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Palin strikes a pose in Vogue
By Daniel C. Vock, Stateline.org Staff Writer
Sarah Palin, you’re a superstar, yes, that’s what you are. The Alaska governor, a Republican, is moving from appearances in Newsweek to a photo
spread in the fashion magazine Vogue, writes the Anchorage Daily News. Palin and her family posed for photographers in her own home, but she
says she stuck to her Alaska roots. “At first they had me in a bunch of furs,” she told the newspaper. “Yeah, I have furs on my wall, but I don't
wear furs. I had to show them my bunny boots and my North Face clothing.”
D’oh! That deer may not be a deer. Delaware Fish and Wildlife agents are using robotic deer decoys to snare poachers, explains the The
(Wilmington) News-Journal. The fur-clad contraptions even have reflectors in their eyes, to give them a more life-like appearance. “A dead deer’s
eyes don’t shine,” one agent told the paper.
Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons (R) is getting lumps of charcoal for Christmas this year – 186 pounds of it, reports the Deseret Morning News. Utah
residents mailed Gibbons cards and coal to protest his support of a coal-fired plant along the Nevada-Utah border.
The first presidential primary winner is New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (D), according to Yankee Magazine. The publication named Richardson’
s recipe for biscochitos — the New Mexican state cookie — as the best in its New Hampshire Primary Cookie Contest. Richardson’s secret? He
took the recipe from Lupe Jackson, his chef at the executive residence, Richardson said in a release. Former GOP governors Mike Huckabee of
Arkansas and Mitt Romney of Massachusetts took second and third place, respectively. U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R) won 93 percent of the online
“popular” vote for his wife’s apricot coconut balls.
Minnesota moms may see more of their families on Mother’s Day, if one lawmaker gets his way. State Sen. Satveer Chaudhary (D) wants state
wildlife officials to start the fishing season a week earlier, so it doesn’t start the same weekend as Mother’s Day, writes the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
He said the change would benefit both mothers and resorts.
Tourism ads featuring aliens draws critics
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - An effort to tinker with New Mexico’s image in a new advertising campaign has sparked debate among
tourism officials.
The 30-second, state-financed TV spots feature reptilian spacemen—the targets of the criticism.
The ads lead in roundabout fashion to the tag line that New Mexico may be “the best place in the Universe.”
Critics fear the state’s 5-billion-dollar tourism industry may suffer.
They ask why the ads fail to show the Land of Enchantment’s stunning desert landscapes, art galleries or centuries-old culture.
Stephen McCall, group account director for M&C Saatchi, which created the ads says New Mexico is in a hyper-competitive tourism
market, where its rivals—Arizona, Utah and Colorado—have their own charms and bigger advertising budgets.
White the hot new trend
Chris Vander Doelen
The Windsor Star
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Are you colour hip?
Buying a new silver car? You might want to reconsider -- silver is SO last season.
For the first time in seven years, silver has been knocked from its position as the king of car paint colours worldwide, according to
DuPont.
White and "pearl white" have displaced silver in nearly every market around the world.
And by a wide margin -- with red advancing aggressively in the outside lane, the company says.
DuPont, a major supplier of paints and coatings to the automotive industry, has been tracking the fashion of colour for 55 years. Its
research even breaks down the popularity of each hue into regional tastes.
Europeans -- perhaps due to a more existential zeitgeist -- overwhelmingly favour black. Black dominates most of their automotive
market segments, from luxury to compact cars.
One out of every four European vehicles is black. In North America, only the luxury car market tends to black with consumers split
evenly between black and white.
In North America, it is the vast herd of SUV buyers whose tastes set the prevailing fashion, and 26 per cent of the buyers in the
truck/SUV segment want white. In the overall North American market, 19 per cent want white.
Windsor's Mihai Stan, who bought a white Volkswagen Rabbit on Wednesday, said he thinks his new car won't need as much washing
as his old car, a black Golf. "I think it's better than black. Black, I have to wash it in two or three days."
The popularity of silver among North Americans has plummeted by five per cent in one year. The number of consumers choosing red
has shot up globally by five per cent since 2006, the company said this week.
White, grey and silver dominate nearly everywhere in the world, including Japan, China, South Korea and Brazil.
White is the most dominant in Mexico, where 32 per cent of consumers demand the coolest colour. Grey hooks 15 per cent of the
market there, red gets 13 per cent.
By Daniel C. Vock, Stateline.org Staff Writer
Sarah Palin, you’re a superstar, yes, that’s what you are. The Alaska governor, a Republican, is moving from appearances in Newsweek to a photo
spread in the fashion magazine Vogue, writes the Anchorage Daily News. Palin and her family posed for photographers in her own home, but she
says she stuck to her Alaska roots. “At first they had me in a bunch of furs,” she told the newspaper. “Yeah, I have furs on my wall, but I don't
wear furs. I had to show them my bunny boots and my North Face clothing.”
D’oh! That deer may not be a deer. Delaware Fish and Wildlife agents are using robotic deer decoys to snare poachers, explains the The
(Wilmington) News-Journal. The fur-clad contraptions even have reflectors in their eyes, to give them a more life-like appearance. “A dead deer’s
eyes don’t shine,” one agent told the paper.
Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons (R) is getting lumps of charcoal for Christmas this year – 186 pounds of it, reports the Deseret Morning News. Utah
residents mailed Gibbons cards and coal to protest his support of a coal-fired plant along the Nevada-Utah border.
The first presidential primary winner is New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (D), according to Yankee Magazine. The publication named Richardson’
s recipe for biscochitos — the New Mexican state cookie — as the best in its New Hampshire Primary Cookie Contest. Richardson’s secret? He
took the recipe from Lupe Jackson, his chef at the executive residence, Richardson said in a release. Former GOP governors Mike Huckabee of
Arkansas and Mitt Romney of Massachusetts took second and third place, respectively. U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R) won 93 percent of the online
“popular” vote for his wife’s apricot coconut balls.
Minnesota moms may see more of their families on Mother’s Day, if one lawmaker gets his way. State Sen. Satveer Chaudhary (D) wants state
wildlife officials to start the fishing season a week earlier, so it doesn’t start the same weekend as Mother’s Day, writes the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
He said the change would benefit both mothers and resorts.
Tourism ads featuring aliens draws critics
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - An effort to tinker with New Mexico’s image in a new advertising campaign has sparked debate among
tourism officials.
The 30-second, state-financed TV spots feature reptilian spacemen—the targets of the criticism.
The ads lead in roundabout fashion to the tag line that New Mexico may be “the best place in the Universe.”
Critics fear the state’s 5-billion-dollar tourism industry may suffer.
They ask why the ads fail to show the Land of Enchantment’s stunning desert landscapes, art galleries or centuries-old culture.
Stephen McCall, group account director for M&C Saatchi, which created the ads says New Mexico is in a hyper-competitive tourism
market, where its rivals—Arizona, Utah and Colorado—have their own charms and bigger advertising budgets.
White the hot new trend
Chris Vander Doelen
The Windsor Star
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Are you colour hip?
Buying a new silver car? You might want to reconsider -- silver is SO last season.
For the first time in seven years, silver has been knocked from its position as the king of car paint colours worldwide, according to
DuPont.
White and "pearl white" have displaced silver in nearly every market around the world.
And by a wide margin -- with red advancing aggressively in the outside lane, the company says.
DuPont, a major supplier of paints and coatings to the automotive industry, has been tracking the fashion of colour for 55 years. Its
research even breaks down the popularity of each hue into regional tastes.
Europeans -- perhaps due to a more existential zeitgeist -- overwhelmingly favour black. Black dominates most of their automotive
market segments, from luxury to compact cars.
One out of every four European vehicles is black. In North America, only the luxury car market tends to black with consumers split
evenly between black and white.
In North America, it is the vast herd of SUV buyers whose tastes set the prevailing fashion, and 26 per cent of the buyers in the
truck/SUV segment want white. In the overall North American market, 19 per cent want white.
Windsor's Mihai Stan, who bought a white Volkswagen Rabbit on Wednesday, said he thinks his new car won't need as much washing
as his old car, a black Golf. "I think it's better than black. Black, I have to wash it in two or three days."
The popularity of silver among North Americans has plummeted by five per cent in one year. The number of consumers choosing red
has shot up globally by five per cent since 2006, the company said this week.
White, grey and silver dominate nearly everywhere in the world, including Japan, China, South Korea and Brazil.
White is the most dominant in Mexico, where 32 per cent of consumers demand the coolest colour. Grey hooks 15 per cent of the
market there, red gets 13 per cent.
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