| Multi-Level Marketing, a Hidden Peril in China
HONG KONGMulti-level marketing (MLM) 1 , also know as pyramid schemes ( chuanxiao ), has become prevalent again in China in the past two years 2 . Millions of people, including students and farmers, are involved in this sector, drawing 50 billion yuan (US$6.66 billion) into the scheme. Chinese authorities continue, however, to be wary of direct sales on a number of grounds, among them pyramid scheme frauds, strong networking capabilities and loss of social stability. With such a large and well-organized sales force, MLM has caused panic on the authorities. In July and August of this year, the authorities significantly strengthened the co-operation with related departments in fighting illegal pyramid selling. According to Oriental Daily News in Hong Kong, MLM salespeople, dissatisfied with the authority's bans, often gather a crowd to attack governmental agencies.
Halla Bol takes to streets
Rajkumar Santoshi's Halla Bol has used an interactive marketing strategy. Since the film is vocal about man's inner conscious, Halla Bol is reaching the common man through street plays. Spokesperson from Pyramid Saimira comments, "Regular modes of marketing have been used over and again. Reaching the real viewer through street theatre will be direct interactive marketing. We are targeting on local issues, which will make people aware of it. We are taking these plays to eight cities and in each city one artiste will accompany the theatre group." One of the artistes from Ajay Devgan, Vidya Balan, or Pankaj Kapur will be representing the film during the street play in each city.
The street plays are organized and conducted by senior theatre personality, Om Katare and his artistes.
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X marks this iffy new gizmo
High-energy salespeople are hawking a device called Xpower at pumped-up meetings in Stockton banquet rooms, claiming it slashes home power bills. "Area directors" for Forum Technologies also are recruiting people into Forum's sales force, a multilevel marketing organization, or MLM, that the company's CEO says is not a pyramid scheme. The MLM half of the sales pitch, in other words, is not about buying an energy-saving gizmo but getting rich through multilevel marketing of Xpower and other Forum products. Concerned readers contacted me, saying scores of people eager for easy money are being recruited. I could not personally attend meetings, being held every few days at area restaurants, fearing that I'd be recognized. Instead, a trusted associate attended. My associate attended Sunday night's meeting at the West March Lane Carrows Family Restaurant.
Pirro seeks measures tied to Destiny project
Onondaga County Executive Nicholas Pirro announced Thursday a series of measures to help the Destiny USA project move forward and boost the local economy. Pirro will ask the county Legislature to approve four items by the end of the year. Two measures involve selling county land parcels to The Pyramid Cos. Two others involve marketing programs. Pirro offered the measures the same day Destiny developer Robert Congel announced plans for a $450 million hotel. If the Legislature passes the first item, the county would sell a 36.5-acre parcel of unused land on the southeastern shore of Onondaga Lake. CSX rail lines separate the parcel, known as "Murphy's Island," from the Carousel Center. The site would be used for future lodging and recreation, including the continuation of the Loop Around the Lake trail.
Curt Cavin: IRL & Formula One Q&A
Remember, Indy has always been an international event, so I see no reason to begrudge anyone who comes to the sport to compete. But as you know, the only path for oval-track Americans now is NASCAR, and that pains a lot of us.
Question: Any further news on Jon Herb? I heard he planned to race on at least four ovals for his Racing Professionals team. (Matt Fryer, Leeds, UK).
Answer: I havent spoken with Jon in a while, but IRL officials expect him to run a limited Indy-car schedule this season.
Question: Im curious as to how you think Juan Montoya is going to do this year. It seems no one wants to really talk about him, but for the first time since the first Brickyard 400, I'm interested in a NASCAR story. He won in CART against all the big names, trounced the Indy field in his only start, and won the Monaco GP which Mario Andretti could never do.
Gates' one-liners and reading list
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has been getting some good mileage from self-deprecating humor in recent high-profile speeches. There was the sidesplitting "Bill's Last Day" video at the International Consumer Electronics Show. And last week, Gates opened his speech at the World Economic Summit in Davos, Switzerland, with these quips: "As you all may know, in July I'll make a big career change. I'm not worried; I believe I'm still marketable," he said, getting laughs. "I'm a self-starter, I'm proficient in Microsoft Office. I guess that's it. Also I'm learning how to give money away." Gates' Davos speech, which he described as the most important he'll give this year, centered on the idea of creative capitalism, "an approach where governments, businesses, and nonprofits work together to stretch the reach of market forces so that more people can make a profit, or gain recognition, doing work that eases the world's inequities." The idea sounded to us like a version of the "social business" espoused by microcredit pioneer and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, who spoke here recently.
From hatred to harmony: A rebel finds his cause
The movement did not allow drug use, only alcohol, which helped fuel the rage.
"His violence was legendary and monstrous in his teenage years," said Jody Roy, a professor of communication at Ripon College in Wisconsin who studies youth violence and hate groups and is Meeink's biographer. "Sometimes it's hard to see the victim behind that." Arrest warrants for Meeink piled up, so he went on the run, to safehouses in Baltimore, Virginia Beach, New York and New Jersey. He relocated to Indianapolis and later to Springfield, Ill., where at age 17 he hosted a short-lived cable access show called "The Reich."
His recruiting continued. Just as Meeink had a need he longed to fill, so often did his new recruits. He targeted kids with cars because they typically brought friends.
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