MEDIA POST - Despite a loyal readership and niche appeal, gay-themed
print publications are experiencing a downturn in ad spending,
apparently beset by the same difficulties as the rest of the magazine
world. The change is especially significant because it follows a
two-year period when gay media, including magazines, outperformed the
industry as a whole. . . The mags' troubles stand out in a gay ad market
that is generally booming. . . The magazines are facing stiff
competition from the Internet, including big names like Planet Out. . .
Advertisers also have new options in the form of a dedicated cable
channel, Logo, launched by Viacom in June 2005. By the end of 2005 it
was broadcast to 19 million subscribers and was running ads from a host
of mainstream advertisers. The overall appeal of the gay demo is clear:
according to the Gay Market Press Report, the 16 million gay consumers
over the age of 18 have a combined spending power of $641 billion.
http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.san&s=
51437&Nid=25279&p=374317
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LA TIMES - The UCLA police officer videotaped last week using a Taser
gun on a student also shot a homeless man at a campus study hall room
three years ago and was earlier recommended for dismissal in connection
with an alleged assault on fraternity row, authorities said. UCLA police
confirmed late Monday that the officer who fired the Taser gun was
Terrence Duren, who has served in the university's Police Department for
18 years. Duren, who was named officer of the year in 2001, also has
been involved in several controversial incidents on campus with The
Times on Monday night, Duren, 43, defended his record as a campus police
officer and urged people to withhold judgment until the review of his
Taser use is completed
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-taser21nov21,0,1459046.story?
coll=la-home-headlines
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NY 1 - The NYPD has installed a patrol tower in a Harlem . . . The
two-story booth tower, called Sky Watch, gives the officer sitting
inside a better vantage point from which to monitor the area. Officers
in the booth have access to a spotlight, sensors, and four cameras. The
tower is portable and can be moved to the areas that need it most.
Residents in Harlem say they like the idea, though some wonder if the
appearance of Sky Watch has anything to do with the two new luxury
condos built on a nearby corner.
http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=1&aid=64500
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WILLIAM S BURROUGHS THANKSGIVING PRAYER
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMcIrYZ4R7Y
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SURVEY: ONLY 30% OF YOUNG AMERICANS FEEL HAPPY ABOUT THEIR LIVES
REUTERS - Young people in developing nations are at least twice as
likely to feel happy about their lives than their richer counterparts, a
survey says. Indians are the happiest overall and Japanese the most
miserable. According to an MTV Networks International lobal survey that
covered more than 5,400 young people in 14 countries, only 43 percent of
the world's 16- to 34-year-olds say they are happy with their lives.
MTVNI said this figure was dragged down by young people in the developed
world, including those in Britain and the United States where fewer than
30 percent of young people said they were happy with the way things
were. Only eight percent in Japan said they were happy.
Reasons for unhappiness across the developed world included a lack of
optimism, concern over jobs and pressure to succeed.
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=healthNews&storyid=
2006-11-20T033809Z_01_L19430195_RTRUKOC_0_US-LIFE-GLOBAL-SURVEY.xml
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TREE HUGGER - Combined Heat and Power generators in America have so far
been used only for large-scale projects. They can heat and power entire
neighborhoods or office complexes. And, in doing it, they are about
three times more efficient that centralized fossil fuel power plants.
CHPs aren't emissions free (they run internal combustion engines with
natural gas) but because they are decentralized and capture the heat
produced by the power generation, they produce a lot more energy per ton
of CO2 released. But the big news in CHPs is that they're becoming
ultra-decentralized. That is, you can put one under your sink and heat
and power your house with it. In Japan, over 30,000 household's already
have micro-CHPs, and Europe boasts more than 80,000. Where's yours you
ask? It's coming, just hold on a little bit. A few dozen units have been
installed across America, but their spread is being held back by cheap
energy prices and lack of the incentives that have driven the market in
Japan and Europe.
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/11/home_energy_and.php
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THE MEALY MOUTHED acting chancellor of UCLA, Norman Abrams, who has been
less than appalled by his cops using a torture gun on a student, has an
interesting bio including this note: "Prof. Abrams' most recent book,
Anti-Terrorism and Criminal Enforcement, (2nd ed., 2005), also published
in an abridged version, is the first casebook to deal comprehensively
with the rapidly evolving field of anti-terrorism law and the criminal
enforcement process."
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AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING - White mice will be used to test athletes' food
at the 2008 Beijing Olympics to make sure it is not poisoned. The Xinhua
news agency says milk, alcohol, salad, rice, oil, salt and seasonings
will be tested by white mice, 24 hours before they are used in cooking
or served to athletes. Beijing's Municipal Health Inspection Bureau says
the mice will develop adverse reactions to poisoning within 17 hours,
much sooner than other testing methods.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200611/s1790609.htm
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