Springsteen guitarist anticipates emotional shows

Actor and musician Steven Van Zandt poses for a portrait, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, in New York. Bruce Springsteen guitarist Steve Van Zandt says touring without the late sax player Clarence Clemons is sure to be emotional for the E Street Band and its audience. Van Zandt said Thursday that the band?s work will always be a tribute to Clemons and the late organist Danny Federici. Springsteen and the E Street Band will kick off their tour in Atlanta on March 18. (AP Photo/Carlo Allegri)

Actor and musician Steven Van Zandt poses for a portrait, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, in New York. Bruce Springsteen guitarist Steve Van Zandt says touring without the late sax player Clarence Clemons is sure to be emotional for the E Street Band and its audience. Van Zandt said Thursday that the band?s work will always be a tribute to Clemons and the late organist Danny Federici. Springsteen and the E Street Band will kick off their tour in Atlanta on March 18. (AP Photo/Carlo Allegri)

Actor and musician Steven Van Zandt poses for a portrait, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, in New York. Bruce Springsteen guitarist Steve Van Zandt says touring without the late sax player Clarence Clemons is sure to be emotional for the E Street Band and its audience. Van Zandt said Thursday that the band?s work will always be a tribute to Clemons and the late organist Danny Federici. Springsteen and the E Street Band will kick off their tour in Atlanta on March 18. (AP Photo/Carlo Allegri)

NEW YORK (AP) ? Bruce Springsteen guitarist Steve Van Zandt says touring without saxophonist Clarence Clemons is sure to be emotional for the E Street Band and its audience.

Clemons died at age 69 last year after a stroke. Van Zandt said Thursday that the band's work will always be a tribute to Clemons and keyboard player Danny Federici, who died in 2008. Springsteen and the E Street Band begin a long tour next month.

Despite the emotion, Van Zandt says band members have to ask themselves whether their colleagues would have wanted them to carry on with the work. The guitarist said: "I think the answer's yes."

Besides the music, Van Zandt is promoting "Lilyhammer," Netflix's first original series. It is set in Norway and begins streaming Feb. 6 on Netflix.

Associated Press

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Worker productivity growth slowed in 4th quarter (AP)

WASHINGTON ? Workers were more efficient in the final three months of last year, although their gains in productivity slowed from the previous quarter. Slower productivity growth can be a good sign for hiring if economic growth picks up.

The Labor Department said Thursday that worker productivity rose at a 0.7 percent annual rate in the October-December quarter. That's below a downwardly revised 1.9 percent in the previous quarter.

Labor costs rose 1.2 percent in the final three months of last year, as wages and salaries grew at a faster pace than productivity. Still, inflation-adjusted wages fell 1.2 percent in all of 2011, the steepest annual drop since 1989.

Productivity is the amount of output per hour of work. A slowdown in productivity is bad for corporate profits. But it can be good for hiring if it signals companies aren't able to squeeze more work out of their existing staffs. When that happens, it often means they must add more workers if they want to grow.

Productivity jumped after the recession, largely because companies boosted output without hiring much. But productivity slowed in 2011, in part because companies hired more workers and worked their staffs longer.

Total hours worked rose last year for the first time since 2007.

In the first six months of 2011, productivity fell largely because consumers cut back on spending in the face of higher food and gas prices. That slowed overall economic growth.

Growth accelerated in the October-December quarter to a 2.8 percent annual rate. That spurred more hiring. Companies added an average of 137,000 jobs per month in the final three months of last year. That was below the third quarter's average but much higher than the 97,000 added in the April-June quarter.

The average work week ticked up in the final three months of last year, to 34.4 hours.

On Friday, the government reports on January hiring and unemployment. Economists expect that companies added 155,000 net jobs, while the unemployment rate stayed at 8.5 percent unemployment for a second straight month.

Companies found ways to produce more goods and services with fewer workers during the recession. Greater productivity helped them boost profits. But it also allowed them to hold back on hiring after companies slashed millions of jobs during the downturn.

That can make higher productivity painful for workers in the short run. But productivity is important for raising living standards.

Increases in productivity allow companies to pay workers more without being forced to boost the prices of their products, which can cause inflation

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Rihanna: Topless! Blonde! Tweeting!

An apparently topless Rihanna showed off her long blonde hair on Twitter last night. She's rocked everything from massive red curls to a platinum bob with blunt bangs in the past couple of months. Now, she's debuted yet another dramatic 'do.

Which really looks good with no shirt:

The 23-year-old singer tweeted the pic of herself sporting a long, layered blonde style (and not much else!) along with the following message: "#Back2Work 1st Cover of the year!!! #ELLE," followed by "Bleach + weave #WERQ."

Later that night she sat courtside at L.A.'s Staples Center to watch the Clippers (bet you didn't hear THAT three years ago) beat the Nuggets, turning heads with her new locks.

What do you think of Rihanna's blonde hair?

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Ready, Set, Learn! | United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona in ...

Building Relationships, Resilience and Readiness through an exploration of adult learning.
Cassandra O?Neill and Sarah Griffiths from Wholonomy Consulting
Saturday, February 4, 2012 from 9am ? 12noon
Ocotillo Learning Center (Corner of Drexel & Campbell)
5702 South Campbell Ave, Tucson AZ 85706

This session is designed to help early childhood professionals learn more about how adults learn. Participants will explore the fundamentals of adult learning and identify ways to increase the impact of their own professional development and learning. The group will learn about creating conditions that support the development of communities of adult learners within early childhood programs.

• Educators in the Central and South Pima communities welcome!
• Bring your lunch. Drinks & snacks will be provided.
• Travel stipends for rural providers.
• Onsite childcare for Birth -8
  
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Benefits of banner advertising

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Advertising through online media which is also known as online/internet advertising is one of the most adopted means of promoting a brand or business by modern advertisers. Online Advertising media is infact booming. Providing promotion solutions for various brands, services and businesses, internet advertising media is poised to top the chart amongst the list of advertising means. Banner Advertising is one of most adopted means of internet advertising. A banner ad is a form of advertising on the web that entails embedding an advertisement on a particular website page. A banner ad is intended to attract heavy traffic to a website or landing page by linking it to the website of the advertiser (who hosts the ad).

Following are few more features and benefits of banner advertising.

Ideal means of advertising (for newbies or established brand owners)

A banner advertising campaign is ideal for any kind of brand owner whether a newbie or oldie. A banner ad is similar to one of the magazines or newspaper ads we often come across. The only difference is that this kind of advertisement is accessible only through the web world. If articulately implemented, a banner ad can get you the exact response that you are expecting from your TG.

Talk to your customers through text and pictures

A banner advertising campaign is one of the interesting means of communicating a brand message to your customers.

Enriched with attractive graphics and one liner copy, anyone who comes across your ad display will take time to go through the brand message. The sizes of banner ads vary from one advertiser to another. Following are ten types of banner ads-
Animated banner ads
Rotating banner ads
Scrolling banner ads
Pop-ups
Pop under
Drop-down menu bar
Floating banners
Corner peel banner ads
Interstitials
Rich media banner ads

Every advertising campaign provides an appeal to customers. Advertisers infact persuade customers through this appeal. An ad appeal may be either based on emotions such as love, belongingness or care or fear. Without an appeal, it is a tough task for an advertiser to communicate the brand message to customers as they don?t find it interesting or attractive. So, it is a must for every brand owner to launch his promotion campaign by loading an out of the box theme or appeal that may strike customers? attention even at a quick glance.

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Video: American Airlines employees brace for layoffs

The bankrupt airline plans to eliminate 13,000 jobs. NBC?s Brian Williams reports.

>>> employees of bankrupt american airlines have braced for bad news for weeks. american's parent company said today it wants to eliminate 13,000 jobs. that's 15% of american's work force , part of a plan to return to profitability. it also wants to end its traditional pension

Source: http://video.msnbc.msn.com/nightly-news/46228643/

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