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...ensuing years, and especially following the growth of the Internet, fans of the original Log began clamoring for its return. Joseph Malzone, a New Jersey-based audio-video technician, and music collector Lawrence "Chip" Arcuri started theyulelog.com to commemorate the holiday special, and collected hundreds of supportive email messages demanding its return. After the 9/11 terror attacks, amid growing demand for what WPIX's president called "comfort food" television, the station agreed to digitally remaster the Log, and restore it to its place of glory. In 2006, for its 40th anniversary, Malzone and Arcuri resurrected the original soporific audio, featuring...
...Perfectmatch CEO Duane Dahl says he first took notice of the effect that economic downturns have on the online dating market during the recession in 2001, when the combination of Sept. 11 and the collapse of the dotcom bubble sent the demand for Internet dating soaring. "People were actively searching for community and companionship," Dahl says. "We saw a 200% increase in membership during that particular period...
...they stay home the next day. Or they drive to Grandma's, or go to the movies. But however they spend Christmas Day - "the feast of Christmas" on the Christian liturgical calendar - one way most Americans don't celebrate it is by going to church. While demand for Christmas Eve celebrations is so high that some churches hold as many as five or six different services on the 24th of December, most Protestant churches are closed on the actual religious holiday. For most Christians, Christmas is a day for family, not faith. (See the top 10 religion stories...
...important lesson about helping to keep that industry viable. The foreign companies enjoy not only the South's lower legacy costs but a more flexible production culture. Unlike the Big Three, the southern car plants are far more agile when it comes to accommodating shifting market demand; and that's due largely to employees' willingness to exact fewer of the production rules UAW contracts are notorious...
...says Sneha Tejwani, who runs the event-planning firm Occasionz Unlimited in Mumbai. "No Bollywood stars performing at over-the-top bashes this time. Business is down to a third of what it was." Even flower suppliers in Bangalore, India's floriculture center, are reportedly withering due to decreased demand for flowers for decorating weddings and other events...