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Understand demand patterns, your supply networks, operations, quality and customer service requirements like never before. SAS gives you a critical advantage. Combine data from multiple sources. Quickly analyze, visualize and share information. And achieve more accurate forecasts, greater integrated business planning efficiency, healthier profits and higher customer satisfaction.
Supply & Demand Planning
Better demand forecasts mean better outcomes.
Want to significantly improve your supply and demand planning processes? Imagine starting with an accurate, data-driven forecast. Balancing inventory with demand in near-real time. And deriving analytical insights from early demand signals. We can help you make it a reality. With the SAS for Demand-Driven Planning and Optimization suite, you can:
- Operate more efficiently. Automatically generate statistically driven, weighted consensus forecasts. Monitor forecast performance to understand the value added (or lost) at each step. Then share information easily among sales, marketing, finance, operations and supply teams to readily implement the sales and operations plan.
- Plan more effectively. Use time-series forecasting to build models that reflect the realities of your business, taking into account intermittent demand, new product launches, pricing, promotions – even weather. Use sophisticated optimization algorithms to compare and adjust forecasts so you can choose the best strategy.
- Boost your profitability. Gain near-real-time insight into supply and demand dynamics so you can avoid under- or over-stocking. Calculate optimal inventory policies using multiechelon optimization with state-of-the-art simulation. And use predictive modeling and what-if analysis to find out how different variables will affect the supply/demand balance.
- Demand-driven planning. Adopt an analytics-based process for creating a demand-driven, weighted consensus forecast to automate and manage the information exchange between everyone involved in S&OP.
- Multiechelon inventory optimization. Automate and optimize inventory distribution, inventory levels and order quantities at every level to maintain adequate stock, maximize response times, increase revenue, reduce carrying costs and improve customer satisfaction.
- Demand sensing and shaping. Take a visual approach to analyzing demand data to unearth patterns and insights regarding sales, shipments, pricing, promotions and operational, category or regional performance.
- SAS® Forecast Analyst Workbench
Generate unbiased, accurate large-scale demand forecasts with the combined power of automation, analytics and workflow.
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Automate consensus planning by applying a structured forecasting workflow.
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Product & Process Quality
Achieve quality excellence, and lower the costs of poor quality.
Develop and support a quality-driven strategy. Find and address issues quickly. And link customer feedback and expectations with design, engineering, manufacturing and packaging. With the SAS Quality Analytic Suite, you can:
- Understand perceived quality issues. Access and analyze all types of data from CRM systems, traditional news sites and social media forums. Then integrate the data with your issue detection processes for earlier warnings and corrective action guidance.
- Catch emerging issues sooner. Continuously improve reliability, efficiency and quality by combining and analyzing huge volumes of data in a fraction of the time it used to take.
- Tackle top-priority issues first. Get the most out of limited resources by identifying and addressing issues that have the greatest impact on costs and customers.
- Limit customer impact. Consolidate warranty, customer service and other field data, and quickly decode its meaning. Use root-cause analysis to troubleshoot and correct issues fast, for more uptime and smoother operations.
- Reduce operating costs. Combine automated quality control measurement with monitoring, tracking and reporting to reduce overall costs.
- Get more out of your assets. Harness M2M and machine sensor data to predict unplanned outages before they occur. Optimize planned maintenance cycles to lower costs while increasing asset availability.
- Early issue warning. Quickly identify design and production defects before they become costly problems by continuously monitoring thousands of parameters and getting automated alerts about potential quality issues.
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- Reduced costs. Our state-of-the-art analytics and predictive modeling capabilities enable you to tighten controls and improve processes.
- Flexible data model. Our data model can handle practically any type of data, and it's customizable so you can incorporate any additional data types your organization may require.
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Harness M2M and sensor data to maximize asset performance.
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- Improve the customer experience while minimizing costs. Minimize stockouts and overages that erode the customer experience while hurting your profits by accurately determining the required amount of parts needed at any location.
- Predict service volume demand with greater precision. Our powerful forecasting engine can manage millions of customer interaction transactions and support multilayer hierarchies that allow for detailed segmentation of service volume demand.
- Make the right staffing decisions to meet demand. Fully integrated optimization and forecasting technologies, state-of-the-art optimization models and the ability to run multiple what-if scenarios enable you to improve resource allocation and staff planning processes.
- Identify suspicious claims and service providers. Go beyond traditional business rule engines by using automated analytic models to analyze service claim data and enable auditors to focus on the most likely sources of fraud.
- Avoid unnecessary repair and maintenance costs. Use advanced analytic algorithms to perform root cause analyses. Quickly identify causal factors and determine where issues originate, so you can address them before they escalate.
- Proven advanced analytic methodologies. SAS offers more advanced forecasting and predictive analytics, integrated with sophisticated staff optimization capabilities, so you can accurately predict service volume demand and optimize your staff according to skill sets needed.
- Integrated early-warning capabilities. Early-warning algorithms automatically analyze millions of combinations of products, components and failures to detect potential problems very early in a product's life cycle so you can investigate and take corrective action before problems reach a crisis point.
- Award-winning data management. Consolidate all data sources – including structured and unstructured data – into a single view that provides meaningful insight into the customer experience.
- Advanced text mining. Extract and categorize essential information from text-based data (from call centers, service technicians, dealers, etc.), combine it with your structured data and analyze it to gain valuable knowledge about critical product and service issues.
- SAS® Asset Performance Analytics
Harness M2M and sensor data to maximize asset performance.
- SAS® Field Quality Analytics
Detect emerging issues sooner and perform root-cause analysis to improve product quality and brand reputation.
- SAS® OnDemand: Suspect Claims Detection
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Angelina & Zahara are a Laughing Matter
After dropping off Maddox at school, Angelina Jolie shares a laugh with daughter Zahara, 2, before entering the Mary Arnold Toys Store on NYC's Upper East Side on Tuesday morning.
Wonder what all the loud-laughing was all about between the mother-daughter duo!
Angie wore a gray texured skirt, a white trench coat and nude flats. She also toted around her favorite Valentino braided leather shoulder bag. Princess Zee wore a white tee, black pants and Lacoste shoes. Cute pigtails!
FYI: On the menu at Maddox's school: "Roasted Beef Au Jus with Mushroom Gravy," "Dijon Crusted Pollack with Vegetable Medley" and "Seared Fillet of Salmon with Herbed New Potatoes." Not bad for kindergarten lunch fare!
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- The Office of Services to the Homeless and Adults (OSHA) was established by Executive Order 6-88 on 6 April 1988 by Mayor W. Wilson Goode to provide comprehensive case management, protective, preventive, and referral services to adults and families in need of temporary shelter and affordable housing. OSHA also provides leadership in long range planning and the development of an annual comprehensive homeless assistance plan. In November 1995, the name was changed to the Office of Emergency Services (OES). On April 2, 1996, the name was changed to the Office of Emergency Shelter and Services.
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Traditional Culture And Life At Madobak, Ugai And Matotonan Villages
Madobak, Ugai and Matotonan villages are not specifically designed into a tourist destination, but their traditional culture and life are well-preserved, making them interesting places for tourists. They are situated in the upper stream of Siberut Selatan. From Muara Siberut, you should take the Purou-Muntei-Rokdok-Madobak-Ugai-Butui-Matotonan route. Each village has its own unique culture.
Madobak, for instance, is famous for its cool Kulu Kubuk waterfall. It has two levels with a total of 70 meters. Each village is also famous for its traditional home, locally known as an Uma, and its traditional ceremony performed by a Sikerei, or shaman.
This traditional ceremony is usually performed during weddings, occupation of a new home, to facilitate healing or to drive away evil spirits. Shaman in these three villages still preserve the use of underwear and headbands (Luat) made of colorful beads. Some locals also have Mentawai traditional tattoos made of sugarcane and coconut charcoal dye. These tattoos are made using nails or pins, and two pieces of wood as a pad and hammer. According to the local community, the tattooing process is very painful.
You should not miss the unique traditional culture in Mentawai!
In the Mentawai community, sago is the basic food. Mentawais' usually eat sago with other dishes such as fish and pork. These villages also have rice.
In these villages, visitors can order bead necklaces, containers or briefcase-type souvenirs which are made of sago trunks or other handicrafts. Visitors can also order sago for souvenirs.
Since there is no other choice, visitors stay in local homes, but don't worry; local inhabitants in Madobak, Ugai and Matotonan villages are friendly and cheerful!
Besides visiting Kulu Kubuk waterfall in Madobak village or the border area of Siberut National Park in Matotonan village, visitors can interact directly with the local community about their daily life and participate in their traditional ceremonies.
Visiting these three villages is an amazing experience. Their natural condition is shown from their wooden Uma, sago trees processed into local basic foods, motor boats park by river sides and their different local cultures than those of urban areas.
In these villages, locals use wood to cook. They also preserve their community meal tradition. Each type of dish is served in one bowl and family members usually eat from the same bowl at the same time. Watching the local community find sago with their baskets is another interesting attraction.
You can visit these villages by sailing through the Rereget River. It is a way to go to the upper stream from the beaches in Muara Siberut. It will take about three hours to get to Madobak, four hours to Ugai and 5 to 6 hours to Matotonan by motorboat. During high tide, the traveling time will be shorter. You are recommended to take a small motor boat locally known as a pompong.
The Distance between Muara Siberut and Matotonan, the most remote village, is 40 km. Unfortunately, the Rereget River has curves and rises in elevation. You could see sago trees on both sides of the river.
To visit Muara Siberut from the arrival gate of the Minangkabau international airport, visitors should go to the Muara Padang port by bus. From there, visitors should take a motor boat across the Indian Ocean to Siberut Island.
The boat schedule from Padang to Siberut is only twice a week; Monday night (Sumber Rezeki Baru ship) and Thursday night (Simasin ship). This trip will take one night which means the boat returns to Padang on Tuesday and Friday nights. Tickets for these ships are sold for Rp 105.000 to Rp. 125.000 each. In addition, there is an additional ship operating at the first and second weeks of each month. This Ambu-Ambu ship leaves on Saturday night from Muara Padang and returns from Siberut to Padang on Sunday night.
If you take the Tuapejat way, which is the capital city of Mentawai district; from the Minangkabau international airport you take a small plane such as Tiger Air or SMAC to Tuapejat in Sipora Island. After that, you rent a boat for a 3 to 4 hours trip to Muara Siberut.
To visit these villages, visitors should be accompanied with a tour guide who understands the local community and culture in Mentawai to assure your safety and convenience during this trip. You can hire a tour guide from your travel agency in Bukit Tinggi or in the port of Muara Siberut.
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A little while ago, Riot Games asked the students at the FZD School of Design to submit some designs for League of Legends champions. They did good.
Sure, not all of them strictly fit the design style of the actual game, but they all look awesome regardless.
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Holy moly! It seems Jersey Shore star Snooki has spent the last couple of weeks hitting the gym!
The pint-sized MTV reality star showed off her new slimmer figure this week via a set of photos on her twitter page. In her recent photos, the 23-year-old appears to be at her slimmest yet since joining the mega-hit show almost two years ago.
And if Snooki's recent tweets are any indication, she did it the old fashioned way – through diet and exercise. "As everyones planning their night at the club, I'm wondering when Golds closes lol. #motivated," tweeted the Snooks on April 16 referencing the popular Gold's Gym.
"Water is my new best friend. #dieting," she also tweeted on April 15. Snooki, who has been open about her battle with bulimia and anorexia in the past, told UsWeekly back in January, "I just want to get back into shape like I used to be." She is definitely well on her way! More recent photos of Snooki from this week below.
Snooki and the rest of the gang will jet off to Italy to shoot season 4 sometime in May. And speaking of Italy, it seems the mayor of Italian city Florence (the city the Jersey Shore gang will be getting their GTL on) has issued the cast a list of rules to abide by during filming.
The New York Post reports Matteo Renzi, made the list of rules public via Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera. The rules are below –
— The cast will not be filmed in bars and clubs that serve alcohol.
— The cast will not be filmed drinking in public.
— The show will not be filmed to promote Florence as a drinking town.
— The show should be filmed in a manner to promote Italy (not Americans visiting Italy) and feature it's culture and good food.
So let's see, no drinking in public and no bars that serve alcohol. So are you as worried about season 4 as we are? As we reported weeks ago, the Italians got a glimpse of the Jersey Shore series for the first time last month when the show began airing there and they were not impressed with the cast's shenanigans. "They embody the worst stereotypes of Italians, multiplied by thousands and Americanized," columnist Roberto Del Bove lamented.
And finally, Life & Style magazine is reporting that The Situation, who reportedly earned $5 million last year, is not the only JS cast member raking in the dough!
DJ Pauly D reportedly earns half a million dollars a month according to the mag! "He makes at least $500,000 a month," an insider tells Life & Style. And how does he earn that much? Apparently with his DJ gigs, endorsement deals, and his own spin-off TV series. He is also reportedly in talks with 50 Cent to sign with the rapper's record label, G-Unit.
Pauly D's most lucrative job of all is apparently being one of the nation's most in-demand DJs right now. "That alone commands up to $40,000 per set, and he does three to six gigs per week," the insider says. Mamma mia! It really pays to be a fist-pumper.


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What song can you listen to over and over and over again? For me, it would probably be "Here Comes The Sun" by The Beatles. Music puts me in a better mood, no matter where I am, what I'm doing, or when I'm doing it. I sense that music has a similar effect on most of you, as well. Here at Swagbucks, we know what our users love: earning, winning, Amazon.com gift cards, and music. Well, guess what? We've teamed up with Amazon MP3 to give you more of what you love!
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Judge slams spice searchMARK HAYWARD
New Hampshire Union Leader
August 18. 2014 7:57PM
MANCHESTER — A downtown convenience store re-opened Monday afternoon, five days after city officials shut its doors, alleging it sold a brand of synthetic marijuana implicated in numerous overdoses.
TN Gas and Convenience reopened shortly before 5 p.m. Monday, after Hillsborough County Superior Court Judge Diane Nicolosi found the city did not follow proper procedures when officials revoked the business licenses of TN Convenience and two other stores last Wednesday.
Salah Flaih, who said he was the owner's father, said he was happy, but the store has lost sales of $10,000 a day. Milk and other perishables have gone out of date, he said, noting he couldn't sell gas in his tanks as the price dropped, and his clerks were out of work.
"We have seven employees. They have no money. They have families, they have kids," Flaih said.
Flaih said TN has stopped selling all brands of spice; he showed an empty glass shelf where the price — four grams for $10 — was still posted.
The revocations took place after authorities logged at least 34 overdoses and said the public's health was at risk from the bubblegum-flavored Smacked! brand of synthetic marijuana, or spice. On Monday, Nicolosi held a hearing, after TN lawyer Joe Kelly Levasseur, a Manchester alderman, challenged the revocation.
In her five-page ruling issued Monday, Nicolosi faulted the police report and city procedures that formed the basis of the TN revocation.
"Based on the totality of the circumstances of this case, the court finds there was insufficient evidence to support a finding by (the city) that the danger to public health, welfare and/or safety was immediate when the license was revoked," Nicolosi wrote.
Efforts to reach Police Chief David Mara on Monday evening were unsuccessful.
Police targeted TN after a person said the store sold the spice brand responsible for an overdose.
Police searched the store on Aug. 13 and found no packages of the spice in question. But when police asked City Clerk Matthew Normand to revoke the license, they did not disclose the results of the search, Nicolosi pointed out.
Nicolosi highlighted several factors to support her decision:
• Gov. Maggie Hassan had not yet declared a state of emergency related to spice overdoses.
• TN denied selling the product, and TN owner Saif Nourie told Nicolosi he will not sell Bubblegum spice.
• The search found no Bubblegum spice.
• The credibility of the spice user is unknown.
Nicolosi's ruling is only an injunction that temporarily lifts the license revocation.
Under state law, TN and the two other convenience stores — Han's Food Mart, 353 Maple St., and Union Street Market, 621 Union St., — deserve a hearing.
The TN hearing is scheduled for 3 p.m. today at City Hall before the Administration Committee. Aldermen on the committee could vote to revoke the license.
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Brad Pitt Will Star as General Stanley McChrystal in 'The Operators'!
Brad Pitt has signed on to star as General Stanley McChrystal in the upcoming movie The Operators!
The 50-year-old actor will also be a producer on the film, which is an adaptation of journalist Michael Hastings' 2012 book "The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America's War in Afghanistan."
The movie, which will be written and directed by David Michod, will center on "the rise and fall of Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the commanding general of international and U.S. forces in Afghanistan."
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Days before the Academy Awards celebrates the finest in film, unite4:good honored the success of individuals serving the global movement for humanity, from stars to everyday visionaries.
Hosted by comedian Andy Samberg, the fete, which was also presented by Variety, brought together figures like Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese and Julia Louis-Dreyfus for the formal dinner and awards gala on the Sony Pictures Studio lot on Thursday evening.
"I would like to thank Variety for coming up with another award because our stiletto heels spend far too many nights during the year in their little silk bags," joked Louis-Dreyfus, poking fun at the frenzy of events that cluttered the weeks leading up to Hollywood's biggest night on March 2.
Louis-Dreyfus received the creative commitment in television award for her work with Heal the Bay, an environmental advocacy non-profit dedicated to making Southern California coasts clean.
Forest Whitaker presented the unity recognition award to Bill Clinton, who gave the evening's keynote address. Clinton joked that he was the warm-up act for Sean Penn, who later presented De Niro with the creative commitment in film award and Clear Channel president John Sykes the media social visionary award.
In his address, Clinton mentioned the positive influence of the late Nelson Mandela and Lebanon's perseverance to support his central point: Unite to survive and thrive.
Steve Coogan, who starred in the Oscar-nominated "Philomena," presented the real Philomena Lee with the everyday hero award.
After receiving his honor, De Niro handed "his partner in crime," Scorsese, the creative conscience award for his work on film preservation through The Film Foundation. "Are you kidding," joked De Niro. "The creative conscience award? Have you not seen 'Wolf of Wall Street?'"
Scorsese said that since his foundation's inception in 1990, around 640 films have been restored and preserved.
For her work as a UNICEF ambassador, singer Selena Gomez was awarded the young humanitarian award. She lauded fellow do-gooder, Demi Lovato, who received the evening's young luminary honor, saying, "I am so thankful for you for inspiring me every day. We're here at 21 years old using our voice to help this generation, though sometimes I feel like we're the only ones holding down the fort."
Both Lovato and music visionary recipient, Alicia Keys, performed at the affair. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., William H. Macy, Jada Pinkett Smith, Eva Longoria and Wilmer Valderrama were presenters.


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Author, illustrator, storyteller, and pre-K teacher Steve Light has teamed up with Guidecraft to create Storyboxes based on classic stories from around the world. Storytelling and fantasy play are crucial to a child's development, forming the basis for language comprehension and reading skills.
Perfect for home and classroom, each Storybox features characters, props, and settings cast from Light's hand-carved originals, as well as a booklet containing his original retelling of the story. In addition to the main characters, each Storybox contains unique elements, such as the bag of "breadcrumbs," witch's house, cauldron, and recipe book from "Hansel and Gretel."
With Steve Light Storyboxes, kids can use the miniature figures and props to retell stories over and over, acting them out in their own words and creating new stories. The first Storyboxes feature Hansel and Gretel, Rapunzel, Little One Inch (Japan), and The Girl Who Loved Danger (Congo).
Watch the video of Steve Light using a Storybox to tell the story of Rapunzel.
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Ok, I'm itching for another board, mainly just to try something different and maybe stronger in light wind.. I'm 6'0, 185 lbs, and I already have a OR Mako 140 as my all-around board.
I'm looking for something to ease into a directional, or I may just go straight into a directional. I would like to have something that's a bit snappier in waves, but that I don't have to worry with gybing. So I've demo'd the OR Mako King, but I haven't got a real good feel for it as it was setup mutant regular and I'm goofy footed.
So I'm wondering about the RRD Toxic Wave, looks like a fun board, with more snap than the King.
Any suggestions or reviews on the Toxic Wave?


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Sheldon Malc knows bathrooms. As showrooms manager of Davis & Warshow, New York's venerable kitchen and bath source, Malc has seen many changes over the 40-odd years he's been in the business.
"There's so much technology being integrated into the bathroom," he says. "There's lighting right in the bathroom mirror. A television integrated in the mirror. There are embedded defrosters to keep the mirror clear. There are waterproof systems installed in the shower so you can watch TV."
Really, people want to watch the news while they shampoo their hair?
"People don't have time to take baths anymore," says Malc. "The shower has become far more important."
On the forefront of this shower technology trend is Kohler, which recently introduced the Moxie, a combination showerhead and detachable Bluetooth wireless speaker that allows you to listen to music and podcasts while you soap up.
"It's a seamless, subtle integration of music in the shower," says Lynn Schrage, senior manager of Kohler Showrooms. "In an urban environment like New York, where every inch counts, it's important to create more experiences without added clutter." Schrage also points to the company's DTV Prompt digital-showering system, which lets you control the direction of spray and the water temperature with "a simple control interface that is sleek and very clean in appearance."
Many of the city's newer residential projects are creating shower experiences that resemble what you would see in a hotel or spa. "The shower is a double-shower, big enough for two people," says architect Audrey Matlock of 57 Irving Place, a nine-unit condo building she designed in Gramercy Park. "It also has jets so you're pounded by water in all directions. And the showerheads are flush into the ceilings so the surface is simple and clean."
That's not to say that bathtubs have become obsolete. Far from it.
In the case of 57 Irving Place, Matlock chose a freestanding tub to take advantage of the natural light and floor-to-ceiling windows and balcony off the bathroom. "This isn't a tub shoved into a corner," says the architect. "It's sculptural, an object of nature."
Bathtubs have almost become works of art, as with designer Clodagh's just-launched Azrama collection for Porcelanosa. The sculptural line includes a stone tub designed for two "to lounge face to face," inspired, she notes, by "two lovers conversing happily together in a hammock."
And if you're in the suburbs, where bathrooms can be larger than some New York apartments, a tub can make an even bigger statement — literally. As in the case of the 6-foot freestanding stainless-steel soaking tub that SGH Designs installed in the 600-square-foot bathroom of a Westchester client. "The angle is pitched on the inside, so it's extremely comfortable," Stephen Huberman, SGH Designs' president, says of the custom-made Diamond Spa tub, which cost about $5,000. "It also holds the heat longer. But this was an aesthetic choice, for a very contemporary house . . . the client wanted innovative materials — and had the pocketbook. It's a very niche specialty, this tub."
But if you're making design decisions for 106 apartments, as Gal Nauer Architects (GNA) did for the 250 West St. luxury condo development, you have to play it a bit safer. "Because the building needed to be appealing to many people, the bathrooms couldn't be too stylized," says Richard Cantor, a principal with 250 West's marketing brokerage, Cantor & Pecorella. "GNA wanted something elegant, classic, but with a TriBeCa sensibility."
To that end, the architects installed a 6-foot Catalina soaking tub, oversized showers with rain showerheads, custom vanities with porcelain sinks and hand-laid Athens Silver Cream marble. "The combination of materials, colors and textures creates a rich, calming feeling," says Cantor. "It's a palette that can go with anything."
"Sometimes, developers go over the top with bathrooms; here, everything was both luxurious and practical," says Ariana Meyerson, managing director at Cantor & Pecorella, of 250 West St., where prices are around $1,600 per square foot.
Similarly, 845 West End Ave., the 2011 conversion of a 1930 building to luxury condos, appealed to buyers looking for classic styling and a historic Upper West Side address. "It's a fresh, clean, contemporary take on prewar," says developer Atlas Capital's director of construction and building operations, Louis Blum, of the 40 converted units, done by Cetra/Ruddy. "We went with a neutral palette. In the master bath, we used stone tile for the walls and basket-weave, monochromatic marble. In the secondary baths, we went contextual and used subway tile."
The fixtures throughout 845 West End Ave. were by Brooklyn-based Watermark Designs. "I wanted to go with a local manufacturer," says Blum. "And their timeless designs fit the prewar context of the building."
And, adds Blum, high-end buyers "really responded to the quality and the finishes" at 845 West End Ave., where four-bedrooms have commanded prices close to $4 million. "You have to go with this kind of quality for the demographic."


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Once-austere directors love story
Takeshi Kitanos experimentation yields the lushly romantic Dolls
By Steve Erickson
Halfway through Dolls, a pop singer performs an ode to the transforming power of love. While her words are banal, they speak for the film itself.
Drawing from Japans tradition of Bunraku puppet theater, its filled with a swooning romanticism. In Western culture, this sensibility is long out of fashion, perhaps because AIDS has made the connection between love and death all too literal. (French director Léos Carax is one of the few filmmakers who comes to mind while watching Dolls.) To be moved by it, one has to be able to see tragic grandeur in actions that would be foolish or dumb in real life. Love leads one couple to become homeless, another man to blind himself and a woman to waste each Saturday afternoon for decades waiting for an absent boyfriend.
Dolls follows three storylines. Without exactly intersecting, they take place simultaneously, with characters occasionally crossing paths. Matsumoto (Hidetoshi Nishijima) has rejected his girlfriend Sawako (Miho Kanno) in order to rise in the corporate world by marrying his boss daughter. At their wedding, he learns that Sawako has been driven mad by his betrayal, attempted suicide and suffered permanent brain damage and is institutionalized. Walking out on the ceremony, he drives to the hospital, takes her outside, ties her to him with a red rope and begins an aimless journey on foot. The pair become known as the bound beggars.
Aging gangster Hiro (Tastuya Mihashi) recalls his youth, when he enjoyed lunch with his girlfriend, whom he abruptly abandoned, in a park.
Singer Haruna (Kyoko Fukada) is injured in a car accident. With half her face bandaged, she retreats to her mothers house near the sea. Nukui (Tsutomu Takeshige), an obsessed fan, devises a way to meet her, even though Haruna says that she doesnt want to see anyone.
Takeshi Kitanos films have always combined humor, violence and sentiment in varying degrees. His best film, Hana-bi, synthesized these three elements perfectly. Following it, he made three films, each of which explored a single facet of his interestsplayful wit in Kikujiro, brutality in Brother and love in Dolls. Judging from the mediocrity of Kikujiro and Brother (partially filmed in the U.S., with mixed results), he was better off integrating these qualities. However, Dolls is a welcome departure, far more compelling than its bland and impersonal successor, The Blind Swordsman, Zatoichi.
As an actor, Kitano connects the dots between Buster Keaton and Clint Eastwood. His films are full of impassive reaction shots, deadpan editing and bursts of sudden violence. His characters emotions are rarely expressed verbally, although theyre present all the same. Dolls is different. For one thing, Kitano, who in other films directs himself as a stoic, iconic presence, doesnt appear in it. While the dialogue is sparse, some of the characters are more talkative than their counterparts in earlier films. The colors and costumes are bright. The cinematography takes in the full range of seasonal beauty, from cherry blossoms to snow.
Once an austere director, Kitano now looks like a sensualist. However, the film is so stylized that it feels rather distant from its subject matter. As it progresses, it evokes loves downside more than its joys.
Women in Kitano films are usually even more silent than men. His sensibility can be distressingly macho, especially given his fondness for violence. In Dolls, that ethos is gone. All its bloodshed takes place off screen. Its hardly a feminist filmwomen make foolish sacrifices for love. Even so, its male characters act similarly. Nukui makes the worst decisions of all; compared to him, his depressed and scarred heroine is doing quite well. Matsumoto throws away his career when he realizes how much he has hurt Sawako. He even breaks down in tears, hugging her. The film describes a cultural characteristic, not a male or female one.
The Japanese online site Midnight Eye opined that Dolls wavers between tedious and laughable. Clearly, its reinvention of melodrama isnt for everyone. Its sensibility falls halfway between the rest of Kitanos work and that of classic Hollywood romantics such as Frank Borzage. The beggars story is inspired by 17th-century Japanese playwright Monzaemon Chikamatsus The Courier for Hell. What relevance does this old work, which helped romanticize the concept of a lovers double suicide in art and life, hold for contemporary spectators? Dolls pulls it out of the museum and puts it to the test. Essentially ambivalent but respectful of passion, it both exalts lamour fou and shows how it can be a destructive burden.
As a subject, love hasnt yet been exhausted by a million silly songs and stories, but its awesome power has rarely been examined so beautifully.
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Goffstown man hit by bird shot while hunting in Pittsburg
October 03. 2013 1:45PM
PITTSBURG - A Goffstown man was struck by bird shot while hunting with his friend in a densely wooded area of Pittsburg Wednesday.
Patrick Sullivan, 34, was in the woods off East Inlet Road with Adam Gilman, 36, of Hopkinton, hunting for grouse when Gilman's gun discharged and struck Sullivan in the lower extremities, according to a release from Conservation Officer Adam Cheney of N.H. Fish and Game. Gilman drove Sullivan to Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital in Colebrook, where he was treated for approximately 70 puncture wounds.
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"In May 2018, we celebrated the 30th anniversary of NTT DATA's founding. On this auspicious occasion, we presented an updated corporate vision and tagline—Trusted Global Innovator—to reflect our company's evolution of services and our unwavering commitment to the clients we serve. As a trusted, long-term partner, we are dedicated to helping clients leverage cutting-edge technologies to future-proof business models and developing innovative solutions to meet their needs.
We will create new markets for digital business, provide even higher quality services by leveraging the aggregated strengths of the worldwide NTT DATA, and proactively pursue the technical excellence our clients expect from us. Through these initiatives, we will support our clients' missions and play a critical role in resolving the world's social problems. We aim to be a presence that stirs waves of change for the betterment of society.
NTT DATA will continue to push forward, striving to be an entity that is trusted by its clients and capable of helping realize a more affluent and harmonious society. We intend to achieve this by standing side-by-side with our clients around the world and providing them with high-quality services. I hope that we may benefit from your warm and enduring support in this endeavor."
Representative Director
President and Chief Executive Officer
Today's business world is evolving faster than ever in Japan and across the globe. As a company and as individuals, we think through what we do, act differently and transform our business to drive better future for NTT DATA. Mission and Vision statements serve as a guide to achieve our aspirations.
Mission Statement
NTT DATA uses information technology to create new paradigms and values, which help contribute to a more affluent and harmonious society.
Employee Creed
- 1.We will do our utmost to serve our customers.
- 2.We will meet the challenges of our work with an active and positive spirit.
- 3.We will create a vital and vibrant company.
Group Vision
In 2005, in response to accelerating globalization, NTT DATA instituted a new Group Vision, which we termed Global IT Innovator. With IT at the core of our business, we aimed to comprehensively expand our operations to markets around the world. Our vision embraced two beliefs: "we could change IT to make it better" and "through IT we could change the world." As a leading innovator in the field of IT, we set out to enable our clients to achieve their highest goals and aspirations.
In 2013, our growing operations include approximately 62,000 people in 35 countries working on the challenges that our clients face. To help accelerate our business growth in the decade ahead, we have instituted a new highly evolved definition of Global IT Innovator.
Our Group Vision contains three messages: (1) we build long-term relationships with our clients and enable them to reach their highest goals and aspirations; (2) we create evolving ecosystems through advanced technology; and (3) we enhance our creativity through the respect and encouragement of diversity at every level of our company. At NTT DATA, new challenges and the opportunity for greater progress in the decade ahead begin now.
We realize the dreams of our clients around the world through long-term relationships.
We develop evolving ecosystems with our clients through leading-edge technologies.
We enhance our creativity by respecting diversity.
An important step in working together and achieving the corporate transformation set out in our Group Vision is stating the values we esteem and seek to share. These values are as follows:
Clients First
First, and above all else, we place the needs of our clients. We work continuously to understand your business and we strive to resolve every concern to your satisfaction. We feel responsibility to ensure your success and we let this obligation set the direction of our work and guide our actions.
We never settle for the status quo. Instead, with speed and foresight, we anticipate challenges that lay ahead. We consider the future of IT as well as the future of your business, work to enhance our ability to picture the future, and with our ecosystems, adapt to the changing business environment. In this way, we help you to meet your goals and create a brighter future for society.
We put great importance on enabling our employees to achieve their best through their work with each other. We believe that when a diverse group of individuals brings their unique world views together, shares their wisdom, and works toward a common goal, the results are extraordinary and far beyond what can be achieved by any one person.
Global Compliance Policy
Global Compliance Policy sets criteria that guide our daily actions with regard to ethics, laws, regulations, etc.
Innovation is at the heart of what we do. Innovation that makes an impact and improves business performance. Innovation that improves our clients' bottom line.
We are always on the lookout for talented innovators to join us - especially for people who can use their creativity to drive value for our clients worldwide. Discover more career opportunities that can help you make the most of your skills.
Looking for a permanent, full- or part-time career with our team in Singapore?
NTT DATA Singapore Pte Ltd
10 Hoe Chiang Road
#16-01 Keppel Towers
Singapore 089315
General inquiry: firstname.lastname@example.com
Sales inquiry: email@example.com
General Contact Information
To contact NTT DATA group companies in Asia Pacific area, please follow the link below:
We position APAC region as both an emerging market and the delivery resource pool to provide cost competitive and high quality service in our global strategy.
We address both multinational corporations and local client in this region. With our global capabilities, we support multinational corporations, primarily in insurance, automotive and electronics industries in rapidly growing APAC market. In addition, we offer our services to local clients in both financial and public sector by leveraging our accumulated experience in NTT DATA Group across the world.
Our IT service portfolio includes business consulting, design, implementation and operation & maintenance support. Our solution portfolio extends to Industrial package implementation, SAP, Business Intelligence, Financial Service, Cloud Service and Public infrastructures such as custom clearing, geographical information system and etc.
We efficiently provide our service across the globe around the clock through our Global Delivery Center in India, China and Vietnam. Our services are delivered by using highly trained and cost competitive resources through standardized methodologies.
NTT DATA Asia Pacific
Regional Head Quarter in Asia Pacific area
Address: 10 Hoe Chiang Road, #16-01 Keppel Towers, Singapore 089315
Tel: +65 6221 9010
Fax: +65 6221 9055
Core Companies
- NTT DATA Asia Pacific
- NTT DATA Australia
- NTT DATA Global Delivery Services*
- PT. NTT DATA Indonesia
- NTT DATA Malaysia
- NTT DATA Myanmar
- NTT DATA Philippines
- NTT DATA Singapore
- NTT DATA Thailand
- NTT DATA Vietnam
- NTT DATA FA Insurance Systems
- NTT DATA Figtree Systems
- *Indian domestic sales business unit will report to NTT DATA Asia Pacific.
Corporate Profile
|NTT DATA SINGAPORE Pte. Ltd
|10 Hoe Chiang Road,
#16-01, Keppel Towers, Singapore 089315
Tel: +65-6488-4888
Fax: +65-6488-4888
|Registered capital
|SGD 4.2 Million
|Managing Director
|Mr. Ramanathan Krishnappan
NTT DATA Singapore PTE Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of NTT DATA Corp, a part of NTT Group, the world's 65th Largest Company according to Fortune Magazine. The Singapore entity of NTT DATA is an S10 government-registered supplier and forms the core of NTT DATA's APAC operations and is positioned as a gateway of our global capabilities in Singapore and APAC region.
TAFEP Fair Employment Badge
NTT DATA Singapore is proud to announce that we are now a TAFEP Certified organization
The TAFEP Fair Employment Badge is a mark given to an organization that has signed the Employers' Pledge of Fair Employment Practices; which signifies our intention and commitment to fair employment practices.
NTT DATA Singapore has taken yet another step to make our employees our brand ambassadors and reward them for contributing to the growth of their own organization.
NTT DATA's Singapore launched its Social Referral on December 12, 2016. The Social Referral platform is a tool that rewards our employees for referring candidates by sharing our company job postings via social media, direct messaging or email.
The referrer receives a cash reward for every successfully hired candidate referred through the platform! For every referred candidate shortlisted for an interview, the referrer will receive a coupon. Accumulated 10 coupons can be converted into a cash reward.
Singapore, December 15, 2016 -- NTT DATA Singapore Pte. Ltd, a group company of NTT DATA global leading IT services provider, and Vuzix, a leading supplier of Smart Glasses, Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR), today announced that NTT DATA Singapore has joined Vuzix Industrial Partnership to deliver enterprise smart glasses solution in Asia Pacific region.
NTT DATA Singapore provides Smart Operation Support Solution that realizes cost reduction, optimized operations and higher productivityof maintenance tasks by integrating Vuzix smart glasses hardware with application software developed by NTT DATA. NTT DATA Singapore and Vuzix plan to expand the collaboration in other Asia Pacific areas with new solutions and through a global marketing promotion.
Mr. Ramanathan Krishnappan, CEO of NTT DATA Singapore said, "Singapore is a strategic hub of IoT/AI solution within the Asia Pacific region, and NTT DATA Singapore wants to contribute to solve client's business problems by providing cutting-edge technology and solutions with partners. We believe this partnership can accelerate digital transformation of both regional and global clients."
Adding "NTT DATA Singapore as a Vuzix Industrial Partner for our new M300 Smart Glasses is exciting as they will help us realize the transformation of maintenance tasks in APAC region", said Paul Travers, President and Chief Executive Officer of Vuzix. "We expect their strong global support capabilities to help our client's that are demanding cross-border deployment and use of smart glasses applications for higher productivity".
Outline of NTT DATA Smart Operation Support Solution
Smart Operation Support Solution enables remote monitoring and remote support of onsite maintenance person via smart glasses connected to remote supervisor. The following points are the main features of this solution.
- 1. Support Hands free user interface
Maintenance technicians can manipulate smart glasses command menus via voice recognition, gyro mouse and gesture control.
- 2. Task Management
Supervisors can configure the task list of each maintenance technician and easily monitor the status of each task remotely in real time.
- 3. Remote communication
Features supported include video call, voice call, sharing of real-time pictures and remote expert assistance, and can be used for multiple objectives during maintenance and operations.
NTT DATA Singapore Pte. Ltd.
NTT DATA Singapore, a group company of NTT DATA, is an S10 government-registered supplier and APAC headquarters for NTT DATA. With over 20 years of operations, their emphasis is on long-term commitment, combining global reach with local intimacy to provide premier professional services varying from consulting and systems development to outsourcing. The NTT DATA team is comprised of domain experts in Healthcare, Manufacturing, Supplychain and Financial Services Industries, with services spanning Applications, Infrastructure, cloud and Industry Solutions.
- For more details: http://sg.nttdata.com
Vuzix Corporation
Vuzix is a leading supplier of Video Eyewear and Smart Glasses products in the consumer, commercial and entertainment markets. The Company's products include personal display and wearable computing devices that offer users a portable high quality viewing experience, provide solutions for mobility, wearable displays and virtual and augmented reality. Founded in 1997, Vuzix is a public company (VUZI.QB) with offices in Rochester, NY, Oxford, UK and Tokyo, Japan
- For more details: http://www.vuzix.com
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Media and Investor Relations Contact:
General inquiry: email@example.com
Sales inquiry: email@example.com
Ashish Batra
Senior Director
Tel: (65) 9369 8303
NTT DATA Singapore Pte. Ltd.
10 Hoe Chiang Road,
#16-01 Keppel Towers,
Singapore 089315
"This region has the required potential to surge ahead in the IT services market place. In responding to it, we are determined to commit this market with a long term growth strategy. We can continue to make a difference in our societies by our unique and dynamic approach to business opportunities which are trending to grow in our region more than ever before."
Senior Vice President, NTT DATA Corporation
President and CEO of NTT DATA Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.
"I am delighted that itelligence is coordinating and bundling the SAP activities of the NTT DATA subsidiaries in the booming markets. This is a successful milestone for NTT DATA and itelligence on their joint path towards offering customers around the world top-quality, optimized IT solutions and SAP consulting."
Chairman of the Board itelligence (NTT DATA Group)
"In China's rapid economic development period, allocate global group resources rationally, deliver more effective services, advanced products and solutions to our new and existing clients. Centralizing each of service locations we are committed to providing full-service support and comprehensive development."
CEO of NTT DATA(China) Co., Ltd
"NTT DATA is the new powerful global IT Service Provider focused on IT Innovation. Through encompassing the rich history and deep expertise from each integrating company NTT DATA offers local knowledge and agility combined with global reach and size - the best of both worlds."
President and CEO of NTT DATA EMEA
"As the proven alternative for IT Services, NTT DATA helps companies of all sizes across all industries flex their business with our innovative solutions, global reach and thought leadership - delivered with an unparalleled culture for quality and client focus. -"
Senior Vice President, NTT DATA Corporation & CEO of NTT DATA, Inc.
NTT DATA is your Innovation Partner anywhere around the world. Headquartered in Tokyo, with business operations in 42 countries, we put emphasis on long-term commitment and combine global reach and local intimacy to provide premier professional services from consulting, system development to business IT outsourcing.
Since 1967, NTT DATA has played an instrumental role in establishing and advancing IT infrastructure. Originally part of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation, its heritage contributed to social benefits with a quality-first mindset. A public company since 1995, the company builds on this proven track record of innovation by providing novel IT solutions to bring results in greater quality of life for people, communities and societies around the world.
About NTT Group
NTT Group consists of the following major companies and many subsidiaries all over the world. Taking advantage of this opportunity of this scale, NTT DATA achieved a number of significant successes by collaborating with NTT Group and it provided enormous creative synergy.
Our goal has been to create a foundation for future business by incorporating a number of overseas companies in order to establish a framework through which we can provide our diverse services, as typical Japanese courteous service, worldwide to support our customers' needs.
As one of the global innovators, we are always challenging more innovative business approach and enhancing our creativity by respecting diversity.
Now, you can find each link of following major companies, and discover how we generate synergistic effect with NTT Group.
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
Planning management strategies for the NTT Group
Encouraging fundamental R&D efforts
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation
Regional Communications Businesses
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation
Regional Communications Businesses
NTT Communications Corporation
Long-Distance and International Communications Businesses
Dimension Data plc
Long-Distance and International Communications Businesses
NTT DATA Corporation
Data Communications Businesses
Mobile Communications Businesses
Diagrams of NTT Group Companies
About the song
NTT DATA Group, which has been aggressively expanding its overseas business since 2005, has grown to employ approximately 70,000 people in offices in more than 40 countries and regions around the world. In order to unite our employees who are a diverse group of people from different backgrounds who speak different languages, the universal communication method of song was created with the help of our employees from around the globe. This song is called "NTT DATA One Song" and was officially announced on NTT DATA's 25th anniversary on May 23rd, 2013.
Production Process
NTT DATA One Song was creating through the following process:
- Lyrics Submissions from Employees
A questionnaire was distributed to all global employees of NTT DATA who were asking about their values and thoughts as a group employee. The responses were collected and processed through NTT DATA's own linguistics analysis system "Nazuki no Oto", and the lyrics were produced based on these results.
- Musical Score Submissions from Employees
The finished lyrics were shared with all employees and they were asked to create a unique musical score that was inspired by the lyrics. Samples from the best submissions were taken to create the unique melody for NTT DATA One Song.
Through the above process, the final song was created to be easy to remember and easy to sing along to for all employees.
NTT DATA One Song - Shine like the sun -
Shine like the sun (English version)
One Song related materials
One Song related materials such as movies, mp3, the score can be downloaded from the following page.
Nazuki no Oto
NB: "Nazuki no Oto" is NTT DATA's language analysis engine which analyzes text data from the internet and internal data and filters to pick up valuable and relevant information. This solution was used in the creation of the One Song lyrics.
Copyright for all works belongs to NTT DATA. Unauthorized use of any materials beyond the purpose of personal use is prohibited. For uses such as for business purposes please contact NTT DATA's Public Relations Department.
As of March 31, 2016
The NTT DATA Group is now moving forward with its Global One Team Initiative by combining the expertise and resources from Group companies in Japan and overseas as well as facilitating business collaborations across nations and companies that strengthen the NTT DATA Group's worldwide brand power as "One NTT DATA".
Our domestic and overseas companies are working in concert to construct the necessary support structure as quickly as possible in our transition from our previous role as a systems creator into a genuine global business partner that is leading the way to international business success.
With globally proven best practices, NTT DATA Group provides its clients with world-class solutions. Our vast experience in end-to-end solutions for diverse industries, on many different platforms, allows us to deliver measurable results that meet or exceed every expectation. Thanks to our knowledge and expertise with proven onsite, offsite and offshore methodologies and execution processes, we have established our leadership in the marketplace.
NTT DATA has built up a dominant position in the public administration field in Japan, building large-scale systems for government ministries and agencies and taking part in numerous other national projects. For local public agencies we provide support for creating various operation management systems for system optimization. We also contribute to the development of local communities by employing information technology in wide-area disaster and emergency medical information systems, and in nursing care support systems.
We develop and manage cross-industry, shared network systems, such as those managing exchange operations for financial institutions throughout Japan, which are helping corporate customers become more efficient. Our next-generation banking applications for shared accounting systems serving financial institutions are highly regarded, and are helping us expand our business in this area. Our comprehensive card settlement network service and a network service used by financial institutions to handle financial transactions, which are essential to payment solutions, are drawing traffic on a growing basis.
We provide International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)-compliant services, global consulting programs, and diverse solutions to brokerage firms, life and non-life insurance companies, and many other financial industry customers, as well as those in a wide range of industries including construction, real estate, manufacturing, logistics, retail, broadcasting, media, advertising, communications, transportation, and energy. In these ways we are building up a strong track record and know-how while contributing to customers as their business partner.
Core Companies
- NTT DATA Corporation
- NTT DATA Getronics Corporation
- NTT DATA i CORPORATION
- JSOL Corporation
- NJK Corporation
North America
A compelling alternative to traditional IT services providers, we offer clients an advanced portfolio of application, business process, and infrastructure services.
We partner with a range of businesses and government agencies providing a flexible array of engagement options, including consulting, managed services, outsourcing, and the cloud.
Leveraging strong technical know-how, practical industry insights, and global reach, we relentlessly drive improvement across systems and processes while increasing business flexibility. We're focused on getting faster results with less risk, so our clients can flex their businesses to respond to changing market dynamics and capitalize on growth opportunities.
Core Companies
Latin America
NTT DATA is your innovation partner. We create sustainable added value for customers - starting with strategy, design and implementation - through to the continuous optimisation of IT-supported business processes.
We entered the Latin American market through the acquisition of the Value Team Group, a specialist in IT consulting and services. Today, NTT DATA provides a wide offering of customised services and end-to-end solutions. Our aim is to enable customers to grow and stand out from the competition by adopting innovative IT concepts and technologies. Through our capabilities, tools and industry insights, we deliver best-in-class technologies to meet customer business needs. Our experience and the high level capabilities of our professionals allow us to offer quality solutions for our customers, focused for specific markets.
Core Companies
Europe and Middle East
Over the past few years, we have expanded our IT service networks in Europe through the acquisition of a majority stake in itelligence, Cirquent, Value Team, Intelligroup and Keane.
NTT DATA Group offers best-in-class consulting services and enterprise solutions for industries in the manufacturing, banking, insurance, telecommunications, media, energy, retail, service and public sectors. Our consulting services range from business process consulting to conceptual design, implementation and integration, as well as the support, operation and maintenance of IT systems. Additional offerings include outsourcing, hosting and full-service solutions in the ERP environment. Thus we provide a portfolio of innovative solutions and services that are tailored to suit the entire life cycle of IT investment.
Core Companies
- NTT DATA Austria
- NTT DATA Danmark
- NTT DATA Germany
- NTT DATA Italy
- NTT DATA Middle East FZ LLC
- NTT DATA Romania
- NTT DATA Switzerland
- NTT DATA Turkey
- Everis Participaciones, S.L.
NTT DATA has a wealth of enterprise application experience across different domains such as manufacturing, financial, telecommunication, logistics, retail sale and public administration. We have been one of the leading providers of IT services & solutions including business consulting, software development and maintenance, testing in China.
In 2011, two subsidiaries, NTT DATA (CHINA) Co., Ltd. and Beijing NTT Data Systems Integration Co., Ltd. has been restricted to start the new entity as NTT DATA (CHINA) and aimed to strengthen local business in the Chinese market and create an enhanced structure for offshore department.
This restructuring will make efficient use of development resources not only for offshore projects commissioned from Japan, but also for local business. Unification of development and sales functions will enable swift and the efficient business development in response to the needs of local clients in China, making it even easier to actively market NTT DATA products to such customers.
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We position APAC region as both an emerging market and the delivery resource pool to provide cost competitive and high quality service in our global strategy.
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Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (US - BD RA)
Jonathan reviews the Blu-ray of George Clooney's directorial debut...
George Clooney ( Ocean's Thirteen, Up in the Air) makes his directorial debut and stars alongside Drew Barrymore ( He's Just Not That Into You), Sam Rockwell ( Iron Man 2) and Julia Roberts ( Eat Pray Love) in the comedy thriller that poses an irresistible question: What would happen if a wildly successful TV producer was also a top secret CIA assassin? A game show creator's double life begins to spiral out of control as he is drawn into a world of danger as a covert government operative. Based on Chuck Barris's cult classic autobiography. (From the Miramax synopsis)
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind was one of the first films where Sam Rockwell caught my eye, and he has been one of my favourite actors since (how he didn't get a nomination for Moon is something I'll never understand). His eccentric acting style is a perfect marriage to the Barris as a movie character, and it makes for an electric performance. I didn't realize it when I first saw it, but its also a screenplay by Charlie Kaufman, who wrote wonderfully offbeat gems like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Being John Malkovich, and Adaptation. His knack for writing creative and original screenplays is very much present here. I have not personally read Chuck Barris's autobiography, but in it he claims to have worked for the CIA during the 60's and 70's while he was hosting and producing gameshows. This outlandish claim has gone unproven. The CIA has denied any involvement with Barris, and Barris himself has refused to go into much further detail on the matter. Kaufman got the idea of writing a movie that would take this claim as truth and run with it. The result is a mostly successful mix of dark comedy, crime thrills, and a fascinating character piece at the center. It serves as a brilliant showcase of Rockwell's talent and proved that Clooney possesses real talent behind the camera as well.
The screenplay cleverly interweaves the true story of Barris's life (taken from interviews and journals) with the seemingly fictional accounting of his CIA work. For one example: Barris hosted The Dating Show, where a female contestant would ask three male's questions from the other side of a wall, and choose which one she would like to go on a date with at the end. The producers of the show would then send the couple on date. Barris would chaperone these couples and their vacations would be in foreign countries where Barris had CIA work that needed to be done. The CIA scenes are almost farical in tone. He meets women in dark smokey bars to talk over smooth jazz music. It is silly, but it feels appropriate and is often quite funny. Segments of the movie are punctuated by interviews with other people in the game show business, such as Dick Clark, talking about Barris. At first glance, these feel out of place. They're something entirely genuine in a movie that experiments liberally with the truth, but when you hear what they have to say it starts to blur the line between fiction and reality. Occasionally the film's shifts in tone can be tedious. One moment you're watching a spy scenes that looks like something out of The Third Man, and the next you're watching a man and woman argue about relational issues. Even though the content of each scene is entertaining in its own right, they don't always gel into a cohesive narrative.
When the film is not dabbling in espionage, it is busy telling Barris's story in an interesting way. He was a major producer in the game show business, and while he was not appreciated for it at the time, he founded ideas that are still used in popular television today. Shows like America's Got Talent and The X Factor wouldn't exist without The Gong Show. He seems like a fairly enigmatic character too; crass by nature but quite capable and friendly as a boss. He understood people. He knew how to work with them, and he knew what they liked to watch. Rockwell portrays him effortlessly, making the character irritating and despicable at the right times, but also someone you can feel sympathy towards when the story calls for it. It's not an easy balancing act. Stylistically, the film is all over the map. Clooney employs a variety of visual techniques, most of which involve manipulating colours. Many scenes feature a black and white appearance, but reds or blues will remain barely visible. Flashbacks have a flattened old fashioned look to them, almost like a colourized black and white film. It's an interesting touch that tries to make the movie look like it was filmed during that time period. Scorsese went on to do the same thing more convincingly in The Aviator. There are a few sequences in the film where things take a very chilly and surreal turn, almost like a psychological thriller of sorts. They don't always make sense in the context of the plot, but they give the entire narrative a certain mystique that forces you to read between the lines. It makes for a rather interesting journey; one that fans of Sam Rockwell's acting or George Clooney's directorial efforts should make it a point to see.
Due to the varying stylistic touches to the film's appearance, this 1080p transfer from Lionsgate isn't always consistent. It takes up approximately 19 GB of a BD-25. Much of the movie is made to have an old fashioned appearance to it. During these segments (see the first screen cap) colours are flatter and almost pastel like, brightness levels are overblown, and a lot of detail is smudged out. The image almost looks solarized. Sometimes the colour is manipulated to make a certain shade pop out. This movie did "the Sin City" thing before Sin City did. As a first time director, it seems that Clooney was eager to give his film a distinctive appearance. It fits the time periods and the subject matter just fine, but it doesn't make for an attractive high definition experience. Still, this Blu-ray image preserves the look better than the DVD which easily gives way to compression artefacts in those parts. When the film isn't using these image manipulations, it looks just fine. As you can hopefully see from the comparison screen caps, detail is a big leap forwards from the DVD. Distant objects and text are far more distinguished. Colours are stronger and black levels are deeper without ever crushing out detail that was in the DVD transfer. Occasionally the transfer has some issues that I noticed in other Lionsgate Miramax releases. It isn't incredibly evident from stills, but when the camera is in motion it's easy to notice some macroblocking in solid colours and the occasional aliasing on a distant car grill or wall pattern. Again, a minor problem, but it does draw attention to the fact that you're watching a digital image and not film.
The DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track complements the film nicely. For the most part the audio track is just people talking, and dialogue levels are more than fine here. They stick to front speakers, but occasionally the surround speakers are used when people are talking from off screen. Aside from that, the extra channels are filled with environmental noise. Outdoor scenes will feature birds and/or crickets chirping. When we're looking at the stage of a gameshow, the stereo speakers are usually filled by the band playing. The LFE channel gets the occasional workout. In one scene where something rather dark happens there is a low, sustained rumble in the soundtrack that shakes the room nicely. In the commentary track, Clooney mentions that this "monolithic 2001" sound effect blew out some speakers at a Writer's Guild screening. Another scene has a heartbeat that seemed like it was only coming from the bass speaker. The film doesn't have a lot of memorable uses of music, but all of the songs have depth and clarity in this mix without drowning out any important sound effects or talking. This isn't the type of movie with sound engineering that'll knock your socks off, but this is a faithful mix that shouldn't disappoint fans.
The extras included with this release are from the original Miramax DVD. Though I was being hopeful for some nice new HD extras, these are still great extras that fans of the movie will enjoy delving into. The audio commentary with George Clooney and cinematographer Newton Thomas Sigel is very informative of the filmmaking process. Clooney talks a lot about the shooting processes and locations. They have some fun joking around and laughing about things that happened on set. They don't touch on the fiction VS reality thing much at all. Perhaps if Kaufman was involved in the commentary track there would be a lot more of that.
Behind the Scenes (SD, 22:52): This feature starts off with Clooney and the cast members giving their take on whether or not they believed Barris was in the CIA. Apparently Bryan Singer was originally attached to direct it and Clooney was only going to star in it. After that fell through, Clooney took over directing. Julia Roberts wasn't even paid for her work in the film. The cast members all come off as incredibly modest and nice people, especially Clooney and Rockwell. They're all very passionate about Kaufman's script, even the real Chuck Barris who weighs in from time to time. They go into much further detail on the style of the film and what drew everyone to the project. It's a lot of valuable content for twenty-three minutes that any fan of the film should find delightful.
Deleted Scenes (SD, 23:00): There are eleven scenes total. I found these to be interesting and worth taking a look at, though I couldn't see myself watching them again. Clooney and cinematographer Sigel have a commentary track for this feature as well, which explains more than you'll ever need to know about these scenes.
Sam Rockwell Screen Tests (SD, 07:11): There are three total. As with most screen tests, the scenes themselves aren't particularly valuable to watch in this condition, but if you're a big fan of Rockwell like myself, watching him perform here is still a treat.
The Real Chuck Barris (SD, 06:15): A brief but insightful featurette comprised of the same interviews used in the film. Barris himself talks in this extra, and you get an idea of what the real man was like. It's fascinating to see different people who knew him give accounts of him, but the one thing they all seem to unanimously agree on is that he could not have killed anybody. I found myself wishing it was longer.
Gong Show Acts (SD, 04:53): Four brief segments of Gong Show performers that were shot for the movie. These are incredibly odd and a little amusing. They're strangely creepy, which falls in line with the rest of the film.
I'm happy to report that Confessions of a Dangerous has held up quite well over the years. Despite some narrative hiccups that don't always click, it's a wonderful change of pace from the usual Hollywood biopic with a lot of wit and character. It still remains one of Sam Rockwell's most memorable performances and it marked the beginning of a promising career for George Clooney behind the camera. Lionsgate has done a great job of bringing this underappreciated film to Blu-ray with a strong video and audio presentation. Extras are ported over from the original Miramax DVD, but they are still very worthwhile.
* Note: The above images are taken from the DVD and Blu-ray releases and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking individual images, but due to .jpg compression they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer.
Review by Jonathan Hogberg
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Oh boy, now I have to be scared that mine is too dark. I thought it looked good when I was watching it, and I see that some other sites have praised the image more than I have, so I'm going to take a little comfort in that.
Nope, it's nowt to do with the brightness. Unless of course everything else I look at is wrong
Looking forward to getting hold of this one myself but the prices over here seem a bit silly for a catalogue release at the mo. Next on the Rockwell Blu-ray collection agenda 'Welcome to Collinwood' please!
I don't think it's nearly as harsh as some of those. I was actually expecting something along those lines and was quite happy when it was much better. Some of the filters and color manipulations don't translate to digital flawlessly, but it's the best I could expect this side of a Criterion treatment. You sure you don't have your monitor brightness up a bit too high?
Hmm, this looks like one of those very 'digital', harsh looking Miramax encodes from Lionsgate, a lot like the UK StudioCanal ones Marcus reviewed recently.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 1st November 2011
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.40:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English
Subtitles: English, English SDH, Spanish
Extras: Feature Commentary with Director George Clooney and Cinematographer Newton Thomas Sigel, Behind the Scenes, Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary, Sam Rockwell Screen Test, "The Real Chuck Barris", Gong Show Acts
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: George Clooney
Cast: Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore, George Clooney
Genre: Comedy, Crime and Drama
Length: 114 minutes
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Karl Rove to appear at some Tillis events
Vice President Joe Biden will visit North Carolina later this month to help raise money for U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan's re-election bid.
A Hagan spokeswoman confirmed Monday that Biden was scheduled to speak Oct. 21 at a luncheon at the Washington Duke Inn in Durham. Tickets range from $500 to $10,000. The News & Observer of Raleigh first reported Biden's appearance.
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Gold (COMEX:GCZ13) fell for the second straight session after a Federal Reserve official said policy makers may start reducing U.S. fiscal stimulus as early as next month.
The central bank's decision last week to refrain from paring its $85 billion in monthly bond buying was a "borderline" call, and tapering may start in October, Fed Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said on Sept. 20. Gold dropped 2.7 percent on that day, the most since July 5. Prices surged 70 percent from the end of December 2008 to June 2011 as the Fed bought debt and stoked inflation concerns.
"The wind was taken out of the market's sails, and we're seeing some carry-through selling," Frank McGhee, the head dealer at Integrated Brokerage Services LLC in Chicago, said in a telephone interview. "There's not a lot to support prices now."
Gold futures for December delivery fell 0.4 percent to settle at $1,327 an ounce at 1:47 p.m. on the Comex in New York. On Sept. 19, the price jumped 4.7 percent, the most since March 2009, after the Fed said that it wants to see more evidence of an economic recovery before cutting stimulus.
Futures slumped 21 percent this year after a U.S. equity rally to a record and low inflation eroded the appeal of gold as an alternative investment. Holdings in exchange-traded products backed by the metal have tumbled to the lowest in three years.
Gold may drop below $1,250 before the end of the year as the U.S. economy gains and investors expect the Fed to start reducing asset purchases, Citigroup Inc. said today in a report.
Silver futures for December delivery fell 0.3 percent to $21.857 an ounce on the Comex.
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