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MSDN UK events – Silverlight and WPF
The guys in the MSDN team are presenting a load of events on rich client technologies during February: Event Description Audience: Developers In this half-day session we'll do a refresh of the technologies that we can use to build rich, interactive clients with .NET in 2008. We'll take a look at how...
11 Jan 2009
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BMW first car company to implement Microsoft Surface
Phizzpop winners from New York, Vector Form have worked with BMW to create this Microsoft Surface based car designer. Very nice indeed! Can't wait to see some UK agencies and what they can achieve with WPF, Expression and Surface! (Via Engadget )
1 Dec 2008
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Microsoft Student Technology Day Videos Online - SteveB and more industry/MSFT greats
On 1 October 2008, Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer and a host of industry professionals discussed the next generation of computer science innovations with more than 300 students and lecturers from across the UK - the event was the Student Technology Day . The videos are now all online in glorious Silverlight...
21 Nov 2008
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Remix videos online
Remix was only a few weeks ago now, and for those that missed out on the experience we have uploaded all the sessions and recordings for the event to the Remix site. Highlights for me: Anything by Bill Buxton! How we built the wall by AllofUs Becoming human; smiling like you mean it, and learning...
7 Oct 2008
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I'll be at Remix UK in Brighton on 18-19 September
I'm going to be at Remix in Brighton on 18-19 September. It is going to be great. Tonnes of great content. Great speakers. Great location. It should be the Great British Remix :) I'll be there in my new role as Expression Product Manager, rather than my other role with academics/students. If you are...
14 Aug 2008
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Mix UK is event registration is live
Ian has the scoop on Mix UK event site going live. Great news for all web developers and designers in the UK interested in stuff like Silverlight and Expression . Sign up quick as places will go fast!! Technorati Tags: mixuk , mix , silverlight , expression
26 Jul 2007
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WPF Hands on lab - building an Outlook clone
One of the questions I get asked most when talking about Windows Presentation Foundation is around whether this technology is just for 'whizz bang fancy pants graphics stuff' (I'm paraphrasing) and not really for serious business type apps. The answer I hope is obvious - it's BOTH. And now there is a...
13 Jun 2007
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WindowsClient.net community for rich-client/desktop developers
Ian Moulster has the scoop on WindowsClient.net launching - it is a new site focused at developers working on rich client applications (run on desktop). It's a really nice site that combines the two worlds of WinForms and Windows Presentation Foundation. What is Windows Forms ? "Windows® Forms is a set...
14 May 2007
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An introduction to WPF for academics
In my old job, I used to spend a lot of time talking to academics about curriculum development covering a number of subject areas. Unfortunately, WPF was never really on the agenda due to timing and it being a beta product - now that it is prime time several academics have contacted the team and they...
3 May 2007
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End to end WPF demo - Family.Show
Vertigo Software have just shipped Family.Show (family history explorer - stuff that my Dad would dig really!), a complete end to end reference example of building an application using Windows Presentation Foundation The Source Code is available for download Tim Sneath on Family.Show end to end reference...
30 Apr 2007
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WPF Styles and Template explained with style
Via Nathan Dunlap . This article by Nick Thuesen introduces the concept of Styles and Templates in WPF in a fun and compelling way. Definitely worth a few minutes of your time. Nick's Twisted Perspectives on Styles and Templates
11 Apr 2007
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PhotoStore WPF demo
For those people who have seen my demo of styling a photo browser application using Expression Blend recently at the MSDN road show or user group meetings, this demo may be worth downloading. It is a much richer version of my 'on-stage' demo using the sweet Flickr.NET API (and by a Brit too ) that uses...
10 Apr 2007
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VBUG Northeast WPF, Expression and WPF/E event follow-up
This is for attendees of the event earlier in the week in Newcastle (Northumbria Uni venue). As promised, the slides and demos are attached although you will need to source your own WMV video for the WPF/E demo as the one I used is 70 meg and I'm sure the server hosting this blog wouldn't appreciate...
5 Apr 2007
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Workaround for Visual Studio 'Orcas' March CTP and Blend not playing together
I've had a couple of email exchanges with customers who are playing with Visual Studio Orcas and Expression Blend and facing challenges with incomaptibilities. The problems arise when trying to open Blend created projects in Orcas and Blend not being able to build Orcas related projects. Thankfully,...
29 Mar 2007
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Hosting WPF/E code on an ISP - adding content types
Due to the limitations of hosting my blog on the mammoth blogs.msdn.com and wanting to write WPF/E demos that I could show other people, I got myself some hosting space with www.discountasp.net It does everything that you would expect an ASP.NET hoster to do like ASPX, Ajax and SQL. All I had to do get...
23 Mar 2007
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Expression Blend Release Candidate now available
Just noticed on the Expression site that there is an RC available. Downloading it now and will have a play but it's getting really close to production quality as I haven't had any show stoppers or niggling quirks in a while. Download Expression Blend RC
14 Mar 2007
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WPF and Accessibility
A developer at Devweek asked me yesterday how WPF handles accesibility and I wasn't 100% on the answer, other than I took for granted that it just worked. And to demo this was really simple, I turned on the Screen Narrator (Login page and the little accessibilty button on the bottom left) and booted...
28 Feb 2007
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Extreme WPF Makeover by Frog Design
There is a nice video over on Channel 10/on10 that walks through a case study of design agency, Frog Design, going through the design process with a real life customer and showing how quickly they can go from requirements to proof developed in WPF. I'd love to see us do something like this in the UK...
27 Feb 2007
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WPF based Daily Mail (UK) eReader beta released
At the UK Vista and Office 2007 developer launch h event a few weeks back, I had Rich Griffin from Conchango come on stage to give a sneak preview of the Daily Mail eReader he was working on a few months back. You can still watch or download the video online (It looks even better on 1920x1200 resolution...
22 Feb 2007
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WPF Application Portfolio on Channel9
Looks like there are a lot of people jumping on the WPF gravy-train at the moment with an absolute tonne of applications being released (some good and some, well err, not so good!). Eric Nelson in my group has some short and sweet additional commentary on the ones to check out and the ones to avoid....
19 Feb 2007
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Expression Blend tutorial videos
Martin Grayson , a UX guru in the Microsoft Services part of our business has worked with a colleague in my group, Richard Godfrey to put together these excellent video tutorials of working with WPF (from a real world project perspective) and Expression Blend . Real World WPF Videos: Introduction to...
15 Feb 2007
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Rich Client Development with XAML Resources: MS UK Technical Roadshow 2007
Below are a list of resources which are relevant for attendees of the UK Technical Roadshow running across the UK over the next couple of months. Websites .NET Framework 3 Community - WPF MSDN Developer Centre - WPF What is XAML? MSDN Developer Centre - "WPF/E" Channel9 "WPF/E" playground MSDN...
14 Feb 2007
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In Seattle for training this week
I meant to post that I was heading to the north west US for our annual "chip-in-neck-upgrade" but forgot as I rushed myself onto the BA flight to Seattle from London. It's been a good week so far with lots of new stuff with a really heavy emphasis on WPF , "WPF/E" (give it a name already?!:-)), Windows...
6 Feb 2007
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WPF Screencast - Layout
Layout is one of WPF's fundamentals and can be used to create complex layouts which scale according to desktop contstraints. In this nugget, we look at the various types of Panels which enable developers to create elegant layouts in our applications. (duration approx. 24mins 54secs) Link to streaming...
16 Jan 2007
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WPF app - Yahoo Messenger looks amazing
With Vista general availability under 3 weeks away, there are more and more companies jumping on the WPF and great user experience bus. Yahoo has just announced its new Messenger applicatin which takes advantage of the .NET Fx 3 and more importantly WPF . The video demo and screenshot show what you can...
9 Jan 2007
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If I take away the for loop delay statement, I can see the third display from the direct run() call in the main thread. If I put the delay in then I only get two lines as above. I expected to see all three displays as below (in maybe a different order) even with the delay.
run() method, use "r.run()" -- don't play with the thread's internal methods.

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Los Angeles Clippers guard Eric Bledsoe celebrates a basket as Memphis Grizzlies guard Jerryd Bayless looks on during the second half of Game 1 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series Los Angeles, Saturday, April 20, 2013.
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Detroit Free Press sports writer Vince Ellis participates in USA TODAY's weekly NBA power ratings panel. Here is Ellis' latest top 10, plus where the Pistons rank:1) Heat
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African newcomers Malawi will make a little piece of history on Monday when they play their very first game in a FIFA competition. Their opponents at the Sani Abacha Stadium in Kano are Group E rivals United Arab Emirates.
The game
United Arab Emirates - Malawi, Kano, Monday 26 October 2009, 16:00 (local time)
The stakes
Eighteen years on from their one and only FIFA U-17 World Cup appearance, UAE, who qualified for Nigeria 2009 after reaching the last four of the AFC U-16 Championship, have an excellent chance to record their first-ever win in the competition. In that previous appearance, which came at Italy 1991, the Emiratis drew with Germany and lost their other two games.
Nigeria 2009 is quite an event for the tiny central African state of Malawi. The country's football has made great strides in recent years and their surprise qualification for Nigeria 2009 was just reward for their tenacious determination in overcoming a lack of resources. After squeezing into the finals following Niger's expulsion for fielding overage players, the ambitious Young Flames are aiming to make their mark on the world stage.
The stat
3 - The number of goals scored by United Arab Emirates in their sole FIFA U-17 World Cup appearance to date. The Gulf side had an unhappy time of it at Italy 1991, conceding ten goals in their three outings against Oman, Brazil and Germany.
The words
"Reaching the World Cup is the best thing that can happen to our players. They're going to gain the experience of playing at the highest level and against the best teams in the age group. Against Malawi we are looking for our first victory in a U-17 World Cup. I'm expecting a very tight encounter, though, because it's an important match for them too." United Arab Emirates coach Ali Ibrahim
"We've come to Nigeria to enjoy the experience of playing in a World Cup for the first time in our history. We are ready for the show and our players are going to prove that they have what it takes to compete in tournaments like this. The opening game against UAE is our big chance in this competition." Malawi coach John Kaputa


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Awards and Credentials
- Teaching Excellence Award; UCSD Psychology Internship, 2008
- Honoree: 3rd Annual San Diego Mental Health Association and A New Path "It Takes a Community" Event, 2002
- Health Hero Award -- San Diego Combined Health Agencies (CHAD) 8TH Annual Heroes Awards, 2002
- UCSD Mental Health Person of the Year Honoree -- 15th Annual San Diego County Mental Health Recognition Program, 2001
Dr. Judd is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the UCSD School of Medicine. She is Director of the UCSD Co-occurring Disorders (Substance Abuse and other Mental Disorders) Integrated Treatment and Research Program, Director of Clinical Training for Allied Mental Health Professionals at the UCSD Outpatient Psychiatric Service, and Director of the UCSD Attachment Institute.
Dr. Judd's research focuses on cognitive functioning in patients with borderline personality disorder. She also studies characteristics of clients with co-occurring substance abuse and other mental disorders and what factors contribute to treatment outcome. Dr. Judd is a frequent lecturer on these topics. In addition to journal publications, she is the author of the book, A Developmental Model of Borderline Personality Disorder, Understanding Variations in Course and Outcome.


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There, I said it. I know the talk has been of simmering down the war Star Wars/Star Trek wars now that JJ has come to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them. I still have a TON of leftover problems about Star Wars, which I know all sorts of people will deride me for. I'll attempt to spell them out here and now forevermore, so we can try to finally lay the issue to rest in the Geek community at large.
My contention is Star Trek was a better show from a plot perspective, but also, a better star to guide humanity. Star Trek is a hopeful view of what we might become as a species, plotting in significant technological milestones along the way in thoughtful, and often intentionally controversial ways. Star Wars missed the mark on most philosophical fronts, and was saved only by the charisma its leading characters imprinted on my young mind on the big screen.
Where to start attempting to prove such a ginormous point? Perhaps to say I was a huge fan of both franchises, to start. I may bash Star Wars, but I saw all the original trilogy movies in the theater as a kid, and loved the hell out them. I knew Han shot first; I saw it happen. I had the full Millennium Falcon playset, with all of the original cast toys as well. (Remember those slide out clear plastic lightsabers?) I loved those movies. Still do, though now with a tinge of resentment for the fraudster who helped create, and then ruin this cool fictional world he made the kids love.
Where did it all go wrong? Right about here, for me;
As I explained in my Fringe takedown, I really hate it when non-scifi types attempt to use the genre like the chocolate Miracle Max painted on the Dread Pirate Roberts' pill, to make the medicine go down more easily. It was clear, after hearing "Naboo" and "Gungan" and… <shudder> "Jar-Jar Binks", and all the other horribly bad made-up names Lucas was using, that he was now one of those non-scifi types. How do I know? Because I read hard science fiction, the good and the bad; the lesser writers always got caught up in cool-sounding names, forgetting the real point of a good scifi story. Seeing stupid sounding names in scifi is similar to seeing the name "Lorenzo Lamas" on an action movie; it is a clear indication of quality.
When Lucas was young he dreamed of epic space battles and battered, realistic looking starfighters that enraptured us all; after he was aged he gave us a ludicrous story that would have barely made the pulps, sounding more like someone trying to make a simulacrum of a scifi story without having to actually envision the scifi, or care about the subject material much.
Trek, on the other hand, was all about the science. The original series was crappily shot and had horrible actors, but as a kid I saw a brain transplant, and living machines, and beings with technology so great that they were as gods. I saw people using awesome hand-held lab machines to analyze atmosphere and blood chemistry, and using energy weapons to heat rocks and stun bad guys. The scifi elements were not used as the backdrop for something else, but the primary story itself. If there was a love interest, say between Kirk and a spicy Orion woman, it was ancillary to the ultimate plot points. The writers had a love of science and futurism, and you could feel it all the way through all the spin off series and movies. Even the shitty Insurrection movie, which was nearly unforgiveable in most respects, showcased a modicum of cool technology;
Example; was The Wrath of Khan about the struggle between those two men, or the horror of a weapon that could destroy planets and create new ones, and the crazy imbalance of power that would create in the Star Trek universe? I think the latter; the Ricardo Montalban stuff was just spice to that storyline.
Ok now the reverse proof; could you really say the same about the trade war embargo bullshit in Phantom Menace? Those two mushmouth talking aliens and the dumb plot the Emperor used to slip into parliamentary power in the Old Republic? Was the futurism really apparent there? I say no. The scifi was used as a ruse in those movies to schnooker us into watching them.
So let me enumerate the reasons why Star Trek is better than Star Wars. Feel free to rant about it while clutching your Boba Fett figurine to your breast, if it will make you feel better.
- Star Trek has actually inspired actual working technology (example, ion drive) while Star Wars has yet to explain to us how the damned lightsabers work.
- In Trek, the Geeks were the heroes–example; Spock (obviously, the only equivalent to a Geek God.) Hell, even Kirk; he beat Spock at tri-D chess after all. In Star Wars, the devil-may-care Han Solo types were glorified.
- Trek was thought out, and had few, if any, plot problems. This denoted careful consideration for the consumer, so better storylines, and a more reproduce-able product, hence the hours and hours more Trek material out there in the form of the spinoff TV series. Much different than the two supposedly clairvoyant twins not only hanging out at length with each other without knowing, but making out and somehow, still not knowing they are siblings;
Lucas had no idea where he was going when he started, and once I knew that, I distrusted him just like I distrust the Lost showrunners, or the Battlestar Galatica showrunners, (I could go on and on.)
- Star Trek philosophy made more sense.
Once robots started getting sentient, they had a legal trial and declared they were legitimate lifeforms, not collared sentient machines with "restraining bolts" to compel obedience, to be regularly mocked and misused.
Surely some robot would have contrived a way to get that bolt off and slay a couple hundred people, so at some point the supposedly wise Jedi types could step back and say, "I guess it is fucked up that we enslave living, thinking minds."
But I digress. I could go on and on, but I think I made my point; Star Trek was devised by a nerd;
…and Star Wars by a dork;
There is a distinction there, and if anything, it is one of the most important ones this blog is trying to communicate.


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Watch: Behind The Scenes Of Game Of Thrones, Season 3
Not only will we be meeting a host of new characters, but as this just-released featurette promises, the world of GoT will be rapidly expanding. From shooting locations in Ireland, Iceland, Morocco, and wherever the snowy world behind The Wall is, the in-show world seems bigger (and more lush) than ever. Other takeaways: Tyrion's newly scarred face, a whole host of new gowns for Cersei Lannister, and the introduction of Mance Rayder. Winter, it appears, is finally here.
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Get your 8-bit on, folks! Here's a preview of all of the weapon and item skins you can grab in today's brand new Guild Wars 2 event called Super Adventure Box. This time around we have a cool selection of weapon skins and a few extra goodies to collect. Now, one thing to make note of upfront– there are quite a few weapons skins missing for the event. There are no pistols, rifles, 2-handed hammers, 1-handed maces, daggers, warhorns, axes, torches, or focuses. It's really a shame about the missing pistol skin, especially, because there are some iconic models ArenaNet could have played with. The development team did issue the following statement, however:
Originally posted by Josh Foreman (Source)
We are a very small team. The more skins we made, the less stuff we could make in the Box. So we settled for a minimal set, with plans to add to it with each new World we release. I love Engies and I wish we could have served them and Thieves better this time around, but had to make some tough choices.
Now, on to the skins currently available and their previews. Keep reading to take a peek!


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|These Cottage Cheese and Egg Breakfast Muffins with Zucchini, Feta, and Quinoa are delicious and gluten-free!
After I'd posted three different versions of the fabulous cottage cheese and egg breakfast muffins originally created by Rose Elliot and discovered via 101 Cookbooks, I heard from a reader who wondered if I might try to create a gluten-free version of that recipe. It just so happened I'd recently discovered quinoa flakes, which I thought might be a substitute for the small amount of white whole wheat flour in the original recipe, and this breakfast muffin is the happy result. I also liked it that this turned out to be an unusual way to use up a little of my currently overwhelming crop of zucchini. Definitely this is a breakfast muffin that I'll be making often.
Gluten-Free Breakfast Muffins with Zucchini, Feta, and Quinoa
(Makes 12 muffins, recipe adapted from a muffin recipe by Rose Elliot.)
1 medium zucchini, cut into strips and diced to make 1 1/2 cups diced zucchini
1-2 tsp. olive oil
1/3 cup low-fat cottage cheese
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
1/4 cup quinoa flakes
2/3 cup almond meal (finely ground almonds can be substituted, but if you grind your own almonds, the texture will be a bit chunkier)
1 tsp. baking powder
4 eggs, well beaten
3 T water
1/2 cup crumbled feta (not packed)
2 T sliced green onions
1 tsp. Spike Seasoning (optional but recommended; I was excited to find out Spike is gluten-free.)
Preheat oven or toaster oven to 400F.
Spray silicone muffin pan or individual silicone muffin cups with non-stick spray or olive oil. Divide the mixture between 12 muffin cups. Bake muffins about 25 minutes, or until muffins feel firm and are lightly browned.
These will stay good in the refrigerator for quite a few days and can be reheated in the microwave. Be careful not to overcook when reheating or they will be too hard.
South Beach Suggestions:
Nutritional Information?
More Egg Muffins or Breakfast Muffins to Enjoy:
(Recipes from other blogs may not always be South Beach Diet friendly; check ingredients.)
Cottage Cheese and Egg Breakfast Muffins with Bacon and Green Onions
Cottage Cheese and Egg Breakfast Muffins with Ham and Cheddar
Cottage Cheese and Egg Breakfast Muffins with Mushrooms and Feta
Egg Muffins Revisited, Again
Cottage Cheese Muffins from Nami Nami
Smoked Salmon and Dill Cottage Cheese Muffins from Kath Eats Real Food
Spinach and Cheese Muffins from Chick in the Kitchen
Low Carb Cottage Muffins with Cheddar and Scallions from Alexandria's Kitchen
Want even more recipes? I find these recipes from other blogs using Food Blog Search.
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Brian Solis is consistently ranked as one of the top keynote speakers at events around the world. Solis actively keynotes industry conferences, summits, and corporate events. If you'd like him to work with him, please email Brian or call him at 408-393-9808.
Why Brian:
Brian Solis is a dynamic and engaging speaker with an extensive portfolio of topics that cover business leadership and transformation, disruptive technology, new, social and mobile media, connected consumerism, and the evolution of the digital lifestyle in culture and society.
Brian is not a believer in generic, "one size fits all" presentations. He tailors these important topics at various levels necessary to connect with each audience. As an analyst, he also studies how the evolution of technology, business, and culture impact specific industries based on the needs of each event. His ability to connect the dots for hosts and attendees provides tangible value and direction. And, his motivational approach leaves audiences feeling empowered.
His approach to presentations are designed to serve 3 functions:
1. Education – Help participants understand the opportunity before them, what they need to do moving forward, and how to execute and measure success.
2. Inspiration – Turns audiences into stakeholders by motivating participants to embrace new opportunities and consider new possibilities.
3. Alignment – Bring leadership teams and organizations together around a new or renewed vision, mission, and purpose.
Popular Topics:
What's the Future of Business – WTF is Brian's newest book that continues the story that unfolded in The End of Business as Usual. Brian believes that the future of business comes down to shared experiences. And it is these shared experiences that can often trump your product or service. In this discussion, he explores the importance of experiential design and how to navigate the evolving landscape of new consumerism – through the lens of digital anthropology. He also walks through four distinct moments of truth and examines how customer behavior unfolds and flourishes in the new world.
The End of Business as Usual – In his previous book, he documents the rise of connected consumerism and the role people play in the future of business. In this presentation, Brian depicts how leadership can survive Digital Darwinism by understanding customer and employee behavior and expectations, disruptive technology, innovative business models, and new opportunities. He also demonstrates best practices and methodologies to align the organization around a common and meaningful vision, strategy, and objectives.
Digital Darwinism: What Killed Borders, Blockbuster and Polaroid and How to Survive – While Brian is a leading thinker and innovator around the social business movement, he's also dedicated further work and research in understanding the pillars rising upon a foundation of digital transformation. These include change management, leadership, and the role of social along with other disruptive trends such as mobile, big data, Millennial behavior, and connected consumerism. Each play a significant in the reshaping of business, relationships and experiences, and the way work is done and Solis will share what the best businesses are doing or need to do to survive Digital Darwinism. #AdaptorDie
The Race to Digital Transformation Brian studies and discovers affects every stage of the dynamic customer journey. How companies plan for engagement in each moment of truth is largely disconnected today. By becoming a strategic imperative at the C-Suite level, distributed teams and efforts will unite around a new or renewed vision to modernize and lead customer engagement throughout the new dynamic customer journey and in each moment of truth. This work will create new roles starting at the top with someone owning the customer experience a la Chief Digital Officer (CDO) or Chief Experience Office (CXO). While seemingly trendy, this function will unite marketing, sales, service and also IT. New areas of expertise will also be necessary to support these new efforts ranging from experience architects to digital anthropologists to data scientists to cross media strategists. Brian shares what's happening and what to do about designing and leading customer experiences.
Building a Culture of Innovation: Brian will demonstrate how to lead the next generation customer experience, to engage a more connected and sophisticated workforce, and to survive Digital Darwinism, businesses will invest in a culture of innovation. Today, disruptive technology is shaking the foundation of businesses from the outside in and the inside out. It's not just tech though, people are also a big part of the success or failure of any company and how they engage now is affected by tech. Right now, there's a notable disconnect between older and younger customers and equally employees. One is held to current standards and workflow (the way things are done). The other wonders why processes don't reflect the times (the way we buy and work). At the same time, customer preferences are also transforming. Competitors and threats nowadays can arise from anywhere. #InnovateorDie
Selling Disruptive Technology to the C-Suite – Mobile, Social Media, Real-Time, Big Data, Wearable, etc. are leading a revolution in marketing, communication, and service. Many leaders today are unclear of the benefits that social media offers. Others see social media as a function of marketing. The focus of this session is to inspire business leaders around new possibilities, demonstrate how social media serves as enablers to business objectives, and show how to improve products, services and customer relationships in the process.
The Evolution from Technology Champion to a Catalyst for Transformation – "I used to be a champion of new technology. Now, I'm a champion of change." Many technology champions fight to help their organizations develop relevant digital strategies to improve how companies communicate value to ultimately increase customer engagement. Technology is only one part of story. It's the lessons learned from these new devices and channels that opens the doors within the organization to improve collaboration and innovation internally and externally. Brian focuses on how to champion change to lead digital transformation where technology and engagement strategies become an extension of a renewed business mission.
Becoming a Truly Social Business – Social media, as channels, are just part of the bigger picture. The challenge we face today however is that where we invest time, energy and budget assumes that social's role in the transformation of business is limited to just marketing and customer service or other functions such as HR and recruiting or sales. And even then, businesses continue to struggle with aligning disparate social media strategies across the enterprise. More importantly, we learned that even still, strategists are not integrating business goals into strategy development, which complicates the ability to demonstrate ROI or the promise of it. Brian looks beyond technology and explores the tenants of a social business to create a more human, open, engaging, trustworthy and innovative company.
Social 22, The Catch between Business Strategy and Social Media Strategy – In the study of thousands of social media strategies Brian has learned that only a small percentage of businesses align business goals with social media strategies. As a result, Brian has observed what he calls a "Social 22" the quandary between organizational focus and current social media strategies based on popular trends. Brian work identifies the the delta that exists between them and how to bridge the gap by walking through the 6 Stages of Social Business Evolution and the 7 Success Factors of Social Business Strategy.
Please Meet Generation-C (Connected) – Meet Generation C, a connected group of customers who are not defined by age but instead by the digital lifestyle they live. With the onslaught of disruptive technology, consumer behavior and ultimately decision-making is changing. There is a coming "C" change in consumerism where the "C" represents the more connected, agile, and discerning customer as well as the need for an adaptive culture in your organization. Not only is a new breed of consumerism taking shape, the customers and popular culture you once knew and modeled your business around are simultaneously decreasing in size and impact. At the same time, this evolution is giving rise to something so completely foreign, so completely counter intuitive, that it almost seems surreal and somewhat temporary. But on the contrary, this C change requires all hands on deck as it requires a completely new course.
The New P's of Marketing – An analysis of the new roles that today's connected consumer plays in our society and our markets and how businesses must modernize every facet of their business to directly connect value and purpose to the 5th, 6th, and 7th P of the marketing mix, people, purpose, and promise.
The Rise of Syndicated Commerce: From commerce to e-commerce to mobile commerce to social-commerce – In the new Web, no brand is an island. If attention is engaged where it is focused, businesses are presented with new touchpoints and also new opportunities for commerce. The new era of Syndicated Commerce helps businesses leverage existing and new media and mobile channels to captivate customer attention and convert it into meaningful transactions while portraying a unified front and value proposition.
The New Landscape for Customer Service – The existing model for customer service is dated. New media channels and customer expectations are forcing businesses out of their paradigms to engage in uncharted territory. Here, Brian reviews new models for customer engagement, metrics for success, and best practices for solving problems and steering positive experiences.
Defining Customer Experiences – Today brands are not created, they're co-created by the experiences customers share through social and mobile networks. Collectively, these shared experiences from a brand perception that influences decisions and without direction or engagement, connected customers will rely on the words of peers and experts and not brand-owned marketing material. What works against you also works for you and in this presentation, Brian will show how shared experiences come together, influence decisions and how businesses can learn from them to not just react, but proactively steer positive experiences to improve relationships and business outcomes.
The Four Moments of Truth, From Google's ZMOT to UMOT – What was once a traditional funnel is now far more elaborate. Generation-C doesn't follow a linear path, instead their steps form a elliptical path that opens up new touchpoints for direct engagement…the new Moments of Truth. In his latest book, What's the Future of Business, Solis introduced the Ultimate Moment of Truth, that moment where people who convert an experience into discoverable content in any one of the countless social platforms people use to stay connected these days. And in this connected economy, the Ultimate Moment of Truth, or UMOT, becomes the next person's Zero Moment of Truth, over and over again.
The Future of Marketing is not about Marketing – The future of marketing is not about technology, trends, shiny objects or case studies. This is a time for re-invention of philosophies, methodologies, and policies that affect how decisions are made and how they're executed and measured. Everything is different now and it takes someone like you to think outside of your role to push things forward. For if you don't, who will? Without pushing forward we will forever be greeted by those who get though life by pushing back. In this inspiring talk, Brian teaches us how to #LeanForward.
Experience Architecture and Defining the New Customer Journey – Today's customer experience is often left to chance. Certainly companies invest in branding, marketing and technology to guide the customer along their journey, but that design is based more on legacy than intention. Click paths are driven more by technology rather than understanding context around decision making and where they are in the journey, appreciating the intentions and capabilities of the screen they're using in the moment, the culture of the network where engagement unfolds, and ultimately what they're trying to accomplish. Today, disparate groups manage the customer experience and the various touch points and rarely do these groups collaborate or communicate to construct and manage a seamless customer journey and experience. That's about to change…
The Human Algorithm: Redefining the Value of Data to Improve Customer Relationships and Experiences – Big data is just that…it's big. While the profusion of information today can lead to analysis paralysis, by listening with intent, organizations can tune-in the signals that will lead to opportunities to win in this new era connected consumerism. This is about innovation—inside and out. Data is just the beginning though. Data must always tell a story and that takes a human touch to extract data, surface trends, and translate them into actionable insights across the entire organization.By activating the Human Algorithm, organizations can become more adaptive and responsive, develop better products and services, improve collaboration internally and externally, and inform more effective and engaging strategies and programs.
The Future of Brands isn't Created, It's Co-Created – Smart businesses invest in the creation of aspirational or relatable brands. Now though, what people experience and in turn share contributes to the brand. As trust in businesses goes down and trust in peers rises, what people think and share in social networks, review sites and communities and publish online creates a new searchable and influential index that people rely upon to make decisions in every Moment of Truth. The brand as you define it and the cumulative experiences of others creates an Experience Divide. Brian will share how to uncover the divide and how to employ positive reinforcement programs to promote the sharing of positive customer experiences in their respective channels of influence.
The Hybrid Theory Manifesto – Hybrid Theory is the fusion of marketing, communications, and advertising to humanize campaigns in what's called "The Last Mile." Hybrid Theory shifts marketing from a campaign model to an going "continuum" approach that brings stories to life through direct engagement between brands and consumers. It adds a human connection to "social objects" to spark work of mouth, validate relationships, and empower communities.
R.R.S.: Relevance, Resonance, Significance – In social networks, we are no longer competing for friends and followers, we are competing for the moment in order to earn mind share. If social objects are the future of marketing and attention spans are further thinning, how can we introduce catalysts for conversation that stay alive in social streams long enough to cause action and response. R.R.S. is the key.
Goodbye NPS and Hello Shared Experience Value (SEV) – NPS helps businesses understand whether or not customers would refer their product to friends and family. But "would you" doesn't tell me whether or not they did or did not. While useful, businesses need to measure the Experience Divide to accurately measure the gap between brand promise and customer experience. What people experience is defined in the Second Moment of Truth, but what they share with other like-minded peers creates the Ultimate Moment of Truth. Not only can you understand what people experience and share, you can measure the disconnect in your product design. marketing and service and how to solve it. Depending on the common themes people share, you'll assess a series of different scores to learn where you are and what to prioritize as your next steps.
Are Businesses Anti-Social? Putting the Social Back in Social Media – More often than not, businesses use social media channels for traditional marketing campaigns. Driven by an editorial and engagement calendar, many initiatives are are fact more anti-social than they are social. Social media is about empowerment, engagement, clicks to action, and community. It's an opportunity to learn, listen, and improve relationships with customers and stakeholders. Brian will review how the best companies are truly social in their social media strategies and how to move forward with a new vision and mission.
Every Brand is Media: The Future of Marketing Starts with Publishing – In social networks, it is the shift from conversations to a thought leading editorial program that place brands on a path to becoming a valuable and undisputed resource within their industry. The new CEO will essentially assume the role of Chief Editorial Officer to turn tweets, status updates, viral videos, and blog posts into social objects that spark conversations, cause action, and earn intellectual leadership.
Going Global by Going Local: Why Localization Improves Engagement – The world is becoming a much smaller place. But even with social media contributing to a globally connected society, businesses that continue to take a global approach to social content and engagement may be missing opportunities for greater resonance and relevance. While a global presence is necessary for any organization hoping to connect with customers around the world, placing reliance on one prevailing strategy is just the beginning. In any web strategy, including social and also mobile media, localization is king.
Digital Influence and Advocacy – New services are ranking the stature of connected consumers based on their activity within social networks. As a result, a social customer hierarchy is emerging where organizations can identify and prioritize relevant authorities and customers based on status, experience, and interests to personalize engagement. Additionally, businesses can design influencer and advocacy initiatives through strategic alliances, ambassador programs, and advocacy campaigns that influence the perception and decisions of peers through a one-to-one-to-many approach. Brian will walk through how to develop effective influencer and advocacy strategies.
Exploring the Interest Graph: Mapping Relationships in Social Networks to Learn What Connects Us –
Content Context is now king. Social Networks have evolved from a parallel friend/follower archetype to a hierarchical top-down network where individuals not only connect with those they know, but also with those they want to know based on themes and interests. We are entering an era of contextual networks or nicheworks or which creates an incredibly valuable "interest graph" of human connections. Studying these nicheworks will change how you market your business.
Conversion Science – Conversations contribute to chatter and as we further compete for attention and relevance, we only get one click to make a lasting impression. Opportunity clicks and businesses must learn how to introduce clicks to action, how to define the online experience from social to branded domains, and how to measure the activity in order to study how to improve conversion ratios.
The Dilemma's Innovator – Disrupt or be disrupted! The difference between innovation and disruption is the affect on behavior and the impact on existing markets. Brian believes that the next 10 years will be fueled by innovation that disrupts thinking, behavior and markets. Here, Brian plays on Clay Christensen's "Innovator's Dilemma" to help companies align disruption with problem solving or opportunity creation. Imagine what the next 10 years could look like if we didn't just pursue ideas but instead relentlessly ventured to solve problems or create opportunities. Innovation begins with an idea on how to improve something that may or may not be broken. It's driven by a higher purpose. It starts with vision. And it's empathy that will ultimately provoke the core of your vision as an innovator.
Creating a Culture of Innovation – Remember that "Kodak moment?" Well, you're among the last generation to appreciate its true meaning. Now the "Kodak moment" is something students and executives will examine as "that moment when businesses failed to embrace creative destruction to compete for the future." The key to innovation is to question everything, challenge convention, and relentlessly pursue relevance. To compete for the future starts with investing in a culture that promotes productive thinking, exploration and experimentation. That's just the beginning however. Executives need to believe that managing teams towards goals is one thing. It is leading people in new directions that surface new opportunities. To do so requires vision, transparency and trust. Innovation is about shifting from a management culture to that of leadership, one where people are empowered to contribute to the destiny of the organization as well as their own.
The Future of Television is Social – Many technologists, media industrialists, and marketers refer to the current landscape of content consumption as "The Three Screens," representing mobile, laptop, and televisions. The three screens are the windows of the world, your world, as you are increasingly empowered to take control of the experiences in which you wish to immerse. What was once the water cooler effect, has given way to the social effect. Conversations are taking place around programming, yet the experience is disconnected, requiring multiple devices to view, share, and react. But as this social effect gains in influence, its true opportunity lies in its unification of the three screens and the socialization of broadcast programming.
Can Disruptive Technology Save Journalism – Whether it's newspapers, television shows, or online mediums and networks, the shift is in how people find, consume, and share information and in turn, form social networks around related content. What eludes publishers is the very thing that can save them. A new model is evolving where publishers can not only survive the evolution, but also thrive in an ecosystem of connecting content with audiences—where they congregate online. In order to succeed, publishers and journalists will be versed in the art and science of online community building. The reinvention of publishing models starts with journalists, where people become the ambassadors for content and the flagship brand they represent.
News No Longer Breaks, It Tweets! – News no longer breaks, it tweets – with far greater speed, reach, impact, and resonance. How can media properties minimize the information divide, the time between an event and the first official report (as separated by the news spreading on social networks). Additionally, how can news organizations and everyday consumers alike harness new media to cultivate influence and drive new levels of traffic and engagement?
The Conversation Prism, Inside the Looking Glass of Social Media – The Conversation Prism is a living, breathing representation of Social Media. It can reveal the very people you want to reach, where they participate, and how you can engage We will observe, analyze, dissect, and present the dynamics of conversations, how and where they transpire – becoming digital anthropologists in the process. As conversations are increasingly distributed, everything begins with listening and observing. Doing so, will help you identify exactly where relevant discussions are taking place, as well as their scale and frequency. This dialog can be charted into a targeted social map that's unique to your brand.
The Human API: Plugging into the Future of Humanity – The Internet of Things is bigger than we may realize. We are experiencing a shift from a world of inanimate objects and reactive devices to a world where data, intelligence, and computing are distributed, ubiquitous, and networked. Suddenly everything we use in our professional and personal lives can connect to the Internet and our various devices. Data, trends, activities, are not only tracked, they're meant to help us do things better. Considering the relationship between the Internet, data, and devices, Solis recants Marshall McLuhan's ominous words, "The more data banks record about each one of us, the less we exist." Solis' Human API though represents an opportunity for relationships and technology to be linked by an open source platform…you. The Human API opens up tremendous opportunities to develop devices, apps, and experiences that connect information, people, and aspirations to change behavior. This form of human interface design introduces the potential to create harmony in a world of digital chaos, making sense of noise and information overload to accomplish tangible goals or help people see or do things they didn't or couldn't before.
The Undercurrent of a Cultural Renaissance – A discussion of how the socialization and democratization of online content is transforming our society from the inside out and shaping new digital communities cultures in the process.
This So-Called Digital Life: Re-Evaluating the Value of Time Spent in Social Networks – The digital lifestyle we are learning to lead is overwhelming at times. We are always on. We are not slowing down. Now's the time to rethink the value of technology to make it work for us instead of it dictating our lives. We must seek not only balance, but significance and meaning to help us become something more than an accidental narcissist. It's the only way to save a social web that we may be losing. The value we take away from this digital lifestyle must only be surpassed by what we invest in it. That's for each of us to define. And define it we must.
Digital Influence: Social Capital, Social Currency and Personal Branding – Explores the undercurrent of social economics, namely social currency and social capital. With the advent of the 3Fs (friends, fans and followers), people are learning to expect engagement, praise and audiences. But, our stature in the social web is based on our actions and words. Essentially, your "balance sheet" is available for anyone with a web browser to review, assess, and analyze. Brian shares how to improve your bottom line in a brave new world to earn influence and invest in a meaningful digital legacy.
Accidental Narcissism and the 5 Vs of "Me"dia: With each update, we look for something in return and each represent a shifting balance between…
1) Vision (I learn something, I'm inspired);
2) Validation (I'm accepted or justified);
3) Vindication (I'm right, cleared);
4) Vulnerability (I'm open); and
5) Vanity (I'm popular, I'm important…not egotism, but accidental narcissism.)
These 5 V's coalesce differently with each update and produce distinct emotional results based on the measure we apply to our own actions, reactions and inactions. Whether we realize it or if it's simply a matter of our subconscious seeking attention, inspiration, empathy or any other stimulus, we are compelled to share. Brian explores the digital lifestyle and teaches us how to balance the accidental narcissism with meaningful engagement and community building.
Reinventing Education: Channeling Distraction to Create Opportunities for Collaboration and Education – Twitter, Facebook Social Feeds, Text Messaging and other digital distractions that define the Statusphere, are captivating and distracting our focus. But, while many argue that it's decreasing productivity, I say it's arousing a more active, engaging, and enlightened community of media literate information socialites. Educators must not minimize social networks, they must embrace them in order to captivate their students.
A New Era of Digital Anthropology and Behavioral Economics – The socialization of media is powerful and transformative, but while the technology has democratized information and equalized influence, it is digital anthropology that gives us insight into these newly forming communities and the important behaviors that define them. Brian explores the role of digital anthropology and behavioral economics in the evolution of business, education, arts, and any industry affected by the connected people.
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Remembering Fred Krum
In our sadness and fond remembrance of the most influential airport director in our history, please find a statement from the Akron-Canton Airport and the Krum family by visiting:
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Two men accused of burglarizing a Perry County liquor store are indicted by a grand jury.
Police say Christopher Joseph of Viper and Terry Siler Junior of Hallie broke into the Blue Goose liquor store in the Leatherwood community earlier this year.
The owner of the store, which officers say was broken into several times before, installed security cameras.
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Joel Tomlinson, of Massage by Joel, gives a hand massage at Marshfield Care Center's 'Celebrate Your Health' Senior Health Fair on Sept. 18. Massage by Joel was just one of vendors to partake in the event. Marshfield Care Center extends its appreciation to all the vendors and visitors that helped make the event a success. A special thanks to Medwest, Ministry Home Care and Hospice services, Greenfield Rehabilitation, ShopkoRx, Marshfield Fire and Rescue, Security Health Plan, Mary Kay and HearCare.
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Coolbaugh: Stephen Strausburg's debut was a bright spot for Nationals, D.C. and the game of baseball
By Gethin Coolbaugh
For a brief moment in time, the nation turned its attention to a baseball game in Washington D.C last night.
But it wasn't the game itself that drew the attention of millions of baseball fans, or the two teams playing it.
Instead, the focus of the sports nation turned to a 21-year-old hurler who carries the weight of an entire franchise and city on his shoulder.
A weight, that he is more than capable of carrying.
Stephen Strausburg made his Major League debut on Tuesday night in front of a sellout crowd at Nationals Park in Washington D.C. against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
It was the most anticipated debut in the sport's history, and Nationals fans were alerted of it a week prior.
Within hours, the game was sold out.
Strausburg knew that he would be making his high stakes debut on June 8th. And for a 21-year-old, that can be a lot to handle.
But instead of succumbing to the pressure, Strausburg turned in a performance for the ages.
Strausburg allowed four hits, two earned runs and zero walks while striking out an unprecedented 14 batters in seven innings as the Nationals topped the Pirates 5-3 in a night that will never be forgotten in the D.C. area.
His first pitch was a ball outside to Pirates center fielder Andrew McCutchen, followed by two straight 99 mile per hour fastballs. McCutchen then grounded out to short for the game's first out.
Neil Walker then lined out to first for the second out before Strausburg struck out Lastings Milledge for his first Major League punchout.
Ryan Zimmerman hit a solo home run in the bottom of the first to give Strausburg a 1-0 lead heading into the second inning.
Strausburg gave up his first hit to third baseman Andy Laroche in the second inning, which was an opposite field single to right.
His flawless debut was interrupted in the top of the fourth inning when Delwyn Young hit a two-run home run to deep right center.
But in retrospect, it was a blip on the radar.
When Strausburg was finally taken out in the seventh, he received a much deserved ovation and took three shaving cream pies to the face after the game.
As far as first impression go, his was nearly spotless.
But Strausburg's debut was much more than a spotless start resulting in a win. In a way, it issued in a new era in baseball, specifically in Washington.
Not since the 1971 has the Washington area had a ball club that it could take pride in. While the Nationals moved to D.C. in 2005, they haven't done anything that warranted any celebration.
One quality start doesn't guarantee that a franchise is on a path to redemption, but it does give Nationals fans something they haven't had since the club's days in Montreal: hope.
And after the selection of catcher Bryce Harper with the first pick overall in this year's first year player draft, baseball in Washington has never seemed more promising.
There's no question that those seven strong innings that Strausburg pitched on Tuesday night were the most important in franchise history, and they may be the most important for baseball in the modern day era.
Strausburg's emergence opens up a new chapter in baseball history. As far as we cal tell, Strausburg is the next pitching great.
His star power is already at an 11 on a scale of 10, and the guy pitched once.
But not only does his potential superstardom open up new avenues for the Nationals, but it benefits Major League Baseball nation wide.
Fans of struggling teams such as Kansas City, Baltimore and Cleveland will flock to the ballpark to get a glimpse of Strausburg.
You can bet that Bud Selig is wearing his Strausburg jersey today.
But most importantly, Strausburg brings a new level of competition into the league. From his wide array of pitches to his commanding control, Strausburg sets the bar a little higher for his fellow pitchers.
As a baseball fan, I'm thrilled to have the chance to watch a dominant pitcher grow and develop into a potential legend.
And maybe one day, when I take my kids to Cooperstown, I might see a golden plaque with the following inscription.
Stephen Strausburg: The greatest pitcher that ever lived.
Gethin Coolbaugh is the Associate Editor of Boston Sports U18. He can be reached at 774-279-1995 or at firstname.lastname@example.com. You can also visit Gethin Coolbaugh's official website and follow Gethin Coolbaugh on Twitter.
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NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 05/08/12 -- Fresh Harvest Products, Inc. (www.freshharvestproducts.com) (OTCQB: FRHV) (PINKSHEETS: FRHV) announced today that it has partnered with a bakery and manufacturing facility to increase AC LaRocco's product offerings, including its gluten-free products. The partnership with the gluten-free bakery facility will give Fresh Harvest the ability to fast track several products currently under development, and decrease the time it takes to bring a new pizza (or related) products to market.
AC LaRocco performed a three-day roadshow event in mid-April at two Costco warehouses in Spokane, WA. The Costco Roadshows provided an opportunity for the company to cook frozen pizzas for the customers in the club stores, taste test three flavors and purchase our newest line of AC LaRocco Ultra-Thin Sprouted Grain Pizzas, which are Weight Watcher friendly, diabetic friendly and heart healthy.
"We appreciated the opportunity to test our products at Costco. The pizzas were well received by the customers, and we believe it provided Costco members with a fun shopping experience," said Michael J. Friedman, President and CEO of Fresh Harvest Products, Inc. "We look forward to our next scheduled Costco Roadshows in Seattle in May," Mr. Friedman added. Costco Wholesale Corporation is the largest membership warehouse club chain in the USA.
Fresh Harvest is redesigning its packaging related to its AC LaRocco pizza products. The new design will include a QR Code that will enhance the customer's shopping experience. Customers will be able to scan the QR code while standing in the grocery store aisle by using their mobile smartphone. The experience will be able to provide customers with instant information such as: details about the company, its products, and nutrition facts, as well as a comparison with other frozen pizza products, geopositioning on where products are sold, and an incentive, such as a coupon, that customers can use in local outlets.
Mr. Friedman concluded by saying that, "we offer 'the most nutritious pizza on earth,' and we are excited by the ability to educate our customers about this in-store and in the palm of their hand."
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SACD & Other Hi-Res Reviews
GRIEG: String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 27; BRAHMS: Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115 – Joerg Widmann, clarinet/ Hagen Quartet – Myrios Classic
Published on April 4, 2012
GRIEG: String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 27; BRAHMS: Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115 – Joerg Widmann, clarinet/ Hagen Quartet – Myrios Classics multichannel SACD MYR 007, 75:44 [Distr. By Allegro] ****:
As part of the their thirty-year association, the Hagen Quartet decided to pair two (rec. June 2011) seemingly incongruous works, the 1878 Grieg String Quartet and the autumnal 1891 Clarinet Quintet of Johannes Brahms, a "posthumous" composition conceived by the composer after his formal "retirement" from creative work. Perhaps it is in the nature of personal crisis that the two works find some kinship, each expressing an intimate passion on its own terms.
The inflamed nature of the Grieg Quartet has been common property ever since the Budapest Quartet inscribed it in the shellac era. I first heard it their later LP inscription on CBS, paired with the Sibelius Quartet. The Hagen bring its virtually symphonic writing to explosive heat from the outset of the Un poco Andante – Allegro molto ed agitato first movement. Grieg wrestled with the quartet medium, employing aspects of Franck's cyclic format to impose a sense of thematic closure. The bristling quality of the homophonic writing, often in double and triple stops for the principals, finds only occasional relief in Grieg's melodic repose, the tunes folk-like and modal by way of the ubiquitous Peer Gynt. Visceral cross rhythms and syncopations mark the interior movements. The gripping immediacy of the Hagen's realization owes much to the DSD recording supervised by Stephan Cahen. Curiously, the work impressed the young Claude Debussy, who quotes elements from Grieg in his only official quartet in the same key. [We've come quite a ways, from mono shellac 78s to hi-res multichannel SACDs…Ed.]
The two interior movements, Romanza: Andantino – Allegro agitato and Intermezzo: Allegro molto marcato – Piu vivo e scherzando, lighten and clarify the texture, especially as the second movement incorporates a swirling waltz that soon evolves into a phantasm of superheated emotion. A spaciousness now separates the instruments, even as their lilt conveys much of Norwegian folk rhythms, like the halling and the springdans. The Hagen Quartet adds a touch of impish irony to the mercurial, limpid, often rasping mix. Lukas Hagen relishes his concertante violin solo excursions. What Grieg calls "Intermezzo" evinces a rustic, waspish Scherzo that alternates chromatic, symphonic sounds against individual pairings and colors. The middle section definitely captures the rustic fiddle tradition of Norway, with each member of the ensemble's strong, dervish element a potent contribution to an often attractive dissonance in the form of a country dance. If Mendelssohn were an undeclared influence on Grieg's Quartet, he certainly asserts himself in Grieg's having proffered an Italian saltarello for his finale. Grieg's evocative dance proves less polite and more individual than Mendelssohn's contribution in the Italian Symphony. The bold modulations and strident sonority point to a completely new aesthetic, a furious synthesis of classical and folk idioms that the Hagen Quartet finds absolutely congenial to their especial virtuosity.
The Brahms Clarinet Quintet, a product of a fateful encounter of Brahms with Meiningen Court Orchestra virtuoso Richard Muehlfeld, conveys a deep intimacy combined with those "gypsy" elements Brahms had imbibed from his youthful work with violinist Remenyi. The Hagen Quartet and clarinetist Widmann establish a resonantly romantic ethos in the first movement, although the spare vibrato testifies the more "classical" influence of the Reginald Kell/Adolf Busch Quartet performance inscribed some 75 years ago. The deliberate slowing down of the 6/8 B Minor Allegro seems to highlight its debts to both Mozart and Weber. An unearthly aura hangs over the B Major Adagio as Widmann and the Hagen realize it. Clarinet and first violin Lukas Hagen pair off, but the viola of Veronika Hagen makes its plaintive presence felt. Widmann shows off the expressive power he has in any range of his instrument, but in particular the hefty chalumeau deep register. The tremolo strings create an almost Lisztian effect against the clarinet, certainly an intensely fiery atmosphere Enescu much admired. When the opening melody reappears, it emanates a simplicity worthy of Schumann's naïve folk ethos.
After the sustained gloom of the first two movements, the D Major Andantino provides some charmed light, its intermezzo quality reminiscent of the effect of the third movement of the C Minor Symphony. Clarinet and first violin again engage in dialogue, when suddenly the clarinet effect some liquid runs in a flurry of B Minor that recalls the emotional turmoil and eruptive passion of the String Quartets of Op. 51. We return to D Major but now in 2/4, like a chastened Prodigal Son. The final movement, Con Moto, applies the Brahms eternal device of theme and (five) variations. Cellist Clemens Hagen makes some profound points in his delineation of the first variation. Many of the techniques, here on an intimate scale, echo the Op. 56 Haydn Variations; the masterful clarinet Variation III allows Widmann a playful cadenza and some winsome dialogue. The last variant becomes a melancholy waltz, a spiritual rueckblick or backward-glance at the Viennese traditional that engendered the Brahms "ouroboros" sensibility out of Schubert and Beethoven. Like Dvorak's Cello Concerto's last movement, the principal and strings sigh tenderly at all they have surveyed, Paradise Lost.
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DS was borrn @ 33 weeks with a whole list, but a magical spirit :)
Sending you prayers!! Hope that he continues to mend.
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29 june 2012 18:32:11
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA)
- Anxiety is growing among motorists and residents of the commercial city of Lagos, ahead of the 1 July commencement of maintenance work on the third mainland bridge, regarded as Africa's longest bridge.
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IOM provides safe drinking water for Sudanese refugees
29 june 2012 13:02:42
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)
- The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has begun drilling the first of four boreholes and installing two water storage tanks in an effort to provide adequate potable water to an estimated 42,000 Sudanese refugees at the Doro camp in South Sudan's Upper Nile State.
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CPJ calls conviction of journalists in Ethiopia ''affront to rule of law''
28 june 2012 13:00:03
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)
- The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has described as ''an affront to the rule of law and the constitution'' in Ethiopia Wednesday's conviction of six journalists on terrorism charges.
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Regulatory body suspends part-time programmes in Nigerian universities
26 june 2012 12:07:21
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA)
- Nigeria's regulatory National Universities Commission (NUC) has announced the suspension of all part-time programmes run by universities in the country, according to local media reports Tuesday.
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Outrage over horror crash in SA
26 june 2012 10:23:04
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA)
- There are growing calls for transport authorities to get to the bottom of the cause of a horrific bus crash that left 19 people dead and 55 others injured in the south of Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday.
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Wife disables philandering hubby's manhood with hot water in Nigeria
22 june 2012 12:55:22
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA)
- A jealous wife who poured hot water on her husband's manhood to stop him from going after other women has been charged to a magistrate court in Nigeria's economic capital of Lagos.
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Reporter's life jail irks Burundi journalists' union
21 june 2012 14:10:35
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA)
- Burundi's journalists' union (UBJ) has expressed its dismay at the life jail slammed on a local reporter by a provincial court for allegedly participating in terrorist acts.
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Bus crash claims 10 in Zimbabwe
20 june 2012 12:14:42
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)
- Ten people were killed and several others injured Wednesday when a bus collided with a truck in central Zimbabwe, state radio reported.
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Angola, SA military teams meet
13 june 2012 12:24:57
Luanda, Angola (PANA)
- Military teams of Angola and South Africa continued their bilateral meeting in Luanda Wednesday, as part of efforts to enhance their cooperation.
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'Over 100m children subjected to worst forms of child labour'
13 june 2012 07:28:32
New York, US (PANA)
- The UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, Ms. Gulnara Shahinian, has said more than half of the 215 million children working throughout the world are subjected to the worst forms of child labour, including sexual and labour exploitation.
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Amnesty tasks UN Security Council on protection of civilians in Sudan
07 june 2012 11:37:44
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA)
- Amnesty International (AI) has called on the UN Security Council to fulfil its duty to protect civilians in Sudan and take immediate action to halt the military's indiscriminate airstrikes.
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UN officials call for partnerships to create jobs for youths
05 june 2012 07:37:54
New York, US (PANA)
- UN officials have stressed the need for partnerships involving governments, the private sector and civil society to urgently tackle the challenge of job
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'Primary school students in Africa face challenges'
01 june 2012 08:34:34
New York, US (PANA)
- A survey by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) says primary school students in sub-Saharan Africa face numerous challenges in their education, including overcrowded classrooms, too few trained teachers, insufficient schoolbooks and few toilets, often without separation between boys and girls.
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Two Senegalese soldiers killed in Casamance ambush
27 may 2012 14:35:01
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA)
- Two Senegalese soldiers have been killed in an ambush by gunmen suspected to belong to the rebel Movement of Democratic Forces (MFDC), PANA learned from reliable sources on Saturday.
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UN expert tasks Tunisia on right to education
10 may 2012 07:34:34
New York, US (PANA)
- The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Mr. Kishore Singh, has urged the Tunisian government to ensure that human rights, especially the right to education, are kept at the heart of the historic reforms taking place in the North African nation.
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ECOWAS volunteers for Liberia begin induction course
07 may 2012 16:29:48
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA)
- The induction training for pioneer ECOWAS Volunteers, to be deployed in Liberia, kicked off in the capital, Monrovia, on Monday with the nation's Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs and Planning, Mr. Christopher Wallace, expressing immense gratitude to ECOWAS for assisting the country to end a civil war and accompanying it in capacity building to promote national development.
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ECOWAS prepares regional volunteers for deployment in Liberia
06 may 2012 13:59:38
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA)
- To kick start its regional initiative to strengthen peace-building, national reconstruction and accelerated development in Member States, ECOWAS is organizing a week-long induction training in Monrovia, Liberia, from Monday, to prepare its pioneer volunteers, made of young specialists in various fields of human endeavour, for deployment in the West African nation.
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UNODC, IOM partner to combat human trafficking
18 april 2012 09:29:58
New York, US (PANA)
- The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have agreed to boost cooperation to tackle human trafficking and migrant smuggling, and to improve border management.
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Mauritanian high school teachers threaten strike over pay
11 april 2012 12:15:40
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)
- Secondary school teachers in Mauritanian have threatened to embark on a nationwide strike 2-17 May over pay and other issues.
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UN chief engages youth on developmental issues
11 april 2012 07:49:57
New York, US (PANA)
- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday engaged with young people from around the world on issues such as technology, youth unemployment and women's rights during an online conversation hosted on the Google Plus platform.
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UNESCO chief urges warring factions in Mali to safeguard Timbuktu
03 april 2012 08:49:07
New York, US (PANA)
- UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova has expressed concern about the risks posed by the latest fighting in Mali to the World Heritage site of Timbuktu and called on the parties to safeguard the country's cultural heritage.
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'Youth education, employment key to global progress'
03 april 2012 08:43:42
New York, US (PANA)
- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Monday said providing education, employment and empowerment for young people were key factors in achieving global progress.
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UN experts urge human rights' standards in development goals
21 march 2012 14:49:58
New York, US (PANA)
- A group of independent UN experts on Wednesday urged member states to include universally-agreed international human rights norms and standards, as well as accountability mechanisms, in the goals that will emerge from a UN sustainable development forum in June.
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Angolan, Mozambican news agencies to cooperate
13 march 2012 11:10:09
Luanda, Angola (PANA)
- The Angolan Press Agency (ANGOP) and its Mozambican counterpart, AIM, are examining ways to cooperate in the information and technical fields.
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UNODC tasks member states on tackling global drug trafficking
13 march 2012 07:38:07
New York, US (PANA)
- The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has urged member states to intensify prevention strategies as part of a comprehensive response to drug demand, supply and trafficking.
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UNIDO tackles youth unemployment in Guinea
08 march 2012 10:29:13
New York, US (PANA)
- The UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has said young people in Guinea will receive skills training that will help them find jobs, under a new project set up by the organization and funded by the Government of Japan.
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Kenyan state broadcaster workers' strike paralyzes operations
29 february 2012 13:44:52
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)
- Workers at the state-run Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) went on strike Wednesday to protest low pay and poor work environment, after months of talks with executives failed to yield fruit.
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Fire guts spare parts market
23 february 2012 10:49:53
Accra, Ghana (PANA)
- Fire on Wednesday night consumed several shops and containers at a sprawling spare parts market in Kumasi, Ghana's second largest city,
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Ban calls for global economic model to promote greater social justice
21 february 2012 10:11:57
New York, US (PANA)
- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on people to tap into the spirit of recent public protests worldwide against inequality, corruption, repression and a lack of decent jobs,
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Germany provides CFAF 8.5 billion to fight food insecurity in the Sahel
16 february 2012 16:20:16
Bamako, Mali (PANA)
– Germany will release 8.5 billion CFAF (about 12.5 million euros) to help the drought-hit populations in the Sahel region, the German embassy in Bamako, Mali, indicated on Thursday.
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UPU acquires world's first stamp issued in 1840
16 february 2012 10:24:06
New York, US (PANA)
- The Universal Postal Union (UPU) has acquired what is probably the world's best-known stamp, ``the Penny Black'', which was issued 172 years ago and shows a profile image of Queen Victoria of England on a black background.
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Love in the air as Nigeria joins rest of the world to celebrate Valentine's Day
14 february 2012 10:34:10
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA)
- Nigerians on Tuesday joined the rest of the world in celebrating St. Valentine's Day, which has become increasingly associated with romantic love and an occasion in which lovers express their love for one another by presenting gifts, flowers and sending greeting cards.
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UN to honour businesses contributing to sustainable development
03 february 2012 15:49:27
New York, US (PANA)
- The UN has invited businesses with innovative models that enhance commercial success as well as contribute to sustainable development to participate in its World Business and Development Awards (WBDA).
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UNICEF appeals for US$1.28 billion to assist children in 2012
27 january 2012 20:13:35
New York, US (PANA)
- The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Friday appealed for US$1.28 billion to provide humanitarian assistance to children in over 25 countries this year, with nearly one-third of the total amount earmarked for the crisis in the Horn of Africa.
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Transporters suspend strike in Senegal
27 january 2012 12:18:09
Dakar, Senegal (PANA)
- The Senegalese National Union of Road Transport Workers (SNTTRS) has suspended its strike, at the request of religious leaders of the country's two main Muslim groups, union spokesman Fallou Samb announced on Thursday evening.
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ILO report says 600m new jobs needed globally
24 january 2012 07:50:28
New York, US (PANA)
- An annual report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) has said the world needs to create 600 million new jobs over the next decade to sustain economic growth and maintain social stability.
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TrustAfrica gets US$ 1.5m grant to support early education in 4 African countries
13 january 2012 17:30:37
Dakar, Senegal (PANA)
- TrustAfrica, an independent foundation that strives to secure the conditions for democratic governance and equitable development throughout the continent, has received a US$ 1.5 million grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to support a project entitled "The Learning Innovation Fund".
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Nigeria goes on strike over high fuel prices
09 january 2012 08:36:45
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA)
- An indefinite, nation-wide strike aimed at protesting high petrol prices in Nigeria started on Monday, following the failure of last-ditch efforts to avert the strike.
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Nigeria's main opposition party backs labour unions on fuel strike
08 january 2012 13:44:47
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA)
- Main opposition party Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) on Sunday expressed its support for the country's labour unions, ahead of Monday's start of an indefinite, nation-wide strike to protest high petrol prices occasioned by the government's removal of state subsidy.
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More groups, states join Nigeria fuel protests
06 january 2012 08:58:03
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA)
- More professional groups as well as states have joined the mounting protests against the New Year day's fuel price hike in Nigeria, even though the strike called by organized labour is still three days away.
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Transporters return to work in Senegal after 2-day strike
04 january 2012 12:23:48
Dakar, Senegal (PANA)
- Senegal's National Union of Road Transport Workers (SNTRS) has asked its members to return to work after a two-day strike, called to protest high cost of fuel and insurance as well as incessant police harassment.
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UN workers mourn departed colleagues
03 january 2012 20:12:06
New York, US (PANA)
- UN Staff Union on Tuesday in New York paid tribute to their colleagues who were killed in different parts of the world, while serving with the organization in 2011.
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Transport workers' strike paralyzes Senegal
03 january 2012 10:25:55
Dakar, Senegal (PANA)
- A strike called by Senegal's National Federation of Road Transport Workers has left the capital city of Dakar and other cities paralyzed since Monday.
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Mauritanian secondary school teachers begin nationwide strike 15 January
27 december 2011 19:43:08
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)
- The Mauritanian National Association of Secondary School Teachers (SNES) has served notice of a strike, effective from 15 January, 2012, to the Ministry of Public Service, according to a statement issued Tuesday by the SNES and sent to PANA here.
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Road accidents kill 71 people in eight days in Angola
27 december 2011 13:15:09
Luanda, Angola (PANA)
- At least 71 people died over the last eight days from 296 road accidents in Angola, according to an official of the National Police Command, Carlos Salgueiro.
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Senegalese army re-inforces positions in Casamance
26 december 2011 19:44:48
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA)
- Determined to respond positively to attacks against its soldiers, the Senegalese military Saturday moved heavy re-inforcement of troops, arms and armoured vehicles to Bignona, about 30 kilometres northwest of Ziguinchor, in southern Senegal, according to a PANA report.
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Road accidents kill six in Luanda on Xmas Day
26 december 2011 12:29:28
Luanda, Angola (PANA)
- Road accidents in the Angolan capital, Luanda, claimed six lives and left 13 injured on Christmas Day, the police said.
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EU to finance NGOs' social projects in Angola
21 december 2011 13:50:59
Dundo, Angola (PANA)
– The European Union (EU) will finance projects by Angolan Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the Lunda Norte Province, to the tune of 820,000 euros, the coordinator of the Angolan Humanitarian Support Technical Unit, António Manengo, indicated here Wednesday.
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UNESCO condemns killing of Somali TV reporter
20 december 2011 20:29:32
New York, US (PANA)
- The Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Ms. Irina Bokova, on Tuesday condemned the murder of a Somali television journalist in Mogadishu.
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SA sex workers to mark International Day
16 december 2011 10:27:26
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA)
- To highlight the physical and emotional violent impact of the criminalisation of the 250,000 plus sex workers in South Africa, SISONKE (the national sex workers' movement) will be hosting a series of events across five provinces leading up to the International Day to End Violence against Sex Workers on Saturday.
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Posted: June 1, 2014
30A 125V Marine Shore Power Extension Cord Starts at $44.39Boaters hoping to simplify the process of obtaining onshore power access might consider Conntek's 30A 125V Marine Shore Power Extension Cord. The cords are available in lengths of 12, 25 and 50 feet. Compliant with all international safety standards, the extension cord features a bright yellow sheath for high visibility, as well as an indicator light that switches on when a connection has been established. The sealed collar system with threaded rings protects against moisture.
Conntek, (414) 482-0800, conntek.com


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Heads up! A newer version of this product is out!
Criteria Comments Rating
- Game library Had SO many awesome games.
- Graphics Compared to now, graphics are weak.
- Controller(s) Started out too big, then they got wise.
- Design and form factor Big and clunky!
- Other features (media, online, etc.) No Xbox Live!
- Noise I don't recall it being too noisy at all.
Detailed review
The Xbox was a game changer product. Unfortunately, but today's standards, it's graphics are bad, lacks any online support, and doesn't have a huge game library.
It was SICK back in the day though.
It was SICK back in the day though.
good review!
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