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Chuck Norris

I like the energy he shows and I’ve been a fan of him since he was at Plymouth.

I think the way we are at the moment, you can’t get enough players in the area.

He’s got an eye for goals. I’ve already mentioned Paul Green can score a few goals. I think Norris knows how to get into the box at the right time. I think with losing Snodgrass we’ve got to look at scoring goals [from midfield], even though I’m looking to sign strikers.

David always wanted to sign for us. He was hoping, and hanging on for us.

Icing On The Cake

We saw what Varney was contributing in a match last night against Bodmin. [Like Norris] he’s a good professional, and I think that’s what we need.

But we still need one or two as icing on the cake.

Rodolph Austin should be concluded soon, and we’ve got a couple of targets in sight. Then there’s a couple of areas we’re still a bit thin on and a few players looking to leave as well.

We’ve had enquiries about Paynter, O’Brien, and a couple of other players, so we’ll have a look at that as well.

The White Knights Interview: Replacing Snodgrass

We need to replace players like [Snodgrass] with top, top players.

At the moment I don’t think we’re good enough to go up, if we can get the 3-4 players we need now as the icing on the cake, I think we have a very good chance of playing to the top level.

It’s all about getting those 2-3 quality players now to give us what we need to get to the top end of the table.

Loan Market

[The loan market’s] always there, I prefer not to use it if I’m honest unless it’s the odd one. I think it’s very good if you want to get your player some experience or you want a talented player in cheap, but that’s not where we are. At my age it’s got to be done yesterday really.

Wages and Fans

But the money I’ve found out people have been paying players the last 2-3 weeks, it’s 3-4 times what we pay at this level. It’s astronomical really.

While I was told the demoted teams were slashing their wage bill, the money they’ve paid has been way above what we can pay.

We’re always up against it but the benefit we have is we’ve got the best crowd in this division home and away and I think we’ve got to take advantage of that.

I don’t think there’s a player I’ve spoken to that didn’t want to come to Leeds United because it’s a massive club.

Young Dominic [Poleon] scored a great goal last night, I thought he’s looked sharp in pre-season, I liked Sam [Byram] at right-back, he’s come through the ranks and done ever so well, but they’re a bit short of first team yet, but they’re good prospects.

NB: Warnock wasn’t considering the loan market or youngsters to replace Snodgrass, these were topics he was asked questions on.

  • Tim Campbell

    Funny thing about that interview tim is that warnock must be as bad with figures as I am. I’ve never been one to remember birthdays or anniversary’s but warnock is WORSE!! In one breath he says the icing on the cake players number 3-4 and then in the next breath its 2-3 – answers on a postcard please lol

    • TimPM

      Haha, tbf I don’t think my way of picking bits out helps at times. Think there was a sentence or two between that where he waffled.

      He said on another interview 2-3 and if he could get 4 that’d be great. So I’m guessing 3’s the number.

      • Tim Campbell

        DI’m trying to keep the old fashioned stiff upper lip thru the painful takeover saga, as well as the exit of snodgrass (and more than likely McCormack). I think it has to be admitted that the portsmouth players massively underperformed last year. The hope is that the opposite will be true this year. The next player according to warnock cud arrive within the next 24hrs – just who would we consider icing on the cake players, and who wud be available all comes into the mix, as well as the obvious money it wud cost. With our defence looking stronger its the flair match changer type of player we need in now. The next few weeks will define our ambition and realistically where we wud hope to finish in the coming season

  • Captaincrash

    I just cannot see what system we will adopt – Green, Norris and Austin in the middle? two on the wings (from Varney/White/Rogers….) so who is in the hole behind Luc…Rossco? many parts here. Pugh and Brown better get decent cushions.

  • Lychian

    I have allways liked NW for his judgement on players before his move to ER so I am living in hope he gets those ” 2-3 ” players he needs for our push….MOT

  • Matthew

    4-2-3-1 is Warnocks formation, its not that hard to figure out.

    Ideally you’d want

    Austin, Green

    Varney, X player, White

    • Matthew

      Though I can see that changing if he doesnt have the players.

      Varney, Austin, Green, White

      Becchio, New Striker/Ross.

      • Captaincrash

        so no Norris….

  • Lychian

    Norris, Green
    Varney, White

    (in a 4-1-2-2-1 the latter 2 being outside wingers or inside forwards)

    • Matthew

      Aha.. nice one.

      What about this?

      Gradel, Norris, Green, White.

      Becchio, Beckford.

      Subs: Ashdown, Rodgers, New Defender, Austin, Varney.

      I would love that, and its realistic :)

      • Lychian

        I would play Austin above green or Norris tbh but that line up looks nice :-)

      • YorkshireBlue

        Kenny, Lees New CB Pearce Drury
        Gradel OR White Austin Green OR Norris Templeton
        Becchio McCormack OR Beckford OR New Striker

        bench; Ashdown,Brown,Pugh,Thompson,Rogers,Varney

        Looking at the first eleven, NW has lots of options, with the bench looking alot stronger than i can remember. Go get them 3 diamonds Neil.

        • Irning08

          Yorkshire Blue: He’s already got one (Nunez) or two (N.and Ross) diamonds. What he needs is a striker who can get behind a defence and a right back who can attack as well as defend, and then a lot of cushions for the players he’s signed whom we don’t need ie Gray, Brown, Norris or Varney. Trouble is his thinking doesn’t seem to run to diamonds…..

  • YorshireBlue

    The whole re-building job (squad wise), take over, no players leaving until we have adequate replacements has an all too familiar thread to it. NW’s got a tough job on, especially as we have not seen one marquee signing yet. The next 3 to 4 signings need to be much improved on what has arrived thus far, and that is no slight on the new signings, i think they are proven at this level without doubt. Deja vu all over again, still will be driving up for the Shrews game, hope we don’t go 2-0 nil down like last time, seem to remeber Bobby Davison equalizing before we went down 3-2 to a Micky Thomas free kick? For once can we get something sorted before we cock up another season.

  • Dje

    I notice Diouf is still unattached.
    Surely with his bad name his wages can’t be too demanding.
    And he said he’d be interested to come to Leeds (not all do).
    Not everyone’s family favourite granted, but a class act at this level.
    I’m just wondering if we are keeping him ‘en reserve’ for if/when McCormack goes.

    • TimPM

      TBH the way certain things have gone this window, if we couldn’t get Huseklepp or the Hearts lad or someone similar, I wouldn’t mind Diouf too much anymore if it freed up funds for a real classy striker.

  • trueyorxman

    Has Snoddy actually left yet does anyone know? If so we need three £1m+ players in to give us even a fighting chance next season. Signings so far very underwhelming

  • Mr Cynical

    How about this for a formation.
    A trialist, free, free, has been,

    Free, free, free, loan, free

    I’m sorry if I don’t share other suporters enthusiasm but these signings are poor. How can we achieve anything with the backbone of a Portsmouth’s relegation squad, mixed with a sprinkling of loans & free agents?

    • Matthew

      Several points.

      1. Portsmouth were relegated due to them having 10 points deducted, would of been Barnsley in their place if they wernt so poorly run from a finance point of view.

      2. Portsmouth with a mixture of bad luck and poor management, lost games.

      3. Portsmouth always gave us a good game and were effing hard to beat. Last Season we beat them 1-0 at home, and drew away. Season before, 3-3, 2-2. We don’t beat Portsmouth very much, that season we drew them twice we had the likes of Howson, Snoddy, etc in the team.

      • Matthew

        I liked it when the lights kept going out, I was like lol. Poor Pompey couldnt afford their electric bill.

        Anyone else remember said game? :)(Jan 2011)

        • Mr Cynical

          Yeah, I was there. That was my first visit to Fraton Park. What a dump it is. It won’t look out of place in League 1 that’s for sure!!

          • Matthew

            Indeed, anyway sorry if I didn’t agree with you but Portsmouth did have a decent team.

            Signing up their better players will only benefit us, I’m sure you’d agree.

    • AntonyMOT

      Im struggling to see who these loan/free agent players are? I don’t think you’ve been watching too closely, and also, even though Pompy went down, they didn’t deserve it. 10 points deduction as we all know is a big blow to a club in a financial low patch. I think NW has done the right thing bringing in a group of players from one team, they’ll have good cohesion and will mix in well with the likes of Becchio, White, Brown and Lees. I’m not saying we’ll be world beaters, but you shouldn’t knock his tactics before the season has even kicked off.

      • Matthew

        I think if anything the 10 point deduction knocked the wind out the club and players, and they fell apart.

        Their home record last season was also better than ours.

        • AntonyMOT

          Big time, wasn’t a great place to be.

      • Mr Cynical

        Most players we sign these days are available for either a nominal fee, loan, free or a trialist. FACT! When was the last time Leeds made a real ambitious signing to get the fans excited? The signing of Andy Gray is so typical, and showed the calibre of player we are aiming for. Does anybody think even a tiny fraction of the Snodgrass cash will be re-invested in the team? No chance!
        I’m not saying all NW’s signings this summer are poor. I am sure he will do ok when you consider the stingy transfer budget, but he can only do so much with the players he has. If Leeds don’t start season strongly then it could be a season of struggle.

    • Bubionwhite

      What an apt name you have Mr Cynical … how about all of us optimists with loads of enthusiasm take you for a beer or two to try and change your mind?

  • VikingTor

    Austin will play every game!

  • Killinghall1

    Snodgrass Leaving is a killer, and really I don’t feel that Howson and Gradel have been adequately replaced either. I’d be mollified somewhat if we could somehow wrest Beckford away from Leicester, but the chances of that are slim to non-existent. If McCormack goes as well I’m going to be as fucked off as I was at the start of last season.

  • AntonyMOT

    There is a huge chance of Templeton signing, he’s in his last year of his contract and even though Hearts say they are in no rush, a player of that calibre can not go for nothing. So I would line them up as follows (if we do sign him)

    Lees Pearce Kisnorbo Drury
    Austin Brown
    White Norris Templeton

    Subs: Cranie, Green, Rogers, Varney, Gray. (Warnock doesn’t have a keeper on the bench)

    • ste

      he will have a keeper this season as the limit has gone back upto 7 subs

    • Dje

      I’m not that convinced by Templeton. I spend a lot of time in Edinburgh and whenever I’ve seen him play he looks over-rated to me. And he can’t get into a pretty poor Scotland side. I hope I’ve tempted fate.

      Hearts want £1m. I think we could get George Boyd for that and he’s proven at this level.

      • Bubionwhite

        With the money from Snoddy we should be going for both of them. Templeton looks better than some of the options we have in that role and it’s a pity he can’t get into the Scotland side, a bit like McCormack there then … perhaps that’s down to Craig Levein’s poor choices.

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  • simonwhite

    Portsmouth are a feeder team to leeds !. Leeds are a feeder team to norwich !. So who are norwich a feeder teamfor ? . Answers on a postcode. Will have to rename leeds leeds-port or portleeds.

  • shauny b

    does any one know what the hell is happening with somma we missed the super sub last year

  • Darragh

    Does everyone know there is 7 subs for the fore coming season…

    Craine Lees Pearce Drury/Pugh

    Austin Norris

    White (*Icing on Cake) Templeton

    Beechio/ Maynard/ Ross

    Think White really needs to be put in on Snodgrass old wing think he can do better with some good coaching…. Also need a good back up Defence

    • “Icing on the cake” may well be Lewis McGugan. Along with Peltier at RB and Maynard or Beckford up top. Yes Templeton could be Snodds replacement. So the probable team I think looks like this:-
      Peltier Lees Pearce (capt) Drury
      Austin Green
      Templeton Maynard Varney

  • Heartbroken

    What a shambles!! Our only remaining quality player leaves and who can blame him.
    Did he want to play alongside Andy Gray,Adam Drury,Aidy White,Michael Brown,Danny Pugh or players like Varney, Green and Norris journeymen who have no right to ever play for our once great club?
    Did he want to play for Warnock and his “Lump It Long” boring pointless outdated football?
    Did he believe that a takeover/investment would ever happen,as he has first hand knowledge of the lies and broken prommises of Our Esteemed Chairman who will still be in charge when we play Wolves?
    He had had enough as should we. Our club is a joke and we as fans are a joke for believing things will get better soon!!
    Until Ken Bates is out of our club forever we are doomed.

  • Litherlandwhite

    As we now have White & Green (as well as Brown) can I suggest the new signings will be Mustard, Scarlett, Peacock & Plum…Not a Cluedo!

  • mikelufc999

    Am I the only one who is sick and tired of the whole effin business?

    Eunuch is determined to deliver shite football and earn another years wages at the expense of another wasted season.

    Additionally the new owners,if they exist are just as bad as bastard bates and if that was not bad enough there is a sufficient number of moronic fans who will support this bullshit so better to get out of this and keep a weather eye on things over the next year or 2 and hope the fans grow some balls or die off.

    • Chareose

      Varney isnt a patch on Snodgrass…..

      Warnock is trying to sugar coat the fans a bit i think………I think his previous statement was a bit closer to the truth “we need maybe 3 marquee signings” to be able to get promoted……… But we all may just disagree on what a Marquee signing is…… For me we still need a couple of players who have the ability to make an impact in the premiership, its that quality you need to get into automatic promotion spots.

      Theres no doubt our team is far more solid than it was and will probably be a lot harder to beat but for me we are lacking some of the natural skill you need in attacking positions…….

  • mikelufc999

    Warnock is now saying he has replaced 3 million quid snoddy with 200,000 quid varney, he is a very astute dealer eh?
    Norwich must be right dicks………………………

  • simonwhite

    Heard we are after jonny russel from dundee who is a quality and quicker player than snoddgrass. Hope we get templeton as well. Also heard we are in for maynard and a QPR striker . Come on warnock really want 2 quality wingers and 2 quality strickers and lee peltier , cranie and a great centre back. Ask snoddgrass this questiin why join a team that will be in championship season after while we will be in premiership. This takeover shud go thru the day we play preston after we have got the icing on the cake. !!!

  • Marshymarsh

    After we get a 3-4 marquee players, i think we are ready to take on anyone in this league. We should all turn out in force on the 11th against Shrewsbury and show these new players. The reason why it is so speacial to pull on the white jersey. This would not only wet there appetite but give them a thirst for more.

  • Macca

    Multi-coloured midfield – White, Brown, Green and Gray??


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Since we were away last weekend without Behr, I had very few photos of him. Here are a few I tried to snap the other morning on my phone before we headed off to daycare. Mr. Cool Guy is apparently becoming a master at not looking at the camera. If only you could have seen his satisfied smile between the photos. He also likes to run to the furthest corner away from our car as soon as we step outside, in a joking protest to his car seat  He never complains once we retrieve him, but this little game has found a permanent place in out morning routine.

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It's the last month of the year, and it feels like just yesterday that we brought in 2014. This year has flown by so fast, I just don't know where it's gone and suddenly it's December! For me, December is all about holidays and festivity. The (sort of) chilly winters in Bombay, the beautifully lit up christmas trees everywhere, furry sweaters, hot chocolates with whipped cream and marshmallows, and of course, Christmas and New Year shopping! It's probably my favourite time of the year.

Every year, I take some time out and decorate our Christmas tree at home. And I wait for this season to get my scented candles out. Not only does this make everything festive, but it feels so warm and cozy, and that's the mood I created for today's post.

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This was probably my most fun shoot so far! I've never done a post like this and I was so excited  to share these amazing products and the pictures with you guys. Go see my next post for a little look at what India Circus' fashion side is like.

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    Also, the room look so pretty :)
    Love your sweater, where is it from?

  2. Thank you love xx
    It's really old, but I've seen a similar one at Forever 21!

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A NEW front has opened in the battle between Vladimir Potanin and Mikhail Prokhorov, with the oligarchs disputing a scheme for disposals at Polyus Gold, the London-listed gold miner.

Potanin's investment group, Interros, is trying to stop Polyus, which is chaired by Prokhorov, carving out a group of 13 gold prospects into a new company.

Interros, which is understood to have a 22% stake in Polyus, has successfully called for an extraordinary shareholders' meeting on April 7, and put forward motions for an amendment of the company's charter and the election of a new board.

In December the board approved the scheme and said it was looking at the best way of handling the disposals.

Evgeny Ivanov, brought back as chief executive by Prokhorov last year, was "entrusted with the preparation of the fairness opinion for the carve-out of the exploration assets and the preparation of the independent experts' report

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CUSTOMERS could be forced to pay up to £1.50 to transfer money more quickly from one account to another, potentially boosting banking profits by £195m a year.

Banks and building societies process most payments, such as standing orders and online transfers, through their centralised Bacs payment scheme, which takes up to three days.

The banks are under pressure from consumers and MPs to speed up the process. Mike Naylor of the Consumers’ Association said: “Electronic transfers should go through on the same day. We understand the technology is in place — the banks just need to link up to it.”

Gordon Brown, the chancellor, has given the industry until 2008 to improve the payment system. If it does not meet the deadline he will legislate for change. The government has also instructed the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to appoint a taskforce to investigate the payment process.

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Christopher Goodwin Published: 11 August 2013

What women want: Aubrey Plaza as the nerd out to lose her virginity What women want: Aubrey Plaza as the nerd out to lose her virginity (Bonnie Osborne)

To everything there is a season, and Hollywood has ordained summer to be the season of megabudget blockbusters and teenage sex comedies — movies aimed at either numbing the brains or exciting the libidos of teenage boys. This summer, mercifully, the devil has thrown a spanner into the works and a sexually curious young woman into Hollywood’s ritualistic game plan.

The spanner is that audiences appear to be tiring of what one screenwriter has called “destruction porn”. The sexually curious female is Brandy, the idiosyncratic protagonist of The To Do List, an American teenage sex comedy with a highly subversive twist. Rather than exploring what’s funny and filthy about the burgeoning sexual desires of teenage boys, it portrays the hilariously awkward sexual fumblings of a determinedly curious teenage girl and has garnered some of the best reviews of the year.

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Eric Ortiz’s intimate French restaurant has all the hallmarks of a classic Gallic bistro: the smells, the sounds, the atmosphere of organised chaos and, in Ortiz, a Michelin star-winning chef with an illustrious culinary pedigree (his great-great-grandparents owned a famous épicerie and fromagerie in Les Halles district of Paris). The starched linen, the sparkling glassware and the menu written in French all add that air of gastronomic grandiosity, but the food doesn’t disappoint: standout dishes are roast pigeon and mushrooms in a red wine sauce, pork sauteed with caviar of aubergine and the crèpes suzette.

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One of Scotland's most senior former judges has called for the legalisation of heroin and other illicit drugs.

Lord McCluskey said government policy had failed to cut the number of drug deaths or level of drug-related crime.

The former solicitor general for Scotland and High Court judge added that he was appalled by the effect that illegal substances were having on Scotland's communities.

McCluskey, who defended Sir Paul McCartney against drugs charges in 1973, said he believed that heroin should be given to addicts in controlled medical settings to cut off the flow of money to organised crime. "If people are addicted to heroin, give them heroin. I'm not suggesting you sell it at newsagents, but if you were to offer it to addicts in a medically controlled setting, there would be no criminal market," he said.

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"Fruitvale Station" star Michael B. Jordan is developing a basketball-themed TV show set in Detroit, the actor told Grantland's Bill Simmons on Monday's edition of popular podcast The B.S. Report.

It's unclear whether Jordan intends to act on the show or simply stay behind the scenes in a producing capacity. A representative for the actor had no comment.

After Simmons gave his guest some career advice (not that he needs any), Jordan responded,

"Why don't you produce one of my TV shows I've been working on?"

"Is it a sports one? Will there be balls?" asked Simmons, who taped the interview on Friday.

"Yes, definitely. Basketballs," said Jordan, who revealed that the show is set in Detroit and in the vein of his past series "Friday Night Lights" and "The Wire." It's unclear whether the series would follow a high school, college or professional basketball team.

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"I just think Detroit is such an interesting city. The automotive industry kind of destroyed that town when they went away and started outsourcing jobs and stuff like that. We'll talk," joked Jordan, who grew up in Newark, N.J., and considers himself a fan of Michigan State's basketball program.

Jordan appeared on the B.S. Report to promote "Fruitvale Station," which opened over the weekend and performed very well in limited release.

"It's not a film that's gonna gross $100 million opening weekend. It's not one of those projects. As long as it means something to people and people are affected by it, and I get people to start thinking about how we treat one another. I just want people to start thinking and start valuing life a little bit more," explained Jordan.

"I don't feel like they're making enough movies like this anymore," added Simmons, who was speaking for just about everyone disappointed by this summer's big-budget blockbuster fare.

Jordan agreed, claiming they made "Fruitvale Station" for $900,000 with one camera and some duct tape, singling out writer-director Ryan Coogler and DP Rachel Morrison for special praise.

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As for that aforementioned career advice, Simmons suggested that Jordan get himself a famous girlfriend.

"I think you need a celebrity relationship. Talk to Kenny [Goodman], your dude, about this. Somebody famous. A 2.5-monther. You wanna hit that US Weekly cycle … then in 10 weeks, get rid of her," joked Simmons.

Jordan is currently single, as he barely has any time to date. "I'm just reading a lot of scripts and taking a lot of meetings trying to figure out the best move," said Jordan, who has been busy attending dozens of "Fruitvale Station" screenings, though he's only sat through the movie five times.

Simmons closed the podcast by suggesting that Jordan, who played Wallace on "The Wire," return as the character's uncle if creator David Simon ever decides to do a "Wire" movie.

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Early results are in on the much-anticipated biggest shopping day of the year and although people didn't buy as much as retailers may have wished, there were encouraging signs for the economy as a whole. According to a survey conducted by the National Retail Federation over the weekend, 195 million shoppers hit the malls and other retail outlets over the Black Friday weekend, an increase of 23 million over last year's shoppers.

The increased number of bargain hunters did not translate into bigger sales, however, although the average shopper did spend $343.31 and the overall total was estimated at $41.2 billion. Those figures represent a significant drop from the $372.57 average and $64 billion total seen over the same weekend in 2008.

"Shoppers proved this weekend that they were willing to open their wallets for a bargain, heading out to take advantage of great deals on less expensive items like toys, small appliances and winter clothes," said Tracy Mullin, NRF president and CEO, in a statement announcing the survey results. "While retailers are encouraged by the number of Americans who shopped over Black Friday weekend, they know they have their work cut out for them to keep people coming back through Christmas. Shoppers can continue to expect retailers to focus on low prices and bargains through the end of December."

More insight into the state of the economy as measured by consumer spending came this week and last in the form of new car sales, to be reported on December 1, and new and existing home sales, that were reported last week. estimates that November new vehicle sales are expected to be about 710,000 units, a 4.5% decrease from November 2008 and down 15% from October '09 sales. The positive spin on this figure is that November 2009 has 23 selling days, two less than in November 2008. When adjusted for this difference, sales are likely to have increased 3.8% from November 2008.

On housing, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development jointly estimated last week that sales of new one-family houses in October 2009 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 430,000. This is 6.2% above the revised September rate of 405,000 and is 5.1% above the October 2008 estimate of 409,000. The median sale price of new houses sold in October 2009 was $212,200 and the average sale price was $261,100.

There was good news on existing-home sales, too. The National Association of Realtors reported a 10.1% surge to 6.10 million units in October of existing-home sales, which is 23.5% above the 4.94 million-unit level in October 2008. Sales activity is at the highest pace since February , NAR reported.

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According to the Retail Federation survey of the Black Friday weekend's sales, nearly one-third (32.2%) of shoppers purchased toys, an increase of 12.9% from last year. Additionally, more people purchased sporting goods (12.6% vs. 11.4% last year), personal care or beauty items (22.4% vs. 19.0%), and gift cards (21.2% vs. 18.7%). The most popular purchases were of clothing and books, which remained nearly unchanged over last year.

In order to nab the best holiday items, more shoppers headed out for bargains while it was still dark outside. According to the survey, nearly one-third of shoppers (31.2%) were at the stores by 5 a.m., compared with 23.3% who were at stores by that time last year.

The NRF survey also found that more than a quarter of shoppers (28.5%) chose to take part in the shopping extravaganza but avoid the crowds and long checkout lines by shopping online. Millions more are expected to join them November 30 as people return to work after the holiday weekend and shop online from their office computers.

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Budgeting for Entertainment

The first thing you should do is set up a budget for entertainment. Determine how much you can afford to spend each month on entertainment so that you don't spend money that is needed for other areas of your budget, like bills, food and other essentials. Be sure to factor in monthly entertainment fees, like cable TV, when creating your budget.

Going to The Movies

If you love going out to movies, consider the matinée. Instead of doing Dinner and Movie, go to the movie first. You save a little money and can talk about the film during the meal. If you go to the movies a lot, be sure to sign up for the theatre rewards program. At many theatres every time you buy tickets or concessions, you get reward points which eventually add up to free movie tickets or concessions.

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Most areas have at least one movie theatre that runs older movies for cheap prices. All you have to do is wait until the movie has been out a for a few months and it will eventually show up at one of these theaters. Ticket prices can be even less than a matinee and are sometimes double features. There is also a growing trend of movie pubs. You can go and order a drink or even a meal and watch a second run movie for a discounted price. Drive-in movie theaters can also be great bargains and an added novelty for the kids or an old fashioned "date night".

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An even cheaper way to watch movies is by renting them. If you rent a lot of movies, consider a subscription service like NetFlix. It allows you to create a list of movies you would like to watch and they send them to you in the mail. The cost is based on how many movies you want to check out at a time, down to $9.99 a month for one movie at a time. If you watch one movie a week that's about $2.50 a movie which compares pretty well with the video store prices for new releases.

With any subscription service, you should periodically evaluate whether you are getting your money's worth. You can view your rental history and see how many movies you have received over the last month and divide it by your monthly subscription fee. If you find you aren't using the service enough to justify the cost, you can scale back your membership, or just opt to rent occasional movies from your local video store. However, late fees can really eat into your entertainment budget.

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For free movies, take advantage of your local library. They have tons of movies available and you can request that they order movies you want to see. You can even reserve movies you want online and they will notify you when they are available. And, of course, you can always borrow movies from friends and family after they have watched them.

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Coupons are a great way to save money when dining out. You can look for restaurant two-for-one coupons in the entertainment section of the newspaper or in an entertainment book. Good coupons often come in the mail as well. With the large portions sizes that many restaurants serve, consider splitting a main dish and each getting a salad. It will be easier on your waist line and pocket book. Most restaurants offer a similar menu at lunch, but with smaller portions for less money.

If you avoid getting drinks or cocktails while you are dining out, you can save a lot of money. The mark-up on drinks and cocktails is high. You will do much better having your drinks at home after a night out. Also most bars have a happy hour early in the evening so call your restaurant to check out the best times to go.

If you would like to go to one of the 5 star restaurants but are on a 2 star budget, consider going and sitting in the bar. Although the price tag may still be high, you can share a couple of appetizers and have a drink without spending hundreds of dollars.

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Most public theatre and classical music venues have mailing lists and email newsletters, which are a great way to find out about ticket specials. It also helps you plan ahead, since some shows can sell out months in advance. The Seattle Symphony usually has a free day once a year and occasional free organ recitals. The Seattle Repertory Theatre has a special price for students and other venues offer either discounts or special events for students. Weekend matinees also tend to be less expensive than Friday or Saturday evening shows.

Local community theatres are also a great way to see plays. Many produce locally written plays and take chances on lesser known authors in addition to performing audience favorites. You can often see the play for free if you volunteer as an usher for some of the performances.

Local High School plays can be a lot of fun to attend. They usually encourage attendance by the general public because it helps support the theatre department. The bigger high schools put on very elaborate productions, including live orchestras for musicals. Other schools do more intimate classics, by Agatha Christie or Neil Simon.

For live music, pick up a local newspaper or check out the Internet. Most cities have a weekly paper that is free and had information regarding clubs and activities in the area. Many local bands play at bars or clubs with a low cover charge. There are also performances at the local universities, colleges, and performing arts centers. Musical styles can range from jazz to rock to experimental performance art.

If you like to visit family friendly places like zoos, aquariums, or theme parks, look into buying a family membership. You can often get a yearly membership for the price of just a couple of visits and also get discounts on special exhibits. For example, the Pacific Science Center in Seattle offers free IMAX tickets if you join and a 10% discount on concessions.

A membership may also allow you free or discounted admissions to zoos or aquariums in other parts of the country. Always be sure to mention your membership when you travel to find out if they provide a discount. Also, be sure to mention that you are a member of the AAA or the AARP when you buy tickets. The key with any membership is using it enough to justify the investment!

Another thing to check out is your local community library. Many libraries have membership passes that they "rent" for the day to library members. This is a great way to go for free.

Many museums offer free admissions at some point, say on the evening of the first Thursday of each month or on national holidays. Going to dinner and a museum can be a very inexpensive date. There are musuems for fine art, of course, but there are also children's museums, motorcycle museums, rock and roll museums, forestry museums and on and on. Museums also have yearly memberships that allow you to attend special events and have unlimited attendance throughout the year.

Sporting Events

This is a another situation where the internet is your friend. You can find out about special tickets packages by subscribing to a team's email list. There are also family or group ticket packages that can cost as little as $10 to $15 per person and sometimes include a voucher for food or merchandise.

For even cheaper options, look into minor league teams in your areas. Tickets are much cheaper than their major league counterparts and the games can be a lot of fun to watch.

Farmers' Market and Swap Meets

You don't have to spend much money to have a good time at your local Farmer's Market. Most communities have them on Saturday or Sunday every week during the Spring, Summer and early Fall. You can get some great vegetables for less than you pay at the grocery market and usually there is something fun for the kids to do.

Swap meets and garage sales are a great way to spend a Saturday morning. Even if you don't spend a dime, you can look at trash and treasures, meet some interesting people and maybe find a real bargain!

Playgrounds And Parks

Most local and State parks are free, especially if you are not camping. Pack a picnic lunch or bring some barbecue. Try out different parks in your area until you find your favorites. Whenever you can bring food from home, you will save money. You can hike to a waterfall in the mountains, or play frisbee on the beach, for the cost of driving.

If you live near a National Park, they are well worth any entrance fee. Camping is usually cheap, there are nightly entertainments and daily lectures with knowledgeable park rangers. They also have great kids programs with crafts and education about the area.

Metropolitan areas seem to have a festival of some sort nearly every weekend during the late spring and summer months. Every community has it's own festival, even if it is only on the Fourth of July. There is quite often free entertainment, plus craft and food booths. Parades are a big hit for the kids. Take pride in your own community or visit a surrounding area for something new.

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May 19, 20070 found this helpful

1. Sign up for clubs where you would like to go. Our local $3/person movie theater has a club where you get free tickets on your birthday and other free stuff throughout the year.

2. Sign up with focus group / survey companies. My parents get tickets to a new movie every couple of months in return for filling out a questionnaire at the end with what they thought of the movie.

3. Be willing to try out new technology. A rental from Blockbuster costs $4 here, but since I tried out the new "Red box" rentals that are at grocery/drug stores, the rentals are only $1 each!

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May 21, 20070 found this helpful

For those that are talking about renting movies at Safeway, I think those are the kiosks from www.dvdplay.com . Make sure to check their website a lot because they have a lot of good promo offers and specials that help save even more money. I think they have kiosks in other stores across the country too.

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May 22, 20070 found this helpful

There are always free/inexpensive things to do - Last weekend we went to a free chamber music concert and the next day to a festival for which we had gotten free tix becaz I am a member of a music assn. I want to go to as much free/inexpensive live music as possible this summer. There are lots of outdoor concerts in the summer season - some free, some, like our local Hollywood Bowl, very inexpensive in the cheap seats! And you can hear pop music/jazz etc. at bars and restaurants for the price of a drink. We always look to see if there is music, so we get more out of our experience. A few weeks ago we heard Mexican harp while we had a light tapas dinner. And then there are festivals, which have musicians and the events are usually reasonable or free. (But remember to pack your own drinks and food - that's where the costs can run up at outdoor events!)

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May 23, 20070 found this helpful

Try "re-thinking" entertainment. Now that the weather is nice, we have been meeting friends at the park, taking a stroll around the lake followed by a couple hands of cards at the picnic table. We bring drinks and snacks from home and enjoy being outside without the stress of making sure the house is "company" clean.

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May 25, 20070 found this helpful

My family likes going to a sandy beach somewhere and making sand sculptures. I usually make a picnic lunch and we make a day of it.

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February 6, 20090 found this helpful

My hobby is attending auctions, and I often make a family outing on a Saturday. I have found that some areas will let go of high resale value items, much cheaper than others, and the things I look for are the antiqued things no one is bidding high on. I almost always find a buyer on e-bay, or in my antiques booth, for my auction finds, sometimes making my money back ten-fold.

The kids are learning a useful skill and love to help me look through the stuff, or play with their friends, the

other "junker" kids..... lol.

At lunch time we each get a sandwhich, a cola, and chips, and make "penny guesses" on how much I will make on the resale of the stuff I bought. The winner gets the equivilent of the money made, in pennies, in their bank account, and the winner with the biggest savings account at the end of the month gets a requested, NON dollar value reward. This incentive ensures good behavior at the auction, because bad behavior is not rewarded.

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February 6, 20090 found this helpful

RedBox vending machines rent movies locally for 1.00 a day plus tax. If you have dominoes, Monopoly, cards or checkers, etc, you could start a family game night.

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February 6, 20090 found this helpful

Check out your local library for movies. Ours has lots of movies on DVD and VHS. They keep very current on what is just coming out also. The library is FREE!

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February 6, 20090 found this helpful

Why not try Lunch and a movie matinee instead of dinner and a movie? By moving the entire date to an earlier time you save Lots of money and can go for a nice walk afterwards, and still have time to stop and have a cup of coffee and discuss the movie before it is too dark.

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February 7, 20090 found this helpful

For NYC there are a number of free e-letters one can subscribe to for doings that are free.

Also, in NYC & other large cities the smaller theaters have 'volunteer ushers". In lieu of a salary, one gets x amount of free viewings of a play if one volunteers their time as a usher.

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February 9, 20090 found this helpful

I recently learned that my frequent "flyer" miles on Amtrak can be used to buy passes to the movies. There are other programs like this for airlines and hotels, so I plan to check for more free movie tickets!

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Use The Library and Other Community Resources

Use the library. You can take out books, music, DVD's and they often offer other entertainment. Go to the park if you have one near. Play cards with another couple. Refreshments can be simple, cookies, cake, coffee or pretzels and soft drinks.

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Biking and Hiking

Go for a bike ride! We have bike paths in Vermont that are fun, clean and safe. No need to worry about cars and it is free. My mom used to bring me when we were young and we would stop for picnics or playgrounds along the way. As I got older I would rollerblade with friends and pick blackberries along the way. Who says you can't have fun and burn calories?

You could also "climb a mountain", not the rope climbing kind, the walk along a hilly/steep path kind. All states should have these free, or sometimes a couple dollars.

State parks are fun too! when I lived in the southwest, there were all kinds of parks to go to. My brother and I would fill out these "tests" about the park and then we got junior badges. That was so fun! I'm not sure if they still give the badges...it was ten years ago.

I like the library idea, we did that too. You can also find movies cheap on clearance or at yard sales. Used video games can be purchased for under 10.00 if you look in the right places. Or even ebay, I have bought movies for 5.00 or less, that's shipped to the door(shipping+sale price= less than 5.00)

Growing up we found ways to have fun on the cheap. And those memories are much more appreciated than the time I went to Six Flags. Family time is so hard to find in the blur of this multitasking technological world. Best to you and yours everyone!

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Don't Buy Movie Concessions

To save money on snacks at the movies: before taking kids to the movies, feed them so they can't say they are hungry. Make microwave popcorn and let them eat it in the car on the way. Have cold juice boxes and a candy bar in your purse for them at the movies and/or tell them homemade cookies and hot chocolate are waiting at home.

By happydee

Check Out Grand Openings And Open Houses

You can have a great time at business grand opening celebrations and home builders also have weekend days where they invite you to see their models and offer fun and free food. Read the paper and keep your eyes peeled for those things happening in your community. Most are free or very cheap to go to and the kids have a ball.

By D.W

Grocery Store Movie Rentals

Here in CA, Safeway stores have new movies for $1.49 a night plus tax ($1.61) and on Mondays for $.99. Not ALL new releases but most, great deal! You can keep for a day (up until 11:59 the next day, no matter what time you buy) or if you keep longer it's $.99 a day after.

Read a book to each other! Make a book. READ, it's the best!

By michawnpita

In our local grocery stores (Harris Teeter, BI_LO ) they have a video machine. For $1.49, you can rent a video for one night and if you choose to keep additional nights, it's only $.99 for each day. Grab a 2 litre drink and some micro popcorn and, for less than $6.00, you can have movie night at home. Also be sure to add your email address when the machine prompts, they will email you "rent one, get one free" codes. I love it.

By sharon

Free Galleries and Lectures

Cards, board games, drives (not inexpensive any more). If you live in a large city, art galleries have showings. Get on the mailing lists online. Check out free lectures listed in your local paper at local colleges, societies, hospitals, etc.

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Play Bridge

Learn to play bridge. Gather three other friends and you'll love it. It's free. (except for the snacks!)

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Look For Free Events In The Newspaper

Here's a few we use all the time. Check out the newspaper on Sunday, there is usually a page full of club and city activities that anyone is welcome to for no charge. Sign up for the mailing list of local colleges, I've gone to free concerts, plays, musicals. Your local park district has a lot going on too. Ours has nature walks during the day and evening, garden shows, history reenactments, maple sugaring in the spring, haunted trails in the fall. Our city has a vintage car show every week and a weekly concert in the park. All this is found in the newspaper.

By sue-z

Library Resources

Go to your local library to check out VCR movies and DVD's. They also have books on tape, have the family listen to a chapter a day "together", talk over what they think the outcome will be and whoever is closest to the outcome gets to be or do whatever they want for a day.

My kids loved the competition of listening and then remembering what they heard. I believe it helped them become better rounded adults.

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Three months ago, Robert Nodes, governmental affairs director for the Greater Chattanooga Association of Realtors, created his first Quick Reponse (QR for short) code. He fell upon the free generator, dooID.com, accidentally. He knew many real estate agents who were already using the scannable squares for contact information, websites and property flyers: "We've got a lot of early adopters."

But he tapped into the new technology for personal enjoyment, too. "I have an iPhone 4," explains Nodes, "I'm always looking for something to scan." This season, it's hip to be square. Icelandic pop stars are beading QR codes into dresses, Denver artists are displaying them in exhibitions, grocery stores in South Korean subway stations let you scan and purchase goods for home delivery.

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Suddenly, you see QR codes on websites, posters, wine labels, anti-drunk driving posters and Fourth of July celebration directions. Radio Shack launched a clever new ad campaign featuring codes made of spare parts.

In 1994, a Toyota subsidiary invented QR codes to keep track of its spare parts. Unlike their barcode cousins, they can be scanned from top to bottom or sideways. Each is unique, like a snowflake. When camera-loaded smart phones, wireless Internet service and free scanner apps came along, a perfect storm of instantly compatible technologies swept the odd-looking four-sided doodad collages into the international mainstream.

By the end of 2011, about half of American adults will pocket a smart phone, according to marketing researchers at New York City-based Burson-Marsteller. About 22 percent of Fortune 500 companies use QR codes today. Far more doctors - 62 percent - use smart phones, says Lisa McCluskey, vice president for marketing communications at Memorial Healthcare System. "It's a computer in their hand."

So when Memorial launched a new Chattanooga Heart Institute website this spring, they knew QR codes had to be in the mix. A separate, mobile device friendly site was constructed. Original QR codes - freely generated and added to all print and online ads - led phone or iPad users instantaneously from scan to site. More than 40 percent of new visitors now come to Memorial's website through a mobile device. "QR codes are free, and they make it so much easier for people to find you," says McCluskey. "My only question is: 'Why wouldn't you?'"


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The appointment was effective Thursday.

Stone began his banking career in 1978 at Key in Lowville, and by 1982 had opened and managed Key's Ogdensburg branch. He worked in upstate New York markets as well as in New England and in the southern Michigan/northern Indiana markets before coming to Albany in 2008.

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This all but guarantees trial lawyers will win these cases and have major paydays, regardless of the facts, at the expense of taxpayers, small businesses, school districts, victims of natural disasters working to rebuild their homes and businesses, and pretty much everyone but them.

Mr. Santola quotes the state Court of Appeals in an effort to support his opinion. Perhaps he missed the high court's February 2012 decision in Dahar vs. Holland Ladder in which Judge Robert Smith noted the Scaffold Law is, "one of the most frequent sources of litigation in the New York courts...As we have long held, it imposes liability even on contractors and owners who had nothing to do with the plaintiff's accident; and where a violation of the statute has caused injury, any fault by the plaintiff contributing to that injury is irrelevant."

This law is costing New York billions of dollars and thousands of jobs. It means fewer schools, roads and bridges being built or repaired, higher property taxes, and fewer opportunities for all.It is not surprising that Mr. Santola and others who benefit from the current law talk about "safety devices" and anything but the costly truth of absolute liability, a concept that would offend even the most basic sense of justice, fairness and equity.

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Weekly review: KSE-100 gains 350 points as banking sector rallies

(Express Tribune (Pakistan) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) An eventful week at the stock market came to a close with the benchmark KSE-100 index climbing 350 points (1.3%) after a strong rally was witnessed in the banking sector.

v The index's gains came despite a bad start to the week as the banking sector rallied following the Pakistan Investment Bonds (PIBs) auction and information about the country's macroeconomic position continued to flow in throughout the week. The index ended the week at 27,116 points.

The market opened on a negative note, continuing the trend witnessed in the final session of the previous week, as investors offloaded their position in the Oil and Gas Development Company and MCB Bank on rumours of foreign selling.

The rumours stemmed from news that the global investment fund, Franklin Templeton, would be liquidating its fund which owns millions of OGDCL and MCB shares. Fearing the worst, investors sold shares in both companies until a clearer picture emerged.

The rumours proved to be false as Franklin Templeton intends to liquidate a much smaller fund which owns 173,000 OGDC shares and 266,000 MCB shares, and not the larger fun which owns the big chunk of Franklin Templeton's investment in the companies.

The situation turned around completely following the PIBs auction which was held during the week. The government intended to raise only Rs60 billion in the auction, but ended up selling Rs530 billion worth of PIBs to raise money for financing.

What was more interesting was that 55% of the raised amount comprised of PIBs with a three-year maturity period and yield exceeding 12%, reflecting that commercial banks now held debt yielding more than 12%, as compared to the smaller tenor T-bill debt held earlier yielding around 10%.

The auction triggered a rally in the banking sector, with the entire sector witnessing an uptick in their share prices. Allied Bank Limited and United Bank Limited led the way with a weekly gain of 14.9% and 12.7% respectively.

The country's macroeconomic position continued to aid the index's growth as the International Monetary Fund released a tranche of $555 million following a review. It also emerged that the World Bank will lend the country $1.7 billion to assist development projects, after a meeting on the matter in May.

The country's finance minister will also embark on roadshows in Dubai, London and New York to market the $500 million Eurobond issue which the government will undertake to further shore up foreign exchange reserves.

Despite the positivity, average daily trading volumes took a dip and were down by 18.5% at 154 million shares traded per day. Average daily values were also down by 10.3% and stood at Rs7.52 billion traded per day. The market capitalisation of the KSE stood at Rs6.57 trillion at the end of the week.

Winners of the week Rafhan Maize Rafhan Maize Products Company produces corn oil, industrial starches, liquid glucose, dextrin, gluten meals, and other corn related products. The company also produces a wide range of co-products such as gluten feeds, meals, and hydrol.

Pakistan Tobacco Company Pakistan Tobacco Company Limited manufactures and sells cigarettes.

Allied Bank Allied Bank Limited is a full service bank with a focus on retail banking. The bank offers a wide range of financial products and services, including deposit accounts, foreign currency accounts, demand finance, and online banking services.

Losers of the week Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Sui Northern Gas Pipelines purchases, purifies, transmits, distributes, and supplies natural gas, in addition to marketing Liquefied Petroleum Gas.

TRG Pakistan TRG Pakistan operates as an information technology company. It provides business support and software services to companies. It manages call centres and offices in Pakistan and elsewhere throughout the world.

Sui Southern Gas Company Sui Southern Gas Company explores and develops oil and natural gas properties in Pakistan.

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The automaker said yesterday it will reduce its total number of white-collar workers by 14 percent to 63,000. About 3,400, or 12 percent, of GM's 29,500 salaried U.S. jobs will be eliminated.

Meanwhile, GM Chief Executive Rick Wagoner said the Detroit automaker is committed to meeting tighter fuel efficiency requirements as he met with House and Senate leaders who could play a role in developing global warming legislation.

Mr. Wagoner was on Capitol Hill to meet with Rep. Henry Waxman (D., Calif.) and Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D., W.Va.). The two Democrats control committees with jurisdiction over the auto industry.

A 2007 federal energy law required car makers to meet 35 miles per gallon by 2020, a 40 percent increase.

In its plan submitted to Congress late last year, GM said it would have to reduce both salaried and hourly positions so that the company could become viable long-term.

The company plans to cut its total U.S. work force from 96,537 in 2008 to between 65,000 and 75,000 in 2012, but did not specify how many of the surviving jobs will be salaried or hourly. Pay will be cut for most of its remaining salaried employees.

Since 2000, GM's salaried work force has shrunk by 33 percent from its 2000 high of 44,000. At the same time, the number of hourly employees has plunged to about 63,700 at the end of last year from 133,000 in 2000.

Most of the cuts are expected to take place by May 1.

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