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Chiu PhD, SMIEEE, SMACM, Life MHKCS 1 3 main steps of e-business strategy Mobile e-commerce strategy E-business strategy Strategy Strategy formulation implementation 12 Strategic analysis 3 External analysis 9 5 Internal organisation Strategy options Opportunities/ threats Strengths/ weaknesses 4 Internal analysis 6 Sustaining competitive advantage 8 7 Exploring new market spaces Creating and capturing value 10 13 Interaction with suppliers Implementation 11 Interaction with users/customers COMP7880-Intro-2 Hierarchy of Goals Company vision Mission statements Strategic objectives COMP7880-I/E-3 E-business strategy formulation SWOT Analysis Key environmental/ industry developments Opportunities Strengths Firm characteristics Weaknesses Internal Analysis External Analysis Threats • Do we have the strengths to seize possible opportunities? • Do we have the strengths to fend off possible threats? • Which opportunities do we miss because of our deficits? • To which threats do our weaknesses expose us to? COMP7880-I/E-4 Porter's 5 force model Potential entrants Threat of new entrants Industry competition Suppliers Bargaining power of buyers Rivalry among existing firms Bargaining power of suppliers Buyers Threat of substitutes Substitutes One assumption of Porter's five forces model is that some industries are inherently more attractive than others; i.e., the profit potential for companies in that industry is higher. As this figure indicates, the interaction and strength of five forces influences profitability. Source: Adapted from M. Porter (1998), p. 4. COMP7880-I/E-5 Complementing Porter's model: Co-opetition value network framework Supplier Competitors Firm Complementors Buyer Source: Adapted from A. Brandenburger and B. Nalebuff (1998), p. 17 COMP7880-I/E-6 How the Internet impacts all activities in value chain (Support Activities) Firm Infrastructure • Web-based, distributed financial and ERP systems • On-line investor relations (e.g. information dissemination, broadcast conference calls) Human resource management • Self-service personnel and benefits administration • Web-based training • Internet-based sharing and dissemination of company information Technology development • Collaborative product design across locations and among multiple value-system participants • Knowledge directories accessible from all parts of the organisation • Real-time access by R&D to online sales and service information Procurement • Internet-enabled demand planning • Other linkage of purchase, inventory, and forecasting systems with suppliers • Direct and indirect procurement via marketplaces, auctions and buyer-seller matching Web-distributed supply chain management Source: Reprinted from M. Porter (2001) COMP7880-I/E-7 How the Internet impacts all activities in value chain (Primary Activities) Inbound logistics • Real-time integrated scheduling, shipping, warehouse management, demand management & planning, and advanced planning & scheduling across the company and its suppliers • Dissemination through out the company of real-time inbound and in-progress inventory data Operations • Integrated information exchange, scheduling and decision making in in-house plants and components suppliers Outbound logistics • Real-time transaction of orders • Automated customerspecific agreements and contract terms • Customer and channel access to product development and delivery status • Collaborative integration with customer forecasting systems • Integrated channel management Marketing and sales • Online sales channels including web sites and marketplaces • Real-time inside and outside access to customer information, product catalogues, dynamic pricing, inventory availability, online submission of quotes, and order entry • Online product configurators • Customer-tailored marketing via customer profiling After-sales service • Online support of customer service representatives • Customer selfservice via websites and intelligent service request processing • Real-time field service, access to customer account review, work-order update, etc. Web-distributed supply chain management Source: Reprinted from M. Porter (2001) COMP7880-I/E-8 2 generic approaches of competitive advantage Unique product with price premium Goal of the companyBusiness strategy something Performance Provide that is valuable advantage unique to buyers Differentiation Competitive advantage Price advantage Similar product with lower price Provide a product with lowest price Cost leadership (Cost/price leadership) Become the cost leader in the industry Source: Adapted from H. Hungenberg (2006), p. 189. COMP7880-SO-9 E-business strategy changes based on SWOT Analysis COMP7880-SCA-10 Alternative positioning for services / products / price COMP7880-SCA-11 Reasons favoring 'make' or 'buy' decisions Reasons favouring 'make' decisions Reasons favouring 'buy' decisions Strong linkage between activities High economies of scale Confidentiality of information High transaction costs High capital requirements Specialized know-how Higher efficiency of the open markets Think: how does IT impacts? Separation vs integration Separate organization Integrated organization • Greater focus • Established and trusted brand • More flexibility and faster decisions • Shared information • Entrepreneurial culture • Access to venture capital Source: R. Gulati and J. Garino (2000), pp. 107-114 • Cross-promotion • Purchasing leverage • Distribution efficiencies • Shared customer service Think: how does IT impacts? Different imperatives regarding economics, culture, and competition Businesses I m p e r a t i v e s Economics Culture Competition Product innovation Customer relationship management Infrastructure management Early market entry allows for a premium price and a large market share; speed is the key High cost of customer acquisition makes it imperative to gain large shares of wallet; economies of scope are the key High fixed costs make large volumes essential to achieving low unit costs; economies of scale are the key Employee centered; coddling the creative 'stars' Highly service oriented; 'customer comes first' Cost focused; stress on standardization, predictability, efficiency Battle for talent; low barriers to entry; many small players thrive Battle for scope; rapid consolidation; a few big players dominate Battle for scale; rapid consolidation; a few big players dominate Source: Adapted from J. Hagel and M. Singer (1999). Supplier interaction strategies Pull Push Allocates production to stocking locations based on overall demand Encourages economies of scale in production Just-in-time Draws inventory into the stocking location Each stocking location is considered independent Maximizes local control of inventories Attempts to synchronize stock flows so as to just meet demand as it occurs Minimizes the need for inventory Supply-Driven Supply quantities and timing are unknown All supply must be accepted and processed Inventories are controlled through demand COMP7880-IS-15 Importance of suppliers Inventories is a major use of capital in the supply channel. Purchasing and scheduling involve decisions that affect the efficient movement and storage of goods. Key tradeoff: lead time, demand, service, cost Key difficulties: demand uncertainty together with lead time Push vs pull Just-in-time scheduling procedures become popular Toyota's KANBAN and MRP scheduling Combining Distribution and Materials Requirements Planning (DRP and MRP) allows integration of the supply chain from suppliers to customers. Purchasing is important, accounting for 40-60% of dollar sales typically. Impact on the efficiency of logistical activities Key purchasing decision: quantities, timing, and sourcing COMP7880-IS-16 Customer relationship management consists of four elements 'What criteria determine who will be our most profitable customers?' 1 Customer selection 2 Customer acquisition 'How can we acquire this customer in the most efficient and effective way?' Customer relationship management cycle 4 'How can we Customer extension increase the loyalty and the profitability of this customer?' 3 Customer retention 'How can we keep this customer for as long as possible?' COMP7880-IC-17 A Conceptual Model of a Decision Model for Recommendation Recommendation for make Persuasiveness Service Provider pM = fp(ri, tij, uM) Trustworthiness Utility expects Customer uM perceives Risk Attitude tij = ft(impij, repij, rij) ri affects Reputation k = n ij rep ij = k = 1 W ik im p ij Personalized Recommendation n ij Impression impij = fi(∑gainij, ∑lossij, pij, nij) ICEC2005-18 Research Questions and Objectives At the long-term strategic level: At the tactics level regarding individual recommendations: How can a service provider build up its reputation? How costly it could be? How does recommendation quality affect the service provider's reputation? How important is the utility of a recommendation to a customer for accepting it? How important is a service providers' reputation and impression to a customer for accepting a recommendation? At the operations level: How can a quantitative decision model help operations, particularly for the construction of decision support systems for making effective personalized recommendations? Personalized Recommendation ICEC2005-19 E-marketing strategy essentials E-marketing strategy is a channel strategy Objectives for online contribution % - sales, service, profitability should drive our strategy E-marketing strategy defines how we should: 1. 2. 3. 4. Communicate benefits of using this channel Prioritise audiences targeted through channel Prioritise products available through channel Hit our channel leads & sales targets Acquisition, Conversion, Retention Channel strategies thrives on differentials BUT, need to manage channel integration COMP7880-IC-20 Segmentation method Measurable It should be possible to measure the size of a defined segment in order to determine its purchasing power and its peculiar characteristics Substantial A segment should be large enough to justify that it is addressed separately Differentiable The segments must be exclusive and react differently to a variety of marketing approaches Actionable It should be possible to develop sales and marketing approaches to serve specific segments. Source: Kotler, (2005). Networking frequency 'Long tail' of social networking provides access to previously inaccessible market niches Contact pool acessible via traditional networking tools Source: Adapted from Anderson C. (2006). Additional network potential of online networking Contacts ranked by frequency COMP7880-IC-22 Comparison between E-commerce and Mcommerce (Elliott, Phillips, 2004 ) Factor E-Commerce M-Commerce Product or service focus Product focus Service focus Product or service provision Wired Global access Wireless Global access Product or service assets Static information and data Dynamic locationbased data Product or service attraction Fixed non-timeconstrained access Mobility and Portability of access M-Commere Strategy 23 Comparison between E-commerce and Mcommerce Barnes And Huff, 2003; Elliott, Phillips, 2004 Factor E-Commerce M-Commerce Personal Devices PC: Medium Mobile phone : High Network Operators can determine the services No Yes, like a gatekeeper Usage and Applications will charge No standard way to charge; PC is essentially free Users seem prepared to pay a 'mobility premium' User's Location Hard to find Network Operator know who you are, where you are, can direct you to the portal of choice, and can charge you money Reverse Billing No Yes, in which services are charged directly to the user's phone bill Display Screen Size and Medium Memory Small Click through rates for banner AD and e-Mail (i-mode) 3.6%; 24% PC Less than 0.5% M-Commere Strategy 24 Obstacles to M-commerce (Elliott, Phillips, 2004 ) Efficient and fast wireless telecommunications services are often focused within specific area Wireless Mobile Internet access more costly than wired Internet access Concerns over privacy and security still pervade the wireless data transmission world Many individuals and organizations still harbor concerns over the health issues of wireless technology Note changes in environment since this 2004 view. M-Commere Strategy 25 The development of M-commerce In Europe and Japan In USA Focus on delivering to the customer technology, such as internet –enable mobile phones, and the provision of Mobile Internet services Europe view: Lifestyle consideration Focus on the use of palm computers, other mobile devices (e.g. the BlackBerry mobile E-mail devices), and other wireless technology to improve the effectiveness of business systems process USA view: Support mobile working Currently both are important M-Commere Strategy 26 Impact of wireless technologies on the value chain Firm Infrastructure • Mobile financial and ERP systems, incl. legal and government information • Mobile investor relations (e.g. information dissemination, broadcast conference calls, alerts) • Voice-to-data conversions: mobile forms-based applications, multimedia cellular and wireless broadcast • Mobile services: rich voice (image, video), Internet (intra/extranet), messaging (SMS, MMS, LBS) and content • Mobile access to e-mails, personal information management Human resource management • Mobile activities in recruiting, hiring, training, development and compensation • Mobile self-service personnel and benefits administration, incl. mobile time and expense reporting • Mobile sharing and dissemination of company information • Mobile services via HRM: voice guidance, messaging (SMS, MMS, LBS push or pull), internet and infotainment Technology development • Mobile teams, distributed collaborative product design across locations and among multiple value-system participants • Knowledge directories accessible from any location • Real-time access by R&D to mobile sales and service information Procurement • Mobile demand planning and fulfilment • Other mobile linkage of purchase, inventory, and forecasting systems with suppliers and/or buyers • Mobile direct and indirect procurement via marketplaces, exchanges, auctions, and buyer/seller matching Mobile SCM Source: Adapted from Dan Steinbock (2005), p. 260. Mobile CRM Impact of wireless technologies on the value chain Operations Inbound Logistics Mobile activities Mobile activities in associated with receiving, storing and transforming inputs disseminating inputs to into final products/services products/services Outbound Logistics Marketing and sales Mobile activities Mobile activities with associated with collecting,means for buyers to storing and distributing purchase products/ products/services to services and inducing buyers them to do so, incl. advertising, promotion, • Mobile scheduling, • Mobile • Mobile order sales force, channels, shipping, information processing and pricing warehouse/demand exchange, scheduling management and scheduling and • Mobile delivery vehicle • Mobile sales channels, planning and decision making operation e.g. websites, scheduling across in in-house • Mobile marketplaces the company and plants, contract customer/channel • Mobile access to its suppliers assemblers, and access to product customer information, • Mobile distribution components development and product catalogues, across the suppliers distribution status order entry company of real• Mobile • Mobile channel • Mobile product/service time inbound and available-tomanagement, incl. configurators in-progress promise information exchange, • Mobile push/pull inventory data information to warranty claims, advertising sales force and contract management • Mobile surveys, optchannels (versioning, process in/opt-out marketing, control) and promotion response tracking Mobile SCM Source: Adapted from Dan Steinbock (2005), p. 260. After-sales service Mobile activities associated with providing service to enhance or maintain the value of product/services • Mobile support of customer service reps (incl. voice guidance, SMS, MMS, LBS, e-mail, billing, co-browse, chat, VoIP, video streaming) • Mobile customer self-service via portals and mobile service request processing, billing, shipping etc. • Mobile field service access to customer account review Mobile CRM Impact of wireless technologies on the industry's five forces Barriers to entry Bargaining power of suppliers (+/–) Procurement using mobility tends to raise bargaining power over suppliers (e.g. Wal-mart and RFID), though it can also give suppliers access to more customers (+/–) Mobility provides a channel for suppliers to reach end users, reducing the leverage of intervening companies, but it may also provide a direct channel to industry rivals and thus disintermediate channels (+/–) Mobile procurement and mobile markets tend to give all companies equal access to suppliers, but they can also be used to create privileged access to some firms (+/–) Mobility can gravitate procurement to standardised products that reduce differentiation, but it can also be deployed to diversify products/services, which increases differentiation Source: Adapted from Dan Steinbock (2005), p. 266. Rivalry among existing competitors (+) Increases barriers to entry by eliminating waste and contributing to efficiencies (+/–) Mobile applications are difficult to keep proprietary from new entrants, but consolidation favours incumbents (–) A flood of new entrants has come into many new industries Bargaining power of channels and end users (–/+) Reduces differences among competitors as offerings are (+) Complements (–) Shifts powerful bargaining difficult to keep proprietary, but increases channels and power to the potential for efficiencies can improve end consumers (–/+) Migrates competition to price, but can bargaining (+/–) increase potential for differentiation Increases/decreases (–) Widens the geographic market, power over switching increasing the number of competitors traditional costs channels (–) Lowers variable cost relative to fixed cost, increasing pressure for price discounting (+) By making the overall industry more efficient, Mobility can expand the size of the market Threat of substitute (+) The proliferation of mobility approaches products or services creates complementary opportunities, rather than substitution threats New Rules of Marketing in Web 2.0 Old Rules Marketing = advertising New Rules Marketing = advertising + PR + thought leadership. Media shift from TV and Creative messaging via print to social media via the broadcast interruption Web. Designed to appeal to the Timely delivery of detailed masses information on demand 1-way messaging: 2-way interactive dialogue; company to consumer audience participation. Focus on selling products You are what you publish; content = king. or services. COMP7880-W2-30 Business Objectives for Social Media Brand Building / Reputation Management Improved Search Engine Rankings Increased Visitor Traffic to Website Stay Connected with Peers and Colleagues Relationship Marketing Word of Mouth Marketing COMP7880-W2-31 Strategic IT applications Much domain knowledge is required. Note the data / information requirements and how IT helps to collect / integrate the data for calculations and decision making. Capture forecasting, ordering, CRM signals (either determined by a business analyst or automatically by a sub-system) as events / exceptions / alerts and forward them to the appropriate system and personnel for decision / action. Effective collaboration with retailers and suppliers requires much new IT in the process and information integration, as well as relying on integrating with existing enterprise systems (e.g., MRP / DRP). Note the difficulties in integrating with multiple suppliers, especially dynamic ones. COMP7880-IS-32 A Three-Layered Architecture for B2B Collaboration Enactment Requirements Workflow Processes Enforcement Requirements Enforcement Policies Relationship Management Requirements Relationship Policies ECA Rules Enterprise JavaBeans Web Services Collaboration Requirements Business Rules System Design eService Collaboration-33 System Architecture based on ECA rules Database Other Collaboration Parties Internet Requirement Enforcer ECA rules Event Repository Event Subscribers List Business Entities Collaboration Process Enactor Event Adapter Timer Event Event Motivated by the active database paradigm Event - occurrence of something interesting to the system itself or to user applications Event driven execution of rules in event-condition-action (ECA) form ECA (active) rules: On event if condition then action Exceptions and alerts are events too (action = handler) Ensure efficiency and timeliness - monitor becomes only active when an interesting event occurs Event Web Service Interface A Party as an e-Service Provider eService Collaboration-34 Discussion of typical IS design problems General measures to handle contract breaches or exception involves Ambiguity and impreciseness of natural languages reference to other laws, regulations, standard trade practices parties involved should discuss and clarify the matter amend existing or forthcoming contracts accordingly Autonomous nature of individual organizations domain specific knowledge explicitly specified in other contract clauses implicitly regulated by laws and standards Required events might not be monitorable Cooperation and trust - improves the transparency of operations (CRM!) Add explicit clauses in the contract to demand these events Lack of e-services standards eService Collaboration-35 Outlook Globalization and service-oriented economy M-commerce Cloud computing Web 3.0 and semantics Integration of various networks Fierce competition data, phone, and broadcasting networks New business environment New customer requirements New opportunities and threats => innovation COMP7880-sum-36


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New Braunfels Herald Zeitung (Newspaper) - November 2, 1997, New Braunfels, Texas ' ., fib 2 ,?V VJ ,v \ X Ca inside Opinion................. ..........4jA Sports Day................................1-6B Marketplace............................4-14C Dear Abby.................................6A St.unmlisch Rirvnaay wisnos From th* Herald-Zeitung! The New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung-extends birthday wishes to the following: T. Charles northers 116 years), Addyn Brinkkoeter Monday), Hayiee Elise Baeten (4 years), Becky Malechek, Sandra Wunderlich (Monday), Brad Cry-er (Monday), Paige Hume (16 years), Irene Seif (81 years) and Beatrice Mayo (ll years). To have a birthday or anniversary listed here, call 625-9144. WnallP Temperatures cool some today Today — Sunny and cooler. Highs in the lower 70s. Tonight, clear and cool. Lows near 40, lower 30s Monday — Sunny. Highs in the lower and mid 70s. Tuoeday — Mostly clear. Lows mainly in the 40s. Highs in the lower and mid 70s. Mfodnoeday — Partly cloudy. Lows mainly in the 40s. Highs in the 70s. Help veterans by giving to food drive Tree of Life Fellowship will collect canned goods for homeless veterans during November, with the help of Librado's restaurant. Drop off non-perishable items in the box at the entrance to Librado's through Nov. 14. For information, call 629-2963. Cal Thomas speaks in New Braunfels Cal Thomas will be the featured speaker at the upcoming Comal County Pro-Life Foundation's fund-raiser banquet at 7 p.m Nov. 11 at New Braunfels Civic Center For tickets and information, -call either a local church or Crisis Pregnancy Center at 629-7565. Jim's Video conducts food drive Jim's Video will have a food drive benefiting SOS Inc. Food Bank. Collection of non-perishable food items will last through Nov. 18 at Jim's Video For information, call 629-2128 Veterans Day ceremony slated The students of Sts. Peter and Paul School and the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 35 will observe Veterans Day on Nov 11. The ceremony will be at 9 a m. in the Sts. Peter and Paul parking lot. For information, call 625-3233 Roadwork • Texas Department of Transportation crews are continuing work to expand Interstate 35 between Solms Road and Farm-to-Market 3009 No lanes will be closed, but southbound exits, with the exception of FM 2252/FM 482, will be closed All northbound lanes are open • Crews are working on FM 1102 between Watson Lane and Hoffman Lane Flagmen will be directing traffic. • In addition to routine repairs, county crews will be working on Barbarosa Lane The roads will remain open to traffic. • City of New Braunfels street crews are completing work on Oasis Street from Business 35 to Ridgewood Avenue. tfoftKugB Exhibit on display This year's Heritage Exhibit theme is "Spreading the News," depicting the changes brought about by inventions and innovations in human communication during the 150 years since the founding of New Braunfels. The exhibit will be open 10 a m. to 5:30 p m at the New Braunfels Civic Center daily during Wurstfest. Sr. » jb ' ' * iff. rn I* < jt'C. I IP ' '■ rH % •'i; ■■ ** '• ' Ii;' 'a ■ ■ , ' " " g§ * * rA-^iSi rn jot • ar 'V I* f« JI Im * s0-UI;s rXre. °' 2 9 9 7 i~ . ''TCF.Opyp, Toil -E YANDELL f,RSH EL P?S0, TX7V90:. |Mii||i||I jgjga • uMfll Herald SUNDAY $1.00 S3 32 pages in four sections ■ Sunday, November 2,1997 Serving the Comal County area for more than 1^5 years ■ Home of T. Charles Borchers Vol. 145, No. 253■ I — Ten-day festival kicks off with a bite A #•* ■ | W ''Vs rf' i / f;'-/ " > '-'7 rn . » lh, J £---j Jfer v <0' f'' -J G : va WMT rn L Lj * Tm oy Mienbp uama/i The annual biting of the sausage symbotess the opening of WurstfssL WuratfNt praaidant Larry Prumbslow, Oroaaa Opa Tart Mund and JsitI Bnanhalow snjtiy the flrsf nBitiiss Top rtflht. *— --— ail ■■nn rijuiui A Atlas lA/aMMaiiil* Tavome Myron rvoran wftn rn Dig grin mm nm tnmufins mm ifurvnfvi cruwoi. lf you're going ■The 10-day Wurstfest began Friday and will run through Nov. 9 ■ Admission is $6 for adults and free for children 12 and under. Group discounts are available. ■ Nearly 10O different kinds of foods are available. ■ Famed accordionist Myron Floren and Grammy Award winner Jimmy Starr are scheduled to perform during the 37th annual Wurstfest in New Braunfels. ■ Wurstfest takes place just inskb Lands Park along the Comal River. ■ For information, cad 625-9167. By SUSAN JAKOBSEN Staff Writer Visitors to this year's Wurst-fest danced polkas, consumed sausage and beer and celebrated Halloween in Larvda Park Friday. Weather was especially accommodating for opening night of the 37th annual festival, with clear skies and cool breezes providing a comfortable atmosphere for trick or treating, vigorous dancing and less physical activities, like eating. The festival runs through Nov. 9 and will feature some 60 entertainers and groups. Ron Talaga of Austin and two of his friends have attended Wurstfest for the past three years and keep coming back because the food is great and they always have a good tune. Talaga enjoyed a plate of potato pancakes and summed up his reasons for attending. Thar's good beer, good music and sausage—what more can we ask for?" he said. I c ■ \? SchBduia —Page 10A F—htont Page 1C Kathleen Mills and Debbie Lain of New Braunfels, who worked in one of the (kink ticket booths, said they were selling plenty of tickets and meeting folks who returned to their particular booth year after year. "You know people are enjoying themselves because they're coming back," said Lain, who worked at Wurstfest for the past IO years. About 9 p.m., Wursthalle was Hsraid-Zwtung photo by Michael DarnaH Ptnyn family numbers kick their fast at tbs Wurstfest opening Friday during Myron Floran's ut teeming with people enjoying the accordion sounds of Myron Floret!, who performed on stage with Lawrence Welk. Other musical offerings Friday included master yodeler Kerry Chnstensen and the Original Fichtelgebtrgsmusikan-ten. a band from Mehlmeisel, Ger many. Young Samantha Krouse of Seabrook, visiting Wurstfest with her father, dressed as a princess for Halloween and waited anx iously to attend the carnival. Turn to Wumttet, Page 2A Jurors don't buy defense accounts SA man gets life in prison for killings By DENISE DZIUK KNIGHT Staff Writer A Comal County jury deliberated a little more than an hour Friday before convicting John Charles Naef of capital murder in the killing of two Spring Branch residents in 1996. Naef, of San Antonio, was sentenced to life in prison for the shooting deaths of John Patrick Lamb, 44, and Kelly Dougherty, 33. Family members of the victims cried as the verdict was read and jurors were polled. "I'm happy that they found Mr. Naef guilty, but it still won't bring Kelly or Pat back," said Kelly's father Joseph Dougherty, who added the verdict would offer some closure. Jury foreman George Berg said. "If was an all-consuming deliberation." Jurors around the room commented on the trial, he said, but no one raised any questions. "I think, to the person, everyone was sold on the fact that he did it," said Berg. The nine-woman, three-man jury also noted changes in the defendant's versions of the way Lamb and Dougherty died. "He kept changing his story," said Berg. "We're not sitting there asleep. We picked up on that." Berg said he was surprised the jurors reached a verdict so quickly. "I really had no idea that we'd reach a unanimous Turn to Jurors, Page 6A Voters decide fate of 14 amendments From staff reports Comal County residents, as well as Texans across the state, will go to the polls Tuesday to cast their votes in the Texas constitutional amendment election. Tax exemptions, the Texas 1 growth fund, water supply bond authorizations and establishing the Texas Tomorrow Fund as a pro- Page 6A tected trust fund are among the - — — issues at stake. The following propositions are on the ballot: Turn to Amendment!, Page 6A Queen crowned photo by Mtattoat Dames Bulverde counts down to incorporation vote By DA VK) DEKUNOER Staff Writer BULVERDE — If the opinions of a few people are any indication, Bulverde residents tore ready to vote for incorporation in Tuesday's elections. Richard Smith echoed the sentiments of several Bulverde residents when asked why he favored incorporation. ' I want to keep the city of San Antonio out of hoe," Smith said as he stepped out of Luke's convenience store at U.S. 281 and Bulverde Road Friday. Residents in three areas — Bulverde North (Bulverde Estates), Bulverde South (Bulverde Hills) and Bulverde East (Oak Village North) — will decide Tuesday whether they want to incorporate into three separate cities. Incorporation supporters say that if the three areas of Bulverde do not vote to incorporate, San Antonio's extra territorial jurisdiction will expand five miles into the Bulverde Air Park on Dec. 31. That is the day San Antonio will annex i dont want to livo bi tho city, and I dont want tho atty tof rum hill-1 — Jennifer Aroever, Oak Village North resident Stone Oak subdivision along U.S. 281 Jennifer Aroever, an Oak Village North resident, said she was leaning toward incorporation because she wanted to maintain the small town atmosphere. "I don't want to live rn the city, and I don't want the city to come here," Aroever said as she visited Texas Fned Chicken restaurant on U.S. 281 Larry Vincent, owner of Bulverde Book Store, said he used to live in San Antonio and he did not want to live in San Antonio again. "I don't want to be pan of San Antonio," Vincent said. "That is why I moved. We will have our own govern ment and set up our own rules." Vincent said he realized there was a price with incorporation — taxes. "Of course, it comes with an added expense, but it comes with the territory," he said. "But I dunk most people will not object to that." Incorporation of Bulverde could mean preserving a way of life. Vincent said. "I don't want to live rn that jungle," Vincent said referring to San Antonio. "I want to sit on my porch and not have someone take a pop shot al me " Tammy Knott, a clerk at Luke's, said she liked the way things in Bulverde were and that she wanted them to stay that way. Knott said incorporating Bulverde would keep San Antonio's problems out of Bulverde. "We don't need all the troubles (from San Antonio)," Knott said. But not everybody agreed that incorporation was a good idea. Bill McKeeman said he lived in the Bulverde area but that he would not be Turn to Buford!, Pag! 2AReaders take sides in Comal ISO bond election — Page 5A ;
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Fairly new to running so be gentle. Started in March time, being overweight and a previous smoker it was not an easy start, signed up to park run's which got me going and slowly built up distance. Did my first 10k 'race' on sunday and did it in 57:33, loved every minute of it, although hard going at times, on occassion I felt eurphoric during the course (is this nornmal??).
Anyway I've not got the bug and have signed up for Wolf Run in September and Bham Half marathon in October. I'm tempted with doing a Run Bike Run end of September, 10K-35K-5K. Bike distance isn't as problem as keen road cyclist, am I pushing myself to do too much in 6 week period or will training for one event help with the other.
Any advice help tips experiences would be appreciated.
Congratulations on your run.
Wolf run- i believe is 10k right? you should be fine doing that just make sure you build on your balance before running at the wolf run as its on uneven surface and obstacles involved. so i would suggest some off road training to emulate the event. to build up to this you need to start doing jump squats. This will build strength and proprioception
3x15 per day 2 minute rest in between
Run Bike Run- providing you don't pick up and injury in the wolf run the you would need to have a 48 hour rest after your wolf run to full recover (get a massage) and then you can get back into training. You have already done a 10k so you can easily increase by 5 within a 12 week training plan.
Running and biking have similar physiological effects on the body. The only difference is ground force impact increases when you run. Doing the squats will build muscle mass and power in the lower legs.
Adding the Bike discipline shouldn't be difficult giving you already ride and have 12 weeks to train the the run bike run. Make sure you set your seat height and handle bars correctly.
As for your half marathon you may be too exhausted after competing in the previous two disciplines. Your recovery plan has to be impeccable if you want to compete in the half marathon as well as the previous competitions. You need to ice after every run (20 mins every 2 hours in the first 24 hours) and work in a massage when ever your can. This will minimize muscular damage (icing) rid body of toxins (massage).
Prevention tips
1. Get a your feet checked to confirm how your foot sits and there fore indicating how you run.
2. Icing
3. Massage
4. Building Strength and Proprioception
5. Increasing running and cycling distance gradually. 10% per two weeks.
6. Listen to your body. If after your wolf run your body is battered then give it a rest and plan for the next competition 8-10 weeks after.
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0, alternatively spelled as Zero, is the creator of Dark Matter and the primary antagonist for a portion of the Kirby series. Despite being defeated, its influence continues to affect the series.
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After the defeat of Dark Matter Blade, 0 launched an invasion of Pop Star and possessed multiple regions. Kirby liberated these lands one by one, then encountered the Dark Matter possessed Dedede. Kirby drove it out of him and back to the Hyper Zone where 0 resided. After Kirby and Gooey defeated the Dark Matter using the Love-Love Stick, 0 revealed itself and attacked Kirby. In a desperate attempt to kill Kirby, 0's eye detached from its body, becoming a small, bloody eyeball. Kirby defeated this, and 0 was defeated.
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0 later returned as 0² and served as the main antagonist in Kirby 64 and the true final boss. In this game he has an angelic appearance and a bandage on his head (which is likely a reference to him pulling his eye out at the end of Kirby's Dreamland 3). In order to face him you must collect all 74 crystal shards, otherwise Miracle Matter serves as the final boss.
- Several fans have considered 0 one of the scariest bosses of all time in both of his appearances.
- 0 is similar to Giygas in a few ways:
- Both are final bosses of their respective games.
- Both are aliens.
- Both are incapable of feeling emotion.
- Although, it should be noted that Giygas was trained to be unfeeling, as human emotion was deadly to him.
- Both are known for being extremely disturbing and scary.
- Both are the final bosses of two Nintendo games.
- Both are in charge an alien race (Giygas: Starmen, 0: Dark Matter).
- Oddly enough, a cactus seems to portrude from 0², which is his weak point.
- Some fans have speculated that Dark Mind, the main antagonist of Kirby & the Amazing Mirror, is an alternate-dimension version of 0.
- Many later villains in the series bear resemblance in a way to 0.
- Dark Mind appears as a giant ball with an eye.
- Drawcia Soul appears as a giant ball with a mouth that strangle resembles an eye.
- Dark Nebula is a sorce of darkness, with the power of possessing others.
- Magolor, when defeated, is completely overtaken by the Master Crown and has a giant eye with a red pupil in his mouth, which almost completely resembles 0.
- Also the fact Magolor is in charge of a race of monsters.
- Some fans have theorized the Master Crown in Return to Dreamland had a portion of 0's soul within it.
- Because 0 hemorrhaged and bled on screen (and shot blood at Kirby as attack, as well bursting of the rest of his body in a gruesome, gory scene), he has often been depicted the most gruesome character in Kirby history.
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The pathogenesis of brain dysfunction in phenylketonuria (PKU) is still under investigation. Hyperphenylalaninaemia results in increased turnover of myelin. In order to demonstrate the derangement of myelinization in PKU we studied the visual evoked potentials (VEP) in 14 PKU patients and in 20 normal subjects. VEP findings were correlated with the metabolic control of the disease and with the electroencephalographic findings. VEP were more sensitive than the EEG in detecting a neurological dysfunction. VEP are influenced by dietary control and are normal only in children with good metabolic control.
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Aa collab between Gardeniacastle and I...about a broken hearted girl with bad luck and horrible decision making.
It was only the intoxication of the alcohol, and the flashing lights of the club that seemed to distract me from this burden I bare. Night after night it was the same story, I go home with some random guy. I wake in the morning feeling just as empty as the night before. Heartbreak is one thing, but to be betrayed by the one person in the world you could trust was lethal. I admit some of it was my fault, maybe I didn't make enough time for him. I just couldn't wrap my head around the idea, my mother? Really?
She had always been jealous of me, my beauty and brains. From an early age i was an attention getter and for this she despised me. I was living my own Cinderella fairy tale. My father died when I was young, so it was just the two of us. Once I turned 18 I couldn't get away from her fast enough.
I moved in with my best friend since kindergarten, Emily. She was more quite then I was, which I guess is what made us so close. We were opposite in every way imaginable. In the looks department she was a plain Jane, but it didn't seem to bother her. Her main focus was always education, and that is why she is in law school while I am out of work and depressed.
The affair with Jason and my mother pretty much spiraled me to the bottom. Emily was really the only person I had left, and she was always busy with school. She was a foster child, so I was really all she had as well.
"Jessica, are you home? " Emily called as my head pounded from the night before."In here, " I called from my room. She appeared in the doorway with the same concerned look as always. She shook her head and spoke again," You know Jessica you really need to be careful with all this promiscuous behavior." I just rolled over and threw the covers back over my head as usual. I could only assume she was on her way to school, as the sun was just beginning to peak through the window.
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IBM Research was established with the 1945 opening of the Watson Scientific Computing Laboratory at Columbia University. This was the first IBM laboratory devoted to pure science and later expanded into additional IBM Research locations in Westchester County, New York starting in the 1950s, including the Thomas J. Watson Research Center in 1961.
IBM Research's global network of scientists work on a range of exploratory research projects in search of innovations that advance the capabilities of technology, as well as applied research projects, to help clients, governments and universities apply scientific breakthroughs to solve real-world business and societal challenges.
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- IBM Scientists Achieve Storage Memory Breakthrough – May 17, 2016
- IBM Just Put A Quantum Computer On The Cloud For Anyone To Use – May 5, 2016
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- IBM Scientists Find New Way to Shrink Transistors – October 2, 2015
- IBM Discloses Working Version of a Much Higher-Capacity Chip – July 9, 2015
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- IBM Scientists Achieve Critical Steps to Building First Practical Quantum Computer – May 3, 2015
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- IBM Develops a New Chip That Functions Like a Brain – August 10, 2014
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- Introducing a new feature of IBM's Watson: The Debater – May 12, 2014
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UAlberta researchers solve heads-up limit Texas hold 'em poker.
In a world first, researchers in the Computer Poker Research Group at the University of Alberta have essentially solved heads-up limit Texas hold 'em poker with their program, called Cepheus.
"Poker has been a challenge problem for artificial intelligence going back over 40 years, and until now, heads-up limit Texas hold 'em poker was unsolved," says Michael Bowling, lead author and professor in the Faculty of Science, whose findings were published Jan. 9 in the journal Science.
For more than a half-century, games have been test beds for new ideas in artificial intelligence. The resulting successes have marked significant milestones, from IBM's Deep Blue defeating world champion Garry Kasparov in chess and Watson beating top-earning Jeopardy! champs Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter.
But as Bowling points out, defeating top human players is not the same as actually solving a game—especially a game like poker.
The challenge of imperfect information
ASU, IBM collaboration moves ultrafast, low-cost DNA sequencing technology one step closer to reality
A team of scientists from Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute and IBM's T.J. Watson Research Center have developed a prototype DNA reader that could make whole genome profiling an everyday practice in medicine.
"Our goal is to put cheap, simple and powerful DNA and protein diagnostic devices into every single doctor's office," said Stuart Lindsay, an ASU physics professor and director of Biodesign's Center for Single Molecule Biophysics. Such technology could help usher in the age of personalized medicine, where information from an individual's complete DNA and protein profiles could be used to design treatments specific to their individual makeup.
Such game-changing technology is needed to make genome sequencing a reality. The current hurdle is to do so for less than $1,000, an amount for which insurance companies are more likely to provide reimbursement.
In their latest research breakthrough, the team fashioned a tiny, DNA reading device a thousands of times smaller than width of a single human hair.
The device is sensitive enough to distinguish the individual chemical bases of DNA (known by their abbreviated letters of A, C, T or G) when they are pumped past the reading head.
Proof-of-concept was demonstrated, by using solutions of the individual DNA bases, which gave clear signals sensitive enough to detect tiny amounts of DNA (nanomolar concentrations), even better than today's state-of-the-art, so called next-generation DNA sequencing technology.
Making the solid-state device is just like making a sandwich, just with ultra high-tech semiconductor tools used to slice and stack the atomic-sized layers of meats and cheeses like the butcher shop's block. The secret is to make slice and stack the layers just so, to turn the chemical information of the DNA into a change in the electrical signal.
First, they made a "sandwich" composed of two metal electrodes separated by a two-nanometer thick insulating layer (a single nanometer is 10,000 times smaller than a human hair), made by using a semiconductor technology called atomic layer deposition.
Then a hole is cut through the sandwich: DNA bases inside the hole are read as they pass the gap between the metal layers.
"The technology we've developed might just be the first big step in building a single-molecule sequencing device based on ordinary computer chip technology," said Lindsay.
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New experimental polymers could deliver cheaper, lighter, stronger and recyclable materials ideal for electronics, aerospace, airline and automotive industries
IBM Research Discovers New Class of Industrial Polymers
New experimental polymers could deliver cheaper, lighter, stronger and recyclable materials ideal for electronics, aerospace, airline and automotive industries
Researchers used a novel 'computational chemistry' hybrid approach to accelerate the materials discovery process that couples lab experimentation with the use of high-performance computing.
Scientists from IBM Research have successfully discovered a new class of polymer materials that can potentially transform manufacturing and fabrication in the fields of transportation, aerospace, and microelectronics. Through the unique approach of combining high performance computing with synthetic polymer chemistry, these new materials are the first to demonstrate resistance to cracking, strength higher than bone, the ability to reform to their original shape (self-heal), all while being completely recyclable back to their starting material. Also, these materials can be transformed into new polymer structures to further bolster their strength by 50% – making them ultra strong and lightweight.
Polymers, a long chain of molecules that are connected through chemical bonds, are an indispensable part of everyday life. They are a core material in common items ranging from clothing and drink bottles (polyesters), paints (polyacrylics), plastic milk bottles (polyethylene), secure food packaging (polyolefins, polystyrene) to major parts of cars and planes (epoxies, polyamides and polyimides). They are also essential components in virtually every emerging advanced technology dating back to the industrial revolution – the steam engine, the space ship, the computer, the mobile phone.
However, today's polymer materials are limited in some ways. In transportation and aerospace, structural components or composites are exposed to many environmental factors (de-icing of planes, exposure to fuels, cleaning products, etc.) and exhibit poor environmental stress crack resistance (i.e., catastrophic failure upon exposure to a solvent). Also, these polymers are difficult to recycle because they cannot be remolded or reworked once cured or thermally decomposed by heating to high temperatures. As a result, these end up in the landfill together with toxins such as plasticizers, fillers, and color additives which are not biodegradable.
IBM's discovery of a new family of materials with a range of tunable and desirable properties provides a new opportunity for exploratory research and applications development to academia, materials manufacturers and end users of high performance materials. Two new related classes of materials have been discovered which possess a very distinctive range of properties that include high stiffness, solvent resistance, the ability to heal themselves once a crack is introduced and to be used as a resin for filled composite materials to further bolster their strength.
Also, the ability to selectively recycle a structural component would have significant impact in the semiconductor industry, advanced manufacturing or advanced composites for transportation, as one would be able to rework high-value but defective manufactured parts or chips instead of throwing them away. This could bolster fabrication yields, save money and significantly decrease microelectronic waste.
"Although there has been significant work in high-performance materials, today's engineered polymers still lack several fundamental attributes. New materials innovation is critical to addressing major global challenges, developing new products and emerging disruptive technologies," said James Hedrick, Advanced Organic Materials Scientist, IBM Research. "We're now able to predict how molecules will respond to chemical reactions and build new polymer structures with significant guidance from computation that facilitates accelerated materials discovery. This is unique to IBM and allows us to address the complex needs of advanced materials for applications in transportation, microelectronic or advanced manufacturing."
Materials Science Innovation
The field of material science is often thought of as a mature field, with the most recent new class of polymer materials being discovered and introduced to the commercial market decades ago. Also, most current polymer research involves studying polymers that are "old" polymers and combining known polymers together or simply adjusting chemical functional groups on known polymers to access desired properties, as opposed to making completely new polymers.
IBM scientists used a novel 'computational chemistry' hybrid approach to accelerate the materials discovery process that couples lab experimentation with the use of high-performance computing to model new polymer forming reactions. The unconventional method is a departure from traditional techniques and led to the identification of several previously undiscovered classes of polymers in what was believed to be an established area of materials science researched extensively since the 1950s.
Ideally, scientists could insert a list of requirements into a computer to design a material that meets those exact conditions. Unfortunately, the reality now is that materials are still primarily discovered only by experimenting in the lab based on the scientist's knowledge, experience and educated guesses. IBM Research's computational chemistry efforts can take out a lot of this guesswork and accelerate a whole new range of potential applications from developing a disease-specific drugs or cheap, light, tough and completely recyclable panels on a car.
"By joining forces with IBM Research and bringing together the minds of KACST and IBM scientists, we have managed to merge the strengths of both sides, making it possible to bring forth novel green materials that exhibit excellent properties while being completely recyclable. We believe that this work can have significant impact to multiple industries and hope to see more great things come from our collaboration," said his highness prince Turki bin Saud, KACST VP of Research Institutes.
How it Works
These polymers, formed from the same inexpensive starting material through a condensation reaction, these molecules join together and lose small molecules as by-products such as water or alcohol and were created in an operationally simple procedure and are incredibly tunable.
At high temperatures (250 degrees Celsius) the polymer becomes incredibly strong due to a rearrangement of covalent bonds and loss of the solvent that is trapped in the polymer (now stronger than bone and fiberboard), but as a consequence is more brittle (similar to how glass shatters).
Remarkably, this polymer remain intact when it is exposed to basic water (high pH), but selectively decomposes when exposed to very acidic water (very low pH). This means that under the right conditions, this polymer can be reverted back to its starting materials, which enables it for reuse for other polymers. The material can also be manufactured to have even higher strength if carbon nanotubes or other reinforcing fillers are mixed into the polymer and are heated to high temperatures. This process enables polymers to have properties similar to metals, which is why these "composite blends" are used for manufacturing in airplane and cars. An advantage to using polymers in this case over metals is that they are more lightweight, which in the transportation industry translates to savings in fuel costs.
At low temperatures (just over room temperature), another type of polymer can be formed into elastic gels that are still stronger than most polymers, but still maintains its flexibility because of solvent that is trapped within the network, stretching like a rubber band.
Probably the most unexpected and remarkable characteristic of these gels is that if they are severed and the pieces are placed back in proximity so they physically touch, the chemical bonds are reformed between the pieces making it a single unit again within seconds. This type of polymer is called a "self healing" polymer because of its ability to do this and is made possible here due to hydrogen-bonding interactions in the hemiaminal polymer network. One could envision using these types of materials as adhesives or mixing in with other polymers to induce self-healing properties in the polymer mixture. Furthermore, these polymers are reversible constructs which means that can be recycled in neutral water, and that they might find use in applications that require reversible assemblies, such as drug cargo delivery.
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Celtics coach Doc Rivers made his weekly appearance on the Dennis & Callahan show Thursday morning, as the C's prepare for Friday night's Game 3 against the Knicks.
The Celtics lost the first two games of their playoff series in New York, both times struggling badly on offense after halftime (48 points combined in the two second halves).
"I would love to say it's as simple as play harder, play better, but we have to do a lot of things," Rivers said. "Both games were completely different except for the score, as far as our scoring. In the second game, the third quarter we gave up [32] points, which meant that we played taking the ball out of bounds, and their pressure affected us. Our defense, though it's been good, is still tied to our offense. And I would say in the third quarter that was the big part of it."
Jeff Green continues to shine in spurts, but he's been unable to carry it through for an entire game. Rivers acknowledged Green's inconsistency can be frustrating.
"At times. Because I know how good he can be — and I know how good he will be," Rivers said. "He was fantastic in Game 1, if you just go by total numbers [26 points, 7 rebounds]. Obviously he's not going to have the half he had in the first half, you're not going to do that in two halves. That's a 50-point game. I guess that's possible, but that's hard to do.
"In Game 2 our pace was bad. And if our pace affects any single guy, it's Jeff Green. Without the pace that we wanted to play at, I thought we hurt him as much as Jeff. So, that's on us. It really is. It's on me, it's on our group. Our guys understand the important of that. If you want him to be effective, we have to get him in the open court, otherwise they're just loading up on him."
|Irish Coffee: When did the Celtics become the Knicks?
|04.24.13 at 2:22 pm ET
Veteran leadership. Superior coaching. Clutch playmaking. Suffocating defense. When did the Celtics and Knicks switch jerseys? In the first two games of their opening-round series, New York has simply out-Celtics-ed the C's.
Despite establishing halftime leads in their first two meetings, the Celtics failed to execute anything resembling an offense, toyed with head-scratching matchups and generally just crapped their pants after the break. The result is a 2-0 hole and an early NBA playoff exit staring them back in the face. That's supposed to be the Knicks' role.
This can't be how a team led by Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett goes out. Can it? Doc Rivers is coaching like a desperate man, and maybe he is. Maybe he knows Garnett's injuries are worse than we thought, Jordan Crawford is his best option off the bench and the success of the pitbull backcourt was simply smoke and mirrors.
Here's what we do know: Carmelo Anthony is the best player in this series, and it's not even close. The only guy who could possibly answer Anthony's ability to create clutch offense out of nothing is dressed dapperly on the Boston bench. His name is Rajon Rondo, and he's not walking through that door.
Paul Pierce used to be that guy, but now that his age matches his minutes, he can't shoulder the load. Maybe on a night or two, but not over a seven-game series. Kevin Garnett was that guy as recently as last year's playoffs, but cameras caught him clutching his abdomen on multiple occasions and bone spurs don't disappear from your foot overnight. And Jeff Green may one day be that guy, but not now. Not consistently anyhow.
The C's needed a collective effort from that trio in concert with a chorus line of contributions from their teammates, and nothing's changed. That's still the formula. Whether they can execute it or not is an entirely different matter.
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NEW YORK — The Celtics wanted more out of Kevin Garnett and got it in Game 2, as he scored 12 points and grabbed 11 rebounds.
But in the mind of coach Doc Rivers, it could've been more – much more – if it weren't for the officials. For the second straight game, Garnett got into foul trouble, with three fouls at halftime and five midway through the fourth quarter. When the Celtics needed him the most, Garnett couldn't get into an offensive rhythm in the second half, and Rivers said the officiating early had an impact in the end.
"I thought the fouls on Kevin were horrendous, and had a huge effect on us," Rivers said after the 87-71 loss in which Boston scored 23 points in the second half. "He never got his rhythm when you could see he was going to have a game. It hurt us."
Garnett felt the frustration as well, but held back a bit, deflecting some of the criticism on himself.
"At times, it's frustrating," Garnett said. "But fouls are part of the game. Refs are calling things but it's an aggressive time in postseason play. I just have to be consistent and position myself not to foul so much."
The trio of David Jones, Rodney Mott and Derrick Stafford officiated the game, which ended with Garnett and Paul Pierce each with five fouls before they were taken out after the game was out of reach with four minutes left.
NEW YORK — Celtics coach Doc Rivers took full responsibility for the historic futility of his offense has suffered through in dropping the first two games of their series at Madison Square Garden.
For the second straight game, the Celtics established a playoff franchise record for fewest points in a half when they scored just 23 in the second half of Tuesday's 87-71 loss to the Knicks.
"We are who we are," Rivers said when asked about the effect of not having Rajon Rondo available. "We can't apologize for that. That is who we have been left with and I think it is good enough to win. So far, I haven't gotten them to the right spots. We can play better and we have to play better."
The Celtics led 48-42 at the half. But Iman Shumpert hit a pair of threes early in the third quarter, part of a 29-6 New York run that put the Knicks in complete control. The Celtics were outscored 32-11 and converted just 4-of-17 shots from the floor in posting another abysmal third-quarter performance.
"They attacked us," Rivers said. "We didn't handle it very well. We have to be able to do better. I don't know what we are doing wrong in the beginning of third quarters but we gave up those two back-to-back threes, which helped their confidence. It was a tale of two halves."
Paul Pierce led the way with 18 points but came out with four minutes left as the Celtics conceded.
"He needs some help," Rivers said. "I think Paul was playing pretty well. He started getting tired in the second half because he tried to do everything."
|'Brilliant' Pablo Prigioni returns for Game 2, Doc Rivers talks road toughness
|04.23.13 at 8:25 pm ET
NEW YORK — Pablo Prigioni, who did not play in Game 1, returned Tuesday night from a sprained right ankle and will start for the Knicks against the Celtics in Game 2.
What does the return of Prigioni to the Knicks starting lineup mean Doc Rivers?
"Well, it just gives them another decision-maker. He's brilliant," Rivers said. "He's another Jason Kidd-ish-type guy. It just gives them another smart player on the floor and another guy that can create plays. That makes them really good. It's no coincidence that when he's in the lineup they play better because they have a lot of IQ on the floor at the same time."
"He gives us a guy who can help run our team, and gives us a defensive presence out front guarding the ball," Knicks coach Mike Woodson said, adding there won't be a minutes restriction. "Not at all. He's practiced the past few days and moved around real well. I think he's going to be fine."
Prigioni came out and guarded Avery Bradley while Raymond Felton was on Paul Pierce.
"We're going to attack whoever guards Paul," Rivers said. "I'm sure [Mike Woodson] is thinking the same thing, it doesn't matter who's guarding Paul because Paul's going to get the ball in the post. They're going to come trap. I hope there's an advantage there but I don't know if there is."
With Prigioni returning to action, that sent Chris Copeland to the bench.
Rivers said the 72 hours is a long time to wait between playoff games but there's no better city to spend it in if you're on the road then in New York.
"You never know but I think pretty well," Rivers said when asked how he thought his team handled it. "Obviously, especially on the road, you'd rather get right back at it. You just feel like you're sitting around the room and things like that, but obviously being in New York helps in some ways. It's not a bad city to hang out in, go have dinner so I think we'll be ready."
Rivers is hopeful his team can channel the 2008 team in terms of toughness and the 2010 team that found a way on the road.
"I was going into the '08 playoffs because we literally had the easiest year you could possibly have," Rivers said. "We won every game it felt like and didn't get tested a lot. I was concerned going into the playoffs with a team, even though they were really good, that didn't get tested. I thought Game 6 in Atlanta we came apart a little bit."
|Tuesday shootaround: Jeff Green says C's 'can still play good without force-feeding' Kevin Garnett
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NEW YORK — Jeff Green isn't necessarily buying into the theory that the Celtics have to get Kevin Garnett involved on every possession he's on the court for the Celtics to have a chance of tying the series, 1-1.
"I think we have one of the best coaches [Doc Rivers] in the league who can figure out the adjustment and how we can still play good without force-feeding [Garnett]," Green said Tuesday morning prior to the team's shootaround at Madison Square Garden.
But Green added later that an established Garnett in the post will clearly increase the chances of Boston walking out of MSG with a victory in Game 2 Tuesday night.
"Well, to make it easier for him in the post, I've got to continue to be aggressive off the dribble, trying to get to get to the rim, because if I do that it's going to take a man [to guard me] in the post and open up a lane for Kevin," Green said.
Green scored a team-high 26 points and played nearly 46 minutes in Saturday's Game 1 loss to the New York Knicks. Rivers Green also said he needs to work through the fatigue to remain productive. Green scored 20 points in the first half but only six in the second half as the Celtics offense went cold. Green split time with Paul Pierce and Brandon Bass in guarding Carmelo Anthony, who scored 36 but needed 29 shots to do so.
"I just have to do it. I have to play through the fatigue," Green said. "I have to continue to look for mine, basically. There's no excuses now. I want to be out there. I want to compete. I want to play against the best. I want to guard Carmelo. I want to do it all. It's something I just have to get through.
"Just continue to be more aggressive in the open court, that's about it. Defensively, continue to make everything for Carmelo tough, keep him off the offensive boards and get all the 50-50 plays."
Green is confident that if he remains aggressive, the offensive – and points – will continue to flow for him.
"I got to the free throw line," said Green, who made all seven free throws Saturday. "I made a couple of shots outside on the perimeter to get me going and I got some layups in transition. That's how you get yourself going. That's how you get a rhythm."
Told that Anthony feels this is a "must-win" game for the Knicks before the series shifts to Boston for Game 3 Friday, Green said Boston feels the same way.
"Every game is a must-win game," Green said. "It's the playoffs. That's the only way you can move on is to win. We go into every game thinking it's a must-win."
|Monday notes: Doc Rivers says Brandon Bass played 'the perfect game' while the bench, not so much
|04.22.13 at 2:17 pm ET
NEW YORK — So what did the Celtics film session reveal on Sunday?
To Doc Rivers, it showed that Brandon Bass "played the perfect game" in the Game 1 loss. It showed that Jordan Crawford did a lot of positive things in his first career postseason game.
"I thought Brandon played the perfect game for us," Rivers said. "I thought defensively, he guarded Melo [Carmelo Anthony] well. He took shots when he should have. He moved the ball because they were coming [on traps]."
And it showed that the team's energy and effort was there.
It also showed one huge area of need – getting Kevin Garnett more involved in the right spots on the court so that the offense doesn't go into hibernation like it did for the final 13 minutes on Saturday.
"It was good, it was good," Rivers said. "The film never lies. It didn't. I thought our guys were great. They saw what we could've done and didn't do. I'm sure New York saw the same things. So, I expect them to have a great game [Tuesday] and I expect us to play better as well."
After hitting his first two shots from the field, Garnett made just two of his final 10 shots and finished 4-of-12 with eight points.
"He could've gotten himself in better spots and that's again on us, too," Rivers said. "It's never one thing, it's both. We have to create them for him. Kevin can't dribble or pass to himself. We have to create that for him but listen, they're still very good defensively. They trap and get down there [on block]. Even if you get him deep, they're still coming."
Did film help Garnett himself?
"Yeah, actually it did," Garnett said. "It was nice session. Obviously, we put some things in, dropped some things. We'll go over that in practice."
The mood of the team was good, led by its always-smiling head coach, who as Garnett was talking to Rivers, asked Rajon Rondo if he were going to take part in practice. Rondo – wearing a pair of stylish green beats – was doing what he has been doing for the last two weeks, shooting around with his team and taking in practice and offering insights as he rehabs his reconstructed right ACL.
Now, Rivers is trying to regroup his troops and remind them that there was a lot to be happy about in the first three quarters of Saturday's loss to the Knicks.
One thing he made clear on Monday was that the energy Saturday was good, just not the execution.
"I'm always pleased with that," Rivers said. "We played hard, and so did they. We have to play better. It's like I told our guys, hard is great but hard and smart is more important."
The perfect example of that was in the third quarter when Lee saved a ball with a behind-the-back pass. But he saved it under the basket the Celtics were defending and into the hands of the Knicks, who easily converted the layup.
"We made a lot of hard plays, even Courtney saves the ball inbounds, he was hustling so you give him an 'A' for effort and then the rest of the part is where you have to be smarter as a group. I thought we did a lot of that in the game [on Saturday]." Read the rest of this entry »
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Mineichirō Adachi
Mineichirō Adachi (安達 峰一郎? Adachi Mineichirō, July 29, 1870 – December 28, 1934) was a Japanese legal expert and President of the Permanent Court of International Justice at the Hague from 1931 until 1934.
Early life[edit]
Adachi was born in what is now the town of Yamanobe, Yamagata, Japan. In 1892, he graduated from the law school of Tokyo University, and began his legal and diplomatic career.
Legal and diplomatic work[edit]
In 1892–1893, he lectured on law at Tokyo University. In 1893, he was appointed Chargé d'affaires of the Japanese Legation in Rome, and served in that position until 1896. From 1899 to 1902, he served as Chargé d'affaires of the Japanese Legation in Paris. In 1903–1904, he served as Counsellor to the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and also taught international law and diplomatic history at Tokyo University. In 1904–1905, he sat as judge at the Sasebo and Yokosuka Prize Courts.
In 1905, he was a member of the Japanese delegation that negotiated in Portsmouth the peace treaty ending the Russo-Japanese War.[1] In 1907–1910, he served again as Chargé d'affaires at the Japanese Legation in Paris, and in 1912–1915 served as Japanese Minister Plenipotentiary to Mexico. In 1915–1916, he took part in a Japanese Red Cross mission in Russia, then suffering from revages of the First World War. In 1917, he was appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to Belgium, and in that capacity participated in the Japanese delegation to the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. During that conference, he also served as member of the Commission of Responsibilities, which recommended prosecuting German leaders accused of war crimes. From 1920 to 1927, he served as Ambassador to Belgium, and in 1927–1930 he was Ambassador to France.[2]
On September 25, 1930, he was elected to serve as judge at the Permanent Court of International Justice. On January 16, 1931, he was elected President of the same court, a position he held until January 1, 1934, shortly prior to his death.[3][4] He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1932.[5] He died Amsterdam, Netherlands, on December 28, 1934.
During his tenure as President of the court, most of Adachi's rulings were in line with the majority opinions of the court, except for his ruling in September 1931 regarding the proposed Customs Union between Germany and Austria. As the majority opinion viewed that step as contravening the obligations of the German and Austrian governments not to compromise their own independence, Adachi claimed in his separate opinion that:
- "Restrictions on its liberty of action which a State may agree to do not affect its independence, provided that the State does not thereby deprive itself of its organic powers".
His argument was that the proposed economic union did not compromise Austria's independence, just as membership in the League of Nations did not constitute a violation of that independence despite the practical restrictions it imposed on each one of its member states.[6]
Works (partial list)[edit]
- Le Japon et le Traites Internationaux (1927)
- ^ Lloyd Griscom (US Minister Plenipotentiary to Tokyo) to Secretary of State, July 7, 1905, in Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, with the annual message of the president transmitted to Congress December 5, 1905, p. 817
- ^ Permanent Court of International Justice, Seventh Annual Report, pp. 21-22
- ^ Permanent Court of International Justice, Eleventh Annual Report, pp. 16-17
- ^ Mineichirō Adachi, Peace Palace, The Hague, 1931, at YouTube.
- ^ "Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter A" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
- ^ Permanent Court of International Justice, Customs Regime between Germany and Austria (Leiden, 1931) pp. 74-87: Dissenting Opinion of Adachi, Kellogg, Baron Rolin-Jaeqemyns, Sir Cecil Hurst, Schücking, Jonkheer van Eysinga and Wang


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By Deb
from Middle Sackville, Nova Scotia
Love this watch. Can wear with jeans or nice evening dress. Quality piece. Second watch I've bought from Croton. Will buy from this line again.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
nice look
By tscshopper
from Manitoba
I did not buy this as a dazzling deal so I paid a bit more for mine but I am very happy with mine. There was only one color available and it was the black strap and blue hands. Only thing I think is a flaw is the date square is so small you can not read it. I mean really small, you would need a magnifier!! Other than that I think it is a great watch. I had Lucien Piccard watches for years, those were wonderful too.
By Maltese
from Winnipeg
I received my black and gold watch today and it's beautiful. I have a 5.5 inch wrist and it fits nicely if I push it up the arm a bit. I find this watch to be very comfortable and will ne perfect for both casual and more dressy occasions. Being water resisting is an added bonus for me since I often get my watch damp when washing my hands.
By Savvy shopper
from Alberta
I purchased this watch in the black/gold combination. The presentation in the box is lovely for a gift. I have a small wrist and this watch and strap sit and fit nicely. This time piece is neither too large nor too small to read -just Lovely!
Picture Doesn't Do It Justice!
By Aeroport
from Mississauga
This beautiful silver/white watch comes beautiful packaged. This is as professional packaged as any higher end watch (eg. Movado) that I've owned. The watch is just as impressive. I'm going to order two more as gifts!
Very Classy Watch
By schmava the shopper
from Grande Prairie,AB.
I had been looking for a real nice black/gold watch that I could wear to dress-up or dress-down and this is the perfect watch. I like that it is so sleek and easy to read. So comfortable on my wrist.
Croton Beverly Watch
By Marilyn
from Moncton, New Brunswick
It is a nice looking watch. Nice leather strap; however, the date is very small but that is ok. It keeps good time and is very "sharp" looking. The only thing my Warranty did not come with the watch so I called TSC and the lady gave me the company's number and I called them. They are having a problem and said call back in February. In the meantime, I received a copy of the warranty/instructions in the mail. ok, but I still plan to call the Company because the "print" is very small and hard to read. As far as the watch goes, I really like it and will definitely recommend to all.
Croton Watch
By Rose
from Russell (Ont)
Have waited along time to buy a watch that I could wear every day. Very glad I got this one.Just love it.
So nice, I bought it twice!
By Ladybug
I bought the first watch for myself. I wear it for work, dressed up and for play, casual. The classic styling means it looks gorgeous all the time. Love the detail of the blue hands. So comfortable to wear too. Expect it will be a favourite for years to come. I liked it so much, I have bought Croton watches for all of the ladies on my Christmas list.
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By PinaV
from Montreal
I ordered this watch in the summer and have been wearing it almost daily. I ordered the black/gold and my only regret is that I didn't order it in tan as well. It is slim and sleek and looks great on the wrist. The beauty of it is that you can dress it up or dress it down with denims. Great value for your money especially at this price.


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