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Bexcans vs Bayern Munich !! Tigers under the light, Besiktas 3-1 with 8 teams.
agent sbobetThe UEFA Champions League round of 16 (final two). Besiktas opened the home to Bayern Munich.
With a score of 1-3, two shots, "Tiger South" is a pass to the 8th round to the final with a score of 8-1.
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Besiktas 1-3 Bayern Munich (including two wins Bayern Munich 8-1)
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UEFA Champions League Round of 16 (Final Two) on Wednesday, March 14, 2018.
It is a duel between Besiktas and Qantas opened the stadium Vodafone to welcome the visit of Bayern Munich.
Before this game, "Tigers under" will be invaded again to re-win again at 3-1 score by the visiting team.
The door was taken from the 18th minute from the shot of Thiago Alcantara after the first half.
Goalkeeper of the home team will miss the ball into the door itself (46 minutes) and Wagner Love
At the end of the game, Sanders Wagner
Bayern Munich (84th minute) to help the "tiger under" paved the way through to the final round 8 easily.
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Bayern Munich: GK, Rapina, Jerome Boateng, Matt Hummels, David Alba, Javier Martinez , Arturo Vidal, Thiago Alkandra, Fran Ribeiro, Thomas Muller, Robert Lewandowski
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- The emergence of a new Nordic food culture
The programme expands on the Nordic Kitchen manifesto, which was signed in 2004 by 12 visionary chefs. It promotes our common food culture and builds on the qualities of our region; pure, simple, and safe food, produced to a high ethical standard. The focus areas of the third period are; food in the public sector, Nordic food award, tourism, and branding.
Nordic food in the public sector
In the Nordic countries we serve around 5.5 million meals in the public sector every day. This initiative will develop a Nordic model for meals in the public sector as well as encourage changes in welfare through collaboration and dialogue with relevant partners.
"As Nordic chefs we find that the time has now come for us to create a New Nordic Kitchen, which in virtue of its good taste and special character compares favorable with the standard of the greatest kitchens of the world."
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Embla – Nordic food award
Through the Nordic food award we seek to raise awareness of quality and diversity in Nordic food culture and the people behind it.
Manifesto for the new Nordic Kitchen
To reflect seasonality in the meals we make.
To express the purity, freshness, simplicity and ethics we wish to associate with our region.
To base our cooking on ingredients and produce whose characteristics are unique to our climates, landscapes, and waters.
To combine the demand for good taste with modern knowledge of health and well-being.
To promote Nordic products and the variety of Nordic producers, and to spread the word about their underlying cultures.
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To develop potentially new applications of traditional Nordic food products.
To combine the best in Nordic cookery and culinary traditions with influences from abroad.
To combine local self-sufficiency with regional sharing of high-quality products.
To join forces with consumer representatives, other cooking craftsmen, agriculture, fishing, food, retail and wholesales industries, researchers, teachers, politicians and authorities on this project for the benefit and advantage of everyone in the Nordic region.
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Joan Rivers didn't mince words in response to the Writers Guild of America's allegations that she broke its bylaws during the "Fashion Police" writers' strike.
"This is such a bunch of bulls–t," she said Friday. "E! should hire Anthony Weiner to work with these people. He'd fit right in."
As we previously reported on Thursday, the WGA decided it would convene a three-person panel to review whether Rivers, a guild member, violated its bylaws by functioning as a writer at the same time that her writing staff – which is trying to force the E! Entertainment show to recognize them as WGA employees – is on strike. Penalties could be as severe as a fine or expulsion.
It's unclear whether her statement will be used against her at the hearing, and no one at the WGA was commenting Sunday, but it's hard to imagine it helping.
Also read: WGA Sets Panel to Decide Joan Rivers' Fate in 'Fashion Police' Flap
The hearing, which has yet to set a date, will give Rivers the opportunity to present her case directly to the trial board, which will also hear evidence, which will include testimony from the striking writers.
Nine "Fashion Police" writers have been on strike since April 17 after expressing a desire to organize and join the WGA West. The writers want the network to recognize the WGA as their bargaining representative, while the Comcast-owned E! Network is insisting that a National Labor Relations Board election be held first.
Weeks before going on strike, the writers filed $1.5 million in wage and hour claims with the California Division of Labor Standard Enforcement against the network and Rivers' production company, Rugby productions. They are seeking payment for regular and overtime hours that they say they worked but were not paid for.
Also read: 'Fashion Police' Strike: Joan Rivers Says Writers Guild Hasn't Contacted Her (Updated)
The WGA helped their writers file the claims and has sanctioned the strike, and told its 12,000 members that they should not work on the show until the matter is settled.
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Developing an aerobic base is vital for high performance in modern rowing. It was once believed that the 2000-meter race involved 70 percent aerobic activity and 30 percent anaerobic activity. Today we know it to be 80 percent or more aerobic and 20 percent or less anaerobic. Most programs reflect these percentages over the year's training, which means that building the aerobic base has become increasingly important. During the 1970s we concentrated on Fartlek training, which included 500- and 1000-meter pieces and very little steady-state work. I remember a training session in Australia where the famous New Zealand coach Rusty Robinson had the crew doing 10 3 1000 meters with one minute of rest between each set. None of the athletes were pulling more than 70 percent by the end of the session, so the training was probably more in the midrange speed rather than what he set out to achieve. In the 1980s we did less high-speed work as 20- to 30-minute pieces became more popular. The East Germans (GDR) were a rowing powerhouse during the 1970s and 1980s, and we all wanted to know the secret of their success. At the 1978 world championships we couldn't figure out what the GDR men's quad was doing. During practice it seemed that they paddled down the lake at Karipiro, went around the corner out of sight of the boathouse, then sat around for an hour before coming back again. It seems the reason for this unorthodox training was that they had done enough steady-state training by that point. It wasn't until the collapse of the GDR in 1989 that we learned that the East Germans were doing an enormous volume of steady-state training at a stroke rate of 18 strokes per minute. For most of us this was the beginning of the realization that there was another way to train--by performing a large amount of steady-state training to build the aerobic base--and today it is common practice. Most aerobic training is divided into two intensity levels. The bulk of the training occurs at the lower intensity. Training at the higher intensity is called utilization training 1 (UT1), and training at the lower intensity is called utilization training 2 (UT2). There is still a debate over the ideal lactate levels for aerobic training because physiologists have conducted very little on-water testing to determine the best levels. Some suggest that UT2 lactate levels range from 1.0 to 2.0 millimoles of lactate per liter of blood and UT1 lactate levels range between 2.0 and 4.0 (Jensen, Nilsen, and Smith 1990). For the past eight years I have used an Eppendorf lactate analyzer to assess training levels, and I have found that that the transition between the two intensities occurs at about 1.5 millimoles per liter. I have used 1.5 as the upper limit for UT2 training for some time now. However, because everyone is different, 1.5 may be too high for some rowers and too low for others. If you have the time and resources, it is best to assess each athlete individually. Because our athletes do so much aerobic training, we carefully specify how hard we want them to train. Fortunately, rowing takes place on a level surface, making it easier to maintain the same heart rate for a long period of time. Most outdoor aerobic sports, such as cycling, cross-country skiing, and running, take place on courses that often have hills and other variations, making it difficult to maintain a specific heart rate. Although in rowing we have headwinds and tailwinds to contend with and we have to turn the boat around, we can control training intensity by prescribing a heart rate and maintaining it with little variation for a long period of time. This is a significant advantage. Before training, most athletes have a lactate concentration of about 1.6 millimoles per liter. Once they start aerobic work, the concentration decreases to below 1.0, and as they reach steady-state work it levels off to above 1.0. I ask the athletes to work at an intensity that requires a concentration of 1.0 to 1.5 millimoles per liter for UT2 training (1.5 to 2.0 for UT1). These ranges are the result of experience more than scientific experimentation. The athletes can recognize the transition between the two intensities, so I have tested the ranges by asking athletes to train at what they consider to be their ideal training heart rate, taking several lactate samples over the course of a typical 90-minute aerobic session. I have found that almost all the athletes work at an intensity of 0.8 to 1.6 millimoles per liter of lactate. This is an excerpt from Rowing Faster.
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Genesis 7:2 says that God told Noah to take clean animals into the Ark "seven by seven." Does this mean Noah took fourteen of each clean animal into the boat?
In Genesis 7, God instructed Noah to take onboard the ark certain animals in order to save them from the Flood. Concerning clean animals, He said:
Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee seven and seven, the male and his female; and of the beasts that are not clean two, the male and his female (7:2).
Through the years, serious Bible students have wondered: How many clean animals did Noah take into the ark—seven, or fourteen? Generally, there are two opposing views on the precise number of each kind of animal involved. One view is expressed by the following statement from John T. Willis:
It is impossible to determine certainly whether the Hebrew phrase, shibb'ah shibbah means "by sevens" (KJV), that is, seven animals of all clean species, or "seven and seven" (ASV) or seven pairs (RSV, NEB), that is fourteen animals of all clean species.... There can be no certainty on this point (1979, p. 171).
However, others have been more decisive on the matter, suggesting real purpose and reason to the interpretation that there were only seven of every clean kind on the ark. Animal sacrifice to God was practiced during the Patriarchal Age, and it is apparent that the faithful could distinguish between the clean and unclean. Thus, it is suggested that when Noah left the ark and offered a sacrifice to God "of every clean animal" (Genesis 8:20), three pairs were left for domestication by man so that he would have food and clothing. The pattern, as Matthew Henry noted, then follows that of the working week and Sabbath day, in that "God gives us six for one in earthly things, as in the days of the week," while the seventh is for devotion to God (n.d., p. 61).
On the actual exegesis of the passage, H.C. Leupold, in his Exposition of Genesis, argued:
The Hebrew expression "take seven seven" means "seven each" [here he refers to Koenig's syntax and Gesenius' Grammatik—BT/TM]. Hebrew parallels support this explanation. In any case, it would be a most clumsy method of trying to say "fourteen" (1990, 1:290).
While it is difficult to speak dogmatically on this issue, it is clear that the opinion of many conservative scholars weighs heavily in favor of the interpretation that there were seven clean, and two unclean, of every animal kind on Noah's ark.
Henry, Matthew (no date), Genesis to Deuteronomy (MacLean, VA: MacDonald).
Leupold, H.C. (1990 reprint), Exposition of Genesis (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker), reprint of 1942 Wartsburg Press edition.
Willis, John T. (1979), "Genesis," The Living Word Commentary (Austin, TX: Sweet).


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Richard Gelfond, CEO of IMAX, predicted big changes in the movie industry while talking with HuffPost Live at Davos on Friday.
Gelfond said the appeal of movies is not just domestic -- it's global. He predicted the industry is going to have to change the dynamic of films to appeal to audiences outside the United States.
"I think there's going to be much less kind of Western power in the movies," Gelfond said. "I don't think the Russia's going to be the bad guy, and the U.S. is going to be the good guy, because that's not gonna play well [in Russia].
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Heavenly Mountain Resort on Lake Tahoe's south shore has been fined more than $90,000 for several violations of California environmental laws.
The violations stem from a 2010 inspection of the ski resort and its upper maintenance shop, California Department of Toxic Substances Control officials said.
The resort was accused of failing to have controls to prevent spillage of a used-oil tank, failing to have the tank assessed and inspected, failing to maintain secondary containment for the tank and connected pipes, and failing to provide refresher training to a hazardous waste manager.
In addition, aerosol cans were not properly disposed of, and the resort lacked a required eyewash and shower for employees who became contaminated with hazardous waste, according to a February court filing.
"Compliance with the Hazardous Waste Control Law is vital to protecting the environment close to Lake Tahoe," said Paul Kewin, assistant deputy director of the department's Enforcement and Emergency Response Program. "This settlement signifies the department's continuing efforts to uphold both environmental safety and compliance with existing law."
Heavenly was penalized $94,000 for the violations and charged $26,000 to cover the Department of Toxic Substances Control's administrative costs, the agency said.
Resort spokesman Russ Pecoraro stressed there was no spill associated with the violations.
He told the Tahoe Daily Tribune ( https://bit.ly/ZK1ldQ ) that the area where the violations occurred is not near any perennial streams and is far from Lake Tahoe.
The resort has worked with the department to ensure it is following environmental regulations, Pecoraro said, and Heavenly currently is in compliance.
A new waste oil tank was installed at the upper maintenance shop above the California Lodge in May, according to the court filing.
Heavenly is owned by Colorado-based Vail Resorts Inc. Vail Resorts also operates Northstar and Kirkwood in the Lake Tahoe area; Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone and Vail in Colorado; Afton Alps near Minneapolis; and Mount Brighton near Detroit.
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With the debt ceiling behind him, President Obama remains saddled with a massive task that may not get as much attention as the economy but is the basis for it: reforming education. Over the past two years, Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan have managed not to offer key leadership in the rewriting of the No Child Left Behind Act, which was proposed by and signed into law by George W. Bush and is due for reauthorization.
While Bush and his administration presented a tightly written and politically controversial bill for reauthorization, Obama's recommendations are less detailed, possibly to appear less politically contentious. Instead, the Obama administration has tried to avoid politics by using state-by-state grant competitions and waivers to move education reform forward, but the jig is up.
The nation needs a new education policy, and political wrangling cannot be avoided. We need leadership on education, not the passing along of flawed educational policies like NCLB in hopes that each state will find its own way forward.
On Aug. 5, Duncan announced that he will be accepting applications from states to waive the goal that all students be proficient in math and reading by 2014. For those keeping track, we are nowhere near the desired proficiency levels. In reality, Bush's goal of 2014 equality was at best overly ambitious and at worst naive.
Regardless, in a rush to create standards and accountability, the nation adopted an educational plan that emphasized standardized testing, punished schools that did not meet standards and encouraged many schools to cheat their way to success. None of this has significantly improved education for our youths, and now the Obama administration has to find a path forward.
Allowing states to waive NCLB standards in exchange for states' acceptance of an unknown set of reforms approved by the Department of Education does nothing to address the flawed emphasis on the high-stakes testing of No Child Left Behind and is akin to placing a Band-Aid on a wound that requires surgery.
While Bush redefined the educational landscape by passing the law, the Obama administration has taken a free market approach. The introduction of the Race to the Top grant competition gave states a chance to compete for educational-innovation funds.
The catch was that in order to be eligible, states had to conform to standards set by the Department of Education. A few of these standards include creating a teacher-evaluation system, charter school expansion and adopting new turnaround strategies for failing schools. While these terms seem small on their face, in reality they are contentious and restraining.
For example, teachers' unions have been attacked in films like Waiting for Superman and cited as a reason for failing schools. At the same time, the newly proposed teacher-evaluation systems have also been found to be unreliable at predicting high-quality teaching. The NAACP recently sued the New York City Department of Education for illegally closing community schools in haste and privileging charter schools. The lawsuit is controversial because black families are overrepresented in both failing schools and charter schools.
While education policy waits to be rewritten, the fate of black students and teachers hangs in the balance. Instead of negotiating politics and developing standards, the administration has hoped that bartering relief from parts of NCLB in exchange for acquiescence to the Department of Education's demands — plus Race to the Top dollars — will chase away the political differences that have stalled national education reform.
This could not be further from the truth. All over the nation, educational politics are becoming all the more contentious, and the clock is ticking on policies that take the nation in a direction that encourages achievement for all.
The NCLB revisions must be sure to outline the consequences for school districts that unceremoniously close schools and dismiss teachers, as well as the consequences for districts that linger with ineffective reforms. Additionally, the measure must make clear that high-stakes testing is not allowable for students or teachers.
Currently under the law, a day or two of testing can determine whether a school is a success or failure. Our schools are full of diverse learners and teachers. Bubbled-in test sheets cannot truly tell us what our children know, what they need to learn and how to teach it. We need assessments that give students and teachers the tools to improve education, not just label them as failures.
By waiving the 2014 test-scores goal, the administration is acknowledging how flawed these tests are, but at the same time these tests are being used to determine which teachers are fired and which schools get closed. Grant competition and waivers, while pleasing for a moment, are setting up the nation for policies that at worst are incoherent and at best put some states ahead of others.
National educational reform cannot be based on a competition that helps only a few or rewards exceptions to a rule. If education is "the civil rights issue of the 21st century," as Obama and Duncan have said, we must invest in programs that lead to equality for all, not competition for crumbs.
Failing to rewrite the national law on education is a fast track to greater inequality and sloppy reform. The politics of education reform are as treacherous as those of economic and immigration reform, but the administration must face these head on, not try to work around already flawed legislation. Building bipartisan common ground in education is tricky but necessary for the future of our nation.
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Mention a diplomatic career and most people imagine high-level meetings, formal dress and cocktail parties. Few stop to think that behind the occasional glitter of official functions are thousands of families facing all the routines and crises of life, far from home, relatives, and friends, in unfamiliar and sometimes unfriendly countries. The Realities series (Volumes 1 and 2) provides reflections and perspectives on the realities of Foreign Service life as experienced by members of the Foreign Service community around the world. The writers share their unvarnished views on a wide variety of topics they care about:
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Walter "Wally" Heilman
MADISON – Walter Heilman, 83, passed on to Heaven on Saturday, December 1, 2012 with his loving family at his side. Born in Madison on December 30, 1928, Wally "lived life to the fullest" and was a beacon of positive attitude and joy to all he encountered. His faith and his family were his guiding lights and he professed this openly and passionately every day. After a stellar athletic career at Edgewood High School that included All-City honors in both football and basketball, Wally married June Murray on April 18, 1953. Their loving marriage was blessed with 7 children and grew to include 12 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren who loved him dearly. Wally and June were Charter members of St. Maria Goretti Parish and volunteered tirelessly for the church and school. Wally founded the school Athletic Association and coached with passion for many years. Wally's career began at Oscar Mayer where, as Sales and Merchandising Manager, he was instrumental in significant packaging and case merchandising design changes that helped to elevate the lunch-meat category nationally. He took that creativity to his own businesses as owner of Merchandising Unlimited and National Marketing. Wally employed many area high school students and provided a "fun to work" environment at all times. Whether it was playing Santa Claus, wrestling with little ones, building a fort or raking the beach, Dad did everything with a song and an attitude that was infectious. His passion for life and loved ones will never be forgotten and will always be emulated.
Wally is survived by his sisters, Joanne (Charles) Merkel and Dorothy (Bill) Parsons; children, Don (Sue) Heilman, Judy (Joe) Balistreri, Fr. Richard Heilman, Mary Joan (Joe) Vitale, Tom (Shelley) Heilman, Patti (Ken) Brown; grandchildren, Matt (Katie) Heilman, Jenny Heilman-Condon, Kristen (Justin) Block, Mike (Brennan) Balistreri, Vince (Maggie) Balistreri, Mario Balistreri (fiancé Becky Haker), Jon Vitale, Michelle (Pete) Stafford, Jill Heilman, Melissa Heilman, CJ Brown, Megan Brown; and great-grandchildren, Jack, Rylie, Eli, Jaden, Reece, Nina and Mona. He is preceded in death by his loving wife, June; his son, Joey; as well as his brothers, Dave and George.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at ST. MARIA GORETTI CATHOLIC CHURCH, 5313 Flad Avenue, Madison, at 11:00a.m. on Wednesday December 5, 2012, with Father Richard Heilman presiding. Visitation will be at JOYCE-RYAN FUNERAL HOME, 5701 Odana Road, Madison, from 4:00PM – 7:00PM on Tuesday, December 4, 2012, and also at the church from 10:00AM until time of Mass on Wednesday. Burial will be at Resurrection Catholic Cemetery.
Dad says thanks to the "Angels" at St. Mary's Care Center for their loving care.


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Nairobi, May 31, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes Wednesday's vote in the Malawi parliament that repealed a sweeping amendment to the country's penal code which had allowed the government to ban any news "not in the public interest."
The amendment to Article 46 of the penal code was first introduced in November 2010 under the late President Bingu Wa Mutharika, and passed last year, but was never implemented, according to news reports. The law would have allowed the information minister to ban any publication it deemed contrary to public interest for an unspecified period of time, news reports said. Its implementation was suspended pending constitutional review after it was challenged by local and international press freedom and civil society groups.
Local journalists told CPJ that all of the parliament members except one had supported the repeal--even former Information Minister Symon Vuwa, who had been one of the principal proponents of the law.
"We applaud parliament's decision to repeal this draconian legislation, which would have institutionalized censorship," said CPJ East Africa Consultant Tom Rhodes. "We urge the government to build on this by ensuring the press can work freely and without fear of reprisal."
Press freedom conditions deteriorated under former President Mutharika's leadership, according to CPJ research. In March, Albert Mungomo, a former government spokesman, issued a statement warning journalists that the government would use a colonial-era law to imprison and fine them for any material it found insulting to the president, according to news reports.
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When watching this movie, I felt so many emotions. I felt sadness, love and empathy. Sadness that these events occurred. I was angry cause I knew that our justice system let johnnie D down and angry that I was not fazed that they did. Movies like these burn something in the soul. Jamie Foxx and Michael B. Jordan did an amazing job playing these two prominent figures.
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The needless cruelty of the criminal justice system feels like a world begging for more sense-making, but Just Mercy only sees its characters as heroes, victims, or obstacles, not as rational beings who might have their own reasons to knowingly commit terrible acts. Cretton's desire to focus tightly on McMillian's case makes sense, but he accidentally makes the white malefactors in the town more fascinating for their villainy.
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All agencies are required to have an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) program. EEOC has certain requirements that all agencies must follow when developing ADR programs. The most important ADR program requirement is fairness. Generally, an ADR program is fair if it is voluntary, confidential, enforceable by the parties (if an agreement is reached), and led by a neutral person, like a mediator, who has no personal interest in the dispute.
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Emile Auguste Carolus-Duran
(Charles Durand) (French, Lille 1838 - 1917 Paris)
Portrait of Philippe Burty, 1874
Inscribed top left: A P. Burty; signed and dated top right: Carolus-Duran / 1874.
Oil on canvas
18 3/4 x 16 in. (47.5 x 40.5 cm)
R. T. Miller, Jr. Fund, 1994
Although Carolus-Duran is best known for his formal "society" portraits, he also painted a series of informal and direct likenesses of friends and family members. Philippe Burty, a close friend of the artist, was one of the more progressive art critics of his era; he was a particularly strong early supporter of the Impressionists.
Philippe Burty (1830-1890) was one of the more progressive art critics and writers of his generation. 1 His many articles in the Gazette des Beaux-Arts (for which he was an art critic from 1859), La République Française, and other journals directed attention to innovations and new developments in the fine and decorative arts. During the 1850s Burty was instrumental in popularizing and soliciting support for the mid-nineteenth-century revival of the art of etching. By the 1860s he turned his attention more towards the decorative and applied arts. This involvement brought him into contact with the art of the Orient, and he became an avid collector of Japanese art. Burty coined the term "japonisme" and wrote several articles on the contemporary taste for Japanese art and culture in France. He was also an outspoken and early champion of the Impressionists, defending their painterly techniques and aesthetic theories against the attacks of more conservative contemporaries.
Carolus-Duran's portrait of Burty was completed in 1874; the exact circumstances under which it was painted are unknown but can probably be surmised. At the 1874 Salon exhibition in Paris, Carolus-Duran's fashionable portraits of women were criticized by proponents of naturalism (such as Émile Zola and Jules Castagnary). Burty remained staunch in his support of the artist, however, praising his freer style of painting and the subtler, more refined tones and draftsmanship that characterized these works. 2 It may be that this intimate and compelling likeness represents the bond then forged between artist and critic.
Throughout his career, Carolus-Duran produced small, informal likenesses of friends and relatives in addition to his more formal and elegant "official" portraits. For the most part, these are simple heads or bust-length likenesses, with the sitter seen in full face or in profile against a vigorously brushed backdrop. They are more freely and expressively painted than the artist's society portraits; many, like the Portrait of Philippe Burty, carry inscriptions that indicate that the artist presented the finished work to the sitter as a token of friendship. Examples of similar likenesses by Carolus-Duran include a portrait of his sister Maria, dated 1875 (Bremen, Kunsthalle); a portrait of the art critic Zacharie Astruc, painted about 1860 (Paris, Musée d'Orsay); and a double portrait of the artists Henri Fantin-Latour and Henri-Charles Oulevay, dated 1861 (Paris, Musée d'Orsay). 3
Many of the artist's portraits--both the small, intimate likenesses and the larger formal paintings--embody a dialogue with the art of the past. The influence of court portraits by Velásquez, Goya, or Titian, for example, is evident in the elegant compositions and stately poses of Carolus-Duran's society portraits. 4 The virtuoso brushwork and rich palettes of these earlier masters--and their more contemporary presence in the work of the realist painter Gustave Courbet --stimulated Carolus-Duran's own strikingly vibrant and direct painting technique.
The simple compositional format of the Portrait of Philippe Burty hints at Venetian portraits of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries (such as those by Giovanni Bellini, or the early Titian) as well as their northern counterparts, by the German Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/98-1543). In fact, Carolus-Duran named Holbein (along with Rembrandt and Frans Hals) as one of his primary influences. 5 The traditional contrast of a simple, almost iconic, profile likeness against a vibrant backdrop--so characteristic of portraits by the sixteenth-century German master--is effectively fused here with Carolus-Duran's bravura brushwork and thickly impastoed highlights.
M. E. Wieseman
Emile Auguste Carolus-Duran (Charles Durand) received his first artistic training in Lille, and then studied in Paris for five years beginning in 1853. He returned to Lille in 1858, and began a successful career as a portraitist. Upon his second visit to Paris in 1859-60, the artist became close friends with Édouard Manet, Henri Fantin-Latour, Félix Bracquemond, and other young painters and art critics who shared his interests in realism and in the painterly traditions of Venetian and Spanish art. In 1862-66 Carolus-Duran traveled to Italy; he returned briefly to France before leaving for Spain, where he remained until 1868. By 1869 Carolus-Duran had established himself in Paris as a fashionable portraitist. In 1873 he opened a studio for young painters; John Singer Sargent was among his most talented students. By the mid 1870s Carolus-Duran had turned from his early realist style to one more concerned with painterly effect. Although primarily a portraitist, Carolus-Duran also painted landscapes, history paintings, ideal nudes, and still lifes. He was extraordinarily successful, and continued to reap honors and financial rewards to the end of his life. He died in Paris in 1917.
General Reference
Weinberg, H. Barbara. The Lure of Paris: Nineteenth-Century American Painters and Their French Teachers. New York, London, and Paris, 1991, pp. 189-219.
Bajou, Valérie M. C. In The Dictionary of Art. Edited by Jane Turner. Vol. 5. London and New York, 1996, pp. 228-29.
Probably by descent to the daughter of the sitter, Madeleine Haviland, née Burty
Collection Mme. Maric-Haviland, Paris
With Shepherd Gallery, New York (1983)
Sale New York (Christie's), 1 March 1990, lot 19
With Christopher J. Robinson, New York, from whom acquired in 1994
Paris, Cercle de la Place Vendôme, 1874. 6
The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1980-81. The Realist Tradition: French Painting and Drawing 1830-1890. 12 November - 18 January (also shown at The Brooklyn Museum; The St. Louis Art Museum; Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum, Kelvingrove). Cat. no. 220.
New York, Shepherd Gallery, 1983. French Nineteenth Century Watercolors, Drawings, Pastels, Paintings and Sculpture. Spring. Cat. no. 51.
Weisberg, Gabriel P. "Philippe Burty: A Notable Critic of the Nineteenth Century." Apollo 91 (1970), p. 296.
Weisberg, Gabriel P. In The Realist Tradition: French Painting and Drawing 1830-1900. Exh. cat., The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1980, cat. no. 220, p. 249.
French Nineteenth Century Watercolors, Drawings, Pastels, Paintings and Sculpture. Exh. cat., Shepherd Gallery, New York, Spring 1983, n.p.
Technical Data
The canvas support of the Portrait of Philippe Burty has been stretched so that the weave is diagonal. The fabric has been cut from a larger preprimed canvas. The paint layer ranges from thin washes, which allow the light grey ground to show through, to more opaque layers. Modeling of the hair and flesh tones has been done wet-in-wet. There is minor inpainting along the top and bottom edges, and in small areas in the jacket and hair. The painting is generally in excellent condition.
1. On Burty, in addition to the sources cited in the Literature, see Gabriel P. Weisberg, The Early Years of Philippe Burty: Art Critic, Amateur and Japoniste, 1855-1875 (Baltimore, 1967); and idem, The Independent Critic: Philippe Burty and the Visual Arts of Mid-Nineteenth-Century France (Berne and New York, 1993).
2. Philippe Burty, "Le Salon de 1874," La République Française (24 May 1874); also idem, "Le Salon de 1876," La République Française (17 May 1876). Cited by Gabriel P. Weisberg in The Realist Tradition: French Painting and Drawing 1830-1890 (exh. cat., The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1980-81), p. 249. Burty had favorably reviewed Carolus-Duran's work as early as 1866; see Gabriel P. Weisberg, The Independent Critic: Philippe Burty and the Visual Arts of Mid-Nineteenth-Century France (New York, 1993), p. 52.
3. Portrait of the Artist's Sister Maria, dated 1875, oil on canvas, 54.3 x 40.7 cm, Bremen, Kunsthalle, inv. 758-1958/7; Portrait of Zacharie Astruc, about 1860, oil on canvas, 41 x 31 cm, Paris, Musée d'Orsay, inv. RF 1950-36; and Portrait of Fantin-Latour and Oulevay, dated 1861, oil on canvas, 50 x 61 cm, Paris, Musée d'Orsay, inv. RF 2755. Other informal portrait studies include a likeness of E. Berthon, dated 1870 (Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, inv. A764), as well as portraits of Édouard Manet, and the American painter James Carroll Beckwith (Huntington, N.Y., Heckscher Museum).
4. Noted by H. Barbara Weinberg, in The Lure of Paris: Nineteenth-Century American Painters and Their French Teachers (New York, London, and Paris, 1991), p. 194.
5. Carolus-Duran, quoted in H. [Robert Hinckley?], "A French Painter and his Pupils," Century 31 (January 1886), p. 374.
6. Noted in Gabriel P. Weisberg, The Independent Critic: Philippe Burty and the Visual Arts of Mid-Nineteenth-Century France (New York, 1993), p. 145 note.


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So probably my most-worn pair of shoes for the past couple years has been the inexpensive Nordstrom 1901 Barrett chukka in brown suede:
This is the same shoe that was featured on the Dappered main site, but in a darker chocolate brown color.
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Californians deal with freezing temps, snow
- National Weather Service said records could fall as the cold snap continues
- Freeze warnings were issued for Sunday morning across wide swaths of the LA Basin and San Diego Co.
- Palm Springs saw temperatures hover around freezing at night
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Californians bundled up with sweaters and gloves and stocked up on firewood as they endure the latest winter storm that has brought unseasonable freezing temperatures.
The National Weather Service said records could fall as the cold snap stretches into the weekend.
"It's only going to get colder," NWS weather specialist Bonnie Bartling said. "Early Sunday, you're looking at possibly mid-30s in downtown Los Angeles."
Freeze warnings were issued for Sunday morning across wide swaths of the LA Basin and San Diego County. Residents were being urged to cover outdoor plants and bring pets inside.
Temperatures dropped to 5 degrees in the snow-covered Big Bear mountain resort east of Los Angeles on Saturday. The rural town of Ramona in eastern San Diego County recorded a low of 23 degrees, breaking the 24 degrees set in 2007. Even the snowbird haven of Palm Springs saw temperatures hover around freezing at night.
Traffic was flowing again on a major Southern California traffic artery that was severed for the second time in three days because of snow.
The Grapevine segment of Interstate 5 was reopened Saturday morning, about four hours after icy conditions forced the closure, the California Highway Patrol said. The key link between the Central Valley and Los Angeles was also shut for about 17 hours on Thursday, stranding hundreds of truckers and other motorists.
In Sonoma County, homeless shelters handed out extra warm clothes to protect people from frigid overnight temperatures.
In the San Joaquin Valley, the heart of California's citrus production, growers prepared for another round of freezing temperatures early Sunday after seeing little crop damage the previous two nights.
"Last night was not a problem, but tonight and Monday morning could have the potential to be pretty cold," Paul Story, director of grower service at California Citrus Mutual, said Saturday.
Farmers run wind machines and water to protect their fruit, which can raise the temperature in a grove by up to 4 degrees, Story said. Existing moisture, sporadic rain and cloud cover can also help keep in heat.


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Christmas at The Manor is a feast for all the senses! The sights, sounds and aromas fill the air with the Spirit of Christmas.
You never know who might stop by - Period Carolers, a couple of members of the Columbus Opera or even many members of the Columbus Gay Men's Chorus.
The elegant charm of the Manor is the perfect place to rediscover the meaning of Christmas past and learn how to fall in love with Christmas all over again!!


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So we have seen how we have countless neighborhoods that have been almost abandoned or stopped in mid construction. In my post, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, it shows how California has been hit hard. This pales in comparison to China's empty houses. Currently there are enough empty house in China to house roughly 2/3 the American Population. That's right, China currently has enough homes to house over 200 million people.
In a quest to "westernize" or "Americanize" investors dumped their wealth into constructing entire cities where there might only be a handful of people living in them. They are so big, but so sparely populated, they don't even have enough people to keep the city in working order.
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Monday, September 18, 2006, 08:01 AM - Business Innovation, Channel Management, Service Design, Smart Space, Cross Channel Marketing, Consumer InsightsBrandon Schauer of Adaptive Path has published the initial results from their survey, looking at the range of vocabulary used for referring to 'user experience'. To quote:
There's a range of vocabulary that can be used to refer to user experience: 'usability', 'interface', 'human centered design', etc. What term we use seems to depend on what sells --- within an organization, you use the terms that connect with the values and the understanding of the people you're working with.
Adaptive Path recently conducted a survey of over 800 user experience professionals to create a base of quantitative insight into how organizations value and practice user experience. One of the simpler questions was, "If you use other terms [than 'user experience'] that are similar in meaning or intent, which terms do you use?" Here's the terms we heard, ordered by the number of times mentioned.
Sunday, June 18, 2006, 08:13 PM - Mobile, Mobile Banking, Business Innovation, Channel Management, Design - (UX), Brands, , , Retail Experience
American Apparel are opening a new store in Second Life, a virtual retail space.
Springwise report that the store, set on a private island within Second Life, was designed by Aimee Weber, a Second Life resident and designer, in conjunction with American Apparel's own architect. The store will sell 20 familiar American Apparel items for avatars, including the women's jersey polo dress. The company will charge a token sum of about USD 1 per item. It's (surprisingly!) the first 'real world' retailer to set up shop in Second Life.
Friday, June 16, 2006, 08:09 PM - Mobile, Service Design, Design - (UX), Technology, ,
Toyota production lines churning out houses? Well they have since 1975 but it is growing steadily. An article in the Toronto Star reports that Toyota is doing homes that are mass produced like Toyota cars. About 85 per cent of the work on the metal-frame cubicles is finished at the plant. The prefabricated cubicles, made to order for the customer, are stacked like toy blocks with a huge crane in just six hours.
Toyota is using technogy and production know-how gained from car making and applying it to houses. A 'smart key' similar to the car key you don't need to take out of your pocket to unlock your Toyota opens and closes the front door. A mechanism for reducing engine noise and tremors is installed under the floor to quiet upstairs shakes. Car paint-job skills deliver even scratch-resistant coating on walls. Imagine how they could apply the Prius technology.
I think they could do with some focus on the design, see Toyota Housing
Thursday, June 15, 2006, 07:21 PM - Brands, , ,The New Zealand Government has embarked on a 'Buy New Zealand Made Campaign'. The Government is going to promote a 'Buy New Zealand Made' message to New Zealand consumers.
I think there is a case for food and other such primary products that are made locally. It would make sense from a environment and sustainable perspective to strike a better balance between exporting products, and having to import the same type of products from other countries to address the shortfall in local demand. However, for a whole lot of other reasons it seems like a misguided intiative.
The big problem I have with 'Buy New Zealand Made':
It is at odds with initiatives from the Goverments Growth and Innovation policy which is all about global connectedness and export growth. Initiatives such as Better by Design aimed at helping NZ companies become more internationally competitive.
It seems totally wrong in times when collaboration and alliances with other nations are so necessary for NZ businesses to produce world class products (and 'services'!!). Especially since we rely on technology, resources and know-how from other nations to remain a relevant and competitive nation. And if NZ businesses are trying to be globally relevant and competitive, what do they aspire too?
New Zealand companies have to export to grow. So NZ relies on other nations to accept New Zealand products. The initiative doesn't support a good position and competitve attitude towards global commerce.
It is so product centric (made, making, manufactured). With the big shift to the service economies in most successful economies it could be promoting something much more worthwhile.
Saturday, June 10, 2006, 07:13 PM - Mobile, Mobile Banking, Business Innovation, Customer Experience, Design - (UX), Brands, , , Cross Channel Marketing, Retail Experience, Technology,
David Polinchock, in his blog The Experience Economist on a story run by NBC station in New York on how banks are changing to create a better in branch experience. The article points out that the driver behind these kinder, gentler banks is fierce competition. Radical new design of branches and services create new levels of experience and relationship with the banks customers. Amenities like childrenís play areas, cafÈís, more open spaces, and free standing tables for interacting with bank staff etc. They appear to be proving some value, the manager gave a compelling argument for the need to create better experiences:
An average bank in the suburbs will do about $1.5 million a month is deposits. In the first 25 weeks with our new branch, we've done $1 million a week. This roughtly translates to, the traditional branch doing about $9.4 million over 25 weeks, versus the $25 million they've done in the new branch.
See the whole article here
Also see an article in BAI , by the Bank of Smithtowns Executive Vice President and Chief Retail Officer John Romanoextract: ìYou have to find a way to differentiate yourself, and for us, that was through branch design.î
CScouts reports on Deutsche Banks new pilot branch, named Q110. Finally somebody thought about banking of the future and how to present financial services in a more innovative and customer friendly way. In addition to regular bank operations, this distinctive complex houses an exhibition space, a trend shop, a reading corner, childrens play area, and a cafe.
For full details click here and link through to images
Sunday, May 28, 2006, 07:00 PM - Mobile, Business Innovation, Channel Management, Customer Experience, Service Design, Cross Channel Marketing, Retail Experience, TechnologyDan Saffer's new book; 'Designing for Interaction'; looks really interesting with a good line up of contributions from many people who's views I respect in the area of Interaction Design: Brenda Laurel, Adam Greenfield, Marc Rettig, Hugh Dubberly, and more.
I like what Shelly Evenson has to say about Service Design, link here to see the breif interview.
Friday, May 26, 2006, 05:13 PM - Mobile, Mobile Banking, Business Innovation, Customer Experience, Cross Channel Marketing, Technology,
The Nike+iPOD strategic alliance got me thinking about the boundaries of brand extendibility, and a survey that Cheskin did last year on the extendibility of global brands and categories. see: Cheskin Brand Extendibility Survey (pg 17 for the category info) It just happens that athletic and consumer electronic categories extend quite well.
We've seen plenty of examples of strategic alliances with varying degrees of success, see: Trend Watching, Branded Brands for many examples. What I found interesting about Nike+Apple is the production of a new product-service (an extension of an existing function- shoe, music) utilising the best of their core competencies. All in a category that neither brands would extend to as successfully on their own. In Nike's case I loosely perceive their competency as something like 'sports fitness' and in the iPOD case 'portable technology', and they've created a 'sports technology appliance' (a sports bio sensor and monitor) that competes in a market where there is many specialised developers of such products. There is real value in the way that the Nike+iPOD has extended use of existing products (shoe, ipod) that have other useful functions beyond just this application. They've also defined their individual brand competencies well within the alliance to retain brand authenticity and integrity.
Where I got to and what I really like about this outcome is the design of a new 'product-service-system' or service function, that has been enabled through an alliance of technology, know-how and brand positioning. I don't know how the Nike+iPOD compares to other products of this type but I really like this platform thinking and it would be great to see more alliances that create useful multifunctional services, rather than product-centric, single function innovations. This sort of thinking could have great benefits for the planet and with the right business models they'll make money, so double good! And as a brand extension it has avoided complexity around the offering and in doing so has avoided brand confusion.
Apple iPOD
Tuesday, May 23, 2006, 06:51 PM - Mobile, Mobile Banking, Business Innovation, Channel Management, Customer Experience, Service Design, , , Cross Channel Marketing, Retail Experience, ,ISDN International Service Design Northmbria hosted a colloquium in March on issues around designing services, and I've finally had a chance to listen to the Podcasts. The speaker line-up included Tim Brown from IDEO, Andrea Cooper from the Design Council UK, Chris Downs from Live/Work, Steven Kyffen from Philips, and Oliver King from Engine Group. Design.
I've listed some of the really interesting Podcast sessions below, they are worth listening too. Tim Brown spoke of methodologies for approaching design, including services, and some interesting points on story telling and communicating the stories. Chris Downs spoke of the huge potential and value that can be derived from service design and service systems. Andrea Cooper picked up on some of these points also - we can take a more holistic approach to deliver to peoples needs and desires. More products is often not the answer - and the real value is often 'experienced'; though the service component i.e IPOD the customer adding favourite music. Steve Kyffen raised some good points about the complexity of designing services. They are time based and evolve well beyond the point of sale, and experienced differently every time. It requires new business models and with that new design and marketing mindsets.
You can can download ISDN Podcasts here
Service Innovation through Design Thinking from Tim Brown, CEO of IDEO
Signposts for the Next Decade from Dr. Andrea Cooper, Head of Design Knowledge, Design Council
Pioneering Service Design from Chris Downs, Partner, Live/Work
Objects of Service - From Subjects to Objects and Back Again from Prof. Steven Kyffin, Global Head of Design Research, Philips Design
Better Services, Happier Customers, Oliver King Engine Group.
and much more...
Design Innovation - latest report on the Global Competitveness in Design and Innovation from Finland
Tuesday, May 16, 2006, 06:45 PM - Mobile, Service DesignLINK TO 2002-3 REPORT ON BUILDING A CASE FOR ADDED VALUE THROUGH DESIGN
Bruce Nussbaum's Business Week Online Design section reports on how the Design policies and initiatives of countries around the world are contributing to their ranking in the global competitiveness stakes. It mentions the first study done by NZIER in New Zealand which was part on New Zealand's Design Strategy see www.betterbydesign.org.nz. I initiated and contributed to this report back in 2002. There is a lot of measures that form the design index, more details on these can be found in appendix B of the report, for those interested, here is a link to the report: Building a Case for Added Value Through Design.
Updated from the 2006 report to the latest 2008 report Check out the latest 2008 report from Designium
New Designium Publication: Global Design Watch
A new report by Designium looks at the design policies of countries selected for the study. The principal objective of the study is to compare the effects of national design programmes on national competitiveness in the design sector. In 2002 the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) published a study called Building a case for added value through design with a design ranking drawn up using indicators from the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report.
The first report, published by Designium on national design programmes was completed in 2003.
The present report covers all the countries included in the previous report as well as four new ones: the Netherlands, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore.
The real winners compared to the situation in 2002 were Denmark and Singapore. The trend has been slightly downward for Finland, which fell from number one to number seven, and Norway, which fell from 18 to 22;
Here is the ranking:
Design Competitiveness Ranking 2005 Design Ranking 2002
1. Japan > 1. Finland
2. United States > 2. United States
3. Germany > 3. Germany
4. Switzerland > 4. France
5. Denmark > 5. Japan
6. France > 6. Switzerland
7. Finland > 7. Netherlands
8. Sweden > 8. Sweden
9. Belgium > 9. Denmark
10. Austria> 10. Great Britain
Source: World Economic Forum 2005 Bibliography: World Economic Forum 2002,
Building a case for added value through design, NZ Institute of Economic Research 2003
Here is more directly from the report Designium World Design Series, which is a heck of a mouthful.
The real winners compared to the situation in 2002 are Denmark and Singapore. Denmark has climbed up from ninth place to fifth. Denmark has invested heavily in the visibility of design, in the promotion of the Danish design brand, and in the development of co-operation between designers and businesses. Singapore has climbed up from 22nd place to 15th. Singapore aims to become the design hub in Asia. Design excellence is a key factor for national competitiveness. Ranking has been steady for the United States, which remains number two, and Sweden, which retains its eighth place on the list. The trend has been downward for Finland, which fell from number one to number seven, and Norway, which fell from 18 to 22.
Thursday, May 11, 2006, 06:36 PM - Mobile, Mobile Banking, Business Innovation, Customer Experience, Brands, Retail Experience,An interesting series of Podcasts from Lunar Design. Icon-o-Cast explores and demystifies the world of design.
The latest on 'MAKING MEANING'; is worth checking out.
In a market economy characterized by commoditized products and global competition, how do companies gain deep and lasting loyalty from their customers? The key, argues author Steve Diller, is in providing meaningful customer experiences.
In this episode of Icon-o-Cast, Lunar's John Edson talks with Steve, a partner at Cheskin Research and co-author of Making Meaning: How Successful Businesses Deliver Meaningful Customer Experiences.
Listen - http://www.lunar.com/podcast/index.html
Subscribe - http://www.lunar.com/pressroom/podcast/podcast.xml
Thursday, May 11, 2006, 06:31 PM - Business Innovation, Customer Experience, Design - (UX), Cross Channel Marketing, Retail Experience, Technology, Consumer Insights
A lot of consumer experiences are mediated through ambient technologies. This article (link below) from UIGarden.net covers some interesting information on the development processes required for the shift from information worlds to experience worlds.
link to article
This raises some interesting questions about the importance of the psychology of space when information technology is involved. Design approaches to need to consider the activities of the space, and create clear context for the use of the space inorder to create a complete user experience. see earlier weblog on ideo.
see the IDEO article.
Saturday, May 6, 2006, 06:22 PM - Mobile, Mobile Banking, Business Innovation, Brands, , Smart Space, , ,
There are two kinds of CEOs. Those who only aim to deliver numbers and others who swear that ìCustomer Experience is brandingî
Let us see what do customers experience. Read on..
Link to the article on - The Three 'Ds' of Customer Experience: Marketing: HBS Working Knowledge
A recent Bain & Company survey reveals just how commonly companies misread the market. We surveyed 362 firms and found that 80 percent believed they delivered a ìsuperior experienceî to their customers. But when we asked customers about their own perceptions, we found that they rated only 8 percent of companies as truly delivering a superior experience. Clearly, it is easy for leading companies to assume they're keeping customers happy; itís quite another thing to achieve that kind of customer devotion.
Are you surprised? Arenít we ourselves customers buying things or services? How often we get a feeling that we are really buying?
We know the ground reality.
We should also know by now that it takes much much more than marketing people and wild creativity to create and sustain customer experience. We should know that it takes leadership, strategy and supporting business processes that enable talented employees.
And that is quite some hard work. It takes months.. years. It involves business transformation.
Original Post: http://purple-stream.com/blog/?p=19
Thursday, May 4, 2006, 06:07 PM - Business Innovation, Channel Management, Service Design, Design - (UX), , Smart Space, , Cross Channel Marketing, Retail Experience, Technology, Consumer Insights
Dwell time, or experience information on the run. Giant digital touchscreen technolgy taking off at Chicago's O'Hare Airport. Revolutionary for out-of-home advertising and also for inter-office collaboration.
For more info - link here, to Accenture media release
Wednesday, May 3, 2006, 06:04 PM - Business Innovation, , , Cross Channel Marketing, Retail Experience, Technology,
Check out this Experience Design process approach produced by David Armano. Link here
Sunday, April 23, 2006, 05:56 PM - Mobile, Mobile Banking, Business Innovation, Design - (UX), Cross Channel Marketing,link to PDF of NY Times article
The New York Times Sunday Business reports on IDEO's approach to spacial and enviromental design and the 'Smart Space' group. They take on projects ranging from hotels, office space to redevelopment of urban space and take an innovative approach.
They start with a 'deep dive'; a process involving Smart Space designers, anthroplogists and researchers to build understanding of what users really think and what really underlies their motivations and actions.
They design for activity as much as for space. This is the really valuable angle that IDEO are bringing. There processes are drawing out insights to create informed strategy and concepts that can be prototyped and tested. They can then take the most appropriate design direction for the projects and work with architects and designers to get it implemented.
It's a good process and current reports indicate the results speak for themselves - see the article.
Wednesday, April 12, 2006, 05:29 PM - Retail Experience, Technology, Consumer Insights
If you are ever needing inspiration for how to communicate your complex information networks or just have an appreciation for good visualisation methods, check out the Visual Complexity site. Click on the images for some project background. Cool content.
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The Colorado EBook Environment—Overview and Talking Points
Leadership. Colorado libraries have been leaders in securing access to collections in many ways: working with distributors like OverDrive and 3M; experimenting with products like Freegal and Freading; checking out ereaders with bundled titles; and even hosting the works of independent publishers, including many Colorado authors.1
Reading. 21% of Americans have read an e-book. 88% of those who read ebooks in the past 12 months also read print books. Compared with other book readers, they read and purchase more books.2
Demand. There is growing demand for ebooks. In Colorado they now account for about 3-7% of overall circulation, but are increasing upwards of 500% annually. Budget. Colorado libraries are shifting more of our budgets—already stretched by recession—to buy more digital content.
Purchasing. Libraries are volume purchasers, accounting for 10% of the total print sales today, and 40% of children's print market. Traditionally, that's earned us significant publisher discounts, further demonstrating the power of cooperative purchasing that is a fundamental value of public libraries.
Publishers. Three of the Big Six publishers (Hachette Book Group, MacMillan Publishers, and Simon & Schuster) will not sell ebooks to libraries at any price. The three that do (HarperCollins, Random House, and Penguin Group) require us respectively) to buy popular books again after 26 uses, spend 3 times the commercial price, or wait six months after street date. This uncertain and inconsistent publishing market is further eroding the purchasing power of libraries.
Legal action. Colorado is one of 14 states in an anti-trust lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice alleging price fixing and other anti-competitive practices conducted by some of the largest publishers.3
What Is the Vision for the Future?
Working together. In five years libraries envision a world where they are working together with publishers for the good of all parties; where the ability to publish, find, and buy books is easy, seamless, and sustainable. Ultimately, libraries seek an eBook world without unnecessary constraints on access by and for the public.
Uniform accessibility. Libraries envision a nationally sponsored eBook model where they can get eBooks at a discount, own them, and treat them no differently than their print items are handled now. Libraries must stop being reactive, but keep at the center of the evolving discussion.
Defend the right of public access. Libraries must be vocal in speaking up to corporations that do not act in the best interest of those who use and rely on library materials no matter the format. Business models that exclude libraries' and the public's right to access information in any format must be rejected.
What can you do? What should you do?
Pay attention. This is a time of change and disruption. There is an opportunity for libraries to move "upstream" in the publishing world, stepping around expensive middlemen, and developing new partnerships and markets. And there is danger: the erosion both of library purchasing power, and public access to content.
Speak up. The integration of ebooks into library collections is increasing scrutiny on how publishers do business. Your voice is important as the environment evolves. If your library isn't meeting public demand because of restrictions from the seller, say something. You won't be alone in wanting fair play for libraries and the consumer.
Experiment. While we may need to be patient as our environment changes, we dare not be complacent. Try something new. Let people know how it worked. Sharing knowledge is a library value. Some libraries will be early adopters—others will prefer to wait and adopt proven products. Both can prudent depending on how you view your role and stewardship of the community's trust.
Be proud and positive. Today's libraries are the result of hundreds of years of adaptation and action. Ebooks are but one aspect in the ongoing evolutionary trend. Like other products, they too shall pass into the library collection in ways that best meet community needs. You are one in a long line of people who have created the present and will shape the future of libraries through support, use, understanding and communication.
1 American Library Association (ALA) "E-content: The Digital Dialogue," May 22, 2012. Multi-faceted articles on many aspects of eBook evolution.
2 Pew Research Center Internet & American Life Project. "The rise of e-reading" April 4, 2012. Report of eBook use and statistics.
3 Evoke Colorado. http://evoke.cvlsites.org/ – an open eBook forum and ad hoc discussion group for Colorado.


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Version 0.6.0-rc1 available
Today the WAF-FLE Project is proud to release a new version of WAF-FLE: 0.6.0-RC1 (Release Candidate 1). This is a major release, with many new features, improvements and bug fixes (see ChangeLog for a complete list of changes).
The more relevant features in this version are:
- Filter enabled Dashboard: Now you can use the filter in dashboard, all charts and tables are clickable, enabling the drill-down data on dashboard, updating the charts and tables to reflect the filter.
- Delete events by filter: now you can use the filter to delete events at once, turning much more easier, for example exclude false positive events.
- Compression of full events: You can choice if you want to compress full events (used to download raw events), make a huge difference in disk space used by database (saving around 60% of space).
- You can define if WAF-FLE should use a header like X-Forwarded-For or X-Real-IP like source of source address in events. Very useful when you have a reverse proxy in front of ModSecurity. You can customize wich header should be used.
- Support to ModSecurity 2.7 Engine-Mode variable, to let you know if an event has allowed (but logged) or if the sensor are in detection-only mode.
- GeoIP support in dashboard, event and filter.
- Setup script: to help in dependencies check, database creation/migration, making much more quick a setup in platforms where installation dependencies are not easily known.
- mlog2waffle: a daemon to work as a replacement to mlogc. It is written in perl, and can work as service feeding events to WAF-FLE in real-time or scheduled in crontab. It must to be considered in beta stage, but seen to be reliable and fast.
- Sensors and users management interface much improved, with more information and options.
- Improved ModSecurity events parsing, supporting some new fields like stopwatch2.
You can download it in http://www.waf-fle.org/download/
You can access WAF-FLE demo in http://www.waf-fle.org/demo/
Any issue in this release can be filled http://www.waf-fle.org/support/ (issue tracker or mailinglist)
Best regards and good waf-fling,
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