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...Duraflame personnel access color-coded charts online that help them determine how many logs they can expect to need in Atlanta in January or in Denver in November. The model, created by Planalytics, tracks Duraflame's historical sales against weather data for the same time period and then makes projections from long-range weather forecasts. The formula is a lot more complex than the simple deduction that cold weather equals sales. Regional buying habits, for example, are taken into account. In Jacksonville, Fla., fire logs sell when temperatures dip into the 60s. In San Francisco, people buy when...
...easy money offered by game shows and Internet stocks didn't make you feel bad enough about putting in an eight-hour day, now comes word that top fashion model GISELE BUNDCHEN, 20, is asking for--and receiving--a record $7,000 an hour to glissade down the runway for the world's top designers. Gisele's rate is hardly scaring off clients; according to Women's Wear Daily, the Brazilian siren was in such high demand at last week's New York City Fashion Week that designer Tommy Hilfiger shelled out $15,000 for Bundchen to do two turns...
CANDIDATE: Al Gore SIDEKICK: Karenna Gore Schiff, daughter, mother, law student, young person BLANDLY OBSEQUIOUS QUOTE: "He won't let you down." PREVIOUS SIDEKICK EXPERIENCE: Editorial assistant, Slate.com WHAT'S IN IT FOR HER: Sheds Chelsea complex MODEL TV DUO: Captain Stubing and Vicki...
CANDIDATE: John McCain SIDEKICK: Fred Thompson, Senator, actor BLANDLY OBSEQUIOUS QUOTE: "He really is one of the few heroes I know." PREVIOUS SIDEKICK EXPERIENCE: Secondary roles in movies, among them The Hunt for Red October and In the Line of Fire WHAT'S IN IT FOR HIM: Cabinet position MODEL TV DUO: Bo and Luke Duke...
...George W. Bush SIDEKICK: George H.W. Bush, former President BLANDLY OBSEQUIOUS QUOTE: "This boy, this son of ours, is not going to let you down. He is going to go all the way." PREVIOUS SIDEKICK EXPERIENCE: Vice President, Reagan Administration, 1981-89 WHAT'S IN IT FOR HIM: Vengeance MODEL TV DUO: Andy Taylor and Opie...