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ESTERO, Fl.- Dozens of shoppers were forced to evacuate restaurants, stores and a movie theater at Gulf Coast Town Center Sunday afternoon.
Shortly after 12 p.m., San Carlos Fire Chief David Cambareri said fire fighters were called to the shopping center for reports of smoke. Cambareri told WINK News there was a problem with a Florida Power and Light power grid that started in the Red Robin and moved through the mall.
"There was never any visible flame but we had electrical issues that created a smoldering, smoke effects in the buildings from different electrical problems," said Chief Cambareri.
17 trucks from several agencies responded to the scene, including crews from the county's incident management team, San Carlos Fire District, Lee County Sheriff's and FPL.
FPL switched the power grid, then fire crews went store to store inspecting the wires. No one was injured. At this point, it is unclear what caused the initial malfunction.
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Tunisian Sami Trabelsi was the first coaching casualty of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa and more will surely follow.
He quit after a first round exit and others in danger of the axe include Frenchmen Didier Six of Togo and Sabri Lamouchi of Ivory Coast, whose teams were eliminated at the quarter-finals stage.
Former Aston Villa wide man Six far exceeded expectations by taking the Sparrow Hawks to the last eight at the expense of Mahgreb duo Tunisia and Algeria.
But his efforts did not win any praise from Tottenham Hotspur striker and talismanic Togo captain Emmanuel Adebayor, who has a huge influence over the national team.
"The coach was not a help. I was on the pitch so I could not do both jobs (coaching and playing," he told French radio station RFI after Togo suffered an extra-time defeat by Burkina Faso in the quarter-finals.
"I tried to do my best, but it is true that he did not help us," was the scathing criticism levelled at Six by the 2008 African Footballer of the Year in the aftermath of the last-eight exit.
When then-coach Stephen Keshi clashed with Adebayor during the Cup of Nations in Egypt seven years ago, the Nigerian was dumped and missed out on the 2006 World Cup after successfully guiding Togo through a tough qualifying campaign.
"I took the country to a place (quarter-finals) where they have never been before," said Six, referring to the qualification of the Togolese after six first round exits.
While Ivory Coast stars have publicly backed Lamouchi, the coaches who failed to land the title in the previous four Africa Cup tournaments were all sacked by the Elephants.
Frenchman Henri Michel went after a 2006 final shoot-out loss to hosts Egypt and compatriot Gerard Gili suffered a similar fate after a semi-final drubbing from the Pharaohs two years later.
Bosnian Vahid Halilhodzic was booted out following a shock last-eight loss to Algeria in 2010 and local Francois Zahoui went having seen his team lose on penalties to Zambia in the final last year.
It was hard on Zahoui, whose side did not lose a game nor concede a goal in 570 minutes of Africa Cup action, and the sacking demonstrated the title-or-bust attitude of Ivorian football officials.
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Halilhodzic appears safe despite a dismal showing by Algeria, who collected only one point from a possible nine after entering the tournament among the teams considered potential champions.
"There will be World Cup qualifiers to play soon after the Cup of Nations and we do not intend to dispense with his services," Algerian football chief Mohamed Raouraoua told a pre-Africa Cup media conference.
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Daily Courant (Newspaper) - January 12, 1730, London, Middlesex TWe Daily Cpurant. No. 88i$� Monday, January ix, 17x9-30. Tejierday arrived the Mails due from Flanders. War/aw, Dec. 29. N. S. THE Primate of Poland has fpent the Holidays at Stkierniwicz ; and is expected here immediately afce Twelfth Day, together with th Bifhop of Cracow, and the other Lords ap pointed by the King to aifift at the Confe rences that are to be held here with the Fo reign Minifters the 22d and 23d of January The Great General of the Crown, and M Pociey, Great General of Lithuania, are like wife to affift at thofe Conferences ; and th former is fee out from Lemburg for tha purpofe; but before his Departure, he 01 dered the Polifh Troops in the Ukraine to b reinforced, fo as to be able to make Hea( againft the Coffacks who commit great Dil orders upon that Frontier. There are aboui 6000 of thofe Adventurers got together; and having divided rhemfelves into three Bodies they' plunder Chriftians, Turks arid Jews without Diftinction, and have half ruined the Eftates of the Palatine of Kiow and Princ< Lubomirski. The Jefuites of Wiayci have defired the Rector of their Order at Cami-niec, to fend them a Detachment of Soldiers' to guard their belt Effedis to that City. The Count de Dubin, Referendary, and M. Dem-boroski, Regent of the Crown, have been dangeroufly ill but are now fomewhat better. 1 be Corpfe of the Count de DenhofF, Und<-r General of the Crown Army, is to be inie'Tfd here with a great deal of Solemnity toward? the Clole of next Month ; and molt of the Grandees have been invited to the Funeral. The Governor of Caminiec has received Orders not to fufFer any Goods to be brought into this Kingdom from Constantinople, the Plague not being entirely ceafed there. The Tribunal of Lublin broke up'tbe 20th Inftant, and that of Peterkow will fit the 16th of next Month. We enjoy a perfect Tranquillity along the Dniefter and on the fide of Walachia ; neither do we bear cf any more Diforders in Poland or Lithuania, aboac the Rai/ing of Tall Men, the Grandees every where gathering up all they can hear of, and fending them as Prefents to the King. Bafil, Jan. 2. N. S. Several Officers belonging to the Imperial Troops in Italy are lately gone through Infpruck on their way to Germany, to raife Recruits. As it is taken for granted, that the Infante of Spain, Don Carlos, will go over into Italy in the Spring, and it is not yet known in what Place his Highnefs:will refide, the Repub'ick of Genoa feems to be in earneft to finifh the Affair of Seravalle, and fecure the PofTeffion of rhar Town. Mean time, the chief Princes and States of Italy are concerting Meaiures for the Preservation of their refpective Countries,, and to prevent Surprize. 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We are a/fared, that at the Inftances of the Polifn Grandees, his Majefty has taken ihe Refoluti-on to iflue Writs for the Meeting of the General Dyet of the Kingdom about Eafter, and will be going thither early enough to be at the Opening of the fame. The Carnaval begins here the 13th Inftanc. Chriften'd in this City laft Year 1555; Buried 2075; Marry'd 450 Couple. ^atisbon, Jan. 9, N. S. Two Days ago, the Proteftant Envoys held an extraordinary Affembly ; but the Refill thereof is not yet certainly known. It is confirmed on all Hands, that a confiderable Body of Imperial Troops will (hortly march to Italy"; but whether the Bavarian Forces will be made ufe of upon that Occafion, in pnrfuance of the Capitulation, muft be left to Time to determine. Some Days ago the Bifliop of Kempft-fee's Brother was marry'd at a Place not far from this City, and the Bifliop was at the Wedding. And it having been obferv'd, not only that moftof the Company who were at the Entertainment fell fick prefently after, bur that the Bridegroom and the Bifliop, and 5 other Gentlemen* were, fince dead, it is fufpected that there was foul Play, by poifon-ing the Wine, or fome fuch Villany ; and this Affair is ordcr'd to be ftrictly enquired into. The Baron de Gotter, Envoy of Saxe-Gotha, arrived here two Days ago from Vienna; and as Toon; as he is legitimated, he will make a Tour to Berlin and Gotha. Ment^, Jan.io. N. S. According to fome Advices, the Bifhop of Bamberg and Wurtz-imrg is expected in his Bifhoprick again, about next April, from the Court of Vienna. The French Garrifons upon the Mofelle, Saar, and the neighbouring Places, ate fo augmented, that they can form an Army out of them ip a very few Davs. Frankfort, Jan. 1 /. N. S. Some Imperial Recruits are arrived in this Neighbourhood, who are to be join'd by the Men raifed here and in other Towns of the Empire, and march with them to Italy. The Recruits that are railing in the Etrpire are to complete the following Regiments of Foot, vi\. Count Wallis, Prince Frederick Barietb, Count Ot- tocar Staremberg, Baron Bettendorf, Prince Charles of Saxe Meiningen, Count Traunj Baron Seckendorf, Prince Charles of Lor-rain, Count Octavi, Baron Ogilby, and the Marquis of Beaufort. A Society of Merchants at Milan have prefented to the Emperor, by the Baron Tinti, a Project for digging a Canal, to draw off the Waters of the Adige, and render ic Navigable as far as Oftiglia ; which would be of very great Advantage to the Commerce of Triefte, be-caufe Goods might then be convey'd thither by Water. The Recompence they demand for the Charge of digging this Canal, is a Grant from his Imperial -Majefty, of the Duties arififig from Goods that fliall pafs that way, for the firft Ten Years. Cologn, Jan. 13. N. S. The Elector of Cologn came and lay aLhis Caftle of Broel on Friday Night laft, and returned the nexjg Day to Bon. An Exprefs from London has croifed the Warth three Leagues and a Half from hence, charged (as we are told) with important Difpatches for the Court of Vienna. A Parcel of Imperial Recruits have been fent from Aix la-Chapelle. Hamburgh, Jan. 24. N. S. It is written from Petersburg, that they are making a moft curious Piece of Tapeftry, to bang all the Apartments of the Czar's Palace at Mofcow^ againft the approaching Marriage' of his Czarian Majefty, at which all the Ruffian Nobility are invited to appear with fplendid Equipages. 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October 11, 2014 I read a letter in this paper the other day where a man spoke of how the government can't save addicts but the love of Jesus can. I could not agree more. more »»
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Spare a thought for readers of classic fantasy. In a genre that is chock-a-block with books that are near-identical to one another, trying to find one that delivers the goods while at the same time having something unique about it can be tricky to say the least. Thank heavens then for Robert V.S. Redick, who pulls off epic fantasy with a great deal of style, giving his readers everything they want along with a big bag of surprises.
The Night of the Swarm concludes the Chathrand Voyage series that began with Red Wolf Conspiracy. The main character is not any of the jolly band of rogues on this epic quest but rather the ancient vessel upon which they sail. If that sounds hard to get your head around, it isn't – Redick writes in such a way that you can imagine every creak, every tick, every swell of the ship's timbers. This final book sees the battered and exhausted heroes pitted against the swarm of the title, an unstoppable demonic force that seems sure to overwhelm them.
It's a potentially hoary scenario that only really works when the reader has become invested in the heroes, and as this is the fourth and last book in a series, if you haven't gotten into the micro-drama that is the lives of Pazel, Tasha and the rest, then you'd be best advised to steer clear. But once you've gotten a feel for this strong cast of divergent protagonists, then there's every chance you will enjoy The Night of the Swarm.
This is a solid ending to a good series created by an often overlooked author, one that fans of Robin Hobb's Liveship Trader series may want to check out. Though Redick's style is very different to Hobb's, it is every bit as accessible and fun.
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Why I Prefer Not To Do Business With Customer-Centric Businesses
Why is it that I prefer not to business with a customer-centric business? Allow me to share my answer by referring to the UK grocery market. Which supermarket chain was applauded, by many, for its customer-centred way of doing business? Tesco. What was held responsible for fuelling this customer-centred way of doing business? The Tesco Club Card. Through this loyalty card, Tesco captured and made effective use of customer shopping data to grow revenues and optimise profits. In the process Tesco came from nowhere to became the world's second largest retailer.
Where is Tesco today? Here is what The Economist said back in July 2014:
… on July 21st Tesco abruptly announced that Mr Clarke would be leaving his job, apparently prompted by a warning that profits in the first half of 2014 would come in "below expectations". In June Tesco revealed a drop in same-store sales that Mr Clarke admitted was the retailer's worst performance in 40 years….
Recession taught middle-class shoppers that discounters like Aldi and Lidl were cheap but not nasty; they spent some of the money they saved at higher-end grocers, such as Waitrose and Marks & Spencer……
Tesco is faring badly. Its sales dropped by nearly 2% in the year to June while those of its closest rivals, Asda (which is owned by Walmart) and Sainsbury's, rose by 3% or better. Despite his exertions, Mr Clarke failed to persuade consumers that Tesco offers better value than the discounters or quality to match the upmarket merchants.
Is this as bad as it gets? No. Here is what the Guardian newspaper stated in on the 22nd of September this year:
Tesco has suspended the head of its UK business and called in independent accountants and lawyers to investigate after discovering that its guidance to the City overstated expected first-half profits by about £250m….
Tesco shares fell almost 8% on Monday morning to an 11-year low of 212p, making them the biggest faller in the FTSE 100 index and wiping £1.5bn off the retailer's market value. More than £6bn has been wiped off share value since 21 July, when the previous chief executive, Phil Clark, was ousted.
Why is it that Tesco is in such deep trouble? I say that Tesco has arrived at where it is at due to its customer-centric way of doing business. What do I mean by this? I mean that the Tops got fixated into harnessing the data yielded by the Club Card to get customers to part with more of their money in Tesco stores.
Was this done by offering customers superior products as in higher quality products? No. The products were middle of the road yet ways were found of selling these at higher prices through clever marketing and merchandising.
Was this done by providing superior customer service in the stores? No. Tesco cut back on the number of people working in the stores so it was not unusual for the customer to find that there was nobody around to help when help was needed or find long queues at the checkout tills.
Was this done through a superior shopping experience? No. Management chose not to invest in the stores or the shopping experience in the stores. As a result the stores become less and less attractive over time.
I prefer not to do business with a customer-centric business because the management of such a business is more likely to be focussed on extracting value from their customer base through a variety of clever manoeuvres than earning its keep through superior products (Apple, Waitrose), superior service (John Lewis, Zappos), low prices (Lidl, Aldi), or a combination of service and low price (Amazon).
If you are a customer and your supplier is touting customer-obsession then you might want to think about whether that is a good thing. Is the obsession with providing you with a superior product, superior value, and/or experience? Or is it an obsession with with finding clever ways of getting you to buy more, pay more for what you buy, and get less in return? You might want to keep in mind that which many remind me of: business is not altruistic.
If You Can't Prove The ROI Of Your Customer Experience Effort Then Consider This Option
Where is Customer Experience Management At?
What are the highlights of the Harvard Business Review Analytic Services study: Lessons from the Leading Edge of Customer Experience Management? It occurs to me that there are many. And for the purposes of this post I want to concentrate on a subset.
According to the study: Less than half of the companies view customer experience management as a strategic priority. Most are struggling to develop clear and consistent customer experience strategies, support, processes, and metrics across the organisation.
Put differently, even the 50% who see customer experience management as a strategic priority are finding it hard.
What are the biggest obstacles-hurdles on the path of Customer Experience?
The authors of the study point out three challenges that making the going hard:
- Proving ROI – folks are finding it difficult to prove ROI as they are not able to link business outcomes to customer experience effort.
Data & Integration – single customer view turns out to be a lot like enlightenment only a select few have realised it (after years of effort) the rest are having a difficult time knitting together their data and systems.
Customer-focused culture - it turns out that speaking-writing-evangelising about customer focus turns out to be easy, creating an organisation which is genuinely customer focussed is 'a bridge too far' for most (if not almost all) organisations.
If you want to access the authors prescription for addressing these challenges then I suggest you read the study. For my part, I find their recommendations rather unsatisfactory. Why? Their six lessons in Customer Experience Management start with 'Lesson One: Create A Customer-Centric Culture'! What genius! And how do they recommend that you do that? Rewards and punishments! Our stupidity never ceases to amaze me.
What Option Is Open To You If You Cannot Prove ROI?
Three options show up me for me when I consider this question. First, stop flogging a dead horse and do something else in the organisation that you find interesting or which holds the promise of success that you aspire to. Second, move to another organisation – one which seems to you to be more receptive to the Customer Experience thing.
What is the third option? Allow me to introduce this option by sharing the following quote:
Under-think your life's purpose
Finding your 'purpose' in life is an attractive ambition, and I'm sure there are plenty of people who've simply said "This is what I was born to do," but not everyone is as lucky as that. The simple alternative for the rest of us is to ask "What is the next useful action I can take?" Keep it simple – if you notice a problem that needs solving, solve it, and if you meet a person who needs help, help them.
- David Turnball
Looking at this pragmatic advice through a Customer Experience lens, it occurs to the that the third option is as follows:
- If you meet a customer who needs help, then help that customer;
- If you notice a problem (that impacts the Customer Experience negatively) and have the capacity to solve that problem, then solve that problem; and
- If you have an opportunity to do something unexpected-special for a customer then go ahead and do that something special.
Your small actions may get noticed, they may infect your colleagues and through them feed into the larger organisation. At the very minimum, you have the satisfaction of lived true to your values and made a difference in the lives of some of your customers.
The Paradox At The Heart of Customer-Centric Business
I am no longer a fan of customer-centricity nor customer-centric business. I am not a fan of the way many are going about customer focus, customer-centricity, or customer obsession. It occurs to me that the approach taken by many towards arriving at customer focus, customer-centricity, and customer obsession is not gold, it is fools gold.
Why? Because it occurs to me that an organisation that shows up as customer-centric does not centre itself on its customers. At least not in the simplistic sense that is being written-talked about, promoted and acted upon by many.
I get that I make a bold, even controversial statement, and it highly unlikely to win me applause. That is OK, given that my commitment is to write my truth and take a skeptical stance towards the dominant ideologies and practices.
I get that you might want to better understand why it is that I assert that which I assert here. Allow me to point at, illustrate, and unconceal that which I am getting at here by sharing with you some quotes. Let's start with Emmy Van Deurzen, chartered counselling psychologist and registered existential psychotherapist:
…. one can never ignore the needs of others when making personal decisions but neither can one allow others to entirely determine oneself even when alone. This is a paradox.
Yes, you do need to consider customers – their needs, their desired outcomes, their 'jobs-to-be-done', their preferences etc. And you cannot run a successful business just by focussing on your customers. The game of business involves other players whose needs have to be considered. For example, a facet of business life caught my attention whilst working with smaller businesses, which had not so gripped me for most of my life working in big businesses. What facet? The critical importance of finding, hiring, organising, enabling, inspiring, channeling, and retaining the people who actually work inside the business to do that which is necessary to create value for customers. It occurs to me that this is just as important for big businesses, it is not so evident because the dysfunctions of a demotivated workforce don't show up as vividly in a huge organisation. Or take a look at Zappos, its success is partly built on the way the founders and management team treated suppliers (as a valuable part of Zappos) and thus called forth co-operation from them.
Furthermore, if you simply follow what customers are telling you then you leave yourself open to the disruption caused by those who can see beyond what customers are saying in market research and customer surveys. Here, I share a passage from Matt Watkinson, the author of The Ten Principles Behind Great Customer Experiences:
It is not only consumers who have shifted towards other-directedness and ended up struggling: businesses have too. The dominant obsession with market intelligence, competitor analysis, and customer research is all about developing a more powerful radar, and the endless hand-wringing and strategising over social media betrays the kind of anxieties that are most often found in those eager for the approval of others.
In contrast, we most admire those businesses with a strong inner direction – a clear set of values, integrity and sense of purpose – and tend to lionise celebrity CEOs who bring that ethos to life…….. Customers churn between suppliers to find the best deal, not because we are all extremely price sensitive, but because there is nothing to be loyal to.
What Matt is pointing at here is that we are not simply the kind of beings that economics says we are. Nor are we the kind of beings that rationalist philosophy, behavioural psychology, and scientific management assumes that we are. The human being is a richer human being. A human being that strives for meaning and connection, open to being loyal to ideals, values, missions that elevate human life.
Finally, I want to leave you with wisdom from John Kay, an British economist:
If you want to go in one direction, the best route may involve going in another. This is the concept of 'obliquity': paradoxical as it sounds, many goals are more likely to be achieved when pursued indirectly. Whether overcoming geographical obstacles, winning decisive battles or meeting sales targets, history shows that oblique approaches are the most successful, especially in difficult terrain.
Obliquity is necessary because we live in an world of uncertainty and complexity; the problems we encounter aren't always clear – and we often can't pinpoint what our goals are anyway; circumstances change; people change – and are infuriatingly hard to predict; and direct approaches are often arrogant and unimaginative.
So let me remind you of my central assertion:
A customer-centric organisation does not centre itself on its customers. It is a paradox. And I say that it occurs to me that the way that many organisations are going about customer focus and customer-centricity, will not get them there. The path heavily promoted, and commonly taken, is fools gold.
Whilst I abhor combat, I do welcome conflict: conflict is simply the showing up of difference. And if difference is approached through the spirit of dialogue then it unconceals aspects of the world that are hidden from each of us. So if you disagree with that which I have written then please speak your mind, educate me, share that which you see and which I do not see. I wish you a great day and thank you for making the time to listen to my speaking.
The Dark Side of Customer Focus, CRM, and Customer Experience
What is the cost of putting profits before customer interests?
This week one of the UK's largest insurance brokers got hit with a £7.4m fine. Why? This is what Tracey McDermott, the FCA's director of enforcement and financial crime, is reported to have said:
Swinton failed its customers. When selling monthly add-on policies, Swinton did not place the consumer at the heart of its business. Instead it prioritised profit.
At the FCA we have been clear in our expectation that firms must behave in the interests of consumers. Today's outcome shows our approach in action and will act as a deterrent for other firms tempted to put profit figures above the fair treatment of customers.
The Dark Side of Customer Experience
Is Swinton the only organisation where people in the business put revenue and profits ahead of treating
customers fairly?Not according to Monique Reece:
The dark side of customer experience is the way in which some companies take advantage of their most loyalcustomers. For example, if you are a loyal cable subscriber, you may very well be paying more for your service than a new customer who just got a deal for switching carriers. Or if you are a magazine subscriber, you might asked to renew your subscription at a much higher price than if you just let the subscription lapse and subscribed as a new customer.
Dark patterns: carefully crafted user interfaces that trick users
Is the limit of the dark arts that companies use to fleece customers? Here's what Michael Hinshaw says in a recent post of his:
According to darkpatterns.org, a dark pattern is "a type of user interface that has been carefully crafted to trick users into doing things." Put another way, firms that employ dark patterns trick their customers into buying/signing up for things they almost certainly don't want.
It can be as egregious as getting rental car customers to buy insurance they don't want or need, or signing up for recurring shipments, billed monthly, when all they want is a single purchase…..You get the drift. Dark patterns get customers to do things they wouldn't typically choose to do, if they were presented the options in a straightforward manner.
What does Michael Hinshaw recommend? He recommends finding the source of these "bad profits" and taking the necessary action:
So, ask yourself: does your company ever try to "trick" your customers? If the answer is yes, put up your hand and "out" the practice, pushing your firm to do something, well, better. There's always an alternative to using dark patterns.
Is customer focus the antidote to these dark practices?
Time and again I have called attention to the 'extraction' context that lies hidden underneath the content of customer relationships, CRM, customer focus, customer experience, and customer-centricity. And it has occurred to me that I have been a lone voice spoiling the customer love fest. Not anymore.
I share with you selected passages from Bruce Kasanoff's latest post which shows up for me as being the best post I have ever read when it comes to customer focus and/or customer-centric business:
The vast majority of "customer-focused" initiatives reek of a taker mindset.…. They do not think of customers' interests first. They do not give major new benefits or services to customers. They seek to take more money out of people's wallets.
In short, these initiatives were designed by takers, and if you are a giver it is enormously frustrating to deal with the hypocrisy that surrounds you: your company says it wants to help customers, but its policies and procedures are designed to take from customers, not give to them.
The taking mentality creates systems that make it so hard for customers to stand up for themselves that it's easy for companies to "legally" lie, cheat and steal from them.
Putting takers in charge of customer experience is like asking a bear to guard your honey.
If you really, truly want to grow your company faster than your competitors, hire, promote and empower givers.
Givers are people who think of other people before they think of themselves. They are the people who should be designing and running customer-focused initiatives. They are the folks who have the vision and ability to grow revenues, because they are focused on the needs of others.
As I have said before, an authentic shift towards customer-centric business requires a genuine shift in consciousness. A shift from a "You OR Me" context to a "You AND Me" context. A shift from shareholder capitalism to conscious (stakeholder) capitalism. A shift from maximising short-term profits (at the expense of people and planets) to maximising long term wellbeing for all. A shift from calculating mind towards a generous heart. A shift from taking-keeping-excluding to giving-sharing-including.
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You've got to give it to Google: the company has its finger on the pulse of the world's search habits. Take the upcoming Sochi Olympics - while Russia itself seems poised for an international embarrassment of epic proportions, Google has already tuned up its search engine with Sochi information for desktop and mobile searches. Most searches with "olympics" and an event will return a quick schedule and/or results card in the Knowledge Graph area.
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What differentiates the cards from Google's own service (design aside) is apparent social integration beyond birthdays and commutes.
Google Now's website has received a slick new redesign, and it's quite a looker. The landing page is now rich with animations and background video, providing an experience so immersive that if you haven't already tried Google Now, or even if you've just been taking a break, you might want to go fire it back up. The page offers a great primer for anyone who isn't already aware of what Google's portable personal assistant is capable of.
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Words are awesome. For writers they're meat and drink, bread and butter, and everything else that goes on the dinner table. But even writers run into words we've never seen before, and at times like that Google Search is an awesome tool for expanding my vocabulary. Google Search just got a little better, because the definition cards have been updated to include word origins and their usage over time.
The origins aren't just a simple footnote, either, such as "Germanic" or "Latin." No, we're talking full trees of information, with base words, root words, prefixes, suffixes, alternate forms, transliterations, and all kinds of other goodies.
Google Now has evolved into a surprisingly great contextual search and information system, but it still relies on user information for most of its content. According to a recent interview with Google's VP of search and assist Johanna Wright, that may be changing. QZ.com spoke to Wright, who let a few details on the possible addition of a local news card for Now.
Aviate Launcher, if you haven't heard of it, is a new home screen replacement that looks to offer you information right when you need it and which is, at the time of writing, in the middle of an invite-only alpha period.
After receiving my invitation recently, I was anxious to take the launcher for a spin. I have no doubt it will improve as it progresses toward a broad launch, and there are a few drawbacks, but it is already one of the best alpha products I've ever used.
After giving us a sneak peek back at I/O in May, Google has finally rolled out the new version of web Play Store. The new UI looks totally killer, but there's a big shakeup in the features to go along with that new interface, and not all of it is good news. After the Maps update fiasco, it's starting to look like Google is pulling features it doesn't feel are being used by enough people.


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In 1992, Karrin Allyson was an unknown jazz singer from Nebraska. A dozen years and two Grammy nominations later, she's regarded as one of the most versatile and talented singers of her generation. Allyson's vocal range is nearly unmatched in jazz circles, and her masterly inflection has drawn comparisons to Ella Fitzgerald and Shirley Horn. Her live repertoire includes covers of songs by Carly Simon and Joni Mitchell; her recorded material has been equally eclectic. She has covered French and Brazilian music (From Paris to Rio), John Coltrane (Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane), and the blues (In Blue). For jazz fans seeking a respite from all the VMA hoopla, Coral Gables is the place to be this Thursday.
Karrin Allyson performs Thursday, August 25, at Coral Gables Congregational Church, 3010 DeSoto Blvd., Coral Gables. The show begins at 8 p.m. Tickets range from $25 to $30. For more information, call 305-448-7421.