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Internet Business Group's CE discusses competitive advantages in Wall Street with Maziar Darvish BIBA Editorial Team
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This interview is a small excerpt from a comprehensive interview published in The Wall Street Transcript as part of the Consumer Sector
TWST: To begin, could you provide the readers with a brief overview of Internet Business Group (LSE:IBG.L), including the company history, products, services and core markets?
Mr. Maziar Darvish: Internet Business Group has been going originally as Mazware.com since 1996. Our core business is the provision of Internet professional services to a variety of different sectors and companies. The company has grown completely organically since 1996 until now and IPO'd, raising its first funding by these means in May of 2000. The other characteristics are that we have developed our own software systems throughout the history of the company and have built up a fairly large portfolio of intellectual property rights, which we have been in the process of trying to exploit outside of a straight services business for some time now. We are continuing to explore the product area. In addition to that, the company has an investment portfolio in other companies, which currently totals seven. We are no longer making cash investments. Instead, we have focused on our existing portfolio to crystallize returns.
TWST: What would you cite as your advantages over the larger UK groups that you are competing against in this manner?
Mr. Maziar Darvish: Our competitive advantages are basically threefold. One is time to market in that we are able to start and finish a project in a very short space of time. That also translates into a value advantage in that we are able to develop like for like, a project utilizing less man-days of our designers, developers and consultants than most of the other people that we compete with. Thirdly, there is the quality advantage in that quite a lot of the work that we do attracts a lot of positive press coverage. That provides the driver for the business in that we get a lot of referral business from the work that we have previously done. Fundamentally most of those advantages are brought out of the fact that we have our own software systems that we incorporate into solutions for clients. So, typically something like eighty percent of the technology that goes into the backend of a project that we take on is coming internally off the shelf, which provides a massive cost advantage in terms of licensing and third party products but also a speed advantage because we write the software systems and actually have the code available so bespoken it for a particular client solution is far less time consuming than taking a third party piece of software and knocking it into shape. So, basically we have our own e-commerce systems, auction systems, content management systems. Most of those things are fairly essential ingredients in developing Web-based solutions, which is what we do and that creates a fairly significant advantage.
TWST: You briefly touched upon the size and growth potential of the market in which you operate. Would you like to elaborate on this area?
Mr. Maziar Darvish: We believe that the growth potential of the market is actually quite significant over the next two, three years. We have obviously had a period over the last nine months to a year where the market has delayed a lot of those decisions. So, many companies in the market have not been committing to expenditure primarily because of the shock of the technology downturn and really reevaluating their entire strategies, which in a lot of ways is actually an opportunity for us because it has created an inroad to a lot of companies that we did not have before, analyzing their strategy efforts stands and possibly what they should be doing. We are now starting to see people coming off the fence and actually committing to investing in the Internet as both a sales channel and a cost saving channel on the supply side. As a result, I would expect the market to actually return to fairly healthy growth over the next six to twelve months.
TWST: What would you highlight as the most significant move that Internet Business Group has made over the last year?
Mr. Maziar Darvish: The most significant move that we have made, I would say, is the shifting of our focus back to SME size projects. If I give you a bit of history, what we did was, following our IPO and the fundraising we tried to position the company to take on larger sized contracts with blue chips. Now, with retrospect, that was not the best move to make and the most significant change we have made in the last twelve months is actually to go back to the area that we have had a historical strength in, which is SME size projects. So, contracts of up to around $150,000 to $200,000 dollars and stick squarely in that space where we have a visible competitive advantage and the market is a lot more healthy.
The Richest Iranian In The World
By Salar Golestanian
UpStart Europe conference opened last April in Paris with keynotes from number of people with a claim to having played a revolutionary role in the technology business. I went to Paris to attend the conference, in order to try and raise funding for my own venture, and perhaps in addition to learn something from some of the most successful entrepreneurs in Internet arena. I was most excited to meet with Omidyar, I was gratified on both account.
First off to speak was Pierre Omidyar, the French- Iranian born entrepreneur who founded eBay in the US. In a speech that concentrated on the success of his own company he spoke of the brutal forces of evolution that "selected out" weak business models on the Internet.
Omidyar contrasted the approach of his own company with Amazon and Yahoo, which also offer trading platforms. Omidyar said that while Amazon spent vast sums on marketing and Yahoo could offer its own auction its massive brand awareness, eBay had built itself through its interest in grass roots customers. Ebay looked to build on this community approach through a network of local sites.
Though US-based, the company is enjoying success in Europe, notably Germany. eBay, which is targeting the five largest Internet markets outside of the US, rather than opting for blanket coverage, currently has a greater sales volume through its German operation than all the other online trading companies have globally, Omidyar said.
After his keynotes I managed to catch him and I introduced BIBA to him, I found him a true professional. Omidyar's own word confirmed that he owns shade over 30% of the company, and for that his wealth will put him most certainly the the No 1 in the Iranian living outside Iran. For someone that having build eBay to be one of the top 10 great Internet Companies, He has now earned an status that is most certainly hard to match by any one in my book.
If there is such a thing as modern-day fairy tales, Pierre Omidyar's life would be the first to go down in the story books. The 31-year old Franco-American almost accidentally turned a weekend hobby of website tinkering into what is now a $12 billion company. Born in Paris, where he lived until he was six, Omidyar moved to California as a boy and has stayed there ever since. That is, until now. A few months ago, he and his wife upped stakes and moved back to the City of Light. "I always wanted to come back here," explains Omidyar in eBay's temporary offices near he Arc de Triomphe. "The French have a different point of view on life."
From his laid-back aura and well-worn polo shirt, to his willingness to spend almost an hour talking about his life, chatting with Pierre doesn't feel like talking to one of America's youngest billionaires. In fact, long before you ponder his enormous financial success, you realize he's a supremely likeable guy.
Pierre M. Omidyar.
Omidyar started eBay in September 1995, only it wasn't called eBay then, but Auction Web. The service was just a website that Pierre created "on nights and weekends" to enable his wife to trade Pez candy dispensers with other collectors, but it quickly grew into a popular free site where users auctioned goods they might otherwise have hawked at a garage sale.
By February 1996, the site had become so popular that the ISP hosting it demanded Omidyar take out a more expensive hosting agreement. That's when Pierre started charging users to trade via the site. The checks kept flowing into his home mailbox, and by spring, "the checks totaled more than my salary from my day job," he explains. "I was just doing all this as a hobby, but by spring 1996, I realized I had to get serious." The company grew up on its own, says Omidyar, "it wasn't a plan."
Not exactly the typical way an entrepreneur goes about starting a company, but then Omidyar had no intention of turning Auction Web into a real business. He was writing code at General Magic when he started eBay, but before that, Pierre had helped found a company called eShop in 1991, which was sold to Microsoft in 1996. "I got the whole startup experience there," Omidyar says, adding, "it was fun, but I realized it was just too difficult to run a company."
His reluctance to run a company may in fact be one of eBay's saving graces. The firm is one of the few profitable Internet companies around and Pierre chalks that up to tip-top management. "I don't know how to run a large company," he says, "finding Meg (Meg Whitman, president and CEO of eBay) was crucial." Many entrepreneurs, he claims, are too reluctant to give up control of their companies, but ceding management to more experienced people is probably one of the best decisions an entrepreneur can make. "Nothing is better than finding the right people, it frees you up to think about the future, and if you don't let go, you can't succeed."
From his roost in Paris, Pierre will still have an active role in eBay's development, but he also plans to spend more time on philanthropic projects. Having a lot of money is great, he says, "but it's also a big responsibility." He's setting up several charitable foundations with his wife, as well as turning his attention towards the plight of entrepreneurs held back by the business climate across Europe.
"My interest lies in helping encourage entrepreneurship," Omidyar says. Germany is ahead in terms of enabling entrepreneurship, but France is "one of the worst" when it comes to barriers to starting successful companies, he says. The whole startup scene in Europe "is a lot like it was in the old days in the US, the Internet is really happening now," he says. But while the energy may be there, the infrastructure for supporting startups hasn't necessarily kept pace.
Pierre spends a lot of time thinking these days, mapping out eBay's international strategy with a goal to create "a single global marketplace." When he's not working, he's collecting - Tin Tin figurines are his passion.
"I have the best job in the world these days, I could have an impact on the global economy," he muses, "besides, I don't have to worry about the little details."
The 1999 Visionary Awards were presented to:
Front row:
Pierre Omidyar, Kaye Caldwell, Doug Engelbart, Ann Winblad
Back row:
Steve Savignano (standing in for Marc Andreesson)
Sandy Herz (SDForum's Executive Director), James Gosling, Bill Gates
Internet Business Group
By Andisheh Hassani
BIBA's 80th Business Meeting was held at the Institute of Directors on the 4th of October 2000, and the theme of the meeting was dedicated to raising capital.
Nader Haghighi and Maziar Darvish have successfully managed to raise substantial capital (£56m and £20m) for MBO and Company flotation. They gave speeches about how to raise capital in a cost-effective manner talking about the process and practical side of raising capital, how to deal with venture capitalists and how they operate, what they look for and how to be recognised as a credit worthy individual.
''Even the best idea in the world will not go very far without the money to get it off the ground. Inventors, entrepreneurs and ideas generators seem to think that all their good ideas need, is professional marketing help. Nothing could be further from the truth. Marketing is a game fought in the mind of the prospect. You need money to get into a mind. And you need money to stay in the mind once you get there. You will get further with a mediocre idea and a million pound than with a great idea alone.''
Maziar Darvish Chief Executive, Internet Business Group plc.
Maziar launched Mazware.com in 1996 and has established the company as one of the UK's leading new media agencies Maziar is widely recognised as an expert within the industry with extensive experience in the new media sector. Earlier in the year 20% of the company was floated at the market value in excess of £20m. The company is an Internet business group product services and investment company focusing on delivering a competitive advantage to clients through the intelligent application of new media. The company brings together business consulting technology and design to increase profitability. The focus of what the company does for their clients is to increase revenues or reduce their clients' costs. They work for a range of classic early start-ups and other investment companies.
Maziar Darvish
Fundamentally there is no shortage of capital in the UK. Investment funds have announced their intention to invest in new economy related business that has amounts to over a billion pounds just in London. There are many kinds of funding available providing the proposition has strong management and is genuinely compatible to both the customers the business industry and also the investors and has tangible ROI (return of investment). The classic way of funding is through venture capitalists or the institutional investors. Finding the right source of investment is the key issue.
However to raise any form of funding you must first see if there is a real market for your product or service and work out what is so different and unique about your business model of your proposition that you are trying to raise funding for. Unless there is something interesting and unique about your business model there is no real value to funding it. A fantastic business proposition is not necessary a good investment proposition.
For any business proposition your management and their commitments are important to venture capitalists. They invest in the management of your company not in your idea. Also knowing what the risks are before going to an investment house is vital, as the investors often want to do a sensitivity test which means going to an accountancy firms then deciding they can't make an investment because of it being too risky. So it will be to your advantage to know the risks before going into an investment house.
Pierre Omidyar: Chairman: eBay 'Giant car boot sale' eBay beats Amazon as the Net's number 1
BY SUSIE MESURE - The Independent - United Kingdom; May 2, 2001
The Independent - United Kingdom; May 2, 2001 BY SUSIE MESURE
The original US site was set up in September 1995 by Pierre Omidyar, chairman of eBay, to please his wife who, as an avid collector of Pez sweet distributors, was keen to enlarge her collection via internet contact with other Pez fans.
THE INTERNET auctioneer eBay has usurped amazon.com, the online bookstore, as the world's favourite e-commerce website according to an internet survey published this month.
Launched in Britain in December 1999, eBay offers shoppers all the possibilities of a giant car boot sale with none of the downsides such as getting up early on a Sunday morning or crossing a soggy field in the rain. Jennifer Mowat, country manager of eBay UK, summed up the site's popularity: ''It's just about choice really. It's like shopping in Bluewater [a vast shopping centre near Dartford, Kent] rather than going to the corner store."
The survey, compiled by Nielsens/Net Rating, shows that March's visitors to the eBay site grew by nearly 4 million to more than 22 million people. Amazon.com, the world's leading online retailer, gained only a million more visitors and now trails eBay in audience terms by just under 50,000.
On average, eBay surfers spent considerably longer logged on to the site than those visiting amazon.com - just over one-and-a-half hours compared with around 13 minutes. The report, a monthly study of global internet users, also saw eBay setting a new record for the e-commerce industry in terms of page views, with 1.3 billion for the month. Amazon recorded 164 million.
Although eBay does not police all the goods displayed for auction - with more than 4.5 million a day there are too many - the site's users do the job for them. ''If something goes up that shouldn't be there, within minutes another eBay auction user has emailed us to say so-and-so is trying to sell their kidney - or whatever," said Ms Mowat.
The site, eBay.co.uk, guides visitors through the steps to buying and selling goods online and will give even the most-devoted shopping junkie a decent fix. Yesterday, eBay's list of goods available ranged from a pair of tickets for one of Madonna's sell-out London gigs - currently going for pounds 800 - to an Austin Powers fancy dress outfit, seeking bids at the bargain reserve price of pounds 29.
Cars, dolls houses, film memorabilia, paintings and toys - nothing is too far-fetched for eBay, as long as it is not on the list of "prohibited, questionable or potentially copyright infringing" goods. The site warns, for example, that door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesmen hoping to make a quick, easy buck from the comfort of their living room risk violating their contracts.
Since its launch eBay has made money. Last month it posted a huge increase in first-quarter net income to $21.1m (pounds 14.4m) from $1.76m in the year-earlier period, on the back of more people listing items for sale on the site and increased user-fees in Canada and the USA. Revenue rose 79 per cent to $154.1m. In contrast, Amazon reported a net loss of $49m for the first quarter.
Ms Mowat said: ''It's one of those amazing business products. We don't touch anything, we have no warehouses, no delivery charges and unusually for an internet company we are very cost conscious." She points to eBay's functional and cheap UK base in the London suburb of Chiswick, which is staffed by just 30 people.
The eBay concept rests on the Utopian notion of an eBay community in which ''people are basically good", and where "everyone has something to contribute". Not easy on a medium that conjures up all manners of gloomy images, havens for rip-off merchants and possible fraud scams.
But the eBay site offers "safety aspects" to protect both parties involved in any transaction. It encourages buyers to contribute to a "sellers' feedback forum", which allows users to cement a good eBay reputation, helping to ensure repeat business.
The site has a safety resource and protection arm called SafeHarbour, which helps unhappy customers investigate fraud cases and file complaints or insurance claims. All goods sold through the site are insured up to a value of pounds 120 - although in practice the average purchase is well under this sum. ''Our insurance is there more as a feelgood factor," said Ms Mowat. ''People rarely need to use it."
She admits that fraud can still be a problem, but emphasises that the onus is on eBay to make the site a safe place to trade. Of the California- based company's global staff of a couple of thousand, over half work in customer support.
Plans for eBay include adding to its March success with the imminent international launch of what it terms "a fixed price concept". Sellers, which Ms Mowat hopes will one day include the likes of Marks & Spencer, will be able to set the prices of their goods, turning the web-based car boot sale into a much larger retail platform.
Internet Review - The Best Iranian Sites On The Net
By Ali Monazah
Over the last few years, the internet has rapidly grown to become one of the most important and widely used technological advances in history. Its information gathering potential is immense, and it serves its purpose equally well in communication. The internet can be used for business, education or leisure. Since the arrival of the "information superhighway", as the internet has come to be known, the advances made in international business have been staggering. Almost all major companies and organisations have a web-site which acts as either an advertising tool, or a way to conduct business. The service it provides is not exclusive to business and industry, but is utilised by every group in society imaginable. So you might wonder what use Iranians around the world have put the internet to. The following is a very brief guide to help those who have difficulty navigating the "net" to find some interesting or informational sites.
Although officially not a site but a part of Sogol Tour and Travel, the section on the different Iranian cultures and tribes gives a brief, though efficient, insight into the various traditions still popularly followed in Iran. Although most elder generation Iranians may already know all there is to offer here, it will still be highly informative for those younger people who wish to find out more about their homeland's culture.
Unfortunately, as business is such a broad topic, there is no real site as such that gives a concise summary of Iranian businesses and businessmen (at least not to our knowledge!). However, if what you are looking for is a particular kind of tradesman, then the best way we can suggest is to go to www.iranian.com and search through their list of businesses.
With books in both Persian and English, this site offers literature with subjects ranging from culture to religion business. The books are for sale, but there is a $12.00 additional charge for overseas orders, as the company is based in the USA.
With a wide variety of films and music videos on offer, this site can either serve as an informational site to help you keep up with new releases and old favourites, or as an internet "shop" with videos available for sale. Worth a look, especially for those old enough to remember classics like Daei Jon Napoleon.
VERY funny site with plenty of jokes , though not for the fainthearted. Some of the content is unsuitable for a younger audience.
Easy to use and extremely informational, this site not only allows access to cultural sites dedicated to Iranian Literature, music and folklore, it is also packed with the latest news headlines, and a host of other services.
Packed with information, and very sophisticated. One of the best internet sites available to those who want to keep up with everything from the latest news in Iran to health tips to traditional Iranian cuisine. There is even access to a full translated copy of Firdowsi's Shahnameh. Definitely my tip for some excellent net surfing!
Not as easy to navigate as others and fairly limited in what it has to offer, Payvand.com is, however, worth visiting and may come in useful where others fail.
A compact yet very useful guide to Iran's political structure. Includes daily news from top Iranian newspapers, a brief outline of the laws and regulations of the country, and a look at who's who in Iranian politics.
Cais is a London based agency dedicated to the gathering of information on Iran and Arabic countries. Not a very exciting site, but more importantly it offers an up-to-date look at the political and economic happenings in Iran, and is packed with information on the country's international standing. The strongest asset of this site is that it offers tailor-made reports and specialised consultancy, although some may find what they have to offer a little expensive.
Fun site with a wide range of products and services to offer, from Persian software to music to foodstuffs. Very professional layout, and so easy to use that even those who suffer from "Netphobia" when it comes to on-line shopping may be tempted to take their credit cards out. However, as most of us know, the real fun in shopping lies in doing it in person. Definitely worth a browse though.
Up to date and easy to use, what this site lacks in imagination it more than makes up for in pure sporting information. Definitely one for those who have trouble in keeping up with highlights in Iranian sports.
Conclusion -
These are just some of the web-sites that are dedicated to Iranian issues. The first thing that strikes the browser is the relative lack of business and industry based sites, and those that are available are vague and sketchy at best. The above are just some of the better ones, but it does seem that most of the sites are dedicated to art, culture and literature. The way forward for any country is to invest in its business and industry, and although it is very important not to lose sight of one's culture and identity, it is also important to recognise that every issue has got its time and place to be aired. Most of the sites are vague and sketchy at best. There is hardly any dynamism in the reporting, and this is probably due to the fact that the internet writers are young and are not actual reporters. The journalistic content available is too politically orientated and does not concentrate on economic or business issues. The solutions they offer are local as opposed to global.
Without ignoring the role of politics, it is crucial not to ignore the solutions that would ease business problems in the long-run. There is a desperate lack of imagination, vision and innovative new ideas. Those who are in positions to do so must offer constructive advise on how to reach higher grounds. Others do just that, so why can't Iranians match them, and even surpass them. There is no lack of talented Iranian businessmen overseas, and it is their moral duty to put forward global solutions for world business and economic problems. Is the internet not the ideal place for the wealth of young Iranian talent to express their views and share their insight. It is essential for those Iranians outside of Iran to be successful, and to share their success with Iranians all around the world. What has to be remembered is that a website is a universal product and must offer universal solutions.
D.I.Y. Site - E-Commerc - Making Money Through The Internet
BIBA Editorial Team
Manouchehr Honarmand was looking through the Iranian papers one day when he noticed how many marriage proposals there were, and he realised that this was the best way to get in touch with people. He felt that the Iranian community has been looking for a web-site that can introduce people to each other, as most of the web pages that you find are mostly informative as opposed to classified. As a novelist and computer illiterate he taught himself without tuition how to create a web-site, resulting in
BIBN) What is your marketing strategy?
(MH) I am targeting the Iranian community all over the world and especially in Europe. Since I started the site on the third of September there have already been around 5000 visitors to the site, which is a considerable amount for such a short time. I have started to advertise in the Iranian papers as well, so I believe that if we work very hard then we will have a large Iranian audience in Europe which we estimate to be around 800,000.
(BIBN) What distinguishes your site from the other Iranian sites on offer?
(MH) The other sites are mostly targeting English-speaking Iranians. To be frank, these sites are more intellectual. My site is not as serious in nature and will therefore will probably be more popular. It is not politically motivated as most of the other sites are. They focus on serious events and issues such as the recent demonstrations and so on. I want my site to be more commercial.
(BIBN) Will there be a great demand for such sites?
(MH) I believe so. The younger generation Iranians are attracted to the sites that are based in English, but in Europe we also have a number of Iranians who are looking for a more Iranian language based site to find very simple things, such as somewhere to sell a car. It is more of a commercial site than anything else.
(BIBN) Are you planning on expanding the site at all?
(MH) I am planning to expand, but I have had to start very small. It is impossible to try to jump too far ahead right from the word go. My target is to create a site that will attract Iranian and Arabic readers. This site will be very attractive for advertising from the big companies, because of the audience. There is great potential buying power there. I want the site to concentrate on various issues, but before that I need to change the current equipment, buy new computers and so on. It is a step by step process. Actually, I recently received a call from an Iranian factory manager who assembles computer parts here and he told me that in the export market they sometimes have special orders and they need casual labourers and technicians for a couple of months, and the cost of hiring from agencies is too much for them, so he suggested that we add a section on the site for Iranians looking for employment.
(BIBN) How will your site become profitable?
(MH) In my opinion there is great potential. The more I see of the business the more dimensions become apparent to me. The site can continually be supplied with interesting new things such as games, photos, discs and so on. Then big companies such as building societies and banks can be contacted and a lot of advertisement can be obtained through them. If one can keep up with the market and use some creativity, and if people can identify with the content on the site, then that site can become immensely successful. If I can eventually succeed in creating a site that is based in English, Arabic, and Iranian then I will consider my job done.
Mondus.com - The B2B Marketplace For SME
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Mondus.com is the first global, online business-to-business marketplace designed exclusively to meet the needs of small and medium-sized businesses. It streamlines the request for proposal process, resulting in greater efficiency for both buyers and vendors. Its market bidding structure ensures buyers receive low cost, high-quality services and eliminates the inconveniences of identifying vendors and exploring bids, allowing the re-allocation of resources to the most important task of all- profitability growth. Vendors enjoy the benefits of e-business, including exposure to previously inaccessible markets.
Rouzbeh Pirouz and Alexander Straub, both 27 and graduates of Oxford, started Mondus.com, and they have very ambitious plans for its future. Rouzbeh Pirouz is CEO for Europe of the company. He worked for the Charles R. Bronfman Foundation (Montreal) as a merchant banker. His education includes graduate degrees in Oriental and Political Sciences from Stanford, JFK school at Harvard, and Oxford University. He is a Rhodes Scholar for Canada.
Their philosophy is that e-commerce does not only change your route to the market, but it actually changes the entire relationship with the customer. With $12.5 million first round funding, Mondus.com has already established websites in the UK and Germany, and is about to expand into the US. Straub claims that Mondus.com will "become one of the fortune 1000".
The concept behind the company is simple. If a medium-size company needs some new computers for its employees. Although the Yellow Pages provides an enormous amount of information, not to mention the internet, both of these are laborious, time consuming, and in the end not even full-proof methods of finding the right deal for your company. Rouzbeh Pirouz sums up what the company has to offer: "Buying faster, easier and cheaper are the keywordswhich best describe what we offer".
Ebay - The Net Auction Site - A Profile By Ali Sinaei
Ebay, which is the most active auction site on the internet, operates an online person-to-person trading community.
Ebay, which is the most active auction site on the internet, operates an online person-to-person trading community. The site brings together buyers and sellers in an auction format to trade personal items, including antiques, coins, collectibles, computers, memorabilia, stamps and toys. Ebay is the brain-child of Iranian-born Pierre Omidyar. Before establishing eBay, Omidyar was, amongst other things, the co-founder of Ink Development Corp., which became eShop and was later bought by Microsoft. As an early Internet enthusiast, he came up with the idea to design a site via which people could buy and sell unique items and meet others with similar interests. Today, Omidyar's position as Founder and Chairman involves being in charge of overseas strategic direction and growth, model and site development, and community advocacy. The eBay community includes over 5.6 million registered users, and they buy and sell in more than 1600 categories.
Each day, eBay hosts over 2.5 million auctions, and over 50 million auctions have been completed on eBay since its inception.
Last year, when the IPO market was dwindling, EBay more than doubled in its first day of trading. This was a strong indication of Investor's high expectations for the Internet business. Its shares rose from $26.625 to $44.625 in late trading, and at one point they had hit $54.25. There is a huge growth potential in the Internet market, as 32 year old Omidyar has discovered, and some companies are valued at breathtakingly high prices. Another factor leading to the success of Ebay is the strength of its management team. Scott Cook, 45, founder of the Intuit, a financial software developer, and Howard Schultz, 45, the founder of Starbucks coffee chain both sit on the board.
In the city Ebay is best known for its astoundingly high stock prices, but to the users of the site, it is more fondly regarded as one of the best places to buy anything from Beanie Babies to antique clocks. Either way, this gigantic online auction is one of the major internet success stories of the decade. Auction-based web pricing systems are highly in demand, and Ebay is pioneering the way along with only a handful of other companies. In January 1999 the stock market had assigned the auctioneer at market value of $12 billion.
The future of Ebay and Internet companies in general cannot be accurately defined, but judging from the present climate, it seems that a large number of people believe that the way forward is through investing in them. Only time will tell whether the huge investments will pay off or, as many of the more sceptical market observers warn, will cause a market collapse of apocalyptic proportions.
Cyber Studio - The Net Cafe BIBA Editorial Team
Cyber Studio - A Profile - Javad Ebrahimzadeh and Behnam Looyeh started an internet cafe four years ago.
Javad Ebrahimzadeh and Behnam Looyeh started an internet cafe four years ago. They have entered this business because that is where their expertise lies. They were educated in the field of computers and IT, so the natural progression was to work in that field. Although they were not the first internet cafe around, they were one of the first, and are still one of the only ones to offer real solutions for real problems. What most of the other internet cafes offer is a relaxed environment in which to sit back, enjoy a cup of coffee, and use the computer for casual purposes. Although their business is a cafe, its main purpose is to be an internet service provider, and to offer help and networking to those who are experiencing problems.Of course they do offer drinks to their customers, but they try to concentrate mainly on offering solutions. That is where having highly trained staff comes in extremely useful. They thought at the time that this was a good idea as there was a gap in the market for a place to which people could go with their problems and receive on-site professional advice. As it turned out, there has been a great demand for their services.
(BIBN) What problems did you face when you first set out on this venture?
(BL) Our main problem at the beginning was the lack of experience we had in this market. There were, as with most businesses, many things that we got wrong at first and had to learn from as time went on. There are many factors at the beginning that shape the future and the right decisions have to be made in terms of which I.S.P to choose, what sort of connection is needed, what hardware to get and so on. But really, the problems that we faced could be divided into two categories; technical problems and management problems. The way that we decided to tackle these was by dividing the responsibility between us. Javad took control of the management side, and therefore took over the responsibility of making sure that the business ran smoothly on paper. So really, we have been very lucky in that we can successfully work together and complement each other as a unit. Of course, we cannot take all the credit as our staff have been exceptional during this period as well.
(BIBN) What sort of clientele do you attract?
(JE) Inside the actual cafe the clients tend to be mostly tourists and students. They come in to use our computers and leave feeling very satisfied with the technical support that they were offered. Outside of the premises though, we work on a more corporate level. We deliver solutions to large firms, whether it be network design, technical support or consultancy. To give an example, we recently acted as consultants to OSPRAY, so you can see that we are beginning to play in larger playgrounds. In a nutshell, we sell solutions!
(BIBN) What is your long-term plan?
(BL) We are at a very important point in time right now. We have just established ourselves in the market, you might say got our feet on the ground, and most importantly we have established some very useful contacts. Our policy is to try to always keep our clients happy so that they can continue to use our services. Now we want to go towards giving more web solutions for e-commerce on a corporate scale. Our plan is to go further than just providing computers for use, but to actually offer our expertise on a broader scale. There is no reason why we cannot be as big as, or bigger than any other company. Eventually we want to be able to do anything to do with I.T, in essence to offer "one-stop I.T solutions". I believe that we are only three or four years from where we want to be. But for now, we will concentrate on delivering quality.
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Dinner with an old friend
A short story about a man's dinner with an old friend.
Sebastian sat down at the table and immediately regretted it. The table was rickety and wobbled as soon as he rested his elbows on it, and when he took his elbows off again he discovered that it was still sticky with ketchup. The maitre'd breezed past, apparently incapable of seeing or hearing Sebastian now he'd been seated, and the waiters were circling like carrion-crows, never coming close enough to speak to.
"Basta!" He jumped when he heard that nickname, and twisted in his seat to see who was speaking. One of chair legs crunched and splintered, tipping the chair over and Sebastian onto the floor, where he stuck to the linoleum. "Basta, what is this place?"
He got back to his feet, hearing the fabric of his jacket rip, and patted himself down before offering her his hand. Ate looked at it as though it were day-old dog vomit and shook her head, though not unkindly.
"Basta, do you come here often? Do they do this especially for you?"
"It's the first time I've been here," he said. "I was walking past two days ago, and... well, it caught my eye. It looked like it might have been a good place to have dinner."
"Medea's Kitchen? Really, Basta?"
"I should know why that's wrong, shouldn't I?" Ate nodded, and a half-smile flickered over her face like a beam of sunlight breaking through grey clouds. She laid a hand the colour of alabaster on Sebastian's shoulder and drew it slowly away as she circled the table and sat on the other chair. Sebastian noticed, as she sat down, that in the same way that her feet never actually touched the ground so she now floated about an inch above the seat of the chair.
"Why are we here, Ate?" said Sebastian.
"You invited me, Basta. Shouldn't you be telling me that?"
"I don't know, Ate. I never know, do I? I just get a feeling that I should call you, and then we end up in some restaurant somewhere, with me asking questions and you acting all superior."
Ate smiled. "I just liked seeing you again, Basta. Dinner with an old friend, it's what people do isn't it? How's life? How's your wife?"
Sebastian dragged a chair across from another table, and pushed the broken one back into its place. He sat down, put his elbows back in the ketchup on the table, and sighed a little.
"Joanna's dead, Ate. She has been for twelve years now, ever since the first time we met. Can't you ever remember that? She decided that it would be fun to go ice-skating on Widman's Lake, and the ice broke beneath her. You ask me every time."
"And you, Basta, what are you doing with yourself now?"
Somewhere on the edge of hearing, Sebastian became aware of a soft, droning sound, like many voices chanting something quietly.
"I'm professing to teach," he said. "I've received tenure, and in five or so years I'll probably retire. I think I've got a good chance at being Professor Emeritus."
A waiter finally decided that Sebastian looked close enough to death that he'd land. He offered a leather-bound menu to Ate and then another to Sebastian with ill-grace. "If you'd like anything to drink," he said, "then we've run out of it."
"Such quaint places, you choose," said Ate sweetly, looking at the cover of the menu. Embossed in gold leaf was a picture of a demented-looking woman strangling two small children. "I wonder if it's safe to eat anything?"
"I wonder if they'll serve us," said Sebastian flipping through the pages. "They seem not to want us to drink."
"Yet there are carafes of wine on other tables," said Ate. "How very Tantalean."
"Did you know him?" There'd been a pause before he spoke, as Sebastian debated whether asking the question was a good idea. He lifted his eyes from the menu to look at Ate. She was staring back at him, her beautiful green eyes darkening and a frown starting to worry her face.
"What are you teaching now, Basta?"
"I think you can guess." The chanting was becoming louder and sounded reverent, perhaps prayerful. "Did you know him?"
"I still do, Basta. His punishment is eternal. From time to time I pay him a little visit, but I don't stay too long. Last time I did, he decided to try swimming. He nearly drowned, but of course, he cannot drink, so... well, I think you mortals call it waterboarding."
"You laughed, didn't you, Ate?"
Ate's eyes had faded from green now completely to black, and the chanting was now at the level of background music.
"You are mortal, Basta, mortal. Remember that!" There was a muffled thump as she sank down to sit on the chair properly, and immediately she stood up, pushing the chair back. "Another time, Basta. I'll see you anon."
As she rose above the floor, and carried on rising until she was walking on air at head height, she turned once and smiled her half-smile. "And I'll let you choose the restaurant still."
The waiter returned to the table, and picked up both menus. "We're out of food as well. The manager says that this is your fault, so he's billing you anyway." A slip of paper fluttered from the waiter's hand to the table, and Sebastian sighed. Why was dinner with an old friend always so expensive?

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Concurrent Engineering
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|Institute of Concurrent Engineering, Tustin, USA
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Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications (CERA) is a leading, peer reviewed journal publishing the newest and most exciting research arising from parallelism of product life cycle functions, covering:
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- New information for integrated CE development and optimization of CAD/CAM/CAE/CIM systems.
CERA provides design, engineering and manufacturing professionals with quality articles on all aspects of CE. Computer-aided concurrent engineering enables faster to-market product development (e.g. Japanese fast-to-market concepts), reduced design and manufacturing costs, competitively superior products, longer product service life, and improved return on product investment. CE is a seamless, systematic integration of computer-aided product design, engineering and manufacturing, as well as post-manufacturing product life-cycle management. This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
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Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications (CERA) is a leading, peer reviewed journal publishing the newest and most exciting research arising from parallelism of product life cycle functions, covering:
- New developments in computer-aided concurrent engineering (CE) presented by leading CE specialists from around the world
- Advances in knowledge-based CE theory, methodologies and practical applications
- New information for integrated CE development and optimization of CAD/CAM/CAE/CIM systems.
CERA provides design, engineering and manufacturing professionals with quality articles on all aspects of CE. Computer-aided concurrent engineering enables faster to-market product development (e.g. Japanese fast-to-market concepts), reduced design and manufacturing costs, competitively superior products, longer product service life, and improved return on product investment. CE is a seamless, systematic integration of computer-aided product design, engineering and manufacturing, as well as post-manufacturing product life-cycle management.
Devoted to the international exchange of scientific information in this critical area, CERA is a multidisciplinary research and applications-oriented journal which fosters the exchange and integration of concepts and theories from diverse areas, as well as the cross-fertilization of enabling CE technologies.
The journal deals with all basic tracks that enable CE, including aspects of Information Modeling, Teaming & Sharing, Networking & Distribution, Planning and Scheduling, Reasoning & Negotiation, Collaborative Decision Making, and Organization and Management of CE.
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Look to Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications for authoritative in-depth reports in each issue, on the most timely and significant trends, issues, problems and applications of CE in modern manufacturing.
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|Columbus, Ohio
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|The University of Sydney, Australia
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|Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
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|Stanford University, USA
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|Loughborough University, UK
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|North Carolina State University, USA
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|Lucent Technologies, USA
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|University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, A&BAD:scaron;ker&BAD:ccaron;eva 6, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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|Oakland University, USA
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|R. Gill
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|P. Gu
|Shantou University, China
|A. Gunasekaran
|University of Massachusetts, Darthmouth, USA
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|School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 1954 Huashan Road Shanghai, 200030, PR China
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|University of Nottingham, UK
|G N Qi
|Zhejiang University, China
|Karthik Ramani
|School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907
|R.M. Rangan
|Product Sight Corp., USA
|Michael Sobolewski
|Texas Tech University, Texas, USA
|K.P. Sycara
|Carnegie-Mellon University, USA
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|Mississippi State University, USA
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text: Is it a plane? Is it a bird? No, it's a QWERTY Nokia mobile phone. The company has shared the above image alongside the teasing of an announcement, which will be published this coming Wednesday (April 24th). Has Nokia produced a QWERTY Lumia Windows Phone? We're going to say that's a negative. An Asha product is more likely.


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A Pakistani media group, Express Media, has just suffered its sixth attack in nine months, and the third within three weeks.
A hand grenade was thrown at the home of Jamshed Baghwan, the Express News bureau chief in Peshawar, on Sunday (6 April). It exploded near the gate but no one was injured.
This followed the placing of a bomb outside Baghwan's house on 19 March, which was defused by a bomb disposal unit.
On 28 March, shots were fired at Raza Rumi, a senior analyst working for Express News, after his car was intercepted by gunmen on motorbikes in Lahore. Rumi escaped injury, but his driver died and his bodyguard was critically injured.
Rumi has been vocal in his condemnation of the Taliban and religious extremist groups.
According to an Index on Censorship report, four Express Media employees have been killed over the past nine months.
Political leaders and the government routinely condemn attacks on media workers, but have yet to take concrete action.
Kamal Siddiqi, editor of the Express Tribune, argues that there is a lack of unity among Pakistani journalists. "We have a great tradition of abiding by democratic traditions," he wrote in his paper, "but at the same time we have done poorly in terms of sticking together. There are splinters within splinters."
While Islamic militants openly admit to some attacks, they are not the only threat to journalists. Editors and reporters have faced intimidation from state elements, including intelligence agencies, plus members of elected political parties and business people.
Source: Index on Censorship


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Dating Advice For Men
How to Date a Woman
If you are a bachelor, one of the needs you want to meet is about having a relationship with a woman. It is your human nature to really look for girls and have some moments dating them. On the other hand, you may also have precious time to date the woman whom you are really attracted into. You know the qualities of the woman that you like and it is just wonderful to find one nearby. If you find her, tell her that you are willing to know her better. If she responds positively, tell her that you can have a date with her.
How to attract girls? Hence, you need to be ready this time because you can never just look very plainly during your first date. If you want to be successful in your first attempt of dating her, it will be wonderful if you will decide to know the qualities of the man that she likes. You need to start with the physical aspect because it is what you really need to do to get her attention. One thing that will make her fall is your physical attribute. If you are handsome physically, you will certainly get her attention.
You have to know the kind of dress that she wants to see in a man. Even the kind of sports that an ideal man has to play, you even have to know so that you can assess if you are on the right track. You will never lose a chance of getting her attention if you will only show to her all the qualities that she likes. On the other hand, you should also not forget the inner qualities. She would like to date with someone who is good in the inside. You need to respect her being a woman by not being so aggressive during your first date. There are these pick up artist bootcamps where you can get more tips from.
If the girl wants to know more about you, she will find time to connect with you. She will certainly like to date you more often depending on your request. She will fall in love with your moves especially if you are a man who is not only physically beautiful but also morally straight. When the girl wants you to be intimate with her and she is ready for that, you need to take the moment because that is the right time for you to catch her. She would be willing to have romantic moments with you when the time is right for her to have known you better. To learn more on how to date a woman, you can visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Match.com.


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Google submitted a scaled-back settlement agreement minutes before its midnight deadline Friday, addressing some of the concerns the Justice Department, online booksellers and authors raised over its previous agreement to create a massive digital library.
But the revised settlement agreement is still under fire from some Web competitors and will still be reviewed by the Justice Department.
The Authors Guild and American Publishers Association sued Google four years ago for copyright infringement as Google was in the process of scanning millions of books. The parties reached a $125 million settlement earlier this year, but the Justice Department, among others, had concerns about the agreement. One primary concern was that the settlement would give Google too much control over unclaimed works. Another detractor, Amazon.com, said the settlement created an exclusive business arrangement betwen Google and authors.
Under the revised settlement, which was submitted to U.S. District Court Judge Denny Chin late Friday night, the parties said an independent trustee would handle the licensing of unclaimed, or "orphan," works. The court-approved trustee would be able to license the works to competitors, including Amazon.com and Microsoft. The trustee would handle the revenue from those licenses, which would go to charities or to tracking down the authors.
Google also said its algorithm for pricing books would simulate the prices found in a competitive market. Dan Clancy, Google Books Engineering Director, posted more details and links in the corporate policy blog.
"We will review the agreement and our investigation is ongoing," a Justice Department spokeswoman said yesterday, before the new agreement had been submitted.
The spokeswoman added that, in its initial review of the settlement, Justice officials said they thought a properly-structured agreement would "offer important societal benefits."
"We've made a number of changes to the agreement to address concerns raised, while preserving the core principles of the agreement. We look forward to seeking final settlement approval so that readers, authors and publishers can enjoy its benefits," Google said in a statement before hosting a late-night conference call.
The Open Book Alliance, which has been a harsh critic of the agreement, is not satisfied with the changes.
Alliance co-chair Peter Brantley said, "Our initial review of the new proposal tells us that Google and its partners are performing a sleight of hand; fundamentally, this settlement remains a set-piece designed to serve the private commercial interests of Google and its partners...By performing surgical nip and tuck, (the parties) are attempting to distract people from their continued efforts to establishe a monopoly over digital content access and distribution; usurp Congress's role in setting copyright policy; lock writers into their unsought registry, stripping them of their individual contract rights...and establish a dangerous precedent by abusing the class action process."
The Open Book Alliance says the settlement still gives Google de facto control over acess to and distribution of the "world's largest digital database of books." The Alliance put out its own set of requirements last week.


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Knicks next pick: CP3 or Howard?
The Knicks have two picks that could really help them become an elite team next year or in years to come: CP3 or Dwight Howard.. Take your Pick? CP3 from the New Orleans Hornets has a lot of trade talk, as he becomes a free agent at the end of this season. Orlando Magic Howard would be an obvious plus to the Knicks as well. Read More below!
Chris Paul AKA CP3 would be a great addition to the Knicks with his ability to cut into the teeth of the defense. He is great in half-court sets and can set up the break like no other. Knicks Offense would go from 8 to 10, the D would go from 6 to 8. The tough part is CP3 loves/reps New Orleans, but his supporting cast is up and down.
Dwight Howard would make the Knicks big. They would be the biggest three in the NBA with 'Melo, Stat, and Howard. Chauncey would have many options on the pick and roll, and no one would be able to take it inside on these three trees! The Knicks offense would go from 8-10, and D would go from 6 to 9. The Magic must decide if they will sign his contract extension, but after the way the Magic played this season (inconsistent), and so far playoffs he looks like he might want to switch to NY!


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Match report by Matt Wall - stats provided by the Press Association
Harriers kept up their excellent recent form with a fine point on the road as they drew 0-0 with title-chasing Oxford United at the Kassam Stadium on Saturday.
There was a scare for Harriers within seconds of the opening whistle, Sam Deering found himself free in the area to shoot wide of Dean Coleman's target as the away side were almost caught stone cold.
After that frantic start to the game things did start to settle as both sides were given time and space to play their football - new boy Marc Goodfellow had the first opening of note on 13 minutes when he fired wide of the upright from around 20 yards.
A minute later Goodfellow was again wishing he'd done better as he led a breakaway - a three on one advantage towards goal saw the Burton Albion man's squared ball to Brian Smikle go some way awry and away for a goal kick.
On 23 minutes a positive Harriers side again strode forward - neat play saw Smikle played in on the edge of the area. He shifted out to Lee Baker who from around 15 yards crossed to Robbie Matthews who saw his attempted shot come off his shin and deflect just over the bar.
Just after the half hour mark the pressure was back on at the other end as Deering drove a harshly-won free-kick into the area towards Rhys Day who put a tame effort wide. Two minutes later Goodfellow was again the point of the away attack, his central shot held well by Clarke in the home goal.
Oxford began the second half as they did the third and on 48 minutes they had a golden chance to open the scoring - Damian Batt crossing to the unmarked James Constable who from five yards saw his shot blocked by Duane Courtney.
A couple of minutes before the hour Smikle took the ball down well on his chest outside the box, but his shot was some way wide and in the end only resulted in a throw-in.
On 65 minutes Coleman was forced into action - The Harriers defence was breached for a rare time and both Deering and sub Matt Green broke free; in the end they confused one another but it was Deering with the eventual drive with the 'keeper clutched safely to his chest.
As Oxford's confidence began to grow, Coleman continued to earn his corn as he tipped a great free-kick over the bar from Simon Clist with 18 to go. Three minutes later, sub Jack Midson almost found the net less than a minute after coming on, but he hit straight at the Tgoalkeeper.
There was a moment of concern on 78 as Riley stayed down after taking a bang to the head but aftersome quick sideline treatment the former Wolves man was able to continue.
Clarke was in fine form eight minutes from time - good work from McPhee and Smikle allowed sub Damian Spencer to have a stab at goal that the Oxford custodian kept out superbly with the help of an ankle.
A fine game threatened to boil over with an 89th minute flashpoint - a multi-man melee in the Oxford penalty area seeing Spencer and United's Dannie Bulman go into the referee's notebook.
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Nari awoke late in the night in a cold sweat. She'd had another dream about her father, and it left her feeling empty, nursing a terrible ache in her chest. She wiped her tears on her pajama sleeve, and tip-toed out into the hallway. It was her intention to crawl into bed with her mother, as she usually did when she had these dreams. But the dream left her mind upon hearing voices in her father's study.
The door was ajar, a halo of light casting ugly shadows on the wall opposite. Nari inched closer, her heart racing. It beat against her chest as if trying to get out, and she thought for sure whoever was in the study might hear her.
"Please don't go. She misses you so much. I-I miss you." It was her mother's voice.
"Maggie, you know I don't have a choice. Keep her safe. Make sure she knows I love her." The voice was deep, even whispering as the man was. She wondered who he was, and what he was talking about.
It got quiet, except for a sniffle. There was a blinding flash of light, and a ringing that lingered in her ears, followed by a strangled noise, as if her mom was trying not to sob. Nari blinked the colorful spots from her eyes, and listened harder, hoping to hear more of the mysterious conversation. Something about the man's voice made the hairs rise on the back of her neck.
Nari couldn't hear anything but a shuffle of feet, now. Worried she would be discovered eavesdropping, she hurried back to her bedroom. It was hours before she finally drifted off again.
The next day, while her mother was at work, she crept into the hallway again. She found herself standing in front of her father's study again. This time, there was no whispered conversation, no flash of light. Nothing strange about the room, so far as she could tell, at all. She stood there for a long time, gathering her nerve to go inside.
Her hand was on the door knob, but still, she was stuck there. What would she see when she opened that door? The last time she was there, her father had been sitting at his chair. He had smiled at her and waved her inside.
Nari imagined that inside her heart, she had a Bravery switch. Whenever she was scared, she would flip the switch on, and suddenly she was brave. She did so now, and opened the door.
She needn't have been afraid. The only thing different about the study this time was her father's chair, which remained empty, and all the dust collected on every surface. It floated and glittered in the light streaming in through the windows behind the desk.


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However, there are a handful of exercises that you should avoid in your training. These are common workout mistakes that people make, and we want to make sure you're informed. From injury-causing techniques to stress-inducing mechanisms, these five workouts should not be a staple in your pre-winter workout routine.
Want to stay healthy and get fit? Don't do these 5 workouts...
1.) Leg Extensions
There is no debate that if you apply resistance and tension to a muscle it will grow; it's science. And, leg extension machines have long been a preferred choice of isolated tension application for the quadriceps muscles, an important muscle group if you're going to be blasting moguls or skiing top-to-bottom runs.
But, since we're logging this fall-time gym time with a specific goal of getting ready for winter, we need to be mindful of the risk-to-benefit ratio of leg extension workouts. In short, we want to increase the benefits of the movements we're doing while decreasing the risk of injury. Right?
Research shows that open-chain exercises, like leg extensions, delay the firing of muscles, increase the chance for structural knee injuries, apply constant stress to ligaments like the ACL, encourage lateral patellar pull, reduce hamstring activity, and add stress to the smaller rectus femoris muscle when we want to be activating the larger and more powerful vasti muscle group.
In short, the risk-to-benefit ratio of leg extensions is skewed towards to the risky side. So, what are you options? Try closed-chain workouts wall sits, one-legged quad dips, and lateral step ups.
There are a lot of evangelical leg press fans out there. Don't get fired up, folks. We're not saying to 100% omit leg press from you routine. Rather, we're emphasizing that leg press is a concentric workout. If done as an eccentric exercise, you might be spending the ski season sipping hot chocolate in the lodge rather than swizzling down the slopes.
The short version of defining both terms from above is:
- Concentric Exercise is a contraction that shortens a muscle;
- Eccentric Exercise is a contraction that lengthens the muscle.
A lot of times you'll see people hammering fast, rapid reps on the leg press. This isn't what we want. Think negative space when doing leg press, move at a slower pace, decrease the weight if needed. This isolates the muscle groups you're intending to work and it allows the structure of your knee to aid in the workout rather than be tested.
When doing leg press, think slow motion. If you do that, you'll be snowboarding faster than your friends come time when the lifts start spinning.
Check out the video below for an exercise that you absolutely must not do if you're training for skiing and snowboarding!
While crotch strength training has ZERO redeemable value for a functional application, it is hilarious! And, laughing and having fun is a vital component to a worthwhile workout plan.
So, consider us your motivational speaker, put the video on loop, share it with your friends, and laugh. But, whatever you do, don't add crotch strength training to your ski-conditioning regimen!
Skiing and snowboarding are balancing acts. They're sports that require a solid center of gravity and a firing core. How do we enhance these attributes in the gym so that they are present when we're on the snow? Asymmetrical workouts! What don't we want to do if we're training for balance, stability, and core? Symmetrical exercises!
Instead, focus on movements like asymmetrical deadlifts with a dumbbell, single-legged extensions with dumbbells, and one-legged squats on a Bosu Ball followed by a shoulder press with the opposite arm.
We love box jumps just like most of you. And, we especially love box jumps as a fundamental movement in our pre-winter routine. So, why are box jumps included in this list of workouts to avoid like the plague?
Because so many people do box jumps incorrectly!
The focus of many box jumpers is explosion, which is a great emphasis for skiing and snowboarding. Being explosive is vital to our winter pastimes—whether you're an X Games athlete, a big-mountain skier, or a weekend warrior.
You'll see a lot of Aspen's avid and world-renowned skiers and snowboarders doing autumn-time box jumps at The Aspen Club. But, what you'll also see is these athletes doing box jumps correctly, with proper form, and mindful execution.
Here are a three things you cannot do when box jumping:
- Don't let your knees cave in!
- Don't land in a deep squat!
- Don't stress about go higher and higher!
Absorbing your landings in an athletic position will translate nicely to skiing and snowboarding, as opposed to stepping off the box with straight, rigid legs.


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Parents cry foul over firing of Osceola school principal
OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. - A well-liked elementary school principal is off the job, accused of creating a hostile working environment among teachers.
The superintendent decided not to renew Holly Willis' contract at the end of the school year, and that sparked a strong reaction from students and parents.
Willis said she had no idea that staffers complained about her at the school, but it was apparently so serious that the superintendent decided to have her fired.
Parents packed a school board meeting Tuesday night to express their concerns over the decision.
The support for the ousted principal was so intense, it brought some parents to tears.
The dozens of parents who spoke described Willis as a good leader and an inspiration to their children.
"Every single one of my children just loves her, and can't wait to see her," one parent, who wasn't named, said.
A district spokeswoman said an investigation is finished, but it can't be released yet.
Willis sounded off, and explained why she was let go.
"I received a letter of an investigation on Friday, May 30, regarding possible harassment of staff members. Needless to say, I was in shock," Willis said.
Sources told Channel 9's Ryan Hughes some teachers complained Willis was verbally abusive and fostered a hostile working environment.
She's also accused of recently changing grade and room assignments at the A-rated school.
The teacher's union president lashed into her.
"If you have such a great school, why are 30 teachers being moved?" said union president Apryle Jackson.
Willis said the school board was never given specific examples of her alleged behavior, and that she had no chance to defend herself.
"Nobody talked to her and it just rubbed me the wrong way," said Osceola School Board member Jay Wheeler.
District administrators are on annual contracts, which means they can be fired at the end of the school year for any reason.
The superintendent's office did not comment on the investigation.


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I READ IT ON THE INTERNET, SO it must be true.....
A Tennessee man, Jerrod Christian, was apparently NOT the best neighbor you could hope for. After a tornado struck near the town of Kingsport, people in Christians' neighborhood started finding things they hadn't seen in years. Things that once belong to them. It seems JC had been stealing from his neighbors, and everything came flying out of his house during the storm. Items that were missing from peoples homes, garages and sheds were found (all over the place). Christian was not home when the tornado hit. He was in jail on charges of stealing his girlfriends van.
A 54 YEAR OLD MICHIGAN MAN met his demise in a most unfortunate way. He ran his automobile into a house. Not just any house, but an abandoned house filled with bees, thousands of them. First responders couldn't reach him because of the buzzers. They had to call a bee keeper before they could help the man. He was dead, and now authorities are trying to determine if he was dead BEFORE he hit the house, or if the bees were responsible.
WAYNE BRADLEY IS THE DUMBEST HUMAN in history! The Florida man robbed a home in Hollywood and made it out with a huge haul. However he left his cell phone behind at the crime scene. Rather than let it go, he called his number to see if he could get it back. Guess who answered? A detective who was on the case. While the cop talked to this dope, they traced the number he called from. Bingo! With fingerprints all over the phone and the house, the police got their man. Can you say grand theft and robbery? I knew you could.
MANY BEER DRINKERS HELD A MOMENT of silence for all the beer that ended up on I-71 in Lodi last Friday after a truck collision. The folks in Indianapolis went one better. They had a collision involving a truck full of butter on I-465. The highway was slippery as...well...butter. The highway was closed all day as workers cleaned up the mess. The driver was not hurt and police believe he fell asleep at the wheel.
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- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 to 3 tablespoons white sparkling sugar
How to Make It
Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add brown sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Gradually add flour, beating at low speed until smooth. Cover and chill 30 minutes.
Roll dough to 1/4-inch thickness on a lightly floured surface. Cut with a 2-inch tree-shaped cutter; place 1 inch apart on lightly greased baking sheets. Sprinkle with sparkling sugar.
Bake at 375° for 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are golden; cool on baking sheets on wire racks 5 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.


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Kimber tries to explain the presence of blood on his clothes
Kimber looked at the face of all the man in front of him, stared at his mustache and then at the gun. The gun made him nervous, and it wasn't helping that the man kept yelling, spit dripping down his chin.
The man's eyes kept darting at the blood stains on Kimber's clothes, which made him nervous.
" The blood ... it's, um, it's not mine. Didn't cut myself shaving!" Ouch, thinks Kimber. Mustache one, humour zero. "Okay, sir. Hi. I'm Kimber. This is my girlfriend's blood. She had a bad case of explosive menstruation."


text: Harvey McKay - 69 (Helskanki Remix) [FREE DOWNLOAD] by Helskanki published on 2010-01-06T08:05:01Z FREE DOWNLOAD Comment by Helskanki @harlik: Thanks for all the comments, enjoy your free download :) 2011/05/08 12:52:54 +0000 Comment by ever. nice snappy little synth shots mate 2011/04/02 06:22:26 +0000 Comment by Chris Gould I really like it man well done 2010/04/14 01:06:57 +0000 Comment by Chris Gould yeah, dig that bassline 2010/04/14 00:47:25 +0000 Comment by Helskanki @blakethompson: thanks, got quite a bit of processing on that 2010/04/12 13:18:42 +0000 Comment by Blake Thompson amazing bassline 2010/04/12 08:30:44 +0000 Comment by Orquesm cool brake 2010/02/21 11:49:34 +0000 Comment by Orquesm wow dude......nice to hear a no techno version...great work 2010/02/21 11:49:00 +0000 Comment by v904 Noice!! 2010/01/17 06:07:42 +0000 Comment by v904 @helskanki: selfmade kicks beat anything off the shelf, home cookin just like mamie used to make mm mm! 2010/01/17 06:06:13 +0000 Comment by Helskanki @aerobiotic: hand crafted by the skank :) 2010/01/16 10:19:39 +0000 Comment by Helskanki @aerobiotic: cheers man :) noice 2010/01/14 10:54:36 +0000 Comment by Helskanki Thanks for the pos fb guys, will get back on to this once blade in the grass is done. still have loads of time... 2010/01/14 10:53:54 +0000 Comment by Angelic Exorcism Love the break... 2010/01/13 22:29:51 +0000 Comment by smashbang Great track - clever segue from the straight to triplet thing. 2010/01/13 12:25:38 +0000 Comment by FALKI HOZ / MAZEL SOURCE wow, powerfull 2010/01/08 20:43:03 +0000 Comment by FALKI HOZ / MAZEL SOURCE great ideas ! 2010/01/08 20:40:40 +0000 Comment by Helskanki @tricktronix: got bored with original bass, was quite difficult to program so much detail and i wanted a tweak on original line, putting at end is a bit too usual i think 2010/01/08 17:49:26 +0000 Comment by inSilico nice production and tweaks. pretty disjointed arrangement though. maybe keep it techy prog style like at the start and finish and use that hectic bass in the middle for an electro banger 2010/01/07 14:40:30 +0000 Comment by inSilico beasty ? bit unexpected there 2010/01/07 14:33:32 +0000 Comment by Helskanki thanks for the comment, ill go back in and fix some things up that were slapped in too quick. already have earmarked some 16 bar sections in my project. I need a mini break from this one to get a fresh ear. Ill experiment with a little more steady ending. the breakdown needs more work too. Ive been keen to do a track with a middle switch up for a while and i put some snippets of the first bass grove in there to help it not seem to random. don't know why the saw bass aliasing so much in this s cloud player, sounds like 128k 2010/01/07 13:38:12 +0000


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Jose Mourinho has been sacked as manager of Chelsea. The decision was announced within the hour and Chelsea are on the lookout for a new manager. Jose Mourinho had led the London to the title less than seven months ago and now finds himself without a job though this would not be the case for long as he is in high demand.
Mourinho who was in his second spell with the club had declared himself the "Happy One" but now is the "Sacked One". Speculations had been rife for some weeks now regarding his future with Chelsea occupying 16th position on the table presently. This comes after 16 games with Chelsea amassing a miserly 15 points. There were reports of mutiny within the team and Costa drew the irk of players when he suggested that his teammates were napping during their defeat against Leicester City on Monday.
His admission in his post match interview that his players had betrayed him would have signaled a break down of communication between players and manager and this admission might have caused him his job.
Graham Roberts who played for Chelsea and England spoke with the BBC and feels the players are as much to blame for the predicament of the team and he had this to say "I don't think they can play any worse, they have been absolutely diabolical this year. Some of the Players need to look at their own stature at the club. They have let the club down, the supporters down".
Speculations are now rife about his replacement with Pep Guardiola, Jaunde Ramos, Brendan Rodgers and Guus Hiddink been touted as possible replacements


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The millennium development goals have had more traction than any previous attempt to use indicators to move development forward. They are not perfect. But they symbolise a broad commitment to basic standards of decent living.
So here are three things that the UN summit needs to do.
First, it needs to recommit all governments to improving policies and investing more resources in improving basic living standards. This requires growth, but also measures to spread its benefits. It requires high levels of public and private investment and continued aid transfers. The willingness of both traditional and emerging donors to support major multilateral replenishments such as the International Development Association and the Global Fund is a key test.
Second, public resources, including aid, are a scarce commodity and need to be used effectively. So transparency, accountability and better evaluation in respect of all public spending - including, but certainly not limited to, aid - are vital. Agreed principles of aid effectiveness need to be translated into much more change on the ground.
Third, the international community needs to start a high-level reflection on the impact of the MDGs and on what, if anything, should replace them in 2015.
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Members of a criminal gang that operated across the UK and abroad have been jailed after the police seized £55m worth of drugs.
The group, based in the north east and led by Michael Watts, 48, travelled to Europe and packed furniture full of heroin and amphetamine before using legitimate removal companies to bring it back to the UK.
They then distributed the drugs across the country while spending the money they made from their illegal activity on luxuries such as Porsches and new houses, Newcastle Crown Court heard.
Watts, from Jarrow, Tyne and Wear, was helped by his right-hand man Neil Hoban, 52, from Stockton, and a team of men who assisted with the logistics.
In total, 30kg of heroin, 408kg of amphetamine and £500,000 in cash was seized by the North East Regional Special Operations Unit from a storage unit in North Yorkshire.
Detective Superintendent Tim Walker said: "Operation Patton was a NERSOU operation launched to disrupt the activity of an organised crime group operating not just in the north east but throughout the country and abroad.
"More than £50m worth of drugs were seized from a storage unit in North Yorkshire, which were clearly destined for distribution in communities not just across the north east but farther afield. Not only that, but a substantial amount of cash was found stored in holdalls when a car was stopped and searched.


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