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Clinton Memos: Advice Sought on Russia's JFK Archive
In July 1998, National Security Council staffer Jonathan Elkind sought guidance on whether Vice President Al Gore should raise the issue of Russian archival data on Lee Harvey Oswald in a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Sergey Kiriyenko.
In a memo addressed to Richard Saunders (pages 9 and 33), Vice President Al Gore's deputy national security adviser, Mr. Elkind said the Assassination Records Review Board, an independent agency created in 1992 to re-examine for release federal agencies' assassination-related records, was about to close down but that it suspected that Russian intelligence agencies had "further archival data" on Mr. Oswald, who assassinated President John F. Kennedy in 1963.
About a year later, in June 1999, National Security Council staffer Stuart Kaufman wrote to White House public affairs staffer William Leary expressing concern that Russia intelligence agencies might have doctored the contents of files related to Mr. Kennedy's assassination. "Even worse than their probability having removed information that makes them look bad is the possibility that they might have inserted some disinformation to try to embarrass USG," Mr. Kaufman wrote. "Some of the Russian intel folks are unreconstructed Cold Warriors. We'll have to think about how to handle that."
Only part of the email exchange was included in Friday's release, so it is not clear what particular Russian documents Mr. Kaufman was referring to.
About 4,000 pages of record from the Clinton presidency were made public Friday afternoon, in the second round of releases by the Clinton Presidential Library.


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Palladino: Crosby fights off furious Kennedy rally
Both the Crosby and Kennedy High boys basketball teams delivered a wallop that would have knocked other teams to the mat. Each held its ground, but when the final bell sounded, Crosby took the decision.
The Bulldogs built a third-quarter lead of 20 points, then sweated out a sensational Kennedy rally to claim a frantic 78-75 victory over the Eagles on Friday at the Palace.
With the win, Crosby (5-0) remained one of the Naugatuck Valley League's two unbeaten teams, along with Wilby. With the defeat, Kennedy (4-2) has now lost to only the Bulldogs and Wildcats, by three points in each game, and in each had the ball and a shot at the buzzer to tie.
Crosby looked superb in dashing away from Kennedy. Just one night after a win over Harding, also at home, the Bulldogs showed no ill effects from the back-to-back games.
Tyshon Rogers led the way again with 26 points, six rebounds and six steals. This time, however, there was a lot of help — from Devin Stallings (17 points, 13 rebounds), Aseim King (14 points, seven rebounds, six steals) and Lex Perez (13 points, six rebounds, four assists).
"It all starts with defense," King said. "We trap, and we trap hard. We hustle, hustle, hustle, and we beat them to all those balls. That's how we got the lead so high."
Crosby put the Eagles away, or so we thought, over an eight-minute stretch to end the first half and start the third quarter. It was Rogers converting three steals into two hoops and an assist. And when Stallings scored on a put-back with 3:15 left in the third, Crosby led 59-39.
That's when Kennedy went off, way off.
Don Jarrett (26 points, seven rebounds) hit two 3-pointers, and Isaiah Wright (22 points) added two 3-pointers, a jam and an offensive rebound to end the third. Suddenly, Kennedy was within seven points.
"They caught fire," Stallings said. "When it was time for them to make their shots, they were making them."
In the fourth quarter, Jarrett hit two more 3-pointers 35 seconds apart, and in a heartbeat Crosby's lead was just 67-64.
Wallace Wiggins had seven assists for Kennedy. He was the man handing the ball off to Wright (four 3-pointers) and Jarrett (six 3-pointers). When Wiggins sees either man open behind the arc, "I just give it right to them. When they are wide open, they will knock down those shots every time."
Crosby answered late, though.
"We had to get back down court and score," Stallings said, "and go to the foul line."
Oh, yes, let's talk about the foul line. The Bulldogs got to it — 25 times, in fact — but they made only 13. Talk about opening the door. "We've got to make those free throws," King said.
But Crosby did make the clutch plays when the clock was moving.
Perez slowed the Eagles when he hit a 3-pointer, then slipped a pass inside for a Rogers hoop. It was 74-66 with 2:40 to play.
Wright hit a 3-pointer for Kennedy with 32 seconds left, and then Jarrett hit another at the 7.8-second mark. A Rogers free throw gave Crosby a 78-75 lead, and a Wright 3-pointer at the buzzer missed.
"We put them to a challenge at halftime," said Kennedy coach Armand LeVasseur. "We have to get them to understand what it takes to play hard all the time. We took too long to turn it on."
Crosby coach Nick Augelli said he wanted his team, which starts four juniors, to be undefeated heading into the 2013 portion of the schedule. He got his wish. It is a team that is still learning how to win.
LeVasseur wants his vastly inexperienced team — remember Wright and Jarrett are sophomores — to grow up fast in the season's first half.
"We are so inexperienced. With the city games coming so early, we knew it was going to be tough," LeVasseur said. "Our inexperience may be a problem now, but we will learn how to get over those hurdles and we'll be a lot better in the second half of the season."
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A peak flow meter is a small, easy-to-use instrument that reveals how well your lungs are working. It does this by measuring your peak expiratory flow, which tells you how fast you can blow out air after a maximum inhalation. You use the peak flow meter to help you identify lung performance patterns, which give you information to prevent asthma episodes and develop your asthma management plan.
First, you establish your "personal best," or the highest number you regularly blow. This helps you see when you have changes with your asthma, because it gives you something to measure against. Once you know you personal best, you and your doctor establish treatment rules or "zones.". You establish your personal best by recording the peak flow values for two weeks first thing in the morning before taking any medications and late afternoon when your asthma is under control. See an example peak flow zone chart.
If your peak flow is less than 80% of your personal best, you take your rescue medication, then wait 20 to 30 minutes and check your peak flow again.
If your peak flow is not back above 80%, report this to your doctor.
If your peak flow is back above 80%, recheck your peak flow about every 4 hours for a day or so. Call your doctor if you continue to need rescue medicine
If your peak flow is less than 60% consider this an emergency: Take your rescue medicine, and call your doctor or go to the emergency room right away.
Whenever you measure your flow, it is a good idea to write your peak flow numbers in a place where you can track them. Establish one central place to do this so you can more easily keep track of your numbers, such as in a peak flow sheet or Asthma Health Diary. Here's how to regularly measure your expiratory flow:
Grab your peak flow recording sheet or health diary and a pen and record the date and time, along with any changes in how you feel, changes in your medicines, and/or anything you think may be making your asthma worse.
Stand up or sit up straight.
Slide the indicator to the base of the meter.
Take in a deep breath.
Place the mouthpiece in your mouth and seal your lips around it.
Blow out as hard and fast as you can (one quick blow).
Repeat that process 2 more times.
Select the highest number of the 3 efforts.
Record this number on your peak flow diary or on a graph.
Learn how to use a Piko peak flow meter.
When the numbers do not change much from time to time: The peak flow number should be checked once a day (ideally in the morning when you wake up).
When you are doing well: Use the peak flow meter two times during the week and once on the weekend.
When you:
Begin to wake at night with asthma symptoms
Experience more daytime asthma symptoms
Have a respiratory infection (a cold)
You are sick or have asthma symptoms
Check your peak flow number at least twice a day (once in the morning and once in the evening)
When you need to use "rescue medicine": This is medicine prescribed by your doctor to be used for quick relief of asthma symptoms. Check your peak flow before taking the rescue medicine, then check it again 20-30 minutes later.
Take your peak flow meter and your asthma health diary with you each time you visit with your doctor or nurse. If you have an Asthma Action Plan from your doctor, follow the plan for each peak flow zone, and compare your peak flow numbers to your personal best.
Your peak flow meter is only an aide to you, so do not rely on your peak flow numbers alone when deciding whether to take your rescue medicine or call your doctor. In addition to measuring your peak flow on a daily basis, you should always look out for early warning signs of an asthma attack, which are:
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As coaches and teachers of the game, it is important that we teach our youth the importance of defense and how it can turn into open floor offense, which most kids enjoy! Do you think it is easier to teach man-to-man or zone (2-3)?
- Coach Julz
i like 2-3 because u do not just focus on the player you focus on the ball
Its easier to teach a zone like 2-3 or 3-2 or 1-3-1 even all of which have strengths and weakness's but to be honest if your begining out I believe you really have to nail home the importance of man defence.. It teaches accountability and also leads to held defence but most importantly your player really takes ownership and has to work hard in learning great defence... Throw that into a zone and watch the defence work
You really need to coach man to man first. The importance of stopping your man and being a helper off the ball--- verses-- a zone defense mindset and not ever thinking about helping, sinking, boxing out a person, ... but only watching your area? If you teach zone... then switch and try man... your kids will have a tough time. If you want to have a good defense make your weakside man to man defenders keep both feet in the lane and not ever with their man. You must rep it constantly in practice over and over.
I agree that teaching man to man "first" is common sense. It's basic, easy to understand, and an efficient way to introduce defensive concepts. Zone is important, but I find that my younger kids see zone as and excuse not to work as hard which we all know is not the case. Once the kids get older they start to grasp zone concepts a little better. I think we can all agree that it's important to spend a good amount of time on both because every coach has a different philosophy and different ideas on defense.
I coach a girls travel/feeder team...they are 5th graders now and I've had them since 3rd grade...we just finished our 3rd winter league and 2nd fall league this year. M2M first...as we get older, we'll play more zone out of necessity but give me M2M any day.
.I teach my kids to play man to man first and we run that 90% of the time. We have played 2-3 and 3-2 at times (when we had big leads or were playing in tourneys where we played multiple games in a day to save some energy). My girls have a good grasp of help line and trusting their teammates so we were effective in either set.
I think Zone is a bit confusing to newer/younger kids and ..Zone defense masks weak defenders in my opinion.....in the end...if a kid can play hard nosed M2M D...there is a coach that can teach him zone. Learn M2M first...
Let's be clear....the best Man to Man Defenses look like Zone Defenses. Likewise, the best Zone Defenses look like Man to Man Defenses. Either way, Defense is built on the principles of effort, awareness, communication, and help.
I agree, teaching Man to Man is an absolute coaching necessity. It is NOT easy to teach! But newer coaches don't understand that until they begin teaching it. Frankly, the ability to go Man to Man is entirely dependent on the skill level of your team, and the skill level of your opponent. You can be pro-Man to Man all day long, BUT...there are teams that will expose your inability to defend them 1 on 1. Period! Therefore, as you are teaching one....you must be teaching/introducing the other.
With my team, an 11U/5th Grade team, we are WAY more creative Defensively than Offensively. We Press Full Court in Man to Man face and inbounds deny; we Press Full Court in 1-2-1-1 and 2-2-1 sets; we Press 3/4 Court in a 1-2-1-1 setup; we use Full Court Man to Man basic (no gambling....just sound defense....which can really frustrate teams); we run 1/2 ourt Man, 1/2 court 3-2, 1/2 Court 3-2 matchup Zone, and 1/2 Court 2-3. We also get creative on inbounds plays, typically matching up, and sometimes collapsing whatever zone we are in....just giving different looks.
I agree with Coach Julz....DEFENSE FIRST! Especially if you like transition. You know, basketball is basketball. You have to defend, and you have to embrace the transition that comes off of good defense. And, too.....there's sooooooo much more!
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Version 1.1.1 with a date of March 2010 is well in the era of Leopard or Snow Leopard, using Lion I cannot get the app to start at Login, which is a bit of a pain!
Maybe I'm nuts here, but I think you can do the same thing by setting a hot corner for disabling the screensaver, and just parking the cursor there. I do this for YouTube all the time, and it seems to work. I have the screensaver set to "never," but display sleep at a few minutes.
I avoid adding software when I can, but whatever works for ya.
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L'édition 2015 de la Conference USI (Unexpected Sources of Inspiration) s'est tenue début Juillet au Carrousel du Louvre et a confirmé son statut de meilleure Conference Tech sur Paris, combinant un site exceptionnel, une audience de plus de 1200 participants très diverse et de très bon niveau, et une palette de speakers dans plusieurs disciplines délivrant une quarantaine d'interventions sur les deux jours. La Caisse des Dépôts était de nouveau partenaire de cette édition avec plus d'une cinquantaine de participants dans le cadre de son programme de transformation digitale.
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CHECy's curator insight, November 25, 2015 12:15 PM
Intervention de Philippe Dewost, Président d'honneur du CHECy, lors de la conférence USI 2015.
It was just four days after Christmas 2014, and for Chinese smartphone company Xiaomi, the presents kept on coming as it announced a funding round of $1.1 billion (£850 million) at a valuation of $45bn. Just 18 months on from Xiaomi's last funding round, new analysis of its business suggests it is worth less than $4 billion. So what happened to the world's once most valuable startup?
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Oops. In french we have a saying about Le Capitole & La Roche Tarpéienne ...
From mondaynote
Today, ARM Holdings is a $1.5B company with +15% year-to-year growth, nice financials (such as 96.7% Gross Margin), and a 46.7% Operating Margin. (For all the details — perhaps too many — see this 2015 presentation.)
15B ARM-based chips for $1.5B revenue means that, on average, ARM gets a licensing revenue of 10 cents per chip, and spends a little less than of half of that, 4.7 cents, to generate such revenue. It sure beats today's Windows PC business and its measly 5% to 7% Operating Margins in the best of cases.
ARM Holdings is doing well by any measure, but the price paid for an asset is supposed to reflect expectations of future gains. If we compound ARM's 15% revenue growth over ten years we come up with $6B, a 4x revenue increase…so why is SoftBank willing to pay $32B, more than 20 times current revenue?
Masayoshi (Masa) Son, SoftBank's founder, isn't a wide-eyed, newly-rich entrepreneur looking to make — or lose — a quick buck. Having built a large PC software business, he diversified into telecoms in Japan and the US (SoftBank owns 80% of Sprint). He also holds a piece of Yahoo! which, if this weekend's rumors are true, is soon to be rolled into Verizon.
Having survived the 2000 dot-com bubble and the 2008 financial crisis with a personal fortune estimated at $17B, Son isn't shy about criticizing the short-term views of US investors and their fixation on "shareholder value" at the expense of other longer-term metrics and societal contributions.
With his accomplishments and maverick attitudes in mind, we must conclude that Son sees many more ARM-based chips in our future, some with a revenue-per-unit that's higher than today's 10 cents.
But where does he see them?
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Sometimes it helps looking backwards to understand where all of this might be going. So here is another Cambridge (UK) tech behemoth on the leave #ARMxit and as often, Jean-Louis Gassée very clearly sets the stage to understand the mechanics and feel the $ (sorry ¥) at work.
IMHO we in Europe should be looking at the consequences and go back (again) to the RISC world and discover how fast RISC-V is rising and maybe jump horses. Looks doable judging by the russian attempts on Baikal and the chinese success on LongSoon.
The French startup ecosystem is booming. Its exponential growth started about 5 years ago, and now attracts more and more of the young talent. See this.France was not historically seen as a startup country, and it wasn't. But things have changed. It is now the second largest startup ecosystem in Europe (after UK, but ahead of Germany), and may be about to become the first.There are some amazing initiatives like Ecole 42, which just launched in Silicon Valley as well.It is becoming recognised in Silicon Valley. As an example, John Chambers has on numerous occasions mentioned that he saw huge potential in the French startup ecosystem; for example, in a Fortune article.I expect that we will see the spirit of startup go beyond tech, and enter other industries where France has real knowledge, like food and fashion.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Great interview of Scality CEO by TheRegister. Jérôme Lecat has been a first hour supporter of La French Tech and very clearly explains how to articulate your startup between France and the US, debunking a few myths underway...
From www
Japan's SoftBank is buying U.K.-based chip design firm ARM Holdings for about $32 billion, according to the FT.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
ARM takeover by SoftBank is the Tech Brexit of this summer.
This thunderstrike in a blue ocean (pardon me, sky) might trigger a war where we will all of a sudden remember how important it is having a war chest.
There are underlying geopolitics ongoing as evidenced by the progress made by the LongSoon chinese processor now powering world #1 Supercomputer.
It might also signal the beginning of the end of the ARM era, and should have more people focusing on open source silicon architectures such as RISC-V
Philippe J DEWOST's curator insight, July 18, 3:58 AM
As Brexit has removed ARM from Europe, will it be left as the impotent witness of what we shall call an ARM's race ?
This news echoes the announcement of World's new #1 Supercomputer, that is chinese again, but more interestingly no longer features any Intel processor inside but domestic LongSoon chips.
The Silicon race is on its way to a US - Asia bipolar configuration, with Europe being left alone due to the combined effect of Brexit and ARMXit : time for investi(gati)ng (in) open source hardware architectures such as RISC-V ...
From www
While it's good that there's a tangible product, there are still doubts swirling around its feasibility. Ringing Bells' CEO admits that his company is taking a loss on every phone right now -- it's hoping to make up for that through sheer volume. As it stands, the firm is still reluctant to offer hands-on time to the media despite a release just days away.If this gamble pays off, though, it could change the local phone market. Even the most affordable smartphones on the market right now still represent a huge expense for some Indians, particularly rural dwellers who rarely enjoy middle class incomes. At $4, the Freedom 251 is inexpensive enough that it'd be far more attainable and help close a technological divide. The main mystery is whether or not the phone is any good. A terrible experience (say, through unreliable hardware) might sour people on the whole concept, no matter how tempting the price might be.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
The smartphone price range now widens to a staggering 200:1 ratio with
Apple, Google and Facebook are widely regarded as being more innovative than Apple when it comes to developments in the coveted field of artificial intelligence (AI) - hailed as the next major area for computing.While Google and Facebook have developed self-learning AI agents that can learn and master complex games like Go, Apple has remained relatively silent - offering little more than a personal assistant known as Siri.Facebook has also shown off Chatbots, while Microsoft made a regrettable foray of its own into the world of bots with Tay, a controversial Twitter bot that ended up being highly offensive (as a result of humans).But Apple made a series of practical product updates at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on Monday that show it is not ready to be left behind just yet. Among other things, the Cupertino-headquartered company announced:• iPhone voicemail transcription;• Facial recognition features within Apple Photo;• keyboard recommendations based on text message conversation.Each of these features relies heavily on AI. They employ software that analyses what's going on (be it in a message thread, or a photo library) and then makes or suggests an action based on the information it is presented with.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Now it becomes interesting... Same focus, but different approach. Wondering how Apple will keep up with the strong privacy protection they have been advocating for long.Wondering how Snips will react :-)
From www
Where there's smoke it is said there's fire, and the rumours that Apple will ditch the headphone jack (starting with the iPhone 7) refuse to go away. In fact having first started 18 months ago, this week the rumours have intensified as new leaks build a compelling case for a headphone jack-less Apple world…Both The Verge and AppleInsider note multiple sources at Japan's Portable Audio Festival are reporting Apple is in discussions to add high resolution streaming audio to Apple Music in 2016. The reports claim Apple wants to implement 96kHz / 24-bit music streaming and is in deep discussions with headphone makers – and here's the interesting part: the high res audio is specifically designed for use with headphones featuring Lightning connectors.And now you're ahead of me: Apple would be in its familiar position of being able to take something away (the jack) by giving something more (high res audio). Apple loves this tactic. A focus on FireWire allowed it to dump the floppy disk and this year a focus on USB Type-C gave it (perhaps dubious) grounds to remove every other port type on the 12-inch MacBook.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Horrible News For The Selfie-Stick Industry If Rumor Is Confirmed !
From plussh
Voici, en replay, via le service de streaming live de Plush, startup Montpelliéraine, la série des reverse pitchs des grands groupes donnés hier après-midi dans le cadre de #Big4Start . L'intervention du Groupe Caisse Des Dépôts, qui représentait les besoins d'ICADE et de Transdev, démarre à 59 min.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Le reverse pitching monte en puissance avec la deuxième édition du rendez-vous Big up 4 startup, organisé par la French Tech Montpellier et le cluster régional FrenchSouth Digital. Après avoir réuni en 2015 lors de sa première édition huit grands groupes et 150 start-up régionales, dont les rencontres ont abouti à une quinzaine de contrats, le rendez-vous passe la seconde. En 2016, ce sont quatorze groupes (dont Cisco, Société Générale, Caisse des Dépôts, Orange, La Poste, EDF, Engie et Midi Libre) qui devraient accueillir une soixantaine de jeunes pousses.
From techcrunch
French startup Shift Technology just raised a $10 million Series A round from Accel, with existing investors Elaia Partners and Iris Capital also participating. Shift Technology uses big data and machine learning to detect patterns of fraudulent insurance claims. This way, insurance companies can save money.Shift Technology uses a Software-as-a-Service approach so that its tools get better over time. All the data the company collects from all its clients can educate its algorithms.Insurance fraud is a big market as insurance companies have a lot of money and are always looking for way to optimize claims. Anything that lets these companies save money is worth doing. So Shift Technology's platform looks like an easy sell.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Another #FrenchTech round !
People are focusing on the wrong thing when analyzing Apple's path forward in the face of slowing iPhone sales. Instead of debating how much Apple will try to monetize the iPhone user base with services (not as much as consensus thinks), the company is instead planning its largest pivot yet. There are only a handful of logical explanations for Apple's current R&D expense trajectory, and all of them result in a radically different Apple. In a few years, we are no longer going to refer to Apple as the iPhone company.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Drowning by Numbers ; Apple might be surprising us again by opening entirely new product / service categories and they have the resources for doing so.
Martin (Marty) Smith's curator insight, May 15, 2:12 PM
Apple Pivot, Will We Care
Juan Ortega's curator insight, May 20, 4:34 AM
Historia de Apple con número de unidades vendidas de cada producto
From www
L'année dernière, Carlos Diaz, un entrepreneur limougeaud habitant à San Francisco depuis sept ans, a reçu en tête-à-tête les PDG de 113 start-up hexagonales. Identifié par les entrepreneurs comme une figure française de la Silicon Valley depuis sa participation au mouvement des « pigeons » en 2012, il s'est retrouvé bombardé d'e-mails de jeunes créateurs d'entreprise, avides de conseils sur l'installation de ce côté-ci de l'Atlantique. Il s'est dit qu'il existait sûrement une manière plus efficace de les aider que d'enchaîner les cafés…
Avec deux autres chefs d'entreprise de la Vallée, Géraldine Le Meur, cofondatrice du festival LeWeb, et Pierre Gaubil, un autre serial entrepreneur, ils ont décidé de lancer un accélérateur de start-up françaises basé à San Francisco. Baptisé « The Refiners », il accueillera 12 à 15 start-up n'ayant pas encore réalisé de levée de fonds, pendant trois mois, deux fois par an. La première promotion commencera en septembre.Des modèles américains
L'accélérateur prendra 3 à 7 % de leur capital, en échange d'un chèque de 50.000 dollars pour les aider à démarrer. Un modèle inspiré des fameux accélérateurs Y Combinator et 500 Startups, d'où sont sortis Airbnb, Twitch ou Makerbot, mais qui prendra en compte « le fossé culturel, un élément trop souvent négligé », explique Carlos Diaz. « Pendant les trois premières semaines, on fermera les portes et les fenêtres car ils ne seront pas "montrables" et on leur apprendra comment agir ici », détaille-t-il. Au programme, quelques éléments clefs de la culture de la Silicon Valley, comme la différence entre les fonds de capital-risquefrançais et américains, ces derniers « ne demandant pas des tableurs et des business plans à trois ans », explique Pierre Gaubil. Ou encore la différence de relation avec les grandes entreprises : « dans la Silicon Valley, les grands comptes ne sont pas un élément de destruction des produits des start-up mais des partenaires qui les distribuent ».
Doté de 6 millions de dollars, le fonds est abondé à 60 % par une centaine de partners, moitié américains, moitié français, qui endossent également le rôle de mentors. Les 40 % restants sont apportés par bpifrance.Des licornes plutôt que des poneys
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Un nouvel investissement du Fonds French Tech Accélération, souscrit par la Caisse des Dépôts (pilote de l'Action French Tech du Programme d'Investissements d'Avenir) et géré par sa filiale bpifrance.
Bravo a The Refiners et à tous leurs mentors
PS: personnellement j'aime les poneys sauvages à la crinière soyeuse ...
Google is great and all, but it has some limitations, when you stop to think about it. It's fabulous at searching the whole web at once — there's nobody better at trawling humankind's vast combined storehouse of knowledge to quickly tell you how to make a hamburger.But it's less great at searching within any individual website or app. Sure, you can use Google to search within a site, but really it's just going back out to Google's master index, and then back to you.It's slower than it has to be, and it's not really applicable to searching inside, say, your own text messages on your own phone.Enter Algolia, a San Francisco-based startup that gives developers and businesses the tools to build their own search experience, their own way, for their own sites and apps.So far, Algolia has raised $21 million from investors including Accel Partners, the Y Combinator and 500 Startups accelerator programs, and Docker founder Solomon Hykes. And customers like Medium, Twitter's Periscope, and Microsoft's soon-to-be-discarded calendar app Sunrise are using Algolia's tech to power search in their own services.Today, Algolia announces that Kendall Collins, the former CEO of Salesforce Cloud and current CMO of $1.9 billion startup AppDynamics, has signed on to its board to guide the company towards the future and help bring the product to bigger businesses
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Congratulations to Algolia that looks set to be one of the next big #FrenchTech success !
Rise of the robots: 60,000 workers culled from just one factory as China's struggling electronics hub turns to artificial intelligence
From www
The manufacturing hub for the electronics industry, Kunshan, in Jiangsu province, is seeking a drastic reduction in labour costs as it undergoes a makeover after an industrial explosion killed 146 people in 2014.
The county, one-seventh the size of neighbouring Shanghai and the mainland's first county to achieve US$4,000 per capita income, was adjudged the best county for its economic performance by Forbes for seven years in a row.
However, the blaze, blamed on poor safety standards and haphazard industrialisation, dented Kunshan's pride.
More than a year on, the county, which attracts much of its investment from Taiwan, is trying to reinvent its growth strategy. It is accelerating growth by replacing humans with robots and encouraging start-ups.
Thirty-five Taiwanese companies, including Apple's supplier Foxconn, spent a total of 4 billion yuan (HK$4.74 billion) on artificial intelligence last year, according to the Kunshan government's publicity department.
"The Foxconn factory has reduced its employee strength from 110,000 to 50,000, thanks to the introduction of robots. It has tasted success in reduction of labour costs," said the department's head Xu Yulian.
"More companies are likely to follow suit."
As many as 600 major companies in Kunshan have similar plans, according to a government survey.
The job cuts do not augur well for Kunshan, which had a population of more than 2.5 million at the end of 2014, two-thirds of whom were migrant workers.
Factories and other buildings cover about 46 per cent of the land – a figure which is far higher than the cap set by the central government.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Rage against the Machine ?
From techcrunch
This is where Facebook will prototype its solar drones, Internet-beaming lasers, VR headsets, and next-gen servers.The problem with moving faster than most companies is that Facebook was plagued by delays whenever it had to outsource prototyping and testing of its gadgets and gizmos. With so much hardware on its 10-year roadmap, and quarter after quarter of profits stacking up, it made sense to build a dedicated laboratory within its Menlo Park headquarters.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
An internet / software giant reminds us, at scale, that #HardwareIsNotDead
From www
The internet provides information, opportunity and human connection, yet less than half the world has access. We're proud to announce the successful first test flight of Aquila, the solar airplane we designed to bring internet access to people living in remote locations. This innovative plane has the wingspan of an airliner but weighs less than a small car and flies on roughly the power of three blow dryers
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Solar Impulse, meet AI. Facebook's Aquila looks extremely promising and progressing quite fast. Besides, it confirms how serious its Building 8 Division is about leveraging and reinventing hardware to close the loop with software and services.
The French startup ecosystem is booming. Its exponential growth started about 5 years ago, and now attracts more and more of the young talent. See this.France was not historically seen as a startup country, and it wasn't. But things have changed. It is now the second largest startup ecosystem in Europe (after UK, but ahead of Germany), and may be about to become the first.There are some amazing initiatives like Ecole 42, which just launched in Silicon Valley as well.It is becoming recognised in Silicon Valley. As an example, John Chambers has on numerous occasions mentioned that he saw huge potential in the French startup ecosystem; for example, in a Fortune article.I expect that we will see the spirit of startup go beyond tech, and enter other industries where France has real knowledge, like food and fashion.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Great interview of Scality CEO by TheRegister. Jérôme Lecat has been a first hour supporter of La French Tech and very clearly explains how to articulate your startup between France and the US, debunking a few myths underway...
From www
While it's good that there's a tangible product, there are still doubts swirling around its feasibility. Ringing Bells' CEO admits that his company is taking a loss on every phone right now -- it's hoping to make up for that through sheer volume. As it stands, the firm is still reluctant to offer hands-on time to the media despite a release just days away.If this gamble pays off, though, it could change the local phone market. Even the most affordable smartphones on the market right now still represent a huge expense for some Indians, particularly rural dwellers who rarely enjoy middle class incomes. At $4, the Freedom 251 is inexpensive enough that it'd be far more attainable and help close a technological divide. The main mystery is whether or not the phone is any good. A terrible experience (say, through unreliable hardware) might sour people on the whole concept, no matter how tempting the price might be.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Smartphone price range has widened to 200:1 thanks to an Indian company !
Yesterday, Apple launched its Worldwide Developer's Conference (WWDC) and had its public keynote address. While many new things were announced, the one thing that caught my eye was the dramatic expansion of Apple's use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools. I talked a bit about AI with Hilary Parker on the latest Not So Standard Deviations, particularly in the context of Amazon's Echo/Alexa, and I think it's definitely going to be an area of intense competition between the major tech companies.Pretty much every major tech player is involved in AI–Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft–the list goes on. Recently, a some commentators have suggested that Apple in particular will never catch up with the likes of Google with respect to AI because of Apple's strict stance on privacy and unwillingness to gather/aggregate data from all its users. However, yesterday at WWDC, Apple revealed a few clues about what it was up to in the AI world.First, Apple mentioned deep learning more than a few times, including specifically calling out its use of LSTM in its Messages app and facial recognition in its Photos app. Previously, Apple had been rumored to be applying deep learning to its Siri assistant and its fingerprint sensor. At WWDC, Craig Federighi stressed Apple's continued focus on privacy and how Apple does not need to develop "user profiles" server-side, but rather does most computation on-device (in this case, on the iPhone).However, it can't be that Apple does all its deep learning computation on the iPhone. These models tend to be enormous and take advantage of reams of data that can only be reasonablly processed server-side. Unfortunately, because most companies (Apple in particular) release few details about what they do, we may never how this works. But we can definitely speculate!Apple vs. GoogleI think the Apple/Google dichotomy provides an interesting opportunity to talk about how models can be learned using data in different ways. There are two approaches being represented here by Apple and Google:Google way - Collect lots of data from users and store them on a server in the Googleplex somewhere. Then use that data to fit an enormous model that can predict when you've taken a picture of a cat. As users generate more data, bring that data back to the Googleplex and update/refine the model.Apple way - Build a "starter model" in the Apple Mothership. As users generate data on their phones, bring the model to the phone and update the model using just their data. Bring the updated model back to the Apple Mothership and leave the user's data on the phone.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
For anybody interested in #AI, here is a clear must-read piece detailing the difference in approach between Google and Apple, by using a "Google mean" vs "Apple mean" illustrated metaphor. And here, "mean" is to be understood mathematically, not morally #DontDoEvil ...
From www
announced a deal to pay $26.2 billion to acquire business social network, LinkedIn. It fails the four tests of a successful acquisition.While the deal certainly rescues LinkedIn from a huge growth problem that slashed the value of its shares in February, it is unclear how Microsoft will generate a return on that $26 billion investment.Microsoft will pay "$196 per share in an all-cash transaction, including LinkedIn's net cash, a 49.5% premium to LinkedIn's closing price on June 10. The offer values LinkedIn about 91 times earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA)," according to Bloomberg.Why would Microsoft do that? CEO Satya Nadella said "the acquisition could drive growth for LinkedIn as well as Microsoft's Office 365 and Dynamics services," according to Bloomberg.LinkedIn CEO Jeffrey Weiner — who will stay on as CEO after Microsoft completes the deal — said in a statement, "Just as we have changed the way the world connects to opportunity, this relationship with Microsoft, and the combination of their cloud and LinkedIn's network, now gives us a chance to also change the way the world works."I believe this is a flimsy justification for spending $26.2 billion.But to understand why it happened, a good place to start is to look what happened to LinkedIn's shares after the stock market opened on February 6, 2016.That was the day investors hacked 44% from LinkedIn's market capitalization.The reason was easy to understand, yet difficult to remedy. LinkedIn lowered its expectations for the year's growth in revenue (from 35% to 20%) and adjusted earnings (from 41% to 7%) — well below what analysts expected.This slashed a cool $1 billion from the net worth of LinkedIn's founder, Reid Hoffman, and forced Weiner to ponder important questions that needed to be answered before investors could hope to recoup what they lost.The questions were:Where would faster growth come from?Could it be spurred by improving LinkedIn's offerings?By selling its current products to new customers, or in new geographies? By inventing new products for its existing customers?By adding entirely new classes of products, or creating a new growth culture?Now that Microsoft is buying LinkedIn, whether or not Weiner can answer these questions will not matter as much as it once did.But the deal still begs the question — Does the Microsoft/LinkedIn deal pass the four tests of a successful acquisition?
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Interesting contrarian analysis requiring a full read on what remains the boldest move of this month if not this semester.While it values my LinkedIn profile at approx $60, it still does not trigger any need to upgrade to Premium...What I can expect from M$FT however is a better LinkedIn mobile app experience as Redmond had really been impressive on the mobile UX front especially on iOS.Any comments / reactions ?
From mondaynote
The absence of official numbers for the Apple Watch leads to speculation that the device is a flop — why else would Apple hide the numbers? But the company's penchant for secrecy shouldn't prevent us from looking at a few facts, and from thinking about the company's long game.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
You better Watch this enjoyable JL Gassée feature :-)
From techcrunch
Now that you are giving up on check-ins and sharing your location with your friends, a French startup is coming up with better technology and new use cases to make location cool again. Zenly has been quietly working on location for years, and teenagers are now getting addicted to this app. SoLoMo is back.Zenly couldn't be more straightforward. When you open the app, you see a giant map with your location and your friends' location. You can tap on a friend's picture and see exactly where they are. Or you can just aimlessly swap through your friends and jump around the map. This is Zenly's core feature.When I first heard about this pitch, I wasn't convinced by the idea. What if you could share your location with your close friends and family? This question doesn't sound compelling at all. It sounds a lot like Apple's Find My Friends, a bit like Foursquare, and it's also very reminiscent of dozens of failed startups (R.I.P. Sam Altman's Loopt, Gowalla, BrightKite, Highlight…).And I've also never been a fan of constant location sharing. First, I care about my privacy. Second, background location apps kill my phone's battery. Third, why would I even use something like this anyway?But I gave it a serious shot and liked it a lot. Zenly is a well-designed, addictive app. I tend to open it every now and then just because it's so different from everything out there. This isn't another messaging app. This isn't a social network. This isn't a utility. It's something that sits between all of these areas. And I keep opening the app.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Check this new French Startup & App launched by a classmate of mine ! Featured on Product Hunt too :-)
Deuxième édition pour le rendez-vous Big up 4 startup, organisé par le French Tech Montpellier et le cluster régional FrenchSouth Digital. Après avoir réuni en 2015 lors de sa première édition huit grands groupes et 150 start-up régionales, dont les rencontres ont abouti à une quinzaine de contrats, le rendez-vous passe la seconde. En 2016, ce sont quatorze groupes (dont Cisco, Société Générale, Caisse des Dépôts, Orange, La Poste, EDF, Engie et Midi Libre) qui devraient accueillir une soixantaine de jeunes pousses.Répondre aux besoins d'innovation des groupesComme l'an dernier, les start-up auront pour mission de proposer des réponses aux besoins d'innovation exprimés par les groupes dans des appels à projets disponibles en ligne. Des présentations et des rendez-vous individuels seront organisés les 19 et 20 mai prochains
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
En route pour Montpellier ou je pitcherai pour les besoins du Groupe Caisse des Dépôts et en particulier ICADE et Transdev !
How widely and how quickly will autonomous cars be accepted? As hard as it might be for an urbanite to imagine, many people love their cars. And if early autonomous vehicles cause a few well-publicized accidents, fear of the unknown could slow the trend, even to a halt.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Which of the 12 questions raised by Apple's investment in Didi do you favor ?
From techcrunch
French startup Drivy has raised another $35 million (€31 million) from Cathay Innovation, Nokia Growth Partners and existing investors Bpifrance, Via-ID and Index Ventures. If you don't already know Drivy, the company wants to rethink the way car rental works today.If you have a car, chances are you don't use it every day. Sometimes you can even spend long periods of time without using it thanks to public transportation. Instead of having a useless car, you can rent it to someone else. In other words, you become a sort of car rental company for your own car.On the other side of the equation, if you live in a big city, chances are you don't need a car. Having a car could even slow you down. But sometimes, you want to go on vacation and a car would be useful. Sure, you could rent a car from any of the existing car rental company. But Drivy lets you rent a car from someone else for less.This way, you could find big cars, small cars, give back your car on a Sunday and more. Drivy wants to be more flexible than your average car rental company.
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
A great investment for the #EcoTech fund managed by our subsidiary #BPIfrance for the Investments For the Future Program (disclosure: I represent Caisse Des Dépôts as the L.P)
From www
Nokia is buying digital health and wearables company Withings for €170 million (£131 million).The deal, which Nokia said would be the start of "a new chapter" for the company, will create a digital health business within Nokia, headed by Withings CEO Cédric Hutchings."We have said consistently that digital health was an area of strategic interest to Nokia, and we are now taking concrete action to tap the opportunity in this large and important market," Rajeev Suri, Nokia's president, said in a statement.Founded in 2008 Withings, based in France, has 200 staff in Paris and Massachusetts and Hong Kong.The company produces a range of health and lifestyle products, including smartwatches, air monitors for houses, smart thermometers, and an Aura sensor that tracks your movements while you sleep
Philippe J DEWOST's insight:
Congratulations to Eric CARREEL who pioneered and ignited the #IoT revolution in France. Glad to see a #FrenchTech success morphing into #EuropeanTech !
CVSTENE's curator insight, April 28, 8:19 AM
Deuxième acquisition "française" pour Nokia, après Alcatel-Lucent, avec Withings. Nokia accèlere dans le domaine de l'IoT après celui du Mobile Backend As A Service (MBaaS). L'objectif de Nokia est de proposer une large gamme de produits connectés (smart sensors) intégrés et d'offrir aux consommateurs des services "smart santé" dédiés dans son cloud. Si l'IoT est encore un marché "marginal" chez Nokia, l'entreprise note qu'avec un CAGR de 27% sur 2015-2020, le marché de l'IoT pour la santé est un segment stratégique sur lequel se développer.
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The Education Foundation of Eagle County is asking local residents to take an online survey to gauge support for a property tax increase.
"EFEC just wants to see what's possible," said Diana Scherr, a foundation board member. "We felt it was our duty to determine if we have a shot at this or not."
If the tax idea moves forward, the foundation won't run the campaign, Scherr said.
Parents and other supporters launched the foundation last year after $9 million was cut from the school district's budget over two years. Those cuts impacted 100 school district jobs and the foundation is trying to offset some of those cuts.
Toward that end, the foundation's board of trustees said it wanted to get a feel for which way the wind is blowing about a possible property tax increase in November. When the survey is in, they say they'll talk it over with the school board.
In 2011 Eagle County voters defeated a proposed school property tax increase.
During Wednesday afternoon's work session the school board will hear from representatives of G.K. Baum, a Kansas City firm that specializes in municipal finance. Todd Snidow and Paul Hanley from G.K. Baum will discuss and answer questions regarding property tax rates (mill levy), overrides and bonds. They'll also talk about timing, turnout and composition of elections. The work session begins at 3:30 p.m.
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Right now, Colorado's school finance has lots of moving parts, Scherr said.
A bill making its way though the Colorado state Legislature would overhaul school financing for the first time since 1994.
Among other things, the bill would raise the cap on property taxes local voters could approve. It would also increase state funding for Eagle County's schools by up to $4.6 million.
Schools are funded through a combination of property taxes, vehicle taxes and state funding.
The school district takes a 33-cent bite of every Eagle County property tax dollar. Eagle County government takes 13 cents, and Colorado Mountain College collects 6 cents of every property tax dollar, according to data from the Eagle County treasurer's office.
Residential property owners pay about $171 in school taxes for each $100,000 their homes are worth.
Beaver Creek property owners pay more than anyone else in the county.
The Eagle County school district's 2013 budget includes $51,374,340 in its general fund, the checkbook it uses to conduct day-to-day business. That's down about $1.5 million from 2012, according to the school district's budget data.
The school district's rainy day account - their fund balance - hit an all-time high of $16 million three years ago. The school board decided to dip into it to preserve services during the recession.
State law requires Eagle County's school district to keep just under $2 million in its fund balance account. The local school board set its minimum limit at $10 million.
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FRIDAY, Dec. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Women with obstructive sleep apnea have more brain damage than men with the disorder, a new study finds.
People with obstructive sleep apnea experience repeated breathing interruptions while they sleep. Left untreated, sleep apnea may lead to serious health problems such as high blood pressure, stroke, heart failure, diabetes and depression.
About 10 years ago, a team at the University of California, Los Angeles, showed that men with sleep apnea have damage to their brain cells. In this new study of 80 participants, the same team compared the brains of men and women with and without sleep apnea.
"While there are a great many brain studies done on sleep apnea and the impact on one's health, they have typically focused on men or combined groups of men and women, but we know that obstructive sleep apnea affects women very differently than men," chief investigator Paul Macey, associate dean of information technology and innovations at the UCLA School of Nursing, said in a university news release.
"This study revealed that, in fact, women are more affected by sleep apnea than are men, and that women with obstructive sleep apnea have more severe brain damage than men suffering from a similar condition," Macey said.
In particular, brain damage in women with obstructive sleep apnea affected two areas in the front of the brain involved in decision-making and mood regulation. Women with sleep apnea also had higher levels of depression and anxiety symptoms, according to the study in the December issue of the journal Sleep.
"This tells us that doctors should consider that the sleep disorder may be more problematic and therefore need earlier treatment in women than men," Macey said.
The next step is to learn more about the timing of brain changes in people with obstructive sleep apnea, and to determine whether treating the disorder can help the brain.
"What we don't yet know is, did sleep apnea cause the brain damage, did the brain damage lead to the sleep disorders or do the common comorbidities, such as depression, dementia or cardiovascular issues, cause the brain damage, which in turn leads to sleep apnea," Macey said.
While the study found an association between sleep apnea and brain damage, it did not prove cause-and-effect.
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While some residents spend the quieter May days vacationing, others choose to volunteer, instead. Want to help out but not sure which organization is right for you? Here's a spotlight on a few organizations you may not know about. Check back on Monday to read more about local volunteer opportunities in part two of this series.
Volunteers who seek out the Court Appointed Special Advocates program are looking to truly make an impact, said Kathy Reed, the program's executive director.
"One volunteer said that she was looking for a volunteer experience that meant something, not just a one-day opportunity," Reed said. "(She wanted to) invest in the lives of others."
CASA trains volunteers to be "friends of the court" who perform an independent investigation into the lives of children who are involved in the welfare court system. After the investigation, volunteers make a recommendation in the child's best interest and help them find permanent homes as soon as possible. Reed said that children who go through the court system with a CASA volunteer have cases that are closed sooner, get access to more resources and the likelihood that they return to the court system is less than 10 percent.
"We have volunteers from all walks of life," Reed said. "We're looking for people who have the ability to be objective, somewhat autonomous, have the ability to use investigative skills and have a heart for at-risk children and youth."
Being a CASA volunteer is challenging, but many find the experience to be life changing.
"People don't realize that children are being abused right next door," Reed said. "When (someone from) CASA comes in and sees that this is happening, they never anticipated the change that they could make in the lives of these children."
Reed hopes that one day every child who enters the court system will have their own CASA volunteer. She has seen firsthand the difference the program can make for both children and their families.
"CASA allows the community to have input into what's happening in children's lives," Reed said. "Most importantly, we stop the cycle of abuse ... I think we can stop that cycle of abuse for generations to come."
We're experiencing an "age wave" when it comes to the number of senior citizens in our community, according to Healthy Aging Program Coordinator Carly Rietmann. Eagle County is one of the top counties in the state that will see significant growth in the age 65-and-older population in the next 10 to 20 years.
Volunteers with the Healthy Aging program serve lunches at the county's senior sites, deliver meals to those still in their homes, and help transport seniors to medical appointments. Those with specific skills, such as massage therapy or nail painting, also donate their time and talents.
"A lot of people don't realize that we have so many seniors," Rietmann said. "(We) really want to make a difference in people's lives and help them stay in their homes as long as possible."
One of the program's goals is to keep seniors "healthy and active," Rietmann said.
Rietmann also oversees RSVP, the Retired Senior Volunteer Program. RSVP helps local residents over the age of 55 find volunteer opportunities in the area.
For retired senior Andy Vesque, joining RSVP gave her the boost she needed after leaving the workforce behind. Vesque's husband was disabled for 20 years and she saw how much the Eagle County's services helped out her own family. In addition to delivering lunches, Vesque often drives seniors to doctor's visits as far as Denver and Grand Junction.
"I don't have a lot of money, but I do have my time," Vesque said. "When I retired and didn't have a job to go to, I sunk in a hole; your world closes down... (RSVP) helped me open up my world again."
The Eagle Valley Alliance for Sustainability volunteers will put in hundreds of hours this summer to hopefully get down to "Zero." They've recently started a "Zero Waste" Station program, which aims to help the community's large events cut down on waste and eliminate trash. One of the first "Zero Waste" events this year was Taste of Vail in April. The Alliance staffed booths where people could recycle or compost their food and cutlery. Volunteers were also hand on talk to attendees about the importance of sustainability.
"Most people don't know that when food goes to a landfill, it doesn't really break down," said Tracy Anderson, executive director of the Eagle Valley Alliance. "It generates methane gas, which is a greenhouse gas."
Groups of volunteers are needed this summer to help run these "Zero Waste" Stations. During large events the town of Vail will now take all food scraps and compost them. In addition to this, all vendors are required to use compostable bowls, plates and utensils. Anderson hopes that the Alliance's efforts will serve as a model for other communities when it comes to sustainability and environmental awareness.
"These events bring thousands of people to town," Anderson said. "It's always a good venue for doing public education and outreach to prevent a lot of trash from going to the landfill ... (we want) these to become events that other towns will look at and say, 'I want to be like Vail."


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Property owner Jordan and Andrews demolished an older, 18,000-square-foot building, formerly occupied by Cost Plus World Market and, even earlier, Barnes & Noble, to make way for the 14,000-square-foot drugstore.
Ron Bernasconi, Jordan and Andrews' general partner, said the project, at 660 W. March Lane, got strong support from city officials and the Stockton Chamber of Commerce and that he was proud of the result.
"It was just a good all around outcome, considering the state of the market," he said Tuesday. "We just caught the brass ring."
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Games of leather and rubber. Not video games, but real games with impossible heels and spankings. Those might be the trappings of S&M, but in Japan, S&M isn't only about trappings or artifice. It's something deeper.
Take this week's news that Kansai's JR West punished train drivers and staff by forcing them to clean toilets after train delays. Japanese trains are notoriously punctual, and being late is measured in seconds. The toilet cleaning was part of "dayshift education" and meted out as punishment for digressions like being three minutes late to work. An Osaka district court ruled that forcing train drivers to clean toilets or cut weeds was illegal and infringed on person rights.
Cleaning toilets is military punishment. It also factors into BDSM in both the West and Japan. It's dirty. It's power. Forcing train drivers to clean the loo was as much about humiliating them as punishing them. It's a tradition, of sorts. There's a scene in the excellent 1997 flick Bounce Ko Gals in which schoolgirl prostitutes are hired, not for sex, but to clean urinals.
Sexual gratification from public humiliation is universal, which is why you sometimes see people licking boots in a park in Brooklyn in the good old USA. But what is uniquely Japanese?
"I think, generally speaking, that Japanese people are kind of masochistic," Metal Gear cosplayer Omi Gibson told Kotaku. "That might be one reason why Japan has taken to S&M." Another reason, she said, is that elements of it exist in Japan's distant past. "That's why you see it popping up in manga and anime—and have been for years."
There's a long history of S&M in Japan that exists outside the Western BDSM subculture. That history starts with Japanese torture hundreds of years ago during the medieval days of the Sengoku Period. (You thought the Sengoku Period was just handsome heroes like in Sengoku Basara? Wrong.) By the 18th century, the Tokugawa government instituted seven kinds of torture: whipping, weighing stone stabs on thighs, shrimp binding, and rope suspension. These continue to be used in Japanese S&M today.
"In Japan, a lot of people take S&M as one type of art. I think so, too."
"I think one of the major differences between Japanese and Western S&M is asanawa, which wasn't used in America or Europe until somewhat recently," Yuka Kamijyou recently told Kotaku. Asanawa is an expensive type of rope that's treated with specific oils. And Kamijyou is tied up with it for her job, working professionally as a masochist. "In Japan, a lot of people take S&M as one type of art," said Kamijyou. "I think so, too."
During the late 19th century, S&M began finding its way into Japanese bedrooms, with the Japanese artist Seiu Ito perfecting the art of his paintings, but also the art of kinbaku or "tight binding". According to Kamijyou, learning the complex knots takes time and practice. Making a mistake can injure your partner. "Rope is very dangerous," a predominant rope artist told Tokyo Journal, adding that it can paralyze.
M (masochistic) girls like Kamijyou might dress in more traditional clothing for rope art, drawing upon Japanese history. Rope artists are usually men; however, as Kamijyou pointed out, there are females who bind other women or men. They usually dress as Western-style dominatrixes, but there are a handful of female rope sensei who dress in traditional Japanese garb. In the years following World War II, America did help expand the rights of women; however, Japan has been progressive about empowering women on things, such as education (the first novel in the world was written by a Japanese woman!), so simply equating female dominance and female submission with Western and Japanese clothing is an oversimplification.
Clothing does make for an easy separation. For example, a character like Bayonetta is quickly identified as an S (sadistic) character. Her glasses, her high heels, and even the way she speaks are all visual tropes for sadistic types in Japan. Western-game loving porn star Noa stars exclusively as a dominant female in Japanese adult videos. In many ways, she also incorporates many of the same visual cues, whether that be glasses, a frosty demeanor, and Western-style fetish wear. Of course, glasses do not simply equate sadomasochism in Japan and are wrapped with multiple meanings.
When the 20-something-year-old Kamijyou isn't working, she's frequenting the countless S&M bars and salons in Tokyo's Shinjuku and Shibuya. It might be a bar, but participants aren't drinking, for safety reasons. "No drugs of course," she added, "and not even sex." For Kamijyou and others, it's all about the performance.
A lot of people also see S&M, especially Japanese S&M, as violence against women, but not Kamijyou. "As far as I know, most M girls prefer to be M girls, and are not forced to be so—including myself," said Kamijyou. "A lot of M-girls feel better and confident when they think of themselves as a M-girl, so, it is hard to say they are actually victims." It's people being comfortable with their sexuality—judge them all you want. But just as Japan has professional slaves, there are endless professional dominatrix, dishing out pain for pleasure to their subservient males. "Some people might misunderstand S&M as violence, but it's not," said Kamijyou. According to her it requires sensitivity and deep trust.
And it's become increasingly normal. That isn't to say the entire nation of Japan is explicitly practicing S&M (it isn't!), but Japanese television has increasingly become aware of S&M archetypes. It's not uncommon for popular male actors to admit they are ドM (masochistic) or beautiful female singers to say they are ドS (sadistic). In a recent interview, Aya Ueto, one of Japan's most popular stars admitted that she got along with the director of a recent film because she's masochistic, and he's sadistic. Ueto wasn't talking explicitly about S&M, but rather, about being dominant and passive in a working relationship. The terms can have even broader meanings, completely non sexual ones, such as, for example, being mischievous or mean for ドM.
Japan likes to divide people into categories and subcategories or "kei" (系). Japanese variety shows are a pastiche of different types, whether that be male or female: there are dumb types, cool types, funny types, and usually fat or ugly types. Increasingly, the terms "S" and "M" are used as personality markers. Fans chatter online about which members of boy band (and Nintendo pitchmen) Arashi are S-types and which ones are M. Two-person comedy acts like Ninety-Nine are divided into the straight man and the funny man, but in a world where Japanese comedy is often physically painful and embarrassing. Thank comedian Beat Takeshi, whose Famicom game Takeshi's Challenge is the most sadistic game ever made, for that.
Japanese television can be both incredibly sadistic and masochistic, with famous celebrities (both male and female) being forced to wear embarrassing outfits and being forced to do humiliating things. More often than not, it's for comedy, because cruelty is one element of great comedy. But sometimes programs can come as off as too cruel—such as when overweight comedian Naomi Watanabe appeared on one reality show that had her eat a lot of food to gain more weight.
This is perhaps the masochistic streak Omi was talking about. But as the viewer, we become sadistic consumers watching as the scene plays out. Or when popular fighting game characters like Mai Shiranui appear in PSP title Queen's Blade covered in white goo, the viewer once again, virtual or not, plays a part in the dominance and degradation. It's a powerplay, and with so much of sexuality in the media, the viewers play a central role. Gaming gives players control that passive media does not, empowering them. But as difficult Japanese games like Demon's Souls have proven, video games can also bend players to their will.
"I have strong masochistic tendencies," Omi told Kotaku. That's why, as a gamer, she's drawn to characters who have elements she doesn't. "As an M, I like M characters, too, but M characters who can be S when they need to be," said Omi. "I guess that's why I like Metal Gear Solid's Cyborg Ninja—he's the ultimate M, who is also S." And at times, so is Japan.


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I have a soft spot for building reflections. The building reflected on this tower in Times Square, The Condé Nast building, is one of my favorites. And I'll show you why tomorrow.
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superb reelection. I like it as well.
Reflections are so neat. You've got a great one here.
That's so cool! I didn't realize it was a reflection at first and thought it was two separate buildings. I love the angle of the shot!
Great shot. I particularly like the angle too.
Belle photo ! Le reflet du bâtiment me donne l'impression qu'il est au fond de l'eau. Les vitres de la tour forment un grand miroir tout à fait surprenant.
Eliane, that is a very cool photo!
Thanks for leaving a comment on my blog. If I could bring Habitat over to New York I would, any excuse for another visit. As a new daily photo blogger it is great to know that people from all over the world are looking at Cheltenham. New York daily blogs are what started me on my new undertaking. Your photos are excellent and I love reflections of buildings on other buildings. When I visited NYC last year I took a photo of The Chrysler Building reflected in a glass building opposite. Its one of my favourite photos from my visit.
Very nicely done! The reflection is very clear.
Say hi to Anna Wintour if you see her.
Salur Eliane,
J'ai faite une reservation pour un hotel a Paris, finalement! J'ai ete tres occupe avec les preparations pour mes vacances!
J'ai la forme de la reservation imprime mais j'ai peur le monsieur a l'hotel dit moi "Reservation? Non...n'ya pas!" J'ai lu beaucoup de ces histoires sur l'internet...quelle horreur!
Very nice indeed! I, too, love reflection pics.
Love those NYC reflections. My favourite is the reflection of the Plaza on the building at 58 Street!
•slinger: thank you. Glad you like it.
•lynette: I love it! It's fascinating.
•lori: oh thank you. The angle is mainly influenced by what fits in the window of my iPhone. ;) But I'll take the compliment. :)
•clueless: I'll take this one too. :)
•claudine: Bien vu. Je vois le côté liquide. Cool.
•blue: well, thank you very much!
•marley: I am so with you on that. The Chrysler building in any picture makes it a good one, in my opinion. Ok, you gotta make a little more effort to get Habitat over here! Please. ;)
•ming: I just googled Anna Wintour. Not sure she works in my tower or the one accross. But I am sure she must be visiting. He, he. :D
•photolicious: OMG, relax! It's Europe, not the middle of nowhere. ;)
•monika: thank you. It always mezmerise me.
•gmg: Ohhh.... you are giving me pics idea!! Gracias! :)
This is really a nice companion photo to the one following.(The Conde Nast building). As they contrast yet have the same building theme.This one being more reflective, inward..and the next looking outwards towards Conde Nast.