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- Item: android 4.2 smart tv box hd media player
- Feature: IPTV samrt dual core TV dongle
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- Solution: Amlogic8726MXS, Dual Core Cortex A9
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Mammut Monolith GTX
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1749 g
Light, precise Goretex and leather boot for hillwalking,…
Source: bought it new
Price Paid: €279 Cork Ireland
Light, precise Goretex and leather boot for hillwalking, scrambling, and crampon use in easy summer alpine or Scottish winter.
- Light but supportive
- Stiff sole with slight flex at toe and good rocker = comfortable for walking and good for scrambling
- Precise lacing and narrow fit at ankles/heels
- Stock insole not great
- Some rubbing due to high ankle cuff — sorted by playing around with lacing tension & pattern
I bought these as replacements for a venerable pair of Meindl Nepal Pros as my "do-everything" boot for hillwalking in Ireland, Scottish winter walks, and moderate snow/ice/mixed climbing. They will take strap-on or hybrid (toe basket and clip heel) crampons.
I was initially considering the newer Meindl Himalaya and tried these on as a alternative, as Mammut have a reputation for a narrow fit at the ankle, which I need. The fit and comfort were noticable, as was the markedly lighter weight compared to my old boots. Despite their stiff sole, the pronounced rocker in the sole gives a very easy, natural stride when walking.
Other than removing the stock insoles and putting in my Black Superfeet, I wore these straight out of the box on what ended up as a 22km hike, which may not have been the best approach to breaking the boots in!
Apart from a little playing around with the lacing en-route to lock down my heels and eliminate an annoying rubbing by the left ankle cuff, I had no issues with comfort on their maiden voyage, albeit the terrain was reasonably gentle (mainly boggy tracks and rough mountain paths). No blisters or hot spots at all, which was great.
The sole had good grip on wet and greasy rock and the boots felt very nimble when climbing or descending rocky sections.
Looking forward now to giving them an outing on more testing terrain, but the omens are good.
As a fabric and leather hybrid boot I doubt they will last as long as my old Meindls though. They also would not be warm enough for winter alpine or high altitude.
Hi Herdingcats, Mammut publishes the following weights per boot: 1532 g (women's UK 5.5) and 1749 g (men's UK 8.5).
7 months ago
Where to Buy
Manufacturer's Description refers to the men's version
This light, crampon-compatible alpine and trekking boot offers an advanced level of comfort. Fashioned from abrasion-resistant velours leather and Dropstop textile, the Monolith GTX is both flexible and benefits from strong lateral support thanks to the Mammut Motion Control technology. The cushioning Hybrid Shell provides support exactly where it's needed. The patented Mammut Base Fit technology uses free-sliding bands to transfer the force of the lacing to the sole.
The asymmetric lacing adapts to the anatomy of the foot and boosts the pressure on the big toe for precision footwork. Rounding out this full-featured boot are a waterproof GORE-TEX Performance Comfort Footwear membrane, an exclusively developed high-grip vibram Maton sole and a fully adjustable 3 Zone lacing system.
Visit Mammut's Men's Monolith GTX page.
Retailers' Descriptions
Here's what other sites are saying:
Mammut's Monolith GTX Boot welcomes the approach, the descent, and every punishing step in between. This versatile adventure footwear weathers surprise squalls on class IV granite scrambles, and welcomes the challenge of vertical ice. Don't overspecialize with multiple expensive pairs of boots when you can use one go-to pair of workhorse alpine boots geared for high adventure.
- Backcountry.com refers to the men's version
The Monolith GTX is a mountaineer's best friend. Mammut's hybrid design puts hard protective materials in the upper only where they are necessary meaning that you have a flexible boot that can form to your foot for a better fit. The Vibram sole has a nylon and fiberglass wedge for increased stiffness which strikes the perfect balance between walkability and crampon compatability. An insulated GORE-TEX liner keeps you warm and dry no matter what the mountain throws at you.
- Mountain Gear refers to the men's version
Description of Mammut Monolith GTX Mountaineering BootsThe new lightweight mountain and trekking shoe is considered very comfortable and soft in its class. The shoe made from abrasion resistant velour leather and Dropstop textile is crampon compatible, provides great flexibility and has strong lateral support, thanks to Mammut Motion Control. Cushioning Hybrid Shell supports exactly and only where necessary. Asymmetric lacing takes the anatomy of the foot into consideration and means more pressure and precision on your big toes. The waterproof Gore-Tex Performance Comfort Footwear membrane, the very grippy Vibram Teton sole, the situationally-individually adjustable 3 Zone Lacing system complete this quality shoe.FeaturesStrap-on crampons compatible 3 Zone Lacing Hybrid-Shell Motion Control Ortholite Footbed Sole Footwear vibram Mulaz sole, Poro wedge Fabric leather 1 Velours Leather Fabric textile Textile Lining GORE-TEX Performance Comfort Footwear Weight in g 1585g Size UK 8.5
- US Outdoor Store refers to the men's version
The Mammut Monolith Climbing Boot is the merger of Raichle's Swiss boot construction and Mammut's cutting edge technology. The lightweight mountain and trekking boot is made from abrasion resistant velour leather and Dropstop textile is crampon compatible, provides great flexibility and has strong lateral support, thanks to Mammut® Motion Control. A cushioning hybrid shell supports your foot only where necessary. Asymmetric lacing takes the anatomy of the foot into consideration and means more pressure and precision on your big toes. Closeout, limited to stock on hand. The Monolith features: A waterproof Gore-Tex® Performance Comfort Footwear membrane to keep your feet dry. A very grippy Vibram® Teton sole provides traction on alpine approaches. Adjustable 3 Zone Lacing system for custom fit. Weight: 1585g (8.5 UK)
- OMCgear refers to the men's version
Mammut Monolith GTX
$209.97 - $299.00
MSRP: $299.00 (men's)
where to buy:
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They call it the race of the falling leaves, named for the brilliant oranges and reds and yellows that line the route as it winds its way around Lake Como. The falling leaves were always symbolic of the changing of the season, coming after Paris-Tours and providing a much softer conclusion than the season's harsh opening in the cold winter of Belgium. But these years, change of a different sort is in the air. The Giro di Lombardia is now Il Lombardia, and it is moved two weeks earlier on the calendar. Lombardia now precedes Paris-Tours by a week and its status as the last race of the season was usurped by the UCI's mondialization poster child, the Tour of Beijing.
That is not to say Il Lombardia has been marginalized. A large reason for its move two weeks earlier on the calendar was to position it closer to the World Championships, making it a more attractive - and attainable - target for those riders who were peaking for the end of September. Though one of the five "monuments" in the sport, Lombardia risked becoming irrelevant, a contest not of legs but who cared enough to continue to train through the shorter and shorter days of October. Now, closer to the rest of the season, the list of riders seeking glory on the climbs around Lake Como grows longer and longer.
It is almost tradition that the winner of the World Championships lines up in Bergamo to display his new rainbow stripes at least one time before retiring for an early fall hibernation. Sometimes, this is just for show, like when Thor Hushovd took a lap around the lake in 2010. Really, expecting the powerful Norweigan sprinter and cobbles man to make it over the Ghisallo would have been silly. But other times, the winner is cut of the same cloth as the new world champion. In 2006, Paolo Bettini took an emotional victory while in his new white kit, soloing through rain powered on by the thought of his brother's recent death. This year's champion Rui Costa will find the five substantial climbs on the route to his liking, as will Joaquim Rodríguez, Alejandro Valverde, and Vincenzo Nibali. The former will want to dispel the notion of a rainbow curse while the latter three will all be seeking revenge after being out-smarted and overpowered last Sunday in Florence.
Have no doubt, this is a race for the climbers, especially those that can sprint. The first climbs, the longer Valcio di Valcava and shorter Colle Brianza, start to add fatigue to the legs, but they merely serve as a preamble to the beastly Muro di Sormano. Added to the race three years ago, this road climbs steadily until riders take a detour, lopping off the top half of the normal climb to ascend the final 304 meters in a mere 1.9 kilometers at an average gradient of 15.8% with ramps over 25% along the way. Coming some 80 kilometers from the finish, it is too far to attack, but nonetheless where the racing begins. Efforts made here, either to stretch elastic or claw desperately back onto a wheel, will be felt later.
As the race ascends the next climb, we are reminded why Lombardia is one of the Monuments. The chapel at the top of the Madonna del Ghisallo is a shrine to cycling, the most striking reminder that Italy is the spiritual home of our sport. But our racers, they will not have time to stop and pay homage to the patron saint of cycling or all the history that adorns the small chapel and museum's walls. Instead, they will plunge towards the final obstacle, the Vila Vergano.
The Vergano is another awkward climb in the manner of the Sormano. Halfway up its moderate gradients, the parcours takes a sharp turn and the gradients jump upwards. This is where the attacks that will define the race go, despite the shadowboxing that came before. Two kilometers of the 10km climb near the top average over 11%, flattening out ever so briefly before a screaming and technical descent back into Lecco. Last year, Joaquim Rodríguez went on the attack here and held on for victory. It is the sort of climb and descent that Vincenzo Nibali drools at, especially with a forecast of rain for tomorrow. Beyond last year, though, we know little about who else will thrive here. Like Milan - Sanremo, Lombardia is always shuffling its climbs around, seeking the perfect balance between groups and individuals.
In many ways, though, this year's course should elicit the same group of contenders as we saw last weekend. The Vergano may be too much for Philippe Gilbert, who can only just haul his frame over in sight of the likes of pure cimbers like Nibali and Rodriguez. Should a small group approach the finish, Alejandro Valverde is likely to be there... and to have the most powerful sprint. But Dan Martin could surprise him, for he has a surprisingly fast sprint for a climber. Then again, if you ask Chris, Diego Ulissi is a lock to win. Whoever it is, I will be watching (albeit on delay) to watch the leaves fall and one of the most beautiful races on the calendar.


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Manchester's water: Raise a glass to Tom Bowen
If you don't know Bowen or his work, that really says a great deal about him and his management skills. Think about it. When was the last time you heard any great grumbling, any at all, really, about the city's water?
Water rates have been moderate. Water supply has been kept steady, through drought, flood or city expansion.
And as for water quality, Manchester's truly rates among the best in the country.
Our City Hall reporter, Ted Siefer, noted this in a recent Sunday column.
"While complex infrastructure systems rarely generate big headlines, it's worth noting that, under Bowen, the Water Works has gained national recognition for the quality and taste of the water it conveys through city taps," Siefer wrote.
Bowen began his city career in 1970 as an engineer. He has directed the agency since 1992.
He told Siefer he is proudest of his involvement in the construction of the water treatment plant on Lake Shore Road in the early 1970s and its rehabilitation in the 2000s.
"Water quality goes hand in hand with the treatment facility," he said. "Manchester has excellent water quality. It starts with having a good program in place to protect Lake Massabesic and the improvements that were completed in 2006, which will serve the community for at least another 20 years."
Bowen, like any good boss, credits his people.
"I'd be remiss if I did not say that we've always had very good people there, from the meter readers right through to the administrative staff and engineers. It's been a very dedicated group of people, and I really enjoyed my career there."
And the city, and this newspaper, would be remiss if we didn't all say thanks and a job well done to Tom Bowen.
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Affiliate Professor of law
Professor Ngugi joined the faculty in 2004. His research interests include the role of law in economic development, the role of governments in market regulation and wealth allocation, and legal reforms in transition and developing economies. He teaches Contracts Law and Contracts Theory, Public and Private International Law (including courses in Law and Development, International Business Transactions, Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples Rights, International Economic Law), and Business Organizations. Professor Ngugi was selected by the students as a Philip A. Trautman Professor of the Year for 2004-05 and was selected as Small Section Professor of the Year for 2010-11. ... more
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Professor Taylor joined the faculty in 2001. As the former Director of the Asian Law Center she was responsible for the J.D., LL.M., Ph.D., and Visiting Scholar programs in Asian, Comparative and Development Law. She led a team of fifteen faculty and staff who carry out the Center's teaching, research and policy work on Afghanistan, Central Asia, Indonesia, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, the People's Republic of China, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. ... more
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Mr. Chafee is a commercial attorney at Starbucks Coffee Company and was formerly
a principal at Riddell Williams law firm in Seattle. He focuses on technology, corporate
and securities transactions. He received his B.A. in Asian Studies from Dartmouth
College, cum laude, in 1985. He has a Masters of International Studies in Japan
Area Studies (1988) and a J.D. from the University of Washington School of Law (1991).
Mr. Chafee was formerly with the Seattle firm of Lane Powell Spears Lubersky and
served as a foreign legal consultant with Miyake Hatasawa and Yamasaki in Tokyo,
Japan. He is proficient in written and spoken Japanese and is admitted to the Washington
State Bar. He teaches International Contracting, International mergers & acquisitions
in and is co-authoring a text on Law, Development and State-Building with Professors
Taylor, Ramasastry and Bergling.
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Dr. Cohen holds a J.S.D degree from Stanford Law School, a L.L.M degree in Sustainable International Development from the UW School of Law and a L.L.M from Stockholm University, Sweden. Specializing in law and international development, she previously worked as an assistant program officer for human rights and democracy for the Swedish International Development and Cooperation Agency (SIDA) in Kenya, as well as served as a consultant at the Regional Land Management Unit of SIDA. She held a position as a Research Associate at University of Nairobi, Institute for Development Studies, was a recipient of Fulbright-Hays award to Kenya and has studied international law in France. Dr. Cohen focuses on research and program development of international development projects in East Africa, and teaches in the Ph.D. Program.
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Frederick (Rick) Guinee Professor Guinee has an A.B. from Bowdoin College and a
J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law (1988). Since 2002 he has taught
international contracting and International mergers & acquisitions in the Law
School and business negotiations and general business law in the University of Washington's
Graduate Executive MBA program at the Business School. Prior to teaching at UW,
Professor Guinee practiced for many years in Tokyo (Nishimura & Partners) and
Washington, D.C. (Arnold & Porter). His practice has focused on cross-border
business transactions, international securities offerings, and representing foreign
sovereign entities in litigation in U.S. courts. He is admitted to practice in Washington,
the District of Columbia and Virginia. In Japan, Professor Guinee was admitted as
gaikokuhō jimu bengoshi.
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Professor Whiting (Ph.D, Michigan; B.A. Yale) specializes in Chinese and comparative
politics, with particular emphasis on the political economy of transition. She is
also Adjunct Associate Professor in the Jackson School of International Studies.
Her first book, Power and Wealth in Rural China: The Political Economy of Institutional
Change, was published in 2001. She has also contributed chapters and articles
on property rights, fiscal reform, governance, contract enforcement and dispute
resolution to numerous publications. She has done extensive research in China and
has contributed to studies of governance, fiscal reform, and non-governmental organizations
under the auspices of the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the Ford Foundation.
She is participating in the Asian Law Center's project on access to justice and
legal aid provision in rural China and teaches in the Ph.D. Program.
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Professor Aronson (B.A. summa cum laude, Boston; J.D. Harvard) is a Professor of Law at Creighton University specializing in comparative corporate governance. He is an active Japanese law scholar with a wealth of practical experience in Japan. He was a corporate partner at the New York City law firm of Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP (1989-2000), where he was co-chair of the Financial Services Group. Prior to joining Creighton he spent two years each as a Senior Fulbright Researcher at the University of Tokyo and as an Associate Research Scholar at Columbia Law School. He spent the summer of 2010 at the Bank of Tokyo, and has now returned to Japan as a Fulbright Scholar in 2011-12, researching at Waseda Law School. In Spring 2011 he visited UW Law to teach courses in Japanese Law and Comparative Corporate Governance, and convened a Center hosted conference on The Japanese Legal Profession After the 2008 Financial Crisis and the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake.
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Prof. Cammack became particularly interested in Southeast Asia during college when
he had an opportunity to live in Indonesia for two years. After law school and a
judicial clerkship with Justice Roland Day of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, Professor
Cammack made a second trip to Indonesia, this time as a Fulbright Fellow studying
the country's Islamic court system. Upon returning to the United States, Professor
Cammack served as an assistant district attorney in New York City, and then taught
at Columbia Law School. He joined Southwestern's faculty in 1990 and in 2001, he
was named as the Irwin R. Buchalter Professor of Law. Professor Cammack continues
to research and write about the Indonesian legal system.
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A valued colleague and an Affiliate Professor of Law at UW, Prof. Clarke joined
the Law School faculty at George Washington University after teaching at the University
of Washington School of Law for many years. Prof. Clarke is a specialist in Chinese
law and has published extensively in journals such as the China Quarterly and American
Journal of Comparative Law on subjects ranging from Chinese criminal law and procedure
to corporate governance. His recent research has focused on Chinese legal institutions
and the legal issues presented by China's economic reforms.While at UW he founded
and still maintains the Chinalaw discussion list and is a co-editor of Asian Law
Abstracts on the Social Science Research Network.
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Justice System Reform (Cabinet-level), the Ministry of Education, the Japanese Association
of Law Schools, and one of the major law school accreditation bodies. With the support
of the Asian Law Center, Prof. Foote edited a monograph etitled Law in Japan: A
Turning Point, a collection of over twenty-five essays by leading scholars on major
fields of Japanese law, which was published in 2008. He also team-teaches the UW
School of Law's International Contracting course offered via video-conferencing with
students in Tokyo University Law School.
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National Security and Fundamental Freedoms: Hong Kong's Article 23 Under Scrutiny
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Fu holds an LLB from Southwestern University, China (1983), an MA from Toronto University
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Director of the Centre for Comparative and Public Law at HKU, and in 2006-07 tought
"Human Rights Law in China" at the University of Washington School of Law as the
Garvey Schubert Barer Visiting Professor in Asian Law. Dr. Fu participates in the
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Professor of Asia-Pacific Legal Relation, University of Victoria Faculty of
Andrew Harding received his MA (Oxon) in 1974, his LLM (Singapore) in 1984, and
his PhD (Monash) in 1987. He joined UVic's Faculty of Law and the Centre for Asia-Pacific
Initiatives in 2004, where he holds the Chair in Asia-Pacific Legal Relations. He
is a former Head of Department and Professor of Law in the Law Department at the
School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, and Chair of
SOAS' Centre of South East Asian Studies, having previously taught at the Faculty
of Law, National University of Singapore and as a Visiting Professor at Harvard
Law School. He co-founded and has served as General Editor of Kluwer/ Martinus Nijhoff's
London-Leiden Series on Law, Governance and Development. His interests are in South
East Asian legal studies, comparative public law, law and development, comparative
law theory and environmental law. His recent publications include Law, Government
and the Constitution in Malaysia (1996), and Comparative Law in the 21st Century
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Professor Chulwoo Lee (Ph.D. London School of Economics; LL.M. Georgetown University Law Center; LL.M. Seoul National University) is a Professor of Law at Yonsei Law School, Seoul, specializing in Asian socio-legal studies. He is well recognized for his extensive writings in the areas of law and social theory, social history of law, and citizenship studies. Professor Lee served as managing editor of the Korean Journal of Law and Society (2009-2010) and participates in various academic organizations and activities, including the Organizing Committee for the 2nd East Asian Law and Society Conference to be held in Seoul in September/October 2011. On various occasions he has provided advice for the Immigration Service, Ministry of Justice of the Government of Korea, and was a member of the Special Committee on Nationality Law Amendment (2008-2009). He has been elected President of the Korean International Migration Association and will succeed to the position in 2013. Professor Lee served as the 2011 Garvey Schubert & Barer Visiting Professor of Asian Law, and taught courses on Law and Society in Asia and on Compartive Korean Law.
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Professor Osanloo (Ph.D. 2002/Stanford (Anthropology); J.D. 1993/American University, Washington College of Law) conducts research and teaches courses focusing on the intersection of law and culture, including human rights, refugee rights and identity, and women's rights in Muslim-majority societies. She focuses primarily on the Middle-East, especially Iran. She also holds Adjunct positions in the Departments of Anthropology, Comparative Religion, Near East Languages and Civilization, and Women's Studies. Formerly an immigration and asylum/refugee attorney, Arzoo has published in various journals, including American Ethnologist, Cultural Anthropology and Iranian Studies. Her book, The Politics of Women's Rights in Iran (2009), is published by Princeton University Press.
Job and Gertrud Tamaki Professor of Japan Studies, Jackson School of International
Professor Pekkanen's teaching and research interests are in international political
economy and international trade law, with a particular focus on the WTO. Her regional
focus is on Japan, as well as East Asia more broadly. She received her masters in
international affairs from Columbia University (1988), her doctorate in political
science from Harvard University (1996), and a masters at Yale Law School (2004).
Her teaching and research interests are in international political economy, international
trade and investment law, international relations, and foreign policy. Her work
explores the intersection between legal and economic matters involving Japan, and
has recently branched out to examine Japan's current role and status within Asia
along these dimensions. Pekkanen's earlier books included Picking Winners? From
Technology Catch-up to the Space Race in Japan (Stanford University Press,
2003), and a co-edited book entitled Japan and China in the World Political Economy
(Routledge, 2005). Her latest book, entitled Japan's Aggressive Legalism: Law and
Foreign Trade Politics Beyond the WTO (Stanford University Press, 2008),
examines how law has interacted with the concrete interests of Japan's trade-dominant
industries to dramatically reshape the country's foreign trade politics.
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Friday, 22 August 2014
Key U.S. Senator questions airlines on privacy practices
The Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), has sent a public letter of inquiry this week to the ten largest USA-based airlines, asking them to respond by 5 September 2014 to a series of questions about consumer issues including what information airlines collect about travellers, how long they retain this information, how they use and share it, and whether they allow consumers to access the information that airlines have on file about them.
In announcing this action, Sen. Rockefeller notes that:
Currently, there is no federal privacy law that covers the collection, use, and disclosure of consumer travel information. Because of this gap in federal law, consumer advocates have expressed concern that airline privacy policies can contain substantial caveats and that it is difficult for consumers to learn what information airlines and others in the travel sector are collecting, keeping, and sharing about them.
Sen. Rockefeller's letter didn't name those "consumer advocates", and I've never had any direct interaction with his staff or that of the committee he chairs. But I assume that his letter was referring to, and prompted in significant part by:
- The comments I submitted to the Federal Trade Commission on behalf of a coalition of consumer and privacy organizations in 2009;
- The presentation I gave as the sole consumer advocate invited to testify at a hearing called by the Department of Transportation's "Advisory Committee for Aviation Consumer Protection" in May of 2013; and
- The joint letter I sent to the ACACP in December 2013 on behalf of a much longer list of consumer advocacy, privacy, and civil liberties organizations.
Thanks are due to all of the organizations that co-signed these joint appeals, and especially to Charlie Leocha of Travelers United (formerly the Consumer Travel Alliance), for getting this issue on the ACACP agenda and helping to bring it to the attention of Congress as a consumer protection matter.
There's been slight but non-zero interest over the years from a few members of Congress in what information government agencies collect and retain about travellers, and how they use that data.
Sen. Rockefeller's letter is, however, the first time that any member of Congress has publicly -- or, so far as I know, privately -- expressed any interest whatsoever in any of the privacy issues related to commercial use by travel companies of personal data about travellers.
Government and commercial invasions of travellers' privacy are, in most real-world situations, inseparable. The U.S. governments has root access to airline reservation databases, and makes its own mirror copies of airline customer relationship data included in commercial PNRs. Airlines and government agencies share passenger data promiscuously and "transparently (i.e opaquely), so travbellers can't tell when they are providing information to an airline, when they are providing information to a police officer, and when -- especially at airports -- they are providing information to a two-faced minion of both government and commercial masters. Airlines get a free pass to use data for their own marketing and other purposes that travellers provide only under government coercion. Even those people and organizations who have been concerned only about governments as invaders of travellers' privacy ought to be at least equally concerned about travel industry privacy (invasion) practices.
Sen. Rockefeller's letter of inquiry isn't a subpoena, and isn't formally backed by the full committee. But it carries the implicit threat of follow-up action that could include subpoenas, hearings, and/or the introduction of legislative proposals if the airlines don't give satisfactory answers.
And Sen Rockefeller is asking many of the right questions:
Do you retain personal information that your company obtains from consumers when they shop for airfares or from other sources? If yes:
- State the period of time your company retains such information and what specific data points you retain;
- State any specific sources for personal information or other such information your company obtains directly from consumers;...
- State whether you provide consumers the right to []access the information you maintain about them... ;
- State whether you sell or share this information, and if you do, describe what information you share, with whom you share it, and the purposes for which you share it; and
- Provide a copy of your company's privacy policy and describe when and how you make this available to consumers.
I expect that airlines' responses to Sen. Rockefeller's inquiry will be as incomplete and disingenuous as the stories that airline industry representatives told the ACACP at its hearing last year.
In practice, I've found no airline (even among the airlines based in Canada and the EU where this is required by law) that actually allows travellers to obtain all of the records that the airline keeps about them, including records such as browsing logs for registered and signed-in users of airline Web sites, despite airlines' plans to use this data to personalize ticket prices.
In practice, I've found no airline that accepts responsibility for data collection, retention, use, or sharing by travel agencies, even when those agencies are explicitly appointed to act, and explicitly state that they are acting, solely as agents of the airlines in executing contracts of carriage to which only the airlines, and not the agencies, are actually parties.
In practice, I've found no airline that complies with its privacy policies (if it publishes any).
In practice, no airline that outsources hosting of some or all of its reservation records (either or both those PNRs created directly by the airline or those PNRs created by the airline's its agents) to any of the major computerized reservation systems could possibly provide a complete accounting of third parties who have accessed personal information contained on those PNRs, since none of the major CRSs keep logs of who has accessed which PNRs (and each of them aggregates data from thousands of travel companies and has tens of thousands of "authorized" users around the world).
Airlines are almost certain to lie or obfuscate to Sen. Rockefeller on all of these points.
Hopefully, Sen. Rockefeller will publish the airlines' responses, consult with independent experts, and move forward, along with other members of the Commerce Committee, to hold hearings on this issue and sponsor either a general Federal consumer privacy law that includes airlines along with other types of companies (as do such laws in Canada and the EU), or, failing that, a strong specific travel privacy law applicable to airlines, travel agencies, computerized reservation systems, and their contractors and outsourced data processing vendors.
Friday, 15 August 2014
"Disobedient Objects" exhibit at the V&A museum in London
I'm honored to have my photo of a "wiphala" (above; click photo for larger version) included in an exhibit of Disobedient Objects at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London through 1 February 2015:
From a Suffragette tea service to protest robots, this exhibition is the first to examine the powerful role of objects in movements for social change. It demonstrates how political activism drives a wealth of design ingenuity and collective creativity that defy standard definitions of art and design.... On display are arts of rebellion from around the world that illuminate the role of making in grassroots movements for social change: finely woven banners; defaced currency; changing designs for barricades and blockades; political video games; an inflatable general assembly to facilitate consensus decision-making; experimental activist-bicycles; and textiles bearing witness to political murders.
As I explained in the column about "The Amazing Race" in which this photo was first published, the "wiphala" is a rainbow-colored checkerboard flag that serves as a transnational symbol of indigenous identity for peoples throughout the Andes. I've seen it as far noth as Ecuador and as far south as Argentina. It's not a "national" symbol. It's nothing unusual that the marching band in the photo is wearing hats in blue-and-white Argentine national colors while also carrying the wiphala. (I took this picture at a local festival in Tilcara, Argentina, although the exhibition catalog erroneously labels it as being from La Paz, Bolivia.)
I just received my copy of the Disobedient Objects catalog, and it looks like a fascinating show. I'm sorry I didn't get a chance to see it in person. I was in the UK when it opened, but was only in central and northern England and Scotland, and didn't get anywhere near London.
(Yes, there are international gateways to the UK other than those serving London and the South-East of England. We arrived in Hull by ferry from Rotterdam, and left from Manchester Airport. Manchester is the largest airport in the UK other than those serving London, and has the best direct mainline rail connections to other cities of any UK airport. There are direct trains, many of which carry bicycles, between Manchester Airport and cities throughout northen England and as far as Glasgow and Edinburgh.)
The V&A describes itself, with an Anglocentric imperial pomposity befitting its monarchist name, as "The world's greatest museum of art and design". Art? No. Graphic, architectural, and other genres of design? Maybe. Given that I worked for a decade in graphics and print production, it's perhaps no surprise that the V&A is my favorite London museum.
At least for me, the V&A is always worth a visit., and this show looks especially interesting. If you're in London between now and next February 1st, check it out.
Friday, 8 August 2014
US DOT defers ruling on airline plans for personalized pricing
Late Thursday, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) quietly released its decision on an arcane-seeming but critically important request for DOT regulatory approval of airlines' plans for a transition from published tariffs of airfares to personalized airline ticket pricing.
DOT's missed an opprtunity to use its decisioon in this rulemaming to remind airlines that personalized pricing is illegal. But DOT was careful to confine its ruling to the permissible portion of the airlines' proposal, a new airline-designed XML protocol for communications related to ticket prices between airlines, travel agencies, and third parties.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) had requested US DOT approval of a resolution adopted by IATA's member airlines in October 2012. IATA Resolution 787 is a vision statement of "high-level objectives" -- not a blueprint or specification -- for a so-called "New Distribution Capability" (NDC) for the sale of airline tickets.
DOT's decision is framed as an "approval" of IATA's request for "approval of Resolution 787". But DOT made very clear, in response to objections from consumers and consumer advocates (including myself, Assoc. Prof. Ben Edelman of the Harvard Business School, and dozens of individuals who submitted comments to DOT endorsing our objections), that DOT is not green-lighting and has not yet considered the legality of any of the new business models (e.g. personalized pricing) which these communications protocols are intended to support, and which are "envisioned" by IATA Resolution 787.
IATA is no longer formally a price-fixing cartel, and now claims that its coordinating role as a trade association of airlines is limited to setting standards. But because of the historic role of IATA "Traffic Conferences" in fixing industry-standard fares, which required explicit exemption from some antitrust rules, IATA is still subject to a degree of DOT oversight.
By submitting Resolution 787 for DOT approval, IATA hoped to get DOT pre-approval for its personalized-pricing business-model vision, before beginning to invest in the infrastructure to support it. That's exactly what the DOT declined to do, limiting its approval to what IATA had explcitly described and requested: airline collusion on XML pricing-message standards.
Both Travelers United -- formerly the Consumer Travel Alliance -- and the American Antitrust Institute had called DOT's attention to the ambiuguity as to what it was IATA wanted DOT to approve.
A few years ago, IATA would probbaly have gotten rubber-stamp approval from the lapdogs at DOT for everything it asked for. The limitations on the scope of DOT's approval of IATA Resolution 787 are testament both to the importance of organized organized lobbying by travellers, and of the greater (although still limied) willingness of the DOT to exercise meaningful oversight and challaneg at least some anti-consumer airline practices.
In a press release following DOT's decision, IATA claimed that "the path [is] now clear to begin to implement NDC". But while that is what airlines had hoped for, that's not what they got from DOT. If airlines proceed with these plans, or with investments in preparatory work toward them, they do so at their own risk, with no assurance that DOT will approve changes in pricing systems.
IATA's press release suggests, however, that airlines intend to go ahead with development of their "New Distribution Capability" and transition to personalized pricing with or without any assurance that they can get the DOT to approve it (or refrain from enforcing the existing laws against it), or that they will be able to get Congress to repeal those laws. The fight to preserve the status of airlines as common carriers, and to preserve the benefits to consumers of requirements for common carriers to sell tickets in accordance with published fare tariffs, will continue.
IATA tries to reassure travellers that an airline will still make an "offer" to sell you a ticket even if you decline to provide any personal information. But if they are freed from their current legal duty as a common carrier to base that offer on a publiushered tariff of fares, they could make the asking price of their offer"to any anonymous customer arbitrarily and prohibitvely high.
A recent study commissioned by the Amadeus computerized reservation system found that using the informaiton already available to airlines to personalize "offers" could result in, on average, EUR35 (roughly US$50) in additional revenue -- i.e. higher prices -- per passenger.
That's bad enough, but the real damage would come if airlines start using larger amounts of aggregated personal data from third-party data brokers as the basis for personalized pricing. Repeal or nonenforcment of common-carrier tariff requirments and legalization of personalized pricing would create a competitive race to the bottom for airlines to learn as much about passengers as possible, to detemine how much each trip you plan to take is worth to you, or to subscribe to pricing services that can obtain and mine that data.
The elephant waiting quietly in the lobby of the personalized-pricing debate is, of course, Google, which already owns an airline reservations and ticket price information division. Google has kept silent about IATA Resolutiuon 787. But the prohibition on personalized pricing has held back Google's ability to apply its core personalized-pricing expertise to airline tickets. What company has more information about each trip you plan to take than the one that can analyze all your Gmail messages and Web searches? It would be difficult for any other price-personalizing company to compete with Google in such a marketplace for pricing services. Approval of personalized airline ticket pricing is the key prerequisite for Google to recover and realize a return on its US$700 million investment in ITA Software.
Monday, 28 July 2014
Speaking at SXSW Eco in Austin, 6-8 Oct. 2014
I've accepted an invitation to speak at the South By Southwest Eco conference on sustainability in Austin, TX, 6-8 October 2014:
"Peak Travel" : Envisioning the Post-Air Travel Age
The aviation industry hopes to obtain enough cheap biofuel to sustain air travel without diverting land, water, or labor from food production. But what if that proves impossible?
One doesn't have to predict a doomsday scenario of global warming to imagine a future of dramatically more expensive (and/or rationed or taxed) air travel.
What disruptions would that bring to patterns of travel and development? Travel is intertwined with every sector of the economy. How would trade and development maps be redrawn by changes in travel modes and speeds? What people, places, and investments would stand to win or lose? How can we prepare for this possible future?
Will we see a resurgence of passenger shipping, for example, and what would that mean? Will both vacations and business trips become longer in duration? How will slower travel affect the travel experience and the travel industry? These are only a few of the key questions to be explored in this brief exercise in travel futurism.
More details to come. I'm excited to be a part of this SXSW event, and hope to see some of you there.
Sunday, 1 June 2014
T-Mobile USA international roaming prices
I've leaving tonight for two months in at least six countries in Europe. I'm taking my smartphone, and I plan to use it the same way I do in the USA, maybe more.
That's a big change.
Most cellphone and wireless data prices for international roaming have been, and still are, prohibitive.
What I've said in my books and my more recent series in 2012 on smartphones and digital maps for international travel (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) is still true: If you have a suitable (unlocked, multiband, GSM) cellphone, you can get a local SIM card in most countries with reasonable rates for voice calls, and in some cases for wireless data, while you are in that one country. You can even get some SIM cards optimized for global roaming, with much higher but not terrible rates for voice calls in many countries.
But until recently, international roaming data charges have been prohibitive. Travelling from country to country to country with a smartphone has been a recipe for extreme sticker shock. I've heard from people who've gotten bills of thousands of U.S. dollars a week for using a Blackberry while abroad the way they do at home.
It's common to find that smartphone apps running in the background, or that you thought were "on the phone", are running up data charges without your knowing it. Voice translation apps, for example, typically send audio clips to a central server, rather than translating them on the phone. How much use is a translation app you can't afford to use while abroad?
Here's a survey of how much data your phone might send and receive if you use it abroad the way you do at home, and how much that might cost with the largest US wireless voice and data carriers.
The European Union has begun to legislate caps on wireless roaming charges, but these EU rules only apply to subscribers travelling and making calls between EU member countries.
Recently T-Mobile USA has introduced some dramatically different "Simple Choice International" subscription plans that allow (a) unmetered moderate-speed wireless data (you get a limited amount of data transmission at the highest speed, after which it is somewhat reduced) and (b) US$0.20 per minute voice roaming in more than 100 countries for a flat monthly price of about US$50 plus taxes for a single line or somewhat less for multiple lines on a family account.
I was skeptical that there would be some hidden fee (besides the usual taxes) or additional cost. But I've gotten the T-Mobile bills from my trip to Switzerland, Belgium, and the UK with my smartphone in March, and there no charges for international data roaming, including tethering my laptop to my phone to access the Internet when the wi-fi at the City Hostel in Geneva wasn't working. Incoming and outgoing voice calls to and from numbers in the countries I was visiting, other EU countries, and the USA were billed at only US$0.20 per minute plus the expected additional charges for calls to European cellphone numbers. (In most of the world, unlike the USA, the caller, not the recipient, pays the extra fee for calls to mobile phones.)
If there was any surprise, it's that I wasn't charged more than had been advertised.
Most people in the USA don't have passports and never travel abroad, so international roaming is a niche market in the USA. It remains to be seen whether other companies will try to compete with T-Mobile USA in this niche.
For now, however, I know of no wireless international roaming data plan offered by any carrier in the world that is remotely competitive with T-Mobile USA's current "Simple Choice International" plans. These are the first, and so far the only, plans that let you use wireless data services in many -- not all -- foreign countries, the same way you do at home. If you know of other such plans, please leave a comment.
T-Mobile's tariff contains vague terms that allow the company to cut off your service if you use it disproportionately abroad, and not in the USA. I had no problem travelling abroad for two weeks, after being a T-Mobile USA customer for years. I don't know what T-Mobile USA would do if you opened a new account on one of these plans for a trip around the world, left the USA, and used your T-Mobile USA SIM exclusively abroad for months as a time. If you've tried it, leave a comment about how long you were abroad and how it worked out.
T-Mobile USA was founded and is still owned primarily by the German national phone company Deutsche Telekom. Deutsche Telekom has been trying for years to sell its share of T-Mobile USA, and it's unclear how a sale or merger might affect T-Mobile USA's pricing for international roaming.
Saturday, 31 May 2014
Bill Dalton on "The Founding of Moon Publications"
Many large publishers started as self-publishing ventures by individual writers, but that pattern is especially dominant in publishers of guidebooks for independent international travellers.
Arthur Frommer ("Europe on $5 A Day"), Tony and Maureen Wheeler (Lonely Planet), Hilary and Geoge Bradt (Bradt Travel Guides), and Bill Dalton (Indonesia Handbook and later Moon Handbooks) are only a few of the guidebook publishers who started as self-publishers.
Bill Dalton has a fascinating 3-part account of The Founding of Moon Publications this week in Moon's blog.
I signed the publication contract for the first edition of The Practical Nomad: How to Travel Around the World in 1995 with Bill Dalton's successor as Moon's publisher, Bill Newlin. Since then Moon Publications has become part of Avalon Travel Publishing and then the Perseus Books Group, but Bill Newlin is still the publisher.
We've had our differences over the years, but we're still friends, and I'm still proud to be part of the family of authors and the continuing tradition of the guidebook series that Bill Dalton founded.
Friday, 30 May 2014
My objections to airlines' plan to "personalize" prices
Today I filed formal objections to U.S. Department of of Transportation's tentative decision to approve a proposal from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to replace publicly-disclosed tariffs of airfares with "personalized" airline ticket prices.
Most of the initial objections to IATA's proposal came from within the travel industry. These squabbles over the spoils were resolved by a settlement agreement between airlines, travel agencies, and data hosting(CRS/GDS) companies.
DOT has given tentative approval to that "settlement". But neither the "settlement" nor DOT's tentative decision address the concerns of travellers and ticket purchasers.
For example, DOT proposes to require airline to "offer" tickets to anonymous customers. But airlines would be allowed to make that offer, and the price of anonymity, as high as they like.
And if the airline somehow learns -- whether or not you tell them -- that you are desperate to get to your dying mother's bedside? The airline can make its "offer" as high as it likes.
The "settlement" between airlines and other travel companies leaves my objections on consumer protection grounds as the only remaining obstacle to DOT approval of this scheme.
Go to Regulations.gov to tell DOT that you oppose "IATA Resolution 787" and endorse my objections. You can submit comments to DOT through Wednesday, 11 June 2014.
Tuesday, 27 May 2014
"Can I see what information the feds have on my travel?"
Ars Techica editor and technology journalist Cyrus Fariva reports today on the initial response to his Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) request to US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for CBP's records about his travel history, including CBP's copies of airline Passenger Name Records (PNRs):
I then asked Edward Hasbrouck, a traveler and writer who has extensively researched passenger data and who has even sued the CBP for failing to hand over data about himself.
"You got 72 pages of shit, to put it crudely," he said, explaining that the CBP didn't give me the crown jewel of what I asked for: my own PNR records. His own PNR records, as he demonstrated in 2009, included far more detailed information, including the IP address used when he booked an airline ticket.
"Why they didn't include that when you explicitly asked for it, I can't tell you," he added. Hasbrouck agreed with Crump's assessment that the agency's lack of response was to be expected. "It's completely erratic. Some people get just the PNR and not the entry and exit data. Whether it's gross incompetence, malign neglect, or if they're overworked, whether it's that they don't understand the nature of what the data is—[it] suggests that the people doing the redacting don't know what the data is."
Read more at PapersPlease.org.
I've posted forms and instructions on how to request your travel records. Please let me know if you'd like help interpreting responses.
Wednesday, 21 May 2014
US Dept. of Transportation OKs "personalized" airline ticket prices
In a potentially disastrous administrative decision, the US Department of Transportation has "tentatively" approved a proposal from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to replace publicly-disclosed tariffs of airfares with "personalized" airline ticket prices.
The DOT brushed off some of my objections (here and here), and ignored others:
We are tentatively not convinced by Mr. Hasbrouck's allegations that customized pricing offers would be illegal because statutory and regulatory provisions still prohibit carriers from charging any price not contained in publicly disclosed, published tariffs, notwithstanding the fact that the Department has exempted carriers from officially filing such tariffs with the Department. The clause in 49 U.S.C. § 41510 under which carriers are to charge only prices identical to those in the tariff "in effect for such transportation" presumed filing of those tariffs with the Department under § 41504 as part of a comprehensive economic regulatory regime. Domestic tariff filing was terminated by the Deregulation Act of 1978. With progressive liberalization of international air services, including implementation of over 100 open skies agreements, the Department has, under § 40109© and 14 CFR Part 293, progressively exempted carriers from filing tariffs in liberalized international markets.
The DOT's tentative decision is framed as an order which "direct[s] all interested persons to show cause why the Department should not approve IATA Resolution 787, incorporated in the agreement in Docket OST-2013-0048, subject to the conditions enumerated in the Appendix... Objections or comments to our tentative findings and conclusions shall be filed no later than 21 days from the issuance date of this order. Answers to objections shall be due no later than seven business days thereafter."
I will be filing detailed objections, and invite and encourage others to do likewise. You can submit comments here until 11 June 2014, either by filling in a Web form or by attaching a PDF or word processing document file.
Here are links to some of my previous commentary on this issue:
- Comments to the US Dept. of Transportation on airline pricing (21 February 2014)
- Airlines claim they are already allowed to "personalize" prices (28 August 2013)
- What's wrong with the airlines' proposal for "personalized" ticket prices? (30 April 2013)
- IATA announces plan for personalized airline ticket prices (2 November 2012)
- Airline ticket price transparency (26 January 2011)
- Are common carriers allowed to "personalize" prices? (20 May 2010)
[Update, 30 May 2014: I've filed formal objections to DOT's tentative decision. You can still go to Regulations.gov and submit your own comments until 11 June 2014. More details.]
Sunday, 18 May 2014
The Amazing Race 24, Episode 12
Cheshire, England (UK) - Las Vegas, NV (USA) - Henderson, NV (USA) - Las Vegas, NV (USA)
At the conclusion of The Amazing Race 24, one member of each pair of racers had to jump out of a helicopter and parachute (in tandem with an instructor/guide) onto the infield of the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Earlier in this leg of the race, one member of each team was handcuffed and chained inside a wooden crate that was hoisted into the air, set on fire, and then dropped into a bonfire while they tried to "escape".
No members of the cast were harmed in the filming of this episode. This bit of "reality television" was a play-within-a-play, with the racers playing the part of volunteers picked from the audience at one of the Las Vegas shows staged by the illusionist David Copperfield.
The people we are watching on The Amazing Race are members of the cast of a television show, performing under carefully constructed and controlled conditions. Off camera, stagehands and special effects producers and safety personnel are standing by.
Getting visitors to disconnect fantasy from reality -- so that they don't think about the fact that they are losing real money at the gambling tables and in the slot machines -- is central to Las Vegas' business model. Unfortunately, it's also a temptation in other locales where the opportunity to engage in dangerous "adventure" or "extreme sports" activities is a major attraction for visitors.
Tourists ourselves are also to blame. We want to put our everyday cares aside when we travel, and we want to imagine that we have walked into a "real-world" fantasy or onto a movie set, where the normal rules of physics and mortality don't apply.
The canonical case of where this leads may have been the disaster in which eighteen backpacker tourists and three canyoneering guides were killed in a flash flood in a gorge near Saxeten, Switzerland, in 1999.
Six supervisors and managers of the adventure tour company that organized the excursions were eventually convicted of manslaughter by negligence. But that verdict didn't magically bring anyone back to life, and the incident also shows the danger of relying on a tour company to judge the safety of activities in which your life, and not just theirs, will be at risk.
If David Copperfield picks you from the audience at one of his shows, you can probably play along with some confidence that he's not really going to saw you in half, even if it might appear that way to your friends who are watching the illusion.
But when you are travelling, it's not a staged illusion, and there is no "magic", the lesson of Saxeten is that -- as I've discussed during previous seasons of The Amazing Race -- you can't assume that an activity is safe just because "Everybody is doing it" and it's organized and promoted by a reputable-seeming tour company.
If a tour operator makes you sign a waiver of liability before you take part in some activity, that means they aren't responsible if something does wrong. That doesn't mean that you should back out, but it does mean that it's up to you to make your own judgment as to whether it's sufficiently safe or worth the risk.
You can have plenty of travel fun and excitement without risking life and limb for your thrills. As host and master of ceremonies Phil Keoghan says to the cast at the starting line for each season of The Amazing Race, "Travel safe!"


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Weeks after the police cordoned off a Sri Lankan football team that left the city in a hurry, the police increased the protection inside the city airport as a 22-member soccer team from the Emerald isle landed in Chennai to take a transit flight to Mauritius.
Arriving at Chennai international airport on UL 121, the athletes were guarded carefully from 3 am to 8 am.
A police official said that the instructions had been clear, to watch Lankan movement, in the airport. (ENS)
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When Travel Advisory is applied for Tamil Nadu for what reason this SL Soccer team is doing over there?
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November 14, 2012 at 7:45 pm
• How well do you think that you have answered your research question(s)?
can any one shed light on what does it mean by research questions? it appears that it has multi-meaning, for topic 8
which sources of info to use
which ratios to use
which biz models to use
which org to select
and answering them is that you analysed performance of your organization by ratios. pestel swot and by comparision with rival. am i right or??? thanksNovember 15, 2012 at 6:25 am
well i will give you my example to understand it.
My research questions were directly linked to my Models that i have used.
1) To perform the macro-environment analysis to study UK environment.
2) To study the overall industry forces in retail with the help of five forces
3) To perform analytical analysis of ABC over past three years while using XYZ as benchmarking
4) In light of above models conducts the overall SWOT
5) Based upon SWOT advice possible recommendation.
So what exactly i do for SLS that i explain that whether i was successful in applying all business models & Whats my personal opinion upon my performance in each objectice- you have explain how you apply plus criticise if yourself as well..
Let me give you an example.
In PESTEl i was able to apply with some success as original PEST model includes PESTEL, in addition to above fewer economic factors were unable to identify due lack of latest report. The political application is limited as political factors are extremely diverse. In other domain i am confident i applied it successfully.November 15, 2012 at 6:31 pm
Thanks. That great. are you marker?November 16, 2012 at 6:53 am
Nope i am just a passed graduate.November 17, 2012 at 4:20 pm
it means you have cleared Bsc in applied accountancy. I have failed twice. definitely there is some technique which I am missing to clear thesis.November 17, 2012 at 7:14 pm
@bassaniobroke said:
it means you have cleared Bsc in applied accountancy. I have failed twice. definitely there is some technique which I am missing to clear thesis.
your last attempt this time ??November 17, 2012 at 7:19 pm
yesNovember 17, 2012 at 7:29 pm
u having problem with SLS or RAP or Both ??November 17, 2012 at 8:22 pm
referencingNovember 18, 2012 at 7:05 pm
send me a email at email@example.com
i'll send you one file.which shows how to make reference(examples).November 19, 2012 at 5:15 am
They wrote in comment that quality of ref is poor. What does this mean?November 19, 2012 at 6:24 pm
This include any of following
You have used limited reference . Please note that for every main point you make you must give references. Now you may wonder the count of references used during ratio analysis. So this is overruled by mentioning in start that source of information for ratio analysis is financial statement of company. My personal references sources were 52 as cited sources and 72 as bibliography.
Another reason for this that you forgot to reference the figures used in table. It is critical to reference in text and as well in tables. If a table using multiple sources to compile you must mention like this in end , Sources BBC, CNN, Wikipedia & Ofqual.
Third reason you are not using standard HARVARD referencing.
Fourth reason because of manual working in word your referencing becomes illogical, Therefore it is advised to use MS WORD internal reference manager to handle the referencing.November 19, 2012 at 6:32 pm
well to assist you in understanding here is the excerpt from my RAP
"The definition of retails means selling goods to customers, the size of UK retail industry in 2011 was £303b (BRC, 2011). The top four major players operating in UK retail industry are Tesco, Sainsbury, ASDA & Morrison (Guardian, 2011). In order to serve customers better normally all retailers break retail industry into smaller chunks as markets as follows: Food & Drink, Appliances, Technology, Energy, Entertainment etc. (Sainsbury, 2012) & for strategic reasons all retailers break customer markets into basic, normal & premium segments. (Sainsbury, 2011). The common methods of distribution includes Convenience stores, traditional retail stores, hypermarkets, superstores & online channel (IGD, 2010).A new distribution channel for entertainment retailing is emerging in form of digital distribution (Guardian, 2011)"
In reference you found (Note references are just copy paste)
Anna Donabie, 2011. Transport. Social trends 41 ed. s.l.:Office for national statisitics.
ASA, 2008. ASA Adjudication on J Sainsbury plc. [Online]
Available at: http://www.asa.org.uk/ASA-action/Adjudications/2008/12/J-Sainsbury-plc/TF_ADJ_45486.aspx
[Accessed 22 March 2012].
ASA, n.d. Welcome to the ASA. [Online]
Available at: http://www.asa.org.uk/
[Accessed 14 March 14].
BBC News, 2011. Asda told to change adverts by ASA. [Online]
Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12336559
[Accessed 03 March 2012].
BBC, 2007. Qatar ups Sainsbury stake to 25%. [Online]
Available at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6755497.stm
[Accessed 6 march 2012].
Please note all referencing is handled by Ms WordNovember 24, 2012 at 1:22 pm
Thanks bro, gradually getting the heck of it. Regards
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The Texas Rainy Day Fund, which is expected to have a balance of $9.4 billion at the end of the next budget period, is made up of revenue from oil and gas taxes...June 3, 2011 at 9:25 p.m.
AND, we're closing schools...shows where Texas priorities are regarding our education...
it's all about money i had neices and nefews that went to point comfort and they had a very good education and the teachers were awsome it's sad to see the school close but all the good times are still there living in the hearts of point comfort txJune 3, 2011 at 12:06 p.m.
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