloud repository to millions of their users. Funambol is aiming to use this latest cash injection, along with a working capital line, to further accelerate its rate of global growth.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/_WsJoORm95A/

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Christopher Walken and Sam Rockwell Discuss Seven Psychopaths

One of the best films I saw at this year?s Toronto International Film Festival was writer-director?Martin McDonagh?s (In Bruges) dark comedy?Seven Psychopaths.? The film centers on a screenwriter (Colin Farrell) suffering writer?s block, who then gets drawn into the mischief of his two dog-napping friends (Sam Rockwell and Christopher Walken) after they kidnap a pooch belonging to a psychotic gangster (Woody Harrelson).? For more on the film that also stars Tom Waits, Zeljko Ivanek, Abbie Cornish, and Olga Kurylenko, here?s Matt?s review, seven clips, and all our previous coverage.

The day after the world premiere, I sat down with Walken and Rockwell for an exclusive interview.? We talked about their initial reaction to reading the script, how precious McDonagh is with the dialogue, whether anything changed on set, how they each prepare for a role, and more.? Hit the jump to watch.

And if you missed my video interview with McDonagh and Farrell, click here.

Christopher Walken and Sam Rockwell:

• What was their initial reaction when they read the script
• How did things change on set
• Did any of the dialogue change on set and what was Martin McDonagh like to work with as a writer/director
• How do they prepare for their roles

Source: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1926040/news/1926040/

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Thriller "Taken 2" grabs movie box office crown

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Liam Neeson thriller "Taken 2" captured the No. 1 spot on movie box office charts over the weekend with a brawny $50 million take from theaters in the United States and Canada.

"Taken 2" stars Neeson as a former CIA agent kidnapped during a vacation in Istanbul. The movie added $55 million from some 50 international markets for a global opening of $117 million including Korea where it opened earlier, distributor 20th Century Fox said.

The strong debut for "Taken 2" pushed last weekend's winner, family flick "Hotel Transylvania," to second place. The movie about a hotel run by Dracula earned $26.3 million from Friday through Sunday, according to studio estimates compiled by Reuters. Comedy "Pitch Perfect" snagged the No. 3 slot with $14.7 million.

North American (U.S. and Canadian) sales for "Taken 2" were more than double the original film's, which opened in January 2009 with $24.7 million and ultimately grossed a surprising $227 million around the world. The movie lifted Neeson to the ranks of Hollywood action stars, leading to roles in movies such as "Clash of the Titans" and "The Grey."

"This so exceeded our expectations going in," said Chris Aronson, president of domestic distribution at 20th Century Fox, noting that Fox had anticipated something "in the mid-30s range" after what he called a "sluggish market" since the summer.

"The come in at $50 million is really remarkable, and a testament to this character that Liam has created," Aronson told Reuters.

The executive noted that the audience was almost evenly split male-female, and also played strongly across age groups, with more than half over the age of 25.

Fox co-financed the film with Europa Corp, the company run by "Taken" writer and director Luc Besson, and contributed $36 million to its budget, Aronson said. Reports have put the total budget at about $50 million.

"Hotel Transylvania" won the weekend battle for pre-Halloween family filmgoers, leaving new Walt Disney Co movie "Frankenweenie" in fifth place. Through two weekends, "Transylvania" has grossed $76 million in the domestic market.

"Pitch Perfect," about a college all-girls singing group moved up the charts as it expanded nationwide following an impressive limited opening last weekend. The movie stars Anna Kendrick and Brittany Snow.

"There's a lot to be said about this little engine that could," said Nikki Rocco, president of domestic distribution for Universal, a unit of Comcast Corp, noting that the film only cost $17 million.

"It's on the road to very nice profitability for Universal," she said, adding that the studio expected "word of mouth, which we know is great" would help the film develop legs beyond its core, targeted audience, which, Rocco said, "loves it."

Rounding out the charts, time-travel movie "Looper" earned fourth place with $12.2 million domestically. Sales for the movie starring Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt reached $40.3 million for the two-week run.

Disney's "Frankenweenie" grossed $11.5 million at domestic theaters. The black-and-white stop-motion film directed by Tim Burton tells the story of a boy who brings his beloved dog back to life using Frankenstein-like science. The movie cost $39 million to produce.

News Corp's 20th Century Fox studio distributed "Taken 2." Sony Corp's film studio released "Hotel Transylvania" and "Looper." "Pitch Perfect" was distributed by Universal Pictures, a unit of Comcast Corp.

(This version of the story has been corrected to fix title of Fox executive in paragraph 5)

(Additional reporting by Chris Michaud; Editing by Doina Chiacu)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/thriller-taken-2-grabs-movie-box-office-crown-233225565--sector.html

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What is Social Behavior Targeting and Why Do You Care?

The face of how businesses connect with consumers is changing, and it?s an exciting time. Gone are the days when marketers could simply hope that television viewers would watch commercials, or that a mass targeted email would result in some sales.

Now we?ve hit upon what?s called social behavior targeting, and it?s guaranteed to make the entire sales/buying process less painful for everyone.

What it Is

Social behavior targeting uses what you?re doing online?the topics you tweet about, the things you search for, pages you like on Facebook?to customize marketing offers for you. You?ve likely already been the target of such a campaign. The next time you?re on Facebook, see what ads pop up on the right. Chances are, they?re geared toward something you?ve done or been interested in on Facebook.

And Amazon and Netflix have been using social behavior targeting for years to help you find other products you might like. This concept is now being more widely used in internet advertising and email marketing.

Your Customers Aren?t One-Size-Fits-All

What this means for you as a small business is great opportunity to better connect with more qualified leads. Rather than blanket marketing to anyone between the ages of 20 and 35, you can direct your message only to that age group that likes rock climbing, for example.

Social behavior targeting can:

• Increase your leads to close ratio
• Save the time you wasted chasing dead end leads
• Understand what your customers really want
• Reach customers where they?re hanging out

Not only do you get the opportunity to whittle down your potential leads list to really good prospects, but your potential customers will be more grateful for being better targeted. We?ve all gotten those spammy emails for weight loss or male enhancement and rolled our eyes because clearly we weren?t targeted. But what if your potential customers were actually excited to see your ad on Facebook or get your email offer? They?ll be that much more likely to want to buy from you, and they?ll appreciate you not wasting their time.

Where to Find It

There are certain ad platforms (Facebook and LinkedIn use it) that are currently using social behavior targeting. ?Email provider Silverpop is also using targeting to help small businesses zero in on what their customers actually want. You?ll see more and more marketing opportunities using behavior as the targeting tool in the next few months. In a few years, you?ll wonder how anything else ever worked!

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Source: http://www.corpnet.com/blog/social-behavior-targeting-care/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=social-behavior-targeting-care

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In close race, Obama and Romney showing confidence

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? Exactly one month from Election Day, Republican Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama are both declaring they will win a race for the White House that remains anything but clear. Their trails are crossing again in Ohio, the state that could decide the election, and signs of urgency are emerging from each campaign.

"I very much intend to win this election," Obama told donors in San Francisco Monday night. "But we're only going to do it if everybody is almost obsessive for the next 29 days."

Romney stood in a driving rain in Newport News, Va., his wet hair sticking to the side of his face, to join the kinds of die-hard supporters he needs for victory. "People wonder why it is I'm so confident we're going to win," he told them. "I'm confident because I see you here on a day like this. This is unbelievable."

Obama plans to rally support from students at Ohio State University on Tuesday, the last day for Ohioans to register to vote. Early voting is under way there and in many other states in one form or another.

Romney is set to campaign in Iowa and then Ohio, two of the nine contested states on the path to 270 electoral votes. Still riding high after a strong debate performance, Romney is expected to attend a midday rally in Van Meter, a small town 20 miles west of Des Moines. Tough-talking New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is scheduled to join Romney for a night rally near Akron, Ohio.

Obama maintains more paths to victory, but polling shows a tightening race after more than 67 million people watched Romney shine in the Denver debate last week. The challenger's path to victory is extremely narrow, particularly without Ohio. No Republican has won the presidency without carrying the state.

As negative ads blanketed the toss-up states, the Obama campaign on Tuesday unleashed one on national broadcast and cable networks featuring its favorite new weapon ? Big Bird.

Employing ominous narration, the spot ridicules Romney for singling out the "Sesame Street" character and PBS subsidies as examples of how he would cut spending. "One man has the guts to say his name," says the ad, flashing to Romney and then the feathered creature. "Big. Yellow. A menace to our economy. Mitt Romney knows it's not Wall Street you have to worry about. It's Sesame Street."

The competitors pivot to Ohio after closing out different missions.

Obama capped a two-day California visit that took him from the cliffside mansions of Beverly Hills to the golden fields outside Bakersfield to downtown San Francisco. The trip was mainly about raising millions of campaign dollars.

Romney sought to burnish his credentials as a potential commander in chief with a foreign policy address before Virginia Military Institute cadets, asserting that Obama's efforts have been weak in the volatile Middle East and his leadership in world affairs lacking overall.

Obama's aides said the president was upbeat in private, well aware that he had to do better in next week's debate in New York, but steady and looking forward to another shot.

Based on the presumed outcome of the 41 non-battleground states and Washington, D.C., Obama enters the final period banking on 237 electoral votes. Romney is assured of 191.

On the road to 270, the battleground states account for the final 110 electoral votes: Ohio, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, Virginia, North Carolina and Colorado.

Both Democrats and Republicans say internal campaign surveys following last week's debate show Romney cut into the lead Obama had built up in many key battleground states. But they say Obama still has an advantage in most of them.

A lack of independent polling makes it difficult to know whether that's true. Romney pulled ahead of Obama, 49 to 45 percent nationally, among likely voters in a Pew Research Center poll conducted after the debate.

TV-watching voters in the contested states continued to get inundated with negative ads from both sides.

"He doesn't have anything to run on so he's running all of these ads, outspending us here in Ohio trying to basically call us liars," Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan told WTOL, a TV station in Toledo, Ohio.

Ryan and Vice President Joe Biden debate Thursday in Kentucky.

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Peoples contributed from Newport News, Va. Associated Press writers David Espo and Julie Pace in Washington and Ann Sanner in Columbus, Ohio, contributed to this report.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/close-race-obama-romney-showing-confidence-070121015--election.html

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No. 3 LSU overcomes sloppiness, beats Towson 38-22

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) ? Zach Mettenberger's perfectly placed 53-yard scoring strike to Odell Beckham Jr. exemplified the type of play Les Miles wanted to see from LSU's offense before the Tigers hit one of the toughest stretches on their schedule.

If only that play had been the norm instead of the exception in a mistake-filled outing, Miles might not have been describing a "somber locker room" following No. 3 LSU's 38-22 victory over Towson on Saturday night.

"It was just sloppy play," Mettenberger said. "We have been sloppy week in and week out. We have to clean it up. Right now we are not playing LSU football. I'm very disappointed in myself and the team right now."

Mettenberger hit Beckham five times for 128 yards and two touchdowns, and the quarterback finished 15 of 26 for 238 yards passing and no interceptions. Still, Mettenberger was sacked four times, missed some open receivers and a fumble he gave up ? one of three LSU turnovers ? led to the first of two touchdown runs by Towson's Terrance West.

West's first TD run gave Towson (2-2), an FCS team, a stunning 9-7 lead in the second quarter before LSU (5-0) responded with 24 straight points.

J.C. Copeland, LSU's powerful 272-pound fullback, scored his third touchdown of the season on a 1-yard plunge after LSU's Jarvis Landry recovered Jordan Love's muffed punt on the Towson 8 in the third quarter.

However, Copeland was hurt in the fourth quarter and did not put any weight on his left leg as he was helped off the field. Miles did not have an update on Copeland's condition after the game, but insinuated he could be sidelined a while when he added, "We still have a couple of fullbacks that we can line up and play with."

In all, LSU fell short of the confidence-building performance it wanted before a trip to No. 11 Florida next weekend, followed by a visit from No. 6 South Carolina.

"If we don't turn the ball over or throw the ball on the ground and we protect our quarterback ... this thing looks like it's supposed to," Miles said. "I must not well have prepared them."

LSU had portrayed its 12-10 victory at Auburn a week earlier as a wakeup call, but it continued to stumble intermittently against its first FCS opponent of the season ? enough so that frustrated fans routinely groaned and even booed.

"To say that we made improvement, I can't say that," Miles said. "I'd have to say it was the same style of football that we played last week."

LSU fumbled five times in all but recovered the ball twice. Mettenberger's fumble was his third in two games. Michael Ford's fumble in the third quarter stalled a likely scoring drive on the Towson 13. Kenny Hilliard's fumble set up Towson's opening points on a field goal.

Ford still had a solid game overall, rushing 11 times for 76 yards, including a 4-yard TD. Receiver Russell Shepard had his best play on a designed run in the first quarter, when he burst through the line and sped down the sideline for a career-long 78-yard scoring run that he finished by diving to the pylon.

Towson's Grant Enders was 13 of 33 for 103 yards, including a 9-yard touchdown pass to Gerrard Shepard. He also rushed for 86 yards. West finished with 79 yards on 22 carries.

"I'm extremely conflicted," said Towson coach Rob Ambrose, whose program earned more than $500,000 and invaluable exposure for its nationally televised visit to Death Valley. "You don't line up to lose. With that being said, as a head coach, as an alum, as a father, I don't think it's humanly possible for me to be more proud of these players."

Towson did not drive past its own 30 on its first three possessions, but Hilliard's fumble on the LSU 38 late in the first quarter gave Towson its first break, and it capitalized with D.J. Soven's field goal.

Five of LSU's first six drives ended with three punts, a fumble and a missed 51-yard field goal attempt, keeping Towson in the game. Beckham later said he sensed a lack of intensity among his teammates.

"You could just see it on the sidelines," he said. "Everybody was really just not into the game. As soon as everybody started to get into the game things started to pick up. We just have to continue to do that."

The animated Ambrose appeared to be thoroughly enjoying his Death Valley experience on the visitor's sideline, and it only got better for him when Mettenberger fumbled on a sack while scrambling left and Towson recovered on LSU's 45. Soon after, Enders scrambled 43 yards to the LSU 1, and West dove over the pile to give Towson the lead. The point-after kick missed, however, leaving it 9-7.

"It boosted our confidence," Enders said. "With the opportunity to be on this stage and scoring the first touchdown, we realized we could play with them."

Mettenberger responded as LSU hoped on his next drive, hitting tight end Chase Clement over the middle for 27 yards, then finding Beckham for a 27-yard score to make it 14-9.

LSU had another scoring chance before halftime after Towson's R.J. Peppers shanked a punt only 6 yards to his own 22, but the drive stalled at the 5, setting up Drew Alleman's field goal to make it 17-9.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/no-3-lsu-overcomes-sloppiness-beats-towson-38-042011413--spt.html

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