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Produced by Brenda Parkerson, GIRLS AROUND THE WORLD is a collection of six extraordinary documentaries that examine the hopes, dreams and worldviews of a diverse group of 17-year-old girls from across the globe. This multidimensional series provides a critical cross-cultural perspective into the lives of young women, the concerns they share and the difficult decisions they face as they transition into adulthood. A compelling snapshot of global girlhood, GIRLS AROUND THE WORLD introduces young American women to the social and economic reality that shapes, and sometimes limits, the goals of their counterparts in the world.
ANNA FROM BENIN (Monique Phoba, Benin) One of 31 children, Anna struggles to remain a normal teen and still fulfill her family�s high expectations, after she accepts a prestigious scholarship to study music in France.
DAUGHTERS OF WAR (Maria Barea, Peru) The effects of war, drugs and poverty on a generation of youth in Peru is seen through Gabriela, the leader of a girl gang and mother of a 7 month old daughter.
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FRONTIER (Kaija Jurikkala, Finland) On a small, isolated farm near the Russian border, Tarja is forced to make the painful decision to leave her childhood home in order to pursue greater opportunities.
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Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxy Leo IV
Astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope to unmask the dim, star-starved dwarf galaxy Leo IV. These Hubble images demonstrate why astronomers had a tough time spotting this small-fry galaxy.
The image at left shows part of the galaxy, outlined by the white rectangular box. The box measures 83 light-years wide by 163 light-years long. The few stars in Leo IV are lost amid neighboring stars and distant galaxies.
A close-up view of the background galaxies within the box is shown in the middle image. The image at right shows only the stars in Leo IV. The galaxy, which contains several thousand stars, is composed of Sun-like stars, fainter, red dwarf stars, and some red giant stars brighter than the Sun. Astronomers discovered Leo IV in Sloan Digital Sky Survey images by spotting a region where a clump of stars was huddled closer together than stars in areas around it.
Residing 500,000 light-years from Earth, Leo IV is one of more than a dozen ultra-faint dwarf galaxies found lurking around our Milky Way galaxy. These galaxies are dominated by dark matter, an invisible substance that makes up the bulk of the universe's mass.
Astronomers used Hubble to measure the ages of the stars in Leo IV and two other ultra-faint dwarf galaxies. The measurements revealed that the stars in all three galaxies are more than 13 billion years old, almost as old as the 13.7-billion-year-old universe. Because the stars in these galaxies are so ancient and share the same age, astronomers suggest that a global event, such as reionization, shut down star formation in them. Reionization is a transitional phase in the early universe when the first stars burned off a fog of cold hydrogen.
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The Ha'tak-Class mothership was the primary capital ship used by the Goa'uld. A Ha'tak carries a sigificant arsenal of Heavy staff cannons for ship-to-ship warfare and orbital bombardment as well as serving as a carrier for dozens of Death Gliders while being able to service other spacecraft and carrying up to a thousand Jaffa warriors. Ha'tak class ships can enter planetary atmospheres. The number of Ha'tak class ships is believed to be in the hundreds. Cronus' Ha'tak had a speed of 32,000c.[1]
The primary armament of a Goa'uld Ha'tak are it's heavy staff cannon turrets for ship-to-ship combat. These have been been given on screen a firepower of up to 200 megatons. Hat'tak also are equiped with a set of faster-firing, anti-fighter staff cannon turrets.
A Ha'tak-class mothership is capable of sitting inside the Coronasphere of a blue giant for an hour without shields and ten hours with shields[2]
A Ha'tak has an unusual design with a pyramidal core surrounded by an external framework. A Ha'tak-class ship is over six hundred meters across. Goa'uld Ha'tak class ships are roughly six hundred meters in length.
Normally, a Goa'uld Ha'tak-class ship has a large crew of Jaffa and Goa'uld technicians and overseers, but it can be operated to some degree with only a helmsman.
Over the course of the Stargate franchise, several distinct variants on the Ha'tak design have appeared. This does not include various superheavy flagships that the Goa'uld have built.
The first variant was Ra's Mothership, which lacked the external framework common to most Goa'uld Hat'aks. The general belief is that Ra's pyramid ship was not a military vessel, but a sort of personal yacht used by the most powerful of System Lords to go about his domain.[3]
After Apophis usurped control of Sokar's empire, a second variant was seen, an advanced prototype for a new and improved class of Ha'tak. The performance of this variant is unknown, as SG1 destroyed it before its completion, and no other craft of it's class appeared before Apophis's final Death.[4]
Later still, Anubis fielded a fleet of improved Ha'tak-class ships. These featured improved shields and weapons, allowing it to take on an Asgard Beliskner-class spacecraft, although they could still be defeated by normal Ha'taks. These ships, unlike Apophis's prototype, were not specially built with improved systems, but rather were merely upgrades of conventional Ha'tak-class ships.[5]


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Howdy y'all, and welcome back to the rodeo, where the bulls buck hard and only the best of the best can hold on til the buzzer.
Our second largest position on the short side of my personal ledger and as outlined here in Revolution Investing, Dollar General /quotes/zigman/575788 /quotes/nls/dg DG , reported another round of dismal earnings and outlook and it's down to the lowest levels its been since we stepped in with our short. Our third largest short position, Dollar Tree, is down in sympathy. I'm going to cover about a fifth of my DG short to lock in some of these profits.
Apple's /quotes/zigman/68270 /quotes/nls/aapl AAPL up big, though we've seen that before lately, haven't we? I'm not selling any of my Apple yet, which remains my largest position. As I repeatedly outlined last week, now that the xMas iPad/iPhone selling season is here, we'll need to see analysts raising their numbers for each into year-end. And today we're seeing several reports of raised estimates for iPhone 5 sales this quarter (JP Morgan even upped their estimates for iPhone 5 sales this quarter from their prior guess by nearly 15%). More supply of the iPhone is hitting and that's enabling supply to meet demand and that demand for both the iPhone 5 and the iPad Mini is likely quite a bit stronger than the analysts expected.
On a similar note, please do give me your feedback on the Microsoft's /quotes/zigman/20493 /quotes/nls/msft MSFT Windows 8 and whether you've tried it and/or whether you're going to get a new smartphone, tablet or PC and what kind you'll be getting next. Here's some great feedback from my column discussing my pessimism about the Windows 8 reception yesterday:
Hello Cody,First off I would like to say thank you for your work. Although I am not a subscriber I constantly read your various posts on Marketwatch and I must say that following your playbook and your simpliest of advice has allowed me to learn the basics of trading much better than any other columns I have read, technical analysis, indexes of financial terms, etc.I have only been investing seriously for about a couple of years, my first being very painful. This yesr however as I have followed your basic strategies I have been able to realize some nice gains, most notably with AAPL, FIO, and T.I have not yet mustered up the nerve to venture into shorting stocks or options trading and that is something I looked forward to doing in the coming year as I grow my portfolio. I also look forward to becoming a subscriber of yours in the near future; as my current portfolio stands I don't believe I can justify the expense, but I believe I will able to soon.On a second note in response to your post about "Trading Ideas for xMas", I agree with your sentiment regarding Microsoft and the Windows 8 reception. I am a Design Engineer w/ PNY Tech in NJ and I have been working with the OS since the early fall before it was released (even though i typically design hardware) and I find it painfully obnoxious.It appears to me that Microsoft essentially smashed Windows Phone and Windows 7 together without any particular amount of effort, strategy, or grace. It feels very eerily similar to those terrible "in between" versions of Windows in the past like Vista or 2000. It seems as though Win 8 is a rough beta of Windows 9 much the way I feel Vista was essentially a Win 7 Beta for public use (or torture).I think this will drive people towards apple desktops at least those unlike myself who are unwilling to stick with win 7 until something better or until Microsoft pulls the support plug.Again thank you for your hard work and research and for sharing that with the public. I look forward to reading many more of your posts and subscribing to your site in the very near future.Best Regards,Ty
Is Windows 8 actually helping drive incremental new sales of Macs and/or iPads and/or Androids? Tell me your thoughts in the comments below or email me at firstname.lastname@example.com and I'll publish a column with analysis from your input.
Speaking of rallies, tech in general is on fire this morning (knock on wood) and I'm also looking to sell about a tenth of my Sandisk /quotes/zigman/54370 /quotes/nls/sndk SNDK call options that I was buying before the break out as outlined in this post:
I'm also buying some Sandisk April calls with $40 or so strike prices. Just a tranche buy while it's down and per my write up on flash in the smartphone/tablet world.
Sandisk did indeed break out and is up about 10% in a straight line since I wrote this the next day:
Sandisk is looking like it could try to break out next.
Easy does it, following the playbook. Scale into the best revolutionary stocks on weakness and trim on big rallies. At least while we remain in bull market mode.
Cody Willard writes Revolution Investing for MarketWatch and posts the trades from his personal account at TradingWithCody.com, which is not affiliated with MarketWatch. At time of publication, Cody was net long Apple, Sandisk, Google and long Microsoft calls and puts and net short Dollar General and Dollar Tree. Follow Cody on Twitter at twitter.com/codywillard.


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Nokia and Samsung have been covered by us on a continuous basis when updates have been pushed out for Windows Phone. Today we're looking at Nokia's Chat Beta and Samsung's Video Trimmer, available in their respective stores. Both apps have been updated, so what's new?
Unfortunately, we're not sure. Nokia has bumped its Chat Beta to version 18.104.22.168 and Samsung's Video Trimmer has been boosted to 126.96.36.199, so we're probably looking at fixes and minor improvements. If you've noticed anything new in these latest releases, be sure to hit us up in the comments.
You can download Chat Beta and Video Trimmer (right QR code) from the Nokia Collection and Samsung Zone respectively on the Windows Phone Store. Thanks, Mohamed, for the tip!


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I guess Im frustrated. I think someone has to be fired to change this **** were in, but since that doesnt seem to be the case this year Im forced to rely on miracles. So I conjured from my memory this true tale of how miracles happen in basketball.
2004 Euroleague. Maccabi Tel Aviv (and no, Im definitely not a fan, but the way it happened is unbelievable).
Maccabi was for the large portion of the season a very talented yet underachieving team in all aspects. They were losing games and barely made it into the top 16. Fans were booing, players were frustrated and the media was calling for everyones head from the coach to the last player.
Last game of the top 16. Maccabi faces Zalgiris Kovna. Zalgiris leads 94-91. Two seconds on the clock. Gur Shelef, the 2nd unit PF, sends a hail-mary pass to their 6th man Derrick Sharp. Sharp turns around and takes a heavily contested 3 pointer and ties the game!
The crowd goes wild, the players go wild. The media would come to call this The Zalgiris miracle. Because from that moment on, this team that nobody thought would do anything became a super-team. Something in that moment changed everything for them. They went on to win the game , and then to win the title 2 years in a row and become one of Euroleages best teams ever. All of a sudden they were winning major games by 40 points and nobody could defeat them. They played like a perfect machine.
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On October 22nd, the Sporting White '97 (U12) girl's team held their first "Juggle-A-Thon". Each girl recorded their personal juggling goal that they wanted to attain. Friends, neighbors, and family members sponsored each girl with a price per juggle or a flat rate.
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Several different definitions come forward for the word "legend," but of all the definitions to describe a "legend" the best may be "one who inspires or achieves legendary fame." Enough said.
For over 30 years, from the mythic men's basketball teams that slayed the UNLV powerhouses of the late 80's and 90's; to women's Gaucho hoops teams that excited a community and a campus, owned a conference, and produced WNBA players; to a volleyball program that for 26 years was one of just three teams in the nation to make the NCAA Tournament every year, the Thunderdome has housed some of the best players and teams to ever make their imprint at UCSB.
The name is also legendary - the Thunderdome. The loud, passionate fans, clad in gold t-shirts, scared the competition away and baptized it as such. The Thunderdome is not a place of sanction.
Now, to honor the Thunderdome and the legends that have performed there, UCSB Athletics is proud to announce the "Legends of the 'Dome"
This Saturday when the men's basketball team hosts Cal State Fullerton at 7 p.m., the first men's basketball "Legend" will live forever in the Thunderdome. Five past Gaucho stars will form the inaugural class of "Legends," and will have their 20-foot images hung from the Thunderdome walls. The inaugural class will consist of one from women's volleyball and two each from men's and women's basketball.
Earlier this season, women's volleyball player Roberta Gehlke was immortalized as the first "Legends of the 'Dome," followed by men's basketball players Carrick DeHart and Brian Shaw and legendary women's basketball coach Mark French.
Each year fans will be asked to vote for the next legend or legends to be raised in tribute.
The wall of legends is part of a visual banner overhaul in the Thunderdome. Additionally, separate championship banners have been hung for each of the 69 UCSB championships and postseason appearances. Large "Dare to be Great" outdoor banners now drape the entrance of the west, east, and south sides of the Thunderdome. Banners include volleyball, basketball, and student action shots.
The Athletics Ticket Office is offering the "Legends Pack" ticket offer. For $40, fans will receive four tickets, four hot dogs and four sodas to any of the upcoming "Legends" games. Please visit this link for more information or call (805) 893-UCSB.
Saturday, Oct. 17 - Women's Volleyball Legend, Roberta Gehlke Saturday, Jan. 23 vs. Cal State Fullerton - Men's Basketball Legend, Carrick DeHart Thursday, Feb. 11 vs. UC Riverside - Women's Basketball Legend, Mark French Saturday, Feb. 13 vs. Long Beach State - Men's Basketball Legend, Brian Shaw Saturday, Feb. 27 vs. Cal Poly - Second Women's Basketball Legend


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Minerva's Den will be headed to Games for Windows Live! Within the next day, some of you may notice new achievements appearing - and on May 31st you'll be able to download the final chapter of BioShock 2's story. Minerva's Den will be 800 Microsoft Points and available anywhere that supports Games for Windows Live.
(And, if you can't wait a moment longer to get back to Rapture, download our free add-on, The Protector Trials.) Please note: Both add-on packs require a copy of BioShock 2 to play.
To celebrate the release of Minerva's Den on PC, Steve Gaynor (its lead designer), has written a two-part, behind-the-scenes blog post about the history of the content. You can check out part one now. Part two will be available on release day!
Read Steve's post on the 2K Blog now.
I want to personally thank each and every one of you who supported BioShock 2 and Minerva's Den, and for your patience (and excitement) as we finished this content for the PC. I hope you all enjoy your next trip to Rapture - it's only a couple days away.
GameSpot Interview with Garry Schyman
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Heads up to BioShock fans everywhere! GameSpot posted an in-depth interview with Garry Schyman - it's a read I'm fairly certain you won't want to miss.
Garry Schyman, Wizard World Anaheim Comic Con, and You!
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On May 1st at noon, Garry Schyman will be appearing on a composer panel and signing event at the Wizard World Anaheim Comic Con. If you are headed to the con, swing by and thank him for his amazing music!
Garry's music from BioShock will also be performed in concert at California State Univeristy, Northridge on May 9th. For more details, check out this link for all the info.
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Today, we bring you the two final biographies of those on the frontlines of Rapture's Civil War: Louie McGraff and Oscar Calaraca. (And thank you to 2K Forum poster Relight who encouraged me to dig these out of the archives for your enjoyment!)Read More.
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I'm happy to announce that the Protector Trials are headed to PC on March 14th - which means that on Monday morning, you'll be downloading away and back in Rapture. (And yes, the Protector Trials are completely free!) Monday will also bring a small patch that fixes, among other things, the mouse sensitivity issues many of you have reported (the full patch notes are below.) We're still working on Minerva's Den and I'll be making a similar announcement to this one as we get closer to a firm launch date for that pack.Read More.
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and Minerva's Den Coming to PC
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I have some good news concerning the BioShock 2 PC patch as well as the development of Protector Trials and Minerva's Den for the PC. Not to keep you in suspense any longer, I'll sum it up with one sentence: We have resumed development on all three and they will be coming to PC.Read More.
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Record was enjoyable :)
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PC World Review
5 out of 5 stars - "A sequel that surpasses the original."Read More
Team Xbox's Review
9.2 out of 10 and received the Editor's Choice Award.Read More
"BioShock," a Video Game Based on Ayn Rand's Philosophy, Gets a Sequel
Jordan Thomas' interview with the Wall Street Journal.Read More


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Thursday, September 28, 2006
Rimini Street expands 3rd party maintenance for Oracle products
I interviewed Seth Ravin, founder of Rimini Street, today about his firm's efforts to expand their support offerings for Oracle's Siebel, PeopleSoft, and J.D. Edwards product lines.
I covered Rimini Street exactly one year ago, when the company was first founded to provide an alternative to Siebel's support organization. At the time, I predicted: "Oracle will downplay the existence of Rimini Street for now. But if Ravin's new firm starts to get traction, it wouldn't surprise me if Oracle threatens legal action."
So far, Oracle has indeed been acting as though it is unconcerned about Rimini Street. Ravin today said that Oracle has taken the high road--Oracle's co-CEO Charles Phillips says that it's good for Oracle customers to have choices. However, as Ravin points out, it would be awkward for Oracle to attack Rimini Street for providing third-party support for Oracle customers while Oracle itself is, at the same time, promoting its partnership with SYSTIME to provide third-party support for SAP.
Rimini Street Customer Base
Of course, in terms of size, Rimini Street is not yet a major threat to Oracle's maintenance revenues. The firm only employs about 30 people today, according to Ravin. He also indicated the number of clients, which he asked me to not disclose until his firm announces it at Oracle's Open World conference next month. Without giving the exact figure, let me say that it's not a big number. It comprises 60-70% Siebel customers and 30% PeopleSoft customers, with offerings for JDE customers just begun.
Although the number today is not large, it does include some very large companies--Fortune 500 firms. The conventional wisdom has been that third-party support appeals mainly to small companies looking to save a buck. But, as it turns out, large companies also want to save money--especially large companies that have heavily modified the vendor's software and have no plans to upgrade. Some of these companies are not willing to continue paying 22% of the sales price to Oracle for product upgrades that they are not likely to ever install. Also, having mature systems, they don't need Oracle's help desk support.
Retail, healthcare, and governmental organizations also seem to be receptive to Rimini Street's offerings--the last especially in cases where there are significant budgetary constraints.
Beyond the Traditional Support Contract
One interesting point: Rimini Street has been expanding its support offerings to go beyond what is typically offered in software maintenance contracts. The company is now offering support, not just for vanilla code, but for the client's own customizations. There are certain restrictions (e.g. the code has to be working in the client's production environment), but once the customizations are put under maintenance, Rimini Street guarantees that they will continue to work with whatever changes Rimini Street introduces to the code. The firm also provides certain support to ensure interoperability, data quality, and system performance--the kind of real-world problems that traditional vendor support contracts do not cover.
Actually, what Rimini Street is doing is really not so radical. It is really just a system implementation consulting firm, or a system integrator, that happens to sell its services under a service contract instead of a break-fix arrangement. It is not a software company. Ravin points out that in a perfect world, Rimini Street ought to be an Oracle partner. Just because they compete with Oracle for maintenance contract dollars shouldn't make a difference--Oracle competes with its partners all the time. Just ask any of Oracle's implementation partners how often Oracle Consulting competes with them for services deals.
As I've indicated in the past, it is the software vendors' own money grab that has opened the door for third-party support organizations, such as Rimini Street. Vendors have been treating their installed client base as a captive audience, jacking up support prices to provide revenue to fund the rest of their operations. This creates a value-gap that third-parties can fill by offering tailor-made services that meet the needs of the customer for significantly less money.
In the case of Rimini Street, contract prices start at about 50% of what Oracle charges. Then, if the customer is paying maintenance for products he has not implemented, or user seats that he is not using, the price drops even further.
It's hard to see what's wrong with this picture.
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Monday, September 25, 2006
Sun's massive ERP consolidation effort
Sun Microsystems is currently undertaking the mother of all application-consolidation projects: a three-year effort that is replacing 1,000 applications with a single instance of Oracle's E-Business Suite.
The Oracle system will run on a Sun UltraSparc E25K server for the back end, with small thin x64 Web servers on the front end. According to CIO Bob Worrall, Sun would have liked to run the system on an Oracle grid, but there are "no serious references of Oracle running in a gridded environment that supports 40,000 users."
The first big deliverable is scheduled for July 2007 when Sun goes live with services and price-quotation systems. There are "several hundred" team members working on the project.
Application consolidation of the sort that Sun is undertaking is just one of several consolidation strategies that IT organizations can use to reduce the cost of ongoing support. Other forms of consolidation include server consolidation, storage consolidation, and data consolidation. Our most recent research at Computer Economics shows that all forms of consolidation are highly popular, as companies endeavor to reduce the burden of maintaining existing systems and capabilities to free up funds for new development.
Because application consolidation is much more difficult than server or storage consolidation, it is the least-deployed consolidation strategy. Nevertheless, it has the highest potential payback, as duplicative efforts in system upgrades and maintenance are eliminated and the organization enjoys economies of scale with a single system. Fewer servers, fewer software licenses, and few support personnel are just the beginning of the savings.
Computerworld has the interview with Worrall, discussing the project.
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Friday, September 22, 2006
SAP plans Oracle-database killer
Shai Agassi speaks about plans to launch in-memory data warehouse capabilities for SAP. Agassi claims that, if successful, such an approach would reduce demand for high-performance relational databases, such as Oracle's.
eWeek has the interview with Agassi.
Agassi doesn't mention it, but SAP wasn't the first to come up with this idea. A BI vendor in Sweden, QlikTech, already has released this technology in its business intelligence product, QlikView. I've seen it demonstrated and it's pretty impressive.
QlikView also wins the Spectator award for the coolest name for a contest, "Think outside the cube."by Frank Scavo, 9/22/2006 09:41:00 AM | permalink | e-mail this!
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Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Oracle knocks quarterly results out of the park
Oracle yesterday announced a 29% increase in earnings and a 30% increase in revenue for the first quarter. (The percentages reflect the increase over the first quarter last year.) Total revenue was $3.59 billion. These results far exceeded analyst expectations.
There are several aspects of Oracle's performance that are especially positive:
In Oracle's press release, it was quick to use these results as vindication of its strategy to beat SAP.
- These results are not just the result of squeezing more money out of Oracle's installed base: new license sales were up 28% overall, which include both database and application sales.
- New application license sales rose a whopping 80%, indicating Oracle's success in getting customers of its acquired products to continue buying.
- Oracle's core database and middleware business also expanded, at a 15% pace.
- These first quarter results follow exceptionally strong performance in the previous quarter.
- The first quarter is normally Oracle's slowest quarter, as the opportunity pipeline tends to be drained as a result of the typical year-end push by the sales force."We're rapidly taking applications market share from SAP," said Oracle President, Charles Phillips. "Q1 was the second consecutive quarter that Oracle's applications new license sales growth was 80% or more. That's ten times SAP's 8% new license sales growth rate in their most recently completed quarter."Recently, I've been somewhat skeptical of Oracle's ability to fund continued development of its acquired products at the same time that it is developing its next generation Fusion applications. The financial results from this quarter and the previous quarter will certainly help in its efforts.
"SAP appears to be rethinking their strategy as they lose application market share to Oracle and confront the difficulties of moving their application software to a modern Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)," said Oracle's CEO, Larry Ellison. "They've just announced that they are delaying the next version of SAP applications until 2010. That's a full two years behind Oracle's scheduled delivery of our SOA Fusion applications. And now Kagermann is talking about an acquisition strategy to augment SAP's slowing organic growth. These are major changes in direction for SAP."
The Wall Street Journal has more on Oracle's performance.
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Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Business Technology (BT): a better acronym for IT
George Colony, CEO of Forrester Research, has been on a one-man campaign to change the use of the term "information technology (IT)" to "business technology (BT)." I first heard Colony talk along this line earlier this year at Forrester's conference in Las Vegas. At the time, I didn't pay much attention, thinking that it was just another attempt by a consultant to give a new name to something old.
This time, however, I find myself more open to the idea. What we call the IT function today has already gone through a number of name changes, from data processing (DP) in the 1950s and 60s to electronic data processing (EDP) 70's, to MIS in the 1980s, to IT in the 1990s.
I'll date myself and admit that I'm old enough to remember each one of these acronym changes. Each reflected a change in thinking about our profession. DP was all about data--whether in the form of punched tape, cards, or mag tape. The transition to EDP reflected the shift from mechanical data (cards, paper tape, etc.) to electronic data. The rise of the acronym MIS reflected the view that our job was not just about data, but about information--and especially management information, information used to manage the business, including early forms of decision support and planning systems, such as MRP. Eventually, the acronym MIS fell out of use in favor of IS or IT, reflecting the realization that the information we managed was not just management information but all sorts of information.
But what all of these acronyms have in common is that they are centered on "data" or "information." Colony's point is that the job of IT today is not just about managing information. It is about supporting the business in all aspects--from managing information, to facilitating communication, to automating business processes, to enabling collaboration. It even involves digital communication with things, such as equipment, inventory items, and vehicles that are electronically enabled through technologies such as RFID.
Therefore, it is getting harder and harder to separate the business from the technology. In the late 1990s, the term "e-business" was popular, denoting a new way to do business--electronically. Today, though, no one really talks about e-business. It's just business.
I'm mixing Colony's thoughts here with my own. But putting it all together, it's clear that "IT" is no longer sufficient to describe what we expect from IT. A better term is Business Technology (BT), denoting simply the application of technology in business.
From CIO to CBT
If IT is now BT, then it follows that the Chief Information Officer (CIO) must be something new. Colony proposes Chief Business Technologist (CBT). A bit of a tongue-twister--I might suggest Chief Business Technology Officer (CBTO). Either way, the point is that this C-level officer of the organization is responsible for more than managing the information of the organization, and more than even the technology. He or she is responsible for ensuring that the technology is actually used to the benefit of the business and that the business is enabled by technology.
Interestingly, Colony made one point that I fully agree with and seldom have heard from others. He said that the CBT probably needs to come from a technology background, not a business background. The technology is too important to not have someone at the head of BT without a background in technology. Of course, the BT needs to be fully immersed in the business as well. But it is easier for one with a technology background to become immersed in the business than for one with a business background to become adequately immersed in technology.
Some companies, frustrated by the lack of business acumen in their IT groups, have transferred someone from the lines of business to the CIO position, hoping to bridge the communication gap that too often exists between IT and the business. But such a strategy only moves the communication gap, to a gap between the CIO and the IT organization. A better strategy is to develop today's CIOs to be truly CBTs or CBTOs, with knowledge and experience in both technology and business, responsible for ensuring the success of both.
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Infosys not likely to buy large U.S. consulting firm
An interesting presentation this morning at the Forrester Technology Leadership Forum 2006. Nandan Nilekani, head of Infosys, spoke about competing and winning in the global IT marketplace. His prepared remarks were quite "big picture," but during the Q&A session afterwards, he gave some interesting insights into his view of his competitors.
An audience member asked Nilekani about the ability of the large international consulting firms to compete with Infosys. Nilekani said he believes that Infosys is not just competing on the basis of lower labor rates. Labor rates help, but more of his competitive advantage comes in how Infosys manages the work itself. In other words, Infosys doesn't just work cheaper, but better (my words).
Nilekani did acknowledge that, among the large international consulting firms, IBM and Accenture are his strongest competitors. He said that most of the other large consulting firms are have difficulty integrating their onshore and offshore service organizations, so when they provide offshore services it appears that the customer is dealing with a separate organization.
George Colony, Forrester's CEO, who was facilitating the Q&A session, then noted that Infosys is sitting on approximately $1 billion cash on its balance sheet. Couldn't that be put to use to acquire a U.S. consulting firm?
Nilekani said it was unlikely that Infosys would acquire a large traditional U.S. consulting organization, because he would view such an acquisition as (his words, not mine) "contaminating" the Infosys business model. If Infosys is doing things in a new way, why would he want to acquire a "legacy" consulting firm, he asked. He said that if Infosys were to make an acquisition in the U.S., it would more likely be to fill some niche in its capabilities or to provide a better "front end" for its business in the U.S.
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Offshore outsourcing in midlife crisis
I sat through an excellent presentation on offshore outsourcing yesterday at the Forrester Technology Leadership Forum 2006. Forrester analysts John McCarthy and Stephanie Moore held a mock debate on the current state of the offshore IT outsourcing industry.
I won't reiterate the 10 major points of their debate, but here are a few of the items I found particularly insightful.
John and Stephanie also pointed out that project failures are common in offshoring contracts, but most of them can be attributed not to a lack of expertise with the service provider, but the client's own lack of process discipline and a hands-off management approach.
- The best Indian firms have moved beyond pure "body shopping," to offer higher value full-service multiline delivery capabilities. Labor rates are rising, and the best firms are responding by improving internal processes and automating routine work.
- A massive shakeout is coming among the Indian offshore providers. Offshore contracts are rising in complexity and few of the providers have the management expertise and account management skills to handle them. As a result, only two or three of the top Indian firms will make it as full multiline suppliers.
- Some large multi-national consulting firms--specifically IBM and Accenture--are effectively competing with the Indian service providers for outsourcing contracts. For large complex offshoring contracts, therefore, IBM and Accenture are a viable alternatives to the large Indian outsourcers. But, in Forrester's estimation, other international consulting firms are far behind in their ability to scale offshore contracts.
- "Captive sites"--offshore operations set up as part of the customer's own organization--are not working. Companies see the large margin that Indian firms enjoy and think they can set up their own offshore operations and keep that money for themselves. But, John and Stephanie noted that nearly all such efforts have only succeeded in driving up labor costs for everyone, and that captive sites experience attrition two to three times greater than third-party sites. Forrester is strongly discouraging clients from setting up their own offshore operations.
Offshore vendors "need adult supervision and governance. Outsourcing does not mean abdicating responsibility" for project success.
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Monday, September 18, 2006
IBM's software business: view from the top
Steve Mills, Senior VP in charge of IBM's software group, gave a keynote here at Forrester's Technology Leadership Forum 2006 today.
People forget how big IBM's software business is: Mills is sitting on top of a $17 billion organization. And, he's been with IBM for 33 years, so he's seen many changes in business computing over the years, and at IBM in particular.
Some of the interesting points from his presentation:
- As organizations continue to build IT assets, the percent of IT spending going toward new development has been declining over the years. Today, only about 20% of IT spending is for new systems. Therefore, it is a challenge for CIOs to meet the demand for new systems, while controlling the costs of maintaining existing systems.
- IT is the transforming technology of the past 60 years. It has transformed nearly every industry and affected many areas of our lives. It is the labor-saving innovation of all time. But IT itself is labor-intensive--an interesting paradox. The labor-intensive nature of IT is the greatest inhibitor to the improvement of IT utilization. The greatest problem facing IT organizations is their being overwhelmed with work and rising labor costs.
During the Q&A session, Mills was asked whether Oracle's many acquisitions were good or bad for IBM. Given that IBM actually partners with Oracle at several levels, Mills was polite in his references to Oracle. But he did indicate that in all of the acquisitions IBM has done, it has learned to focus on growth of the businesses they buy, not just the financial leverage that might come from buying the revenue stream and cutting expenses (which he later referred to the "Computer Associates game.") According to Mills, Oracle has "a tough job ahead." He also said that Oracle's strategy has been a "dream come true for software vendors such as SAP and Lawson."
- There is a consolidation of software vendors today, but the industry is still expanding and new vendors are being introduced. There is still new venture money flowing into the software sector at a rate of $4-5 billion per year.
- The opportunity for business process outsourcing (BPO) is far larger than that for software-as-a-service (SaaS). Worldwide spending for BPO was $422 billion for BPO but only $2 billion for SaaS. In 2009, IBM expects the BPO market to grow to $641 billion, but SaaS to grow to only $3.9 billion.
- Service-oriented architecture (SOA) is really just a continuation of things we have been doing in software for many years, such as object-oriented programming, remote procedure calls, and message-oriented middleware. The added promise of SOA is in greater flexibility in building and maintaining applications. SOA as a buzzword might go out of favor, but the concept will continue.
- The greatest opportunity to reduce the cost of maintaining existing system is to "consolidate like crazy." The best way to cut software costs is to buy less software, and you do this by consolidating systems. How many ledgers do you have, how many inventory systems? Multiple redundant systems drive additional costs for hardware, software, and labor. The fewer systems, the better.
- As an example of application consolidation, Mills offered IBM's own experience in going from 16,000 applications in the 1990s to 4,000 today.
- Mills pointed out that IBM's software-related business is larger than SAP's because IBM plays not just in software but in hardware, middleware, and services--a market that is five times as large as the initial software sale.
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What is an IT ecosystem?
I'm participating as a blogger here at Forrester's Technology Leadership Forum 2006 in Scottsdale, Arizona, this week.
This event, aimed at senior IT and business executives, has as its theme, "Prospering in Your IT Ecosystem." Forrester's use of the term ecosystem is somewhat new. I've used the term ecosystem myself in reference to the relationships between major technology vendors (e.g. SAP, Oracle, IBM, Microsoft) and the hundreds of complementary product and service providers that co-exist with those major vendors. The smaller providers survive, and sometimes thrive, by filling gaps in the solution set, and the major vendor benefits by extending its reach and representation much farther than it can on its own.
Forrester's concept of an IT ecosystem, however, is much more comprehensive. The CIO is no longer just responsible for leading the "IT department." He or she is responsible for managing relationships within an "ecosystem" comprising three types of participants:
The boundaries between participants in the IT ecosystem are becoming less definite, leading to many interesting complications in the role of the CIO today. In the first two sessions Forrester's Tom Pohlmann and Laurie Orlov each highlighted some of these issues. For example,
- Consumers: the end-customers and users of technology within the organization.
- Producers: the technology vendors, including both product and service providers
- Influencers: the key stakeholders within the business that have an increasing voice over the direction and role of IT.
Clearly, the challenges facing the CIO and other senior IT executives is evolving. The technologies to master have never been more diverse, the expectations of the business have never been greater, and skilled IT resources are getting harder to find. Pohlmann pointed to a UCLA study that found a 70% drop in college student interest in computer science from 2000 to 2005.
- A recent Forrester survey of CIOs indicates that IT strategy is increasingly being dictated by business leaders (influencers) outside of IT, and CIOs expect this trend to accelerate over the next two years.
- The perception of CIOs versus CEOs are quite different regarding the value of IT to the organization. CIOs are an optimistic bunch: 82% see the outlook for their industry as positive and they expect a 5% increase in IT spending this year. CEOs take a much more cloudy view: an recent IBM survey asked CEOs to indicate sources of innovation within their organizations, they listed nearly every function except the IT group. They only mentioned IT when asked to identify barriers to innovation.
There was much more, of course, in these first sessions, but this will need to suffice for now. I'm off to another presentation.by Frank Scavo, 9/18/2006 03:33:00 PM | permalink | e-mail this!
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Thursday, September 14, 2006
Wal-Mart continues RFID push, despite doubts about supplier benefits
Walmart is announcing an addition of 500 more stores that are RFID enabled, and it is mandating 300 more suppliers to comply with its RFID requirements.
Line56 has more on Wal-mart's RFID program.
In the meantime, I've been getting some feedback from Spectator readers in response to my request for real-world experiences with RFID. The bottom-line? RFID adoption in fact is slowing and even stalling in the face of technical problems and questionable payback.
RFID vendors and service providers may not be publicizing this, but that's what they're telling me off the record.
If you've got more feedback, please send me a message.
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Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Doug Burgum leaving Microsoft Business Solutions
The transition of MBS top leadership is now fully complete, with Doug Burgum announcing he will leave Microsoft next year.
Burgum came to Microsoft with its acquisition of Great Plains, which was the start of the MBS unit. He has run the unit since then. Last year, Burgum stepped down as head of the group, giving up the top job to a yet-to-be-named successor. At that time Burgum said he would stay on in the role of "chairman"--more of an honorary post than anything else.
But this week, MBS announced that the top MBS job would be given to current Microsoft corporate VP Satya Nadella, who has led MBS's global research and development operations for the past five years. Burgum then took the opportunity to leave altogether.
Burgum has not indicated what he plans to do next.
Computeworld has more on Burgum's move.
Read the related posts below for my take on Burgum's tenure and Microsoft's efforts to gain traction in the ERP space.
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Sunday, September 10, 2006
Click Commerce being swallowed by Illinois Tool Works
Last Tuesday, Illinois Tool Works (ITW) announced it is buying supply chain management software vendor Click Commerce. Click has been on an acquisition program of its own over the past few years, having built a portfolio of SCM packages, including its acquisitions of Elance (contract management), Optum (warehouse management and supply chain execution), and Xelus (service parts planning).
Now Click itself is being bought by ITW, a $13 billion diversified manufacturing firm. Click's revenue last year was $59 million. The deal is for $292 million, or $22.75 per share, a 27% increase over Click's stock price before the announcement.
Although ITW has grown through acquisition itself, it has no experience in software development. That doesn't have to be a problem, provided that ITW lets Click operate largely as an independent business unit. Click was making some smart moves prior to this announcement. If ITW is smart, it will manage Click with a light hand.
The deal calls to mind another software vendor that was acquired by a large diversified manufacturing outfit: Baan, which was acquired by Invensys for $708 million in 2000, only to throw in the towel three years later and sell Baan (along with most of its other software acquisitions) to SSA Global for $135 million.
Hopefully ITW will do better with Click than Invensys did with Baan.
Here is the obligatory press release regarding ITW's acquisition of Click.
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Thursday, September 07, 2006
SAP: If you can't beat 'em, sue 'em
i2, once a leader in the supply chain management space and a high-flyer in the dot-com days, has shrunk to a fraction of its former self. During the same period, SAP has built out its supply chain management functionality, leaving little room for a best-of-breed player such as i2 in the large SAP installed base.
Now, i2 is claiming that not all of that functionality was invented by SAP. i2 is suing SAP for infringement of seven U.S. patents awarded to i2 between 1998 and 2006. The patents cover technology for process planning, factory planning, sales negotiation and tracking, manufacturing allocations, and management of available to promise (ATP).
In a press release, i2 CEO Michael McGrath said,i2 is proud of its nearly 20 years as a global innovator and leader in supply chain management. Much of this leadership position was built upon our pioneering ability to solve complex business problems, which was recognized by the awarding of patents for these innovations. We believe that it is critical to protect our patented innovations, and accordingly took these actions today against SAP.SAP says it is looking into i2's claims.
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Monday, September 04, 2006
More on Oracle's Fusion strategy
The venerable Bruce Richardson at AMR had a meeting and e-mail correspondence with John Wookey, head of application development at Oracle, regarding Oracle's strategy for Fusion. Richardson summed up his correspondence with Wookey in an AMR alert.
The main takeaway, in my opinion, is that Oracle intends to continue major investment in its existing products (E-Business Suite, JDE, PeopleSoft, Siebel, etc.) at the same time that it is investing major resources in its next generation Fusion product. This approach is meant to give (the big word here) "choice" to customers as to when to upgrade/migrate to Fusion.
Wookey says,The key is choice. We expect people to embrace Fusion, but we want them to move to Fusion based on when it makes the most business sense for them. We are not taking the traditional vendor approach that pushes customers to move based on vendor timelines.But can Oracle really afford to do two things--to fully invest in its multiple existing products at the same time it is investing in an entirely new product? Wookey says yes, though he doesn't say how doing both will affect Oracle's financial performance as a publicly held company:Typically, a vendor only has enough resources to re-platform applications and put the existing technology into maintenance mode (i.e., bug fixes); this means that customers don't have the luxury of figuring out when it is right for them to move to the next technology. They are forced to go when their vendor releases its next product.Oracle's strategy is clearly aimed at keeping its existing customers from jumping ship while it makes the transition to Fusion. In this regard, I think Oracle is smart.
Our strategy is different. We are giving our customers a choice … true choice because we will continue to make the current products better and we will deliver a next generation application suite that customers will move to when they see the business value.
But what Richardson did not probe is Oracle's apparent decision to base Fusion on the E-Business Suite (EBS) data model and business rules. From Oracle's perspective, this decision is logical--Oracle has to start somewhere with Fusion. But as I pointed out previously, this decision has huge implications for existing and prospective Oracle customers. For existing customers, it means that while EBS customers will face something like a major upgrade to go from EBS to Fusion, customers running JDE or PeopleSoft will face something like a complete migration to a new product. This is why Oracle has to commit to investing in its existing products.
But the implications for prospective Oracle customers are also serious: if you are shopping for a major ERP system today, and you are considering Oracle, you should only consider EBS. There is no point in buying JDE or PeopleSoft (the situation is less clear with Siebel), no matter how much money Oracle sinks into these products today, because they do not represent the easiest path to Fusion.
That's the line of questioning that I wish Richardson had pursued.
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A small plane registered to Gadsden Aviation Inc. crashed Saturday in southwestern Colorado
MONTROSE, Colo. — A small plane believed to be carrying five people crashed into a reservoir in southwestern Colorado and authorities say all are feared dead.
The single-engine Socata TBM700 was flying from Bartlesville, Okla., to Montrose, about 180 miles southwest of Denver, when it went down Saturday, Ouray County spokeswoman Marti Whitmore said.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said the crash occurred just before 2 p.m., but he didn't yet know its cause.
Rescue efforts started in the afternoon and were suspended shortly after sundown until Sunday morning, Whitmore said.
Whitmore said no one is believed to have survived, but no victims have been recovered.
She said the aircraft crashed in Ridgway Reservoir, about 25 miles south of Montrose. It went down about 90 feet from shore in 60 to 90 feet of water.
The identities of the occupants were being withheld until relatives could be notified.
The plane is registered to Gadsden Aviation Inc., according to multiple media sources. Messages left for the company Saturday evening weren't immediately returned.
Whitmore said recovery work will continue Sunday. The Ouray County sheriff's office said a dive team and additional resources were expected to take part.
Colorado State Parks has closed a nearby campground and day facilities, pending completion of the recovery efforts.
The crash occurred several weeks after three people died when a plane crashed after taking off from Telluride airport.


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Ben Nevis
Ben Nevis is Scotland's highest mountain and is close to the town of Fort William.
As the highest point in Great Britain, and the highest of the Munros (Scottish mountains over 3,000 ft), Ben Nevis is a hugely popular hill to climb. It is 1,344 metres (4,409 ft) above sea level, and the start of the walk really begins right by the sea so you'll walk every foot of those 4,409. The Ben, as it is popularly known, is readily accessible via a man-made path which zig zags up its south westerly face, whilst the foreboding rock face on the north west of the mountain is strictly for experienced mountaineers only.
Despite the path up the mountain being referred to as the "Tourist Route" - don't let its inauspicious name fool you. Climbing Ben Nevis should be regarded as a serious undertaking, regardless of the time of year and dozens of injuries and even deaths occur on the mountain due to ill-preparedness. Whilst Ben Nevis is nowhere near the hardest Munro to climb, it is among the more challenging due to the sheer relentlessness of the climb, and in particular the descent which can take its toll on ankles and joints. Figure on taking 6-9 hours to make the round trip to the summit; bear this in mind during early spring and late summer when darkness can creep in surprisingly quickly.
The key points to remember are as follows:
Get in[edit]
Ben Nevis is on the outskirts of Fort William, which is reachable by road from Glasgow (105 miles) or Inverness (65 miles) via the A82. Fort William is served by the West Highland Railway; ScotRail [1] run a number of daily trains from Glasgow and Mallaig, in addition to an overnight rail service from London six nights a week.
The two usual approaches are from Achintee Farm or Glen Nevis. Both are over a mile out of Fort William, and of the two, the Achintee route is less steep to begin with (they merge pretty soon) and has some free parking spaces (this fills up early in the height of summer), while at Glen Nevis visitor centre there is more parking but you have to pay.
The usual route is the Tourist Route, aka The Pony Track. This runs from the end of the lane at Achintee Farm, though there is an access route from Glen Nevis Youth Hostel, and heads up in a series of zig-zags to the summit on a broad, obvious path. It's a relentless slog, well trod and eroded by tens of thousands of people every year, though path repair work is currently underway. The path heads steadily uphill, a couple of small zig-zags, then curves left at a cleft in the hill before levelling out at what is known as the Halfway Lochan. (It's slightly before half-way but who cares, it's a morale boost.) Then are the zig-zags proper, a series of eight switchbacks in the path, then a final straight up the final slopes of the hill.
The "interesting" route is to ascend the outlying hill Carn Mor Dearg, and traverse the arrete to Ben Nevis proper, but this one is strictly for equipped, experienced mountaineers.
Stay safe[edit]
At this altitude the temperature is considerably lower than in the valley where you start out, plus you need to factor in for some wind chill, meaning that you need warm clothing. Even at the height of summer the temperature at the summit is barely above freezing and is usually covered by snow all year round.
You're unlikely to get lost until you reach the summit plateau. A direct walk across the summit to the cairn would send you tumbling down a gully, which becomes a hazard when filled with corniced snow which may look safe to walk upon. Overshoot the summit or lose your bearings and you may fall off the mountain, such as via the dramatically named Five Fingered Gully. These issues don't sound too much of a problem until you realise that even in summer the summit is fogbound more than half the time.
Temporary cairns (that is piles of stones) are often erected to mark the "safe" route to the summit, but DON'T rely on them as they are a subject of derision by experienced hillwalkers who regard them as both an eyesore and a "cheat sheet" - and are therefore often knocked down.
There is a small survival shelter on the summit, known as the Snoopy Hut, built on the ruins of the old observatory to avoid it becoming snowbound.
Many visitors arrive as part of a Three Peaks Challenge event, particularly in the middle of summer when there's plenty of daylight. This involves climbing the highest mountains in Scotland, England and Wales, and can cause chaos. Charity organisers are asked to follow a code of practice, which limits group sizes, access hours, timed challenges, etc. The biggest risk if you're a participant is breaking your ankle if you're running downhill - which also helps erode the paths in a scenic area!
There's a distinct lack of toilets on the route, or even handy pathside bushes. On descent your first toilets are at the Ben Nevis Inn, at Achintee, but they're only open during pub hours. At Glen Nevis visitor centre there are also toilets. The only slightly private spot during the walk is by the Halfway Lochan, 100yds down a spur path to the north from the route, where a large rock affords you a little privacy. But it gets pretty gross back there.
Get out[edit]
RAF Air-Sea Rescue offer free rides in a big yellow helicopter, but it's considered bad form to call upon them.
Fort William is at the foot of the hill and is the obvious base for food, drink, accommodation, equipment shopping and onward travel.


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'Game of Thrones' Season 3 Shooting In Los Angeles?
Fans eagerly anticipating the third season of HBO's 'Game of Thrones' well know that the series ranks among some of the highest-budgeted TV in history, taking viewers to expansive new locations, often supplementing real location work with impressive CGI. The upcoming third season, set to debut on March 31 shot in its four usual countries to portray different landscapes, but for its biggest season yet added yet another famous location: Los Angeles! Find out about the shoot and 'Game of Thrones' season 3's latest guest star inside!
Following the epic new gallery of pictures from HBO's 'Game of Thrones' season 3, series show-runner David Benioff offered a few new production tidbits regarding the acclaimed fantasy drama. For one, production supplemented its established filming scope from the countries of Morocco (Daenerys / Qarth), Iceland (Jon Snow / The North), Croatia (Kings' Landing) and the production base in Northern Ireland with yet a fifth country.
"For the first time, we're flying in actors to L.A.," David Benioff told Entertainment Weekly. "So it ends up being five countries and three units this year. It's just exploded." Benioff was mum as to what action would take place in the Los Angeles sequences, however. Elsewhere, original series creator George R.R. Martin revealed via his blog that season 3 would incorporate the use of a live bear for certain scenes.
What say you? Do you think 'Game of Thrones' season 3 will be the most epic year yet? What stories are you looking most forward to seeing when the show premieres on March 31?


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Seating is limited to 300 on a first-come, first-serve basis.
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