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Life Time Fitness, Chanhassen, MN, once again reached the $1 billion mark in revenue in 2012 as the company released its fourth quarter and year-end financials today.
Officially, Life Time generated $1.127 billion in 2012, an 11.2 percent increase from the $1.014 billion it had in 2011. Net income for the year was $111.5 million, or $2.66 per diluted share, compared to net income of $92.6 million, or $2.26 per diluted share, in 2011.
In fourth quarter 2012, Life Time generated $275.3 million, a 9.7 percent increase from $250.9 million in fourth quarter 2011. Net income for the quarter was $23.4 million, or $0.56 per diluted share, compared to net income of $19.8 million, or $0.48 per diluted share, for fourth quarter 2011.
Life Time Chairman, President and CEO Bahram Akradi said on today's call that the company reached double-digit percentage improvements in total revenue, in-center revenue (almost 13 percent), ancillary revenue (53 percent) operating income (20 percent) EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, 19 percent), net income (more than 20 percent) and EPS (earnings per share, more than 17 percent).
"We are proud of these results," Akradi said on the call. "I want to thank all Life Time team members for all their effort in the past year. It is their passion and hard work that delivers the excellent member experience that is the foundation of our success all these years. To be exact, 2012 is a full 20 years we have driven strong growth in revenue, EBITDA and net income."
Memberships grew 1 percent to 682,621 on Dec. 31, 2012, from 676,054 on Dec. 31, 2011. Excluding memberships acquired in connection with Lifestyle Family Fitness (Life Time acquired nine clubs in 2011), memberships grew 2.4 percent. Membership dues revenue increased 9.7 percent from 2011 to 2012, Life Time reported.
"This speaks clearly to our long-term stated strategy of growing dues, something we have been doing consistently for almost 20 years," Akradi said. "We see no reason to believe we cannot continue this well into the future."
Life Time Increases Growth Plans
Attrition in fourth quarter 2012 was 10.4 percent compared to 9.6 percent in the same period in 2011. Excluding the former Lifestyle Family Fitness clubs, the fourth quarter 2012 attrition rate was 10.1 percent.
Trailing 12-month attrition on Dec. 31, 2012, was 38.2 percent compared to trailing 12-month attrition of 35 percent on Dec. 31, 2011. Excluding the Lifestyle clubs, the trailing 12-month attrition was 36.9 percent.
Akradi said Life Time will soon be reporting membership and attrition metrics in two categories: access membership or subscription (bronze and gold tiers) and non-access membership or subscription (platinum and onyx tiers).
"We believe this provides the most accurate reflection of our true attrition rate in our business," Akradi said.
The results released today fall in line with Life Time's preliminary results released on Jan. 31. The company expected 2012 revenue to be between $1.125 billion and $1.127 billion and net income for 2012 to be between $110 million and $111.5 million.
For 2013, Life Time expects revenue to increase 6.5 percent to 8 percent ($1.2 billion to $1.22 billion), and net income is expected to be up 8 percent to 11 percent ($120 million to $124 million).
Life Time will open three new clubs in 2013. The first one was announced Tuesday, in Vestavia Hills, AL, just outside of Birmingham. That club will open in mid-April. Life Time CFO Michael Robinson said the company will open clubs in Reston, VA, and Montvale, NJ, in the second half of this year.
Akradi confirmed the 2014 openings of clubs in Harrison, NY, and Laguna Nigel, CA. Beginning this fall, Life Time will open a new large center every other month, Akradi said.
"Our real estate pipeline for potential new centers in 2014 and 2015 and beyond is filling up very nicely," Akradi said. "Our development and construction group is ready to deliver the unit level growth we are talking about."
Life Time's stock price was $42.80 during midday trading on the New York Stock Exchange.


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Cambridge, MA. I am not sure if readers appreciate hearing about events at Harvard, but I cannot help returning once again to the manner in which my "new" life at Harvard — as professor, and now as Director of the Center for the Study of World Religions — keeps opening up for me the interreligious nature of our lives today. So please bear with this "diary" of Wednesday, November 10. (If you get to the end, there's a bonus too!)
- 8AM: A small faculty breakfast discussion with a visiting scholar on her work as a lawyer with women in Africa, as she negotiates issues of women's right, tradition and the crossing points between modern civil law and religious law;
- 9:30AM: A planning meeting for next week's meeting of the Harvard Chaplains at the Center. These chaplains, officially/unofficially affiliated with Harvard, minister to a wide diversity of Christian and other religious traditions. Their individual ministries are important; of greater interest still is how they have learned to work together across even conservative religious boundaries, learning with and from one another in practice;
- 1130AM: Lunch with the director of a nearby university's center for Indian studies, a Hindu scholar, to discuss a possible shared program on religious harmony in India after the recent Allahabad High Court decision on the mosque/temple controversy in Ayodhya, with an eye to wider political and religious issues that should be interest all of us;
- 2PM: A meeting with one of my doctoral students on how Hindu ritual theory affects Hindu theological reflection, in turn setting up a different dynamic for comparative Christian theological reflection on language and intuitions of the divine that go beyond language;
- 3PM: A brief time for the arts: several of my staff and I chose the right places in the hallways of the Center to hang three new icons and a piece of Hebrew calligraphy (of the opening of the Song of Songs);
- 6:30PM: At Harvard's Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, I dropped in on a graduate student group dedicated to the study of Islam, to hear one of my graduate students (for whose dissertation I am a reader) give a presentation on spiritual grammars in the medieval Muslim and Christian traditions, on the issues of language, grammar, spiritual tradition, and the fruits of comparison on this basis — toward a comparative theology and spirituality of grammar!
- 7:30PM: And finally, back at the Center, a World Religions Café — a series in which residents at the Center present work in progress and topics of interest. Last night's presentation was on the first chapter of the Book of Ruth, where Ruth has to choose whether to return to her people, her family, and her gods, or stay with Naomi and adhere to her customs and to her God, the God of Israel. The two presenters considered how scholars of the Bible and faithful believers (sometimes the same people, sometimes not) might treat Ruth's decision from different angles. Did she convert? Were all the gods involved real Gods?
Enough for the long day that was November 10, 2010! But it was also exciting, thought-provoking. But what to make of it all? First, such conversations and inquiries do not lead to an inevitable conclusion, no single theological conclusion. That our lives are religiously diverse, inevitably and permanently so, does not mean that we need to become relativists or even pluralists – nor is it a call to arms to turn back the tide of pluralism or even to complain about it. Second, the differences among such events suggest to me that we need a differentiated, nuanced response to religious diversity – which is, after all, a religious and political and cultural and aesthetic matter, even if also a theological matter. Third, the events I've just described have all occurred within an academic setting, but such events are the stuff of life, and my wager is that you, my readers often experience something quite like this. You too are living through religiously diverse situations all the time, and can benefit from stopping, noticing, remembering them. Such reflection on a day in your life - like yesterday in my life - may be conceived of as a version of the Ignatian examination of conscience - now usefully extended to questions such as these: What kind of religious diversity entered my life today? What new words, images, and actions did I learn, just by noticing other religious possibilities around me? How is Christ calling me to relate to the ordinary religious diversity of my ordinary life? What shall I say, what witness shall I give, amidst the many religions that occupy my ordinary time?
As for the bonus for those who read this far: I gave my opening lecture as Director of the Center for the Study of World Religions on October 20, and the video is now on-line for your viewing. (Or: you can also skip to the end, and hear the witty and incisive comments of my colleague and Managing Director, Susan Abraham).
Father Clooney: I have copied and pasted the below. It is too long to be in a comment. You may want to copy it yourself,before it is deleted, and re-consider another persepctive on the roman collar:
Ms Byrd: Thanks for this, i will read it, perhaps respond in a new blog. But I hope you watch enough of the video to be able to ponder what the priest says, not just how he dresses. FXC
Note, it was too long: See the essay by Msgr. Charles M. Mangan & Father Gerald E. Murray: "Why a priest should wear his Roman collar." Homiletic & Pastoral Review (June, 1995).
On a side note, if we should be authentic in academics, should we also strive for authencity in our vocations? Why no roman collar or cossack? Do you ever wear clothing at Havard to designate you as a Catholic priest, perhaps walking on campus? Why or why not?
This is not a catch 22, I am honestly curious.
So teach us and blog with us. The Catholic world is not as simple anymore. We have a hierarchy which is practically dead in the woods with two issues-abortion and same sex marriage. So there is teaching gap with the faithful starving for the word and bread of life. We might give you a hard time. But if you have it we will notice it. If we don't then shame on us.
And, well, I am glad you get all dressed up for Mass, Fr. Clooney.
Response: Ed and all - Jesuits haven't worn cassocks in many years; clerical garb is important, in the right contexts, and thus I always wear clerics in the parish. Main thing at Harvard is that everyone knows I am a Jesuit and Catholic priest. If you listen to the whole lecture, you will see how it all fits together (as in the blog posting itself). Thanks for the comments. Francis X. Clooney, S.J.


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Raise your hand if you'd rather skip this year's road trip than listen to whichever kiddie soundtrack your own little passengers are currently fixated on? Is anyone else raising his or her hand and waving it wildly? I am!
On the other hand (presumably not the one waving around like a spaz above your head), it's not like you can just play whatever you want. Those goobers in the backseat have ears after all, and if they're anything like my daughter, who at age 3 asked why the man singing on the radio was taking the lady's panties off, you'll need some tamer tunes.
So how to reconcile the parents' need for decent music with the kids' needs for catchy musical distraction? We find fun pop songs from present and past that don't talk about getting it on gangsta style -- or any style for that matter. Here are nine songs that are safe for the kiddos to sing along to.
- "Home," Phillip Phillips -- This sweet song from American Idol season 11 winner Phillip Phillips is folksy and fun, and seems to be about finding your own unique place in the world. Fave lyric: The trouble it might drag you down, if you get lost, you can always be found, just know you're not alone, cause I'm gonna make this place your home.
- "Stand By Me," Ben E. King -- I remember singing this on the bus to junior high summer camp. It's a classic that hopefully evokes fond memories for grown-ups and new ones for the littles. Fave lyric: No, I won't be afraid, oh, I won't be afraid, just as long as you stand, stand by me.
- "Firework," Katy Perry -- Ok, this one might have been overplayed enough that everyone's sick of it, but it's a great song about finding your own sparkle. How can you not secretly love it? Fave lyric: You don't have to feel like a waste of space, you're original, cannot be replaced, if you only knew what the future holds, after a hurricane comes a rainbow.
- "Dancing Queen," ABBA -- I loved this song when I looked forward to being 17, I especially loved this song when I was 17, and now I love this song remembering being 17. Also, I'm kinda glad I'm not 17 anymore. Still love the song though. Fave lyric: See that girl, watch that scene, diggin' the dancing queen.
- "Chicken Fried," Zac Brown Band -- Ok. It's country. Put aside your prejudices haters, and learn to love the twang. Fave lyric: Salute the ones who died, the ones that give their lives, so we don't have to sacrifice, all the things we love ... Like our chicken fried, and cold beer on a Friday night, a pair of jeans that fit just right, and the radio up.
- "Lean On Me," Bill Withers -- I admit. This is another one that I happily sang slightly out-of-tune on the camp bus. I still love it. I think I need to start playing it for my kids! Hmmm ... maybe even on our next road trip. Fave lyric: Sometimes in our lives, we all have pain, we all have sorrow, but if we are wise, we know that there's always tomorrow.
- "King of Wishful Thinking," Newfound Glory -- This song was originally done by Go West and was featured in the movie Pretty Woman. No need to mention that to the kiddos as everyone enjoys this updated ska version. Fave lyric: I'll get over you I know I will, I'll pretend my heart's still beating, cause I've got no more tears for you, I am the king of wishful thinking.
- "Every Breath You Take," The Police -- We all know this song is about stalkers. Tell your kids it's about Santa. He sees you when you're sleeping ... even on summer road trips. Fave lyric: Every move you make, every vow you break, every smile you fake, every claim you stake, I'll be watching you
- "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It," Will Smith -- Come on. The guy doesn't even light his ciga-cigar right from Cuba-Cuba. It's for the look, he don't light it -- he just bite it. Such a fun song for the whole fam to dance along to under their seatbelts. Fave lyric: You gotta Prada, bag with a lotta stuff in it ... (keep listening, you'll hear it -- and you'll love it every time).
What are your favorite grown-up songs that are appropriate for tiny ears?
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So the countdown for the trip has really begun ... 9 more days and I'm off! If you havn't heard about it yet, Michelle and I will be leaving for our first ever "Drive across the whole fucking US in 2 1/2 months" road trip!
The map looks kind of complicated, but I promise that it's actually pretty easy to figure out. We start in Seattle, WA, continue south down the west coast, and then all the way around the perimeter of the US. Each major stop along the way is numbered, which then corresponds with a place name at the bottom of the map. So easy. If there is ever a split in the trail (like around point 11), it is indicated by either a green or purple path. We're not sure which way we'll end up going untill we get there... Got it?
Toshiro is getting tuned up, we'll throw a big party (get a hold of me for details fren's), next Sunday we move all of our crap into storage, Michelle takes her finals, I put a few more hours in as a garbage man, and then we leave on Thursday, the 15th!!!
Now, for your help!
(1) Seattle! [maybe beyond?]
I would like to have more music for this trip, in the form of mp3s to put on my 60GB iPod, or on CDR (mixed CD's!) If you feel like sharing music, that would be rad! We've got a lot of long drives, so hook us up with all of the random music you can muster. I'm specifically looking for some T-Rex, books on tape, etc, but anything works. I'll compensate you with whatever seems fair. Let's be pirates, yo ... If you wanna send me your latest mix, it would make me stoked. If you leave a comment down below and include your e-mail addy, maybe we can get in touch?
I also have some 30GB of music if you wanna trade stuff and are in Seattle. If you have a Mac it would be really easy for us to do!!!! Also, if you have the ability [equipment] to transfer cassette tapes into mp3s that would be doubly awesome, cuz I have a shit load of The Smiths, Talking Heads, B-52's, Brian Eno, Dead Milkman, etc all on tape with no tape player in the car :(
(2) The rest of the U.S.!
I'm coming to you! We're still in need of ideas for places to camp/stay, especially in the south all the way until we stay with Mark Jenkins (the tape sculpture dood!) in D.C, and across that long stretch from Wisconsin to Utah. Hollah if you've been any place rad in those regions ... I have no idea of how to spend my time during this part of the trip. Help!
It would also be cool to have a place to stay in San Francisco, since last time we were there we got kicked out of Amy Friesen's house [long, expensive story in which Michelle and I got busted for graffitti by her landlord] ...
I think we might have Michelle's 2 sisters with us for this portion of the trip, but maybe no. If you wanna throw down a spot on the floor for either 2 or 4 people, we'll try to compensate by trading you some cool music and by cooking you great vegan/vegetarian dinners!
(3) Everyone!
I am going to try blogging over the coarse of the trip, but it might be a little hard with the crappy laptop I'm bringing with me. Maybe once a week or so you'll hear from me. It's gonna be a sort of abridged trip journal. Don't worry, I won't write about anything lame! If Michelle and I really have our shit together this will eventually turn into a comic book.
We should have some great material, especially since we'll be visiting each of our crazy families (half of mine is morman!) and since we'll be hitting up almost every area of the US once things are done. Also, along the way we'll be visiting some pretty weird road side attractions, along with meeting some rad artists like Michael Sieben,
tape sculpture maker Mark Jenkins,
and my old photographer friend, Jon Steiner.
(that's my old roomie B-Lo on the pot)
Again, time-frame wise, we're leaving June 15th, going to Six Flags Marine World June 22nd, and then making it up to Chicago by July 29th for the Pitchforkmedia Music Festival ... those are the only time restrictions we have. I guess you east coasters can expect us the 3rd week of July-ish? Anyone by chance going to Pitchforkmedia Music Festival too?
If you want in on any of this, be it music trading, throwing down a place to crash, some advice, party info, you want to meet up somewhere, you know of some killer spots to camp, gallery and roadside attraction info, anything, go ahead and send me some sort of reply asap. Leave yer email!
Okay, I think that's it! Thanks so much guys! I hope to see many of you either this summer or when I get back to Seattle!!{moscomment}
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Getting the city out of my system
November 13, 2012
I love living in our small, quaint mountain town. Where the air is clean, people are friendly, and you can often get lost in a maze of switchbacks and not see anyone for hours.
In Park City, it doesn't take much for one to be completely alone. The kind of alone that seems more like an actual location than a state of being. I love that the barista at my local coffee shop knows my name and asks if I want the usual when she sees me. I like that my neighbors stop by for a chat and know my dogs by name. I like that on almost any given night, the sky is filled with stars, and there's no light pollution to dull them. And sometimes the moon shines so brightly I have to wear sunglasses and SPF 30 to bed.
I really do love this town.
But despite the hundreds of reasons I love living here, there are times the mountains seem like walls. And the walls close in on me.
Every year about this time, I start to crave a little city life. For reasons I can't explain, I long to hear horns blaring at me, sirens going off at all hours, and conversations in a language I can't begin to decipher. There's something about me that needs to be utterly ignored by a waiter at a restaurant, and to see his or her eyes rolling in exasperation when I ask for a refill of my water. I long for the stench of a Sunday morning in a city — stale cigarettes, greasy foods meant to cure a hangover, urine on a sidewalk.
It's unexplainable, but I need to be harassed by a street vendor trying to sell me what he swears is a real Rolex. I need to haggle with him over $3 and laugh as the watch turns the skin on my wrist a pale green. I long to hear someone demand to know, "Is this sheesh kay-bob cooked in kay-no-la oil?"
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In other words, I find myself desperate for a quick weekend in New York City. Which is where I spent last weekend. I fled under the guise that I'd be getting my Christmas shopping done. And while it's true I did buy one present, it was hardly an accomplished mission.
But, in the spirit of the season, this weekend in particular made me even more thankful for my life in Park City. In the past, I've always returned wishing I had one more day in New York. Sunday night I returned full of gratitude to live in such an amazing place, and so thankful to call it home.
And because Thanksgiving is just right around the corner, it seems appropriate to remind ourselves why we should give thanks for being able to call this glorious spot our home. And be thankful we get to visit places like New York City, and not have to live there.
So here are the top five things about Park City living I'm more thankful for now than I was prior to my latest trip to the city:
I will never have a panic attack over leaving my travel-sized hand sanitizer at home. I will never have to refuse a snack or be careful not to touch my face or otherwise fear my germ-infested hands because I held onto the railing in a subway or touched a door handle walking into a busy building and have no means to kill the revolting bacteria surely growing on them.
When my dogs have to pee in the middle of the night, it does not require me to put on shoes, a coat, my glasses, leash them, arm myself with pepper spray, and then walk down three flights of stairs and four blocks until I can find a patch of grass for them. They have a big, fenced backyard and a dog door. I don't even have to get out of bed for this.
When it snows in Park City, people are elated. There is a true sense of celebration and relief (unless it's May). Snow doesn't shut down our town.
Going to the grocery store is often just as social as going to a party. I can leave my house with a list of two items and return home an hour later. When my boyfriend wonders what took me so long, I tell him about all the people I ran into that I haven't seen in months and what they're up to now.
Even when our town is bustling, as it will be in the coming months, there is always space. You can always be alone and find quiet. You can always enjoy a star-filled sky. And thankfully, we can always just visit the places where this is impossible.
Amy Roberts is a longtime Park City resident, freelance writer and the proud owner of two ill-behaved rescue dogs, Boston and Stanley. If you have a story idea, please e-mail her at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood "Clean Up Time/Neighborhood Clean Up" Clean Up Time: Daniel and O the Owl are playing "farm" at Daniel's house. They are having a lot of fun, but are making quite a mess! After losing his watch in a messy room, Daniel realizes that cleaning up and putting his toys away will help him find it. Neighborhood Clean Up: A wind storm has made a mess of the Neighborhood playground and no one can play. D
11:30 am
Sid The Science Kid "Sid Engineers A Solution" Sid has a big, big, big problem! He's trying to grab a cereal box located way up high on the kitchen shelf, but he just can't reach it. He tries using a stool, but he still can't grab it. He wants to know, how is he ever going to grab that cereal box??? At school, Sid and his friends encounter another problem. D
12:00 pm
WordWorld "Bugs to the Rescue/Sheep's First Bike Ride" Bugs to the Rescue - Ant builds Bear a hot-air balloon for her birthday, but Dog accidentally floats away in it! Ant elicits the help of his insect WordFriends Bug, Bee and Fly to rescue Dog and save the day. Sheep's First Bike Ride - Bear and Sheep both learn to build the word "bike," and Sheep learns how to ride one for the first time in her life. In both cases, it just takes some perseverance. D
12:30 pm
Caillou "Caillou's Toy Trouble" No Tradebacks!: Caillou decides to trade his tiny toy shovel for some stickers.but changes his mind when he sees what his friend, Jay, can do with that toy shovel! Then Caillou tries to get the shovel back - even though they agreed to "no tradebacks" - and eventually hurts his friend's feelings. When Caillou realizes Jay is upset, he decides to stick to his word, knowing that their friendship - and his word - is more important. D
1:00 pm
Barney & Friends "Butterflies/The Nature of Things" Butterflies - Baby Bop is sad because she lost her pet caterpillar, Monty. Barney and the others try to help her find it. Baby Bop is surprised to discover Monty inside a chrysalis. D
1:30 pm
Thomas & Friends "A Friend In Need" The Monster of Brendamdocks - Percy is at Brendam Docks to pick up new table and chairs for Dowager Hatt's house. The boat is late so Percy has to wait. Fog rolls in and the story says that's when the Monster of Brendam can be seen. D
2:00 pm
Curious George "George Digs Worms/Everything Old Is New Again" The countryside catches worm-racing fever when George's prize worm enters a championship race.G
2:30 pm
Martha Speaks "Eyes on the Skies/Camp Truman" Eyes on the Skies - Astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson (Truman's #1 hero), is holding a seminar at the library. Truman becomes more and more certain that his activity partner T.D. is going to embarrass him in front of his idol. D
3:00 pm
The Electric Company "The Great Compromise" The Electric Company and the Pranksters have to work together to preserve their ability to use their special powers in the neighborhood. D
3:30 pm
WordGirl "The Learnerer/Mr. Big's Dinner and a Scam" THE LEARNERER - Using his talent to see things once and learn them immediately, The Learnerer is able to steal the giant Santa Tortuga diamond from Ms. Von Hoosinghaus. When WordGirl arrives to save the day, all of her moves are thwarted by The Learnerer, who has been studying her every move. Will she come up with a new move or will The Learnerer get away with the diamond? Vocabulary Words: Suffix, Misjudge. D
4:00 pm
Wild Kratts "Zig-Zagged" Chris and Martin get caught in the middle of a Zebra stampede, and when the dust clears, a lone baby Zebra is left behind. The Wild Kratts must find the young zebra's herd and return him to his mom. Along the way, they learn the secrets of patterns in the creature world and how the zebra's stripes are critical to a special defense called "confusion camouflage. D
4:30 pm
Cyberchase "Cool It" The kids discover the importance of a standard unit of measure, while trying to save Motherboard.G
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Call it the blessing of the "sticky" site: an e-commerce destination so appealing that consumers, on average, want to spend an hour there per visit, playing around with products and helping you decide what to sell.
That's where FashionPlaytes.com finds itself, says founder and president Sarah McIlroy. She will talk about how the seller of girls clothes keeps its customers engaged during a session at the Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition 2013 entitled "Beyond Click, Search and Buy." IRCE, the world's largest e-commerce trade show, takes place June 4-7 in Chicago.
Web merchants face challenges keeping any consumer interested; the difficulties can seem to double when it comes to younger shoppers who often have short attention spans. "The key challenge that online retailers will face as the younger generation matures is how to keep them engaged with their brand and on their web site," she says. "For us, it was about giving the girls a voice and then actively listening to that voice."
Among the ways FashionPlaytes does that is through its Design Studio, where girls can design clothing, create and share apparel collections, and purchase their own creations. The e-retailer—No. 935 in Internet Retailer's Second 500 Guide (a 2013 edition is forthcoming)—also relies on crowdsourcing, or fishing for ideas from consumers on the web. For instance, FashionPlaytes uses a "Trend Alert" section on its site that asks visitors what's trendy in their schools. The apparel seller also encourages shoppers to vote on which new clothing items it should offer in the future.
All that leads to increased revenue. "We've found that anytime we present a new line or product that the girls have helped design or inspired, it translates into higher sales," she says. FashionPlaytes' revenue increased about 23% year over year in 2012, to an Internet Retailer-estimated $2.18 million, according to data in the Second 500.
The e-retailer does all those things not only to boost sales and loyalty now, but with an eye toward the e-retail future, McIlroy says. After all, today's preteens will grow up—as parents might say—in the blink of an eye.
"When this community of girls transitions from being a strong influencer of a family's purchase decisions, to making these decisions on her own, and then becoming the primary shopper for her own family, she is going to demand more from her e-commerce partners than a simple 'point-and-click' experience," she says. "We're dealing with digital natives when it comes to Gen Z girls, so their tolerance for poor user experience is much lower than those of us who first experienced e-commerce as an adult."
Internet Retailer's editors asked McIlroy to speak because, as founder and president of FashionPlaytes Inc., she and her employees have fused content, commerce and community. Previously, she worked as a global marketing and business development executive for gaming industry leaders including Atari, Hasbro and Midway Amusement Games. She also has worked for several companies on branding, product design and development, and merchandising strategies.


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 209 diseños de 50 diseñadores freelance.
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Typo, a company founded by entrepreneur Laurence Hallier and TV host and media personality Ryan Seacrest, announced the Typo Keyboard attachment for iPhone would be available for pre-order this month but they seem to of have run into some trouble with BlackBerry's legal team. BlackBerry has now filed a lawsuit against Typo Products LLC asserting that the company has blatantly copied BlackBerry's keyboard with its iPhone keyboard case.
This is a blatant infringement against BlackBerry's iconic keyboard, and we will vigorously protect our intellectual property against any company that attempts to copy our unique design. From the beginning, BlackBerry has always focused on offering an exceptional typing experience that combines a great design with ergonomic excellence. We are flattered by the desire to graft our keyboard onto other smartphones, but we will not tolerate such activity without fair compensation for using our intellectual property and our technological innovations
That according to Steve Zipperstein, BlackBerry's General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer. Much like how Steve Jobs boasted about having plenty of patents for the iPhone, BlackBerry has plenty for their iconic keyboard and does have a bit of history putting them to use. We'll obviously have to wait and see the outcome of this one but there's certainly some visual similarities there.
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One day in the heat of noon Jesus, tired and thirsty, stopped by a well and asked a woman of a foreign, hostile tribe for a drink. Amazed that he ignored the division between them but also being a feisty, independent woman she challenged him. Their conversation led him to make the only direct revelation he gives of himself in the gospels.
It is a privilege for a person on the outside to enter a prison and meditate with the inmates. As with any marginalized or rejected group they have been pushed away from ordinary kinds of relationship and so their awareness is, or can be, unusually direct and honest. Not all prisoners do take to meditate. But in my experience of speaking in prisons, as I did today, they are unusually receptive to the opportunity.


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CNT Reports: Broadening Urban Investment to Leverage Transit
May 26, 2011|Center for Neighborhood Technology
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The Great Recession has hammered Ohio. The unemployment rate topped 9 percent in its three largest regions of Cincinnati, Cleveland and Columbus. And the 2010 Census revealed that the cities of Cincinnati and Cleveland lost 10.4% and 17.1% of their population over the course of the decade.
Dangerous By Design
May 24, 2011
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In the last decade, nearly 50,000 pedestrians were killed and 688,000 injured as a result of the decades-long neglect of pedestrian safety in the design and use of American streets, according to "Dangerous by Design," a report released today by Transportation for America.
Can TOD Typologies Work in Places that Run Buses? Part 3 of 6
May 23, 2011
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While there are a lot of typologies created around rapid transit networks that only include rail in this country, that doesn't mean we can't plan land uses around frequent bus service. In fact, in this video below CTOD Director Sam Zimbabwe discusses (go ahead and click!, it's less than a minute of your time) the need to focus not on the transit technology but the transit service frequency when thinking about how to change land uses.
San Francisco's Reduced Residential Parking Requirements
May 23, 2011
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(Note: This is another in our series of expert blogs on TOD highlighting work and research that experts and advocates are doing in the field. Alyssa Sherman researched residential parking policy as a student in San Jose State University's Master of Urban Planning Program, and completed her Master's Thesis on this topic in May of 2010.)
What Do We Need to Think About in a Typology? Part 2 of 6
May 20, 2011
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Continuing with the second video about Typologies, Sam Zimbabwe discusses what cities and regions need to think about before creating a typology. What are the goals? Is it affordable housing? Is it access? Increased development? Check out what Sam has to say, and stay tuned for more!
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May 19, 2011
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People have been grouping facts and figures since the dawn of time into specific types but when Transit Oriented Development (TOD) was first starting many folks thought that it was Manhattan or bust. Of course, that isn't the case but along the way the Center for TOD has developed a different way of thinking about how places along a transit corridor and in a transit region interact with each other and support regional growth and equity. In this film series, Sam Zimbabwe, Director of the Center for TOD discusses why typologies are an important part of the planning process. This is an introduction. For more information on TOD typologies by the Center for TOD and other planning firms, visit our Typologies featured topic page. Part 1: Why TOD Typologies Part 2: What Do We Need to Think About? Part 3: Can TOD…
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Green Your City's Blueprint: A Toolkit to Make Planning Easier
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About two months ago the Center for TOD released a report called Rails to Real Estate. The basic gist of the report was that development along three new light rail lines was influenced by a number of different factors, some of which include income, employment proximity and walkability. But to me one factor stood out specifically. No matter where the vacant land was available, development was happening proximate to employment destinations along the corridor. As you can see below, along each of the lines that were studied, development followed employment.
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UFC bantamweight champ Dominick Cruz is tired of hearing about what a superior coach rival Urijah Faber will be on the Ultimate Fighter 15. While Faber's work with Team Alpha Male is well-documented, Cruz is no stranger to serving as both a mentor and trainer to up-and-coming Mixed Martial Artists. He just hasn't publicized it to the extent Faber has.
"I think, honestly, people are sleeping on me in the coaching aspect, no doubt," said the 19-1 Cruz while serving as a guest this week on Sherdog Radio. "To begin, I got into fighting by coaching. I didn't even start fighting until one of the students that I was coaching told me to come to the gym and try it out. Then when I got in there, the only way that I could pay my dues every month was to teach, clean the toilet, clean the bags and mop the floors. I didn't pay dues because I didn't have the money. I taught and I cleaned."
This time around Cruz will be looking to clean up again albeit in terms of taking out Faber's team as well as "The California Kid" himself when the two meet in the Octagon later this year.
"I'm definitely in this to win it. I'm not in it to go in there and just worry about myself. I'm going on this show to win in the coaching aspect. After I smoke him in the coaching aspect, I'm going to beat him down in the fight come July," Cruz explained, eager to put Faber in his place.
To assist him he'll need a solid group of fighters to work with, many of whom he'll hope to see reflecting his own humility while also exhibiting his mental approach to competition.
"For me personally, what's going to sway me towards picking guys over others is certain guys have a type of arrogance about them. You can feel that right off the bat. The more arrogant they are, the harder it's going to be to get them to be open-minded and hear the things that I have to teach, the things that my coaches have to teach," began Cruz on the topic before adding, "At the same time, I want the most mentally tough guys I can find. Because really, when it all comes down to it, that's what it's going to be about on this show. It's thirteen weeks trapped in a house with nothing but guys, away from your family, away from your friends, no radio, no books, no television and a liquor cabinet that's just filled. … I think that the main aspect of this is just going to be keeping their minds right."
TUF 15 starts tomorrow night on FX at 9:00 PM EST with sixteen qualifying fights set for a two-plus hour broadcast.


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Smelly, Swearing Elmo Back in Times Square
Sleazy Elmo is back in Times Square, pestering tourists and creeping out parents with his awful stench and touchy-feely ways. One tourist told the Daily News, "that furry red thing was too aggressive. I think it swore at me."
Amanda Kelly-Knox was pushing her baby stroller through Hell on Earth this weekend, when the paper caught up with her. Elmo had been gone from Times Square for several months, after the last time the Daily News exposed him. But now he's back! And Kelly-Knox wasn't happy about the aggressive style of the mystery man dressed as Elmo:
I'm just disgusted. The thing is, I don't mind giving a dollar, but that furry red thing was too aggressive. I think it swore at me. I wasn't going to let my daughter anywhere near it. I also think it kind of smelled."
The Daily News asked Elmo — who wouldn't give up his real name, or remove his mask — why he's being so aggressive and demanding money for a picture: "I'm not being rude. Taking an Elmo picture without paying is rude. It's called making a living." Fair enough! Soon after, cops told Elmo to beat it, much to the approval of Batman: "That Elmo isn't age-appropriate. He swears and curses. Times Square was better when he was gone."
It's hard to feel much sympathy, though. What the hell do people expect when they venture into the awfulness of Times Square?


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Some of the Traditional Rules for a Freshman CEO Are Seriously Misguided and Need Replacing by More Flexible and Up-to-Date Guidelines
Some of the Traditional Rules for a Freshman CEO Are Seriously Misguided and Need Replacing by More Flexible and Up-to-Date Guidelines
BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - Jan 3, 2013) - During their 100-day honeymoon period, many new CEOs like to initiate bold actions and thereby make an early impact -- which does not always equate to a long-lasting impact, unfortunately. The modern business environment has become so complex that generalized "best practices" are no longer always applicable. What counts is the context -- not just the specifics of the new job and the culture of the company, but also the CEO's own leadership style.
For large companies, the issue arises every six or seven years -- that's the average tenure of a CEO nowadays. In other words, at any one time, about 15 percent of CEOs are in their first year at the company's helm. What differentiates those who make a success of their debut from those who run into trouble? This vital question is one that analysts from The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) have been studying for some time. The result is a sobering new report, Debunking the Myths of the First 100 Days, by Roselinde Torres and Peter Tollman, senior partners in BCG's People and Organization practice. The authors identify five fallacious theories that tend to lead freshman CEOs astray as they embark on their new role. Against each of these "myths," the authors spell out the corresponding "reality," and they illustrate myths and realities alike with telling case studies from BCG's client files.
The myths and realities cover a wide range of themes: for example, the need for self-understanding as well as understanding the minutiae of the company; the tricky process of setting evaluation criteria for the workforce; and the way to select the members of your leadership team and relate to them productively.
The report, in effect, charts the wrong way and the right way for new CEOs to proceed. It can be read as a mini-manual for boosting organizational performance.
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Over at PopMatters, the capstone of a nine-part series by L.B. Jeffries; this edition's topic is the problems with game criticism today. Reviews and critical pieces are generally worlds apart — and critical reviews should be providing feedback for the makers of games in a way that a standard review can't:
It gives developers feedback, real insights into their game, so they can go back and improve their work. There simply isn't a way for people to properly explain criticism in the current culture of "I'm not having fun" reviews. Nor is there a way to reward innovation or successful elements of games beyond gushing "I'm having fun" praise. It's one thing to say you like a game, but figuring out a way to go beyond that gives developers a better understanding of their audiences reaction.
In any case, it's an interesting essay that ties in with a lot of other criticism of the gaming press at large; the other eight parts are also a good read, if you're not scared off by the "Zarathustran Analytics" in the title.
Zarathustran Analytics in Video Games, Part 9: Flaws in Criticism Today [PopMatters via The Brainy Gamer]


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Q: My skimmer keeps clogging with leaves, how can I keep them out of my pond?
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A: There's no surer sign of fall than falling leaves. Unfortunately, when those leaves land in your pond or water garden, they can create a water-quality mess. As they break down and decompose, they can turn your water brown and leave behind muck and detritus.
Thank goodness for pond netting.
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2. What types of leaves will be landing in and gathering around your pond?
Look around your yard. What kinds of tress do you (and your neighbors) have? If you have trees with larger leaves, like maple or oak, you can easily rake up the blowing leaves from around your pond, scoop them out of your pond with a portable pond net or skimmer, and prevent them from landing in there with a basic 5/8-inch nylon mesh netting, like The Pond Guy® Pond Cover Net.
If you have pine needles and smaller leaves around, however, you'll need to cover your pond or water garden with a tighter-weave mesh, such as The Pond Guy® Fine Mesh Cover Net. This clear, heavy-duty, 1/8-inch mesh netting prevents stubbornly small debris from landing in your pond while still allowing light to shine through. It includes plastic stakes to secure the netting.
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By Shawn Langlois
Good morning.
If divining clues from feted Wall Street icons is part of your investment approach — and you're reading MarketWatch, so it probably is — this week has to make about as much sense as a football bat.
On the one hand, there's a growing chorus of "experts" saying the rally is stretched too thin. It can't last. Seek shelter in safe havens. Like gold. Cash. Add the "Mystery Broker" to that camp. Then there's Ray Dalio, the Bridgewater signal caller who just boosted his equity exposure. And Lloyd Blankfein, the Goldman Sachs boss who told CNBC this week that the bull market is alive and well.
Also, don't forget that the guy who just pocketed a billion bucks on his call for a weaker yen is slashing his stake in a major gold fund by 55%.
Not that the big ballers ever reach a consensus when it comes to what to do with your investments — that would be terrifying. But this week, with its unnervingly stagnant market, has been a particularly confusing storm of mixed signals.
Let's throw a G-20 meteor shower in the mix, just to ramp up the weirdness.
Key market gauges: Gold futures /quotes/zigman/8702781 GCJ3 are lower as both George Soros, fresh off his yen windfall, and Louis Moore Bacon both made huge cuts in their gold ETF positions. In fact, the precious metal is heading toward its biggest weekly drop since December. This after gold posted its worst quarterly loss in more than four years. Soros also unloaded positions in LinkedIn /quotes/zigman/5131883 /quotes/nls/lnkd LNKD , Amazon /quotes/zigman/63011 /quotes/nls/amzn AMZN and Groupon /quotes/zigman/7212269 /quotes/nls/grpn GRPN . Here's how a currency war might boost prices.
Futures on the S&P /quotes/zigman/8751039 ESH3 are down fractionally but the broad market gauge is still poised to finish higher for seventh straight week. Nasdaq /quotes/zigman/8751120 NDH3 and Dow /quotes/zigman/9049316 YMH3 futures are also backing up just a bit, a mostly red showing in Asia and mixed trading in Europe. Check out Indications.
The economy: The New York Fed's Empire State Manufacturing index came in above zero for the first time since July. Economists were looking for an improvement to negative 2.0 from negative 7.8. The Fed Reserve will also update us on industrial production at 9:15 a.m. Then, consumer sentiment data hits at 9:55 a.m. Read: What to watch on the U.S. economy. Also, follow @MKTWeconomics on Twitter.
The buzz: Warren Buffett says he ain't done yet. Neither are the armchair quarterbacks. Crossing Wall Street's Eddy Elfenbein, for one, says the Oracle should have paid $50 a share for Heinz /quotes/zigman/229153 /quotes/nls/hnz HNZ , not $72.50. Then there's the inevitable, who's next? Trying to predict that is a fool's game, but the mounting number of buyouts might be a bullish sign for the broader market, according to The Slant.
Herbalife /quotes/zigman/361145 /quotes/nls/hlf HLF is back in the spotlight after a filing with the SEC showed Carl Icahn has accumulated a 13% stake in the company. The stock is up 23% in premarket and "it's on like Donkey Kong," according to Kid Dynamite. He wrote a blog post about "the Valentine's Day massacre of Bill Ackman's Herbalife short," in which he pointed out that most of Icahn's position was bought after the heated CNBC feud.
Ackman's response to Icahn's move this morning: "We welcome his involvement" (read: "Bring it on, Carl"). Ackman also told CNBC that it is a "certainty" Herbalife is a pyramid scheme. Earlier this week, the Pershing Square founder said regulators risk embarrassment if they don't act. Look for Icahn on CNBC at noon Eastern.
Also high up on the trending list, Carnival Corp. /quotes/zigman/322132 /quotes/nls/ccl CCL has seen an explosion in attention thanks to its adrift ship. Here's the latest on weary travelers disembarking and singing "Sweet Home Alabama."
If you're having a melancholic Valentines Day, remind yourself you're not stuck on a poo covered Carnival Cruise.
— Zach Braff (@zachbraff) February 14, 2013
What fund managers did with Apple /quotes/zigman/68270 /quotes/nls/aapl AAPL in the fourth-quarter is getting plenty of attention in cyberspace. Some of the biggies that rode the stock to huge gains spent the past few months dumping it. David Einhorn, conversely, was there to scoop it up as he added a big chunk to his stake.
The chart of the day: With all this chatter about the "great rotation" out of bonds and into stocks, the Kimble Charting Solutions blog uses this graph as a warning sign. "Over the past few years, when the ratio is hitting current levels, stocks made little to no upward progress over the upcoming six to nine months," it said.
The call of the day: Forget the euro zone and the U.S., Thailand is where the smart money should be headed, according to Franklin Templeton's Mark Mobius. The country's benchmark index posted one of the best performance's in the world last year, returning a staggering 35%. "Thailand's natural resources, dynamic industrial scene, productive agriculture sector and robust tourism industry look like logical drivers for continued growth potential," Mobius wrote in his blog post. The smoking hot iShares MSCI Thailand ETF /quotes/zigman/1513715 /quotes/nls/thd THD is one way to get in the game.
Random reads: Crazy meteor shower in central Russia injures hundreds, christens G-20. Amazing footage, but, as far as awe-inspiring Russian videos go, it still trails these 13 minutes of pure wonderment.
Amid the New York Times/Tesla /quotes/zigman/118681 /quotes/nls/tsla TSLA row, Business Insider's Henry Blodget points out the "crippling flaw" of electric cars and why they're "dead on arrival."
The Pope blames the media for twisting the Vatican's intentions, claiming that Church services around the world are "profane" because of it. Indeed, that spunky @Pontifex isn't going down without a fight.
Honey, I don't care what anybody else says, I think you're great. Love, mom. And LinkedIn. Check out "the disappointing truth behind your LinkedIn blue ribbon."
Here's the Sun, doing what it does best with the Blade Runner story.
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2013-01-25 - Australia's hottest new extreme metal export, THY ART IS MURDER, has signed to Nuclear Blast Entertainment! Their second album, Hate, was recently released in their homeland where it has been smashing boundaries once thought to confine bands of their ilk. The record came in at #35 on the Top 40 Aria chart, making it the highest debut of any Aussie death metal band ever!
Nuclear Blast Entertainment is proud to finally properly release Hate in the U.S. on April 2nd and in Europe on April 5th.
The album was produced and mixed by Will Putney (SUICIDE SILENCE, BORN OF OSIRIS, FOR TODAY) with artwork created by Brent Elliot White (CARNIFEX, DEATH ANGEL).
"Nuclear Blast has always represented the pinnacle of extreme metal, a last bastion in an ever evolving industry," commented guitarist Andy Marsh. "To say we now share a label with the greatest extreme metal bands of all time is ridiculous. It was never a dream, it was impossible. But we've done it. The future will be heavy."
Rising from the unhallowed wastes of Western Sydney, extreme metal outfit THY ART IS MURDER have carved a trail of bloody mayhem since their inception in 2006. With an acclaimed EP and debut album in Infinite Death and The Adversary to their name, the band have traversed the highways and autobahns of Australia, the UK and Europe on a relentless crusade to destroy every venue and audience
they can with like-minded peers in a who's who of heavy metal.
Simply titled Hate, the band's second full length is the pointed result of THY ART IS MURDER 's growing dissatisfaction with all aspects of modern life - political, religious, social and environmental - everyone is to blame.
Fusing the blasting technicality of metal luminaries THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER with thunderous breakdowns and the intensity born of their nascent hometown scene; the blackened grandeur of BEHEMOTH and the pit churning groove of Tampa originators MORBID ANGEL and CANNIBAL CORPSE, the furious musical arrangements provide a bloody canvas for vocalist CJ McMahon's outpourings of bile.
No strangers to stoking controversy and criticism, the band have not toned down their art for the sake of palatability and have introduced a morose melodicism into their maelstrom - the rumination before pulling the trigger.
With their best work to date ready to be unleashed on an unsuspecting world, THY ART IS MURDER will once again take to the road to unleash the Hate with one simple message - get in the pit or get out of the way.
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THY ART IS MURDER is:
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The festive Roundabout Theatre Company production of Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn - The Broadway Musical comes to PBS Friday, November 24 at 9 p.m. (check local listings). The musical continues the Great Performances marathon within the Broadway's Best lineup on PBS.
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New details about the Trayvon Martin shooting have surfaced: A law-enforcement source close to the case (but not directly involved) claims to know Trayvon Martin's last words. That is, according to the accounts Zimmerman gave police.
The odd thing is, Martin's last words don't make much sense. They're baffling. Did Zimmerman make them up, distort what Martin really said, or are we just missing details that would give more context to the phrase Martin supposedly said just before he died?
If anything, Martin's supposed last words just deepen the mystery.
According to the source, right after Zimmerman shot Martin the boy said, "Okay, you got it" twice before dying.
Martin's father said police told him Trayvon's last words were actually, "Okay, you got me." This would make much more sense. But the family's own lawyer doesn't believe either version.
More from The Stir: Tragic Trayvon Martin Shooting Is an American Problem Not a Black One (VIDEO)
Regardless, we'll probably never know for sure. This is just one more drop from the steady drip of random, out-of-context details that have leaked from this case. I just don't think we can take "okay, you got it" very seriously at all. Who cares what this anonymous source says Zimmerman told the police? We're not on the jury. And we're not being presented with a coherent case.
Really, I wish everyone with access to information would just zip it and let the grownups get their work done. I mean, thanks random source dude, for that totally unhelpful bit of information. What other non-illuminating details would you like to leak next? What this detail really reveals is how hungry we are to reach a conclusion about this story -- and how far away we still are.
Meanwhile, Zimmerman's family members will be testifying at his bond hearing tomorrow morning.
Do you think these really are Trayvon Martin's last words, or do you think we'll ever know?


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maggieee needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 12 designs submitted by 3 freelance designers.
I would like a classy webpage...you can go to my current website to see some of the brands i carry..
My company is called Moda Optique. It is a high end optical store. my vision is an oval room with picture frames on the wall. Each picture frame shows frames(sunglasses or eyeglasses) . I want the pictures to change a few times in each Picture frame. **OTHER VISIONS WELCOME**
- Item 1... under my store name i want it to say: Style, Taste, Service
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Forty years ago today, on July 21, 1972, George Carlin was arrested for performing "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television" at Summerfest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Carlin was subsequently charged with violating obscenity laws, but the case was dismissed in December of '72, with a ruling that Carlin's language was indecent, but not obscene.
The following year a similar case entered the court system when a man complained to the Federal Communications Commission after he and his son heard a radio broadcast of Carlin's "Filfty Words" on WBAI in New York City. Thus began the five-year battle of F.C.C. v. Pacifica Foundation (Pacifica owned WBAI). The FCC cited Pacifica for violating FCC regulations that prohibited broadcasting obscene material, and the Supreme Court ruled that Carlin's routine was "indecent but not obscene," and declared that the FCC could require that indecent broadcasts air during hours when children were not likely to be listening (hence the beginning of "safe harbor" hours between 10pm and 6am). The battle over what constitutes indecent vs. obscene is still being waged today, which Carlin must be getting a kick out of.
Here's the man himself on how he came up with the now infamous "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television":
Watch George Carlin's full Archive interview.
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cjames22 needed a new t-shirt design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 76 designs submitted by 29 freelance designers.
There is an orphanage in Sierra Leone, Africa (the Blood Diamond country). All of the 84 kids in the orphanage lost their parents during a brutal civil war. They are the hope of a broken nation and want their story to be told.
Just make sure the words "Voice of the Orphans" or "The World Should Know" is on the shirt. Please do not make a violent design. The shirt is more about hope, though I want it to have enough "edge" that a man would be proud to wear it. These kids are strong in their faith and strong bonded together through trials and suffering.
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
When graphs, piecharts and all else fails... Dilbert to the rescue!
I'm quite proud of the social network analysis (SNA) that I'd first completed months ago. It is refreshed each month (the data warehouse load is too high to run it daily or weekly as I would like). I've been tracking its performance, and am continually surprised.
The trouble is that my colleagues are having trouble understanding how they can use it to formalise customer communications, so I decided to try a different approach than graphs and piecharts etc.
Instead I thought I might try something humorous, hence Dilbert to the rescue! I have created a dozen or so custom Dilbert slides that provides some info about a customer insight made available by the SNA and also has a humorous conclusion to those insights. I'll pass this around the department in a series of daily emails.
Here is one example (I had to change the project nickname to "SNA" for this blog);
9 comments:
- Anonymous said...
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- April 24, 2009 at 12:46 PM
- Anonymous said...
- April 27, 2009 at 6:09 AM
- Tim Manns said...
I though it was a novel idea to present some analysis to business users without numbers. I'll let you know how it goes.
- April 27, 2009 at 4:45 PM
- Dominic F said...
Hi Tim
SNA sounds really interesting - do you have some presentation material you could share, perhaps the information you presented at the recent conference? I would be especially interested if you have used Clementine in undertaking the analysis.
- April 28, 2009 at 8:01 AM
- Tim Manns said...
Hello Dominic,
Yes, I did (and do) use SPSS Clementine for most of my work. The SNA work I've done involves a dozen or so separate steps, but the whole thing runs from one Clementine stream file.
There is a little bit of custom SQL embedded in three source nodes, so that a few joins are more optimised using hard coded dates (very important when you're working with billions of rows), but most of the analysis is relatively simple Clementine streams.
Unfortunately it is difficult to discuss without losing competitive advantage, but I did write some info in a previous post;
SNA In Mobile NetworksTeradata was interested in the work Optus were doing and asked me to discuss in a podcast our data mining analysis (running on Teradata). I managed to get approval and am waiting on Teradata to let me know when the podcast is publicly available. It mentions SNA.
- May 5, 2009 at 4:27 PM
- Shane Butler said...
Gotta love Dilbert! I have actually seen some data mining Dilbert comics that were published. I guess with complicated techniques it is always going to be hard to convey the message. Hopefully though, the advantages will speak directly to the KPIs of the people you need on board? Probably the best way to prove the strength of it is to run a test... face off against a control group or the existing models... or is the problem getting the support to do some tests?
- May 9, 2009 at 1:51 PM
- Tim Manns said...
Hi Shane,
Yes, the trouble is getting enthusiasm in the first place to run campaigns. I've examined historical data and quantified the effect that social networks has for a number of different scenario's (acquisition, purchase of new handset (iphone), churn etc) but no control group results yet.
In terms of stirring up interest the Dilbert mock-ups have been a huge success, and hopefully very soon we'll have dozens or new marketing initiatives off the back of this analysis.
Thanks again for the page rank idea. It has proved very useful.
- May 31, 2009 at 5:21 PM
- FrancisB said...
Hi Tim
I'm just getting into SNA. Do you know of any good post-grad level courses in Australia?
- September 5, 2011 at 6:54 PM
- Tim Manns said...
Hi FrancisB,
There are some books and blogs that discuss SNA. A book by Carlos Andre Reis Pinheiro is about SNA in telco, and I got sent a copy recently. I'll be reading it when I get some free time.
Personally I try to learn through reading my peers work, and of course continue to learn through trial and error.
- January 12, 2012 at 4:53 PM


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many people recommend people not go out if wind is over 35 knot.
I found 35-40 knot is perfect with my Slingshot RPM 4.5M.
Here is a photo I took today in Penghu, Taiwan.
I like to know what to do you think about "how strong is too strong?"
The above statement is so true.Kamikuza wrote:It's the gusts that always get me.... if it was nice 'n' stable, I reckon you're only limited by the smallest kite you got
NO that's Mph ...Starsky wrote:gusting 40 knots? 11m?..... darwin
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