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Friday Funny: iFuture of Apple?
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Time for some Friday humor. In recognition of the fact that iPad pre-orders begin today at 8:30am ET, we'll place Apple in the spotlight.
The following images speculating the future of Apple products have been making the rounds on the web since first being posted by Begeek.fr. They are too good not to share one more time…
Other suggestions I have seen offered in comments:
- iWall (This one may have some real potential. Not portable, but handy-dandy in the home.)
- iEarth
- iRing (going in the other direction)
Any other creative suggestions? The possibilities are almost limitless.
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The results, notably by the dramatic surge of the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement of comic Beppe Grillo, left the centre-left bloc with a majority in the lower house but without the numbers to control the powerful upper chamber, the Senate.
Financial markets fell sharply at the prospect of a stalemate that reawakened memories of the crisis that pushed Italy's borrowing costs toward unsustainably high levels and brought the euro zone to the brink of collapse in 2011.
"The winner is: In governability," ran the headline in Rome newspaper Il Messaggero, reflecting the deadlock the country will have to confront in the next few weeks as sworn enemies are forced to work together to form a government.
Pier Luigi Bersani, head of the centre-left Democratic Party (PD), has the difficult task of trying to agree a "grand coalition" with former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, the man he blames for ruining Italy, or striking a deal with Grillo, a completely unknown quantity in conventional politics.
The alternative is new elections either immediately or within a few months, although both Berlusconi and Bersani have indicated that they want to avoid a return to the polls if possible: "Italy cannot be ungoverned and we have to reflect," Berlusconi said in an interview on his own television station.
For his part, Grillo, whose "non-party" movement won the most votes of any single party, has indicated that he believes the next government will last no more than six months.
"They won't be able to govern," he told reporters on Tuesday. "Whether I'm there or not, they won't be able govern."
He said he would work with anyone who supported his policy proposals, which range from anti-corruption measures to green-tinted energy measures but rejected suggestions of entering a formal coalition: "It's not time to talk of alliances... the system has already fallen," he said.
The election, a massive rejection of the austerity policies applied by Prime Minister Mario Monti with the backing of international leaders from U.S. President Barack Obama to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, caused consternation across Europe.
"This is a jump to nowhere that does not bode well either for Italy or Europe," said Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo.
In a sign of worry at the top over what effect the elections could have on the economy, Monti, whose austerity policies were repudiated by voters who shunned his centrist bloc, met the governor of the central bank, the economy minister and the European affairs minister to discuss the situation on Tuesday.
The former EU commissioner and his team of technocrats, who were brought in to govern when Berlusconi was consumed by crisis and scandal, will stay on until a new administration is formed.
Projections for the Senate by the Italian Centre for Electoral Studies indicated that the centre-left would have 121 seats, against 117 for the centre-right alliance of Berlusconi's PDL and the regionalist Northern League. Grillo would take 54.
That leaves no party with the majority in a chamber which a government must control to pass legislation and opened up the prospect of previously inconceivable partnerships that will test the sometimes fragile internal unity of the main parties.
"The idea of a majority without Grillo is unthinkable. I don't know if anyone in the PD is considering it but I'm against it," said Matteo Orfini, a member of Bersani's PD secretariat.
"The idea of a PD-PDL government, even if it's backed by Monti, doesn't make any sense," he said.
Berlusconi, a media magnate whose campaigning all but wiped out Bersani's once commanding opinion poll lead, hinted in a telephone call to a morning television show that he would be open to a deal with the centre-left - but not with Monti, the economics professor who replaced him 15 months ago.
"Italy must be governed," Berlusconi said, adding that he "must reflect" on a possible deal with the centre-left. "Everyone must be prepared to make sacrifices," he said of the groups which now have a share of the legislature.
The Milan bourse was down almost 4 percent and the premium Italy pays over Germany to borrow on 10-year widened to a yield spread of 338 basis points, the highest since Dec. 10 and more than 80 points above the level seen earlier on Monday.
At an auction of six-month Treasury bills, Italy's borrowing costs jumped by more than two thirds with the yield reaching 1.237 percent, the highest since October and compared to just 0.730 percent in a similar sale a month ago.
The euro dropped to an almost seven-week low against the dollar in Asia on fears of a revival of the euro zone crisis. It fell as far as $1.3042, its lowest since Jan. 10.
"What is crucial now is that a stable functioning government can be built as swiftly as possible," said German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle. "This is not only in the interests of Italy but in the interests of all Europe."
However the view from some voters, weary of the mainstream parties, was unrepentant: "It's good," said Roger Manica, 28, a security guard in Rome, who voted for the centre-left PD.
"Next time I'll vote 5-Star. I like that they are changing things, even if it means uncertainty. Uncertainty doesn't matter to me, for me what's important is a good person who gets things done," he said. "Look how well they've done."
A long recession and growing disillusionment with mainstream parties and tax-raising austerity fed the bitter public mood and contributed to the massive rejection of Monti, whose centrist coalition was relegated to the sidelines.
Berlusconi's campaign, mixing sweeping tax cut pledges with relentless attacks on Monti and Merkel, echoed many of the themes pushed by Grillo and underlined the increasingly angry mood of the Italian electorate.
But even if the next government turns away from the tax hikes and spending cuts brought in by Monti, it will struggle to revive an economy that has scarcely grown in two decades.
Monti was widely credited with tightening Italy's public finances and restoring its international credibility after the scandal-plagued Berlusconi, who is currently on trial for having sex with an under-age prostitute.
However he struggled to pass the kind of structural reforms needed to improve competitiveness and lay the foundations for a return to economic growth. A weak centre-left government may not find it any easier.
For Italian business, with an illustrious history of export success, the election result brought dismay that there would be no quick change to what they see as a regulatory sclerosis that has kept the economy virutally stagnant for a decade.
"This is probably the worst possible scenario," said Francesco Divella, whose family began selling pasta under its eponymous brand in 1890 in the southern region of Puglia.
"We are very concerned about the uncertainty and apparent ungovernability," said Silvio Pietro Angori, chief executive of Pininfarina, which has designed Ferrari sportscars since 1950. "A company competing on the global markets like Pininfarina needs the support of a stable government that inspires trust."
One of the country's leading bankers summed up his personal reaction: "I'm in shock," he told Reuters. "What a mess!"

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You've gotta admire the brazenness of this developer's balls. Offering "a brief, yet throughout [sic] introduction about Nirvana - the legendary rock band of US," the Nirvana: The Complete Biography iPhone app costs $40—and features copied-and-pasted Wikipedia content.
Nevermind the fact that Wikipedia has a free iPhone app, or that you can just as easily find Wikipedia's mobile site on Safari, developer "Idev" has seemingly forgotten one of the reasons Kurt Cobain (supposedly) killed himself: because he'd grown so dismayed with the greed, capitalism and pressures of the music industry. [iTunes via Mobile-Ent]


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Atlantis is a fictional island mentioned within an allegory on the hubris of nations in Plato's works Timaeus and Critias, where it represents the antagonist naval power that besieges "Ancient Athens", the pseudo-historic embodiment of Plato's ideal state (see The Republic). In the story, Athens was able to repel the Atlantean attack.
Atlantis is a legendary "lost" island subcontinent often idealized as an advanced, utopian society holding wisdom that could bring world peace. The idea of Atlantis has captivated dreamers, occultists and New Agers for generations.
Unlike many legends whose origins have been lost in the mists of time, we know exactly when and where the story of Atlantis first appeared. The story was first told in two of Plato's dialogues, the "Timaeus" and the "Critias," written about 330 B.C.
The Word "Atlantis"
A legendary island in the Atlantic Ocean west of Gibraltar, said by Plato to have sunk beneath the sea during an earthquake.
Type the word "Atlantis" into Google and 120 million results pop up. Like El Dorado or Shangri-la, the legendary sunken city of Atlantis hovers on the horizon of our imagination, tantalizing, mysterious, unreachable.
Author Mark Adams explains why he thinks Atlantis may have been off the coast of Morocco; how an Irishman created the world's largest database of Atlantis lore; and how the parting of the Red Sea, in the biblical story in Exodus, may be connected to Atlantis.
It was Plato's "Critias" that set people off thinking that Atlantis actually existed.
Though today Atlantis is often thought of as a peaceful utopia, the Atlantis that Plato described in his fable was very different. In his book "Frauds, Myths and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology" (McGraw-Hill, 2013) professor of archaeology Ken Feder summarizes the story: "A technologically sophisticated but morally bankrupt evil empire — Atlantis — attempts world domination by force.
As propaganda, the Atlantis legend is more about the heroic Athens than a sunken civilization; if Atlantis really existed today and was found, its residents would probably try to kill and enslave us all. It's clear that Plato made up Atlantis as a plot device for his stories because there are no other records of it anywhere else in the world. There are many extant Greek texts; surely someone else would have also mentioned, at least in passing, such a remarkable place. There is simply no evidence from any source that the legends about Atlantis existed before Plato wrote about it.
6 Clues to the Location of Atlantis
Plato was a philosopher and mathematician in Classical Greece, and the founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world.
In modern times, the location of Atlantis has been the subject of great debate. In recent years, the number of locations chosen for that fabled land has reached some kind of critical mass bordering on the absurd.
where did Plato say that Atlantis once stood? He gives us several clues.
- Atlantis was a large island. This eliminates the Sahara, South America, Antarctica, the Irish Shelf and the North Sea continental shelf as candidates for Atlantis. None of these were islands twelve thousand years ago.
- Atlantis was beyond the Pillars of Heracles (today's Strait of Gibraltar). This eliminates Sardinia, Corsica, Crete, Thera, Cyprus or any other location in the Mediterranean.
- Atlantis was in the Atlantic Ocean (the "true" ocean beyond the Mediterranean which Plato described as merely a lake with a narrow entrance). This eliminates Indonesia and any other locations outside of the Atlantic Ocean.
- Atlantis succumbed to a violent cataclysm and was swallowed by the sea.
- Atlantis was as large as Ancient Libya and Asia Minor combined. This is rather inexact, but in rough figures it would be equivalent to a body of land between one and two times the size of Texas (the largest state in the contiguous United States).
- The closest portion of Atlantis faced a region known as Gadira (a region in southwestern Spain, surrounding the city of Cádiz, the oldest European city on the Atlantic coast). This eliminates the South Atlantic and the recently publicized Spartel Island (Spartel is too close to Gibraltar to face Gadira, it succumbed far too slowly over thousands of years and it was far too small).
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Thanks to MMO Champion and it's data-ming ways, we now have access to a preliminary version of the Tier 8 set bonuses. It's anyone's guess whether these bonuses will actually go live. The bonuses for Resto druid appear to be excellent, though there's one catch: the 4-piece bonus for Tier 8 is much too good.
Here we have a classic example of a good set bonus and a "bad" set bonus. Lest you grow angry at me for complaining about buffs as well as nerfs, I'll explain what I mean.
What makes a set bonus good?
The two-piece Tier 8 bonus, which gives a 10% boost to the throughput of Swiftmend, will be nice to have. Swiftmend is a spell almost every healing druid talents for, and it can be used by both raid healers and tank healers alike. The bonus doesn't conflict with or double the Glyph of Swiftmend, which is a different and even stronger throughput increase which allows Swiftmend to be applied without consuming one of the druid's HoTs (either Rejuvenation or Regrowth). Moreover, if I had one piece of advice for most Resto druids, it would be to use Swiftmend more. Many forget all about it because it's a two-step spell–HoT setup plus instant top-off. I find that I perform much better if I use it whenever it's up. Still, this bonus will never be overpowered, even in combination with the glyph, because Swiftmend continues to be on a cooldown. Druids will get this bonus and enjoy it, perhaps giggling to themselves over their WWS reports. However, it will be a set bonus that the druid can bear to leave behind for whatever Tier 9 gear has in store.
What makes a set bonus bad?
We've all seen set bonuses that are lackluster or unusable. The Tier 6 4-pc Resto druid bonus to Healing Touch comes to mind as a particularly useless one. I passed on Tier 6 pants in favor of badge pants because this bonus simply wasn't one. However, a bonus that goes in the other direction, becoming so good that it overshadows all other gear upgrades, is actually more harmful to the class and the game. Take, for example, the much-lamented 4pc Tier 5 mage bonus, which entirely changed the functioning of Arcane Blast, greatly upping its damage output at an increasing mana cost. I still /spit on this bonus. It caused the four raiding mages in my former guild to hold onto 4-pc Tier 5 until they were able to equip 4 pieces of Tier 6 at once. The consternation this caused them probably cost my guild several extra hours of loot debate. The mages also faced accusations of DKP hoarding as they waited to buy the early Tier 6 pieces. They had much more DKP than they could spend because of their need to hang onto T5. Moreover, the mages themselves didn't always pay the increased mana cost. Instead, the druid healers Innervated them. We didn't mind, exactly, because mana was plentiful for healers at that point, but I couldn't Innervate all four of them, and I always felt bad when I didn't have any juice left for a player who asked. However, the most pernicious aspect of the bonus had to do with play style. It pigeon-holed mages into an arcane spec and a set rotation, turning three trees into one for a tier and a half of content. I know one determined fire mage who switched to her warlock in Tier 5 because she didn't like the arcane playstyle. In the end, the T5 bonus was judged to be too strong, nerfed, and finally taken away.
Ghostcrawler has actually said in the past that a tier bonus should be just that–a bonus. I wholeheartedly agree. However, the 4 pc T8 bonus isn't going to just be a bonus–it's going to radically change most druids' rotations.
Rejuvenation has always been a good spell, but its limiting factor is that it doesn't tick for 3 seconds after it is applied. In essence, that turns it into a HoT with a long cast. Rejuvenation is probably the druid's most over-written spell. Thankfully it's also our most efficient. With the bonus, I would get a tiny burst of healing–1997 in Syd's current gear–when I cast the spell. That's less than a Holy Shock, but it has a huge impact. With even a small initial heal, Rejuvenation would be "fixed." It would go from being something that some druids don't cast, preferring the faster-ticking Lifebloom and Wild Growth, into the raid healing spell. I think this is a very innovative and necessary addition to the spell; however, it doesn't belong in a set bonus. This "fix" would get druids away from using Lifebloom for every situation, and that's great. However, if this change is truly imagined as a "fix" to the spell, it needs to be made permanent through talents. Hell, I think it's worth 5 of my talent points–or even the entire space in the tree occupied by Revitalize and Living Seed. This one little set bonus would give druids what they've always wanted–a tool to keep others from sniping their heals.
"Sniping," for the uninitiated, is the practice of going outside one's own healing assignment to heal someone else's target, particularly a target that already has a ticking hot or a slower-casting incoming heal. Typically, players snipe with quick heals–Flash Heal, Flash of Light, Chain Heal, even Nourish or glyphed Healing Touch. As I've explained before, healers will never stop sniping–in any case, not until the default UI shows incoming heals and HoTs, mana is as scarce as roses in the Alaskan winter, and healing meters go extinct. Druids are incredibly vulnerable to heal-snipers as most of our healing takes a bit of setup before it starts to work. Ghostcrawler has said in the past that heal-sniping is a valid concern, but it's not going to be fixed through nerfing mana. Other tools have to be used against it, and the new Rejuvenation is a perfect fit. Healers who play without any incoming heal data will be able to see that the target is covered and consequently will turn elsewhere, even (gasp!) back to their own assigned target.
The change to Rejuvenation needs to be either a talent or a glyph–and I would prefer talent, because then it would correspond to priests' new talented Renew, which just got a similar front-ended burst. Renew has never been as good as Rejuvenation in the past, but with a small initial burst, it might just be better than Rejuv post-3.1.
In any case, if this tier bonus remains unaltered, druids will wear their Tier 8 until they have 4 pc of Tier 9–and maybe even beyond. This set bonus is more powerful than any one gear upgrade–and I would say, probably more powerful than four. It steps beyond what a bonus is supposed to do. At maximum, I'd say the set bonus for a previous tier should maybe give a player pause about equipping just two pieces of the new tier or item level, as it may be. Not all the best pieces are part of a set. However, when it gets to three upgrades over the stats on the old tier, players should be happy about making a change.
I'm concerned, Blizzard–very concerned. Thinking as both a raiding druids and a guild officer, I'd rather not wrestle with this particular angel, as good as that set bonus may seem when we're sitting at the beginning, not the end, of Tier 8.


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This home-study bundle provides a strong introduction to the use of clinical biofeedback for psychologists, doctors, therapists, health practitioners, and students. This package includes an introduction to common physiological measurements or respiration, heart rate from electrocardiogram (ECK/EKG) and blood volume pulse (BVP), skin conductance, temperature, muscle tension (sEMG) and hemoencephalography (HEG). The instructors outline expectations for clean waveforms and discuss desired norms, as well as providing tips for running hassle-free stress assessments, resonant frequency evaluations and biofeedback training sessions. No prior understanding of biofeedback is necessary in order to benefit from the knowledge-base of this bundle.
The three recordings included in this home-study package are:
Biofeedback Beginner's Online Class Recording
Biofeedback Strategies Online Class Recording
Interpreting Client Results: Psychophysiological Assessment Webinar Recording
At the conclusion of these three home-study recordings, participants will be able to:
Ideal for beginners or individuals looking to enter the field of biofeedback, Jon Bale, the BFE's research manager, introduces the concepts of measuring psychophysiological indicators for stress profiles. Over the 5 hours of instruction, participants are guided on how to make sense of data monitoring and displaying biological signals of interest for stress assessments and stress profiles, as well as "rule of thumb" numbers to expect in terms of increased and decreased stress. Each lesson will cover a different signal modality in terms of underlying physiology, accurately recording the signal, expected norms, basics of self-regulation, limitations of monitoring, correct methods for sensor/electrode application, and discrimination of artifacts from real data.
The breakdown of the lessons is as follows:
The content of this recording derives from the following works:
Moss, Don, and Schaffer, Fred. Psychophysiology & General Health: Heart
Rate Variability (HRV). Version 3.0. Montreal, Canada, 2007
Schwartz, Mark S., Andrasik, Frank. Biofeedback - A Practitioner's Guide,
3rd edition. New York: Guildford Publications, 2005
Thought Technology Ltd.. Basics of Surface Electromyography Applied
to Psychophysiology. Document Number MAR908. Montreal, Canada, 2008
Toomim, Hershel. "A report of preliminary data: QEEG, SPECT, and HEG;
Targeted treatment positions for neurofeedback". Applied Psychophysiology
and Biofeedback, 25-4 (200): 253–254.
The BFE receives a large amount of correspondence from health practitioners just getting started with clinical biofeedback. It's quite common for clinicians new to measuring psychophysiology with biofeedback equipment to have questions similar to the ones shown below:
"How should my client sit when recording the assessment profile?"
"How do I get my client to avoid creating artifacts?"
"What is the best way to structure a biofeedback training session?"
"What conclusions can I make from this stress profile?"
Anyone can learn the principles of biofeedback, but many theoretical courses do not get into the tips and tricks of the trade for organizing a therapeutic session, measuring good data, successfully making use of your biofeedback equipment, and coach their patient.
In these four 1.5-hours online class recordings, Linda Walker, Ph.D. candidate, shares her biofeedback strategies of success so that any clinician can improve their therapeutic method and attain better results with their clients. Included in this recording package are two additional 10-minute videos of Linda's assessment preparation of a biofeedback recording session with a client: one of the pre-assessment setup, and the other during the running of the assessment. These recordings also come with Linda's checklist document of reminders for recording and interpreting a psychophysiological protocol.
Note: Linda uses the standard Thought Technology and Biograph Infiniti software as her reference point for recording and review data.
This webinar recording is an answer to your interpretation woes, where Jon Bale, the BFE's research manager, will provide a basic guide for interpreting psychophysiological assessment data. This presentation includes step-by-step method for reviewing data, discussion of norms and some common patterns based on research and clinical experience. The modalities that are included in this session's focus are heart rate, heart rate variability (various statistics), respiration rate, skin conductance/galvanic skin response, peripheral finger temperature and muscle tension.


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I was asked recently by a parent of a young cyclist, "What does it take to make a champion?"
I thought for a moment and then responded with three words: "Genes, motivation, and support." So let's explore these three essential components to cycling development and success.
More: Do You Need a Cycling Coach?
Genes are the foundation of all cycling success. Cyclists can have all the motivation and support in the world, but if they lack the right body type, muscle fiber composition, or hard-wired cardiovascular capabilities, nothing else matters.
That's not to say that someone with a huge work ethic, but without the incredible inborn physiology, can't find some success in cycling. But to be, say, a Tour de France rider, cyclists need to have it all (or at least 95 percent of it all). Though physical capabilities, such as strength, endurance, and pain tolerance can be developed to some degree through training, we are all limited by the genes we get from our parents. I'm sure, for example, that Taylor Phinney is deeply grateful to his parents, Davis Phinney and Connie Carpenter-Phinney, for the remarkable genes he got from them.
Genes are also the X factor for two reasons. First, there's no way to tell whether young cyclists have good riding genes until they show those genes by growing up. Sure, you can look at their parents and see what kind of cyclists they are and what kind of body types they have, but if you look at the parents of a lot of professional cyclists, you'll wonder whether genes have anything to do with being great on a bike!
Second, good cycling genes aren't enough. I've seen many cyclists over the years who had tremendous natural physical ability, yet lacked the motivation to maximize the ability that those genes provided. These riders invariably never lived up to expectations and many I have spoken with regretted not having had the work ethic to match their physical capabilities.
Conversely, if you have kids who are incredibly motivated and well supported, but lack world-class genes, they may not win a Grand Tour or an Olympic medal, but that doesn't mean that they can't have a successful and rewarding experience as a cyclist. Not only that, but it's likely that these less naturally gifted riders will learn important life lessons that will help them to be successful later in some other area of life. Ultimately, as I see it, you can't control genes, so there's little point in even talking about them.
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TORONTO -- New Blue Jays manager John Gibbons is happy to have Melky Cabrera after the All-Star game MVP finalized a $16 million, two-year contract with Toronto.
Cabrera, who completed a 50-game suspension for a positive test for testosterone, was not wanted back by the World Series champion San Francisco Giants.
"He's still a good hitter, on the stuff or not," Gibbons said.
Cabrera gets $8 million in each of the next two seasons, up from a $6 million base salary this year.
The 28-year-old was leading the National League in hitting at .346 when he was suspended Aug. 15. He asked for a rules change that disqualified him from the batting title, feeling it would be a tainted crown. Cabrera had 11 homers, 25 doubles and 60 RBIs in 113 games.
Gibbons, announced as Toronto's new manager on Tuesday, was bench coach in Kansas City when Cabrera played for the Royals in 2011. He remembers Cabrera when he played for the New York Yankees and Gibbons managed Toronto in his previous stint.
"He was a very tough out back then. He had a knack for the big hit," Gibbons said.
Toronto general manager Alex Anthopoulos said a lot of players have received second chances in baseball. He said there won't be a third or fourth.
"Obviously, he made a terrible mistake," Anthopoulos said. "We heard he's a great teammate."
Gibbons envisions Cabrera batting second in his lineup.
"Alex paid a lot of money for him to come over and hit so he'll get as many at-bats as he can," Gibbons said.
Cabrera made his major league debut in 2005 with the New York Yankees and stayed with them until being traded to Atlanta after the 2009 season.
The Blue Jays had their share of sluggers -- Edwin Encarnacion hit 42 homers and two-time home run champ Jose Bautista hit 27 -- but didn't score at an exceptional rate.
Toronto scored 716 runs last season, seventh among the 14 American League teams.


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Pandora's HTML5-focused revamp is now live for all users. And it looks great, having streamlined just about all the features that you've come to love while adding some new social features.
Right from the jump, you'll notice things are much faster. Not just loading, but creating and controlling stations for your listening pleasure is much simpler and cleaner. You also get the option of creating a profile for the service, taking advantage of their already deep integration with Facebook (and maybe Facebook Music-ready?). And Pandora's giving you near-unlimited listening, getting rid of their monthly cap except for those who listen to an "abusive" 320 hours of music per month.
One small complaint is that the site still requires Flash for ads despite the switch to HTML5, and disabling it seems to break the site. Which is very annoying. Still, check it out. [Pandora]


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Welcome at the website FigureSkatingOnLine.info which is dedicated to figure skating. This website gives competition-information, results, statistics, background-information etc. and is specially made for skaters, competition-organizers, statisticians, journalists and everybody who is interested in figure skating. The imbedded entry-system in this website allows federations and clubs to enter skaters for competitions and is a helpful tool for competition-organisers. On the webpage "services" a number of extra facilities are available for professional use.
PB-Event is a Dutch company that is specialized in Sound, Telecommunication and Timing equipment. They are also Producers for big and small sport events. Moreover, they have worked for many years in Figure Skating.
PB-Event is doing jobs all over the world. They have worked for the Grand Prix Track & Field in Mexico, the Grand Prix Thales FBK Games in the Netherlands and for the Grand Prix Track & Field of Shanghai as well. In the Netherlands they supply the technical equipment for many (sport) events. Contracted by the Rabobank cycling team, they have gone for a many years to the Tour de France. Their Telecommunication equipment has been used at the Olympic Games of Salt Lake City and also at the Olympic Games of Torino.


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Agitating under the open sky, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal along with his ministerial colleague Manish Sisodia was forced to take refuge in his small blue car as the skies opened up this morning.
As Kejriwal decided to sit in the four wheeler to escape the rain, his personal staff from the Delhi government told PTI that he was unwell.
"Sahab (Kejriwal) has cold and slight fever. He is resting inside the car. Sisodia sahab and Madam (Kejriwal's wife) are also there with him," said one of his staff members.
Last night, Kejriwal slept on the road under the open sky while some of his supporters spent the night singing and raising slogans around a bonfire Some Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers were seen covering themselves with huge vinyl party posters to protect themselves from the rain. The Rajpath and its adjoining areas offered an interesting spectacle with Republic Day preparations in full swing in one corner while the other corner was brimming with supporters of AAP who were sitting on a dharna outside Rail Bhavan.
Though there was a small crowd in the morning as compared to what it was last evening, AAP supporters started thronging the venue gradually and raised slogans against Delhi Police and Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde.
Kejriwal along with his ministers, party MLAs and supporters is sitting on a dharna since yesterday demanding action against policemen who refused to carry out a raid on an alleged drug and prostitution racket in South Delhi.
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Regional Economic Outlook, April 2018, Asia Pacific : Good Times, Uncertain Times: A Time to Prepare
- International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
- Published Date:
- May 2018
In this Regional Economic Outlook: Asia and Pacific, the following groupings are employed:
"ASEAN" refers to Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao P.D.R., Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, unless otherwise specified.
"ASEAN-5" refers to Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.
"Advanced Asia" refers to Australia, Hong Kong SAR, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Singapore, and Taiwan Province of China.
"Emerging Asia" refers to China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.
"Frontier and Developing Asia" refers to Bangladesh, Cambodia, Lao P.D.R., Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.
"Asia" refers to ASEAN, East Asia, Advanced Asia, South Asia, and other Asian economies.
"EU" refers to the European Union.
The following abbreviations are used:
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Base Erosion Anti-abuse Tax
consumer price index
Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
foreign direct investment
foreign-driven intangible income
gross domestic product
global intangible low-taxed income
global value chain
investment saving
Japanese government bond
nonaccelerating inflation rate of unemployment
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Pacific island countries
producer price index
real effective exchange rate
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
World Economic Outlook
The following conventions are used:
In tables, a blank cell indicates "not applicable," ellipsis points (. . .) indicate "not available," and 0 or 0.0 indicates "zero" or "negligible." Minor discrepancies between sums of constituent figures and totals are due to rounding.
In figures and tables, shaded areas show IMF projections.
An en dash (–) between years or months (for example, 2007–08 or January–June) indicates the years or months covered, including the beginning and ending years or months; a slash or virgule (/) between years or months (for example, 2007/08) indicates a fiscal or financial year, as does the abbreviation FY (for example, FY2009).
An em dash (—) indicates the figure is zero or less than half the final digit shown.
"Billion" means a thousand million; "trillion" means a thousand billion.
"Basis points" refer to hundredths of 1 percentage point (for example, 25 basis points are equivalent to ¼ of 1 percentage point).
As used in this report, the term "country" does not in all cases refer to a territorial entity that is a state as understood by international law and practice. As used here, the term also covers some territorial entities that are not states but for which statistical data are maintained on a separate and independent basis.
This Regional Economic Outlook: Asia and Pacific was prepared by a team coordinated by Koshy Mathai of the IMF's Asia and Pacific Department, under the overall direction of Changyong Rhee and Kenneth Kang. Contributors include Sergei Dodzin, Juan Angel Garcia Morales, Keiko Honjo (RES), Sarwat Jahan, Joong Shik Kang, Weicheng Lian (RES), Pablo Lopez Murphy, Medha Madhu Nair, Rui Mano, Dirk Muir, Simon Paroutzoglou, Tahsin Saadi Sedik, Piyaporn Sodsriwiboon, Cormac Sullivan, Katsiaryna Svirydzenka, Niklas Johan Westelius, Rizki Wimanda, Irene Zhang, Qianqian Zhang, and country teams. Alessandra Balestieri and Socorro Santayana provided production assistance. Linda Long of the IMF's Communications Department edited the volume and coordinated its publication and release with editing help from David Einhorn. Heidi Grauel provided layout services. This report is based on data available as of April 2, 2018, and includes comments from other departments and some Executive Directors.


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This spring the US Congress will finally vote on legislation to address the weaknesses in the financial system that enabled the 2008 collapse. In that light, it is hard to imagine a stronger case for reform than the one implied by the brisk, illuminating story Michael Lewis (author of "Liar's Poker") tells in The Big Short, his chronicle of the three years leading up to the bursting of the subprime bubble.
Lewis's account revolves around two men – Steve Eisman and Michael Burry – who as early as 2005 saw what few others on or off Wall Street did: that the entire subprime apparatus, from the million-dollar mortgages extended to minimum-wage workers, to the bonds manufactured from those mortgages, was a house of cards. It was each man's eccentric personality, says Lewis, that led him to this contrarian insight. Eisman is described as a profanity-spewing fund manager whose hypersensitivity to the venality of others caused him to view his trades as a crusade on behalf of Americans suckered by the subprime hucksters. Burry, by contrast, is a recluse with Asperger's syndrome and a glass eye, whose life circumstances had conditioned him to look at the world differently from everyone else.
In early 2005 Burry saw that what appeared to him to be very risky securities were being priced extraordinarily cheaply, as though they carried almost no risk at all. He went looking for a way to bet against subprime mortgage bonds, but quickly discovered that the nascent market had no mechanism by which to do so. Undeterred, he convinced Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs to create and sell him a type of insurance policy – the infamous credit default swap – that paid out if the subprime bonds went bad.
In addition to its improbably low cost, the most peculiar quality of this type of insurance was that Burry did not have to buy the underlying bonds in order to purchase the policy. It was roughly equivalent to owning fire insurance on your neighbor's home. He cherry-picked the worst of the worst bonds (the ones comprising home loans most likely to be defaulted on) and to his surprise found that Wall Street was almost blithely eager to insure them. (Later, Burry discovered that Goldman and Deutsche Bank were only acting as intermediaries, taking a cut off the top and then passing the insurance through to the witless and now notorious financial products group at American International Group.)
A first bona fide of "The Big Short" is the lucidity with which Lewis explains credit default swaps and the other complex financial instruments behind the crash. He describes how Wall Street, when it ran out of subprime mortgage bonds to insure, invented a new way for speculators to gamble on the market called a collateralized debt obligation (or CDO). CDOs took the worst pieces of each subprime bond and recombined them into a new product that was meant to appear less risky than the sum of its parts. The gambit was like a meatpacker grinding together bits of bone and gristle and calling it top sirloin, and it worked because Moody's and Standard and Poor's – the meat inspectors of the financial world – were either asleep at the wheel or on the take, depending on your level of cynicism. Regardless, CDOs opened the possibility of an infinite regress of wagers – a bet on a bet on a bet – and enabled speculation in subprime mortgage bonds to reach the economy-destroying heights that it did.
As the book progresses, the bubble inflates and the trades get more complex, and it becomes evident that most of the traders and executives Burry and Eisman are dealing with either can't understand what's going on or – because of compensation incentives that encourage willful ignorance – don't want to. "The Big Short" subtly but unambiguously upends the view – propagated with particular vehemence by deregulationists – that Wall Street is a place populated by grown-ups who understand their business better than the government ever could.
In one particularly telling moment, Eisman has dinner with a cheery, hopelessly unsophisticated fund manager named Wing Chau, after which Eisman tells an associate, "Whatever this guy [Chau] is buying, I want to short it." Such was the small world of subprime finance where the limited number of players involved, combined with the opacity of the securities, created a market ripe for manipulation and exploitation. As Lewis puts it, "The world's biggest capital market wasn't a market." At any given time it was nearly impossible to determine the exact value of subprime mortgage bonds – until, that is, it became clear that they were worth nothing at all.
The Americans who bought the homes that provided the foundation for this Wall Street speculation spree remain largely offstage throughout "The Big Short." But their presence is felt. One of the first hints that Eisman had that the subprime market was askew came when the Jamaican woman who formerly looked after his kids told him that she was now a real estate mogul in Queens and the owner of six townhouses. Lewis also notes the representative case of a Mexican strawberry picker earning $14,000 a year who was loaned $724,000 to buy a home, no money down and few questions asked, at the height of subprime mania.
In Lewis's estimation it is part of human nature to overreach – we shouldn't expect people to turn down cheap money. Restraint, in his view, if there were to have been any at all, needed to come from the lenders and the underwriters who should have had a clearer picture of the risks involved. But such were the conditions in the middle of this past decade that even if the Jamaican real estate mogul from Queens defaulted on her loans – as she very likely would – everyone, from the bank issuing the loan to the Wall Street traders who speculated on it, stood to pick off some money before the body hit the floor. It was a clever game and it made a lot of undeserving people rich, that is, of course, until Wall Street realized that it was in free fall, too.
Kevin Hartnett is a freelance writer in Philadelphia. A selection of his work can be found at kevinhartnett.com.


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SHE'S BACK! ?? A red carpet challenge with Janice Dickinson leaves some of the girls speechless. The stars come out at a photo shoot where the models are transformed into celebrity couples. Back at the house, one of the twins reveals something very personal. Special guests include Janice Dickinson, Mark Steines from "Entertainment Tonight" and Matthew Jordan Smith, photographer and guest judge. (706)


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Since 2007 the Italian Archaeological Mission to Luxor has a permanent residence in the West Bank Of Luxor. It is known as "Beyt Italy" ("Casa Italia").
All our archaeological days start from there. We wake up early and after full-moon nights we have the chance to see the moon setting. Large and milky against a pale blue sky it quickly disappears after the orange profile of the "Qurna", the peak that overlooks the West Bank of the Nile in front of Luxor.
We take shays, Italian, American, Egyptian, French, Brazilian and Slovenian coffees while mumbling each other greetings in several languages because we are a drowsy international team of Egyptologists, Archaeologists, Ceramologists, Architects, Photographers, Epigraphers, Conservators and Anthropologists.
At 6.45 am the microbus hoots out of the gate and it brings the team through the dirt streets of Gabauy. I have a Dayun motorbike and I follow it. We reach the mosque and cross the bridge over the wadi. From there we pass beside the two store-rooms of the Supreme Council of Antiquities and the Carter's House recently renewed and transformed in an cafeteria for tourists. Some months ago, the last time I was there, they were excavating a large pit that had to host the replica of the Tomb of Tutankhamon. I do not know if I will go to visit it next season. Maybe I will do it, out of curiosity.
We cross the intersection from where starts the road to the Valley of the Kings and we drove along the cliff where once there was the village of Dra Abu el-Naga. Today only some alabaster's factories and the gray ruins of those that once were colorful mud-bricks houses survive.
After a bend appears the amazing view of the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahri under the full light of the rising sun. We once used to see the parking lot in front of it full of buses. Since 2011 most days it is sadly empty.
Our microbus then turns to the left and takes the dirt road to the Assasif esplanade. It bends in front of the house of the Metropolitan Museum. From up there some of the members of the Polish Archaeological Mission greet us weaving their hands.
Most of the workmen are already there. I call them and after all these years I still make mistakes with their names and they laugh a lot. When I end the chief of the workmen shouts "Uahadu" ("He is the unique") and the working day begins.
I have been working for almost twenty years in the Funerary Complex of Harwa and Akhimenru and I am still excited of what we discover day after day. A lot has been done until now still a lot to do is ahead of us.
At 10 am the workmen takes the breakfast and we with them. In the second part of the working day all activities slow a little.
At 1 pm we go back to Casa Italia where we take a light meal. Someone has then a nap, some others go visiting the monuments of the Theban area.
Activities are resumed at 5 pm with the work on documentation, the updating of the online databases and the meetings to exchange information.
Dinner is between 7.30 and 8.00 pm. We are usually so tired that we go to sleep after that. Few nights we spend some little time on the roof of Casa Italia chatting and drinking under the starry sky of Gabauy before going to sleep.


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Screening for risk of persistent posttraumatic stress in injured children and their parents." JAMA. 2003;290(5):643-9."
Systematic, theoretically-grounded development and feasibility testing of an innovative, preventive web-based game for children exposed to acute trauma." Clin Pract Pediatr Psychol. 2015;3(1):12-24."
Trauma Exposure, Service Utilization, Emotional and Behavioral Problems in Children With and Without Medical Problems Seeking Trauma-Related Mental Health Services." J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2015."
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Be careful what you wish for is an oft used expression when it comes to footballing scenarios and West Ham United are about to embark upon their perilous journey towards Premier League survival, because make no mistake the club is in a real dog fight! Any illusion things were going to suddenly get better must have been well and truly shattered by now, especially after two lamentable 'home' performances at what has become increasingly known as the 'Toxic Drome' that have seen the team ship seven goals and only score one.
It has become de rigeur for Slaven Billic to be given his customary two games to turn things round and have to communicate that to the press without actually saying the words, it is rather sad to see a great bear of a man with his shoulders sloped looking like he is carrying the weight of the world, but then again he does get paid handsomely for his woes, much more than many fans could ever dream of earning so sympathy needs to be balanced with pragmatism when it comes to moving forward.
It has not been a secret for a long while that Slaven Billic's contract was not going to be renewed, the Hammers board being renowned for their loyalty to their managers or their despise of paying their managers off depending on your view, the truth probably being somewhere in between, however the situation at the still unsposored London Stadium is such that Billic, nice guy or not, is going to get the chop, sooner or later. Herein lies the detail, do the board dither or fiddle as their new Jerusalem burns in front of them or do they act?
Slaven Billic will have no doubt seen big sam I'm not a greedy bastard allardyce's (lawyers please note in lower case!) comments with a certain amount of 'et tu brute' pathos as the old dude managed to stick the knife in on the daniel Levi sponsored version of what used to be match of the day! M.O.T'd a clapped out marina without an MOT but with gary linekar to underseal the true rot. Big sam was happy to buy his over finch rangey courtesy of his fat pay cheque from West Ham, perhaps he should show some more respect to a club and it's supporters who helped enhance his reputation as a manager!
Thankfully just by his comments on the dodgy garage show, Big glorious Sam's ego will not be in place at the as yet unnamed London Stadium (beware writers who use the same term twice!) because he will have upset the owners who would rather be relegated than have an oik from Dudley shit on their horizon. The owners of West Ham might be blind but they are not stupid, and just as a test tube mouse or rat they exhibit known reactions, namely a complete aversion to losing money! Some say relegation for one season would actually enhance their overall income, but that is a question for number cruncher's to solve, all that is apparent is that changes are afoot it is a question of when not if!
With 'conceited' sam having 'queered' his pitch the door the firmly opens for 'el ultimo de la filla' or in other words the last in the queue, step forward david 'damaged goods' moyes, he knows the premier league, he knows la liga, he knows how to be unfairly judged and he knows how to fail, he is a match made in heaven for the two Davids, his dour 'Taggardesque' persona will fit nicely in to the 'dogs of war' attitude needed to employed if West Ham United's overpaid luvvies are to lift themselves above the metaphorical parapet. Once upon a time David Moyes was lambasted for his teams' over physical nature, well if he does take up the reins he may well end up having to use more than a metaphoric effort to keep his new club up.
Heaven help us! - Ed
Betty Swollox
Sun, 05/11/2017 - 22:40
If the owners appoint Moyes I'll believe that they are really covert Tottenham fans and are on a long plan of destroying every Hammers fans' dreams. We've been dragged from our home and dumped in the OS, brought in journey men mercenaries who don't care about us and endured below average Football for too long. Appointing yesterday's man Moyes would be the end of the road for many paying fans. Dragging ourselves to the ground is bad enough watching this crap but watching Moyes' special crap is too much.
Burkie 1
Sun, 05/11/2017 - 23:31
These guys dont see a football club they see £££££££ now i know you will say so does every other owner ,true but bassed on some precarious results and a flatering finnish the year before last not every owner would make the decision to tear down one of the best loved football grounds in the country and move to a rented monstrosity in the middle of nowhere, their in it for the cash nothing more nothing less ,and as for that "dragon " ,your fired ,sorry wrong show
Burkie 1
Betty Swollox
Sun, 05/11/2017 - 23:32
Unlike you I think it's beyond money for them. I think it's ego and immortality. They're so out of touch with the fans it's untrue. They think that Moyes is the " respectable option". They sent out an email about West Ham clothing with Arnautovic modeling, as if that's going to get people to buy! They're living in a bubble kept afloat by Karen Brady's own agenda
Mon, 06/11/2017 - 06:53
Betty Swollox
Mon, 06/11/2017 - 08:25
Another yesterday man with McLaren, Mccleish, Hodgson, Hiddink, Pellegrini all the past. We either go totally for broke and PDC or go and get Dyche. Anything else and it's treading water and won't inspire or entice stay away, or leave early fans.
cast iron
Mon, 06/11/2017 - 11:25
See that Bayern has just sacked Ancelotti bet Moyes couldn't have signed that contract quick enough. Mind you I cant see Gold paying Ancelloti even if it were for 6 months and even if it helps keep the club in the prem. All G&S are intrested in is the cheap option they will see how much decisions like this will cost them at the end of the season
La Vida Hammer
Mon, 06/11/2017 - 11:36
Why they have to rush into anything, just get the coaching staff to get them fit. We can't do any worse than we are currently.
Mon, 06/11/2017 - 12:34
I am sad to see Super Slav go but the time had come.Moyes was an excellent manager at Everton and got them into Europe on a regular basis.At Man Utd he was following Sir Alec, an impossible task.At Sunderland they expected him to keep them up without spending a penny.He would not be my first choice. I would go for another ex West Ham player who is proving to be a very good manager. Chris Hughton for me.


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Being More Collaborative With Your CMOBy Samuel Greengard
Being More Collaborative With Your CMO
By Samuel Greengard
It has always been the role of the CIO to orchestrate applications and technologies across the enterprise. Finance, operations, supply chain, human resources, sales and other systems have presented both opportunities and challenges. But as the digital age unfolds and an array of sophisticated technologies intersects—including mobility, clouds, social media and big data—the stakes have grown exponentially. And nowhere is the impact more apparent than in the marketing arena.
Over the last few years, marketing has emerged as the epicenter for next-generation tools and capabilities. "Digital marketing is consuming a growing percentage of IT spending within the enterprise," observes Yvonne Genovese, managing vice president at Gartner, Inc. In fact, Gartner estimates that digital marketing has reached an average of 10 percent of revenue and it's continuing to rise. Gartner also predicts that by 2017, CMOs will outspend CIOs on the technology front. "The environment is changing rapidly and in significant ways," Genovese adds.
For CIOs, this new normal creates different priorities, practicalities and business requirements. It also redefines roles, boundaries and expectations in radical ways. Yet, amid all the upheaval, it's clear that a new level of collaboration is imperative, particularly as marketing departments build and buy specialized systems and cloud services. In the end, data, information and knowledge must flow through the enterprise with strong security, privacy and other protections in place. As Accenture's Big Data Practice Leader Vincent Dell'anno puts it, "A different type of communication is required than in times past."
Marketing Matters
It wouldn't be far-fetched to describe the emerging situation as an enterprise digital divide. While CIOs have long devoted attention to managing and operating IT systems as efficiently and cost effectively as possible, CMOs have increasingly looked to harness data, analytics and marketing tools to build better and stronger customer relationships. Over the last few years, marked advances in technology have made it possible to understand customer segments and engage in more personal and relevant forms of marketing. In some cases, the process is taking place in real-time as businesses connect to consumers online and on mobile devices.
All of this is unleashing enormous changes. "In recent years, marketing departments have become huge consumers of information technology. CMOs are now looking to break down the silos and put technology to work to better serve their goals. They don't want to be shackled with ancient and unwieldy technology," says Bob Goodman, senior vice chairman at Arnold Worldwide, a Boston-based advertising agency that represents Del Monte, Pepsi, Progressive, Volvo and numerous other brands. As a result, "CIOs and CMOs must find ways to work together to serve marketing goals," says Goodman.
But it's easier said than done. According to a recent Accenture report, The CIO-CMO Disconnect, only one of every 10 marketing and IT executives surveyed believe CMO and CIO collaboration is at the right level. Overall, 77 percent of CIOs dub marketing and technology alignment as important, compared to only 56 percent of CMOs. Moreover, half of IT leaders say that marketers often introduce technologies without considering IT standards. Four in 10 CMOs, on the other hand, argue that IT development processes do not keep up with the speed of digital marketing.
With growing frequency, CMOs are declaring their independence. In some instances, the disconnect is leading to shadow IT, particularly cloud-based tools, that a marketing executive can procure in seconds with a credit card. "IT is waking up to a new reality," Genovese says. "They are seeing a lot of activity occur outside the bounds of traditional IT." In best-case situations, executives are coming together to work in a strategic manner. In worst-case scenarios, CIOs and CMOs wind up in a tug of war. "A lot of times things fall somewhere in the middle," Genovese says. "Companies wind up doing some things well and other things not so well."
Being More Collaborative With Your CMO
Glen Hartman, global managing director for Digital Consulting at Accenture Interactive says that misunderstandings and disconnects typically revolve around two key areas: motivational issues and collaboration. The former incorporates different needs, requirements and approaches, particularly surrounding issues such as security and privacy. For example, "securing customer data is a large part of the CIO's technological agenda," says Hartman. "However, CMOs might feel that protecting the data keeps them at a disadvantage."
Not surprisingly, collaboration problems frequently result from mixed signals and mistrust. While both CIOs and CMOs recognize the importance of working with each other, Hartman says, the weighting isn't necessarily equal. "CMOs put CIOs at the top of their C-Suite collaboration wish-list, but CIOs rank CMOs in fourth place," says Hartman. "Even more telling is that, overall, CMOs actually believe that CIOs will place them at the bottom of their collaboration priority list, showing a sense of wariness and misaligned priorities within the company."
Navigating this new frontier is not a simple task. Hartman believes that CIOs and CMOs must focus together on the need for data-driven experiences that meet consumer demands. The emphasis must be on "providing a superior and consistent end-to-end customer experience," he notes. What's more, "the two executives must work as strategic partners by concentrating on execution and delivery, there must be broader and deeper mix of skills, and they must establish common goals and work to build confidence and trust in one another," he points out.
All Systems Go
One company that has adopted a collaborative approach is Shop.CA, Canada's largest e-commerce marketplace. The Toronto-based firm competes with Amazon.com as well as a slew of other American and Canadian retailers. Information technology is at the center of its business. There's a need to aggregate data feeds from hundreds of merchants, handle pricing and data about products and operate online systems efficiently. "The idea is to present a seamless, single shopping cart experience," says Gary Black, the firm's CIO.
IBM's Web Sphere, a DB2 database and Smarter Commerce analytics software helps Shop.CA understand how consumers behave and interact with the website. The analytics tool tracks searches and buy histories in order to serve up contextually relevant products and engage with shoppers in a personalized way. Black says the IT infrastructure, which runs on about two dozen virtualized servers, is at the core of the business. However, there's also a desire to run the business in a marketing-centric way. As CMO Mark Deprato says, "The devil is in the details. We have to track inventory and full product availability and then leverage data to align against browsing history and different types of segmentation opportunities. We layer e-mails and promotional opportunities on top of that."
How does the pair approach the situation? For one thing, they work together to develop a strategic plan and discuss how they will mesh technology with business processes at every step of the way. For another, they conduct a brief technology meeting with key personnel every day. "Whenever we think about how we're going to approach a new product promotion, we're thinking about how the consumer fits in and what marketing opportunity exists," Deprato says. By starting with a business goal and working backward on how best to apply technology and implement the plan it's possible to maximize the results while staying entirely in sync. "Our teams work in lockstep," Black says.
While differences of opinion or approach occur, the pair strives to stay focused on business objectives, metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) that benefit the organization rather than an individual department. "There's no reason for turf battles to occur because we feel as though we're constantly working toward the same objectives," Black says. Whether the company uses an on-premises IT system or SaaS-based solution in the cloud, "we ultimately have the same goals and priorities. We share all information and it flows across teams and permeates the organization," Deprato adds.
Being More Collaborative With Your CMO
Gartner's Genovese says organizations must adopt a more flexible business and IT framework that recognizes the need to move faster and less formally than in the past. It's no longer possible to demand a business case for every initiative, particularly those focusing on marketing. "IT needs to understand that today's business environment changes incredibly quickly and a lot of the technology that marketing departments use is disposable. Maintaining too tight of a leash undermines the business," she explains.
A good starting point is to take on smaller projects and, in the process, develop a framework for collaboration, Genovese says. That can include greater transparency and new ways of working together, including shared office space. It's also worth rethinking job descriptions or creating new organizational roles, such as chief digital officer or chief marketing technologist. In addition, businesses must review metrics and KPIs to ensure that they are aligned across departmental boundaries. "When everyone wins, it's possible to build much greater synergy," says Genovese. She suggests that CIOs reject the notion that shadow IT is automatically evil and find ways to institutionalize adoption of new, different and sometimes rogue technologies.
One thing is certain. In an era that demands rapid change and innovation, CIOs must think differently about IT, including how to deploy and integrate marketing systems. Touch points and channels are changing, and the way consumers interact with businesses is undergoing a radical transformation. "CIOs and IT departments must move beyond protectionism," says Genovese. "Marketing executives must attempt to understand key IT issues and how they affect the enterprise. The end goal must be to create greater engagement and a vision that reaches across both functions."


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Contemporary artists to show at Crystal Bridges
In marking the second anniversary of its opening, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is announcing a major exhibition of contemporary artists that will open late next year.
The museum in Bentonville announced Monday that the show, called "State of the Art," will open Sept. 13 and run through Jan. 5., 2015.
Crystal Bridges curators have visited more than 400 artists' studios to select pieces for the exhibition, which will feature works by more than 100 artists.
Crystal Bridges President Don Bacigalupi says that examining a wide range of contemporary American artists can give insight to the nation's challenges and concerns, as well as what proves inspiring.
An exhibition of 101 artworks by modernists from America and Europe opened Saturday at the museum. "The Artists' Eye" runs through Feb. 14.


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The FoMoCo lot here in sunny, Southern California is three blocks east of Compton [Frightening side note: there's a Compton trailer park one block off the freeway]. So, whenever we cruise the 710 to pick up the latest metal from Dearborn (or Hermosillo, Mexico) we peep many young bucks cruising one-handed in massively-rimmed rides. And, existing in the form of ignorant honkys as we do, we always referred to the jacked up Regals as "Donks." Not so fast uncle salty.
The stance is the key to making a true hi-riser. Boxes and Bubbles maintain a level stance after all the modifications are complete. The Donks are another story. Donks are essentially the king of this crew of creations. History has supported the fact that kings have a tendency to be, well, at least a little arrogant. Donks hold true to this by setting the suspension slightly lower in the rear to keep the nose in the air to command a little more respect.
So, I guess an '86 Regal on treys is a Box. Everyday, something new.
Hi-Risers: What's the Big Deal? [cardomain.com]
You Deserve a Break Today, At McDonkles [Internal]


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It is rare to come across a restaurant proudly accentuating its cooking philosophies from behind the kitchen doors. Hence, when Shirene, Sylvia, Agatha and Edmond shared their fascinating stories behind Joseph @ Kitchen, I soon realised that they have poured their heart and soul into creating culinary delights that would make their customers smile.
The first thing that I asked was "Where is Joseph?", as I instinctively presumed that Joseph is the real owner of the restaurant. But that wasn't the case.
It all started when a customer named Joseph dropped by their previous café at KL Sentral to have a meal one fine day. However, by a strange twist of fate, he ended up teaching them how to cook instead. Essentially, Joseph is a man who believes in cooking tasty food using simple ingredients. Now, this is an unfamiliar person that they knew nothing of other than his first name, stepping into their kitchen and generously imparting his knowledge about cooking. The peculiar part of this tale is that they had never knew his full name or his whereabouts. Much like a fleeting breeze, Joseph left soon after teaching them and never came back. Nevertheless, Joseph's brief visit taught them many things about cooking among which is to always put their heart and soul in cooking. This simple yet profounding statement was the starting point for Joseph @ Kitchen in recognition of his contribution. They hope that by using the word 'Joseph @ Kitchen', he would one day find out about the restaurant and come visit them again.
As much as I was fascinated with their story, the food was equally enticing as well. So happened they were doing some in house food photography on that day and I happily helped them to take some food pictures before we sat down to taste the food.
First up was the Magic Bubble Coffee (RM 9.50). Using coffee rather than milk tea, I must admit that the first sip did not go too well with my taste bud due to the bitter taste of the coffee.
However, Joseph @ Kitchen cleverly combined the iced coffee with specially imported black pearls. Unlike the conventional black pearls sold elsewhere, the pearls used in Joseph @ Kitchen has sugar water contained inside its thin layer of jello skin which burst easily in the mouth thus emitting a nice sugary taste to compliment the bitter coffee. It was certainly an interesting beverage and I recommend it to anyone who like something as unique as this one.
Joseph @ Kitchen's Tomato Pappa (RM 8.00) was certainly full of natural goodness. Using tomato puree and fresh tomatoes, it certainly packed a good punch. I could tell how much tomatoes were used judging by its thick and creamy texture.
Although it was sourish, the soup was a good appetizer to 'open' up the stomach for more tantalizing meals to be served.
If there is such thing as food romance, then I had certainly fallen in love with their Waldorf Salad (RM 10). Made from fresh apples, celery, raisins and walnuts, the salad was really appetizing.
The natural sweetness of the apple chunks complimented the slightly sourish taste of the Japanese mayonnaise while the crunchy walnuts provided a contrasting texture to the softer raisins. Highly recommended.
Their Grilled Steak Sandwich (RM 25.00) was another highlight in their menu. Cooked with 180gm patty, the rib eye steak was nicely grilled. The meat was certainly moist, juicy and full of beefy goodness. Instead of using corn flour to thicken the black pepper sauce, I was told that they used a special type of cheese to make the sauce thicker. Apart from being a healthier alternative, the cheese will not coagulate once the sauce has cooled down. Interestingly, I couldn't taste the cheese which is what made the recipe so unusual. I can't imagine having a cheesy black pepper sauce which is too bellyful to swallow.
Instead, it has a nice smooth pepperish and tangy lemon flavour. To ensure its freshness, the black pepper sauce will only be prepared upon order and not pre-cooked in a huge quantity
When Joseph @ Kitchen pointed out that not many restaurants out there can cook good spaghetti, I concurred with a heavy sigh. Thankfully, their Mushroom Olio (RM 15) was exceptionally good. Cooked with fresh Shiitake mushroom and herbs, they have competently used the right amount of ingredients to prepare this simple traditional spaghetti.
This yet-to-be-named dish was deceptively simple yet tasted very good. According to Agatha, Joseph @ Kitchen is planning to launch this starter (RM 12.00) in their forthcoming menu soon. During the food photography session, she kept insisting me to taste it as this is one of her favourite dish. After giving it a try, I must admit that it is my favourite too. I was told that the ingredients (prawns, dried chilies, sliced garlic and herbs) cannot be fried too long with olive oil. Otherwise, there would be an undesirable hint of bitterness in the dish.
The Calamari Ring (RM 8.00) was recently improvised to enhance the crispiness of its outer texture. Using a mixture of oats, the calamari rings were still crunchy after some time. I find that it is a light and appetizing enough to fill my stomach before diving into the main course.
Creamy White Mushroom (RM 8.00) is another recommended dish from Joseph @ Kitchen. If you love white mushroom and white creamy sauce, you are in for a treat. The mushroom was certainly fresh while the sauce was not overly creamy. I find that the taste very easy on the tongue.
Using fresh tomato puree, the Seafood Tomatoes (RM 18.00) the first thing that struck me was how fresh the spaghetti sauce was. Again, the dish draws attention to Joseph @ Kitchen's philosophy in creating simple and healthy food that delights its customers.
Apart from all the meaty goodness, Joseph @ Kitchen does cater for vegetarians as well. Aptly called Veggie Lovers (RM 15), the spaghetti with white sauce does not contain any onion, garlic and egg. Honestly, I couldn't tell that the dish was vegetarian based since the vegetarian prawns does look like the real thing from a quick glance. In fact, the cream sauce tasted very well despite the absence of garlic and onion. This is where Joseph @ Kitchen's effort to continuously refine its recipe paid off handsomely as they cleverly used marinated herbs to substitute both garlic and onion.
Meat lovers should give the Grilled Beef Steak (RM 20.00) a try. Using 200gm of beef patty layered with black pepper sauce, I find that the beef was juicy and firm.
The potatoes were prepared using olive oil, herbs, pepper which is definitely a healthier alternative compared to French Fries.
Combining coffee and art, I simply went "Ooh…" when I saw the beautiful leaf pattern on Joseph @ Kitchen's Cappuccino (RM 7).
The milk, foam and coffee were mixed together and poured onto the cup using a special technique called free pour. It takes years of training for a Barista to master the flair of producing great coffee art. They were nice enough to ask their Barista to show us how the cappuccino is produced.
Free pouring is different from the traditional way to making coffee art as the milk, foam and coffee are already mixed together when it is poured (or what is called 'pulled') onto the cup. The cappuccino was certainly smooth and rich with coffee aroma. Although it was bitter, I could taste a tinge of sweetness from the milk.
Another form of coffee art is known as 'etching'. I took a sequence of shots to give a better idea on how the it was done.
The cappuccino has a sweeter taste due to the chocolate syrup used to make the patterns. It is interesting to know that Joseph @ Kitchen do offer coffee art classes to the pubic. Those who are interested can definitely give them a call to find out when the classes are held.
Suffice to say, Joseph @ Kitchen is a wonderful place to dine with its cozy ambiance and great food. Their passion for cooking is clearly reflected in their range of cuisines that are both healthy and tasty. With the big 'smile' on its logo, they have clearly not forgotten that great food will always put a smile on their customers' face.
Joseph @ Kitchen
Unit 2-7, Second Floor
No.5, Jalan Bangsar Utama
59000 Kuala Lumpur
Tel : 03 – 2282 2242
Business Hour:
Mon – Fri: 7:00 a.m – 9:00 p.m
Saturday: 10 a.m. -9:00 p.m.
Sunday closed
Website: http://www.josephkitchen.com.my/
Location Map (Behind Bangsar LRT Station)