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Sensors 2012, 12(11), 14442-14466; doi:10.3390/s121114442
Framework for End-User Programming of Cross-Smart Space Applications
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Abstract: Cross-smart space applications are specific types of software services that enable users to share information, monitor the physical and logical surroundings and control it in a way that is meaningful for the user's situation. For developing cross-smart space applications, this paper makes two main contributions: it introduces (i) a component design and scripting method for end-user programming of cross-smart space applications and (ii) a backend framework of components that interwork to support the brunt of the RDFScript translation, and the use and execution of ontology models. Before end-user programming activities, the software professionals must develop easy-to-apply Driver components for the APIs of existing software systems. Thereafter, end-users are able to create applications from the commands of the Driver components with the help of the provided toolset. The paper also introduces the reference implementation of the framework, tools for the Driver component development and end-user programming of cross-smart space applications and the first evaluation results on their application.
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Some chasers do it. Some don't. Those who don't might cite one of these 2 reasons: 1) privacy - they don't want to have their conversations public, or 2) bandwidth - adding sound to their Internet live stream adds more data bits to the stream, which can slow down their video and data connections on an often-stressed wireless-data network.
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56-year-old Carey J. Clark of Kansas City was still out playing the field when he met a 48-year-old woman at a nightclub. They exchanged numbers and agreed to go out for dinner on Thursday, May 10.
The woman thought she was taking precaution by having the man pick her up at a relative's house, but she fell for the oldest trick in the "crazy, deranged" book. Clark said he had to stop back by his house because he forgot his credit cards.
When Clark got to his house, he invited the woman inside. Once she was inside, he locked the door, punched and kicked her and covered her mouth with duct tape.
Clark, who come to find out was high on PCP, started beating and threatening her of more harm if she didn't have sex with him. According to court documents, he also shocked her numerous times with a stun gun.
The abuse continued over the next 2 days. The woman says that Clark told her he was related to convicted serial killer Terry Blair, a man who enjoyed killing prostitutes, and that he decided to join him.
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Pretty amazing sim, went 6-1 Greg Ostertag is almost an upgrade of Zydrunas. Got abused by the Lakers though Shaq dominated every Center I played.
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Pretty amazing sim, went 6-1 Greg Ostertag is almost an upgrade of Zydrunas. Got abused by the Lakers though Shaq dominated every Center I played.
The combo of Bibby, Miller, and Shammond has started out great. Just need to figure out what'll get the most out of my defense.
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Kind of disappointing. I thought my team would be better. Only went 5-4.
Barkley averaged 13 and 10.
Dickerson averaged 10.
Jackson averaged 15.
Garnett averaged 31 and 14.
Okur averaged 13 and 10.
Vitalay averaged 10 and 8.
Curry is averaging 18 and 10!!!!
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PG: Luke Ridnour, Delonte West, Greg Minor
SG: Andre Iguodala, Mickael Pietrus
SF: Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Boris Diaw
PF: Charlie Villanueva, Ian Mahinimi, Amir Johnson
C: Eddy Curry, Mamadou Ndiaye, Adam Parada
Wait, why was Funderburke playing PG?!?!?!?! In everygame!!! wtffffffffff
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Carter broke his now.. 3-3 with him, 1-2 without him. Meh, we'll see. Some players are shooting some low %'s and I expect that to go up.
Not a bad sim. Went 6-2. Both losses came against the Celtics. Lost by 2 and another by 1. Overall not too bad. Hoping Glenn Robinson picks it up a little.
Really need to figure out my Game plan. Anybody have any suggestions?
went 6-0 went my team was intact, 2-1 without Kobe. Pretty good sim!
why do i always get an injury on 1 of my key players the very first sim?
HR Sim League - Washington Wizards
Lost to the pacers by like 50 (wtf) and the grizz by 3 in a great season opener. Took down the hated celtics and the champs giving then their only losses. Not bad. Not great.
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Dirk is the real Dirk now. But wow, mt team is 4-1! Defense is the key, and the guys seems to be playing very well. I'm about to be home in a few so I can actually check my stats.
The Wizards are #1 in oPPG, oRPG, oFGPG, oFGAPG #2 in oAPG #4 in oFG%. Talk about great defense! I hope they keep this up
Steve Francis got 24 assists in a game. Damn diggity damn lol
"I want ONLY 9 eyebrows in the starting lineup for the Hornets next year." I typed this before the draft lottery
2-2 against all playoff teams. Defense is rock solid as should be, but need to find a way to generate more offense
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RJ and Amare are ballin, RJ wasnt even a scoring option and got 20 ppg. Roger Mason has been nice too
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Much to come on my Hawaiian adventures, epic airport drama, and new thoughts on branding after doing several inspiring consults in Hawaii, but I had to write quickly about a big personal milestone that happened this weekend. My not-so-little-anymore brother, Stephen, graduated from college with a degree in Engineering from FAU. He has spent his entire life taking things apart (and sometimes putting them back together)… computers, clocks, radios, my hard drives, CD players, speakers, and on and on. He spent countless hours building and tinkering in our garage when we were little. My favorite memory is him coming out of the garage with what looked like sawdust on his eyebrows. Nope. He was also quite the pyro and had singed those puppies right off. From having to dye his hair back from him bleaching it with peroxide at least 3 times to rolling on the floor laughing at a video he made about building birdhouses, my bro has always kept us on our toes. He was voted class clown and definitely got the left side of the brains in our family… he ran circles around me in math and science. I never thought he'd end up towering over me, but he certainly does now. My mom always warned me, "someday he's going to be taller than you!" Thankfully, he's too kind to pick on me now like I did to him when he was a little tyke.
I am so proud of him, I just had to shout it to the rooftops. If anyone knows my brother, you know it's been a long road with many unexpected challenges and blessings along the way. His graduation was probably the best gift my mom could have gotten for Mother's Day. This was one of those weekends that I wish I had all the money in the world to fly my whole family somewhere – anywhere – to be together. Lots to celebrate in the Casey household.
Stephen, you are by far the most humble person I know. I am so inspired by your strength and brilliance. Wishing you a lifetime of taking things apart and putting them back together in ways only you know how.
your very proud sister
P.S. since my body is still on Hawaiian time, I'm giving y'all one more day to enter this.
P.S.S. So great to have "The Fab J's" – Jose Villa, Joel Serrato, Jen Curtis, Joy Thigpen and crew here in NC doing a gorgeous editorial shoot for us for the next couple days! I love what we get the honor of doing every day and am so grateful to work with such incredible artists. Can't wait to share this shoot in our next issue!
P.S.S.S. I'm planning the next MTH2010 stops for this coming fall. We have a new format that will include individual personal branding sessions. I'm only doing 4 more in-person US stops and two international stops, so leave a comment here with your VOTE on the city you would like MTH to come to. Yes, I'll still tally the votes from this post, but help me out and leave a new vote here too. We are also planning monthy virtual MTH's, so stay posted for those details. So excited!
Pretty PLEASE come to the Great White North – Toronto! It's beautiful here in the Fall
We are so proud for Stephen too!!! We would love to you all of you. Send our love to the family.
Sunny Cabo awaits! =) If not, I'll just have to settle for a virtual MTH …sigh and congrats to Stephen!
I'll settle for somewhere in the Midwest…Cincinnati would be nice. Show the Midwest some love pretty please?
I know it's a late vote, but…
Make it happen in San Francisco!!!!
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Sunday, November 11, 2007
Sunday Morning Coffee
The Shanghai Composite closed Friday at 5315 down from a high of 6124 which is a 13.2% drop.
Petrochina (PTR) is down 24% from its high.
Sinopec (SNP) is down 23% from its high.
China Mobile (CHL), which I own for one or two clients is down 18% from its high.
CNOOC (CEO) is down 19% from its high.
Sina (SINA) is down 18% from its high.
Baidu (BIDU) is down 20% from its high.
China Life (LFC) is down 21% from its high.
China Digital TV (STV), a recent IPO, is down 40% from its high.
Aluminum Corp of China (ACH), aka Chalco I believe, is down 37% from its high.
iShares FTSE China 25 ETF (FXI) is down 17% from its high.
To repeat from the other day; zoiks. I rounded off the pennies and the highs measured are all intra-day highs. The high for all of these names, including the Shanghai Composite, occurred in the last month. The only other stock I looked at but did not include above was ctrip.com which is not even down 5% but that would make the above less dramatic;-)
I have no idea if some sort of mania has ended, I have no idea if this is just a dip that should be bought but at this point I am not sure it is possible to do any sort of forward looking analysis to even make a decision. The story of China is still in tact but the stocks are like a Girls Gone Wild video.
You all know that many Chinese stocks started going parabolic a while ago, I noted this along with many other people. I disclosed getting out what turned out to be way too early. Despite a tidy gain, I left a lot on the table.
Recently a reader said that my not owning China was lunacy and that I have cost my investors dearly. I'm not sure selling something too early is lunacy and we'll know in a few months, maybe, how costly it was but for folks not interested in making fun of me when I don't top-tick a sale (which I don't do very often) you will own parts of the market that become too hot for your comfort.
This goes with diversification. I still do not think bubble is the right word for China but China was a mania last spring when I sold Sinopec at about $103. At the time $103 was a huge gain and I felt the China theme had already gone parabolic.
I did not feel that a stop order would work and given the $10 price movements a lot of these names are now capable of having on a given day (back then the moves were $3-4 per day) I think that was right. So then it boils down to trying to figure out how to protect a gain. You can only do what you can do.
From here no outcome should be surprising but unless I am missing something the declines thus far don't seem to have gotten much attention--that is people don't seem to be worried. That seems similar to the first 20-30% down in tech stocks. People were not worried at that point either.
If you think you should still own China go for it but I would suggest moderation, which has been the point behind all of these China posts in the last few months.
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24 comments:
- Anonymous said...
Morning, Roger! Would you go so far as to put on a small short position using one of the new inverse Chinese ETFs? I've been thinking closer to the Olympics but maybe the recent actions of the Chinese government will slow things down sooner.
- Roger Nusbaum said...
The only shorting I am comfortable with is as a hedge and on a broader basis than single foreign country.
Further as I note in the post I really do not know what is next and further mention I am not sure any analysis can be done for the short term, at least not by me.
Someone in my boat should not be guessing on a short position. - 6:44 AM
- Josh Stern said...
SDTH, reported strong earnings after Friday's close, suggesting it is still undervalued relative to its growth rate
(10-Q can be found at sec.gov by looking up Shengda ). - 10:07 AM
- RW said...
Chinese citizens are in a tough spot. Like many Asians they're used to saving and even the less well off possess savings but they are also confronted by growing inflation devaluing their currency faster than interest rates can compensate and are being forced to invest in assets that appreciate faster: Those who don't have access to the big money spigots, as real estate developers do for example, buy stocks; there's not much else. That problem is not likely to lead to total collapse or anything like it -- for that you need to look at a country like Zimbabwe -- but growing volatility including really serious downdrafts is likely.
I suspect that will also mean growing divergences between the assets Westerners can buy and those available to Chinese.
From a technical standpoint a cyclical bear is not particularly difficult to recognize (always easier in hindsight of course) but nearly impossible to predict longer term other than in hindsight. Generally the shorter term overbought/oversold oscillations don't go away, they just result in successively lower highs which sink back into lower lows on increasing volume with the occasional stronger rally to trap the unwary while the advance/decline line continues to slip, revealing a growing list of losers with fewer and fewer gainers. IOW, a rally next week would be no major surprise, but assuming one occurs it's breadth and what happens later will be the real tell.
Overall I'm inclined to agree that the US has been in a (rather weakly defined) secular bear market since 1998 with real, inflation adjusted, losses in a number of major indexes over the past 8-9 years. Unfortunately I became defensive way too early (not unusual for me I'm afraid) but, regardless, believe the credit and liquidity problems revealed nearly a decade ago by the LTCM breakdown and the currency problems revealed by the Asian crisis are systemic, structural and not only still unresolved but have been compounded by the increasing use of derivatives to work around them. Adding cyclical weakness to that accentuates the impression that there is a lack of sponsorship, commitment to the issues in the market, and this change in pscyhology is certainly not a recipe for gains although most DIY investors concerned about their level of exposure are probably better off going to cash rather than fooling with short positions, particularly in the early stages (which could reverse or at least be over quickly after all).
Still, as I've commented before, the problem for individual DIY investors is not the same as it is for money managers like Roger (although I detect from his video that adherence to an equity benchmark rather than a real return benchmark is beginning to chafe a bit, do I have that right Roger?).
In any case my strategic portfolio remains net long but strongly hedged with a higher % of cash; there's been a bit of buying and selling but it really hasn't changed significantly since a year ago last May (told you I have bad habit of being early). My tactical portfolio is a different matter; net short in several areas there and very long in a couple others but those are mostly swing trades that can move on a dime if the wind changes.
Jeez, I seem to be a chatty mood this morning; apologies for the length of the post. - 11:15 AM
- Roger Nusbaum said...
Hey RW, where I live, a man doesn't ask another man about chafing.
You ask a good question about absolute. I do a post on that tomorrow morning. - 11:23 AM
- Larry Nusbaum said...
Going to Shanghai in October.
Taiwan's economy is in the toilet. - 12:52 PM
- steve.scoot said...
Here are a few questions for you gurus out there as we face another roller coaster, or perhaps just a straight toboggan ride this week.
1. Why is there such pessimism about bonds? Including dividends, the best bond funds have equalled or outperformed the S&P 500 for the last 5 and 10 year periods with much lower beta.
2. To me, using SDS or DOG to hedge my taxable portfolio makes more sense (in a market that has stratospheric VIX numbers) than selling and taking a certain 30%+ tax hit. Where am I wrong here?
3. I read Hussman's article and the sky is falling, then I listened to Brinker yesterday and he still recommends his fully invested balanced porfolio.
Both guys at the top of their game (although Brinker's record is much better than Hussman's)
Who is right?
4. Lastly,as the market gets more bearish, I assume you slowly jettison your longs as you slowly add inverse hedges, Roger. Am I right?
Thanks for any feedback. Scoot - 3:52 PM
- Anonymous said...
How quickly things change. You are not saying sell everything (like I did). But, Your view of the market seems to be looking a lot more like mine.
I know, I know
Your methodology does not require you to be correct about the market. I have always respected your opinion, I just thought you were missing an oppourtunity. - 3:52 PM
- steve.scoot said...
Here are a few questions for you gurus out there as we face another roller coaster, or perhaps just a straight toboggan ride this week.
1. Why is there such pessimism about bonds? Including dividends, the best bond funds have equalled or outperformed the S&P 500 for the last 5 and 10 year periods with much lower beta.
2. To me, using SDS or DOG to hedge my taxable portfolio makes more sense (in a market that has stratospheric VIX numbers) than selling and taking a certain 30%+ tax hit. Where am I wrong here?
3. I read Hussman's article and the sky is falling, then I listened to Brinker yesterday and he still recommends his fully invested balanced porfolio.
Both guys at the top of their game (although Brinker's record is much better than Hussman's)
Who is right?
4. Lastly,as the market gets more bearish, I assume you slowly jettison your longs as you slowly add inverse hedges, Roger. Am I right?
Thanks for any feedback. Scoot - 3:53 PM
- Roger Nusbaum said...
Scoot you know from Hussman that stocks have lagged t-bills for a while when looked at over the cycle (the exact time period he cites escapes me at the moment) point being we have had a 50% hit during this cycle so comparing bonds to equities might not be the best analysis unless you think stocks will cut in half so soon after the last time.
I don't know anything about Brinker.
I will answer the question about selling in tomorrows post.
anon 3:52; missing opportunities is always a threat, which I concede. As you are anonymous I don't know who you are or what your past comments have been and while I certainly am not call you a perma anything at times it makes sense to line up with David Tice and at other times Bob Froelich. Bulls are right more often than bears but for now I think the bear case is starting to come more realistic, my leaning this way too early notwithstanding. - 4:12 PM
- Anonymous said...
Hi Roger,
Have you ever heard of MarketGrader ETF's? If so, what are your thoughts?
Second: Do ETF's with lower volume run a greater risk of failing than ETF's that trade a lot of shares?
Thanks - 5:16 PM
- Roger Nusbaum said...
tough to argue w/the back test for the MG ETFs. because they are more like better (giving them the benefit of the doubt for now) versions of broad-based i'm never going to use them so I may never really delve into them.
i would think the asset level would be a better determinant of success or failure because the issuers get paid on assets not volume. - 5:27 PM
- Anonymous said...
Roger, zero exposure to china IS LUNACY.
China is up nearly 100% this year, you moron.
A bad week, and you justify not owning china?
Roger, your clients and readers deserve better. - 7:37 PM
- Roger Nusbaum said...
I'm a moron?
Tell me something I don't know and while we are at it about some analysis to go with your name calling. - 7:46 PM
- Moneywise said...
Does parabolic rises in stock prices come back down to where the parabolic rises started in your observations? Does this happen all the time?
- Andy said...
I'm suprised that you allow Anon posts. Why not force a login.
Andy - 6:17 AM
- Andy said...
Tom K
Can you post a link to your blog so I can read about your strategy. I'd like to understand it better.
Thanks - 6:19 AM
- Anonymous said...
"Bulls are right more often than bears but for now..."
On this we can agree. Bulls are right about 70% of the time (maybe more) if there is any reasonable doubt stay bullish. But I think there is significantly more than reasonable doubts about both the market and the economy. Hussman agrees with me and I think things will get a lot worse before they get a lot better. - 7:11 AM
- Anonymous said...
Proof of moronic behaviour....
You purchase real estate in one of the most bloated markets...Hawaii
Yet you won't buy China on a normal weight for clients? - 8:05 AM
- Roger Nusbaum said...
what does it say about you that you think i am a moron yet you read my site and take the time to comment so regularly?
- Anonymous said...
I've been wondering the same thing about the Heckler for months. Talk about a moron...
- Jim said...
Is that a picture of Father Damien's church on Molokai? Just wondered?
- Jim said...
Sorry, just finished your post. It is Father Damien's on Kaulapapa. I had a chance to visit it in 1982.
- Roger Nusbaum said...
yes, we went after you, last april


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Pandora Internet Radio (also known as Pandora Radio or simply Pandora) is a music streaming and automated music recommendation service that serves as "custodian" of the Music Genome Project. The service, operated by Pandora Media, Inc., is only available in the United States, Australia and New Zealand. The service plays musical selections of a certain genre based on the user's artist selection. The user then provides positive or negative feedback for songs chosen by the service, which are taken into account when Pandora selects future songs.
While listening, users are offered the ability to buy the songs or albums at various online retailers. Over 400 different musical attributes are considered when selecting the next song. These 400 attributes are combined into larger groups called focus traits. There are 2,000 focus traits. Examples of these are rhythm syncopation, key tonality, vocal harmonies, and displayed instrumental proficiency.
The Pandora media player is based on OpenLaszlo.[3] Pandora can also be accessed through many media streaming devices, such as the Roku, Reciva-based radios (from companies like Grace Digital, Sanyo, and Sangean), Frontier Silicon-based connected audio systems, Slim Devices, and Sonos[4] product(s). On July 11, 2008, Pandora launched a mobile version of their software for the Apple iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch through the iTunes App Store. Pandora is also available for Windows Phone, Android phones,[5] BlackBerry platforms, HP webOS (used on the Palm Pre, Palm Pixi, Palm Pre 2, and HP Veer). Pandora was the provider for MSN Radio until MSN discontinued their internet radio service on June 18, 2008.[6] A modified version of Pandora has been made available for Sprint Nextel.
The service has two subscription plans: a free subscription supported by advertisements, and a fee-based subscription without ads. There are also ads in Pandora Mobile for mobile phones and the Pandora in The Home computer appliance. Most users choose the free subscription.[7]
In May 2010, Pandora was named in Lead411's 2010 Hottest San Francisco Companies list.[8] In January 2011, Pandora met with investment banks to consider a possible $100 million IPO.[9][10] The company filed with the SEC for a $100mm IPO on February 11, 2011 and officially began trading on the New York Stock Exchange with ticker symbol "P" on June 15, 2011 at a price of $16/share. This gave them a valuation of nearly $2.6 billion.[11]
As of IPO, Pandora had 800,000 tracks from 80,000 artists in its library, and 80 million users.[12] In 2012, Pandora was reported to have over 150 million users.
During its 2011 fiscal year, Pandora reported $138 million in revenue with a $1.8 million net loss, excluding the cost of a special dividend associated with the IPO.[13]
Using and tuning[edit]
A station is set by specifying an artist or song, or a combination of multiple items of any kind in a single station. Listeners can tune into pre-made genre stations, other users' stations, or even create their own stations based on their musical interests. Each track played can be responded to with favorable (thumbs up) or unfavorable (thumbs down) buttons, which determine if it should be played, and how much should similarly classified songs be played in the station. A second negative response to the same artist will ban that artist from the selected station unless the user has marked the artist positively on another occasion or if that artist is listed under the station's variety. No response is applicable to musical attributes or to albums. An unfavorable response immediately stops play of the track. Clicking the thumbs down too many times in a row will result in a short ban of skips. Pandora also utilizes short advertisements in between every couple of songs.
In addition, a menu is provided with the choices: I'm tired of this song (allowing users to remove a song from the station temporarily); Why was this song selected? (allowing users to learn more about the composition of each song); Move song to another station; New Station; and Bookmark. A Buy button is located at the top of each song block as well. From there, listeners can click on links to buy the song from iTunes or Amazon.
There is a setting in each member's account regarding whether the user wants songs with explicit lyrics played. This, however, does not apply exclusively to albums with the Parental Advisory label, as other songs with censored versions will have that version played. An example is "Jet Airliner" by the Steve Miller Band, which had one word censored for radio play. With explicit lyrics off, that version will play, despite the album itself not having a PA label.
Savage Beast Technologies was founded by Will Glaser, Jon Kraft, and Tim Westergren.[14] The initial technology was developed by Glaser with musical input from Westergren. The idea was to bring different styles of music together into a predictable pattern. They created 400 specifications for each song that is recorded to the listener's preferences to suggest other songs with similar characteristics. While the company was able to do some licensing of the technology to third parties like AOL and Best Buy for music recommendation, it did not achieve commercial success and nearly failed. In March 2004, Savage Beast Technologies received venture funding led by Walden Venture Capital's Larry Marcus[15][16] to focus the technology on building its own consumer facing service. The new Board was formed to include the remaining founder Tim Westergren, Bob Kavner, Larry Marcus, and Larry Kubal of Labrador Ventures. In addition to Tim Westergren, a new management team was recruited that who conceived of and built the Pandora Radio product including CEO Joe Kennedy, VP Engineering Tom Conrad and VP Business Development Jessica Steel. The company was renamed Pandora Media and launched Pandora Radio on July 21, 2005.[17] The Music Genome Project is one of core technologies currently used by Pandora to play music for Internet users based on their preferences.Today, there are over 35 million listeners, and the radio has become an app for many smartphones, including the iPhone, Android, and Windows phones.[18]
In April 2013 Pandora announced that their radio streaming service had passed 200 million users, about 70 million of whom are active monthly.[19]
On March 7, 2013, Pandora chief executive Joe Kennedy announced he would step down from his position, but remain until his successor is named.[20]
On June 11, 2013, Pandora announced that it would purchase the conventional FM radio station KXMZ in Rapid City, South Dakota.[21][22]
Pandora plans to create a service that would allow users to request songs instantly, as well as a toll-free number to order front-row concert tickets.[22] In September 2013, Pandora started carrying the morning talk radio show Kidd Kraddick in the Morning on demand; via a deal with YEA Networks.[22]
On September 1, 2013, Pandora removed a 40 hour per month limitation for free mobile listening.[23]
To comply with the requirements and protections offered by the DMCA, Pandora only serves users in the United States, New Zealand and Australia. Initially this was enforced lightly, by requiring a U.S. ZIP code at registration, but since May 3, 2007, Pandora has used IP addresses filtering.[24]
Rewind or repeat is not permitted. Until May 2009, six skips per station were allowed per hour, further limited to 72 skips every 24 hours; giving a "thumbs down" response, or a "don't play for a month" response, count as "skips". On 21 May 2009, the skip limit was altered such that it counts total skips from all stations with the limitation of twelve total skips every 24 hours. If a listener gives a song a thumbs-down or "don't play for a month" after the limit has been exceeded, the song will continue to play; it is only after the song has completed that it becomes subject to the listener's restrictions. This limit was not applied to the Vista gadget. Play of a single artist is limited, as Pandora provides similar music, not a play-on-demand service.
As of 2009, the mini player is only available with Pandora's subscription service. Free accounts include advertising. These include simple interruptions, with the ad listed on the stream; advertising skins, which do not interrupt the stream; and popup ads. The Vista player had no advertisements.
Initially, users with free accounts could listen to 40 hours of music a month, and could pay $.99 per month for unlimited streaming. In September 2011, Pandora removed the 40 hour listening limit.[25] This 40 hour limit on free listening was re-introduced in March 2013 for mobile devices.[26] However, this limit was removed once more September of the same year.[23]
Due to licensing restrictions, only one track per album can be played at a time. As certain albums such as The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd were designed to have each song segue into the next, this results in abrupt endings for the tracks.
As of November 2013, paid subscribers are allotted thirty combined skips per 24-hours alongside the six skips per hour for each station. This limit was not applied to the mini player.
The mini player has the following limitations:
- Songs cannot be moved to another station.
- Songs or artists cannot be seeded.
- Six skips per hour per station
Mobile devices[edit]
Pandora is available on the Google Android OS (for tablets and mobile phones). It is ad supported and retains the original skip limits.
Pandora is available on the iPhone, but authorized downloads and installs are only possible with a US, Australian, or New Zealand iTunes account.[27]
The Windows Mobile client is limited to a select number of handsets, however the installer is available from 3rd party sources and works fine or with only minor display glitches on most devices. In March 2013, it's available on Windows Phone 8 as a free app with ad-free streaming until 2014.[28]
The Pandora for BlackBerry application is limited to AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, T-Mobile, Boost Mobile, and U.S. Cellular carriers, but visiting the Pandora website directly other BlackBerry users have been successful in downloading the application.
Due to increasing royalty costs, users who used a free account on Pandora between late February 2013 and September 1, 2013 were limited to accessing 40 hours of music per month on mobile devices.[29][30]
Other features[edit]
- Pandora Podcast (2006–2009), a musicology show that updated every few weeks in the form of a podcast. It was hosted by Kevin Seal of the band Griddle. Each show was based around a specific music topic, and featured guest musicians and Pandora experts who normally analyzed the music featured on the Pandora website.[31]
- A Facebook application developed to allow users to put their Pandora radio stations on their Facebook profiles. However in 2012 with the release of Facebook's auto-publish tool Pandora decided to remove their application from Facebook.[32]
- Pandora released a sidebar gadget for Windows Vista and Windows 7. This player retains the original skip limit, has no ads, and does not affect the hourly listening limit. However, many of the features (such as about the artist or adding to the station directly) are not included. Originally, an ad for Netflix was featured on the bottom of the player, but it has since been removed.
- Pandora can be played on home CE devices such as WD TV, Roku, Google TV, audio-video receivers, and Blu-ray players. Many HDTVs can also stream Pandora.
- Pandora can be played in some vehicles, including but not limited to those of the makes BMW, Buick, Ford, GMC, Honda, Hyundai, Lexus, Lincoln, Mercedes-Benz, MINI, Nissan, Scion, and Toyota. Some implementations have the ability to use voice commands to do things like change stations and give feedback on a song. Additionally, it is possible to purchase multimedia systems for your vehicle if it is not one of those that has been manufactured with the system already in the vehicle. These radio systems have the ability to use the Pandora app and have the same features as the systems in the vehicles that are manufactured with the systems included (excluding voice command). These radio systems are manufactured by companies such as Advent, Alpine, Clarion, Jensen, JVC Mobile Entertainment, Kenwood, Pioneer, and Sony.
Business model[edit]
Pandora decided to be a consumer-oriented music discovery service, specifically a non-interactive radio station. In the three months that ended October 31, 2011, advertising comprised 88% of Pandora's total revenues.[33] RPM or revenue per 1000s of hours is determined based on CPMs or cost per thousand impressions. CPMs are largely dependent upon network effects and thus increase as a website scales and adds users. As such, Pandora's strategy in order to allow for widespread distribution was to offer a service unbundled from devices and transport. Pandora is currently working with system-on-chip manufacturers to embed its technologies on the chips they sell to consumer electronics manufacturers like Samsung, Sony, and Panasonic.[34]
Pandora's cost structure is highly variable, with content acquisition costs representing roughly 50% of total costs.[33] There are three main costs associated with content acquisition. First, SoundExchange collects content fees on behalf of labels or artists on the recording themselves. These are by far the largest content acquisition costs.[citation needed] Second, Pandora pays licensing fees to agencies such as BMI, ASCAP, or SESAC in order to compensate composers, songwriters and publishers. Lastly, Pandora also pays Rovi for song and artist information; this has recently been structured as a flat monthly fee.
High variable costs mean that Pandora does not have significant operating leverage, and in the next couple years might actually have negative operating leverage due to an unfavorable shift in product mix towards mobile. Pandora is currently estimated to monetize mobile hours at roughly one-ninth the rate of desktop hours.[35] Since Pandora pays the same licensing cost per hour irrespective of the user's platform, the net contribution to earnings per mobile hour is even more skewed with respect to contribution to earnings from desktop hours. Mobile revenues will improve over time as Pandora shifts from relying on third-party ad networks to selling ad inventory internally at premium rates.
Pandora announced $80.8 million in total revenue for their first quarter of fiscal 2012, which was up 58% over their previous year Q1 results. Of the $80.8 million, $70.6 million came from advertising, while the other $10.2 million came from subscription. In addition, Pandora has seen a 62% advertising revenue increase, and a 38% subscription revenue increase year-over-year.[36] However, the vast majority of Pandora's users remain on the free, ad-supported model.
Royalty developments since 2007[edit]
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In 2007, a federal panel agreed with a SoundExchange request and ordered a doubling of the per-song performance royalty that Web radio stations pay to performers and record companies. Under this scheme, internet radio would pay double the royalty paid by satellite radio.
Because of the passage of DMCA in 1998 that increased fees and asked for licensing guarantees, the Pandora service is no longer available in countries other than Australia, New Zealand and the United States.[37][38] These rulings affect all U.S.-based Internet-based radio stations (terrestrial radio is not affected).
As of July 2008, Pandora was in talks with major music labels regarding royalty issues to allow a return to the European market. Costs remain a concern because of European royalty standards and a low demand for paid music services.[39]
In 2008, the founder of Pandora stated that the company may be on the verge of collapse. Royalty fees account for a majority portion of Pandora's revenues. If an agreement between Pandora and SoundExchange had not been reached, it could have meant the end of Pandora. "We're losing money as it is," said Tim Westergren. "The moment we think this problem in Washington is not going to get solved, we have to pull the plug because all we're doing is wasting money."[40]
On September 30, 2008, a bill was passed by the U.S. House and Senate to allow sites like Pandora to continue negotiations with SoundExchange into 2009.
On July 7, 2009, Pandora announced that an agreement had been reached regarding the royalty issue, which would significantly reduce the royalty rate, making it possible for Pandora to stay in business. Also announced was that free listening would be limited to 40 hours per month, but can be extended to unlimited for that month for USD$0.99. "The revised royalties are quite high," the company's blog notes, "higher in fact than any other form of radio".[41] The extended listening fee differs from "upgrading", which also disables advertisements, increases the bitrate to 192 kbps, and provides a dedicated music player (as opposed to listening through browser). This service, known as "Pandora One", costs $36 and is billed annually.[42] Pandora has since introduced an option to purchase Pandora One subscriptions on a monthly basis at a rate of $3.99 per month.[43] Also, in September 2013, Pandora began working with HitBliss to make Pandora One subscriptions available for HitBliss earned-payment.[44]
With an update to the Pandora player in September 2011, the 40 hour cap was extended to 320 hours.[25][45]
On November 22, 2011, Pandora reported its Q3 earnings. Royalty costs accounted for 50% of revenue, slightly better than expected. Its revenue, most of it from advertising, continues to rise at respectable rates. Not only has Pandora attracted more users but the average number of hours per user have also increased. Pandora now accounts for an estimated 4% of total US listening hours. As Pandora grows, it hopes to gain leverage on music labels and drive royalty costs down.[46]
On December 9, 2011, the CEO of Spotify, Daniel Ek, announced Spotify Radio would offer an unlimited number of stations and unlimited skips. Though Pandora's usage is 70% mobile, the Spotify Radio app competes against Pandora's mobile market.[47]
Pandora CEO Tim Westergren has supported the The Internet Radio Fairness Act or IRFA (H.R. 6480/S. 3609), which would reduce the company's royalty payments to the performers by 80 percent.[48]
On November 5, 2012, Pandora filed suit in federal district court against ASCAP over royalty fees.[49] In the suit, the company sought to advocate for lower licensing fees on all the songs represented by the ASCAP's 435,000 members.[50] After arguing that both ASCAP and BMI were showing bias towards international broadcasters who own terrestrial radio stations, Pandora announced on June 11, 2013 that it would acquire a radio station in South Dakota, under the presumption that doing so would allow it to access the same preferential licensing terms offered to services such as iHeartRadio (which is owned by Clear Channel Communications, itself America's largest radio broadcaster).[21][22]
On February 27, 2013, Pandora announced a 40-hour-per-month limit on free mobile listening. Pandora CEO Tim Westergren cited escalating royalty costs as the reason for the mobile cap.[51]
On September 1, 2013, Pandora removed the 40-hour-per-month limit on free mobile listening (originally announced on February 27, 2013). Pandora stated that it was able to make this change "thanks to the rapid progress of its mobile advertising."[52]
In November, 2013, Pandora added a limit of 32 combined skips per 24 hours for paid accounts.
Critical reception[edit]
In 2013, Entertainment Weekly compared a number of music services and granted Pandora a "B-", writing, "Free streaming radio, $36 a year to go ad-free. Launched in 2005, Pandora is available on just about every platform. There's no on-demand, though, and stations tend to draw from a relatively small pool of albums."[53] (As of Feb. 2014 the cost was $3.99 by the month or $36.00 for a yearly subscription)
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External links[edit]
- Pandora web site
- Pandora featured in Fast Company
- Inside Pandora: Web Radio That Listens to You (O'Reilly Digital Media article)
- The Flux podcast interview with Tim Westergren, founder of Pandora
- Pandora feature on WNBC-TV
- Closing Pandora's Box: The End of Internet Radio?, May 3, 2007 interview with Tim Westergren
- Pandora adds classical music
- Interview with Tim Westergren about the Music Genome Project and Pandora
- Dave Dederer & nuTsie Challenge Pandora
- Inc. Magazine profile of Tim Westergren
- New York Times article on Tim Westergren and Pandora
- Pink Floyd: Pandora's Internet radio royalty ripoff USA TODAY, 2013


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EMU Snooze Outdoor Armchair
Click on the image to zoomProduct information
Based on one of EMU's classic armchair designs from the 1980s, the Snooze is reinvented to bring comfort and functionality outdoors.
With large proportions and a comfortable shape, the armchair can be adjusted easily by a simple mechanism on the armrests. It boasts two comfy positions, one for reading and the other for resting, all you need for enjoying your outdoor space this summer.
The sturdy steel frame is treated with EMU-Coat, a 4-layer electroplated coating, giving it a tough and scratch resistant all-weather finish suitable for outdoor use all year round.
Please note: Not all of our Furniture ranges are on display at every branch. Please phone your nearest John Lewis to check before you visit.
Interest Free Credit: If you buy this product in our shops, it's eligible for Interest Free Credit, which is available when you spend £1000 or more on selected home products. Terms and conditions apply: find out more
- Assembly Required
- Partial self assembly required
- Brand
- Care instructions
- Wipe with a damp cloth. Do not use any abrasive cleaners.
- Country of Origin
- Italy
- Dimensions
- H105 x W75 x D91cm
- Eligible for International Delivery
- Material
- Steel and polyester
- Seat Height
- 105cm
- Weight Information Unpackaged weight
- 8kg
Click & collect
Free Click & Collect from John Lewis and Waitrose shops for collection tomorrow from 2pm
258 participating John Lewis and Waitrose shops - Free
Standard UK delivery within 5 working days
- Free
Next, named or Saturday UK delivery.
- £6.95
Next/named day UK delivery pre-10.30am.
- £9.95
International delivery not available
We want you to be happy with your purchase. If you're not, just return the products to us or to one of our shops. Unless faulty, we'd like this to be within 90 days of purchase. Exceptions apply to certain products - find out more about our refund policy.
Depending on the type of product, you can make free returns via our shops, Royal Mail (or courier collection for large or heavy items), Collect+ or via MyHermes.
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