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17 Dec, 2012, 08:00 GMT
DALLAS, December 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
RnRMarketResearch.com adds "Research on Global and China Wafer Foundry Industry, 2012" and "Research on China's Thermoplastic Elastomer (TPE) Industry, 2012-2017" reports to its store.
Since 2011, the world's major wafer foundries are accelerating the expansion of advanced process capacity scale. With the flourish of smart phone and tablet PC market, the demand for advance process which owns low cost and high efficiency increased rapidly, therefore, the wafer foundries including TSMC, UMC, Global Foundries and Samsung have expanded production capacity actively.
The global market share of China mainland's wafer foundries reached 13.3% in 2006. However, this proportion decreased year by year, and the global market share dropped to 10% and less than 9% in 2010 and 2011 respectively.
In 2011, the annual output value of global semiconductor foundries was nearly $ 30 billion, and TSMC occupies more than 40% of the market share. With the flourish of UMC, Samsung, Intel and GlobalFoundries, in order to maintain the leading position, TSMC invested $ 5.9 billion to expand 12-inch plant and improve the production capacities of 65/55 nm and 40 nm, and the capital expenditure amounted to $ 7.8 billion in 2011, mainly invested in Wafer Fifteenth Factory. In 2012, the capital expenditure is expected to reach $8-8.5 billion.
In 2011, UMC gained 35.7% stock equity of HeJian Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd and became its largest shareholder. In the future, UMC will continue to negotiate the acquisition of stock equity with other shareholders so as to accelerate the production capacity expansion, and also to improve the competitiveness by virtue of capacity advantage complement between China Mainland and Taiwan; at the same time, UMC began 28 nm pilot production since the first quarter of 2012, it is estimated that by the end of 2012, the revenue of 28 nm will occupy 5% of the total revenue, and the capital expenditure plan is $ 2 billion in 2012.
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The global Thermoplastic Elastomer (TPE) market has entered the mature stage and the global TPE demand volume has reached 4.05 million tons. At present, in the TPE consumption structure, the proportion of TPS, TPO, TPU and TPEE is 44%, 31%, 9.5% and 6.5% respectively, and other kinds of TPE accounts for about 9%. Styrene TPE still occupies the top position, but the product share shows the downward trend. Currently, TPO has entered automobile and medicine markets, and also began to replace traditional thermoset rubber and PVC materials, so the market share of TPO will expand continuously and the consumption will increase rapidly.
At present, China's TPE has developed into more than ten varieties, and has replaced a part of rubber, synthetic rubber and plastic. TPE is widely used in auto parts industry (tubes, belt, mat and plate, etc.), construction industry, shoemaking, medical products, sealing products, packaging products, electric wire and cable, daily life products, toys, sports equipments, hardware, power tools, communications, electronic products, household appliances, adhesives and the modification of polymer materials. Of which, followed by construction industry, medical and daily life product field, automobile industry is the most important TPE application field, which accounting for about one third.
In recent years, people pay more attention to product safety instead of production safety, namely, people concern more about the environmental protection products. TPE is a new type of environmental protection material, so people conducted a mass of researches on TPE and has achieved breakthrough in energy saving and three wastes (waste gas, waste water and waste residues) reduction aspects. While the research works of TPS synthetic technology, the polymer characterization work is also deepened. This situation is specifically manifested in two aspects, namely, the increase of separate analytical technical content and the combination of different analytical techniques. At present, people has developed atomic force microscope (AFM) which can further study the TPE. In short, TPE will develop in the following aspects:
- Adopt new technology produced TPE
- TPE composite technology
- Cross-linking TPE with durability
- Creation of new demand which related with ecology and material recycling
- Develop new TPE market
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JACKSON — When Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour leaves office Jan. 10, he'll return to the Washington, D.C., lobbying firm he founded in 1991
That's according to a person with direct knowledge of the plan who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because Barbour's plans were not yet public.
The person said Wednesday that Barbour will return next month to the BGR Group, a government affairs, strategic communications and investment banking firm. The person said Barbour's new office is under construction in Washington, and newly hired people will work for him.
Barbour, who couldn't seek a third term as governor, has recently worn BGR golf shirts at public events, including at a Republican Governors Association meeting in Florida. BGR used to be called Barbour Griffith and Rogers.
"I don't have anything to announce," Barbour said through a spokeswoman Wednesday.
Barbour told AP on Monday that he'll be on the paid lecture circuit when he leaves office, and that he'll give his first such speech Jan. 11 in Miami, at an event sponsored by Barclays bank. He's being represented by Leading Authorities, a Washington firm that handles speech bookings and event planning.
In the AP interview Monday, Barbour said he will have business offices in Washington and Jackson after he leaves the governorship.
"The place that would make the most sense, that would be the most logical, would be BGR," he said.
He said he wanted to make sure BGR executives were comfortable with his plans to travel on the paid lecture circuit.
"I don't want to have any relationship with anybody unless everybody feels comfortable on the front end as to what I will and won't be able to do, because I'm not going to go back to doing what I used to do," Barbour said Monday. "I don't have the time, and I don't have the intention of working like I used to work. And they don't want me to. They understand that. I'm not going back to be CEO of the firm or anything like I was for a number of years."
Barbour, a Yazoo City native, was White House political director for President Ronald Reagan in the 1980s and chaired the Republican National Committee from 1993 to 1997. As a lobbyist, he represented several high-profile clients, including tobacco and energy companies. He unseated a Democratic governor in his home state in November 2003.
Barbour said Leading Authorities called him last week to book the Jan. 11 speech, and he checked with the state Ethics Commission to see if he can schedule speeches now that he will give after leaving office.
Ethics Commission director Tom Hood said there are no prohibitions on Barbour's being paid for speeches after leaving office, as long as there is no relation between a speech payment and business he conducted as governor.
Barbour did not say how much he'll be paid, only that the fee will depend on how time-consuming the appearance is and how much travel is involved.

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Shortly, Congress will be debating the fate of the U.S. Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im). Its authorization — last extended in 2012 — will expire on September 30 unless reauthorized. Ex-Im was first incorporated in 1934 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to finance trade with the Soviet Union. Under the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, Congress established the bank as an independent agency. It provides loans and loan guarantees (as well as capital and credit insurance) to facilitate U.S. exports. Backed up by the full faith and credit of the U.S government, taxpayers are put on the hook.
According to Katherine Rosario writing for Heritage Action on April 1, 2014, "The United States Export-Import Bank is essentially a microcosm of some of Washington's biggest problems, from the corruption it encourages, to putting taxpayers at risk, to the cronyism it facilitates."
An example of the cronyism facilitated by Ex-Im to advance political ideologies was in the Bank's backing of Solyndra, the ailing solar panel company, which received an Ex-Im Bank loan guarantee of $10.3 million. As such the Ex-Im Bank made possible the exchange of political favors under the guise of boosting the economy and growing American jobs.
Those who most benefit for Ex-Im financing are multinational corporations such as the construction and engineering firm of Bechtel (ranked by Forbes as the fourth largest privately held company by revenue), Lockheed Martin, and its biggest beneficiary by far, Boeing. In the banking industry, the U.S. Export-Import Bank is commonly referred to as Boeing's Bank. According to some estimates, Boeing receives upwards of 80-percent of the Ex-Im Bank's taxpayer-backed loan guarantees.
The claim is made that Ex-Im financing is essential to fill "gaps" that exist in financing when the economic or political risk to garner private property is too great. This excuse is contradicted with the fact that U.S. exports hit a record high of $2.2 trillion in 2013. This was up from $1.4 trillion five years ago, thus proving that there is no shortage of private export capital.
Because Boeing does not have to compete for financing and enjoys favorable terms, Boeing is able to sell more planes overseas. The Ex-Im Bank gives money to foreign governments and airlines to buy Boeing products. In 2013 85% of the Ex-Im bank's guarantees made to Russian companies were centered around Boeing. Specifically, $580 million was slated for the purchase of luxury airliners out of total of $639 Russia received.
Other countries like China benefited from Ex-Im bank transactions during 2013 to the tune of $636 million. Australia's richest person (reportedly worth $17.7 billion) was more than happy to accept $700 million in American taxpayer backing via the Bank for her company.
Supporters of Ex-Im claim that the bank is necessary to create a level playing field. If so, how it is that only 2.2% of all U.S. exports last year received Ex-Im financing, while 98% of American exporter had to compete without the bank's intervention. And what about all the other domestic businesses that don't get any Ex-Im funding?
A debate reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank is threatening to further escalate the tension between House conservatives and the Republican leadership. Eric Cantor, who struck a deal with Democrats in 2012 to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank, is now wary of battling conservatives angered by a number of his recent legislative moves. Cantor has privately told members of the House that he does not intend to get involved this time around.
In a recent private meeting of the conservative Republican Study Committee, Paul Ryan struck the right tone when pushing for the Ex-Im Bank charter to expire. Why should Republicans support what conservatives consider corporate welfare programs, at the same time cuts are being advocated for individual welfare programs like food stamps? And what about the earmark ban which Republicans agreed to honor once again in the 113th Congress? Unfortunately establishment Republicans with upcoming primaries in Georgia, Kentucky and Mississippi seem increasingly willing to disregard the earmark ban and instead brag about bringing home the bacon.
Prior to the 2012 vote by the House reauthorizing the Ex-Im bank charter, Brian Darling set forth in writing "Top Ten Reasons to End The Export Import Bank."In the same article Darling had the following to say why the Export-Import Bank is bad for America.
"There is nothing free market about the idea of the United States government providing loans to private companies for the purpose of completing against other private companies. Especially when these large corporations are gaming the system with teams of lobbyists pushing Members of Congress to reauthorize this taxpayer funded slush fund or big business. If the loans don't pay off, taxpayers have to pick up the tab."
Hear what Senator Obama had to say when on the Campaign Trail in 2008.
"I'm not a Democrat who believes that we can or should defend every government program, just because it's there. There are some that don't work like we had hoped…[like] the Export-Import Bank that has become little more than a fund for corporate welfare…If we hope to meet the challenges of our time, we have to make difficult choices. As President…I will eliminate the programs that do not work and are not needed."
Corporate welfare to large private corporations is not an easy thing for Democrats to explain to their constituents in an election year, despite President Obama's pre-election musings. As for Republicans, should corporate welfare be blessed in an election year when earmarks serving the same purpose are frowned upon and have been theoretically banned?
Instead, Republicans should enact policies that are free market in nature to produce jobs and grow the economy through cutting taxes, reforming the tax code, deregulation, and opening up energy exploration.
Congress must now decide whether it will reauthorize billions of dollars in corporate welfare on the backs of taxpayers or to allow private investors to finance U.S. exports. This is not a partisan issue. There are good reasons for both Democrat and Republican legislators to allow the crony capitalist Export-Import Bank to expire (sunset) when it comes up for re-authorization.
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METRO VANCOUVER -- A 40-year-old woman gunned down with her roommate early Wednesday on Surrey's Colebrook Road was convicted of unlawful confinement and assault in Alberta almost two decades ago.
Nicole Brochu was just 20 when she, her then-boyfriend, and a third person grabbed a man from his apartment during the night and confined and assaulted him — all because Brochu wrongfully thought he had abused her baby.
According to the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, Brochu continued to rack up criminal convictions in Alberta through 2003 for fraud, uttering forged documents, mischief and another assault.
Before she and Brett Sheldon Lietz were killed on Colebrook Road Wednesday, they had been sharing a Surrey basement suite as friends, IHIT's Sgt. Jennifer Pound said Thursday.
She said investigators are searching for a motive in the double murder.
Lietz, 54, had no criminal record in B.C., Pound said. Brochu was a mother of four.
"We do know the two victims were known to each other as they were living together as roommates. Our priority is to determine the details that led up to their murders and locate the person responsible," Pound said.
She said unlike two other bodies dumped on Colebrook Road in January and February after being killed elsewhere, "it is likely that this shooting occurred on Colebrook Road where the bodies were located."
Lietz and Brochu were Surrey's ninth and 10th murder victims of 2013 in a bloody start to the new year.
Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts said Wednesday that police have told her that seven of this year's slayings are gang-related.
Watts is looking at installing cameras and additional lighting along Colebrook Road, where four murder victims have been found dead since Jan. 28.
The rural road, with train tracks to the south and fields to the north, is overlooked by the palatial view homes of Panorama Ridge.
Pound said so far, investigators believe there are no links between the January and February slayings or between the earlier deaths and this week's double slaying.
"It's very early to say conclusively that all of the four victims found at this location are unrelated to each other, however, the flow of evidence to date supports the theory that they are not connected and only one of the victims had gang connections," Pound said.
Homicide investigators want anyone with information to call the IHIT tip line: 1-877-551-IHIT.
No charges have been laid in the earlier Colebrook Road murders.
On Feb. 24, the body of Delta resident Amritpal (Paul) Saran was found burned and dumped on the road. On Jan. 28, Jaskaran Singh Sandhu was found dead along the same stretch. The gang-linked man had survived an earlier Coquitlam shooting.
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Six months ago, 19 year old Ellia Green, was just another young woman who enjoyed playing a number of different sports. Now she is just days away from the experience of a lifetime, making her Rugby Sevens debut for Australia in the second round of IRB Women's Sevens World Series in Houston.
It's a startling thought considering her first official experience with the game of Rugby Sevens was less than five months ago.
Ellia was one of almost 1,000 women across Australia who attended one of the 'Pathway to Gold' Rugby Sevens trials run by the ARU throughout the second half 2012.
The trials provided women of all ages with an introduction to Rugby Sevens, a sport that is continuing to grow in popularity around the globe.
Ellia was identified at the trials by ARU high Performance Coaches with the potential to play Rugby Sevens at the elite level. After impressing during the first round of trials in Melbourne Ellia was one of 80 women to be invited to attend a Development Camp at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra.
From there she was one of just five to be invited to a selection camp also held at the Australian Institute of Sport.
Relishing in the opportunity to show off her skills, Ellia quickly made a good impression on the coaching staff.
This week Ellia has been announced as a member of the Australian team to travel to Houston in the USA for the second round of the IRB Women's Sevens World Series, which features Women's Rugby Sevens powerhouses like New Zealand, Canada, England and Spain.
Speaking with rugby.com.au Ellia said she was jumping out of her skin with excitement at the opportunity.
"It's a very new, fresh start. I don't have very much experience in Sevens, but have been sprinting since I was six years old," Ellia said from the team's camp in Canberra.
Her previous experience as a representative of the Melbourne Tigers basketball team and for Australia in sprinting has given Ellia the pace and skill-set required for Rugby Sevens.
In fact it was the advice of her Fijian Rugby-playing cousins who told her she had the required skills for Rugby Sevens, that helped Ellia decide to attend the trials.
"My brother plays so it was always in the back of mind to play. Now that I'm fitter and stronger I thought I'd have a go," Ellia said.
Ellia said she would definitely recommend the Women's Sevens trials to others wanting to try their hand at a different sport with great opportunities.
"I have no regrets going to the tryouts. Even if you don't make it, it's such a great experience and so good to meet so many amazing athletes from all different sporting backgrounds and learn some great skills.
She says the path for her has been indescribable.
"To be able to represent Australia in a sport I'm not familiar with is unbelievable and such a great opportunity. I can't wait," Ellia said.
After seeing Ellia in action at the trials, Qantas Women's Sevens Coach, Chris Lane said Ellia has proven that you never know what can happen if you give it a go.
"It will be her first sevens tournament, so we're throwing her in at the deep end but she has a background in the sport and I'm really excited for her," Lane said.
Ellia has a lot to look forward to with the chance to represent Australia at the Rugby Sevens World Cup this year in Moscow and at the next Olympics in 2016 at Rio.
Following the success of the Women's Sevens Trials in 2012 more are being planned for this year. For information or to register your interest in the next trials visit the Australian Rugby Sevens page.


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While rivals are working slowly behind the scenes, Morgan Stanley (MS) is moving publicly—and quickly—to embrace social media, experts say. On Monday, the Wall Street firm said it would allow its 17,000-plus advisors to use Twitter and LinkedIn with certain restrictions.
Morgan Stanley shared its social media push with the press and investors about a year ago. That's when it let 600 or so advisors start a pilot program with Twitter and LinkedIn.
"We have a library of preapproved content," said Lauren Boyman, director of social media at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, in an interview with AdvisorOne. "We view the library as another distribution channel of the content that advisors send out to clients and prospects all the time."
Some other wirehouse firms are, of course, also embracing social media—though not to the extent that MSSB is.
"Many firms are quietly working on these initiatives, but they are not disclosing" much about their social media efforts, said Chad Bockius, CEO of Socialware, Morgan Stanley's tech partner, in an interview. "I can say that Morgan Stanley is, without a doubt, the furthest along. It's been the most aggressive with its rollout and the associated steps that have to be taken with this."
Morgan Stanley has "taken a leadership position in this market," Bockius said. "I know that every wirehouse is doing something today [with social media], and it is a variance of what Morgan Stanley is doing. I expect others to have LinkedIn access and for the industry to have access to Twitter for branding and as a news source in the future. But the pace of its rollout, its cohesive strategy and the support it's put behind this initiative have made Morgan Stanley far and away the leader."
Such efforts could prove helpful to MSSB as it wraps up the tough task of integrating Morgan Stanley and Smith Barney advisors on a technology platform. It is also facing plenty of pressure from wirehouses and other broker-dealers on the recruiting and retention fronts.
Raymond James Financial (RJF), for instance, said Tuesday that it attracted four ex-MSSB advisors in Westlake, Ohio, to join its independent channel with about $400 million in client assets.
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Financial materials sent online are tightly regulated, and this situation makes it important for Morgan Stanley to preapprove tweets and other online messages, says Boyman.
Plus, advisors are busy professionals, and it takes "a lot of work to come up with content" to push out via social media, she explains. That makes "turnkey"—or preapproved content—easy for advisors to use.
"Advisors are constantly sending clients preapproved materials," Boyman explained, and Twitter is another channel for them to do this and highlight such content in other contexts."
When it comes to timely market content, for instance, that needs to get out during an event like the Flash Crash or a day with significant market movement, "We have Tweets available from our research group," she said.
Also, Morgan Stanley does have a small pilot project for advisors involving social media and content that is not preapproved.
Lifestyle content—that has to do with topics like golf or cooking—is less stringently regulated and is a good way to connect with clients, Boyman adds.
In general, she explains, Morgan Stanley knows the importance of getting advisors to connect more with current and prospective investors online. "For the next generation that is looking for an advisor, the expectation is there: They will find that person on LinkedIn and will find out who that person is linked to as part of the background they're searching for."
In its pilot program over the past year, most Morgan Stanley advisors using social media on a daily basis found that they were able to attract new clients with $1 million and more in assets. In other words, the time spent online translated into business results, the firm says.


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MIT Computational Fabrication Symposium next month at MIT through CSAIL
There is a great symposium event being held next month at MIT: "Computational Fabrication" hosted by CSAIL.
The organizers are:
- Wojciech Matusik (CSAIL, MIT)
- Daniela Rus (CSAIL, MIT)
- Bernd Bickel (IST Austria)
Here is a description of the event:
"The objective of this symposium is to create an interdisciplinary venue that brings together leading experts from academia and industry in the areas of computer graphics, geometry processing, mechanical engineering, materials science, architecture, human-computer interaction, robotics, and applied math. The goal is to learn about fundamental questions and issues related to computational aspects of fabrication, provide a platform for discussing ideas and initiating collaborations that will pioneer new approaches in this area, and provide a venue for disseminating research results. The symposium will feature nine invited talks from world-leading experts in their fields, a panel discussion, poster session, industry demos, and a conference dinner for networking and personal discussions."
Hope to see some folks there.


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ON May 18, 1980, Mt. St. Helens was erupted, a volcano located in the state of Washington, United State. It was a major eruption among the 48 states since 1915. The ash drifted over many state, and could be seen as far as Chicago. The evacuation was announced before the eruption. Mr. Harry Truman, the caretaker of a resort lodge refused to be evacuated. He preferred to die with the mountain, so he along with five residents died with the mountain.
I was in Seattle when Mt. St. Helens wad erupted. My quest was to hike Mt. St. Helens and see what it is like after thirty-six years. My family and I went back to visit on September 10, 2016. The mud and debris still filled the river. The bottom of the mountain has some signs of growth. The crater is still very much alive.
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It's available at amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/Happening-Score-Various-Artists/dp/B0018Q7K76/mnightfans-20) now as well.
That's a good point Dr Malcom Crowe, plus the music will stick in your head, then you know the track titles, and you can, oh, I have a feeling of what's going to happen and it will ruin it. I think I will wait, it shouldn't be har at all.
I placed an order for The Happening score and The Dark Knight score through Amazon. I also can't wait, and will be waiting at the same time too. lol. I guess I'll just have the CD sitting on my desk for my starring pleasure until the 13th.
Not yet, but I am sure someone (probably SoundtrackNet) will post samples in a week or so.


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'Burt Wonderstone' to open SXSW film festival
The Steve Carell magician comedy "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone" will kick off the annual South by Southwest film festival.
The Austin, Texas, festival announced Tuesday the film will premiere as the opening night film March 8.
"The Incredible Burt Wonderstone" stars Carell and Steve Buscemi as a washed-up Las Vegas magician duo, with Jim Carrey a rival street performer. It also stars Olivia Wilde, Alan Arkin and James Gandolfini. It was directed by Don Scardino.
Warner Bros. Pictures will release the film in theaters March 13.
The SXSW film festival runs March 8-16.


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HOUSTON – The FIFA delegation here to inspect the United States' bid to host the 2018 or 2022 World Cup visited Reliant Stadium and the George R. Brown Convention Center on Thursday as the final stop of the presentation made by the US Soccer Federation.
"All requirements and expectations should be met," Chilean Football Federation President and delegation head Harold Mayne-Nicholls said. "After four days of inspection in the United States and having visited five candidate cities, we have been able to collect all the necessary facts and figures to submit our report."
PHOTOS: Kinnear, Ching, Yao entertain FIFA delegation
Both Reliant Stadium and the George R. Brown Convention Center would potentially serve as the International Broadcast Center for the World Cup.
While Houston was merely a component of the total US bid presentation, the city went out of its way to put its best foot forward to impress the delegation and US Soccer Federation President Sunil Gulati.
"The visit went great and we were told by the FIFA officials we were the most organized in terms of the process and Houston as a city has great venues," Houston bid committee chairman George DeMontrond said. "But this was not about us competing with other US cities; this was about us helping the US get the bid for 2018 or 2022."
WATCH: FC Dallas' Hunt, Cowboys owner Jones greet delegation in Dallas
Houston Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear, forward Brian Ching and Houston Rockets center Yao Ming greeted the delegation at the Convention Center while Houston Texans owner Bob McNair and Mayor Annise Parker played host at Reliant Stadium.
"I love the city and the reception we had at the stadium showed the city is passionate about the game," Gulati noted. "We have a terrific team here building a stadium for the Dynamo and I think in all ways Houston has become a soccer city and that it wouldn't have been the case a decade ago."
DeMontrond believes strongly that both locations would serve as ideal venues for the World Cup and that Houston would be a great host if the US were to be awarded one of the World Cups in December.
"We have a population that is gung-ho for soccer, and it is a diverse population," DeMontrond explained. "We are an international city that is just poised to get more avid about soccer and it would leave a legacy as a more popular sport after the cup has come and gone."
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I don't know why I never thought of it before. But in the last couple of weeks I have been eating bowlfuls of a great barley cereal that is perfect for people with diabetes. It is really easy to make, tastes great, and is certainly healthy.
I have usually had McCann's Irish Oatmeal for breakfast, but may well replace it soon with barley cereal. I serve both the barley cereal and the oatmeal with soymilk, stevia or sucralose, slivered almonds, and cinnamon. Since I have oatmeal for breakfast and eat my big meal of the day at lunchtime, I am enjoying the barley cereal as my most frequent dinner.
You probably know that barley is the lowest glycemic grain. It's even lower GI than oatmeal. Barley has a GI of 25. Because the smaller particle size of the cereal, its GI is bit higher, but anything below 55 is considered low glycemic. You can find the complete list on my website.
Right now this barley cereal is only available on the Whole Control website, but the company hopes to get distribution in Vitamin Cottage, Wild Oats, and Albertson's in the near future. Whole Control is in Denver, and its toll-free phone is 1 (888) 946-5326.
Whole Control's managing partner is Frank Harritt, who was diagnosed in 1987 with type 2 diabetes. Frank brings more than 20 years of successful marketing and sales experience on leading national brands.
Its Golden Barley Cereal sell for $3.95 for a one pound bag or $8.95 for a 2.5 pound bag, which comes to about $.25 per serving — not a bad deal considering all the great health benefits.
The beauty of the Whole Control barley cereal is that, like oatmeal, it addresses blood glucose, blood pressure, and cholesterol — but it has 50 percent more fiber, 30 percent more potassium, and 500 percent more niacin per serving than oatmeal and an even lower GI. This barley cereal is lighter than oatmeal and has a sweet nut-like flavor.
What makes Whole Control different from other barley cereals is the special barley that it's made from. It is FiberGel barley – a special, all-natural variety of barley patented by Greg Fox, Ph.D., a research geneticist and plant breeder who is on Whole Control's scientific advisory board.
We have a choice of at least two other brand of barley cereal. Pepsico's Quaker Oats sells Mother's Quick Cooking Barley and Bob's Red Mill sells Rolled Barley Flakes. But I've tried only the Whole Control Golden Barley Cereal and like it so much that I don't plan on trying the alternatives.
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April 8-9, 2013 Annual Colorado College State of the Rockies Conference
Celebrating The Rockies Project's Tenth Year!
Conservation in the Rockies:
Issues of Citizen Science, Water Friendly Futures and Winter Recreation
Monday April 8
Citizen Science in the Rockies:
Outdoor Adventure Strengthening Knowledge of Nature
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- Moderator: J. Thomas McMurray, Ph.D., independent investor, co-founder of non-profits: Marine Venture Foundation, Ocean Foundation and Blue Cloud Spatial
- Carson McMurray '12, "Uses of Citizen Science on the 2012 Down the Colorado Expedition – Blue Cloud Mapping Effort"
- Talk and presentation by Scott Loarie, Ph.D., post-doctoral fellow, Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, Calif.
- On crowd-sourced "citizen-science" data, "Can Social Networks Save Biodiversity?"
- Talk and presentation by Brendan Weiner, program director, Adventurers & Scientists for Conservation, Bozeman, Mont.
- On pairing adventurers and science, "Turning to Adventure Athletes for Data Collection"
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- Rockies Award Recognition
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Summit County Police Blotter: Late-night fights and graffiti in Breckenridge
Editor's note: The police blotter is written from incident reports provided by local police departments and the Summit County Sheriff's Office. All individuals named are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
I hear you knocking, but you can't come in
An intoxicated man was charged with disorderly conduct after authorities found him knocking on several doors that were not his residence, screaming and cursing at 11:30 p.m. Jan. 28.
Neighbors contacted law enforcement reporting a possible domestic violence incident after hearing the man banging on a door shouting obscenities nearby, according to a report from the Summit County Sheriff's Office.
When authorities contacted the man, he said he was knocking on the door to his own residence after a night out at a local bar in hopes that his roommate would come and let him in. He said he had a key to the unit, but was having some difficulty unlocking the door, according to the report.
Deputies noted the man's speech was slurred and he was unsteady on his feet.
The report states authorities placed the man under arrest and found a glass pipe as well as a substance that appeared to be marijuana in his possession during a search. He was also charged with violating bond conditions, which stated he was not to consume alcohol or have controlled substances, according to the report.
Roofer by day, lawyer by night, shirtless for reasons unknown
Breckenridge police officers found a man shirtless and another man bleeding in the south end of Breckenridge after responding to a report of a fight in the area.
The two men, who were friends, had reportedly started punching and headbutting each other after an argument escalated, according to a report from the Breckenridge Police Department.
The men, along with another friend, had been out drinking at a Breck bar, and had disagreed about whether to call it a night. One of the men then headbutted the other, who responded by punching him.
While officers were talking to the two men, a third member of their group reportedly interjected, claiming he was a lawyer and attempting to record the interaction with police, according to the report.
His friends confirmed he was not a lawyer, but in fact owned a roofing company, the report stated.
It is not clear how one of the men in the fight lost his shirt.
Both men were issued tickets for disorderly conduct.
Breck PD: Graffiti near the gondola lots
Breckenridge authorities discovered graffiti during a patrol in the area of the South Gondola Lot near the intersection of Park and Watson avenues Jan. 24.
An unknown suspect had spray painted several parts of a wall in the area in a tunnel walkway that runs under Park Avenue. Other nearby infrastructure, including support beams and entryway panels also were tagged with graffiti, although the patterns and colors were different from that found inside the tunnel.
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Egypt outlaws all female circumcision Thu Jun 28, 10:27 AM ET
Egypt on Thursday finally banned all female circumcision, the widely-practised removal of the clitoris which just days ago cost the life of a 12-year-old girl.
Officially the practice, which affects both Muslim and Christian women in Egypt and goes back to the time of the pharoahs, was banned in 1997 but doctors were allowed to operate "in exceptional cases".
On Thursday, Health Minister Hatem al-Gabali decided to ban every doctor and member of the medical profession, in public or private establishments, from carrying out a clitoridectomy, a ministry press official told AFP.
Any circumcision "will be viewed as a violation of the law and all contraventions will be punished," said the official, adding that it was a "permanent ban".
A survey in 2000 said the practice was carried out on 97 percent of the country's women.
In the latest fatality, 12-year-old Bedur Ahmed Shaker was taken by her mother to a private clinic in Minya, a town on the Nile south of Cairo, for the operation. She died before she could be transferred to hospital.
Her mother accused the woman doctor of negligence, charging that her daughter's death was linked to the anaesthetic and not the removal of the clitoris, for which she had paid 50 pounds (nearly nine dollars). Police have arrested both women.


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Platinum Dunes, in their Bloody Disgusting-sponsored blog (HMMMMMM...), has announced that Friday the 13th Part 2 will be released on August 13, 2010. So how does that work? How does a film website, which published reviews on a regular basis, sponsor a blog for a studio? Isn't that akin to "payola"? When asked, Mr. Disgusting had this to say: "Brah, we here at Bloody Disgusting pride ourselves on honest, no bullshit reviews and we will always stand by that. So, with that being said, the NEW NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET IS TEH GREATEST HORROR MOVIE OF ALL TIME BUY FOUR TICKETS FOR YOURSELF AND THE TSHIRT AT HOT TOPIC!!!"
One of the few things I have ever agreed with Eric about, besides Asian chicks, is that the original Crazies is a pretty entertaining, chilling movie. I am looking forward to the remake but am far too lazy to upload this Apple trailer and watch it. Eh...the poster looks good though.
According to Variety, Sam Raimi is launching a family friendly sub-Ghost House imprint called Spooky Films. Their first movie will be The Substitute, directed by Scott Derrickson who looks like a reject from Tool Academy. Seriously, Google this douche's picture. This news follows on the heels of Disney's news that they are teaming with Guillermo del Toro to form a production company called, ahem...Double Dare You. Really, guys? Really?


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Monson: Sergio Garcia's 'fried chicken' dig at Tiger is pathetic
Fried chicken?
Really, Sergio?
You dig deep and bring the thunder and laughs with that? You're asked jokingly at a golf gala whether you're going to have Tiger Woods - with whom you've been feuding for, well, ever since he started kicking your tail in on every golf course on the planet for the past decade or two - over for dinner during the U.S. Open; you think the question is funny and want to keep the tone light and the comedy flowing, so you respond with a real chuckler. ... "We will have him 'round every night. We will serve fried chicken."
Oh, man, Serge. Now, that's good humor.
Somewhere Fuzzy Zoeller is busting a gut.
We can almost hear the guffaws, in hatred's far reaches.
Let's start again here.
It probably took Garcia all of two seconds to realize what an idiotic thing he had uttered from the stage at the European Tour players' awards dinner in London on Tuesday night. Too bad he didn't realize that long before he said it or even thought it.
He later issued this statement through the Euro Tour: "I apologize for any offense that may have been caused by my comment on stage during the European Tour players' awards dinner. I answered a question that was clearly made towards me as a joke with a silly remark, but in no way was the comment meant in a racist manner."
On Wednesday, Garcia apologized again, telling reporters that his remark "was totally stupid and out of place. I feel sick about it." He also said, "It was a funny question. I tried to give a funny answer. ... I'm very, very sorry. I cannot apologize enough times."
For his part, Woods responded via tweets:
"The comment that was made wasn't silly. It was wrong, hurtful and clearly inappropriate. I'm confident that there is real regret that the remark was made. The Players ended nearly two weeks ago and it's long past time to move on and talk about golf."
Tiger is right and he's wrong on that last part.
The verbal back-and-forth between Woods and Garcia that erupted during the Players Championship, when the two were paired in the tournament's third round, set off a long-simmering disregard the golfers have for one another. Garcia essentially said Woods disrupted a shot he was hitting, Woods called Garcia a whiner, Garcia, in so many words, called Woods a liar and on they went.
From here, that's fine.
Who doesn't like a good feud mixed into their sports now and again? Especially in a dressed-out affair like golf? The game needs a strong pot-stirring like this every so often. The fact that this little to-do involves the best player in the world, maybe the best player of all time, and a big-name golfer who, despite his talent, never has fulfilled his enormous potential makes it even better.
Here's hoping the two of them continue to let their dislike for each other spill over for the rest of us to enjoy, straight into the teeth of important competition. Here's hoping the players get paired at Merion Golf Club and that the tension rises. Think about it: Tiger jingles his keys as Sergio is putting a 10-footer for birdie, and the two of them stare each other down and then, throw down baby. Nothing like a hearty fistfight on the 18th green at the U.S. Open.
All strong. All honest. All good.
But this business of Garcia, a continent away, dropping a weak remark about fried chicken on Tiger is beyond funny, beyond silly, beyond stupid. It's pathetic.
It's worse than a thrown punch. It's a festering infection.
Can we all peer out from our hundred-acre wood long enough to hope for the obvious ... that one day, some day, golf and every other sport and the world as a whole can extinguish every hint of racism, that differences can be celebrated instead of judged, discriminated against, ridiculed and stereotyped?
Sergio Garcia may well be sorry for what he said. But he's nowhere near as sorry as the rest of us.


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Pope Francis celebrated his first Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square, encouraging people to be humble and young at heart and promising to go to a youth jamboree in Brazil in July, while the faithful enthusiastically waved olive branches and braided palm fronds.
The square overflowed with a crowd estimated by the Vatican at 250,000 people. Pilgrims, tourists and Romans jostled each other in an eager effort glimpse Francis as they joined the new pope at the start of solemn Holy Week ceremonies, which lead up to Easter, Christianity's most important day.
Keeping with his spontaneous style, the first pope from Latin America broke away several times from the text of his prepared homily to encourage the faithful to lead simple lives and resist the temptation to be sad when life's obstacles inevitably come their way.
"Don't let yourselves be robbed of hope! Don't let yourselves be robbed of hope!" Francis told the crowd, in an apparent reference to the economic difficulties people are grappling with as they try to find adequate work amid a poor job market in much of the world.
At the end of the two-hour Mass, Francis took off his red vestments, and wearing his plain white cassock and skull cap, climbed into an open-topped popemobile to circle through the excited crowd. He leaned out to shake hands, kissed and patted the heads of infants passed to him by bodyguards, and often gave children the thumbs-up sign.
His security detail seemed to be reluctantly dealing with this get-close-to-the-people pontiff, scrambling around the vehicle to pick up this child or that one. At one point, the chief bodyguard, Domenico Giani, was sent back to the mother of a child he had greeted to convey a message from the pontiff, and the ever-tense Giani broke into a smile after his mission was accomplished.
Francis even climbed down from the vehicle, kissed a woman in the crowd and chatted briefly with her, and another man in the crowd leaned over a barrier to squeeze the pontiff on a shoulder — an unheard of familiarity in the previous pontificate of the reserved Benedict XVI.
In keeping with his stress on giving examples of humility, Francis kissed the hand of an elderly woman who had outstretched an arm to him.
"There is no doubt that there will be a new spring for the church, a renewal" with this pope, said Sister Emma, an Argentine nun in the crowd.
Palm Sunday recalls Jesus' entry into Jerusalem but its Gospel also recounts how he was betrayed by one of his apostles and ultimately sentenced to death on a cross.
Francis presided over the Mass at an altar sheltered by a white canopy on the steps of St. Peter's Basilica.
Recalling the triumphant welcome into Jerusalem, Francis said Jesus "awakened so many hopes in the heart, above all among humble, simple, poor, forgotten people, those who don't matter in the eyes of the world."
Cardinals, many of them among the electors who chose him to be the Roman Catholic church's first Latin American pope, sat on chairs during the ceremony held under hazy skies on a breezy day. He quoted from Benedict when he told the cardinals that while they are "princes" of the church, their leader is the crucified Christ, a further admonition against attachment to temporal power.
The pope ticked off a litany of evils afflicting the world, including wars, "economic conflicts that hit the weakest" as well as corruption. In the final stretch of Benedict's papacy, the Vatican was embarrassed by a leak of documents from the papal apartment, indicating corruption, ambition and rivalries among upper ranks of the Holy See's management.
Francis told an off-the-cuff story from his childhood in Argentina. "My grandmother used to tell us children burial shrouds don't have pockets," the pope said, in a variation of "you can't take it with you."
Since his election on March 13, Francis has put the downtrodden and poor at the center of his mission as pope, keeping with the priorities of his Jesuit tradition.
In his homily, Francis said Christian joy "isn't born from possessing a lot of things but from having met" Jesus. That same joy should keep people young, he said.
"Even at 70, 80, the heart doesn't age" if one is inspired by Christian joy, said the 76-year-old pontiff.
The pontiff said he was joyfully looking forward to welcoming young people to Rio de Janiero for the Catholic Church's World Youth Day. So far, that is the first foreign trip on the calendar of Francis' new papacy. "I'm coming in July," Francis said in remarks after Mass from the esplanade of the basilica.
During Mass, at the point when the Gospel recounts the moment of Jesus' death, many faithful knelt on hard cobblestones paving the square, and Francis knelt on a wooden kneeler.
A few young olive trees were inserted in dirt placed around the central obelisk in the square.
Holy Week will see at least one break from tradition with this new papacy. Instead of washing priests' feet in a basilica in a symbolic gesture of humility on Holy Thursday, Francis will wash the feet of young inmates at a juvenile detention center in Rome. Other appointments in public will include the Way of the Cross procession at the Colosseum on Good Friday night. Next Sunday, Francis will celebrate Easter Mass in the square.
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Since 2001 Prior Snowboards & Skis have been working with some of the Sea to Sky's finest artists to create pieces that represent the Whistler lifestyle and culture. They have used these artworks to adorn their line of locally handcrafted skis and boards that have been sold all over the world.
This year, Prior would again like to find out from the people of Whistler, Pemberton and Squamish what artwork they believe represents their community, lifestyle, culture and experience in this mountain paradise. To do this, Prior is hosting an exhibition in partnership with the Whistler Arts Council that showcases local artists' work and asks the public to cast a vote on the artwork they believe meets the above criteria.
The most popular artwork will then be added to the Prior product line for Winter 2014/2015. In exchange for the use of this artwork, the selected artist will receive a custom built ski or board with their artwork on it and a Prior pro pack.
Artists who would like to be included in this exhibition are asked to submit their work in either a 34cm(w) x 200cm(h) size or a scaled down version of these dimensions. It should be no smaller than 10cm(w) x 59cm(h). Any flat visual pieces will be considered which includes but is not limited to photographic, digital, acrylic, sketched, stenciled & spray painted artworks.
The deadline for the application and for the artwork to be submitted is on Monday August 26th at 11AM. Original artwork must be available to Prior following the exhibition to allow Prior to convert the artwork to a production format.
The exhibition will take place from Monday September 23rd at the Scotia Creek Gallery in Millenium Place and will run through the month of October with public voting closing on Friday the 25th of October. The exhibition launch party in conjunction with Out of Bounds kicks off on Tuesday September 24th 2013 and will include live music, cash bars, food, voting and a 'get stoked for the upcoming winter' vibe.
The exhibit is set to coincide with numerous ski and snowboard film premiers along with the photographic exhibition Out of Bounds: Tales from the Backcountry which together will attract around 5,000 people throughout the duration of the exhibition.
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A 51-year-old part-time U.S. census worker was found hanging from a tree in rural Kentucky with the word "Fed" marked on his chest in an apparent homicide, cops said.
Bill Sparkman, also a teacher and former Eagle Scout, may have been targeted because he worked for the government, a police source told The Associated Press. Sparkman's truck and the computer he used on the job were found near his body in Daniel Boone National Forest on Sept. 12, according to the AP.
Sparkman's body was found naked and gagged with his hands and feet bound with duct tape, a witness who discovered the body said. Sparkman was wearing only his socks, according to the witness.
The Census, which had been gearing up for the 2010 count with small interviews, has suspended all door-to-door canvassing in Clay County, Ky. until Sparkman's autopsy report is released.
"We are deeply saddened by the loss of our co-worker," Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said in a statement. "Our thoughts and prayers are with William Sparkman's son, other family and friends."
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1) The University of Alabama's Bankhead Visiting Writers Series has a broadside designed and printed for every writer that they bring to the series. This particular one was designed and printed by Amy C. LexPard in April 2012. It's numbered (74 of 75)
2) Living close enough to one of your authors so that running to meet him for breakfast to discuss his book, his next book, what we've been reading, what our kids are doing, readings we've recently attended, his Kresge award, teaching writer-in-residence programs, and (AND!) have him hand you one of these broadsides, can easily be arranged and take up less than an hour of your day.
A closer view of the art work on this:
and for those of you trying to read the short story in the too small print above:


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The video-sharing platform is launching two tools that allow videomakers to monetize their content.
As a video producer and curator, I've kept an eye on Vimeo -- not just because I watch web videos all day, but because it's a fascinating case study. The rise of the social web has brought wonderful, mostly free, services to millions of users, allowing them to create and share digital content on an unprecedented scale. But sigh! How to monetize all this engagement? While Facebook, YouTube, and other content-sharing sites built their business models on advertising, Vimeo played its cards a little differently. With its clean interface and cuddly community vibe, Vimeo has carved out a niche as the videomaker's video platform. Can a media platform really survive without flooding its audience with advertising? Could it survive simply by charging its users directly? Spearheaded by Kickstarter and Etsy, a new wave of startups are thriving by connecting creators with audiences, skimming a percentage of the crowd funding or sales generated in the process. Vimeo is joining these ranks today, announcing two new tools that will allow videomakers to generate revenue from their videos.
The first, "Tip Jar," is exactly what it sounds like. Vimeo users can invite viewers to make donations and get 85 percent of the cash (Vimeo takes 15 percent, in part to cover transaction costs. In comparison, Kickstarter takes five percent). The second and more exciting feature is a "pay-to-view" setup which will allow users to charge viewers for access to content, customizing the parameters to suit their needs. Vimeo plans to roll out a few pay-to-view videos this fall, with a full launch in early 2013. It's not the first time amateur and independent video creators have had an opportunity to monetize their work online; YouTube's partners program shares ad revenue with successful YouTube channels, for example.
However, Vimeo's Tip Jar and pay-to-view tools do open up a platform for all the videos that don't fit the mold of other distribution platforms (feature movies on Netflix, web series on YouTube) to make money. Enjoy those stunning time-lapse videos of the aurora borealis over Iceland? Don't forget to tip your filmmaker on the way out! For small independent productions, both shorts and features, though, the pay-to-view could be huge. If the success of Kickstarter (which has helped raise more than $70 million for film and video projects) is any indication, there could be a serious payoff for Vimeo too.
Curious about how Vimeo plans to navigate the increasingly competitive space of online video, we spoke with Vimeo's CEO Kerry Trainor, who joined the company this spring from AOL. In the following interview, which has been edited and condensed for space, Trainor weighs in on the new features, Vimeo's plans to collaborate with more brands, and why Vimeo is the Mac to YouTube's PC.
The Atlantic: Why give creators the tools to monetize their videos, and why now?
Kerry Trainor: It goes back to the core of Vimeo as a platform. Vimeo has been quite successful in terms of distinguishing itself as the quality platform for creative people. Enabling those people to start to build businesses and generate revenue around their work really feels like the next logical step. So the features that we're announcing this week and overall – the first move forward for Vimeo into empowering creators to earn revenue really is a continuation of Vimeo's core commitment to providing a quality platform for those creators.
Is this the first example of something like this on a video platform?
We think it's pretty unique in terms of what is out there, and we're optimistic about the prospects given the type of growth we've seen in crowd funding. We think there's something really powerful in connecting creators and their audiences very directly like that. We don't want to be too aggressive and say it's the first time it's ever been done because we've seen it implemented in other places, but ... this is the first time it's been implemented on a platform of any appreciable scale, as an original feature, on a site like Vimeo. We've developed this in house and baked it right into the platform.
Was Louis CK's success selling his comedy show directly to fans an inspiration?
The plans for Vimeo to empower creators to monetize have long been in the works but we love examples like that because it shows that desire on the part of both the creator and the audience to connect more directly. Louis CK did very well at a threshold that would not have done well had it been done through traditional television, but by going direct and having it be via the Web, everybody wins. The artist or creator is able to earn a lot more in a much more efficient way, and the audience gets access to content that they may not have otherwise gotten. We're excited about this not only because it's the next logical step forward for Vimeo and our commitment to empowering creators but we also view it as an expansion of the paid video marketplace over all.
Because Vimeo is not a heavily ad-supported model for the most part, the experience is very different from other video sites. Is it a priority to differentiate Vimeo from YouTube and other video platforms in this regard?
One of the most exciting things for me about being the part of the team at Vimeo is the product has really been very consistent and I think that that's what's allowed it to thrive in a world where you do have such a massive competitor like YouTube. I think YouTube is very successful at what they do but it's different. When we think about the product and the business alike, we think about three things. First and foremost is quality, so it's the technical quality of our player, our playback experience, the way we transcode videos. Quality also extends to the user experience, being clean and uncluttered and really putting the video front and center. Keeping the amount of advertising on the site below a certain threshold. And because of the quality tools we feel that we've attracted a very different level of quality in terms of the type of content that you'd find on the site.
The next is creativity. We're always focused on how we foster and support creativity, allowing people to reach audiences that weren't possible before the advent of the Web. And third is control. In a world where it's amazing that you can share something with the entire world – for some people that's also a little bit much. We like to have Vimeo be at the forefront having best in class privacy functions where you can password protect videos and share them easily with just a select group of people. We are always working along those three lines, of how we can continue to have the experience differentiated by quality, by creativity, by control. In very oversimplified terms, Vimeo is kind of like the Mac to YouTube's PC.
We always are very focused on innovation and staying vigilant, staying frankly just dedicated to being a product-driven company. That's what makes Vimeo special. I think that's what makes any growing company on the Web successful. Vimeo has been very successful in mapping out its own identity and having that be very clear in a very competitive space and the onus is on us to continue to build on that identity and make sure that it stays differentiated and distinct, even as more competitors enter the space every day.
With the success of the Old Spice "Muscle Music" interactive video, a collaboration between Vimeo and Wieden + Kennedy, will brand partnerships become a bigger part of Vimeo's business?
Vimeo has always had some level of advertising on the site, but [the Old Spice "Muscle Music" collaboration] was certainly one of the deepest and definitely one of the most highly creative. You know in a way, brands are kind of like people too, in that for the same reason that a distinct group of users choose Vimeo, we're finding that similarly a distinct group of brands, when either their identity maps more closely to ours or they're looking to do something really innovative and creative, we're finding more and more that they're seeking out Vimeo. While we don't ever want advertising to ever destroy or negatively impact what makes Vimeo special, we do also very much like working with brands and their agencies. So for those right projects we're more than happy to engage.
Is Vimeo's community an asset in brand collaborations like this?
Yeah absolutely. A lot of members of the [Vimeo] creative community are parts of the agency community as well. So whether it's filmmakers or people working in the advertising space or branded content, a lot of times the folks doing work on behalf of brands are very dedicated Vimeo users. We do see ways that that can be brought to the fore even more and we're going to be figuring that out in the future.
Do you consider Vimeo a content company?
Vimeo ultimately is a video platform, in the sense that we offer tools to empower people to distribute content, so in that way we are a content company. And we also curate selections of content that we think are fantastic, and display that on the site. We produce some of our own videos to remind the world what it's like to work here and of the personalities involved, which we think are an important part of explaining the distinctive environment that is Vimeo. We haven't gone incredibly deep into producing original content. So I think it depends where you set the definition, but in terms of being able to empower people to create better content and distribute that content and now to monetize that content, and curating specific selections we want to highlight for people, in those respects, yes. In the production company respect, no, we are not actively funding content production at this stage.
What kinds of videos will we see via the pay-to-view feature?
I think one of the things we're most excited about is it's kind of open ended. Whereas the more widely available on-demand platforms – Netflix or Hulu or Amazon – tend to really gravitate around traditional feature film and television. I love feature films and television and probably spend more time than most rabidly consuming them, but we also know that there's also a lot of high-quality content being produced in all different types of formats, lengths, narrative approaches, and we really do want the platform to be available to people to share and earn revenue from their work, whatever the shape or size. We're going to see what it looks like ultimately, but our hope is that it'll be much more flexible and have a much more diverse offering than you might typically find through more cable-based or other distribution platforms.
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