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How Top Fighters SURGE Into The Cage With
Unrelenting POWER and Endless CARDIO…
With Just 2 Short Workouts Per Week.
Article by Eric Wong, BSc, CSCS
You're a Serious Mixed Martial Artist, BUT…
… What's holding you back from being in top fight shape?
… From oozing with the confidence of a showboating top level fighter who – without a doubt – has enough FAITH in his strength, power and cardio to overcome ANY opponent?
If you want the solutions to these common problems, then you've come to the right place…
On this very page that you're reading right now, I'm going to reveal to you the most efficient methods of rapidly increasing your gains in strength, cardio and explosive power for MMA while training only 2 days per week. The very same methods I've used with UFC fighters like Claude Patrick. As you can see, they worked for him in his UFC debut (I'm in the background):
In order to be a successful MMA fighter, you've got to constantly learn new techniques and hone your skills.
But let me ask you this…
When two athletes get ready to go to war and they're equal in skill, who will win?
If you said, "The guy in better shape," you've nailed it.
It doesn't matter how skilled you are, if you gas out or get overpowered, you're going to lose.
Even if you simply train for fun, what's more fun… Getting tapped out all the time and losing to less experienced guys or being able to pull off all of your skills and train forever and still be hungry for more?
But to be an MMA fighter requires a lot of dedication – often 5, 6 or even 7 days a week of training.
This makes it hard to fit your strength and conditioning workouts in, even though you know how crucial they are to training and fighting at your potential.
And most workout plans you find require 3, 4 or even 5 workouts per week – impossible to stick to and potentially dangerous, since you can quickly become overtrained and get an injury.
On top of that, the programs you find are based on old-school methods that drain your energy, making your MMA training at best INEFFECTIVE and at worst, COUNTERPRODUCTIVE, since you'll end up developing sloppy technique because you're sore and you've already spent all of your energy working out.
The fact is that most of the workouts you find online and see UFC fighters doing on TV won't work for you, especially if you've got a job, school or family to manage too. They're designed for guys who fight full time. Guys whose lives revolve around fighting.
But the absolute worst plans are based around old school body-part splits – if you're following a body-part split routine, you're KILLING your chances at achieving an elite level of fitness.
These routines aren't designed for MMA. They're designed to build muscles for guys who like fake tans and wearing neon thong bikinis.
Not what you or I are after.
They won't give you the functional strength and power you need and they require at least 4 days per week of training, further wasting your limited time and energy that you need to survive the grueling training sessions you do as a mixed martial artist.
Finally, they'll make you bulkier, slower and more susceptible to gassing out – exactly the OPPOSITE of what you want.
Here's an example of a popular myth that's keeping you from achieving an elite level of fitness…
You've probably heard of Tabata intervals before, right?
You've also probably heard that they're the best way to improve your cardio.
Now let me ask you this…
How can Tabata's be the 'best' method for fat loss, general fitness and MMA conditioning – 3 completely different goals?
That's right, they can't… and aren't!
What these same coaches won't tell you (or might not even know) is that every method can be useful, but it depends on the time and place the method is used that determines its effectiveness.
Here are 3 areas where many guys screw-up in their training:
Major MMA Training Screw-up #1: Strength
Weight training is crucial in developing your strength and power.
But if you're like most fighters and you don't perform the right reps, sets and exercises at the right time, and change them every 4 weeks, you'll stop making gains and plateau and you'll never get the best results from your efforts.
Periodization takes care of this and shows you what to do, when to do it, so each phase of training builds on the previous one and you never get stuck on a plateau and get stronger, faster and more powerful each and every phase.
Major MMA Training Screw-up #2: Cardio
There are 3 systems in your body that give you the cardio you need to punch, kick, choke and wrestle your way to victory from the first to the last round: the aerobic, anaerobic lactic (An-L) and anaerobic alactic (An-A) energy systems.
Specific workouts develop each energy system.
It's way too complicated to go in to depth here, but you must understand that just like how your strength training must be periodized, the same goes for your cardio.
If you're just doing the same old intervals or circuits all the time, your body will hit a plateau and you'll stop making gains and leave one of the other components under developed.
Even if the workouts are hard.
Remember – it's not just about training hard, but training smart.
The ideal is to train hard AND smart. If you're ready to do this, you're ready for explosive gains in your fitness.
Major MMA Training Screw-up #3: Power
Medicine ball exercises are the best way to develop knockout power because they allow you to train your core in rotation where power comes from.
But most guys totally blow it by doing way too many reps and not resting enough so that the exercises are a quarter as effective as they could be if done right, which you'll learn about soon.
Here's the golden rule of power development:
Keep sets short, 15 seconds or less, and rest fully between sets, at least 8 times the length of your set, sometimes more, depending on the exercise.
And that's why MMA Specific Programming and Periodization is so important – because it allows you to train strategically AND synergistically, working the right attributes at the right time, avoiding these major MMA training screw-ups and resulting in consistent gains while completely eliminating excessive soreness, fatigue, overtraining and injury.
The program I'm about to share with you has been tested, tweaked and proven in the UFC, in championship fights and in local shows by over
523 1,342 fighters (and counting) from over 28 countries around the world.
So what kind of results did they get?
Take a look for yourself:
Or perhaps you'd like to do your own research for fighters around the world who have taken their strength and conditioning to whole new levels by following the Ultimate MMA S&C system:
The honest truth is that there are only a few athletes in every club who will get the true attention of their coaches, since it's impossible to help everybody equally.
If you're one of these lucky few, you'll get more detailed instructions, you'll get more tips when you're sparring and rolling and your development will skyrocket.
Whether you're currently a star pupil or not, the best way to get and keep this elevated status is to be in peak shape.
Just look at it from your coach's perspective – would you rather spend more time and effort with the guy who gets sloppy and forgets technical details because they're winded, or the athlete who can soak up everything you throw at them, has endless energy and is always ready for more?
So instead of spending time trying to catch your breath or recovering from a tough sparring session, you'll be right back on the mats improving your game, asking questions and honing your MMA skill set, rapidly accelerating your development as a fighter.
The Ultimate MMA Strength and Conditioning Program outlines in an easy-to-follow format everything you need to never have to worry about your conditioning again, including:
Here's a summary of everything you're getting:
Ultimate MMA Strength and Conditioning
The MASTER MANUAL reveals the science and secrets behind this program that allows you to spend less time in the gym but gives you better and faster results. Results like increased strength, power and cardio. To see the Table of Contents listing all of the sections in this info-packed 99 page manual, click the image below:
Ultimate MMA Strength and Conditioning
The TRAINING GUIDE includes the following:
Ultimate MMA Strength and Conditioning
You'll get over 90 minutes of high quality, detailed instructional videos for EVERY EXERCISE. That's right – I show you exactly how to perform each and every exercise in the program and give you the coaching points I use with my fighters.
Ultimate MMA Strength and Conditioning
I received a few requests from customers for a PDF version of the exercises, so I obliged and put it together. While the videos give much more detail and you can see the exercise being performed properly, the PDF manual is handy as a quick reference guide.
Inside this guide you'll get detailed instructions for the over 75 exercises included in the warmup and the 5 distinct phases of training that make up the Ultimate MMA Strength and Conditioning Program.
Ultimate MMA Strength and Conditioning
You're getting a ton of info with this program.
There are a lot of videos.
That's why I put this 1 page checklist together – to make sure you know exactly how to get started on the path to explosive power and endless cardio.
If you want to start on this program TODAY, read this checklist FIRST and you'll know exactly what you have to do.
To show you the value of this package, let me illustrate a simple point…
To train with me for an hour personal training session costs $90.
To teach you everything included with the Ultimate MMA S&C Program would take at least 16 sessions, which would run you $1440. And that's if you're a fast learner.
With this package, your getting over 16 weeks of programming that includes 9 distinct resistance training workouts, 2 NRG System Complexes, the ULTIMATE Warmup, 2 medicine ball workouts, a post-workout flexibility routine and 3 different interval training protocols – everything you need to get in top fight shape.
Here's My Special Offer For You:
I'll let you have 21 days to try out the latest version of the
Ultimate MMA Strength and Conditioning Program
for only $19.95.
Read through the program, watch the videos and start using it and if you like it I'll charge you the remaining $57.05 in 21 days.
You have nothing to lose. If you don't like the Ultimate MMA S&C Program, just let me know and I won't charge you the remainder. So there is NO RISK to you. It's a great opportunity to get you started on the path to achieving explosive power and endless cardio with the most EFFICIENT program available!
Click here for your 21 day trial of Ultimate MMA
Or click here if you prefer to pay the full $77 today
Note: This is a digital multimedia program. You will NOT receive a physical package shipped to you in the mail. The entire package will be immediately available for you to download after ordering. This program is NOT available in stores – you can only access it through this website.
Guarantee #1: Immediately after you read through the e-books, you'll feel 100% confident in starting the workouts because you'll understand exactly why everything is put together the way it is and why it's so efficient and effective.
Guarantee #2: After just 2-3 weeks of following the program, you'll notice more energy, better cardio and less soreness compared to what you were previously doing. And if you weren't doing anything before this program, you'll notice the same things.
Guarantee #3: Within 60 days, a training partner or coach will comment about your improved strength and power and someone will ask you for your 'secret'. I'll let you choose if you share your secret or keep it to yourself. 😉
If none of this happens I insist you ask for a refund by sending me an email. You'll get every penny back on the spot, no questions asked, no hassles.
This way there is no risk. You've got a full 60 days to take this program for a "test drive".
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But let me warn you, if you are LAZY and are simply looking for a "magic bullet" solution, this is not the program for you.
The simple fact of the matter is this: the Ultimate MMA Strength and Conditioning Program is NOT a "quick fix." It's a SMART fix to a very complex problem that consequently yields the fastest gains in strength, power and cardio imaginable.
Oh, and did I mention that you'll probably even GAIN a couple pounds of solid, functional muscle while losing useless fat?
At the same time, I want to make sure I'm being very clear: make no mistake, this program takes work, and if you're one of these people who simply can't fully dedicate 2 days per week to achieving your physical potential, do not invest in this program.
But for those of you who are serious, those who are ready to put for the effort, the Ultimate MMA Strength and Conditioning Program will absolutely yield the fastest results you've ever experienced–GUARANTEED.
The truth is this: if you really put your mind to it, went back to school and graduated with an honors degree in exercise science, trained dozens of fighters in person and hundreds of fighters around the world while receiving feedback and tweaking the program to make it better and better, in about 10 years or so you could probably develop, perhaps, an equally effective strength and conditioning program for MMA yourself, just like I did with the Ultimate MM Strength and Conditioning Program.
I mean, it could happen.
But if you'd rather:
1. Skip all that work
2. Rely on the fact that I already did ALL of that for you
3. Start getting results now with the proven Ultimate MMA Strength and Conditioning Program
4. Do so completely risk-free with your results guaranteed
Then this is probably going to be one of the easiest and best decisions you've ever made.
Here's My Special Offer For You:
I'll let you have 21 days to try out the latest version of the
Ultimate MMA Strength and Conditioning Program
for only $19.95.
Read through the program, watch the videos and start using it and if you like it I'll charge you the remaining $57.05 in 21 days.
You have nothing to lose. If you don't like the Ultimate MMA S&C Program, just let me know and I won't charge you the remainder. So there is NO RISK to you. It's a great opportunity to get you started on the path to achieving explosive power and endless cardio with the most EFFICIENT program available!
Click here for your 21 day trial of Ultimate MMA
I literally can't waitto hear about the incredible results you experience, training only 2 days per week.
Excited for your new level of strength, power and cardio,
Eric Wong, BSc, CSCS
MMA Strength and Conditioning Coach
P.S. Remember, with my Triple-Threat Money-Back Guarantee, I'm giving you 60 risk-free days to discover what countless others already have—this is the most strategic MMA strength and conditioning program EVER developed. Click here to grab your RISK-FREE 21 day trial today.
P.P.S. Have a question? It's probably already answered below!
Q: How can I only workout 2 days per week and still get results?
The Ultimate MMA Strength and Conditioning Program is designed so that you only have to dedicate 2 workouts per week to your strength and conditioning program.
The secret is in the setup. Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, has been perfected to work together to increase your strength, power, endurance and cardio.
Every single workout, every single exercise, every single rep you do on this program is for a very specific reason that contributes to the overall continual and rapid results you get from the program.
Simply put, when you learn how to unlock the right methods in the right combination in the right sequence, the strategic, synergistic results are profound. And that's exactly what the Ultimate MMA Strength and Conditioning program does.
Q: What kind of equipment do I need to follow this program?
All you need to get in the best shape of your life is equipment you'll find in any gym:
And while medicine balls and cables aren't absolutely necessary, you will get optimal results if you have access to these as well.
Q: Can I do CrossFit while I'm on the program?
NO. In fact, doing CrossFit while on the program will prevent you from getting optimal results and might even cause an injury because you'll be in a constant state of neural and muscular overtraining.
While CrossFit is good for someone looking to develop a general level of overall fitness, the lack of periodization will stop you from making consistent gains and the volume could result in an injury or at the very least, draining your energy for your MMA training.
Q: Can I follow the program more than once?
Because the program is based on a periodized template, exercises, reps, rest periods and more change at least every 4 weeks.
That means you can continue to cycle through the 8, 12 or 16 week training templates and continue to make gains, week after week, month after month.
Q: I'm not an MMA fighter, I just want to train like one. Will this work for me?
First of all, I know why you want to train like a fighter – because they not only have insane levels of strength and conditioning, they also have chiseled, athletic physiques that most guys (and girls) are after.
Although this program is designed specifically for guys who compete, inside the manual I'll show you exactly what to do if you're not training MMA at the same time and you can train 3-4 days per week using the program to make up for the time you're not doing MMA.
Q: I want to start getting in top fight shape right now; will I have to wait for you to ship me all this information before I can get started?
No! The entire program will become immediately available to you via download after your purchase – no shipping fees, no waiting for results – you can start right away!
Q: I'm not in my 20's or 30's, will this program still work for someone considerably older?
It does, but to prove it to you, why don't you check out the results that some of these 'older' guys have gotten from the Ultimate MMA Strength and Conditioning Program:
Q: Is this program suited for a complete beginner?
If you're a beginner, then this is the best way to get on your way to optimal strength, conditioning, power and cardio for MMA.
You'll actually make even faster gains than more experienced guys because you won't have any bad habits to break and you'll be doing everything properly right from the beginning.
Q: What if it doesn't work for me?
Then it's all FREE.
Simply put, if you follow the Ultimate MMA Strength and Conditioning program exactly as outlined in the materials, and do NOT gain more strength, power and endurance than you ever have previously, just contact me and I'll refund your money. It's that simple.
I stand behind my program as the best MMA strength and conditioning program ever created, and if doesn't yield those results for you when followed, you get your money back. No hassles, no hoops to jump through, just a prompt, courteous refund.
As you can see, the burden to deliver is 100% on me—the only thing you need to do is let me prove it to you!
Introducing v2.0 of the Ultimate MMA
Strength and Conditioning Program
Here's My Special Offer For You:
I'll let you have 21 days to try out the latest version of the
Ultimate MMA Strength and Conditioning Program
for only $19.95.
Read through the program, watch the videos and start using it and if you like it I'll charge you the remaining $57.05 in 21 days.
You have nothing to lose. If you don't like the Ultimate MMA S&C Program, just let me know and I won't charge you the remainder. So there is NO RISK to you. It's a great opportunity to get you started on the path to achieving explosive power and endless cardio with the most EFFICIENT program available!
Click here for your 21 day trial of Ultimate MMA
Or click here if you prefer to pay the full $77 today
Note: This is a digital multimedia program. You will NOT receive a physical package shipped to you in the mail. The entire package will be immediately available for you to download after ordering. This program is NOT available in stores – you can only access it through this website.
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EPA Public Workshops on Housatonic "Rest of River" Cleanup
In order to ensure ample opportunity for local citizens to be involved in EPA's ongoing analysis to determine the "Rest of River" clean up decision for the Housatonic River, the Agency will sponsor a series of workshops to provide information, and will hold an all day interactive opportunity for discussion.
On April 5, 6, and 7 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Shakespeare & Company, 70 Kemble Street, Lenox, Mass., EPA's technical team will provide in a series of workshops a comprehensive overview of the context within which concerns relating to the "Rest of River" may be addressed.
The workshops will be held at the Founder's Theater and consist of:
- Mini Workshop 1, Tuesday April 5, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Why Working With River Processes Matters: Housatonic Evolution, Ecology, and PCBs.
- Mini Workshop 2, Wednesday April 6, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Getting the Facts on PCBs: Human Health Risks, Ecological Risks, and PCBs in the Housatonic River.
- Mini Workshop 3, Thursday April 7, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Exploring Alternatives for Clean up: Remediation, Restoration Alternatives, and Environmentally Sensible Remediation Concepts.
The participatory all-day event (or "Charrette") is scheduled for May 7, 2011, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., also to be held at the Shakespeare & Company theatre, specifically at the Bernstein Theatre. EPA will develop a series of activities that will permit the attendees to learn more about the relationships among the Rest of River issues. The activities will also permit participants to better understand and respond to different alternatives being considered in any "Rest of River" decision. The activities are designed to ensure that the community can give specific input for the EPA to consider in fashioning its proposed remedy. EPA understands that its decision directly links to the cultural, economic, ecological and human health of the region. This decision cannot be made in a vacuum and must carefully consider the interests and needs of the community as it moves forward.
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Hi, I downloaded Smart Defrag 2.0 and after I got rid of some heavily fragmented (and memory sucking) Windows Reporting Errors files, it defragmented my C drive just fine. I should have stopped there. *sigh* My ServiceV002 partition thing-a-majiggie was at 10% and after researching that I discovered optimum is 20% so I did a boot-up defrag. When I defragmented the boot-up files with Smart Defrag, ServiceV002 dropped to 4% space left.. so I tried running Diskeeper on it instead, and there isn't even enough memory left to do that. Help! What happened to my ServiceV002 memory? My system is Vista Home Basic, SP2, Lenovo with Avira, WinPatrol and Superantispyware Professional.
Defragmentation Results for Volume [ServiceV002]
CRITICAL! The computer's reliabiltiy is seriously affected on volume [ServiceV002]
Before defragmentation: 1. The free space on this volume was very low (4%), making it difficult to defragment the volume.
After defragmentation: 1. The free space on this volume was very low (4%), making it difficult to defragment the volume.
Recommendations for volume: 1. Free up space on volume [ServiceV002] by emptying the recycle bin (done!) or removing any unwanted files.
Results of fragmentation analysis:
Volume ServiceV002
Volume size: 5068 mbCluster size: 4 kbUsed space: 4714 mbFree space: 354 mbPercent free space: 6 %
Defrag method: Max Disk Performance
Fragmentation PercentageVolume fragmentation: 5%Data fragmentation: 5%
File FragnmentationTotal files: 9107Average file Size: 634 kbTotal fragmented files: 1Total excess fragments: 3Average fragments per file: 1.00Files with performance loss: 0
Paging file fragmentationPaging/Swap file size: 0 bytesTotal fragments: 0
Directory fragmentationTotal directories: 466Fragmented directories: 0Excess fragment directories: 0
Master File Table (MFT) fragmentationTotal MFT size: 9600 kbMFT records in use: 9587Percent MFT in use: 99%Total MFT fragments: 2
Ok, I ran the defrag for "Optimum Performance" instead of "Fast Optimize" like I did the other time. Could that have affected it? i.e. higher performance, higher drain on ServiceV002? And what are the ServiceV002 files that are safe to delete? Where are they?
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Out of curiosity, what is in the ServiceV002 volume? At 5GB, it's way too small for Vista or Windows 7.
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Thanks for the response! I have no idea what's in it, nor can I find this Volume anywhere on my drive. Additionally, when I do a search on "Everywhere" and "Include non-indexed, hidden, and system files" there are no results.
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Sort of. There's no Volume or File System label, just other details:
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Volume:Layout: SimpleType: BasicFile System:Status: Healthy (EISA Configuration)Capacity: 4.95 GBFree Space: 4.95 GB
Volume: SW_Preload (C):Layout: SimpleType: BasicFile System: NTFSStatus: Healthy (System, Boot, Page File, Active, Crash Dump, Primary Partition)Capacity: 69.58 GBFree Space: 18.29 GB
When I originally defragmented a week or so ago there were over 30 GBs of Free Space on Volume C, and only half a GB on ServiceV002, and contrary to what this indicates, I believe there still is only about 4-6% of the 4.95 GB available
I've got some Windows Update now that didn't completely install. Everytime my computer boots up I'm informed that Stage 3 (of 3) is installing. Grrrrr.
>> Would that be the Restore partition?
I'm not sure, but Diskeeper lists it in the Volumes that can be defragmented, and I assumed it was what Smart Defrag cleaned up with a boot defrag, but.. After my system started going screwy I figured I'd Restore it to an earlier point, but there were no Restore Points! My last pc (same operating system) created them automaticaly periodically, yet still.. I'm sure that I requested a Restore Point to be made a couple of times on this pc. Specifically when warned I should back up my files before adding something or making changes. There is one Restore Point, but it is for ServiceV002, not my C volume, and it was dated after it started screwin' up... I think.
>> Try assigning a drive letter to the 4.95GB partition so you can browse it in Explorer
How would I do that?
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- Respec: Performing a respec with Master Kano will no longer cause to loose ability points obtained via a scroll.
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Corporate-profit growth, in the near term, can continue to "stay strong," but investors and others should watch the global slowdown closely, said Neel Kashkari, head of global equities at PIMCO, on Friday.
"The big question mark is the slowdown in the global economy. All of the recent data suggest that the global economy is slowing and the U.S. economy is slowing," Kashkari said on Bloomberg TV. "So we think there is going to be some pressure on corporate margins, but overall corporate margins can stay fairly strong in the near future."
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iBy Alexandra Harney
Case Study: Tsutaya, a Tokyo Video Store, Goes Mobile
Company | Tsutaya
Corporate Headquarters | Tokyo
Year founded/TOL* | 1999
Employees/TOL | 100
Subscribers/TOL | 2.15 million
Data warehoused | Gender, income, lifestyle, occupation and product, preferences of 16 million customers, collected since 1994 by parent firm CCC
Wireless technology platform | i-Mode
Parent company | Culture Convenience Club Ltd. (CCC, includes Tsutaya and TOL)
**CCC Revenue | $795.6 million in 2002, up 6.7% over $745.5 million 2001
**CCC Net income | $13.6 million in 2002, up 48.1% over $7.07 million in 2001
* Tsutaya Online
** estimated, March-to-March fiscal year; based on $1 = ¥132.06
TOKYOThe crowded, brightly-lit back alleys and winding thorough-fares of Tokyo's Shibuya district can, at night, resemble a futuristic fantasyland. Against the backdrop of neon-wrapped skyscrapers and noisy video billboards, groups of teenagersmany of them wearing Captain Kirk-like black pants and T-shirtssport orange hair, headsets and mobile-phone packs hanging from their belt loops like space-age weaponry. From coffee shop to train platform, people talk and type into cutting-edge mobile phones. The small, slender devices fold up like business card holders, have tiny, scaled-down, color screens that display complex graphics, and they're hotwired to the Web 24/7.
William Gibson, a science-fiction writer who was inspired by the "Tomorrowland" feel of Tokyo's urban landscape, once observed that "the future is already upon us, it is just unevenly distributed." If the mobile Internet is the future, then Tokyo is certainly where most of it is distributed right now, and Tsutaya, Japan's largest video and CD entertainment chain, is one of the more telling examples of what's possible with m-commerce. Tsutaya, which is the retail brand of parent company Culture Convenience Club Ltd., is not only proving with its online arm that it can use the mobile Internet to drum up more customers, manage costs and boost sales; it's showing others in the business world how a good database and always-on mobile Internet channels can help companies take the pulse of their customers anytime, anywhereliterally by reaching into their pockets, via i-Mode wireless services and devices, and data-tracking their whims.
The key is Tsutaya's ability to marry a rich database to mobility. Says Kirk Kramer, a Hong Kong-based vice president at Mercer Management Consulting: "Tsutaya realizes that being able to sample the population's pulse in real time is central to its success." Tsutaya founder Muneaki Masuda agrees: "We're not interested in merely renting videos to people. We're collecting lifestyle information, and the possibilities of that are, over time, enormous."
To be sure, the wireless Internet has failed to catch on in every part of the world except Japan. WAP, the wireless application protocol that was supposed to put mobile phone users on the Internet in the U.S. and Europe, has had a slew of problems, including slow access and even slower adoption. Yet Japan's i-Mode service, introduced in February 1999 by Japan's mobile telecom giant NTT DoCoMo Inc.and now being used by Tsutayahas attracted more than 30 million subscribers, or about one-fourth of Japan's population.
Critics attribute i-Mode's success to Japan's funky penchant for gadgetry and its sprawling metropolitan areas, which force millions of people onto commuter trains with little to do for as many as four hours a day. But i-Mode's popularity has more to do with DoCoMo's understanding of how to set up a mobile data serviceand the savvy of a handful of companies, like Tsutaya, that have figured out how to weave i-Mode service into an already smart mix of techno weaponry in the rivalry for market share. (See "Thinking Out Loud.")
It helps, of course, that Japan has one of the highest mobile phone usage rates in the worldone mobile phone for every two peopleand the most advanced mobile telecommunications infrastructure. It may take a while for the U.S. to catch up, says Mark A. Berman, a telecom analyst at Credit Suisse First Boston in Tokyo. But the trend is irreversible: By 2004, researchers predict, the number of mobile Internet users around the world will rise to around 1 billion, from 200 million today, chiefly in Europe and Japan. Says Adrian Slywotzky, an author, lecturer and consultant on digital businesses: "Wireless mobility is the technology strategy of the decade. Anyone not thinking about how wireless can help their company is simply not looking ahead."
How does Tsutaya do it? Partly, it's due to a sizeable customer database, which parent CCC built in 1994, way ahead of most rivals. But Tsutaya has also figured out new ways to use that information. Tying it to mobile phones has put so-called customer relationship management into hyper-drive. By combining data with mobility via i-Mode service, Tsutaya is able to maintain a dynamic, always-on picture of individual entertainment tastes and preferencesand then personalize product offeringsthe elusive dream of one-to-one marketing come home to roost. Says Kramer: "When mobile commerce came along, Tsutaya asked, 'How can we now use our database in a new way to serve customers?'"
How does it all work for the consumer? Suppose your 13-year-old daughter bought the latest CD by *NSYNC, a popular boy band. When the band's next release is available, Tsutaya Online (TOL), Tsutaya's wireless i-Mode site, will e-mail you a digital music clip. Similarly, fans of movie star Nicole Kidman can be sent a review of her new movie, "Birthday Girl,'' and then track its availability on video via the Web or mobile phone. And now, Tsutaya also has what it calls a "recommendation engine" that can match the title of the films you last watched and their typesentimental, violent, scaryand then suggest something new. Want a love story, tear-jerker or horror film? Happy ending or sad? TOL lets you chooseand then uses that information to further segment your tastes and off-work interests.
Tsutaya's information-intensive business model helps to control costs, too. Managers can quickly identify slow-moving video rentals, for example, so they can be sold off to a subsidiary. Telling Tsutaya customers how many videos of a certain title are in stock at any given time also cuts down on wasted store visits by customers. Furthermore, it saves the company money by reducing the time clerks spend checking on product availability.
Still not convinced? Check out the numbers. TOL is Japan's most popular online entertainment site, with 50 million page views per month. On average, Tsutaya's online customers spend 9 percent more per month than those who shop offline, and people who are e-mailed movie reviews and video clips via the Web and mobile phones tend to rent two to five times more films than nonsubscribers. TOL's online services also have helped to increase brick-and-mortar parent Tsutaya revenues, and TOL, too, is in the black. Online operating profits have grown from minus $2.8 million in fiscal 2000 to $357,283 for fiscal 2001a first-time profit for TOL, despite Japan's sluggish economy. And for the fiscal year ending in March 2002, parent CCC expects to rack up the equivalent of $13.6 million in net profits on revenues of $795.6 millionup by 6.7 percent over last year, thanks in large part to Tsutaya.
Tsutaya wasn't always so bold. Its digital strategy was the product of a management mishap. Masuda founded Culture Convenience Club as a video rental store in November 1985; by the 1990s, it had grown into the largest video, game, book and CD retail chain in Japan. But Masuda wasn't content to sit still.
In 1996, he saw an opportunity in DirecTV, the satellite-broadcasting network that began operations in Tokyo in 1997. He became president of DirecTV in Japan, and took a team of CCC employees with him. But the relationship between CCC and DirecTV soured quickly, and by late 1998, according to TOL business strategy chief Takashi Miya, some of the 20 CCC executives that moved to DirecTV with Masuda were suddenly laid off internally, meaning their jobs were eliminated but they remained on the payroll. While that was bad for the executives, it provided the impetus for a digital strategy for the chain. Masuda soon redeployed them to create an online strategy for the entire chain as part of a new venture known as Tsutaya Online. "It all started by accident, really," admits Masuda. "Without the DirecTV disaster, there might not have been any Tsutaya Online." The whole experience, he says, "opened our eyes to the Internet and mobile commerce."
Tsutaya was late to hop onto the Internet bandwagon. "We were late in getting into PC-based online shopping, so we had to distinguish ourselves somehow," recalls Kouichi Shinozaki, general manager of mobile strategies for TOL. "At that time, Internet-equipped cell phones were just coming out, and people seemed to like them. So we decided to make our push in cell phones instead," he added. Proof, in retrospect, that first-mover advantage isn't always a plus in the long-run.
From the start, Tsutaya's push to go digital was always a collaboration between technology and marketing. Jun Hongo, TOL's chief technology officer, oversaw the early strategy, and he quickly assembled a mobile Internet team, composed of a mix of former bureaucrats, ex-investment bankers, and marketing and technology recruits from Panasonic Corp. The team met frequently with the marketing group to outline a digital strategy to distinguish Tsutaya.
Most of the technology they looked at was pretty simple: i-Mode sites use HTML, the programming language used on the PC-based Internet; the servers were supplied by NEC, and the database was managed by Oracle software. But there was intense debate over strategy. Some members of the mobile team wanted the site to allow customers to buy online; others feared that the Internet would cannibalize Tsutaya's traditional business. Marketing surveys taken in early 1999 bore out the dilemma: Most customers surveyed weren't even interested in shopping online. Only 8 percent actually wanted to buy CDs advertised online; 92 percent preferred to visit a real store.
Ultimately, a hybrid strategy emerged. "The data convinced us that most people use the Internet to collect information in order to make the decision to buy a CD, but the actual transaction was made at the storefront," says Miya. "But the 8 percent who wanted to buy onlinethose were latent customers. They were too busy to come to our stores, so they'd either buy online or not at all. It was a hidden market, one not tapped yet by us. So it was this untapped marketnot the cannibalizationwe ended up fearing we'd lose from the rise of the Internet."
Today, Tsutaya's Web site combines free and paid content, and essentially serves as a 24-hour customer tracking tool: The company's servers record nearly every move users make on TOL sites in near real-time. By getting customers to register their personal data online, the site has also created another database of information on 2.15 million Web-based subscribers, about 60 percent of whom access the site from a mobile phone. And depending on the urgency of the request, TOL can answer a set of questions posed by a movie studio or artists' rep about the demand curve on their products within 24 hours. At the same time, the data allows Tsutaya to tailor its marketing to the customer, while constantly collecting data on his or her behavior.
Evolutionary Strategy
Evolutionary Strategy
Tsutaya's strategy reflects five key innovations. First, the team introduced mail-maga Japanese-English for "mail magazine"that can be sent to an e-mail account on a mobile phone or PC detailing upcoming releases of books, music and video games. They are popular: TOL sends out 26 million mail-magas every month. To subscribe, an i-Mode user goes to TOL's site and chooses from a selection of magazines. One magazine, MOVIC, details new releases of both movies and music. Others, like those on individual artists from Madonna to Morning Musume, a popular Japanese all-girl band, are more narrowly focused.
The e-mail magazines have reduced customer churn: According to DoCoMo wireless strategy director Takeshi Natsuno, they've helped to double the number of visits by Tsutaya customers to the company's brick-and-mortar stores. A subscriber's choice of one magazine gives TOL more information about subscriber preferences. At the same time, subscribersby reserving and ordering favorite CDs and movies onlinegive Tsutaya a bird's-eye view into future sales and marketing trends.
TOL's second innovation was its online reservations service. Members can reserve copies of books, movies and video games ahead of their release, and have them delivered to their home or office, or even to the nearest Tsutaya store. Eighty percent of Tsutaya members use the Internet (Web and mobile), compared with more than 40 percent of the general Japanese population as of January, according to Nielsen//Net Ratings. Between 10 percent to 20 percent of Tsutaya's brick-and-mortar customers are also TOL members. Besides increasing store traffic and boosting customer loyalty, the reservation system also cuts Tsutaya's overhead costs. "It frees up the guy behind the counter," says Mercer's Kramer. "It's exactly what the automated teller machine did for banking, and any little improvement in efficiency drops to the bottom line."
The third leg of Tsutaya's technology strategy is its online coupon program. TOL's first president, Shinsuke Fujimoto, dreamed up the idea one day when sharing a midnight snack with friends at Yoshinoya, a 24-hour beef-and-rice fast-food chain. Yoshinoya gave him a coupon for a discount meal, and Fujimoto wondered why TOL couldn't offer the same kind of coupon. The result: TOL sends personalized discount offers to customers via their mobile phones and PCs. Been a while since you visited a Tsutaya store? The company will send you a special offer on your mobile phone that's only good at your neighborhood store. To redeem it, you bring in your mobile phone, show the clerk the special offer on the screen, and you can get a 10 percent discount on the latest Tori Amos recording.
The company has since extended its coupon strategy to include marketing partners such as Ryohin Keikaku, a retailer that operates a discount goods chain selling everything from soap to clothing to televisions. Its first joint coupon with the chain, issued in December 2000, attracted nearly 60,000 hits for a 10 percent, 10-day discount on any of the retailer's products.
Tsutaya says that about 100,000 people use the coupon service every month. The payoff? Coupon users, on average, visit Tsutaya shops 22 percent more frequently, and spend 7 percent more overall than coupon-less customers, Miya says.
Now, Tsutaya is starting to experiment with a fourth innovation, variable pricinggathering and then isolating a specific population, tracking its habits via mobile Internet, then sending it highly customized offerings for free product trials, a type of real-time focus group community on which to test new products. When Kirin, the Japanese beer company, wanted to introduce a new brew two years ago, it asked TOL to conduct a survey of customers who frequent Tsutaya's store in Shibuya. TOL sent customers a link to a coupon for a free beer tasting at the Shibuya store. Visitors were then encouraged to fill out a survey on their mobile phones detailing whether they liked the new beer, Kirin Lager Special Light, and why they might buy it. Says Shinozaki: "Our ability to target certain segments of the population allowed us to charge [Kirin] a higher price, and the response rate to our survey was very high." The company has done similar promotions for companies in other industries, like shampoo manufacturers, but now it sees the market research option as a potentially lucrative source of new revenues.
In the future, Tsutaya might also use its coupon strategy to selectively reduce inventory. "Say Tsutaya knows that certain people buy American action films, and then discovers that they have excess inventory of exactly that type of film piling up somewhere," says retail analyst Hideki Goto of Deutsche Bank Tokyo. "All Tsutaya would have to do is send those American action flick fans a discount coupon, and they can eliminate their inventory very quickly."
The fifth and newest part of Tsutaya's digital strategy is a new search engine called TOMAS (Tsutaya Online My Agent System). It's aimed at guessing customer needs and tastes in videos and books based on past purchases. But unlike Amazon.com, Tsutaya's service combines customer data collected by the company online with data collected offline. And TOMAS is mobileletting customers tap into their mobile phones or PCs to rate and choose movies, books, videos and CDs. How up close and personal does TOMAS get? Pretty close. Miya says the company's database is now so sophisticated, it can differentiate between customers most likely to want very grisly war movies, for example, from those who prefer war movies with less violenceand use that data to more finely personalize what users find on their screens when they're shopping for a movie. "Other search engines would group these two types of people together, but TOMAS allows us to distinguish between them," says Miya.
It's another way that Tsutaya is using evermore refined technologies to collect new details on customer habits and tastes and then crunch them more finely than before. "People's images about the lifestyle they want drive consumption, and all we are doing is turning those desires into a business," Miya says. "Making it all mobile helps us understand impulse buying and a new aspect of customer behavior."
Tough Hurdles Ahead
Tough Hurdles Ahead
Can success last? Last October, when DoCoMo launched third-generation wireless Internet servicesso-called 3G services that allow for faster transfers of graphics to mobile phonesTOL started providing customers real movie clips. But 3G is still clunky and expensive, even in Japan, and the service has yet to really take off. The potential growth in broadband Internet access also worries Tsutaya's top executives, who say it could upset the cozy relationship between Tsutaya's online and offline operations by making it easier for customers to simply download music and movies from home, bypassing their i-Mode services altogether. (See "Trouble On the Line.")
And then there's the Japanese recession. Corporate restructuring is driving Japan's jobless rate to new highs: In December, the latest month for which data is available, unemployment hit a record 5.6 percent. Some retailers, like supermarket chain Daiei Inc., are facing bankruptcy.
But Masuda isn't too concerned. "Taking a family to the movies in Japan costs ¥5,000 ($37)," Masuda says, "but renting a DVD from us costs ¥300, or roughly $2.25. We thrive in a deflationary environment."
He may be right, at least for now. One recent evening in Tokyo's futuristic Shibuya neighborhood, Tsutaya's six-story store was hummingliterally. Deutsche Bank's Goto calls the store an example of Tsutaya's expertise in lifestyle marketing. Packed with a mobile phone retail outlet, a Starbucks coffee shop, rows of listening booths and boxes of electronics, the showcase store combines the messy feel of a fraternity house with the high-tech buzz of the classic 1982 film Blade Runner. Young Japanese with variously dyed hair and camouflage pants crowd each other in the aisles as the latest pop music blares from hidden speakers. Says market analyst Goto: "They've got it right. Their brand image is well-established. They're catching people on the go and getting them into the stores at the same time." Masuda credits mobility. "The technology is now there to track your customers 24/7," he says. "The possibilities are endless."
ALEXANDRA HARNEY writes for the Financial Times, most recently from Toyko. Comments on this story can be sent to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Kings have been in all types of jams during the past two postseasons. Just a few weeks ago, they even escaped the same 0-2 deficit they're now facing in the Western Conference finals.
"We've been here, what, three weeks ago?" forward Justin Williams asked, referring to the Kings' great escape in the first round against St. Louis. "Obviously it's not do-or-die (in Game 3), but it is."
Yet the defending Stanley Cup champions aren't sure they've tangled with an opponent that could match the depth and versatility of the Chicago Blackhawks, who might even be the team to end Los Angeles' 2 1/2 months of perfection at home.
After back-to-back losses in Chicago, the Kings are hoping they can stay perfect at Staples Center in a crucial Game 3 on Tuesday night. The Kings have won 14 straight at home since March, and they've won seven straight home playoff games dating to last season's Stanley Cup clincher.
The Kings have no idea why they've been unbeatable at Staples Center, but they realize their repeat hopes depend on it.
"Home ice is something we've been able to rely on, and have in our back pocket," Williams said Monday after the Kings' team meeting at their training complex. "I'm (also) not sure why we went 10-1 on the road last year (in the playoffs). Certainly our confidence is high for us coming back home. There's been a lot of success there. We've won every which way there, and it's going to have to continue."
Even two solid efforts in Chicago by coach Darryl Sutter's estimation weren't enough to turn back the Presidents' Trophy winners, who have won five straight postseason games after falling into a 1-3 hole against Detroit in the second round. The Blackhawks won both games of the conference finals in persuasive fashion, overcoming the Kings' greatest strengths along the way.
Chicago even chased Jonathan Quick out of Game 2 by scoring four goals against the Conn Smythe Trophy-winning goalie — something nobody had done in 34 straight playoff games over the past three years. Sutter acknowledged he pulled Quick partly to give him a brief rest for the remaining playoff grind.
The Blackhawks were reminded of the tenuous nature of any playoff lead in the second round, so they weren't brimming with overconfidence when they arrived on the West Coast.
"You look back at the St. Louis series, (and) they were up 2-0 coming to L.A.," Blackhawks defenseman Brent Seabrook said Monday. "We've got to continue to focus on the game (Tuesday) night. They're a great team, L.A. Quick is a great goaltender. We understand he's going to come back with a better game than he did last night. We have to continue to get pucks to him and make it tough on him."
The Kings have lost at home in regulation just four times in this entire lockout-shortened season, but the Blackhawks were responsible for arguably the biggest defeat of them all. Chicago ruined the Kings' Stanley Cup banner-raising ceremony in the season opener in January, and the Blackhawks' 5-2 victory catapulted them to the start that led them to the NHL's best regular-season record.
"It's been a long time since we played here, and it was a special day when we began the season here for them," Chicago coach Joel Quenneville said. "There's some buildings in this league that can get real loud, get the crowd into it, and the team feeds off of that. I think there's more success this year on the home team's side in the playoffs. Hopefully we can get off to a great start and quiet it as best you can. It's tough on visiting teams trying to do that this year."
After the long flight Monday, the Blackhawks arrived at their Beverly Hills hotel for a night of relaxation before their attempt to break through at Staples Center. As usual, the Blackhawks set up a large players' lounge at their hotel, filling it with an eye-catching buffet and multiple televisions and video game consoles — all to promote team bonding.
"The Hawks do a good job of making it easy on us," forward Patrick Sharp said. "It's a fun atmosphere to go down there and hang around with your teammates. You don't see enough of each other in Chicago with the families, people doing their own thing. It's always been fun to be on the road, be together, thinking hockey all the time."
Although Quick blames himself for the Kings' road struggles, he isn't the real problem for the Kings, who have won a series after trailing 0-2 just twice in franchise history. Williams realizes the Kings aren't sustaining any offensive pressure on the Blackhawks, whose forechecking has kept the Kings pinned in their end for long stretches.
Los Angeles' scoring struggles are getting ugly, with just 29 goals in 15 playoff games — easily the lowest scoring average for any team that won a playoff round. It's not nearly enough to hang with the Blackhawks, whose talented lineup generates goals from all four lines and its defense.
The Kings have never been an offensive dynamo on the level of Chicago or Pittsburgh, but they didn't founder like this in the regular season. Their top scorers in last season's playoffs also are struggling mightily this year: Star center Anze Kopitar has just two goals in 15 games after enduring a lengthy goal-scoring slump to end the regular season, while captain Dustin Brown has a mere four points in the playoffs.
"It's pretty fair to say as a line, we're collectively in a slump," Brown said of his partnership with Kopitar and Williams. "We know what we need to do better. Getting into their offensive zone, our spacing is pretty significant. It's hard to play (without it), especially against a team like Chicago. When you don't have the spacing right, one guy eliminates the other guy."
Center Mike Richards missed Game 2 with symptoms from an apparent head injury, and the Kings won't say whether he'll play in Game 3. Richards, who hadn't missed a game all season, is Los Angeles' leading postseason scorer with 10 points.
At least Tyler Toffoli is an intriguing addition to the lineup in Richards' absence. The big rookie picked up a goal in Game 2 while playing alongside top goal-scorer Jeff Carter, who moved over to center without Richards alongside him.
"Going back six games in the season, we've had trouble scoring," Sutter said. "It's not a home-road disparity at all. You know what? We're a good hockey club. We're not surprising anybody. There's no upsets now. We're trying to surprise the team that finished first overall."
The Kings' championship poise might be their greatest asset in the next two games. With the confidence of last season's 16-4 run through the playoffs still fresh in most players' minds, Sutter's club doesn't really get rattled — even after winning just twice in its last seven playoff games.
"You can draw on the fact we've been in this situation before," Brown said. "The series is long from over in our mindset."
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Can Periodic table exhibit reorderability?
Yes. Periodic table has reorderability and it can be reordered from one form to its other forms.
- What are the forms of Periodic table?
Can Periodic table exhibit substitutability?
Yes. Periodic table has substitutability and it can be substituted by the things which qualify to substitute it.
- What can substitute for Periodic table?
Can Periodic table exhibit satisfiability?
Yes. Periodic table has satisfiability and it can satisfy those which require it.
- What is in need of Periodic table?
Anyone who has not studied Periodic table cannot answer these questions!
==See also==
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- Gooseberry
- Guava fruit
- Jackfruit
- Lemon fruit
- Mango fruit
- Orange fruit
- Papaya fruit
- Pineapple
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All Cambridge University Library Staff Learning & Development courses
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This course is for staff that will need to use the Acquisitions functionality in Alma and have not had experience of it before. The course covers the key activities that will be performed in Acquisitions, including:
- Vendor records
- Funds and Ledgers
- Po lines and POs
- Creating a PO line
- PO line template
- Manual packaging
- Creating a PO Line from an external bib record
- Cancelling or deleting a Purchase Order
- Receiving
- Cataloguing processes
- Invoices
- Claims
An introduction to adding holding and item records to existing catalogue records as part of record-sharing in the Alma database. There is an opportunity for hands-on participation. Course leaders: Vanessa Lacey, firstname.lastname@example.com (Head of English Cataloguing, UL) and Katherine Sendall, firstname.lastname@example.com (English Cataloguing, Alma trainer)
An introduction to the theory and structure of Library of Congress Subject Headings. There is an opportunity for hands-on participation. Course leaders: Vanessa Lacey, email@example.com (Head of English Cataloguing) and Fiona Grant, firstname.lastname@example.com (Metadata Librarian).
An interactive workshop on the fulfillment module on the ALMA system.
Dr Jessica Gardner, University Librarian and Director of Library Services, would like to invite all University Library staff, College Librarians, non-affiliated Librarians and Departmental Librarians to join one of two all staff briefings in January 2020.
Learn how to use the ALMA fulfilment module – an intensive course for beginners. We will cover:
- User records
- Item records
- CLiPS
- Issuing
- Returning
- Renewals
- Fines
- Requests
The HR team will be holding a number of briefing sessions covering the new E-days system, demonstrating how it works and some of the key principles that sit alongside it, such as flexible working. They will also be an opportunity to take questions.
On the 30th September, the University Libraries began using Booker as the new booking system for meeting rooms across the Libraries.
To walk staff through the new system and to answer any questions, Rob Smith from UIS will be hosting a Booker Briefing for All Staff on Monday 25th November at 2pm - 4pm in the Milstein Room, and Thursday 5th December at 10am - 12pm.
These sessions are drop ins, so please pop along between these times as most suitable for you!
Both Briefings will be the same and are open drop in events.
This session is designed to provide library staff with hints and tips on academic publishing pathways from an experienced journal editor.
The session will look at what happens during the publishing process as well as how to best navigate the world of academic publishing.
It would be of use to those librarians supporting researchers with publications and those looking to publish their own work.
A drop-in session for Cambridge University Staff who are interested to learn more about management, team leading and other apprenticeships.
This short session will provide an understanding of the principles, tools and techniques involved in Process Analysis with a view to improving business process effectiveness and efficiency. Delegates will have the opportunity to practice using the techniques that they learn via exercises designed to be enjoyable and thought provoking.
The course refers to the methodology used in conjunction with Triaster process mapping software available to users across the University of Cambridge.
A team building workshop designed to identify and maximise the skills needed for your role.
Briefing on the security of the CUL collections
One day workshop for CUL Managers
Induction workshop for Engineering Library staff on affiliating with Cambridge University Library.
Bespoke session for Finance team to assist in setting their vision and challenge statements
There will always be too much to do within the time available! We cannot manage time, but we can manage ourselves and our workload within the time we do have. The trick is to get better at your time management!
Most managers would like to organise themselves more effectively whilst helping their team to develop and achieve more. This, in turn, can help to reduce stress levels and enhance the feeling of wellbeing.
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Led by : James Knapton
In this session the University's Information Compliance Officer will give a short presentation on the core provisions of data protection legislation and how these have been operating in practice since the changes introduced in May 2018. He will talk about some of the main challenges of the new legal and regulatory landscape and how they impact on various University activities, including academic research, HR and events marketing. There will be plenty of opportunity for questions.
A whistle-stop tour of the University's governance arrangements: topics covered include the roles of the Regent House, the Council and the General Board, and the approval process for making major policy changes.
A general Health and Safety and Security briefing for staff who work in the main Cambridge University Library Building and the affiliated Faculty Libraries.
One day workshop for CUL Managers
L&D will contact workshop attendees approximately 3 months after the training with some basic questions to see how effective found the training and how training learnt from has been applied into work practice.
This session will provide an introduction to implicit or unconscious bias and will help you start to understand how our biases influence the decisions we make. These may include decisions around recruitment, selection, assessment and broader interactions with others. The session will include tutor input and group activities to raise awareness about how to recognise and begin to manage the impact of implicit bias. We will also consider further sources of guidance to support individuals in their roles with specific responsibilities e.g. for managing others, teaching etc.
If you would like to book onto this event, please book on to the Equality and Diversity page via this link https://www.equality.admin.cam.ac.uk/events/understanding-implicit-bias
L&D will contact workshop attendees approximately 3 months after the training with some basic questions to see how effective found the training and how training learnt from has been applied into work practice.
This is an interactive workshop, designed to help new staff learn more about the Cambridge University Library and meet some of the key people who work in it.
Staff will take part in some fun activities to learn more about other departments within the Cambridge University Libraries, have a presentation from a member of the Leadership Team about the wider workings of the University and have time to check their HR24 Induction Checklists and meet other new starters. Designed to be more informal, this workshop is a great opportunity to meet other staff, make contacts and ask any questions that you may have come across in your first month of employment.


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|Winchip PC3-10666 DDR3 1333MHz 64A0TRHN8G17E
|Reviews - Featured Reviews: Memory
|Written by Olin Coles
|Friday, 07 December 2007
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Testing Methodology: DDR3 RAM
Before the testing really begins, there are several settings to be adjusted in the BIOS. Many combinations of the CPU's front side bus are matched to a specific memory multiplier, giving us the desired RAM (and CPU) operating speed. When high-speed DDR3 is tested, a 1:1 memory multiplier is combined with the highest CPU front side bus speed available to obtain baseline readings; the fastest FSB is presently 1333MHz found in select Intel Conroe and Kentsfield series desktop processors. When I first begin this process and start benchmarking for a baseline, the memory voltage and timing are always left at the manufacturer's default values.
After each and every change to the BIOS, the system is restarted and all RAM modules are automatically tested with MemTest86+ for one full pass. Since the modules are not yet overclocked, one pass is usually sufficient to determine if a bad part exists. Later, once I begin to overclock the memory, these tests are a good way of quickly pre-screening stable configurations. Once the test pass is complete, I move onto the synthetic benchmark tests. Here at Benchmark Reviews we use the following test suites and applications:
After all of the tests have been performed at the default memory clock speed (or highest JEDEC standard), which establishes the baseline reading for our comparisons, I then increase the front side bus to overclock the RAM without adding any additional voltage. My theory is this: a module that overclocks without additional voltage is going to perform better than a module which requires you to potentially damage it or void the warranty. Another way of looking at this is that if a module overclocks well without added voltage, it is likely that there will be more headroom if addition voltage is applied.
I am fully aware that many sites turn up the voltage and apply dangerous amounts of power to the modules so that they can unlock that last megahertz; but if I begin down that road where will it end? Do I then start writing reviews where I apply liquid nitrogen cooling to the RAM? Do I volt-mod the motherboard and apply so much power I ruin expensive parts and equipment? In the end, I decided that overclocking will be done at the stock voltage for benchmarks, because I believe most enthusiasts are going to aim for the same goal. If on some rare occasion I determine that adding voltage would potentially return large performance gains, then I will add up to 0.2V to the default volt rating.
In each synthetic benchmark test Windows XP was booted fresh and the application was opened. Task manager was then utilized to end the explorer.exe (Windows) process so that only the most essential services were running and a trim 16 processes total were consuming system memory. This procedure allowed the RAM to be as isolated as possible for our testing. Once the system was ready, I perform a single test-run of the benchmark, followed by three recorded tests. At the end of the series, I average the three results for the final score.
Sometimes it is very difficult to get broad results between the memory modules tested, so we use several different speeds of memory from participating manufacturers. Benchmark Reviews is very serious about performance, which is why we test the products against as many benchmarks as reasonably possible. Not every test suite is effective in these reviews, and some often calculate processor and other system components into the score. This is what makes a RAM review difficult: unless all of the modules compared have the exact same rating and the CPU operates at the exact same speed for each and every test, the comparison is always going to be subjective.


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Pre-Designed System Components
Wolf Robotics, A Lincoln Electric CompanyUpdated 06/16/2010
Wolf Robotics has multiple standard system components available for purchase on an individual basis. These components can be used to lower the complexity of an internal integration project, or to upgrade existing robotic systems. Please call for pricing & more information.Pre-Designed System Components Include:
- Robotic cable harnesses
- End of arm tooling (EOAT)
- Turntables
- Robot risers
- Robot base plates
- Alert beacons
- Deflashing spindles, floor or EOAT mounted
- Gate boxes
- Roll-away robot base plates
- Part inspection slide stations
- Robot apron & drip trays
- And more
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Cheetara in Roberto Cavalli, Jem in Balenciaga, and the whole Sailor Moon cast outfitted in their cartoon couture best — this is the fashion forward runway we've been waiting for. This fabulous look book of classic cartoon makeovers was created by Jerome LaMaar, The Style Monk. We are dying over the entire Sailor Moon collection. The pairing of label to character is spot on (Jane in Alexander Wang, perfection). And the ensembles are fantastic. We patiently await more Cartoon Couture!
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Position Sensors for Industrial Applications
Temposonics? position sensors for industrial applications are developed for external mounting or in-cylinder applications where the electronics can be external. Stroke lengths are available from 25 mm - 20 m. The sensors offer analog output or dual output (position and velocity) with SSI, DeviceNet, CANbus, Profibus, Ethernet IP and Ethercat interface. High quality displacement and velocity signals enable superior control. Different sensor models and options (e.g. multi-position measurement, redundant sensors, ATEX-approval) meet every need - from high precision measurement tasks to simple standard applications.


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Well I came up with the The number of turns head thread Test.
Basically there is a seat in the head for the wider portion of the plugs just above the threads to stop on. This seat, notch, ledge, whatever you want to call it is in the same location in the 03/04 heads. What is different is the 03 head threads start at the bottom of the head and go up 4 threads then there is space between there and the seat.
The 04 heads threads start at the same spot, but go up 9 threads much closer to the seat.
So when you screw a plug in your are using the bottom 4 threads of the plug on an 03 head and the bottom 9 plug threads on an 04.
Most plugs have 10-11 threads.
So this is how to find out how many threads your head has.
Make full 360 degree turns on the plug
4-4.5 turns to remove or seat the plug on a 4 thread head
8-8.5 turns to remove or seat the plug on a 9 thread head


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People have been asking about my new Pepper Spray and where I got it and how I run with it. Some have even asked why I would need pepper spray. Well since I'm no Karate Kid and not all my paths are filled with rainbows and daisies, I would much rather be safe than sorry.There are some 'come as you are areas' of the LBC, and when you run over 10 miles anywhere, that puts you pretty far away from your home. Believe me, I've thought about what I would do if I got attacked.
Scream. Though I don't know if that would help, actually I highly doubt that would help.
Kick and Bite. I have considered both of these to be somewhat valid options, minus the fact that I'd probably get punched in the face and that would just ruin my teeth and I'd just start crying. Kicking is a good option though because my legs are fairly strong. Running can do that for you.
I've considered punching, but I know that would be worthless so that isn't even in my bad of tricks. I figure why waste my energy on that when I know it is going to do nothing.
Then I thought about getting a taser, but that just sounds more fun than I'm sure it actually is and I just know I would taser myself. I think the thought of having a taser is pretty hilarious though.
The next best thing? PEPPER SPRAY! Now, I hope to never have to use this, but I'd rather be over-prepared than under-prepared. So I wanted to let you all know that now I'm carrying my iFitness belt and inside my belt I put the smallest pepper spray I could find. I also have attached it to the belt and flipped it up into the belt to keep it from bouncing and it works perfectly. I feel much safer with it and I'm glad I run with it now.
Someone asked me where I find pepper spray like mine that is small enough to run with, well I have some versions in my A-store as well!
First we have the Sabre Pepper Spray for $7.35 and it comes in pink or black :)
Then we have the Jogger Pepper Spray for $10.50 and it comes in black.
Also, the World's Hottest Police Spray for $8.70 in black.
The Pepper Mace Jogger Spray is the last option and it comes with a little jogging strap that you can put on your hand when running and it's $7.00.
Last and best, in my opinion we have the Sabre Pink Pepper Spray with keychain for $8.00.
Though I haven't had to use my pepper spray yet, I want to be prepared if anytime comes and be sure that I am safe out while running!


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The Land Mine is a weapon that was cut from Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.
Model and textures for the weapon still remain in GTA III's game files (mine.dff and mine.txd). The same files can also be found in Vice City's game files, suggesting that the weapon was dropped again. A functional version of the weapon can be obtained with a cheat device in Vice City Stories. It works like a bomb and will only go off when touched by a pedestrian or vehicle.
Although the weapon didn't feature in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas or in its game files, the radio station inside Ammu-Nation stores advertises land mines.
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In Acts we read that Paul was baptized. Would this be considered Christian Baptism? I think that some of the Apostles were baptized by John the Baptist for the remission of sins. Were they re-baptized and were the other Apostles baptized?
All I can do here is to give my own opinion, since the official standards of our church (the Westminster Confession of Faith and the Larger and Shorter Catechisms) do not provide a direct answer.
In Acts 18:25 we read of a Jew named Apollos "an eloquent man, mighty in the scriptures" a man "instructed in the way of the Lord" and yet we also read that he was "knowing only the baptism of John." This is followed in Acts 19 by Paul's visit to the region of Ephesus where he found "certain disciples" who had "not so much as heard" about the existence of the Holy Spirit, the third person of the God-head. Verse 3 says they had been baptized with John's baptism, which Paul called "the baptism of repentance" indicating that those who received it were to "believe on him which should come after him [John], that is, on Christ Jesus."
Clearly, then, John's baptism was not the same as Christian Baptism. His baptism was defined by something yet future. Christian Baptism is defined by something that has now happened in history, namely, the death, resurrection, and ascension of Christ and the outpouring of his Spirit. I therefore think that this is sufficient proof that those who had received John's baptism were indeed later baptized into the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit just as Jesus commanded (Matthew 28:19).
I hope this is helpful to you.
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EDITORIAL: 26 reasons to act: Dawn Hochsprung
Dawn Hochsprung was pregnant at age 19.
But she took classes at Naugatuck Valley Community College and Post University, working her way toward a bachelor's degree at Central Connecticut State University and then a master's degree at Southern Connecticut State University.
A Washington Post story said she arrived at her job as principal of Sandy Hook Elementary School "before anyone and left after everyone," and on weekends, was pursuing a doctoral degree in education at Russell Sage College in Troy, N.Y.
Dawn Hochsprung met her husband, George, who was 23 years older, when he was teaching math and she was working as an assistant principal in Danbury. She had two daughters from a previous marriage, now 27 and 28 years old.
"Dawn is a beautiful woman with a smile that could just knock you down," said Barbara Malkas, now superintendent of schools in Webster, Mass., who was one of her mentors. "That smile would grow bigger and just blind you if she was talking about her work. Those were her great passions in life: work and family."
Dawn Hochsprung was emerging from a meeting with other staff on the morning of Dec. 14 when a gunman forced his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School.
According to the Hartford Courant, she told employees to hide while she charged "out of the office and into the hallway," and lunged at the man who was shooting.
"Dawn put herself in jeopardy and I have been angry about that -- angry -- until ... I met the two women who she told to go under shelter while she confronted the gunman and she could have avoided that, but she didn't and I knew she wouldn't," George Hochsprung, said in an interview with CNN. "I'm not angry anymore, I'm just very sad. Dawn ran out, and actually tried to subdue the killer. I don't know where that comes from, Dawn was 5-foot-2."
Opponents of even modest gun control measures that have been proposed in the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting want us to believe that the shooting was a random act, impossible to prevent regardless of how much you restrict guns.
At the same time, the NRA and others funded by and looking out for the gun manufacturing industry argue that the answer is actually MORE guns.
Put an armed guard or police officer in every school in the country, the NRA said.
"The best way to prevent bad guys with guns is good guys with guns," they say, even suggesting that teachers and principals be encouraged to carry guns with them in school.
And we'd have to assume that because a simple handgun in a teacher's purse doesn't match up to the speed and power of the Bushmaster AR-15 with 30-round ammunition magazines used at Sandy Hook, gun rights advocates would suggest that schools match gun for gun.
If Dawn Hochsprung had a Bushmaster AR-15 on a gun rack in her office, and engaged in a Wild West shootout, (because it always happens just like the movies), she could have prevented the whole thing.
Does the gun industry not realize how outrageously offensive this is?
A "good guy" under the definition of the law (the shooter's mother) bought the weapon and ammunition used at Sandy Hook. Because it was fast and powerful, designed to take as many lives as possible in as short a time as possible, 20 children and six educators, including Dawn Hochsprung, were murdered over the course of just 6 minutes.
It is about types of gun, types of ammunition magazines, the fact that they're allowed to be manufactured and access to them is widespread.
Basic, common sense restrictions on these kinds of weapons of mass murder may not have prevented Sandy Hook, but almost certainly would have meant that fewer children died that day.


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U.S.: Syria Fired Scuds Inside Country
The Syrian government has fired Scud missiles at targets inside Syria in recent days, U.S. officials said Wednesday, a development some saw as a sign of an escalating battle. Julian Barnes has details on The News Hub. Photo: Getty Images.
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Visiting the work of Andy Warhol
- August 12, 2015 4:00 PM
This program for families with young children, ages 4 and up, is led by a docent and includes a story and short gallery project designed by the education department. Both the story and project focus on selected works in the Modern's collection. Registration is not required, but a sign-up sheet is provided at the information desk the day of the program. Attendance is limited to 20 participants; admission is free.