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Real-time customer service and in turn, marketing, are hard to achieve. The first step is acknowledgement of what Generation Y is actually doing to your market.
I attended Social CRM 2013 last week, hosted by Our Social Times. From some of the talks I got this feeling: we're still on a long hike towards transparency in business, but there's no doubt lots of companies are striding out.
In this post I wanted to collate some of my highlights of the conference. Social media isn't the only thing changing business, but it's a useful crucible in which we can see the spark of emerging values.
Creating value for customers, supporting them fully, and being an interesting brand are challenges which, of course, persist.
Before I kick off I'd like to cut and paste Andrew Campbell's excellent philosophy of social CRM, from Econsultancy's Customer Relationship Management in the Social Age guide.
Social CRM philosophy is as different to traditional CRM thinking as CRM was to the product-centric model of the 1960s. The emphasis in social CRM is on engagement and empowerment where the brand moves from being a producer of a product/service to being an aggregator of products/services, tools and experiences that enable the customer.
Companies need to move from managing customers, to facilitating collaborative experiences and on-going dialogue that customers value. By doing this companies will create the ability to monitor what consumers do and say to one another on social platforms accessing unbiased feedback and behavioural data on a huge scale. This insight should revolutionise the way marketers think and what they do.
Marketers must apply a very different orientation to the design of customer experiences and businesses need to transform their organisational structures, processes, and cultures to reap the benefits of the social potential. The nature of the customer conversation has changed and brands must adjust the tone and articulation of their message to resonate in the social environment.
Transparency and Gen Y
Jacqui Taylor from Fying Binary spoke about social data leading to social business.
Gen Y is more open and collaborative than its parents.
Transparency is important. Gen Z will demand social business.
The Wiki leaks and NSA revelations are of such fascination because the public's acceptance of reduced privacy is paired with an expectation of transparency. In Jacqui's words 'if you're doing something in my name, I want to know about it'.
Edelman's trust barometer shows that trust in government is decreasing, as is trust in business. It's only media that is being increasingly trusted by the public.
Transparency is needed to foster trust. Jacqui warned of the web's 'fabric of permanence'. If you shortcut, buying Likes and such, you will be found out, and this will be visible for a long long time.
As for social data, Jacqui poured scorn on the term 'big data', saying she hopes every time she shows a slide with the phrase, struck through, in giant letters, she is incrementally killing it. (She received much sympathy from the audience).
Data has always been about the three Vs – volume, velocity, variety. Volume is probably the least important of the three.
One of the internal barriers to working with social data is the IT department, the gatekeepers, the stiflers of innovation. Visualisation of data is one of the keys to getting people working with it more effectively.
Fying Binary has recently been working with data visualisation (loved by Gen Y) on a project for a bank's HR team, to help with the recruitment process, and drive down recruitment time to six to eight weeks. The interface visualised top universities on a world map, and presented information pertaining to their graduates, courses, dates, contacts etc.
We're going to see increasing use of social data visualisation within big organisations. This will enable them to better understand their customers, so in turn they can open up the business to the customer.
Customer service: an industry that developed by mistake
That choice nugget was from Martin Hill-Wilson of Brainfood Consulting, who described customer service as something that has needed tackling for a long time, with an attitude of cost containment at most big companies for the past 30 years.
The emergence of social media 'has suddenly made customer service a spectator sport' (Martin had a few zingers). He showed one example of Next Flowers, where one customer had complained on Facebook and a friend had chimed in with similar negative feedback, creating a snowball effect.
In contrast, the rewards of social customer service are obvious, and include unsolicited and easy praise (jeepers)!
Martin stressed that sentiment has to be analysed and understood, as it's not always straightforward. He looked at the example of supermarkets and some research by Spectrum Insight.
The research showed a worrying trend for increasing negative sentiment towards Morrisons, but analysis shows this varies geographically and on subject matter.
Although the problems were thought to be with online shopping and convenience, the quality of the own brand food turned out to be the main cause for complaint, which is obviously a problem for a grocery store.
Knowing this, Morrison's can address this specific problem as a priority. Traditional market research shows more of an average view, and doesn't give this level of insight.
Martin gave some examples of success, too, such as KLM's work in helping customers in the wake of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano erupting. In comparison, Qantas' response was poor.
KLM is one of the best brands, with airlines particularly good, for social response. 54 Minutes is the average response time on Twitter and Facebook, with a 96% response rate.
This leads on to some interesting stats shared by Martin, taken from Social Bakers. Financial services are currently the leading industry for response rate on Facebook, at 79.9%.
This seems quite good until you compare the 20.1% not responded to with the less than 4% of calls that are abandoned in the call centre.
Social CRM isn't always about drastically changing your current CRM system, but perhaps about turning call centres into contact centres, and increasing awareness of the number of people using social media.
Martin shared some stats for different age demographics using social media. The research, from J. D. Power and Associates, surveyed 23,000 people in the US and showed the extent to which the young are using social customer service.
Jacqueline Anderson says:
It is critically important that consumers are able to find you in social, that's the marketing, so they can talk to you when they need to, that's the servicing. Then, of course, you want to keep those consumers engaged with your brand, so you circle back to the marketing again"
And some of the best marketing is signposting. Martin gave the example of Koodo's Help page on Facebook. Clear and simple.
Martin also said that the most forward-thinking customer service departments are using YouTube to post support videos from an inhouse video team, which is becoming an ever cheaper capability.
Videos often cross language barriers, are favoured by consumers for comlex instructions, and will answer a lot of questions passively.
Peer-to-peer support
Discussion of social customer service led on to everybody's love for peer-to-peer support. When done well, these forums can engage your super fans, who will provide great product feedback, and provide answers for a good percentage of your stuck customers.
Sky is an obvious example that Martin pointed to. Sky has always had a great net promoter score of between nine and 10, those numbers are in no small part attributable to Sky's customer support.
Martin also made the point that Sky knows very well the value of their product to their customers, and so their fees are commensurate. But rather than have customers begrudgingly pay, Sky throws in lots of benefits, such as uber-competitive phone call packages, without any question that the sports or films through your aerial are worth the fee.
Nico Henderjckx of Sony Europe spoke about Sony's super user community, and gave some enlightening detail of engagement with these users:
- Biannual super user conference.
- Monthly training.
- Testing of new products.
- Monthly catchup with European management.
Nico's top tips for working with these valuable advocates, the models for every customer:
- Remember we are working with Humans.
- Explain your goals clearly to your Super Users.
- Put your Top management in front of them.
A good finishing point is Philip Sheldrake's discussion of influence and influence flow. I'll leave you with two of his slides that succinctly make the point that we communicate in order to influence. And if we don't influence, somebody else surely will.


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Reform Club ~ Introduction
The Reform Club was founded in the ferment of ideas, ideals and political activity which in part found expression in the Great Reform Act of 1832. Having succeeded, after a great parliamentary tussle, in securing the passing of the Reform Bill, in 1832, Radicals and Whigs needed a centre for their political activities.
The Club first opened its doors to members in a house at 104 Pall Mall, on the 24th of May 1836. It quickly set about planning its own building and, after an architectural competition, selected Charles Barry to create a new clubhouse, in the style of an Italian palazzo. The work was finished in 1841 and was immediately hailed as a masterpiece of classical architecture. The clubhouse has remained largely unchanged in appearance to the present day.
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Although founded on traditional lines as a gentlemen&'s club, in 1981 the Reform became, one of the first clubs in this country to admit women on equal terms. Of the current membership of around 2700, some 500 are overseas members, and over 400 are women. Candidates are proposed by two existing members and elected by the Club's General Committee.
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Sorry for the lack of posts. I went to Florida for a little beach time and managed to squeeze in a baseball game. Hard to beat that combination, even if it was raining and drizzling for much of the game.
This was my first time at McKechnie Field for something other than a spring training game. We arrived at the scheduled 6pm start time and easily bought two general admission seats for $6 each. As luck would have it there was a rainout the night before so they were playing a doubleheader. Consequently the game had started early and
was already in the third inning with the Marauders down 6-0. So much for seeing Tim Alderson pitch. I was looking forward to showing off what is usually a beautiful ballpark to the wonderful girlfriend, so I was surprised to see the field was not in its usual pristine condition. The outfield appeared to have been cut too low and scorched by the sun. The box seats in right field were also sun bleached and peeling. If that is the norm then they must replace those seats every year.The guys in the nearby bullpen were watching the game, but sprang into action right after the wonderful girlfriend wondered aloud, "Why aren't they doing anything?" Probably a coincidence.
After the quick tour we settled into seats above the home dugout. I use the term settled loosely because it wasn't long before rain chased us to the covered seats beneath the press box. I was able to get this shot of Robbie Grossman taking a pitch before we moved. He would end up walking.
The rest of that game I was distracted by lots of kids around me and one guy in front who couldn't figure out which part of his poncho to stick his head through. Bradenton lost 10-5.
There was no proper 7th-inning stretch because minor league double headers are only seven innings long and they had an on-field presentation for AAU teams that were competing in a tournament at Pirate City. Special Bonus: From the end of game one until the first pitch of game two, small beers were only $1. A 75% savings for those of you scoring at home.
When game two started the Marauders came out in their regular home uniforms instead of the batting practice jerseys they wore for the first game. I think the look is pretty sharp, especially the yellow caps. As you can tell we had upgraded our seats to directly behind home at this point.
A few notes I made on twitter during game 2:
Calvin Anderson is friggin' huge. (He is. Just towers over people.)
Quincy Latimore with the RBI double. Stole 3rd on the next pitch & scored when the throw went into LF. Tied 2-2 in the 3rd.
That was the first positive thing I'd seen [Latimore] do. In the first game he had a bad play on a ball up the middle & overthrew a cutoff man.
Dunedin's got a good defensive shortstop. Seen 3 strong plays. (Looked him up later: 2009 4th round pick Ryan Goins)
Not knowing about the double header we had made plans for later on and decided to leave early. Bradenton was down 3-2 when we left and would go on to lose 4-3. Still, a night spent hanging out at the ballpark is one of the most fun things you can do.
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Michael Girgenti claims he fooled around with the eldest Kardashian sister in 2009 - nine months before the baby was born and while she was on a break from her longterm boyfriend Scott Disick - and now he wants to take a DNA test just to make sure he's not the little boy's dad.
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U.S. Department of Transportation Extends Cooperative Research Program with Automotive Industry to Cut Drunk Driving on U.S. Roads
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration today announced a five-year extension of its cooperative agreement with the Automotive Coalition for Traffic Safety (ACTS), comprised of 15 automakers, to continue researching advanced alcohol detection technology that could prevent vehicles from being driven by a drunk driver.
"Drunk driving remains a deadly crime that tears apart families and destroys lives," said Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx. "We will continue to work closely with all of our federal, state and local safety partners, including the automotive industry to combat drunk driving with new, lifesaving technologies."
Under the partnership, NHTSA is working with ACTS to develop a Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety (DADSS, ), a noninvasive system that could accurately and reliably detect when a driver is above the legal alcohol limit of 0.08 BAC adopted by all 50 States and territories. The automatic system would be enabled every time the car is started, but unobtrusive so it would not pose an inconvenience to the non-intoxicated driver.
"In this age of innovation, smart technology may be the breakthrough we need to prevent drunk drivers from getting behind the wheel and endangering the safety of others on our roads," said NHTSA Administrator David Strickland. "The DADSS Research Program has shown significant promise to date, offering real potential in the future to prevent several thousand deaths annually."
The program was authorized under The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) Act. During the first year of the extended agreement, NHTSA and ACTS are contributing a combined total of $6,539,400 to help advance long-term research into DADSS. Over the next few years, ACTS and NHTSA will explore the feasibility, potential benefits and challenges associated with a more widespread voluntary use of DADSS and will begin working on public policy and consumer acceptance issues to ensure that when the technology is ready for commercialization, manufacturers that choose to offer the system as an option will find a marketplace with few to no impediments to consumer adoption.
By early 2015, a research vehicle that incorporates two different technological approaches to measuring BAC, touch-based and breath-based, will be available for testing in a pilot field trial. Research using laboratory-scale prototype detection devices is already underway, while testing with on-road prototype devices is expected within the next few years. Information on the program is available at www.dadss.org.
Today's announcement builds on NHTSA's Significant and Seamless initiative, which calls on automakers to work with NHTSA to aggressively accelerate achievable technological advances that would significantly improve safety. In 2012, deaths in crashes involving drunk drivers increased 4.6 percent, taking 10,322 lives, compared to 9,865 in 2011.


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Well, it's that time of the year again. All the hoopla of the past year's top tens has finally died down, and even though we still have the Oscars coming up, it's time to turn our eyes toward the cinematic goings-on of 2014. In other words, here's a list of the twenty-five (or so) films that I am most looking forward to this coming year. So, without further ado, here we go. Let's count 'em down.
25. Life Itself - A documentary based on the memoir of the late great Roger Ebert, directed by Steve James, the man who made Hoop Dreams, a documentary that Ebert was integral in making a success back in 1994. Oh you tricky little circle of life you. Whether James captures Ebert or not, just the chance to watch the life of the most influential critic on this critic, puts the film on the list.
24. 22 Jump Street - After the surprising success of the first film (before the film came out I was expecting it to be part of my worst of the year list, instead of a runner-up on my best list) Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill move across the street, and take their somewhat surprisingly hilarious high school act into the local college. Second films tend to go downhill from the original (well, it would be the semi-original in this case) but since the first one surprised so well, why not again? We'll see.
23. Godzilla - After the beyond disastrous 1998 version, many are holding their collective breath waiting for the May release of this monster. At the helm is Gareth Edwards, who went straight from the extremely low budget monster movie, Monsters, to the extremely high budget monster movie, Godzilla, and I suppose many are wondering if he is up to the task. But hey, with Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Bryan Cranston in the cast, how can ya not be excited over seeing Kick-Ass and Walter White battle the big G-Dogg?
22. Captain America: The Winter Soldier - Cap has always been one of my faves in the comics, stoic and Gary Cooper-esque (and especially brilliant when written by Ed Brubaker), and the first film was a much better film than many gave it credit for being. Now we get the old guy in the modern world, assisted by Black Widow and having to fight the Winter Soldier. As a comicbook nerd, this sounds like fun to me.
21. Boxtrolls - I've a secret to tell. I love stop-motion animation. No, really, I love love love it. Can't get enough of it kinda love. Give me stop-motion or give me death! With all that out there, it is a safe bet that I am excited to see the latest stop-motion movie by the same animation studio that gave us Coraline and Paranorman (and in their early days, those dancing California Raisins of the 1980's). Can't wait for September.
20. Assassin - From one of the most cerebral filmmakers of Asia, Taiwan's Hou Hsiao-hsien, now gives us something that seems more in the Wong Kar-wai vein of things - a period piece about an assassin. Granted, it could be delayed until 2015, but right now, it looks like it may make it to the states by year's end. Of course, Hou being Hou (and Hou's will be Hou's - I crack myself up sometimes), this is probably not going to be the mainstreamiest of movies, so NYC and LA are it's only real potential hot spots.
19. How To Catch a Monster - Christina Hendricks and Saoirse Ronan star in this fantasy-thriller that also just so happens to be the directorial debut of one, Mr. Ryan Gosling. Hopefully the actor, who has more than proven himself on this side of the camera, has learned a thing or two about directing while working with the likes of Derek Cianfrance and Nicolas Winding Refn.
18. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For - The graphic noir gang is all back together again, including co-directors Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller (the writer of the original novels), and stars Jessica Alba, Bruce Willis, Rosario Dawson, and Mickey Rourke, now joined by new kids on the block, Eva Green, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Josh Brolin, Juno Temple, and even Lady Gaga.
17. Two Days, One Night - The Belgium-born Dardenne Brothers, the duo that gave us such brilliant cinema of endurance films as Rosetta, L'Enfant, and The Kid with a Bike, are back with a film that, thanks to lead Marion Cotillard (the biggest name the directors have ever had in one of their films), could be their most seen film here in the states. Okay, maybe not that big of a hit, but I do love the Dardennes. Why the hell don't you!?
16. Birdman - From the man who gave the world the Mexican New Wave hit Amores Perros, as well as 21 Grams, this new film about a washed-up actor, starring Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Emma Stone, and Naomi Watts, will hopefully make us forget the disheveled and ultimately mediocre Babel, and bring us back to the director's earlier works.
15. X-Men: Days of Future Past - As an X-Men fan from waaay back, long before the movies, long before Wolverine was in every comic made by Marvel, an way before the Phoenix or The Days of Future Past, I quiver at the possibilities of this film, but I also shudder at the possibility of this film sucking the royal teat. This one really could go either way, and it worries me. Will it be as good as First Class or as band as Last Stand? After seeing some of the costumes and such in Empire Magazine this week, my worries have risen. Even with these worries, I still place this film rather high on my list. I mean, it is the X-Men after all.
14. Boyhood - This Richard Linklater project, filmed intermittently between 2002 and 2013, takes a look at more than a decade in the life of a boy as he deals with his divorced parents, played by Patricia Arquette and Linklater buddy Ethan Hawke. Sort of a fictional version of the Up series, or perhaps a bit akin to Truffaut's Antoine Doinel series, the chameleonic auteur does it again - hopefully.
13. The Grand Budapest Hotel - I sort of have a love/hate relationship with Wes Anderson. I think the guy is a talented filmmaker, and has a fun visual style to his work, but at the same time, the filmmaker hero to all the hipsters, seems to keep making the exact same movie over and over again, and this one, judging from the trailer, looks to be no different. Alas poor Wes, let's change it up a bit next time, huh?
12. Guardians of the Galaxy - Forget Spidey, Cap, and all those Marvelous Mutants, this is the super hero movie to watch for. Why? Because no one really knows what it is going to be. Outside of the comic-reading world (a place where I reside) no one really knows who the hell these guys are, and unlike known properties such as the aforementioned Spidey, Cap, and The X-Men, there's no telling what director James Gunn (incidentally also the director of the fun genre pieces Super and Slither, as well as the writer of Zack Snyder's fantastic Dawn of the Dead remake) will do. I am Groot! We are all Groot!! Those inside the comic-reading world will love that last joke, the rest of you will just have to wait until August.
11. Noah - Normally, I would not be all that interested in a big budget biblical epic, but the fact that Darren Aronofsky is directing this one, and Russell Crowe is starring, gives it a spot at number eleven. We also get Jennifer Connelly as Noah's little missus, Emma Watson as his daughter, and Anthony Hopkins as good old Methuselah. Judging from the trailer, the movie does look like a big fat CGI fest, but hopefully the guy who gave us Black Swan, can help it be more than just that.
10. Night Moves - After playing at both Venice and Toronto last year, as well as being on my most anticipated films of 2013 list (whoops), the latest film from Kelly Reichardt (Old Joy, Wendy and Lucy, Meek's Cutoff), will finally get it's long-awaited US debut later this year. The film will also showcase the first major adult role for former child starlet Dakota Fanning.
9. Ex Machina - A psycho-tech-thriller, robot romance-esque sci-fi film written and directed by the guy who wrote the screenplays for 28 Days Later..., Sunshine, and Never Let Me Go, and starring Oscar Isaac, fresh off his brilliant turn in Inside Llewyn Davis? How could we not be excited by this? In fact, you'd have to be a machine to not be excited about this. See what I did there? Yup.
8. While We're Young - Granted, this is another one of those films that may not see the light of day (or the dark of the cinema, if you will) until 2015, but chances are still rather strong that it will be out in late Fal, in time for an Oscar run. The film is written and directed by Noah Baumbach (Squid and the Whale, Frances Ha) and will star Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts, among many others.
7. Interstellar - Starring soon-to-be Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey, along with Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Ellen Burstyn, Matt Damon, Casey Affleck, and Michael Caine, this sci-fi film from Christopher Nolan (you know, the guy who directed Memento, The Prestige, Inception, Insomnia, and the Dark Knight Trilogy), is on pretty much everyone's anticipatory lips these days. I must admit to not being a huge fan of Inception (I think it lacked a solid third act, and tried too hard to explain what should have been left unexplained) nor the final Dark Knight film (lackluster compared to it's immediate predecessor), but the rest of the auteur's oeuvre intact, I am greatly looking forward to this one.
6. Magic in the Moonlight - Believe it or not, this is not being called the Untitled Woody Allen Project, as has been the case during filming of the director's past films. Set in 1920's French Riviera, the film stars Emma Stone, Colin Firth, Hamish Linklater, Jacki Weaver, and Marcia Gay Harden. Granted, the Woodman has been hit or miss the past two decades or so (and he is going through some tough times of late, with ugly allegations being tossed and tweeted his way), but I am hoping this is more in Midnight in Paris, Match Point, Blue Jasmine territory and less in the Scoop or Whatever Works realm.
5. Gone Girl - David Fincher, one of the best directors working today (I mean, c'mon - Panic Room, Fight Club, Se7en, Zodiac, The Social Network, his American remake of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo!!), is back, and tackling the best seller, Gone Girl, with Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike. Dark and sinister, and both visually and psychologically harrowing, are things we should expect from this film. Hell, with a filmography such as his, how could we not. I know I can't wait.
4. Jane Got A Gun - This long-anticipated (in the works for three years now) Natalie Portman western was originally to be directed by Lynne Ramsey, but after she walked due to problems with the studio (Jude Law walked as well, having only signed on in order to work with Ramsey), Gavin O'Conner (Tumbleweeds) took over the helm, and finally, we may actually get to see the film later this year. I know, I'm excited to see one of my favourite actresses starring in one of my favorite genres. Hopefully all the pre-production problems did not hurt the final product.
3. The Terrence Malick Kerfuffle - Supposedly, Terrence Malick is working on three films right now, and no one is really sure which will come first, and when it will eventually come. The auteur is known for taking long times between films (sometimes decades even), but after two films (The Tree of Life and last year's To the Wonder) in just three years, the old boy's pace is a-quickenin'. Among the actors involved in these simultaneous films, are Christian Bale, Natalie Portman, Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara, Cate Blanchet, Benicio del Toro, and Michael Fassbender, several of them starring in two of the three. Who the hell knows what's going to become of this whole conglomerate, but one of them (most likely Knight of Cups) is bound to come out by year's end. Right?
2. Nymphomaniac - This film was on my list last year as well (and in the same spot, if I'm not mistaken) but it took a bit longer to get here than we had all anticipated. Now, in a two-part release schedule set for March and April (a la Soderbergh's Che, not Tarantino's Kill Bill), this ever so-controversial film from that ever so-controversial Lars von Trier, in all its penetration-happy glory, and featuring Charlotte Gainsbourgh, Uma Thurman, Christian Slater, Jamie Bell, Stacy Martin, Connie Nielson, Willem Dafoe, Udo Kier, Stellen Skarsgard, and mister breaking news Shia LaBeouf, is finally seeing the light of the American cinema. I wonder how many people will be offended by this one? I am almost anticipating the inevitably ridiculous puritan backlash more than the film(s) itself.
1. Inherent Vice - Paul Thomas Anderson is the best filmmaker working today. There, I said it! So, I suppose after such a proclamation, it should come as no surprise that his seventh film makes it to the top of the heap on my list. The man who made the masterpieces Boogie Nights, There Will Be Blood, and The Master, now takes on the 2009 Thomas Pynchon crime novel. Expected to be somewhere between The Big Sleep and The Long Goodbye, and starring Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Josh Brolin, Jena Malone, Martin Short (yeah, Martin Short), Maya Rudolph, Owen Wilson, and Benicio del Toro, this is my most anticipated film of 2014.
Looking even further ahead: There are a few films that will most likely not make the scene until early 2015 sometime. Though any of these could end up getting a last hour release in time for Oscar consideration, they are more likely candidates for next year's list, but since there is the possibility (albeit it unlikely), and these are films that would definitely make the list if they had sure release dates, I should include them somewhere in here - so here they are.
Carol - Todd Haynes, the man who gave us such brilliant works as Safe, Far From Heaven, I'm Not There, and the HBO mini-series version of Mildred Pierce, as well as the marvelous must-see short film, Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (seriously, if you can find this creature, you must watch it!), is back again, once again, like Far From Heaven, set in the not-so-halcyon days of the 1950's, this time with Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara heading the cast. How could we not want to see such a film? This could make its way into theatres by December (it is the most likely of these three to do so), but probably a Spring 2015 release is more likely, unless they decide to hold the film for an Oscar run next year.
Cyber - This is Michael Man doing what Michael Mann has always done best, the classic American crime film. This one stars Chris ' The God of Thunder' Hemsworth. They haven't actually started filming yet (hence the probable 2015 release date) but I'm already all a-twitter over the idea of a new Michael Mann film coming our way after a four+ year absence from the big screen.
Macbeth - Michael Fassbender as Macbeth, and Marion Cotillard as his hand-wringing Lady. How can this not be one of my most anticipated films? But alas, poor Macbeth (now I'm just mixing my Shakespeare metaphors), or should I say, poor us, because we will most likely have to wait until next year to finally see this film, unless filming goes quickly (they have not started yet) and we get a rush job for Oscar season. Though, I am more than willing to wait some extra time just to not have a rush job on this film.
Carol - Todd Haynes, the man who gave us such brilliant works as Safe, Far From Heaven, I'm Not There, and the HBO mini-series version of Mildred Pierce, as well as the marvelous must-see short film, Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (seriously, if you can find this creature, you must watch it!), is back again, once again, like Far From Heaven, set in the not-so-halcyon days of the 1950's, this time with Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara heading the cast. How could we not want to see such a film? This could make its way into theatres by December (it is the most likely of these three to do so), but probably a Spring 2015 release is more likely, unless they decide to hold the film for an Oscar run next year.
Cyber - This is Michael Man doing what Michael Mann has always done best, the classic American crime film. This one stars Chris ' The God of Thunder' Hemsworth. They haven't actually started filming yet (hence the probable 2015 release date) but I'm already all a-twitter over the idea of a new Michael Mann film coming our way after a four+ year absence from the big screen.
Macbeth - Michael Fassbender as Macbeth, and Marion Cotillard as his hand-wringing Lady. How can this not be one of my most anticipated films? But alas, poor Macbeth (now I'm just mixing my Shakespeare metaphors), or should I say, poor us, because we will most likely have to wait until next year to finally see this film, unless filming goes quickly (they have not started yet) and we get a rush job for Oscar season. Though, I am more than willing to wait some extra time just to not have a rush job on this film.
And let us not forget these intriguing but not quite list worthy anticipations (in no particular order): the sci-fi Transcendence w/ Johnny Depp, Aussie drama The Rover, Anton Corbijn's A Most Wanted Man, Bennett Miller's Foxcatcher, Mia Hanson-Love's Eden, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Cronenberg's Map to the Stars, The Wachowski's Jupiter Ascending, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Muppets Most Wanted, The Lego Movie, Ridley Scott's Exodus, Into the Woods, Low Down with Elle Fanning, the latest version of Madame Bovary, starring Mia Wasikowska, and about two or three dozen more.
That's it kids. See ya 'round the web.
That's it kids. See ya 'round the web.


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Chapter 8 Verse 11
Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard
unto keepers: every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a
thousand pieces of silver.
these words the little sister goes on to give an account of the success of the Gospel, the planting of churches, and establishment of Christ's interest in the Gentile world; together with the advantages which accrued to Christ thereby, under the metaphor of a vineyard, and the fruit thereof: where we have to consider,
I.The vineyard itself, and what is intended by
II.The owner of it, who is Solomon.
III.The place of its situation, at Baal-hamon.
IV.The letting of it "out to keepers," and who are meant by them.
V.The price it was let at, or the rent which they were to bring in; "every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver."
I.It will be proper to consider what is meant by this vineyard; which I think is to be understood of the church of Christ; the Israelitish nation, and the church of God therein, sometimes bears this name (see Ps. 80:8, 9, 14, 15; Isa. 5:1, 7), and it is very usual with Christ to express the New Testament church-state by the same metaphor (see Matthew 20:1, 21:33), which was thus prophesied of by Isaiah, chapter 27:2. "In that day, sing ye unto her, a vineyard of red wine." Now the church of Christ may be compared to a vineyard, for these following reasons: 1. A vineyard is a spot of ground, separated and distinguished from others; so is the church of Christ from the rest of the world, by electing, redeeming, and efficacious grace; believers are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation; and being, so, are a peculiar people; they are fenced about with sovereign grace, whereby they are made to differ from others. 2. A vineyard is a spot of ground set with plants of various sorts, and especially vines: it is manifest, from chapter 1:14 and 7:12, that it was usual to set other plants in vineyards besides vines; for which see also Luke 13:16. In the vineyard, the church, stands in the first place Christ, the true and most noble vine; and next to him true believers, who are there planted by him, engrafted on him, and grow up in him: now these are of various sorts, of different growths and fruitfulness; some are larger and more fruitful than others; but are all "the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified:" but besides these, there are some who are only externally planted here, and grow up only in a mere outward profession; who are not planted by Christ's heavenly Father, and therefore shall be rooted up; because, instead of bringing forth right fruit, they bring forth wild grapes. 3. Vineyards are valuable to the owners of them; one part of their wealth and riches consisting therein: the church of Christ is highly esteemed of by him, it being his inheritance, his portion, and wherein great part of his riches, as mediator, lies; his Father gave it to him, and he values it upon that account; as Naboth did his vineyard, because it was "the inheritance of his fathers," and therefore would not part with it to Ahab upon any consideration whatever: moreover, Christ's esteem for his vineyard, the church, is farther manifest from the great price he gave for it, which was his own blood, as also from the exceeding great care he takes of it. 4. A vineyard is a very fruitful spot; so is the church of Christ and all believers, who are "filled with the fruits of righteousness by Jesus Christ:" who is " the true vine," on whom they are engrafted; and "the green fir-tree," from whom their fruit is found: all that are "planted in the house of the Lord," being watered by divine grace, "flourish in the courts of our God," and bring forth fruit, whereby he is glorified. 5. Vineyards are delightful and pleasant; thus among the several methods which Solomon took co gratify and indulge himself in pleasure, this was one; he "planted himself vineyards," (Eccl. 2:4). The church is a delightful vineyard to Christ, where he delights to walk, and observe how his several plants grow and thrive; for this purpose he often goes down into it, as in chapter 6:11, and the church, knowing how much pleasure he takes therein, invites him to it, in chapter 7:12. 6. Vineyards are not only delightful, but also profitable; there is much fruit produced by them, to the advantage of the owners thereof: so Christ has much fruit from his vineyard, as appears from this and the following verse; which makes for the advancement of his honor and glory in the world; for as all their fruit comes by him, and from him, so all the glory redounds unto him; and "his glory is great" in every branch of their salvation. 7. Vineyards are exposed to beasts of prey, which often break in and do much damage to them: the church of Christ is not only exposed to the "boar out of the wood," the openly profane world, which often makes great havoc of it, by its oppressions and persecutions; but also to those foxes, false teachers, heretics, who cunningly bring in their pernicious doctrines, to the great annoyance and disturbance of the peace, comfort, and faith of God's people; hence it is said, in chapter 2:15 "Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines; for our vines have tender grapes." 8. A great deal of care must be used in promoting the fruitfulness of vineyards; the vines must be watered, pruned, and propped up, as well as the stones gathered out, and a fence set about them (see Isa. 5:2). Christ does all this and much more to his vineyard; he waters it every moment with his grace, prunes and lops off the unfruitful branches, supports the weak and tender vines with his Almighty power; gathers out all things that offend, and fences it about with divine favors; in short, acts the whole faithful part of a vine-dresser to it.
II.The owner of this vineyard is Solomon, by whom the Messiah is meant; for it may be truly said, that "a greater than Solomon is here." Christ bears this name, because Solomon was an eminent type of him, as has been shown on chapter 3:7, he now is the owner of this vineyard; it is his, 1. By choice; he has pitched upon this spot of ground, and separated it from all others for his use and service. 2. By his Father's gift: he asked it of his Father, and he gave it him; "thine they were," says he, "and thou gavest them me," (John 17:6). 3. By purchase; he has bought this vineyard with his own blood (Acts 20:28). 4. It is of his own planting: all the vines in it are of his setting, and are made fruitful by him. 5. He takes the whole care of it, and has the advantage of the fruit thereof.
III.The situation of this vineyard, at Baal-hamon; perhaps the same with Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon (Josh. 11:17, 13:5), since they are of the same signification, the master of a multitude, or of a troop. By which may he meant, either, 1. The city of Jerusalem;10221022So the Tarugam and R. Sol. Jarchi in loc. interpret it. which may be called "Baal-hamon, or the master of a multitude," because it was a very populous city; as it is said, in Lamentations 1:1. "How doth the city sit solitary that was full of people?" where was the principal seat of the Jewish church-state; the letting out of which to keepers, the priests and Levites, may seem to suit well with the legal and mercenary spirit which much attended the Old-Testament dispensation. Though, 2. I rather think the Gentile world is here intended; among the nations of which Christ has a gospel church planted; whereby the promise is fulfilled to Abraham, that he should be a "father of many nations;" which his name signified, and is of much the same import with this in our text. Unless, 3. It should be thought only to intend in general, the fruitfulness of the soil in which Christ's vineyard was planted; at "Baal-hamon," the Lord or master of a multitude,10231023In ea quae habet populos. Vulgate Latin version; in domino multitudinis, Piscator. that is, where a multitude of vines grow. Thus it is said, in Isaiah 5:2, "My well beloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:" the church of Christ, and so all believers, are planted in a very fruitful soil, being "rooted and built up" in Christ, and watered with the continual dews of divine grace; the believer is like to "a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither, and whatsoever he doth shall prosper," (Ps. 1:3).
IV.The letting out of this vineyard to keepers, is next to be inquired into. By the keepers, we are to understand the ministers of the gospel; who have their several parts and different employments assigned them in this vineyard of Christ. 1. The business of some of them is to plant: this work the apostle Paul was much concerned in; "I have planted," says he (1 Cor. 3:6, 8), and indeed it is hard to say how many churches, and how many souls in those churches, were planted by him; and especially at Baal-hamon, in the Gentile world, with whom he was chiefly concerned. 2. Others are employed in watering this vineyard, as was Apollos; of whom Paul says, "I have planted, Apollos watered:" some ministers are more useful for edification than conversion; their ministry succeeds most for the watering of Christ's plants, for promoting the comfort and faith of those who are already planted; their doctrine drops as the rain, and their speech distils as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass (Deut. 32:2), so that they become fruitful. 3. The work of others is to prime the vines; they have an excellent talent at reproof, both on the account of erroneous doctrines, and immoral practices; they can give gentle admonitions where the case only requires them; and rebuke with sharpness, cut deeper, where there is a necessity for it; not being afraid of the faces of any, but having the good of Christ's vineyard at heart; these excel in that branch of their office, which concerns the discipline of the church. 4. Others ate useful in supporting and upholding weak believers; who, like vines, stand in need of it; which they do, by putting into their hand the staff of the promises, and refreshing them with the reviving cordials of gospel-doctrines. 5. The employment of others is to protect and defend; their business is chiefly to take the foxes, to refute heresies, and defend the doctrines of grace, and preserve the church from all innovations, both in doctrine and worship. Now I would not be understood, as though I thought that ministers were so confined to one or other of these particular branches of the ministerial work, that they had no concern in the rest; for one and the same minister may be more or less useful in them all; but yet, generally speaking, he excels in some one of them.
The letting out of this vineyard to them, agrees with those parables of our Lord, in Matthew 20:1, 2 and 21:33, where he seems to allude to the words of our text; which is no inconsiderable evidence of the divine authority of this book. The phrase shows, 1. That though Christ takes care of the vineyard himself, yet he also makes use of his ministers: Christ is not separated from his ministers; he acts as the owner, they as the servants; he is the chief and principal wine-dresser; which work he performs mediately by his ministers, who are not to be slighted and laid aside; hence the apostle writing to the Corinthians, among whom were many divisions about their ministers; some being for Paul in opposition to Apollos, and some for Apollos in opposition to Paul; and others for Cephas in opposition to them both, and others for Christ in opposition to them all; they were for Christ without his ministers; but, says the apostle (1 Cor. 1:12, 13), "Is Christ divided?" that is, from his ministers; no, they are not to be separated from him, though subordinated to him. 2. It shows, that Christ entrusts his vineyard with his ministers; he makes them overseers of it; he sets them to watch over it, and faithfully discharge the several branches of their duty before-mentioned which is meant by the letting it out unto them: and it ought to be observed, that Christ has the sole power of letting out his vineyard, and he lets it out to whom he pleases; therefore none ought to usurp it: it is indeed a great honor to he entrusted with it; but no man should take this honor to himself, but he that is called of God to it; persons should not run into this work before they are sent, nor perform it negligently when they are in it. 3. Christ in some respects makes his ministers owners of this vineyard; he let out, or gave10241024^tn edwke, Sept. dcdit, Marckius, Michadis. the vineyard to keepers; hence, in chapter 2:15, it is said, our vines have tender grapes: ministers-have in some sort an interest in the vines, the churches; their joy, comfort, life, and glory, lie much in the fruitfulness and well-being of them; which is a very great and powerful argument to induce them to vigilance, diligence, and carefulness, in the discharge of their work.
V.The price this vineyard was let at, or the rent which these keepers were to bring in for the fruit of it, is a thousand pieces of silver: which may denote, 1. The exceeding great fruitfulness of this vineyard, that the fruit of it was worth so much: thus in Isaiah 7:23, it is said, "and it shall come to pass in that day, that every place Shall be, where there were a thousand vines, at a thousand silverings, it shall even be for briars and thorns;" that is, those places, which were so exceeding fruitful before, shall now be barren and desolate. It may denote the usefulness of a gospel-ministry; which is to bring home souls to Christ; to gather in the fruit of his labors, and travail of his soul, which are as dear and valuable to him as a thousand pieces of silver; at which he rejoices as much as the poor woman did (Luke 15:8, 9). at the finding of her lost piece: Christ's ministers are her rent-gatherers, and the collectors of his fruit; "I have chosen you and ordained you," says he (John 15:10), "that they should go and bring forth fruit;" and then do they bring it m, when souls are converted under their ministry. 3. The sum to be brought in from every one of them is alike, every man his thousand pieces: Christ's ministers have indeed one and the dame commission to preach the gospel; but they have not all the same abilities for the work, nor are they alike succeeded in it; but yet, in the faithful and honest discharge of their work, they are all so blessed by him, as to answer the end of their ministration designed by him; so that he reckons that every one, even the meanest, brings in his thousand pieces, as well as the more able and successful. 4. It shows that there is a reckoning-day coming, for ministers as well as others; who must give an account of their talents, what use they have made of them in Christ's vineyard, and what success has attended their labors; which, if they can do with joy, and not with grief, will turn to their account, as well as be of advantage to others,
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Journal Article
Relationship between Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Hidden Wealth over the period 2000‑2008: An International Study pp259-270
© Sep 2011 Volume 9 Issue 3, ECIC 2011, Editor: Geoff Turner and Clemente Minonne, pp181 - 295
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In this paper we show that it is possible to measure the development and management of knowledge in a country using indicators of intellectual capital that consider non visible assets not included in Gross Domestic Product. Using this idea, we obtained a measure of the intellectual capital for 72 countries selected in accordance with the information available for 2000, 2005 and 2008. These measures allows us to verify the hypothesis that knowledge acts as a divergent factor of wealth, that is, that rich countries are richer in knowledge and manage it more efficiently than poor countries. Thus, in a global economy, intellectual capital circulates in the opposite direction to development, that is, from poor to rich countries. In this sense, economic growth in developing countries displays a stronger relationship with intellectual capital. We show how national intellectual capital anticipated the economic crisis before GDP, as real GDP averages increase in all the years considered, whereas national intellectual capital decreased in last year analysed. Moreover, we used a data panel model with common coefficients to emphasize the most influential factor in the recession in order to ascertain the areas where governments must act to overcome a crisis.
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Some of the coolest contests happen in the EU, and unfortunately, sometimes completely under our radar. World of Warcraft in Europe recently announced the winners of a contest held between November 23 and December 6, 2009 (that's a period of two weeks, so even the folks in Europe might've missed out on it) which asked folks to design their own World of Warcraft trading card. We told you the coolest contests happen in the EU.
Winners were announced last December 18, 2009, with Blizzard apparently selecting the best entries according to language. Five winners were selected, with J. Hoermandinger winning the top prize for English submissions with the Boo'Yah "Brickhead" card; D. Klenk was the German winner with Shilanya; S. Mariez won the French top prize with Perséphia Tristombe; A. Fuentes Garcia was the Spanish winner with Nairies; and A. Kirsanova won the Russian prize with a thankfully nameless but awesome-looking card (Cyrillic would be a little troublesome to jot down here).
The contest awarded a veritable Upper Deck treasure trove that included a Death Knight deluxe starter kit, a World of Warcraft miniatures game starter kit and booster pack, and the ScourgeWar epic collection which has the Tiny loot card. The loot card enables Horde characters to mount a miniature raptor and Alliance characters to ride a miniature pony to move at unmounted speed. Congratulations to the all the winners! For those of you who missed out on the fun, you can always make your own TCG cards by downloading their Horde or Alliance templates. Enjoy!


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WASHINGTON, DC, May 27, 2011 – A threatened lawsuit by the environmental group Friends of the Earth against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would pit the as-yet unquantified hazards of lead from aviation gasoline (avgas) against the known safety risk to pilots and passengers of removing lead used in piston-powered (non-turbine) aircraft fuel. The threatened suit, alleging inaction on the part of the agency, would ignore extensive work underway or done by the EPA, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the general aviation industry, and the fuels industry.
The General Aviation Avgas Coalition, made up of aviation and petroleum industry organizations, anticipated this development even while hoping to avoid it. The threatened lawsuit would ask a court to compel EPA to respond to a 2006 petition submitted by Friends of the Earth. That petition asks EPA to make a so-called "endangerment" finding for leaded avgas. Such a finding would trigger a multi-step regulatory process that could reduce or eliminate tetraethyl lead from aviation gasoline – a regulatory process that will take years and must consider aircraft safety. In any event, EPA is already an active participant in regulatory efforts aimed at developing a safe alternative to leaded avgas.
Simply put, lead remains in avgas to keep the people aboard piston-engine aircraft safe – it keeps those engines from ripping themselves apart in flight. Despite some 40 years of research since the passage of the Clean Air Act, no safe alternative has been identified. But the industry continues working toward an unleaded future.
Early this year, acting on a request from the GA Avgas Coalition, the FAA – the agency with responsibility for the certification and continued safety of general aviation aircraft –established the Unleaded Avgas Transition Aviation Rulemaking Committee (UAT ARC). The ARC is a joint government/industry committee tasked with identifying key issues relating to and providing recommendations for the development and deployment of an unleaded avgas. The Friends of the Earth were invited to participate on the ARC to be a part of the effort to work towards an unleaded future, but chose not to participate.
The EPA, in addition to being an active participant in the ARC, has taken a number of actions. Last year, the agency issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR), acknowledging the need for more information about the issue and asking a series of pertinent questions, to which the industry filed substantial comments. In 2008, the EPA also lowered the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for lead by a factor of 10. In a subsequent notice, the EPA also established a new criteria for lead monitoring and added a requirement for specific monitoring at 15 airports. EPA also has recently begun a process to review the recently-revised National Ambient Air Quality Standards for lead.
Shortly after the passage of the Clean Air Act in 1970, the industry as a whole took a significant step, reducing lead emissions by 50% by moving to a low-lead fuel. Now, as an interim step toward an unleaded fuel, the industry is developing a very-low-lead standard that would further reduce the already small amount of lead remaining in the fuel by an additional 20%. Meanwhile, at least two companies – both of which are members of and participating in the UAT ARC – are continuing to make progress testing and evaluating unleaded fuels that may work as a replacement.
The Friends of the Earth filing notes that some argue in favor of using unleaded automotive gasoline instead of avgas. Automotive gasoline is approved for use in only a portion of the general aviation fleet and faces a number of significant issues. These issues include, but are not limited to, the economic challenge of developing a second fuel infrastructure to serve a limited market, and the growing difficulty of finding fuel not blended with ethanol. Congress has mandated the blending of renewable fuels such as ethanol into automotive gasoline. Given the mandated volume of renewable fuels that must be used and the amount of automotive gasoline American drivers consumed last year, virtually all automotive gasoline produced must be blended. And Congress has shown no interest in creating a niche for unblended automotive gas.
While the notice by the Friends of the Earth asks the EPA to begin a process that may result in establish lead emission standards for avgas, GA pilots should rest assured that any new standards are years away from implementation and do not affect current or near-term availability of avgas. Further, the GA Avgas Coalition continues to support the efforts of the FAA's Unleaded Avgas Transition ARC. With the participation of the FAA, EPA, petroleum industry, engine and airframe manufacturers, fuel developers, and consumer representatives, this remains the right path to finding an unleaded solution that is technically and economically feasible while maintaining the safety and utility of the general aviation fleet.


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Europe Lower Following U.S. Selloff
Markets in Europe and Asia were broadly lower following Wednesday's selloff in the U.S. Polya Lesova has details.
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