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Originating from a student film made by Shane, which took him 4 years to make, "9" is set in a scientific-mythology world, which feels like Earth in a sort of parallel universe - starting off in a post-apocalypse where machines have revolted against the humans and have killed all living beings...apart from 9 rag dolls, each literally containing a part of the scientist who created them, and who all hold the key to fight against the monstrous machines and begin new life.
Co-produced by Tim Burton (Corpse Bride, Nightmare Before Christmas) and story contribution by Pamela Pettler (Clueless, Monster House), this CGI feature-length is, without a doubt, 115% original. Rated 12, it is not for the faint-hearted with its nightmare fuel and creepy settings...yet despite the fear factor, there is a sense of emotion and thought for the future. Of the world as we know it or our own lives, how we choose to live them.
It is brilliant. Absolutely fantastical.
What makes this movie even more perfect is not just making each character their own - both in design and personality - it's the all-important and often neglected rule of showing rather than telling what goes on. The characters move the story along terrifically, only speaking when necessary, often to explain the past or express thoughts to one another, leaving plenty of theatrical pantomime for the vast action sequences.
The designs and setting for the movie appear to be set in the future or even on a different Earth-like planet. But looking more closely, there are plenty of nods towards the 1920's and '30's in the use of derelict tanks, spitfires and architectural buildings yet indulges a futuristic/fantastical feel for the mutinous machines - the Seamstress, the Cat-Beast, the Winged Beast, the Fabrication Machine - these mute, expressionless beasts each have nods towards the Mystical Greek Monsters to an artistic eye while, amazingly, also maintain some form of character within them...
Shane admits himself on the DVD special features that it was more of a collaborative effort than all his own, and it really shows. Working from his original 10-minute student project, expanding it for the theatre with additional characters, their origins and a fuller storyline, Shane is clearly open to new ideas and accepting feedback from others; sharing out creativity from others - from story artists to animators to the voice cast - while inputting his own. Least of all that the team behind this movie opted for ideal voice actors, who become the characters they play, rather than forking out for big names who put little effort in their performances...you know which ones.
In short, Shane has filled me with hope for future animated-features to come. To run alongside Pixar and, hopefully, stamp out the bland, cut-and-paste clichés of Hollywood storytelling by being, like all the "stitchpunk" ragdolls, different. Unique. Special =)
What really peaked my interest in Shane's work in recent months was hearing the news of him being brought forth to direct a new Thomas the Tank Engine movie for 2014, with visual designs by Weta Digital. Having been spellbound by 9, and after laying eyes on this stunning teaser poster (an actual Billington E2 locomotive, the original Thomas form in The Railway Series books, modelled by Nitrogen Studios of Canada), I seriously hope that the prepared script would showcase Shane's talents and skills further still, even injecting some of his own if possible.
While I do not wish for this Thomas movie to be as dark as 9, I honestly hope that it would do him proud - while also breathing new life into the Thomas brand in a respectable, mature light as opposed to the current flawed TV Series for the pre-school market...
Not what we could expect from the 2014 movie, but it's a tempting idea anyway - Oliver and his crew escaping from scrap in the Rev. W. Awdry's Enterprising Engines. |


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May 29, 2013
Living in Harmony
A kind-hearted developer helped save dogs living on his construction site.
May 2, 2013
Saving Lives in Bolivia and Chile
HSI is working in Latin American communities to promote animal and human health, and safe cohabitation.
April 1, 2013
Field Clinics Make Unprecedented Impact on Animal Welfare in Haiti
HSI expects to treat 4,000 animals per month in Haiti.
February 12, 2013
Making Strides for Street Dogs
Through partnerships, vet training, spay/neuter and other direct care, HSI helped more than 30,000 dogs, as well as thousands of other animals, in 2012.
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Spay/Neuter in Roatan, Honduras
HSI traveled to Roatan, Honduras to do a spay/neuter clinic.
December 27, 2012
HSI Thanks Big Dogs for Corporate Sponsorship
HSI thanked Big Dog Sportswear for its generous corporate sponsorship providing a $3,000 in-kind gift donation of 200 customized T-shirts for use in HSI programs in Haiti.
October 29, 2012
A Day in the Life of an HSI Street Dog Team
An update on HSI's street dog programs in India, Bhutan and the Philippines.
August 1, 2012
HSI Hace la Diferencia por los Perros en México
HSI apoya a una organización local llamada PEACE, que brinda servicios gratuitos de esterilización/castración para los animales de compañía de residentes de escasos recursos de Bahía de Banderas, México.
August 1, 2012
HSI Makes a Difference for Dogs in Mexico
HSI supports a local organization called PEACE that offers free spay/neuter services for the companion animals of low-income residents of Bahia de Banderas, Mexico.
July 17, 2012
Sharing Humane Catching Skills in India
In June 2012, HSI carried out a special workshop on humane dog catching and handling in the northwestern state of Ludhiana, in Punjab, India.
July 12, 2012
Celebrating a First for China
HSI celebrated Weixian County, China for becoming the first county in the whole country to adopt a full humane animal control program.
July 11, 2012
Milot, Haiti: A Community Comes Together for Animals
Many caring people came together to provide spay/neuter services for hundreds of dogs and cats in Milot, Haiti.
May 4, 2012
Learning Catching and Handling Techniques
HSI held a workshop in Jaipur to demonstrate proper stray dog catching and handling techniques.
May 2, 2012
HSI's Bhutan Project Extended
HSI and the Royal Government of Bhutan signed an extension of our agreement to help humanely control the country's street dog population.
April 30, 2012
Finding Humane Alternatives for Street Dogs in Ukraine
HSI/UK executive director Mark Jones travelled to Kiev to meet with representatives of the Ukrainian National and Kiev City Authorities to encourage development of a well-planned, long-term, sustainable and humane street dog population management programme.
April 10, 2012
In Ahmedabad, a Model for Resolving Human-Street Dog Conflict
HSI is collaborating with the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad to implement an Animal Birth Control (ABC) program to humanely address the stray dog population in its campus.
March 30, 2012
In India, the Fight for Street Dogs Goes On
HSI teams conducted training programs for the Greater Hyderabad Municipality Corporation (GHMC) on Animal Birth Control (ABC) techniques to help improve the welfare of street dogs in India.
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HSI/UK Supports International Conference on Dog Population Management
Humane Society International/UK is supporting the inaugural International Conference on Dog Population Management Conference, due to take place on 4 to 8 September 2012 in York, England.
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Controlling Street Dog Numbers on an Indian University Campus
HSI stepped in to help with street dog population control on the campus of one of India's leading engineering schools.
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An End to Street Dog Killing in Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Ex-Bob Dylan, Steve Earle Steel Player Joins Joe Pug At Mango's
Bucky Baxter (right) lent some instrumental fireworks to Joe Pug (center, with harmonica) Saturday night.
Photos by Jason Wolter
It was a hard decision, but Lonesome Onry and Mean tore ourselves away from the atomic rock party at the Continental Club's tenth anniversary celebration Saturday to see Joe Pug at Mango's. The 26-year-old Chicagoan, who opened solo for Steve Earle at the Crighton Theater in Conroe on last year's Townes tour, brought a nifty three-piece ensemble as backup this time, and they really fleshed out Pug's Earle-ish Americana tunes that have gotten him nominated for the Americana Music Association's New Artist of the Year.
The instrumental fireworks in Pug's show were provided by none other than Bucky Baxter, whom LOM hadn't seen since Earle played Xcess on Richmond in 1988. After years of touring with Earle, Baxter graduated to Bob Dylan's band, where he held down a key slot from 1992-1997. Baxter's other credits include Ryan Adams, R.E.M., and Joe Henry, and a jazzy 1999 self-released album called Most Likely, No Problem.
Pug's performance and the crowd it drew is one of the most encouraging things LOM has witnessed on the local music scene this year. Approximately 150 paid $8 to hear Pug work his way through his album Messenger.
We were surprised at how many people knew the lyrics to Pug's songs, particularly the poignant "Speak Plainly, Diana," the closest thing he has to a "hit," and "I Do My Father's Drugs." From the second Pug walked onstage, the youngish crowd moved down front and Pug fed off the energy and enthusiasm in spite of a sound system that one wag described as "a bullhorn in front of an 8-track player."
We took Baxter back to the Continental with us in time to catch a torrid set by New Duncan Imperials. It was a fine nightcap to a great and varied evening of music in H-Town.
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This event is timely, as sports car racing in North America approaches 2014 and a new era under the leadership of France and Don Panoz, the founder of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) presented by Tequila Patr¢n. Both France and Panoz are on the board of a new International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) organization which will sanction United SportsCar Racing (USCR), resulting from the ongoing merger of GRAND-AM and the ALMS. Last month the ACO officially endorsed the merger agreement.
Thirty-seven years after his brother, Bill France Jr., was accorded the same honor, Jim France will have the task of lowering the French flag to unleash a 56-car field in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Frances are the sons of Bill France Sr., founder of both NASCAR and IMSA.
The flag France will wave to start the race will be presented during a press conference at Le Mans on June 20 by Panoz and ACO President Pierre Fillon. This year will mark the first time in the 90-year history of the 24 Hours of Le Mans that the start will have been given by two members of the same family.
Said Fillon: "We are particularly honored that Jim France has accepted to give the start to the Le Mans 24 Hours in this very symbolic year, in which we're celebrating the 90th anniversary of the greatest endurance race in the world. It proves just how close are the links between the club that created endurance racing and the authorities of North American motorsports."
Added France: "I will wave the flag to start next month's 24 Hours of Le Mans on behalf of the entire North American sports car community. It demonstrates the universal interest in the consolidation of America's two leading road racing organizations. The world-wide racing community is already anticipating the debut of United SportsCar Racing at the 2014 Rolex 24 At Daytona, with its close association to the ACO and link to the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
"On a personal note, it's gratifying to serve in a role that my brother Bill performed in 1976. My dad Bill Sr. always appreciated the international appeal of sports car racing, which he felt was epitomized in the 24 Hours of Le Mans."
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There is in the forum a lot of post without feedback from original member, I mean from who need help.

Example:http://www.sql-server-performance.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1478

Last post: 08/26/2003 12:16. After that 4 of us made suggestion and no feedback.
Note the last one was Joechang 09/08/2003 07:38

In may case I don´t know how to goin on.
Are there some police to follow? Are you, (Satya, Gaurav, Joe, Brad,.....) follow some criterial.

I really don´t happy with this situation.[]

May be I just have a bad day.

Luis Martin
Luis, I agree with your concern. The idea of forum is to solve problems and if the author of the original post gives us a reply as to what idea worked, it becomed difficult to understand the right solution. But this can't be enforced on someone. In the general interest of the forum and knowledge growth of forum participants, the solution / feedback should be posted. So what I do is after there have been a couple of suggestions on the topic, if the author does not put any feedback / reply, I don't post anymore. That way I fulfil my duty of posting replies to genuine posts and leave out the casual posts. Take it easy man... Its not the destination that is important, the journey makes the path beautiful and intersting. Cheers, Gaurav Moderator Man thrives, oddly enough, only in the presence of a challenging environment- L. Ron Hubbard
Would it be rude to send the originator an email after say a week or so to ask them if they solved their problem? Cheers Twan
I really don't know. I'm afraid to receive : Is non of your ....(is difficult to me, latin people, undertand when someone is rude in English). Luis
I don't agree with Twan. If the person is reponsible enough, he'll come back else it was never meant to be. Gaurav Moderator Man thrives, oddly enough, only in the presence of a challenging environment- L. Ron Hubbard
While forum members have been very forthcoming in their responses to posts, many original posters have many at times left seriuos questions unanswered because of lack of necessary feedback. Normally we would assume that they have either solved the problem or have lost hope in getting a positive directional pointer towards a solution. It is difficult, even a tad inappropriate, to control this kind of behaviour when dealing with a semi-public forum. Just remember that more than 95% of the queries posted here get a postive response. Add that to 0% flaming and you still have a good forum going. This reminds me of an African saying that goes like this : "You can take the cow to the river but you can't force him to drink". Drink while you can. Nathan H.O. Moderator SQL-Server-Performance.com
Lets not take this moderator thing too seriously
Were just here to keep the forum ticking over and presentable. If someone posts a problem and then never returns to feedback on it, maybe they are rude, or maybe they simply forgot about the forum or thread.

Either way, dont lose any sleep
By all means the whole responsibility for the posted thread will be on side of the originator. There are many instances when they post the thread and will be ignored, or elsewhere they've had the reply for the problem. Now a days most of the people are following their own posts and even responding other posts too, which is a good sign. I'm locking most of the threads when the Originator is satisfied and convey their gratitude. _________ Satya SKJ Moderator SQL-Server-Performance.Com
I'd suspect that most people who don't return have solved there problem either through the help given by this forum or by some other means. Returning to the forum to update them on what happened is not likely to be a priority unless they have become attached to the forum (like me...) or they are very accustomed to using these kinds of forums for their own troubleshooting...

As others said, most of the posts do result in a final positive comment from the originator... If I put myself in the shoes of an originator, I would have no issue with the forum asking me if my problem was now resolved, but I hear what others are saying. (plus I'm not a moderator anyway, just a passer-by )

Cheers
Twan
Twan The amount of contribution towards this forum from you will definetly fetch you getting Moderator status, if you're interested. Keep up the good work. _________ Satya SKJ Moderator SQL-Server-Performance.Com
Hi Satya,

Thank you. I am enjoying this forum, and will keep contributing where I can. Having a slight down turn at work at the moment, so helping out seems like a good thing to do

Cheers
Twan
I am also a little disappointed that not every one provides feedback on the advice provided them. I think this would be helpful to all. On the other hand, I also understand that not everyone has time to reply. By the way, I am back from my vacation. I trekked over 100 miles in the Alps, and my feet are very sore, and I am behind in everything and I will try to catch up as soon as possible. ----------------------------- Brad M. McGehee, MVP Webmaster SQL-Server-Performance.Com
I think that relatively to other forum it's going quite well here. There are forums where you don't have to register to post a question and they get much less feedback. I can, however, understand the disappointment.
Personally I am pleased when original poster provides with a feedback, but I don't get mad when they don't. Hey, it's not a perfect world (that one without cursors temp tables and deadlocks)

Oh, and take no example from our sore footed webmaster!  <br /http://www.sql-server-performance.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1310

Welcome back Brad!

Bambola.
I feel the whole point is to leave to the originator's wisdom to provide the feedback and no one can constrain to provide, otherwise there is no point to come to forum. _________ Satya SKJ Moderator SQL-Server-Performance.Com


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Labor Party ad overreaches on Coalition school funding cuts
An education advertisement released by the Federal Government says every school in Australia will be affected by cuts planned by Opposition Leader Tony Abbott.
Mr Abbott will "cut funding for every school in Australia which means bigger classes, less teachers, less support staff, less programs," it says.
The Coalition says this claim is false.
"The Coalition will match Labor dollar-for-dollar over the next four years. There will be no cut to school funding under a Coalition government," its policy for schools says.
Labor's funding breakdown
Education Minister Bill Shorten says Tony Abbott's cuts total $8.3 billion.
His office emailed ABC Fact Check a table showing how the figure is derived from Labor's Better Schools Plan.
The table shows the Government estimates its Better Schools Plan will cost the Federal Government $11.5 billion over the next six years.
Four years (forward estimates) | Final two years (post forward estimates) | TOTAL (six years) | |
NSW | $928 million | $2.8 billion | $3.8 billion |
VIC | $840 million | $2.1 billion | $2.9 billion |
QLD | $884 million | $2 billion | $2.9 billion |
WA | $211 million | $571 million | $782 million |
SA | $92 million | $458 million | $550 million |
TAS | $91 million | $195 million | $286 million |
ACT | $11 million | $34 million | $45 million |
NT | $65 million | $205 million | $270 million |
AUS | $3.1 billion | $8.3 billion | $11.5 billion |
More than $8.3 billion of the Federal Government's spend on the Better School Plan takes part in the fifth and sixth years of the plan, according to Mr Shorten's office's figures.
The Coalition has not committed to funding those final two years.
"The school funding agreement is a four-year agreement and has been traditionally since the year 2000 and of course the forward estimates of the Commonwealth Government are four years," Opposition Education spokesman Christopher Pyne said on the ABC's 7.30 program last week.
The budget papers look four years ahead. The figures for years five and six of the Better Schools Plan do not appear in the budget.
States yet to sign up to the Better Schools Plan
Queensland, Western and Northern Territory are yet to sign up to the Federal Government's Better School Plan.
Mr Shorten has not committed to fund these states unconditionally.
The Coalition says it will ensure Commonwealth schools funding for the 2014 school year will flow to all states and territories, irrespective of whether they have signed a deal with the Rudd Government.
The verdict
The Coalition has not committed to fund the full six-year Better Schools Plan, which the Government says will cost $11.5 billion.
The Coalition has committed to fund the first four years, which the budget papers cost at over $3 billion.
There is an $8.3 billon difference, but calling it a cut goes too far because the Coalition has refused to disclose its funding plans beyond the four-year period covered in the budget papers.
For the Government to suggest there will be "bigger classes, less teachers, less support staff and less programs" on this basis is an overreach.
- Australian Labor Party ad, Spotlight Education, August 28, 2013
- The Coalition's Policy for Schools: Students First, August 2013
- Australian Government, Better Schools Plan
- Bill Shorten and Christopher Pyne, 7.30, August 29, 2013
- Bill Shorten, National Press Club address, August 20, 2013
- Christopher Pyne, Spotlight on Labor's Education Lies, August 30, 2013


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Muslims in Mannaar expose systemic inability of SL State in delivering justice to victims
Muslims in Mannaar expose systemic inability of SL State in delivering justice to victims
Pilgrimage, tourism become show of genocidal jubilation[TamilNet, Tuesday, 04 September 2012, 18:00 GMT]12.5 million Sinhala Buddhist visitors from the South have toured Jaffna peninsula during the last three years, from July 2009 to August 2012, according to the statistics released by the statistics division of the occupying Sri Lankan military in Jaffna. Highest number of visits was recorded in August 2012, when more than 100,000 southerners visited the peninsula. At least 80,000 of these visitors have been to Nagadipa vihara at Nayinaatheevu, an islet off Jaffna during the last month. In the meantime, the Eezham Tamil people of the peninsula, numbering less than 600,000 and the resettling people of Vanni live in a parallel universe without communication with the visiting Sinhalese, who are looked after by the occupying SL military and civil administration. Almost all those who visit the Jaffna peninsula also visit Puthukkudiyiruppu (PTK) of Mullaiththeevu district in Vanni. The main attraction projected to the Sinhala visitors in Vanni is an underground bunker, which the SL military claims as used by LTTE leader Mr V. Pirapaharan in Puthukkudiyiruppu earlier. In addition, Tiger armoured vehicles and Sea Tiger gunboats have been put on display in an exhibition centre to project a victory image to the SL military in the land of genocidal onslaught. All the infrastructure, from the roads built with foreign development assistance, the Buddha statues that erected near SL check posts and the small businesses that have mushroomed along the A9 and other tourist spots have been designed and implemented to give comfort to the visitors from the South, while the resettling people of Vanni are struggling without proper roof, struggling for day to day life. Eezham Tamils silently observing the alien visitors avoid interaction with them to escape controversies with the occupying SL military. The SL State has been nurturing the Mahavamsa mindset and a blatant form of racist superiority through its military occupation, suppression and display of military victory, which was abetted by world powers. However, regardless of the victory projection by the SL military, some southerners who visit the exhibition also comment that Tamils have been rising up again in the past despite all odds. In the meantime, former SL president Chandrika Kumaratunga, on Monday visited Jaffna after 40 years in a confidentially organised trip to Ariyaalai and Achchvuveali villages. Although the organisers said she had come to inspect the assistance provided by her NGO that had gifted solar panels six months ago to 100 families in these two villages, Ms Kumaratunga displayed much more interest in reading the minds of the people with regards to LTTE and its leader V. Pirapaharan, posing questions to people whom she met on her house to house visit, news sources in Jaffna said. Ms Kumaratunga was provided high security during the visit. |
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... it! You have to commit and go for it apparently!! Anyway, got a train and two planes to go before we get there! I really enjoyed writing my blog when we went to Sri Lanka and a lot of you said you enjoyed reading it so that's why I'm doing it again! Hopefully the wifi will be good throughout the trip so I can update you all on our Asian adventure! Kirsty ...
A flying visit to York
... cute!!
I found the old-fashioned merry-go-round in the market square and I had my first experience of Hot Roasted Chestnuts in a paper bag - I was very happy!!! I sat and ate them while watching the merry-go-round kids' fun! :-)
Overall, I was put off by the commercial nature of York, although I do understand that everyone has to make money somehow. I wasn't there long enough to get through that veneer and find ...
Did you say you're 101???!!
... and was ushered into see Mr Prest by his carer. He's got all his marbles, wears a shirt and tie every day, just like when he worked in the Knaresborough bank all his career (apart from a stint in the war).
He told me about a lot of his memories, but I'll summarise mainly what he told me about the Waltons and the mill in Knaresborough. He remembers that the mill was called Walton's Mill for all of his working life ...
Day 3 York to Edinburgh
... English Lake District. It takes its name from the adjacent lake, and is where William Wordsworth lived and is buried. Beatrix Potter also got her inspiration from the Lake District when she visited as a child and eventually moved to the area. It has a famous Gingerbread shop and was a very pleasant place to stop for an hour.
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Supposing you wanted to send a terminally ill child on the trip of a lifetime to meet Santa, what would you do? If you had the spare cash, you might pay for the trip out of your own pocket, and if not, you might turn to what many Irish people are good at. You might raise funds, but how would you go about that?
Well, you might see if you could get a company in your area to help, or you might take a sponsorship card and get your friends to help, organise bag packing in your local supermarket, organise a coffee morning, or arrange with a local pub for a quiz night.
What would you tell people?
I'm trying to send a very sick child to see Santa in Lapland.
Marvellous. Everyone would probably throw in a fiver, even if they were stone broke, as we all are these days. But suppose they asked you where the money was going, what would you tell them?
It's all paying for the kid's flights, accommodation and care.
Isn't that right? Unfortunately, the answer is no, if you do it as proposed by the Make It Happen Foundation. Doing it their way, you'd have to explain to your generous supporters that most of the money will be used to send you on a holiday. It will be spent on profits for the travel agents, profits for the tour operators, your flights and your accommodation. Anything left over goes towards the cost of sending a child to meet Santa, after costs and overheads.
So there you are with your sponsorship card, shaking a bucket at the check-outs, and a big logo on your t-shirt. Going on holiday to Thailand. Please give generously.
I was baffled by this business model, so I turned for guidance to the official website and found this:
Here is how it works
You travel on one of our departures, selecting your chosen event, Walking, Running, Cycling or Golf and the money made by you travelling enables us to send one TERMINALLY ILL CHILD
On examination, however, no money is raised by any of the walking, cycling, running or golfing. These are simply things you can do after you've raised the money to pay for your holiday.
Can you see anything wrong with this plan? I'm no genius, but I think I can come up with a better idea.
How about if you just stood at the check-out and you told people that every penny you raise will be spent sending sick children to visit Santa? There will be no free holiday for you, no profits for anyone, no administrative overheads and no middle-men. Wouldn't that be a lot better? Of course it would, so what exactly is going on with the Make It Happen Foundation?
It's not a charity, and yet it seeks donations.
It no longer claims to be working with any hospitals or other organisations, although it did at one time, and its site still suggests that it might be doing so. At one time, this map referred to something it called Bernardos. The reference was removed after inquiries by this interested observer, as were Laura Lynn House and Enable Ireland.
Wouldn't it make a lot of sense to ask for a precise breakdown of where all this money is supposed to go, especially since the company shares personnel with a previous venture called The Children to Lapland Appeal, which promoted a similarly flawed concept and which was finally wound up last year? I wrote about it here some time ago.
Perhaps if you live in one of the areas mentioned on the map, you might choose to contact your local hospital and try to establish what precisely its relationship is with the Make It Happen Foundation.
As the website says
You will have a wonderful time on your chosen destination knowing by joining us you will send a little one on a trip of a lifetime in their all too short lives.
Please find a place in your heart to MAKE IT HAPPEN
Surely it would make a lot more difference if you could find it in your heart not to go on holidays, but instead to hand over all the money so that several little ones could have the trip of a lifetime.
As I said, this company is not a registered charity.
By comparison, why not have a look at an established registered charity called the Make A Wish Foundation?
The following exchange is a screenshot of the Make It Happen Facebook page.
The Make It Happen Foundation's Facebook page states that they have no connection with Children to Lapland and yet, both directors of Make It Happen are associated in some way with the now-defunct charity.
Mags Davis (46) is a former employee of United Travel, which was closely associated with the Lapland charity. As she says in her Linkedin profile:
I travelled extensively all over the world to contract hotels and secure rooms for future Irish clients. Countries travelled mostly to UAE (DXB and RAK)/Thailand (Pattaya) /Egypt (Luxor/Hurghada)/Japan(Tokyo)/Hong Kong/Italy/Switzerland and also Lapland (Finland) to take the terminally ill children to meet Santa in Lapland.
Jenny Russell is a former committee member of the Children to Lapland Appeal.
Con Murphy, owner of United Travel and director of the Children to Lapland Appeal now appears in many of the photos on the Make It Happen Facebook album.
Given such a close association between the two companies, why would Make It Happen deny any connection?
These are some of the holidays your fundraising will send you on.
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I think it will appeal to the numpties who think it's perfectly reasonable to help someone in need, provided that they get something out of it for themselves; a throwback to the Tiger period charity models where you get on a plane, arrive in Africa and spend a month showing Africans how to build houses for themselves and then come home and hang out in trendy bars and boast about how great you are to risk life and limb for the sake of poor Africans (not free holidays) and of course how much you own house(s) appreciated in value whilst you were away.
However, in this case, you don't even show people how to build houses. You just go on a sun holiday.
That's very true.
I suppose it would't be flashy enough in this day and age to do something unusual and maybe buy a book or a teddy or a trip to McDonalds for a sick child or their family. Are we becoming a nation of fakes? -
True. But if you really wanted to send a kid to see Santa, would you fundraise for your own personal sun holiday?
It's like this "climb Kilimanjaro" bollox in aid of kids in Kenys (or other random country) !!! How about just sending the money to Kilimanjaro, the money that would be spent on the holiday for everyone else to go and have a fun time climbing a mountain!!! FFS!! I never donated to any of this bolloxology .
"Make It Happen". Reminds me of the Patrick Stewart sketch in Extras "Make It So" – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akfb0zZ72Dg
I'd be very interested to see how the money breaks down.
Barry, unless you have actually climbed Kilimanjaro, for the sole purpose of raising money for a project you are committed to, then your " bollox " term has very little purpose.
It was with money raised from this climb that some brave and giving people managed to purchase life saving equipment for children and adults in Ireland with life long conditions. Equipment which the HSE refused to give a red cent toward, wonder how much your cynicism would raise ?
Can we try and stick with the issue, please. If those climbing Kilimanjaro raised money over and above the cost of their trip, that's another matter, but this is about raising money to go on holidays.
"If those climbing Kilimanjaro raised money over and above the cost of their trip, that's another matter"
You'll probably hate me for derailing the topic further, but I think that your post raises an interesting point about charity in general, of which this Foundation is a really (good?bad?) example – why is it that people won't just give money to charity for charity's sake, why must they promise to climb mountains or run 100 KM naked backwards whilst being bittten by rabid weasels, etc, before someone will "sponsor" them….why can't we just be asked "please give some money to help these people, you will get absolutely nothing in return and neither will I" ?
@Derailed, I'm honestly not being cynical here, but do you know how much the trip cost (regardless of who paid for it)? And how much extra equipment that money could have bought? Would you agree that the money spent on the trip might have been better spent, in addition to any extra money raised, on the actual requirement? I totally understand that in order to raise a lot of money you have to catch people's attention, and have great respect for those folks for putting themselves through intense labour to help others….I remember listening to a guy on the radio a few weeks back explaining how investing in advertising events had increased revenue for Breast Cancer research something like ten-fold or more in just a year, but isn't it sad that people seem to need to get something back in return all the time? -
I know someone who climbed Kilimanjaro and someone who climbed Everest.
It works like this. You'll climb the mountain anyway, and you already have the funding to complete your plan, but since it's such an impressive achievement, you try and use it as a lever to raise funds for your chosen charity.
Going on a sun holiday is not an achievement, and anyway you should pay for it yourself, just like the mountaineers do.
Giving money quietly and anonymously to charity isn't very cool. (Many) people need to show off how generous and caring they are–I'd like to think it was a sign of a personality disorder, the need to be the centre of attention, to stroke the ego, look at me and how good I am. But it can't be because it is so pervasive. I see small town glitterati organising themed fancy dress nights out "for charity" (often the usual golfing fraternity types with narcissistic and grandiose personality traits). The amount of hype, time and cost to put on these homages to their egos makes what trickles down to their nominated charity seem like small change. As you say, why not just give the money directly to charity.
For some people giving to charity is a form of self promoting public relations exercise. Modern charities are businesses and understand this.They don't care as long as the money comes in.
I don't know enough about Make it Happen, but from the look of their website I don't think I will be sending them much this year. -
Good post!
Some clarifications, if I may:
Their front page still says "hospitals we cater for", and the title and alt text of the images is still "hospitals associated with the MIHF".
They still have a listing for Enable Ireland. In an area where Enable Ireland don't operate.
Good post.
They still have a reference to Enable Ireland by the way. -
People are easily hoodwinked and organised charities are very good at hoodwinkery.
Look at GOAL as a case in point.
Giving anything to organised charities is foolish.
There are more than enough locals in need. -
@Derailed. Steve's reply was what I was going to reply with so I won't post twice. Climbing Kilimanjaro, going to Lapland, they are both holidays. One is an outdoor sports holiday, the other is a nice relaxing holiday to see Santa. I just don't get why people have to say "I'll climb a mountain if you donate to charity XYZ", or "Come on a holiday to lapland to help a sick child enjoy a holiday in lapland".
I totally accept that " performing " in one way or another to raise money for Charity might not only be a drain on the actual funds but a somewhat glory driven exercise, it is though what the public have expected for a very long time.
This process leaves the door wide open for manipulation, some partake for absolutely altruistic motives while others may have an agenda, regardless of either, its how money is raised now and thats the way it has been for well over 20 years.I had never heard of the " Make it Happen Foundation " before this post. I may be guilty of cynicism myself but this looks like a very media /pr driven exercise, one i wouldn't have any time for.
I tend to look at the diverted costs of any Charity, big advertising budgets, glossy brochures, pricy rentals regarding office space etc, all of that can be executed with little or no cost especially now using social media outlets etc.
I was told reliably once that roughly 2 cent in the Euro actually reaches the target and 98 cent is diverted in costs, that is downright bad management. It can be a minefield for those dedicated to and willing to give of time and money with devotion and sincerity, its very unfortunate that those people are, in many respects just competing with big business to reach their goal.
@barry – I agree with your (and Steve's sentiments) and I pay my charitable donations by direct debit instead of donating to these sorts of things.
However, the reason charities (or companies like the one above) do it is because they have a hard time getting people to collect money for them. The "you get a holiday out of it" is the motivation for the collectors to get out there and raise money. Yes, it would be better if people just gave their cash quietly to charity, but then, quid pro quo is human nature.
Folks, I'd appreciate it greatly if you could keep your comments measured when referring to the Make It Happen people, please.
I've tried looking at their site this morening but, strangely enough, there seems to be a bug (or is it) that automatically transfers you to PayPal after about 5 seconds looking at the site and doing nothing else. Anyone else find the same?
Hi Rainman, I noticed that too. It only happens on Internet Explorer, as far as I know. The paypal page redirected to gives you the option of buying one or more tickets for their "Man Vs Dog" event, due to run last month, but cancelled due to unforseen circumstances. I don't know if refunds were offered.
They've put some details on their Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=289050364530200&set=a.284522171649686.48906.251618131606757&type=1&theater
Nice update on the Facebook post.
I'd imagine http://www.zonua.ie, who designed their website, are none too chuffed that the Make it Happen Foundation are saying "…we have no knowledge of plagiarism, our website was designed by a 3rd party…". Especially as Zonua don't offer a copy writing service.
One could be forgiven the impression that they're trying to pass the buck.
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Wow, that is amazing!
*sigh* I believe I would have called in sick and just sat right there and watched that big sky all day long.....
Beautiful!! :)
Hopefully your boss had the same view and was busy lookin' at it and didn't notice you were late.Gorgeous!Chester ;0=)
Beautiful! And yes, well worth it :) -Tammy
none of us can balme you for taking the time for those photo's!
Very Lovely Susan!!! I would have been late too!Have a great weekend!
I hate having to go to work when my natural surroundings are calling me to stay put! It's just not fair! I hope all is well in your world :-)
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Who can argue with "I had to stop and enjoy a most beautiful sunrise!"
The sunrise is gorgeous and it was worth being late to work! Can't wait to get as good at taking pics as you are. I love my new camera! I'm so bummed I missed ur calendar giveaway. You are so talented. Hugs and blessings!
Definitely well worth it, just stunning.
that is jaw dropping!
Definitely worth being late to work - gorgeous. Great photo as ever Suz!
Wow - hope you're late to work many more times in the future!
Oooh! I'd be late, too!So pretty!~Lisa
Well worth it. You didn't get fired, right?
Well, it was definitely worth it dear Susan! Gorgeous shots from you (as always)...Good to catching up with your lovely blog again...Much love: Evi
Easy to see why you were late to work watching this sunset. I hope you weren't watching it alone!
I'd say most worth it. Isn't it funny how some days there is no color and then every now and then, just incredible. Probably some scientific thing to that which I wouldn't understand.Thanks for being late to work.
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A stranger's life hangs in the balance. What if you had the power to decide if she lives or dies?
Dr. Charlotte Reese works in the intensive care unit of Seattle's Beacon Hospital, tending to patients with the most life-threatening illnesses and injuries. Her job is to battle death--to monitor erratic heartbeats, worry over low oxygen levels, defend against infection and demise.
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Guest of Cindy Sherman
Paul Hasegawa-Overacker, Tom Donahue
Paul Hasegawa-Overacker, Cindy Sherman, Robert Longo, John Waters, Eric Bogosian , Jeanne Tripplehorn, Molly Ringwald, Carol Kane
(Trela Media)
US theatrical: 3 Apr 2009 (Limited release)
It's really the interplay between me and the mirror while I'm shooting.
—Cindy Sherman
"I used to push Paul to make the show more professional," says Walter Robinson. Back in the day—say, a decade ago—he and Paul Hasegawa-Overacker (who goes by Paul H-O) worked together on Art TV's Gallery Beat, a public access show that set out to deflate the pretentious gallery scene via you-are-there revelations of openings, artist and industry interviews, and gadflyish commentary. No matter Robinson's efforts, the show remained determinedly un-professional, alternately refreshing and ridiculous, insightful and self-indulgent. If, as H-O says, the show was "not an educational tool," it was also, as Julian Schnabel describes it during a vaguely entertaining on-camera snit, "just a sort of masturbatory exercise in stupidity."
Still, Gallery Beat ran its course, during which Robinson and H-O traded jokes and complaints with scene luminaries, seeing themselves as a sort of Beavis and Butt-head act, interloping and exposing the so-called art world (which Eric Bogosian here terms "one blow job after another"). Their antics coincided with what Christopher Trela calls "the advent of Me TV," that is, part Ashton Kutcher-style gotcha, part reality TV, part gushy red-carpet send-up. While Robinson came with establishment credentials (art critic, writer, painter, and editor-in-chief of Artnet magazine), H-O was a commentator because he said he was, eschewing the usual claims to authority and performing his independence with panache, mixing self-conscious awe and passive-aggressive irreverence.
This dynamic changed, weirdly but also predictably, when H-O met Cindy Sherman. After years of refusing to engage with the press ("Part of my job," recalls her assistant, "was politely telling people, 'No'"), she agreed—after H-O spent months pursuing her—to do a series of interviews for what ended up as a half-hour of Gallery Beat called Cindyworld. As indicated in the fragments offered up in H-O's documentary (co-directed by Tom Donahue), he and Sherman laughed and flirted during the shoot ("You're like a virgin, a virgin to the video camera"), leading to an actual relationship. Or—as "actual" as might be possible between two individuals whose self-performing work and public identities interrogate exactly that concept.
The fact of this interrogation takes Guest of Cindy Sherman a long way, even if the film itself is not so clearly dedicated to it. Paralleling H-O's seduction by the artist and the art world, the film shows him responding to fancy hotel rooms, celebrities, and the politics of Sherman's work. At times, the film suggests Sherman is thinking through personal "issues" in her photos and so her romance with H-O (her friend and fellow artist Robert Longo observes, "She was so angry about men in the art world"); at other moments, it alludes to H-O's own struggles to be taken seriously, based on his own accomplishments. As he explains during some kind of performance (the camera remains on his face, while an audience reacts off screen), he came to a point of no return when he found himself identified as "Guest of Cindy Sherman" by a dress-up dinner's place setting card. "Even though it's incredibly insignificant whether your name is on the name card or not," H-O explains, "I'd sort of been swallowed up by the Cindy Sherman giant thing."
On its face, this focus is not so provocative for the film. H-O's hurt feelings over being the overlooked man in a relationship with a famous woman are surely familiar and not especially interesting. The film works at making these feelings seem important, including interviews with other famous or art-worldy couples grappling with a similar disparity (Molly Ringwald's husband Panio Gianopoulos opines, "I didn't really think that it should bother me and that was sort of the crux of the dilemma, because you think you should be above this"; Elton John's husband David Furnish tells a story about feeling dissed at a party), as well as H-O's appearances on a WMFU radio talk show. Asking whether he feels "bad and sexist" following his complaints, the women hosts observe the irony of H-O and Sherman's particular intersecting interests: "She's famous for doing photographs of women without an identity," they note, then ask, "What can he do to get his identity back?"
The premise that H-O needs to get an "identity back" simplifies the film's more compelling conundrums—the relationships between fame and image, art and value, popular culture and seeming high culture. Sherman's work explores all of these concerns, initially, as the film contends, in a specifically "feminist" context. While the film includes montages of her photos that attest to their intrigues and politics, no matter various critics' interpretations, it also indulges in the critical commentating. Sherman's friend Charlie Clough observes that her ascent (as opposed to her male colleagues' less spectacular successes), was in part a function of "magic timing." As he has it, feminism, "the kind of attention that women's issues were given at that point," allowed her career, rather than considering the interactions among Sherman's work, cultural politics, and art gallery business. On one hand, the film argues, the art world officially tired of macho posers like Schnabel and "feminist issues [became] full-blown." On another hand, this shift reflected and led to self-doubts for "actual" (that word again) men, here embodied by H-O.
The problem is that his predicament remains uninteresting, which puts Guest of Cindy Sherman at a disadvantage. When she does appear on screen, she is, as H-O notes repeatedly, brilliant and endlessly appealing. Their breakup is anticlimactic, barely noted on screen, but his worrying about it—in and out of broader contexts—remains pervasive. The differences in the ways men and women perceive, construct, and manipulate identities in order to tell their stories continue to fascinate consumers, especially, perhaps, self-consumers.
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Title | British Academic Written English Corpus |
Author | Nesi, Hilary; Gardner, Sheena; Thompson, Paul; Wickens, Paul |
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Languages | English |
Editorial Practice | Encoding format: TEI XML |
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Creation Date | The resource was created between 2004 and 2007 |
Source Description | The original assignments are held anonymised as PDF documents by the project team. |
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Title proper taken from OTA Catalogue Form The BAWE corpus contains 2761 pieces of proficient assessed student writing, ranging in length from about 500 words to about 5000 words. Holdings are fairly evenly distributed across four broad disciplinary areas (Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, Life Sciences and Physical Sciences) adn across four levels of study (undergraduate and taught masters level). Thirty-five disciplines are represented. The assignments have been annotated using a system devised in accordance with the TEI guidelines. There is a dtd file which must be kept in the same folder as the corpus files, named tei_bawe.dtd and the holdings are described in an Excel spreadsheet 'BAWE.xls'. The transcription and mark-up conventions are described in the BAWE manual document, which is in PDF format. |


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Life is certainly a journey that all of us take. We are richer from the experiences that we have had, the people that we have met, and the places that we have visited. This blog navigates through the long and winding road taken in the journey that is my life, pausing at experiences, events, places and people that have shaped my view of life and of the world; that have made me who I am; and that I have lasting impressions and memories of …
The Long and Winding Road has been named as the Best Photography Blog at the Singapore Blog Awards for two years in succession in 2011 and 2012.
Feedback, comments, suggestions or just a hello would be most welcomed. Please email me.
Stopovers along life's long and winding road include:
- The Singapore of my younger days
- Distant shores
- The Singapore I now celebrate
- The Romance of the Sea
- Railway journeys
- Other encounters with railways
- More recent journeys seen through the lens
About the author:
Once told that it was his destiny to wander through life, the Wondering Wanderer takes a wide eyed view of life's wanderings through the eyes of the child that he was and blogs about the many things that has captured his imagination through life's journey.
Blogger, Jerome Lim by Kurt Ganapathy for I-S Magazine:
'The writer behind the blog The Long and Winding Road talks to Kurt Ganapathy about cataloguing the fading past of Singapore'.
'he has meticulously documented his delightful personal memories and experiences of Singapore's evolving physical landscape in his award-winning blog …'
Work in print:
Jul 2011: Singapore River Reminisces (FOM Passage)
Jul 2011: Photographs in article Draw of the Railway (URA Skyline)
Sep 2011: The Last Dragons of Jurong (South West CDC Bridge)
Jan 2012: Photographs for article Dragons in Singapore (FOM Passage)
Jan 2012: Photograph in article Standing the Test of Time (FOM Passage)
Jul 2012: Tanjong Pagar Railway Station (FOM Passage)
Jul 2012: Photographs in article From Botanic Gardens to … (NLB BiblioAsia)
Nov 2012: Preserving the Memory of the Rail Corridor (FOM Passage)
Nov 2012: Foreword for We Love Toa Payoh (Epigram Books)
Sep 2013: Kampong Wak Hassan: Memories of Times Past (FOM Passage)
May 2014: Keramat Bukit Kasita (FOM Passage)
May 2014: Photographs in AAS' Living in Singapore [13th Ed.]
Dec 2014: Photograph in The Catholic News [Vol. 6, No, 25]
Aug 2015: Photographs in the Law Society of Singapore's Law Gazette (pages 34-37)
Jun 2016: Article for Hotelier Maldives
Mar 2017: Introduction written for Great Lengths : Singapore's Swimming Pools
Exhibited Works:
Mar – Jun 2013: Corridors of Trade (in support of NHB's Trading Stories exhibition at the National Museum of Singapore) [see also: NHB Media Release]
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Appcelerator / IDC Report Finds Amazon Kindle Fire Launching as Leading Android Tablet for Developers in North America
(November 14, 2011)Mountain View, Calif and Framingham, Mass (PRWEB) November 14, 2011
Appcelerator®, the leading integrated mobile platform for rapidly developing native and HTML5 mobile web applications using open web technologies, and industry-leading analyst firm International Data Corporation (IDC), today announced results from a new joint survey of 2,160 Appcelerator developers around the world. Findings reveal that Amazons new Kindle Fire edged Samsung Galaxy Tab as the number one most popular Android Tablet in North America, on par with interest for the iPad prior to its launch in April 2010, and second only to the Galaxy Tab globally with developers. Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 also decisively moved ahead of RIM's BlackBerry OS to become the clear number three mobile OS behind iOS and Android.
Appcelerator and IDC also continued their research into how companies are making the move from the web to mobile. This quarter, the report dives deep into understanding the priorities companies are making with their mobile strategy and how mobile is fundamentally transforming customer relationships. The full report is available free for download: http://bit.ly/q4-2011-report.
"The third major mobile OS after iOS and Android is now clearly Windows, driven largely by the Microsoft / Nokia partnership and underscored by the new Nokia Lumia 800," noted Scott Ellison, VP Mobile & Connected Consumer Platforms at IDC. "Amazon has shown exceptional early success in appealing to developers with the Kindle Fire, showing that price and differentiation are keys to competing in the crowded Android tablet space, rather than simply chasing the iPad market."
The Rise of Amazon, Microsoft, and Samsung and an Improved Outlook for Nokia
As the mobile industry advances, contenders are finding success by securing new footholds and partnerships to compete against Apples dominance. Amazon announced the Kindle Fire, a smaller, cheaper Android-based tablet that leverages its large content library while Microsoft's Window's Phone 7 is building strong European developer enthusiasm thanks to its Nokia partnership. Developers and businesses gave high marks to these moves, which contrast sharply against BlackBerry OS, BlackBerry's QNX-based PlayBook, and webOS, all of which collapsed in interest with developers this past quarter. Below are the topline findings from this quarters report:
- Amazons new Kindle Fire ignites developer interest. When surveyed among 15 Android Tablets, the low-cost, content-rich eReader was second only to the Samsung Galaxy Tab globally in developer interest. A regional breakdown shows Amazon edging Samsung in North America for the top slot. At 49% very interested in North America, the Kindle Fire is just 4 points less than where interest was in the iPad prior to its launch in April 2010.
- Appcelerator and IDC found in January 2011 that among developers price was the single most important factor for Android Tablets to compete successfully against the iPad. Fast forward to November and developers cite price again as the leading reason for interest in the Kindle Fire. Rounding out the top 5 tablets, respondents eye Amazons rich content ecosystem, Appstore, target demographic, and eCommerce integration as the key reasons for interest in the new eReader.
- When considering Kindle Fires potential drawbacks, fragmentation and lack of features like camera and geo-location were the two top concerns cited by developers. Assuming Amazon sells well this holiday season, Android developers will need to consider yet another set of different capabilities. The difference this time? Google will be less able to exert control over Amazons divergent Android path.
- Windows Phone 7 separated from the pack to become the clear number three mobile OS this quarter. The OS climbed 8 points to 38% of respondents saying they are very interested in the platform -- the highest ever for Microsoft.
- Microsoft is enjoying symbiotic success with Nokia. When asked why developers are more interested in Windows Phone 7 now than a year ago, a plurality (48%) are saying it is the Microsoft / Nokia partnership. Nokia also received high marks for its new Lumia Windows Phone 7 smartphone announcement last month. Twenty-eight percent of developers said they are very interested in developing for the device. This is more than double the interest in Nokias own Symbian and MeeGo OSes since Appcelerator began reporting mobile platform interest in January 2010.
- This quarter saw a sharp fall-off in developers reporting that they are "very interested" in RIM offerings with BlackBerry OS phones dropping 7 points to 21% and PlayBook QNX-based tablets dropping 6 points to 13%. Put another way, there is now more interest in Nokias new Lumia Windows Phone lineup than RIMs smartphones.
- HTML5 continues to keep developer interest. Sixty-six percent of developers are very interested in building HTML5 mobile websites, the same as last quarter.
- Connected TV app development interest continues to slide. A year ago, 44% of developers were very interested in developing for Google TV. Even with a second version announced last month, only 20% expressed the same enthusiasm for Google TV this round. Apple TV however saw a smaller decline from 40% a year ago to 27% today.
- iOS continues to reign at number one with 91% of respondents saying they are very interested in developing for the iPhone, followed by the iPad at 88%. Apple continued to hold onto its number one position in part due to iOS 5, which was cited as the most significant announcement this past quarter.
- Android phones fell nearly 4 points to 83% while tablets fell nearly 6 points to 68%. While the drop was likely due in part to renewed interest in iOS 5, developers nevertheless saw Samsungs rise to the number one smartphone manufacturer as the second most significant development of the past quarter after iOS 5.
A Deeper Look at Mobile Priorities across the Mobile Relationship Lifecycle
Over the past couple quarters, Appcelerator and IDC have been analyzing how businesses are making the move from the web to mobile. Earlier this year, we discussed how companies were maturing through several phases of adoption. This quarter, we asked developers and businesses to rank 23 mobile objectives for their most recent application. We then clustered this analysis into what we call the mobile relationship lifecycle to define objectives in 4 areas: reach, engagement, loyalty, and monetization.
- Reach: Businesses view deploying to multiple devices with native applications and mobile websites as the number one priority. Making the transition more efficient by leveraging a companys resources also ranked high.
- Engagement: Building applications that are easy-to-use with a native user interface was the next most important objective, followed by application performance. Both are seen as key to driving engagement with users and echo the general sentiment that application utility is critical. These core concerns trumped even media, location and social features in priority.
- Loyalty: Application notifications and using analytics to measure application feature usage ranked in the middle of the pack for most respondents.
- Monetization: Advertising still trumps in-application purchasing as a preferred monetization model. When it comes to mobile commerce, the top priority is making payments easy.
A complete breakdown of these trends and a more detailed analysis is available online. To access the Appcelerator / IDC Q4, 2011 Mobile Report, please visit: http://bit.ly/q4-2011-report.
About Appcelerator
Appcelerator is the leading enterprise-grade, cross-platform development solution on the market today, with over 1.6 million developers using its software to power over 30,000 cloud-connected mobile, desktop, and web applications used on 30 million devices every day. The companys flagship offering, Appcelerator Titanium, is the only mobile cloud platform to enable fully native, cross-platform mobile app and HTML5 web development, from a single codebase. Appcelerators customers can leverage their existing skills and open, industry standard technologies to decrease time-to-market and development costs, increase customer adoption and revenues, and enjoy greater flexibility and control. For more information, please visit http://www.appcelerator.com.
About IDC
International Data Corporation (IDC) is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology, telecommunications, and consumer technology markets. IDC helps IT professionals, business executives, and the investment community to make fact-based decisions on technology purchases and business strategy. More than 1,000 IDC analysts provide global, regional, and local expertise on technology and industry opportunities and trends in over 110 countries. For more than 46 years, IDC has provided strategic insights to help our clients achieve their key business objectives. IDC is a subsidiary of IDG, the world's leading technology media, research, and events company. You can learn more about IDC by visiting http://www.idc.com.
Appcelerator is a registered trademark of Appcelerator Inc. Appcelerator Titanium is a trademark of Appcelerator Inc. International Data Corporation and IDC are registered trademarks of International Data Group, Inc. All other trademarks and copyrights are the property of their respective owners
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