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At the conclusion of a year of rigorous research to establish our benchmark institutions, diligent work by the strategic planning task forces, and collaboration among all constituencies, the College's Board of Trustees approved our strategic framework in May 2017.
The framework structures the initiatives proposed in response to the strategic questions posed by President Cornwell at the start of the 2016-17 academic year, undergirded by the three purposes of our strategic planning (strengthening the integrity of our mission, strengthening our market position, and building a strong sense of shared vision) and defined by the three themes that emerged in the planning process: engaging our students, delivering on our promises, and strengthening our strategic assets.
In 2017-2018, implementation of initiatives has begun. The framework serves as a roadmap for their implementation and a gauge for measuring progress and success. It is not a fixed plan, but an organic, iterative process where initiatives may generate new initiatives as we move forward with strategic planning always in mind.
To keep all of the College's constituents informed of our plans, the framework's themes and main initiatives are provided below. Please click the links to view examples of action milestones associated with the main themes.
Engage Our Students
We will build upon our tradition of innovation in our educational programs so that we become a national model for engaged learning.
Deliver on Our Promises
We will commit to the academic and post-graduate success of each of our students.
Strengthen Our Strategic Assets
We will invest in areas essential to our prosperity and competitive advantage: our people, our workplace culture, our campus, and our strategic information.
Strategic planning is not an event, or even a process with a beginning and an end, but rather an organizational mindset, a way of thinking about Rollins as a college in a perpetual process of change. With the College's mission squarely in focus, this perpetual process is rigorously informed by research, assessment, data collection and analysis, innovation, and decisive action.
President Cornwell's reflected recently on the College's new Strategic Framework, it's initial implementation, and the power of a shared direction. To learn more, read A Shared Vision for our Future.
The first StrategyBlocks Planning Progress Reports are now posted to the Blackboard Strategic Planning Site. Members of the Strategic Planning Team are meeting representatives from each Strategic Task Force this month to confirm action items and obtain completion updates. The October 2017 Planning Update Slide Deck is posted on the Blackboard site as well. Additional reports will be posted in early November.
Following a process of rigorous research, honest appraisal of our strengths and weaknesses, creative problem solving, and collaborative deliberation, the College's 2017 Strategic Framework was approved by the Board of Trustees on May 12, 2017. A presentation slide deck, Strategic Framework, and detailed Strategic Planning Implementation Matrix are posted to the Blackboard Strategic Planning Site: Strategic Framework page. A Town Hall meeting for the community to announce the goals and objectives for this cycle of planning initiatives was held on May 18, 2017.
Where We're Going
2017-2018: Implementation and progress tracking for approved initiatives.
May 2018: Formal assessment and review of implemented initiatives.
Fall 2019: Renew the process.
Where We've Been
August 2016: Mission reaffirmed
September: Mission alignment reports, campus-wide SWOT analyses, and early research analytics
October-November: Strategic questions framed; task forces named and working. Task forces hold open forums for input and ideas in proposed recommendations.
December: Task force progress reports, including recommendations, submitted and posted. Chairs and co-chairs collaborate to coordinate overlapping recommendations.
January 2017: Task force recommendations vetted with campus community to create inclusive list of recommendations to advance the College's mission.
February: Sharing and prioritization of recommendations. Faculty governance review and approval for curricular matters, if required. Recommendations shared with the Board of Trustees.
March: Alignment of proposed initiatives with resources. Learning outcomes or administrative effectiveness assessment plans for proposed initiatives developed.
May: Board of Trustees reviews and approves proposed strategic initiatives.
As part of the planning process, four significant capital projects were identified as strategic priorities for the College: renovation of Mills Memorial Hall, a new Student Residential Complex, a new Black Box Theater, and development of an Innovation Triangle that integrates an expansion of The Alfond Inn with new facilities for the Crummer Graduate School of Business and art musem. To see architectural renderings and learn more about progress, please visit the College's Capital Projects website.
Thank you to all members of the College's 13 Strategic Task Forces for completing thorough and systematic preliminary or final reports in December. There is no question that these efforts provided substantive guidance in charting the way forward for Rollins. President Cornwell provided feedback to all Task Force chairs and met individually with each group to review the work. Final reports are posted to the Blackboard Strategic Planning Site as completed and Town Hall meetings for community feedback were held in February.
After much work and consultation, a methodology and criterion for establishing the College's peer benchmarking group was approved by the College of Liberal Arts faculty in December. To learn more, read the Peer Benchmarking Criterion Whitepaper.
The Strategy Team has completed work to analyze fully the campus strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) exercises completed last fall. Campus results are triangulated to independent research studies completed by Generation in the Final Report of SWOT Exercises now posted to the Blackboard Strategic Planning Community Site.
Discussion boards are in place and open on the Strategic Planning Community Site in Blackboard. Task force chairs and co-chairs will review and reply to comments posted to the discussion boards. Visit Planning Discussion Boards to pose a question, read comments or learn more.
Four strategic planning task forces held open forums to share progress during the first two weeks of November.
Task Force 1: Undergraduate Curriculum: Balancing of Majors and Elaborating the Mission
Specifically seeking input on:
1) What should the distribution of majors be? How should we envision what distribution of majors we would like to steer toward?
2) How might we try to move toward an envisioned distribution of majors?
Weds., Nov. 2, 4:00 p.m., Bush 176
Fri., Nov. 4, 4:00 p.m., Reeves Lodge
Task Force 7: Civic Engagement & Community-Based Learning
Weds. Nov. 9, 12:00-1:00 p.m., Bieberbach-Reed
Mon., Nov. 14, 2:00-3:00 p.m., Bieberbach-Reed
Task Force 8: Post Graduate Direction and Success
Thurs., Nov. 10, 11:00 a.m., Olin 230
Task Force 2: Integration of Global Learning Experiences
Mon., Nov. 14, 4:00-5:00 p.m., Location: SunTrust Auditorium
During October, updates on strategic planning were presented to faculty/staff, the Faculty Executive Council, the President's Extended Staff, the Alumni Board of Directors, and the Board of Trustees. The sessions focused on a planning process update; results of the recent SWOT exercises, external environmental scan, and competitive admissions analysis, as well as a review of the College's 12 Strategic Questions and Task Forces.
Click Here to See the Presentation Slides
Click Here to Visit the Blackboard Community Site and Learn More About the Aggregate SWOT Reports
Each academic and student affairs department has prepared a brief connecting our educational programs to our institutional mission.
Click Here to Visit the Blackboard Community Site and View the Reports
The updated external environmental scan for Rollins now available on the Blackboard Community Site (campus log-in required) along with selected higher education literature intended to inform the planning process.
Click here to View the Report
Twelve strategic questions grounded in the campus SWOT exercises, informed by the external scan and Admissions market position research data were announced by Dr. Cornwell in mid-September 2016. Task forces have been established to explore these questions and report back to the community as we craft a plan for how best to move Rollins forward.
Click Here to See a List of Task Forces and Chairs/Co-Chairs


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Horton Continues His Review of N. T. Wright on Justification
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at 11:37AM
You can find part five of Horton's essay here: http://www.whitehorseinn.org/archives/112.html
Also, Modern Reformation has posted an article of mine, "Using God" (Nov./Dec. Vol. 16 No. 6 2007 Pages 10-14)
You can find it here: http://www.modernreformation.org/default.php?page=articledisplay&var1=ArtRead&var2=878&var3=main

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Just catching up on some of my blogs and thought I'd review one of the hotels where we stayed in Delhi.
The Grand Godwin is on Arakashan Road in Paharganj. It's a convenient (if chaotic) location, not far from New Delhi Station, and a short (and cheap) Tuk Tuk ride to all the places we needed to go, like the publishing district, Connaught Place, and many of the city's main attractions.
The hotel provided free pick up from the airport, which is a massive bonus when you first arrive in Delhi.
We stayed for three nights when we first arrived, before travelling into Rajasthan. We stayed one more night when we returned to Delhi, before going elsewhere.
Our first room was great. It was large, and mostly clean. The bathroom was spotless, but there were a couple of dodgy stains on the bed cover. The second room we stayed in wasn't as great—it was a small windowless room, which somehow managed to also be very noisy. Once again, the bathroom was spotless, but I went to make myself some tea, and the cups were disgusting. I don't think cleanliness in a hotel room is too much to ask for.
One of the great things about the Grand Godwin is the rooftop restaurant. We started each day with an great buffet breakfast. We ended most days eating there (very good food) and having a beer. We met some interesting people on that roof, and it was comforting to know we were eating and drinking food that wasn't going to make us sick. Neither of us experienced Delhi belly until after we left the Grand Godwin. The restaurant was spotless, including the kitchen, which you can see into.
The hotel staff were pleasant, especially the restaurant staff, but here comes my main gripe about the hotel. I'd just arrived in Delhi for the first time, and anyone who's been there knows it's an intense experience. I entered the hotel foyer… and was faced with about eight men in suits, all standing in a group, staring at me. No one spoke for a bit. They just stared. Then one of them dealt with checking us in… while the others lingered around and stared. In fact, the whole time I stayed there, there was a lot of lingering around in suits, staring.
This pack thing is common in India, and while I eventually got to know a couple of these men, and they were nice and polite, is it too much to ask for a smile, a hello… or (shock horror) the occasional female face? Surely you can employ one female. If not, are all of you needed at reception? I spent my whole time in Delhi staving off unwelcome attention, which was often full-blown harassment. The area outside the hotel is like hell on earth. Do your female guests a favor, and make the hotel the place they know they can relax, away from the harassment they receive on the street.
I'd seen great reviews and write ups in various newspapers, blogs, Lonely Planet etc. And for the most part, they're true. The Grand Godwin a good hotel for the price. A few tweaks and it could be great.


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trailer break: 'The Stepfather'
Take a break from work: watch a trailer…
I have to say that it's about time stepfathers started getting the same bad rap as stepmothers. Oh, wait: this is a remake of a 1987 movie? Then how could the idea of the evil stepfather never caught on? Could it be that first movie sucked? Are they remaking it in order to try again to paint stepfathers with the evil brush?
Best America's Most Wanted reference ever, or what?
"He's hiding something!" "It doesn't mean he's a killer!" Oh yes it does. Don't these people know they're in a cheesy horror movie?
Way to spoil the whole movie, trailer guys. Or maybe you figured we'd seen it all so many times before it couldn't possibly be spoiled?
The Stepfather opens in the U.S. on October 16, and in the U.K. on December 11.
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Island council may delay purchase of heirs property; parties working on relocation plan
About 10 families living on heirs property near Squire Pope Road might be given more time to move off of the land, which soon will be owned by the Town of Hilton Head Island, town officials say.
The town is being asked to delay closing on the property for up to 90 days, according to the officials.
Several families have already left one of three parcels that make up the property in the Stoney community, between William Hilton Parkway, Squire Pope Road and the marshes of Jarvis Creek. Those living across William Hilton Parkway on another parcel are next to move.
On June 8, heirs of the Matthew and Teena Jones property were in the Beaufort County Courthouse asking to locate to a third, adjoining parcel, which has not been sold.
A court-appointed receiver overseeing the sale recommended the delay in hopes of getting approval for a mobile home park on the third parcel, where the family could relocate. Some already live on that section.
Town Council will consider â€" and is expected to approve â€" the request Tuesday to give a company that owns the land more time to complete the deal to relocate family members, said town manager Steve Riley and Mayor Drew Laughlin.
"We are trying to make sure those who have been living on the property all these years can continue living on a portion of the property, but a final say on that will be a judge,â€


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It is very important to set aside a second to very well sort out your kitchen equipment and utensils when you are preparing to relocate. Packaging glassware together with pots and pans could very well be a terrible misfortune. Glassware as well as other fragile light-weight utensils and dishes really should have their own individual packing containers. Cell dividers play a very good role in isolating glassware, in spite of this the left over room or space could possibly be stuffed with foam peanuts to avoid the slightest movement that may possibly result in a fracture. Extra special attention should definitely be placed on packaging glassware simply because they are a great deal more vulnerable to possible damage as opposed to pots and pans.
When packing glassware, if you are looking to provide extra protection, a good pack box having double thick walls should be used. A plain newsprint or perhaps tissue needs to be applied as a support or cushioning at the bottom level of the box. Besides that a bubble wrap can be used by positioning it at the base and then packing peanuts used in covering the surface of the bubble wrap. The glassware needs to be wrapped with plain newsprint or first with a tissue and then the newsprint.
It's ideal to pack like items together and then label just about every box. Dishes can be wrapped and placed on top each other, together with other flatware, in the same box. Glasses should be carefully wrapped with packing papers tucked into the middle of each glass and also round outside of it. The wrapped glassware in accordance of weight should be placed in the box according to the size and space available in the box. If perhaps there are still empty spaces, then foam peanuts works extremely well in occupying them to provide protective barrier and restrict movement of glassware. The box should be sealed with a good tape and a label with the word "fragile" should be on just about every single box containing glassware along with other fragile items.
Moving day could possibly be so stressful, but with little planning and much of labeling, packing and unpacking could very well be an efficient process while handling valuable items with care.
With InsideMoving, you can be guaranteed an efficient and well-organized moving of your belongings.


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Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) is now providing pre-heated or cooled air to aircraft waiting at its gates. This is expected to reduce pollution and cut costs for airlines at the airport as the planes will be able to shut off their auxiliary power units while waiting.
The airport has built a centralized plant to cool and/or heat planes by piping air to all of its 73 gates through nearly 15 miles of ducts.
The "pre-conditioned" air is expected to lead to annual fuel-savings for the airlines of an estimated 5 million gallons – worth nearly $15 million.
It will also reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40,000 metric tons as Sea-Tac gets about 90 percent of its power from hydro-electric dams and the rest from renewable energy and nuclear sources.
Pre-conditioned air from the airport will also reduce noise from parked planes and emissions of harmful nitrogen oxides.


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Important SSL Commands SysAdmin Should Know
Important SSL Commands
In this article, I am going to provide some of the very important SSL commands which help you when you are working on SSL.
Wherever you have a task to implement SSL certificate on the website. You should know which commands help to implement SSL certificate.
If you don't have an idea about SSL commands then you will not able to implement SSL on site properly.
When I first implemented SSL certificate on Website face lots of issue on the website because of lack of knowledge about the SSL commands.
This guide will help you to understand each SSL commands which gives you proper way while implementing SSL certificate on any of website.
Once you understand the working of SSL commands then you can follow my previous article on SSL certificate implementation.
READ : SSL Configuration on Linux with Nginx
Before start with the article make sure you have already installed the OpenSSL package on your system. if not then run below command which installs OpenSSL on the system.
$ apt-get update
$ apt-get install openssl
Let's start with the article on Important SSL Commands,
1. Create SSL Key
Below OpenSSL command helps you to create SSL Key.
$ openssl genrsa -out www.crt.in.key 2048
Generating RSA private key, 2048 bit long modulus
e is 65537 (0x10001)
2. Create SSL CSR
Below command use to create Certificate Signing Request(CSR). This CSR file using when you have to request for a .crt file from any certificate provider. In this file, you need to provide information about the Company,domain name,address,email id etc.
$ openssl req -new -key www.crt.in.key -out www.crt.in.csr
You are about to be asked to enter information that will be incorporated
into your certificate request.
What you are about to enter is what is called a Distinguished Name or a DN.
There are quite a few fields but you can leave some blank
For some fields, there will be a default value,
If you enter '.', the field will be left blank.
Country Name (2 letter code) [AU]:IN
State or Province Name (full name) [Some-State]:MAHARASHTRA
Locality Name (eg, city) []:MUM
Organization Name (eg, company) [Internet Widgits Pty Ltd]:Techthings
Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []:TECH
Common Name (e.g. server FQDN or YOUR name) []:techthings.org
Email Address []:email@example.com
Please enter the following 'extra' attributes
to be sent with your certificate request
A challenge password []: Enter
An optional company name []: Enter
You have new mail in /var/mail/root
Note : Keep Challenge password empty otherwise it will ask every time when you restarting the webserver.
3. Check SSL Key MD5
With this command you can check the MD5 no. of SSL Key and compare this Key no. with CSR. If MD5 no. does not match with the CSR then it not properly created. Create it again and check.
$ openssl rsa -noout -modulus -in www.crt.in.key | openssl md5
(stdin)= 806f035dd9c7dc1771fe804c7d9460fb
4. Check SSL CSR MD5
This command also uses to check the MD5 no. which should match with the SSL Key?
$ openssl req -noout -modulus -in www.crt.in.csr | openssl md5
(stdin)= 806f035dd9c7dc1771fe804c7d9460fb
5. Create SSL CRT file
This is the main file which we can use with apache or Nginx web server for implementing SSL on the website. This file created with a combination of .key and .csr file.
$ openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in www.crt.in.csr -sign key www.crt.in.key -out www.crt.in.crt
Signature ok
Getting Private key
6. Check SSL CRT MD5
Now like above we checked .key and .csr MD5. You need to check .crt MD5 no. as well to make sure .crt file generated properly.
$ openssl x509 -noout -modulus -in www.crt.in.crt | openssl md5
(stdin)= 806f035dd9c7dc1771fe804c7d9460fb
When you get the same MD5 no. for all .key, .csr, .crt file which means certificate generated properly.
7. Check SSL CRT Expiration Date
You can also check the expiry date of CRT file with below OpenSSL command.
$ openssl x509 -noout -in www.crt.in.crt -dates
notBefore=Oct 11 12:27:26 2016 GMT
notAfter=Oct 11 12:27:26 2017 GMT
8. Decrypt CSR Certificate
You can decrypt CSR certificate with below command. You can able to check the information inside the .csr file.
$ openssl req -in www.crt.in.csr -noout -text
Certificate Request:
Version: 0 (0x0)
Subject: C=IN, ST=MAHARASHATRA, L=MUM, O=Techthings, OU=TECH, CN= email@example.com
Subject Public Key Info:
Public Key Algorithm: rsaEncryption
Public-Key: (2048 bit)
9. Verify the signature
You can verify used a signature on the .csr file using below command. If you get the output ok which means certificate verified successfully.
$ openssl req -in www.crt.in.csr -noout -verify
verify OK
10. Check Certificate issued
With this command, you can check who is the owner of the certificate.
$ openssl req -in www.crt.in.csr -noout -subject
11. Remove a passphrase key
If you are using a passphrase for private key and now you don't want passphrase on the key then use below command to remove the passphrase from the key.
Copy .key file as backup
$ cp www.crt.in.key www.crt.in.key-orig
Then unencrypt the key with OpenSSL. You'll need the passphrase for the removing passphrase.
$ openssl rsa -in www.crt.in.key -out new.www.crt.in.key
We have tried our best to include almost all of ' Important SSL Commands' with their examples in this article which are use by SysAdmins while working on OpenSSL, If still, we have missed anything, please do let us know via comments and don't forget to share with your friends.


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Ask Making A Bigger Bet On "Social Search" Or Q&A
If you're the number four search engine in a market that is looking like it's going to be about two (maybe three) players in the long run, what do you do? If you're Barry Diller and running the parent company of Ask, the search engine in question, you're potentially looking at selling, with Microsoft as a logical buyer. That's all speculation at this point, however.
In the meantime, Ask is doing and trying a lot of things to keep users and redefine its role in this new, contracting or consolidating search landscape. Most recently it made a major push into shopping with "deals search." Another major initiative to soon gain more momentum and visibility is something of a return to Ask's roots as a "Q&A" engine. (The picture immediately below is circa 2001.)
Ask, which has been highlighting "answers" for some time, is going to move more directly into social search or real-time Q&A.
Ask President Doug Leeds told me the other day that Ask still gets a huge number of queries formulated as questions. In recognition of that and the more recent rise of social and "real time" search, Ask will begin to enlist its community directly in answering questions and use a number of sophisticated algorithms around question routing and identifying trustworthy and authoritative answers and people.
If well executed it could be an effective strategy for the company (including in mobile), which despite many years of innovative efforts under former CEO Jim Lanzone was not really able to grow its share beyond 4 percent of overall traffic.
Q&A services have been around for quite some time, while "social search" and "real time search" are newer phenomena. We could identify a range of companies that are in one way or another enlisting humans to answer queries or questions. Beyond Yahoo Answers, Mahalo and others like them, there are Aardvark, kgb, ChaCha, not to mention Facebook and Twitter, that fall into these categories to varying degrees. And Google recently introduced "social search" seeking to bring humans more directly into search results.
Leeds said to me that almost nobody in the segment today is going to be able to do what Ask can do with social search/Q&A "at scale." I think that the strategy makes a great deal sense for Ask. Whether it people ultimately use it will depend entirely on execution.
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When a guest complains about a Hyatt Hotels Corp. property on Twitter—be it a lack of hot water, missing towels, or a faulty TV—the global hotelier pledges to respond to the issue within 10 minutes.
It offers that guarantee thanks to its 24/7 in-house social media monitoring service called @HyattConcierge. Launched in 2009, @Hyatt Concierge is an "always listening" watchdog staffed by 35 employees across centers in Omaha, Neb., Melbourne, Australia, and Mainz, Germany. Having three centers spread across the world's time zones ensures at least one center is operating on business hours at all times. The staff "engage with guests around-the-clock when prompted by any social mention of a Hyatt brand," says Karen Dawson, Hyatt's vice president of digital strategy.
@HyattConcierge is one piece of a broader Hyatt social media customer engagement strategy known as the Hyatt Control Room. It keeps an eye on social media mentions of Hyatt across Twitter, Facebook, WeChat, TripAdvisor and Instagram. "Just as we welcome guests when they walk through our hotel doors, the Hyatt Control Room welcomes guests and offers assistance when guests check in on social channels," Dawson says, adding "guests' response to the social strategy built on care has been overwhelmingly positive."
Hyatt is hardly alone in deciding that responding effectively to consumers via social media is essential to its future success. There's a good reason for that; nearly 64% of customers say they will spend more with companies that offer great social customer service, according to a survey conducted by social customer service solution provider Conversocial. Conversely, 77% of customers are less likely to buy a product if they read complaints about it on social media, according to another Conversocial report.
Further, many businesses feel they have no choice but to participate. Consumers will air their complaints on social media where other consumers will see them regardless of whether the retailer provides their own venue on social media. But by giving consumers a forum to pose their questions directly to a brand and monitoring it, a brand can help mitigate the potential damage by responding. That's why a number of retailers and other businesses are increasingly using a variety of tools to respond to comments on social networks.
While @HyattConcierge fielded 50,000-plus Twitter conversations in the first half of 2014, the volume of contacts isn't why Hyatt and other businesses devote time and resources to social-focused customer service. After all, social media lags behind other forms of customer communication in terms of both usage and volume.<
For instance, L.L. Bean had about 70,000 Twitter and Facebook customer service interactions in 2014, compared to the more than 100,000 phone calls it fields in a typical day, says an L.L. Bean spokesman. The same low level of social media interaction is also true for French Toast, where social media contacts account for about 1% of all customer contacts, according to the school uniform manufacturer's president Michael Arking.
So why are some companies devoting major resources to managing social media? Social media gives consumers a unique ability to embarrass and degrade a brand's hard-won reputation with a single tweet or post going viral–especially if a complainant is really, really angry.
To keep this kind of damage from happening to them, companies are investing in social media monitoring.
Here's how social media neglect can cost a business: When British Airways lost Hasan Syed's father's luggage, Syed got so mad that he spent $1,000 to post the following sponsored tweet: "Don't fly @BritishAirways. Their customer service is horrendous."
Roughly 76,000 consumers saw this brand-damning tweet. Then British Airways made matters worse by taking eight hours to respond on Twitter.
To further stoke the fire, the airline excused its neglect by saying that it only monitors Twitter during business hours. An infuriated Syed tweeted back, "How does a billion dollar corp only have 9-5 social media support for a business that operates 24/7?"
It was at this point that Syed's Twitter-war with British Airways caught the U.K. media's attention. His story turned up on the BBC, the Huffington Post and in the Guardian and Telegraph newspapers, generating untold bad press for the airline. In a further twist of the knife, the interchange was retweeted by JetBlue Airways.
Asked about this incident, a British Airways spokesman explained the airline's actions by telling Internet Retailer, "We were in contact with the customer throughout, and apologized for the delay." He had no comment about Syed's Twitter campaign, or the company's business hours-only social media monitoring.<
The moral to the story is that businesses have no choice but to stay on top of social media at all times, and make sure that the answers they provide will pass public muster, because everyone could be watching.
"If something is great, you'll hear about it on social," says Soren Mills, Newegg.com Inc.'s chief marketing officer. "The same is true if something isn't so great."
That's the reason that Dell Inc. built two Social Media Listening Command Centers (SMLCC), which run on the Sprinklr social media management platform. One is located at its Round Rock, Texas, headquarters; the other in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
"We can't pinpoint one particular case as being the sole reason we decided to invest in social media," says a company spokesman. "Instead, it was us collectively recognizing four years ago that there was a significant number of Dell-related comments in social media and that many of them were from customers with negative experiences."<
Since Dell deployed the SMLCCs, the number of negative comments about Dell products and services posted on social networks has dropped 30%, says a spokesman. "Further, as a result of our engagement efforts, we've seen our social media reach grow to 20-40 million on any given week," he says.
Similarly, L.L. Bean monitors social media from its headquarters in Freeport, Maine, where all of the company's major operations are located. When the company detects a complaint on social media, it responds quickly and in full public view, to show shoppers it is fixing the issue.
"The customer service team will respond to all issues publicly and will only switch to a direct message or suggest e-mailing if we require the customer's contact information," says Laurie Brooks, L.L. Bean's social media public relations program manager. "These reps also handle customer live chat, e-mails and online question-and- answer forums via an internal management system." L.L. Bean uses monitoring and marketing platforms such as Hootsuite, TweetDeck, Social Engage, Iconosquare, Napkin Labs and eGain.
Of course, staffing centers to ensure consumers receive a quick response can be costly; the average contract size for the 11 large vendors examined in Forrester Research Inc.'s "The Forrester Wave: Enterprise Listening Platforms, Q1 2014" report was more than $30,000. And that doesn't factor in staffing requirements. Despite the costs, each retailer Internet Retailer spoke to was clear about the necessity of monitoring social media closely.<
This describes how Target Corp. views its social media monitoring and responses, pointing to how consumers responded to holiday promotions in 2014 as evidence as to why and how social media monitoring benefits the retailer.
"When we announced Black Friday door buster deals, we knew that our guests and team members would go to social media to share their excitement," a company spokesman says. "We received more than 12,000 social media mentions in the first 24 hours after the announcement. We were able to provide more information, clarify questions from our guests, and be present during important guest conversations. We also identified the deals that were most-talked about in social media and fed those insights back to our business teams."
Hyatt also believes that its social media investment is paying off even though the company doesn't look at its social customer service through the lens of return on investment, Dawson says. Instead, Hyatt considers effective social media monitoring and response an essential part of its business.
"Ignoring our guests on social media would be the same as ignoring their phone call or not acknowledging them when they walked into our hotels," she says. "Our guests are telling us what's important to them each and every day."
James Careless is a freelance journalist based in Ottawa, Canada.


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summer days.
***This post is as per my nephews request who, I think just wanted to show the pictures of him flying through the air to his mom to scare her. ;)***
The days of summer backyard BBQ's are coming to a close. I can't say I'm entirely sad, because the days of pumpkin pie and rainy days are coming and those are my favourite. However, it is sad that soon we won't be able to eat our Thursday family dinner out in the backyard and run around in the sunshiney weather. This is what a standard Thursday looks like when dinner is finished:


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Although we miss out on the joy of ultrasound enjoyed by bats and crocodiles, we alone can read, speak and write in the animal kingdom. The resulting enhanced expression, not only splits us from the rest - including 98% gene sharing primates - it helps us tame nature and progress. However, almost suggesting 'It's one thing to have the ability, it's quite another to use it', neither the expression nor the progress has been quick and smooth. As it was restricted by political, socio-religious and personal constraints, more of secrets - our own and of other people - and less of expressions have ruled our history.
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Sunday, 16 September 2012
Freedom of Expression: What Should Limit It And What Shouldn't?
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Wednesday, 12 September 2012
Heavy Drinking And Early Deaths Rise Among Elderly People. Can Faith Help?
Alcohol has never been so refined, so glamorous and so popular in our history. The crowned Champaigne even gets an 'essential' in Formula One victory celebrations.
While parallel to global warming fresh ones show a rise and rise in price tracing rise in Indian and Chinese affluence that even forms 'Business is booming', parallel to old is gold, aging ones, unlike this laptop, trace the price rise of antiques. However, parallel to one asserting 'If alcohol was found today it would have been a band drug' the destruction it is causing has no parallels.
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Made during the 1900s, this Shandong sideboard is great example of example Chinese craftsmanship and design during the era. They often made simple yet sturdy pieces back then and you can clearly see that in the beautiful lines as well as solid construction of this piece.
This particular sideboard uses elm wood with a clean finish that allows the attractive rustic wood grain to show through. The finish is actually a rich honey colour which doesn't overpower the look of the natural wood at all.
Apart from the three drawers located at the top, there are two central doors with a removable post for easy storage of bigger items. At the corner of the doors, there are two tiny drawers which can be used for keeping smaller items.
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Nivea eyes younger consumers with marketing drive
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Governing body of football in Europe UEFA got its knickers in a twist earlier this week when Danish footballer Nicklas Bendter revealed the name of non-sponsor Paddy Power on his "lucky" underpants during a goal celebration at the EURO 2012 tournament. The episode, predictably dubbed "Pantsgate", came on the same day as it emerged that Olympic chiefs had launched an investigation into Puma's marketing activity around the 2012 Games.
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The news that Groupon is not signing up to new code of conduct for the daily deals industry sparked much comment. Read the story here and comment extracts below: It appears that, as in most industries, the big boys think they are too important to mix with the minnows. The sad fact is that their […]
Delivery, not creativity, is root of trust
Your article on Marks & Spencer using its 'trusted brand' status to diversify led me to think about what makes brands trusted. The reputations of BMW, Mercedes, Sony, Apple and Intel are built on mechanical quality and reliability as well as technical innovation; being trusted to deliver excellence consistently rather than fancy creativity. If they […]
Tomorrow's stars put to test
It would be good to know how the Marketing Academy scholars' psychometric reports compare with the Diagonal Thinking Self-Assessment. This is a free online test, launched in 2008, and its data reveals that only 10% of the population are 'diagonal thinkers' and achieve top scores in both the linear and lateral exercises. A five-year study […]
Why we could all do with a little luxury
Mark Ritson is appearing on stage at our Marketing Week Live event on 28 June. This teaser for his hotly anticipated 'lessons from luxury brands' presentation picks out three of his top observations on premium branding. Register here to come along and hear Mark in action.
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'Horrible, horrible!'The Rest is Silence, Riverside Studios(ish), London
A buzzing, somewhat bemused audience is coaxed inside a black warehouse, lit only by dim strip lights. Massive, dull mirrors flank every wall, boxing us in and creating endless rows of reflections. Some spectators try to mingle but this is an environment designed for lonely, quiet souls. As we shuffle nervously about, those looming mirrors lend an air of interrogation. It feels like we're being watched. It feels like we're in trouble.
This uneasy spell is eventually broken by a video clip, projected against a line of mirrors. We watch a sombre chap stroll through an orchard and recognise him as Claudius (providing, of course, you know Hamlet. If you don't, I'm not convinced this is the show for you). This projection of a prowling Claudius bounces off the cage of mirrors, his 'foul murder' played out over and over again. It's a simple but fiercely suggestive opening to dreamthinkspeak's The Rest is Silence, which immediately blows away the cobwebs that so often cling to adaptations of the play. It sure as hell beats the normal stumbling around in the dark, which often makes for such a dismally predictable opening.
In fact, Tristan Sharps' inventive and rigorous set is one of the most thematically useful designs I've ever encountered. The enclosed environment creates a cloyingly claustrophobic atmosphere, the surrounding mirrors induce a tingling paranoia and the dancing reflections suggest a world of endlessly spiralling consequence, beyond everyone's control – particularly poor old Hamlet's.
And yet… For all the innovations here and some gorgeous, enveloping visuals this is essentially a cerebral experience; a show that gets you thinking but never really wriggles right into your heart. Still, there are some very smart touches, which make Shakespeare's language fizz in exciting new ways.
Many of the play's more famous speeches are handled in a surprising and illuminating fashion.'To be or not to be' is split amongst the entire cast: Gertrude weeps as she scans her son's diary, Claudius reads the speech as if it's an amateur essay and Polonius ponders Hamlet's words, alone in his study. With each character sectioned off in a glass booth, we're left to roam and rediscover this speech at our own pace, lingering at the interpretations that hit us hardest. The lighting is also used to clever effect. The ghost's speech is whispered, tremblingly, in absolute darkness. Never have those words – 'Horrible, horrible!' - frightened quite so much.
The brain dances happily, playing with countless new interpretations but the heart stays fairly still. Hamlet might sit, spotlit and sad, for much of the show but his clawing grief and frustrations never quite reach us. Ophelia's madness – always rushed but here played out at an insane pace – simply doesn't make sense and the complex relationship between Hamlet and his mother never really materialises.
Even the penetrative designs starts to lose its gloss. Initially fascinating and always lively, this gloomy prison begins to feel a touch safe, even conventional. It might be strange and new but this is ultimately quite a rigid space, hemmed in by its own rules and invisible walls. One longs for the actors, trapped inside their private booths of misery, to smash through the glass and grab us by the throat.
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Tackle Tyson Clabo plugs a major hole on Miami Dolphins' offensive line
The Dolphins addressed their void at offensive tackle on Sunday by agreeing to terms with veteran Tyson Clabo on a one-year deal.
Clabo, 31, has started every game at right tackle for the Atlanta Falcons over the past five seasons and was a Pro Bowl selection in 2010.
"He will be a great addition to the offensive line," general manager Jeff Ireland said.
His signing means Jonathan Martin will shift to left tackle to replace Jake Long, who signed with St. Louis.
Clabo signed a five-year, $25 million contract in 2011, but the Falcons released him April 4 — which he called "unexpected" — in a move designed to give them additional salary cap space to sign their draft picks.
"Miami didn't come into play until late in the process, after the draft," he said. "I was happy when the phone rang and Mr. Ireland was on the other side."
Clabo, who auditioned for the Dolphins on Wednesday, graded out well the past two seasons, according to Pro Football Focus.
His 2012 performance ranked 14th among 80 tackles and fifth-best among right tackles, behind Andre Smith, Gosder Cherilus, Anthony Davis and Sebastian Vollmer.
Clabo, 6-6 and 329 pounds, was ranked 23rd in pass protection (he allowed five sacks) and 21st in run blocking last year.
In 2011, Pro Football Focus rated him second overall among all tackles.
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"I don't feel like there has been much drop in my play [since the 2010 Pro Bowl]," he said. "I think I can still do it at a high level. I think I am going to fit in pretty well. I know the zone block scheme."
Undrafted out of Wake Forest, Clabo began his career in Denver and spent the past seven seasons with the Falcons.
The Dolphins tried to sign left tackle Bryant McKinnie earlier this week, but he opted for a slightly better deal with Baltimore.
The Dolphins also explored trading for Kansas City's Branden Albert but did not offer the second-round pick that the Chiefs were seeking.
The Dolphins signed Clabo instead of two other right tackles who auditioned: Eric Winston and Winston Justice.
Martin, who was rated 76th of 80 tackles by Pro Football Focus, played left tackle at Stanford but began his Dolphins career as a right tackle before shifting to the left side when Long was injured in the 12th game last season.
Martin played well against Jacksonville and Buffalo but struggled against San Francisco and New England.
He has said that he is more comfortable at left tackle than right tackle and has gained 20 pounds this offseason while increasing his strength.
Clabo's representation reached out to the Dolphins a month ago but didn't hear back until this past week. The Dolphins figure to have two new offensive line starters, with Clabo and right guard Lance Louis.
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The Dolphins signed former Florida Atlantic linebacker David Hinds, who tried out at this past week's rookie minicamp. Miami also released two undrafted rookies: quarterback Clay Belton and linebacker Rob McCabe.


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So the Wacom Cintiq 24HD shows up at my door and it's huge. Seriously, this marriage of 24in display and graphics tablet tech needs two people to lift it out of the packaging and there are step-by-step instructions on just how to do it. This is definitely a professional piece of kit and, costing around £2000, I reckon unless you …
"This crazy positioning is obtainable because of the 40kg counterweight in the base giving it great stability."
I am really hoping that you mean "4kg". As a sanity check as to units, I had to think.. I'm 6 ft 3, and not tiny, and I weigh 90kg, I'd be a bit scared of a tablet that is nearly half my body weight...
1920 x 1200 may be HD on a 24" TV screen but not on Computer.
You need roughly 3000 x 1700 pixels for a 24" Widescreen to have the resolution of 1600 x 1200 15.4" screens ten years ago.
Nice product though. But a trifle pricey for a low resolution computer monitor and resistive panel, though of course it's a bit more than both.
I have a the 21UX sibling (2010 model), and I tell you now, if you're an illustrator or you do artwork on computer in any volume, you have no idea what you're missing.
They're not perfect, calibration is a bit annoying sometimes, especially when Wacom release new drivers that muck everything up, but for speed of working, and just getting into the art of it, Cintiqs are awesome. I'll be entombed with mine.
The only downer is software support. They're great with Painter and Photoshop, but Sketchbook Pro (and Design) should be amazing - and they are to a point, but because neither Sketchbook has customisable controls, you can't set up the screen's shortcuts at all, and it they have no Cintiq profiles of their own (brush size rotates the screen, wtf...).
The only thing stopping me from getting a 24HD is the weight and the fact that you can't mount it on an arm (21UX can be, and the standard base allows for rotation...important when drawing on paper). So it should be mentioned that 24HD is more like a draught board...much more suited to anyone working on a board.
The stats say it weighs 29kg with stand attached, and 13.7kg without. My maths says that makes the stand a mere 15.3kg. Sounds a little more manageable.
Want one! Got the 12ux at the moment, and love that, but am prepared to finally concede, after many years of being told otherwise, that size is important after all.
...and they're still out of my price range.
Back in the late '80s I did tech illustration for a (now defunct) computer company that was a beta test site for a company called Qubix Graphics Systems. Qubix had a pen-based "draw on the screen" UNIX-based workstation that was an illustrator's/draftsman's dream. The Qubix system was also fully adjustable from vertical to horizontal to mimic the illustrator's preferred drawing board set-up (Of course, since this was a honkin' big CRT screen back in the day, the adjustment was accomplished by an electric motor in the pedestal!). Ms Orr is correct -- there is NOTHING like the immediacy of working directly ON your image. Having to go back to drawing with a mouse on a horizontal surface while watching a vertical screen when I left the company was a wrenching experience.
Qubix, of course, got leapfrogged in the vector illustration market and put out of business by Adobe Illustrator and Aldus Freehand going directly to the personal computer which were, if not as exceptional an experience as the workstation, good enough and cheap enough that most everyone could get in on it. Coincidentally, the company that I was working for was heavily into the "mincomputer" business and ALSO got bypassed by the PC explosion and is no more. There's an irony there...
what I don't get though is the resolution. I have a couple of wacoms - a wee portable bamboo for on the move, and a big A2 tablet for home use. they both have very high DPI (500-2000 per inch). This makes sense because you can get a lot of detail in a small drawing space. i.e. there is no direct link between the DPI of the tablet, and the screen.
With the Contiq's this ain't the case... so you have a 500dpi 'tablet' tayer onto of a 70dpi screen.
I don't really get that? I'd be interested in user's takes on it, but when I used one, and in fact it was the reason I bought an acer tablet pc back in 2004 (it had full pressure sensitive wacom support) I found it nasty to sketch on, as I was always limited to that screen DPI effectively for feedback.
These aren't even in the same universe as Tablet PCs, it's completely different technology. I don't even consider the resolution of the tablet, I've never thought about it. Specs are usually just marketing anyway BS anyway...how many people can 'feel' all 2048 levels of pressure? :p
Needless to say, I get really bored when using my old Intuos wacom tablets now...they just feel so clumsy and backwards. If you draw or sculpt (i.e. Zbrush) for a living, Cintiqs are the business.
...most of them (there are other stylus sceeen systems). Currently the proper stylus PC ones such as HP TouchSmart TM2-1010 are typically touchscreens as -well-. But you may not get the pressure sensitivity, the point of which, for art, I think, is... it's enough. It's plenty.
Mind you, there's David Hockney pootling around on an iPad and having the results exhibited in the National Gallery of Ginormous Print-Outs, so it just goes to show.
1920 x 1200 is a total dealbreaker... I know the wacom tablet-screens have always been low-res, but that is ridiculous for a 24 inch screen!
It's like they don't want my money:
I almost bought a 12WX, i mistakenly thought it might be somewhat portable, then I noticed when I saw it in person the giant power/control block they hide in all the photos that happens to have a million cables coming out of it.
So then I took a look at the 21UX, but the screen was horribly underspecced, a measly 1600x1200 on a 21 inch screen!
Now the 24HD comes out and they giant sized the screen, but kept the super crappy resolution??!
Plus on both the 21 and 24 a crappy 550:1 contrast ratio -- half of what you'd expect from, oh, let's say, an apple desktop display?
Seriously, I would have laid out all kinds of cash for this type of equipment over the years IF IT DIDN'T SUCK SO BAD. I can't wait for their patents to run out so that there can be some competition using similar pen technology.
sorry, rant over...
I agree with the resolution comments - it's irritating but then these were being put together probably just before everything jumped up to 2500+. The contrast ratio probably has a lot to do with the coating on the screen - it's actually has a very fine texture. Feels nice when drawing on it, but you pay for that in gamut.
Can't agree with your closing lines though :) Just because it's not as good as a new monitor doesn't mean it sucks, because it doesn't. If you make money as an artist and you don't have one, you're cutting off an arm to spite a leg.
Wacom have zero competition in this market. Until someone brings something else along that's better (hell, not even cheaper - I'll pay for results), there's nothing better (or nothing else).
I love my old Cintiq tablet. As others have said, you can't beat the experience of actually drawing directly on the screen, with a pen. It becomes so 'natural' feeling after a while that, on a couple of occasions recently, when drawing in a real sketchbook, I've thought for a split second of hitting "undo" after making a mistake.
The big problem is the weight, the three trailing cables [powerbrick, USB and video] and the need to attach it to a computer. This makes casual use of the Cintiq pretty much impossible, as you need to set it up and sit at a desk to use it.
How I wish someone would cross-breed a Cintiq with an iPad and produce an all-in-one portable digital sketchbook. I'd be all over that fecker like the proverbial rash!
I have the 13" Cintiq. Don't obsess about screen resolution - it's just techy nonsense for those who like to read the brochure rather than do any artwork. I find the lag and the need to reset periodically more of a nuisance, plus the power brick and cables which make an already overcrowded desk a snake pit.
I'm also not thrilled at staring into a computer screen all the time I draw, which can be tiring (but others may have different experience).
For these reasons, I still use the Intuos more. After 12 years of using a Wacom, the draw-here-look-there thing is second nature (it felt natural after 30 minutes, tbh).
The iPad looks very interesting, especially after seeing the way Hockney and others use it (search YouTube for demo examples). It doesn't overcome the screen glare but it gets rid of the cables. I just need a way of getting the final drawing off the iPad once it is finished which doesn't necessarily involve wireless or another computer. Never mind HD, retina displays etc - I'll settle for a USB socket on the iPad 3.


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Offering your products to buyers overseas is a great way to increase the number of potential buyers. However, there are a few things to keep in mind when you want to sell products internationally.
If you are going to sell internationally, you need to think about product shipping and how you will incorporate this into your prices. The price is part of your contract with your customer. Shipping from Australia can be expensive. You need to make it clear to buyers how much they are paying for the product, and how much they are paying for shipping. It is useful to have shipping costs or a shipping calculator on the website to assist buyers in determining shipping costs. Some sites have different shipping options available. Some are cheaper but take longer, and others are more expensive but offer tracking services. It is prudent to use a postal service with tracking services, so that you can provide that a product was shipped and delivered. This is a crucial part of your contract with the customer.
Selling internationally raises questions in regards to currency and payment methods. One popular method for online payment is PayPal ® as it allows you to be paid from credit cards, debit cards and bank accounts in a variety of different currencies.
When you are selling online, there is a risk of fraud, regardless of whether you are selling domestically or internationally. However, dealing with international fraud is usually more difficult due to either a lack of or overlap of rules and regulations. The risk of fraud can be lowered by requiring buyers to provide full payment upfront and stating clearly that no products will be dispatched until full payment has been received.
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There is no requirement for you to ship to any country of the purchaser's choice. Learn about the consumer laws of the countries that you plan to sell to. If you are selling on marketplaces such as eBay, you are usually given a choice of which countries you will and will not ship to.
Products sent from another country go through customs, and customs duties may need to be paid. Whether duty is charged on a certain product or how much is charged is dependent on each country. You can research the customs practices of the countries you plan to ship to, however, it is standard for sellers to leave the responsibility of paying duties with the buyer. Your sale terms need to set out that should make it clear to your buyers that any import/customs duties, taxes or other charges are not included in the product price or shipping costs.
Whilst selling to the global market can be a good way of increasing your revenue and customer base, you need to give careful consideration to the matters we have raised above. You need comprehensive sale terms to help protect your business. If you have any questions or concerns, discuss them with a business attorney with importing and exporting experience.
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Scholastic Corporation is an American publishing, education and media company known for publishing, selling, and distributing books and educational materials for schools, teachers, parents, and children. Products are distributed to schools and districts, to consumers through the schools via reading clubs and fairs, and through retail stores and online sales. The business has three segments: Children Book Publishing & Distribution (Trade, Book Clubs and Book Fairs), Education, and International. Scholastic holds the exclusive U.S. publishing rights to Harry Potter and The Hunger Games book series. Scholastic is the world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books and a leader in print and digital educational materials for pre-K to grade 12.
In addition to Harry Potter and The Hunger Games, the company is known for its school book clubs and book fairs, classroom magazine Scholastic News, and popular book series: Clifford the Big Red Dog, Goosebumps, The Magic School Bus, Captain Underpants, Animorphs, and I Spy. Scholastic also publishes instructional reading and writing programs, and offers professional learning and consultancy services for school improvement. Clifford the Big Red Dog serves as the mascot for Scholastic.
Vegas is a one-off collaborative album between British solo-artist Terry Hall - formerly of the 2 Tone and ska revival band The Specials - with Dave Stewart formerly of Eurythmics. The duo working with Eurythmics assistants engineer and drummer Olle Romo and engineer Manu Guiot recorded under the group name Vegas. Vegas includes the singles "Possessed", "She" and "Walk into the Wind". Of the three only "Possessed" charted in the UK Top 40. Receiving positive reviews the album was released on CD, Cassette and vinyl LP by the major record label RCA/BMG in October 1992, but failed to chart. The album has since been deleted.
The album was written by Hall and Stewart with the exception of the musical standard "She". No performer credits are provided, Allmusic speculates that Vegas is almost certainly a Dave Stewart production. Dave Stewart likely was responsible for the lion's share of the musical backing with assistance from Romo and Guiot and Hall contributing his vocal.
Following the album's commercial failure the group split. Hall subsequently launched a solo-career, releasing Home in 1994. Stewart also returned to solo-work, releasing Greetings from the Gutter in 1994. The pair re-united in 1997 to support Bob Dylan during his Never Ending Tour for a pair of concerts in Japan.
"Vegas" is the fourth single by English Britpop band Sleeper, written by the band's vocalist and guitarist Louise Wener. It was the fourth and final single to be released from their debut album Smart in March 1994 (see 1994 in British music). The single peaked at #33 on the UK Singles Chart.
The single version, also used in the video, is a completely re-recorded version of the song originally featured on the album. This version features saxophone credited to Morgan C. Hoax- an anagram of Graham Coxon from Blur who recorded his contribution after Sleeper supported Blur on tour.
The Vegas is a Gottlieb pinball machine with a card game theme. It first appeared in July 1990. About 1500 were manufactured.
Several strategies allow players to win a free game:
The motif feature graphics that were already retro in the era of its release. The dominant color is pink with a charming hostess on the vertical display at the back of the machine.


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SAN DIEGO — As he and his new business partner considered starting a comic and pop culture convention in Utah in early 2013, Bryan Brandenburg fired up his computer.
He reviewed websites of other events, news stories about their conventions and online industry forums discussing them all.
What he found, he testified in court Wednesday, was inconsistency.
Varied spellings, differences in website designs and functionality, and distinct logos and themes all led Brandenburg to believe the events spread all across the country were all independent of each other, and many identified themselves as "comic cons."
"It led me to believe we could call our company Salt Lake Comic Con," Brandenburg testified.
Brandenburg and Dan Farr, the founders of Salt Lake Comic Con, have spent the past three years embroiled in a trademark lawsuit over the name that they chose. The case is now before a San Diego federal jury, which is expected to begin deliberations Thursday following closing arguments.
Attorneys for Salt Lake Comic Con rested their defense at the end of Brandenburg's testimony Wednesday. Farr testified earlier in the week.
San Diego Comic-Con International, the California-based icon in geek culture, claims in its lawsuit that the Utah organizers were violating trademark laws and trying to profit from its success when they branded their event as a "comic con."
With dozens of similar events around the country calling themselves comic cons, the outcome of the case could have far-reaching effects.
Less than a year after Salt Lake's first convention, the well-known California nonprofit filed a cease-and-desist order and lawsuit against Salt Lake Comic Con when Brandenburg and Farr drove a branded Audi around San Diego during its annual event there.
San Diego Comic-Con, which has been holding events since 1970, has a trademark on "comic-con" with a hyphen, but was unsuccessful in its 1995 bid to trademark "comic con," with a space. The event maintains, however, that its trademark covers the term "comic con" in all its iterations. The trademarks on its logo and the name "Comic Con International" do not include hyphens.
Salt Lake Comic Con, on the other hand, argues it didn't believe it was using a protected form of the word when it chose the name. Brandenburg and Farr claim the term is now so widely used to describe similar events that it has become too generic to qualify for a trademark. The Utah event has filed a countersuit of its own.
On cross examination Wednesday, Callie Bjurstrom, an attorney for San Diego, questioned Brandenburg on whether he reached out to anyone at San Diego Comic-Con to confirm whether they took issue with the name when Salt Lake chose it.
Brandenburg confirmed he did not.
She also presented two emails from Brandenburg, sent in the early days of Salt Lake Comic Con, discussing the businesses' plan to "hijack" the popularity of comic con. One of the emails went on to clarify, "Comic con is just the abbreviation for comic convention."
"Mr Brandenburg, that's what you have done here, isn't it? You have taken something that isn't yours and you are using it for your own purposes, isn't it?" Bjurstrom pressed.
"No, it is not," Brandenburg replied.
Bjurstrom also alleged that Brandenburg didn't do the research he talked about until after receiving the cease and desist order from San Diego Comic-Con. Brandenburg replied that was "absolutely not true."
San Diego's defense has also pointed to an online survey conducted by one of its expert witnesses, which found that "over 82 percent of the survey participants understand that 'Comic-Con' is a brand name and not a common or generic name. … In fact, consumers recognize 'Comic-Con' as a brand at a higher rate than they recognize Jell-O as a brand," according to court filings.
However, Andrew Baker, associate professor of marketing at San Diego State University, reviewed the survey for Salt Lake Comic Con and testified Wednesday that the results are flawed.
Because of risks he saw of "good participant bias," and because the online survey didn't include a way to weed out unreliable responses from people who may have attempted to fill out the survey for money, Baker criticized the results as inconclusive.
"This study cannot be relied upon to tell us the percentage of people who think comic con is a brand," Baker testified.
In opening arguments in the trial that began last week, Bjurstrom emphasized that Salt Lake could still hold the same kind of event while using a different name, according to reports by Courthouse News. She claimed the Utah organizers identified their convention as a comic con was a way to "steal the Comic-Con brand."
"You don't need to use 'Comic-Con' in your name to identify your comic and popular-arts convention," she said.
But on questioning from Michael Katz, one of Salt Lake's attorneys, Brandenburg said Wednesday he and Farr wanted the same notoriety for their event that they saw in the events they researched in 2013.
"It was my observation that there was a national comic con circuit and we wanted to be part of it," Brandenburg said.
But before Brandenburg arrived in the courtroom to testify Wednesday, concerns about what his testimony might include raised concerns from the opposing side and a stern warning from U.S. District Judge Anthony Battaglia.
While jurors in the case were out of the courtroom Wednesday, attorneys for San Diego Comic-Con read a Facebook post to the judge, posted by the Salt Lake event in an apparent effort to rally fans.
Bjurstrom speculated the remarks could be a deliberate attempt to cause a mistrial.
"I think this is a highly inappropriate post," Bjurstrom said. "It is just a complete attempt to taint whoever they can reach."
The post announced that Brandenburg would take the witness stand to show that "comic con is owned by the people, by all the fans that experience the joy and celebration of comic con in cities all over the world."
Battaglia prohibited such arguments in the trial based on objections raised beforehand by San Diego. He warned that if Brandenburg intended to make any such statements during his testimony, "tell him to bring his toothbrush with him."
The same applied to any of Salt Lake's other witnesses, Battaglia indicated.
"I will put them in jail if they violate this order. They are not to escalate this case into a war involving the world," Battaglia said.3 comments on this story
In an earlier order, Battaglia had also barred Farr and Brandenburg from discussing the case, including on their personal social media pages. That order was struck down in October by 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which found it violated First Amendment protections of free speech.
"The circuit seems to believe people can say whatever they want in the world and in the media, but they don't get that privilege in my courtroom," Battaglia noted Wednesday.
According to the Facebook post from Wednesday, if Salt Lake Comic Con loses at trial, it intends to appeal.


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When women reach a 'certain' age, it's normal for our skin to change, not to mention a number of other body parts. However, the way we handle that change can make all the difference in how we feel about it right down to how we look. This time I'm talking about colour. We lose it! Yep, all that fresh healthy looking skin takes on a different hue. Hey, it's normal. And when we start to get grey hair, that just adds to the drabs.
So, if you're not into colouring your hair, whether conventional or outlandish, then you can still add colour in what you wear. Let's face it, some people just get into a rut of the same ole. And, women often end up wearing a lot of beige, grey and other blandish colours.
Nothing wrong with those colours at all, except when your hair and skin blend into them, making you look more like one whole piece of chalk. To me, colour is not just about how it makes one look brighter but also how it makes one feel more alive. And we are alive so we probably should keep acting it. And this is not about acting one's age either, whatever all that is about. As the saying goes, how can one act one's age when you have never been that age before? So, we stumble and move forward trying to get it right for us. And yes, I say right for us, because no one knows what is right for another person. We are all individuals and that makes what we do all different.
Some of you ladies might be into the new bright hair which can be anything from purple, to pink to navy. Well, maybe, if that's your bag then go at it. If it makes you feel great then do it. Personally, I don't want to. Not yet anyway. Sure, I'm like all the rest of you. I want to do something different. I go to bed every night thinking that tomorrow might be the day that I make a few unexpected-to-everyone changes. But then I get up and the day takes on an appearance much like the day before. I still have my grey hair when I go to bed, and I still have the tummy bulge that I've vowed I need to get rid of. Maybe tomorrow.
But I'm getting a bit off my subject here which is colour. Yes, next time you shop for yourself, try looking at the bright side of life. For some it will be easy and for others not so much. Adding colour to your wardrobe is not always easy for some. So I urge you to just try one item. One little item. Perhaps if you are into scarves you might choose a really bright one. Multiple colours perhaps instead of one solid shade. If you like jewellery, try choosing something colourful and large. Or buy a bright purse, red, yellow, multicoloured.
If you are braver than that, try a yellow dress, or a pair of red pants. One thing though that most ladies already know is to stay away from dressing yourself in all the same colour. That just turns out boring, and if you should choose yellow you might end up looking like Big Bird and that's not what you would have intended I am sure.
My big deal for colour is mainly one thing. At least this is the start for me. BLUSH. Yes, I love my blush. That sallow look that creeps up on our skin with age can be magically destroyed with just a hint of blush. A nice lip colour is also a great enhancement, whether you choose to go with a soft pink or a striking red. You know what's best for you. I like a red myself but not truly bright. Mine needs to have a hint of brown in it. We all know that colour on the lips makes our teeth sparkle whiter.
I'd like to know what you think of colour and how you use it to brighten yourself and your day? Of course we can also add more colour to our home. That always helps lift our spirits. But mainly I'm talking about colouring ourselves here. What magic colour schemes do you use to add zest to your life?


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This past weekend was all work and no play as Ryan and I conquered our incredibly desolate Knoxville garden. The bed was weeded and planted with it's summer cops while we were visiting Knoxville towards the end of April. When we were returned in May, sweet potatoes, raspberries, and tomatoes were planted and the garden was given a little TLC. Things were looking good, but when we got there Saturday afternoon (two weeks later), things looked dehydrated and distressed. The city's dry spell was giving our "away garden" a beating.
We always tend to the garden when we are in town, but to spend all day in the dirt like we do at home is a rarity. This particular visit to K-town was planned solely for the garden, and we couldn't have been more happy with the time we put in to it.
In a 24 hour hour period, things went from drab…
to fab.
We spent the first hour weeding. Those guys have a way of getting away from you if you're not regularly weeding. It's all part of the June garden chores. Once the tedious task of weeding was out of the way, we moved on to mulching.
The compost created at Ryan's folks is mostly made of yard clippings and is minimally maintained, so it turns slow. Though it is not the richest compost, it is still very beneficial to our growing garden. It will continue breaking down slowly feeding our soil and plants.
We loaded each wheelbarrow many times and started working the compost around the plants. Conveniently, we were able to undo one corner of our bamboo fence and wheel the compost in that way. Lifting the wheelbarrow over the fence repeatedly just didn't sound like a good time.
With the bed fully mulched, we started winding down by planting more sweet potato slips we had leftover from what has been given away and what was planted in our home garden in Atlanta (we still have more slips growing on our seed rack). With that, I was set to water everything in, and Ryan was off to clean up the compost pile.
We were just about call it a day when Ryan went running by me telling off a bee that had just stung him. He unknowingly dug into what we believe was a yellow jackets nest while adding yard clippings to the compost pile. After checking for stingers that might have been left in his skin, Ryan packed loose slightly moistened tobacco on the stings. This boyscout trick reduces swelling and pain. I, of course, just wanted to go straight for the comfrey salve. We seriously don't go away without it. That stuff is a lifesaver. Together, the two remedies had Ryan mostly pain-free with no redness and minimal swelling.
It was a slightly dramatic way to end the night in the garden, but we were up early Sunday morning to go back at it. The garden needed to be watered again and there were plants that we wanted to collect before getting back home to work the gardens there.
We did a little maintenance work in the rain garden in front of Ryan's folks house and collected at least eight bags of grasses and a select few other plants Ryan's mom was willing to part with. The new plants are on a long list of transplants that need homes this week.
Even though our Knoxville garden had us mostly concerned, there were wonderful signs of thriving life throughout the bed. I attribute its ability to make it through difficult times to it being a hugelkultur garden bed. Flowers were blooming, and plants like catnip, oregano, and rhubarb were full and going strong.
There is a lot going on in our home away from home garden bed. Here's a list of what is currently growing:
- Popcorn
- Black Beans
- Rhubarb
- Catnip
- Lupine
- Oregano
- Sweet Potatoes
- Comfrey
- Carrots
- Tomatoes
- Blueberries
- Raspberries
We were definitely snacking on ripe berries before doing one more task between us and hitting the road home- gather bamboo. The car was once again packed with crates of records and plants, but there was a little space saved for a bundle of bamboo.
Thanks to Ryan's uncle Ric, we were able to restock our bamboo supply assuring we have enough to complete our trellis projects and wattle fences. Ric and his wife, Pam spent several years living in Japan, so you could say it's just one of the ways they keep part of that culture with them. We were about to get in the car when they shared another Japanese treat with us, beautifully wrapped pickled eggplant. A friend sends them these pickled goods once a year. They were divine. We loved them so much Pam and Ric sent us home with a little bag of our own. In true fashion, now we want to make our own.
It was a whirlwind trip, but our minds are again at peace over the Knoxville garden. We can't wait to see how things have grown in a month. Fingers crossed all will be well.


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Well it's my first Paint Table Saturday for three months. I managed to get about an hour done yesterday and am working on these Artizan North West Frontier figures as well as a number of skirmish figures. One of these is going to be the first figure in a new IHMN company but one from the nineteen twenties not the usual late nineteenth century, as this year I intend to go pulpy. I also hope to tidy the workbench up today so I am not faced by the ludicrous number of figures on it at present.
Saturday, January 10, 2015
Paint Table Saturday
Posted by legatus hedlius at 4:01 pm
Labels: Paint Table Saturday, painting, Workbench
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... usual comment at this step : I'm waiting the next steps ! ;)ReplyDeleteReplies
I'm just pleased to be making any steps at all!Delete
Good to see you keeping focus on one period, that way progress is made! Looking forward to more of your Pulpy stuff... I see the 1920s inspration from the lady in your side bar, always had a soft spot for the elegence of satin...ReplyDelete
Yes, focus will be the key I hope! As long as I can have a few odd character figures on the go too!ReplyDelete
You've got a rather eclectic mix going on in the background there mate to say the least!ReplyDelete
Indeed, great to see your brushwork.ReplyDelete
I really do like the look of these NWF miniatures; I doubt it will be long before my will power caves in!ReplyDelete
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When I was growing up my mom always reminded me to be my brother's sister and not his second mother. I have a feeling I'm going to be giving Michaela the same advice as she gets bigger.
I've been amazed at how innate the maternal instinct is in her. We had friends over a few weeks ago. Their children are 3, 1 and 7 weeks. Micha was obsessed with the baby. When the girl finally woke up, all Micha wanted to do was hold her. She held her gently. She looked at the little girl's hands, kissed her head softly and sat still, feeling the weight of the baby on her chest. It was incredible to witness! She spent at least 20 minutes holding the little girl.
Then, in this picture, I was getting ready to give Luca his lunch. Michaela announced she could give it to him. She asked me to put the food on the plate and she would break it into bite sized pieces. She carefully balanced the plate on her legs, and tended to Luca's grunts of requesting more. She shared some food I was giving her while she fed him. You could see the pride she had in herself being able to feed her brother. It was also a joy to sit back and marvel at what she's capable of doing. She talked to Luca as she gave him food, asked him if he wanted more, showed him how to use the sign language gesture for "more" and then asked me for what food he needed/wanted more of. Luca enjoyed it too; he was smiling and giggling. I already see how he looks up to her, watching her every move, observing what she does and easily forgiving her for those unloving moments.
I have to remind myself that Micha is only 2 1/2. It's easy to forget because she's so independent and wants to do things for herself. I'm proud of the little girl she is and I love to see her being so loving with her brother. She's not only helping me out but she's being an active participant in our family, which is beautiful to see. I have learned that the more I let her help me in the house, the happier we all are. We all feel good when we are allowed to do things we are capable of. I foresee more 'Luca feedings' ahead 🙂
Let special moments like these between you and your child or between your children fill your heart up. It helps calms you in the challenging moments a bit more.
I hope you witness some tender love in your family this week! Also, strive to give more hugs, kisses and tickles. I know you'll get a positive reaction 🙂
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I like the idea from experience
The road I live in has a mental health charity which has residents living in small rooms, they are free to come and go as they wish.
Mostly they spend their days keeping the local pub in business, I'm kinda ok with that but maybe the money they receive could be put to better use than beer.
However there was an incident a few weeks ago, someone was outside my house at 3am on a Sunday morning having an obvious mental breakdown, they were shouting and screaming at their mother (Who wasn't present) telling her that how much this person hated her. The person was going completely bersek at the top of their voice with awful foul language to match.
I was about to phone the police when other residents started coming out their houses telling this person to shut up and go home.
Now I have no idea if this person was from the mental health charity, but if they were tagged myslef and the charity would have been able to check to see if it was one of their residents.
I still see this person hanging around the street daily, tagging would certainly help the charity keep a check on the ones who may need it.
Oh course this is not NHS run so I don't expect anything to happen soon.