As Ms. Underwood can attest, a multi-platform approach is essential to post-Idol riches.

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And emergency response teams and relief agencies post essential information on their web sites, to update residents hit by natural disasters like hurricane Sandy.

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These assets would also be the most essential to recovery efforts in a post-EMP environment.

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We believe The Huffington Post acquisition is an essential building block of this strategy to highlight content capabilities, showcase a wide array of influential bloggers and attract the targeted demographic.

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But reports in The Washington Post and The New York Times this morning spell out the essential pieces.

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In a future post, I will elaborate on how active management is even more essential to specific types of fixed income securities, such as munis.

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"More than that, the essential message from the president was the need to decolonise the African mind, post-liberation, to enable the previously oppressed African majority to appreciate and love who they are and uphold their own culture, " he said.

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Our calendars hung on the wall next to the phone, and Post-It notes, time-manager notebooks, and PDAs were our essential life tools.

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"This contract means the public and businesses will continue to have convenient, local access to essential services while sub-postmasters will retain income to allow them to continue to provide a Post Office service to their communities, " said the federation's general secretary, George Thomson.

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