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Galaxy S7 Edge leaks out with lit-up lock screen, fine screen-to-body ratio
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1. mastachaz (Posts: 11; Member since: 19 Feb 2016)
I dont like top and bottom its round just like iphone , and this big but we will see.
12. yoosufmuneer (Posts: 1498; Member since: 14 Feb 2015)
But it looks way better than renders tho
2. Shocky (unregistered)
Shame they don't do a standard version at this size, looks nice though.
I want the larger display but I don't want the curve, damn you Samsung.
4. TyrionLannister (unregistered)
For you, there is the note series. I am actually sad for people who want a curve and a small screen.
5. Shocky (unregistered)
Long wait for the Note 6, I doubt I can hold out that long. :)
23. Xperia14 (Posts: 374; Member since: 01 Sep 2015)
I also want to try a new Samsung, but I find the normal S7 too small but I don't want an edge.. I think it's completely useless and it distracts too much. A note 6 with these rumored specs (or better) would be awesome, but I want to buy a new phone in H1.
6. tech2 (Posts: 3388; Member since: 26 Oct 2012)
LOL why sad ? People like me have too small hands to comfortably hold a Note but still prefer larger screen. So, S7 Edge is perfect for me.
I prefer to have all the screen I can get in as small as device as possible.
8. TyrionLannister (unregistered)
Well, it's still not nearly as small as S6 or S7.
That being said, if I was to buy a phone among these, I would go for the edge too. That 3600 mAh sounds too tempting.
24. joeytaylor (Posts: 417; Member since: 28 Feb 2015)
My thoughts as well....but depending upon if the edge has a micro sd.....
3. tech2 (Posts: 3388; Member since: 26 Oct 2012)
Apart from the squar-cle icons the phone looks good. Nothing a good icon pack and theme can't fix.
Reviewers finally seem to start getting the demo units. So more leaks will come.
PS. Samsung did awful job this year in keeping S7 a secret then its predecessors.
25. Coconut00 (Posts: 470; Member since: 13 Jan 2015)
True. Last year the S6 didn't leak until like 1 day before the announcement, same with the S5.
7. FlySheikh (Posts: 62; Member since: 02 Oct 2015)
This actually looks gorgeous.
21. S.R.K. (banned) (Posts: 678; Member since: 11 Feb 2016)
This looks nice. On other leaks it looks ugly.
9. readreadz (Posts: 20; Member since: 02 Mar 2015)
Looks really nice
10. s.kumaran (Posts: 25; Member since: 18 Feb 2016)
Better than S6 Edge. Nice.
11. Mreveryphone (Posts: 465; Member since: 22 Apr 2014)
Just received my 128gb sd card from Amazon for $30...
13. barcas (Posts: 48; Member since: 01 Sep 2014)
Just trying to compare this image to my S6 Edge in gold, the bottom bezel looks a tad smaller here & the side bezel (even tho its black) looks like it could be smaller too. I'm on a 2 year plan so this year wont make a difference to me but i always have to look & keep in the loop.
14. Mreveryphone (Posts: 465; Member since: 22 Apr 2014)
I just did the same with my good s6 edge plus and the top and bottom bezels do look smaller it'll be interesting to see what they did with that back glass... One more day...
15. kambuto (Posts: 64; Member since: 09 Nov 2015)
OMG, lit up lock screen! LG and Samesunk discover what my Nokia from 2005 still has - it's called Glance screen, kids!:))) Cute.
17. maherk (Posts: 3466; Member since: 10 Feb 2012)
Do you even know what a lit up lock screen is? Lmao
Oh god you're really some kinda super special stupid
18. kambuto (Posts: 64; Member since: 09 Nov 2015)
Explain to me, oh genius! "Steve Litchfield @stevelitchfield Feb 18
Kind of amused by Android fans going gaga about 'Always on' displays. These started in 2008 with Nokia and the N85.... EIGHT YEARS ago. 8-)" I''m sure you're smarter, than both of us. If you know of course, who Steve is, "special":)))
20. peace247 (Posts: 195; Member since: 26 Apr 2014)
Let me explain u the title...
It means that the display is ON for the first time in a leak(which is showing lock screen) and u can first time see the curved screen of the s7 edge.
I think I've cleared ur doubt.
16. Mreveryphone (Posts: 465; Member since: 22 Apr 2014)
⤴ don't feed him...
19. keithtae (Posts: 346; Member since: 25 Mar 2015)
Can't wait!
22. VVayne (Posts: 82; Member since: 01 Oct 2015)
Finaly a Galaxy all black. I'm definitely getting one.
26. BabaDude (Posts: 9; Member since: 27 Oct 2015)
I really don't see much difference from the S6. And no USB-C is a disappointment. And I, personally, dislike a physical home button. That's 1 reason I won't upgrade to any iPhone or S-Series until it goes away. I'm still loving my Nexus 6P and its immediate firmware updates. And no branding. Oh, and no bloat ware.
27. AliceMamadou (Posts: 32; Member since: 29 Mar 2016)
Here is another way to unlock pattern lock for Samsung Galaxy phones, and no data loss


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More wine scams, this time in Berkeley
We never saw this level of wine scam before. Now it's Premier Cru, which had been a very well respected wine shop in Berkeley until their recent collapse. Coming on the heels of the Kurniawan scandal and others, Premier Cru's problems raise a troubling question: Why so many of these wine Ponzi schemes and frauds?
My answer: The greed of some consumers, who see wine as a commodity investment.
Premier Cru was the go-to store in the East Bay for collectors who wanted that extra-special bottle. But, as so many of them are now learning, Premier Cru appears to have been selling wines they didn't have, or selling the same wine twice, stalling buyers off who weren't getting wines they had already paid for, and eventually ending up with "more than $70 million in unpaid debts."
How the heck does a wine store achieve that dubious distinction? Simple: When it takes advantage of credulous customers who want to own trophy wines nobody else can get and think they have an inside track on getting them.
The regrettable seeds for this were a long time coming. I can speak only from my perspective of nearly 40 years watching the San Francisco wine market, of course, but in many respects the S.F. Bay Area has been the epicenter for this remarkable era of show-off wines. Even when I started, there was a cadre of collectors who wouldn't touch anything but First Growths and Grand Crus. At first I thought it was because they were men of discernment and refined tastes, but I soon learned that that wasn't it. They were label drinkers, pure and simple. I doubt if one in ten of them knew what he was talking about. But what they did know was that having a vertical of Mouton-Rothschild gave them a certain cachet in their crowd, and that's the only thing that meant anything to them.
They weren't bad people, just wine likers (I hesitate to say wine lovers) who'd gone astray. Something about the rarity and scarcity of these collectibles made them crazy with lust. These were the sorts of people for whom Premier Cru was a sort of nirvana. Whenever I was there—looking for some under-$20 value in Burgundy or Cabernet—I'd see them conferring with the floor staff over some missing vintage in their collection they just had to fill. They were the same sort of people I used to see at the old Draper & Esquin on Montgomery Street in the FiDi, back in the day. Snooty snobs—"snoo-snos," I called them. I thought that was an unhealthy development in the world of wine, at least the world I inhabited, which was of people who truly loved and cared about wine, and had a curiosity about it that drove them to try new things from new places.
Sadly, this distorted psychological phenomenon concerning wine got worse during the Reagan years, when fast and easy money gave MBAs the ability to collect Bordeaux and Burgundy and cult Cabernets before their thirtieth birthdays. It seemed to level off in the 1990s, why I don't know, but then, with the burst of wealth in San Francisco in the 21st century, it has returned, with a vengeance. People are not content simply to drink good, interesting wine anymore. They want the trophies, the bragging rights wines, the Fabergé eggs, and they're willing to pay whatever it takes to possess them.
Well, that's what happens when you have a critical mass of credulous buyers: unscrupulous dealers are perfectly happy to take advantage of the situation. The bubble gets bigger and bigger, until poof! It bursts, and the poor souls who entrusted these crooked businessmen get holding the bag.
Running a reputable wine shop is a wonderful career. Most wine shops are reputable. There are many I've been in that do a fabulous job. Unfortunately, this current atmosphere of show-off seems to be fostering some bad apples. But maybe, with the arrests, detentions and lawsuits ensnaring these Ponzi wine dealers, we'll see less of this sort of thing going forward. I do hope so. I hope that everybody will come to see that wine isn't an artifact for collection, much less investment, like a stock certificate. What a horrible way to see this noble, divine beverage, as the liquid equivalent of loot, to be bought and traded like pork bellies, or even worse: as the garish equivalent of a gigantic diamond pinky ring.
Wine, beer and spirits for Millennials: which is cooler? (Hint: It's not wine)
If you've been reading this blog for any length of time, you know I'm interested to the point of obsession with industry issues, such as who's buying wine, how it's doing with Millennials, price points and so on. One thing I've been keeping my eye on is restaurants. Everybody loves to eat out, but what are they drinking with their food?
The conventional wisdom of the past few years is that wine is losing ground to craft beer and cocktails. I've tended to agree: Beer and mixed drinks are getting a lot of love from the media, with all those tattooed mixologists and craft brewers grabbing the headlines (and spotlights; layout editors know exactly who looks good on the page or screen). Wine by contrast seems stodgy. It's not, of course, and never has been, and remains my favorite; but for some reason, wine seems less hip lately than beer and mixed drinks.
Forbes has written an interesting article along these lines, citing Paul Franson, of Wines & Vines, that "Millennials [have] gravitated toward cocktails and craft beer," and moreover, that when Millennials do drink wine in restaurants, the wines tend to be those that are "hot," which I take to mean things like Muscat or orange wine, which have no lasting value at all.
This squares with my observations of my Millennial friends in Oakland, a very hip town, on the cutting edge of most cultural things, and thus an interesting case study. What happens in Oakland, from hip hop to fashion in clothing not to mention politics, often leapfrogs across the country.
And the truth is, my friends in their 20s and 30s like to drink; in fact they drink a lot, bless their little souls, but what they're not drinking is wine. They are, as Forbes and Franson point out, downing cocktails and beer.
Why? The answer is important, but not simple. On one level they see wine as the alcoholic beverage of their parents if not their grandparents. Why is that? Because beer and cocktails don't make a big deal about their intellectual components, the way wine does with notions of terroir, etc. Another is that beer and cocktails don't pretend to be about anything else but getting buzzed. Wine tries to hide the impact of its alcohol. It always has, especially at the top levels, where it portrays itself as offering an experience that is intellectual, sensual, hedonistic, imaginative, fabulous—anything and everything but a liquid that makes you high. Wine seems almost embarrassed by its alcoholic content, which is why this entire argument against alcohol levels has arisen. Is vodka embarrassed by alcohol? Is tequila? Are IPAs? Of course not. But wine likes to pretend it has no alcohol.
I don't know how we got into this situation. Possibly it's because the intellectual conversation about wine got started a lot earlier than our conversations about beer and spirits. Between the Bible, the medieval references to wine, Thomas Jefferson and so on, wine has assumed an august place in the culture. Nobody was praising beer and spirits two and three hundred years ago. Maybe, back then, they were ashamed of wine's alcoholic effects on the brain and body, so they avoided writing about them. We have inherited that tradition today.
I'm not suggesting we should brag about how high wine gets you. But the fact that beer and spirits tend to be grabbing Millennial attention strongly suggests a new approach to how we portray wine. We need to make wine cooler, sexier, and more relevant to a generation that instinctively recoils against canned messages and cheap advertising slogans. There is, in its essence, no reason why wine is less attractive than beer and spirits. But the way we've been communicating about wine hasn't been enough to convince Millennials that it's something they should feel cool about ordering in a restaurant. Can we change that?
Fake wine? Consumers don't care, and with good reason
Not sure I agree that "fake wines take a toll on everyday consumers," as this opinion piece from the Boulder Weekly claims. (The article is by Terroirist.com's David White.)
It's hard, on the surface, to see how or why 99.9% of wine drinkers are harmed by the shenanigans of a Rudi Kurniawan. They don't play the auction game, which so often is fueled by greed and ego. They don't even look for those kinds of wines. Nor is there any evidence of fakery among wines that don't cost an arm and a leg. Most people just want to have a nice wine at a fair price, and they couldn't care less that some criminal ripped off a Koch over a bottle of '34 Romanée-Conti.
David himself concedes that the problem of counterfeit wine means little or nothing to consumers who "can't afford cases of grand cru Burgundy or first growth Bordeaux." If it hurts anyone, it's extremely wealthy collectors who probably don't even properly appreciate these wines, but just buy them to show off: people who might deserve the comeuppance they get for spending so much money, for such venal reasons, on something as trivial as rarity wine, when so many people are trapped in poverty and despair.
(Did I just call wine "trivial" ? Yes, in this context: that there are far more things Koch money could do to elevate mankind than spending it on bragging-rights wine.)
But in order to prove his case that fake wines really can "take a toll on everyday consumers," David cites the case of a guy, John, whose late father had loved '61 Lafite. John then had the opportunity to buy a bottle of it, for $1,300, but—familiar with the Kurniawan case—John shied away. He explained, "I decided I could not risk paying $1,300 for something that wasn't real."
I can understand. "Once burned, twice shy," goes the saying; although John hadn't been one of Kurniawan's victims, he apparently now sees every expensive bottle as suspect, and would rather save his hard-earned cash for bottles whose authenticity is near certain.
The case of John is an anecdote, one that "tugs at the heartstrings," in David's words, but I don't think it represents the feelings of the vast majority of wine people, even those who aren't rich but who might want to occasionally spend a lot of money on a special bottle. With all due respect to John, I just can't believe that the Kurniawan case scares very many people off. I think they might want to have a conversation, or a series of conversations, first, to make sure that spending four figures on a bottle is really something they want to do. They should talk to the seller (restaurant, auction house, whatever), and to whatever experts they can find, asking tough questions about provenance, before making up their minds. And that's a good thing.
The interesting issue this brings up is, Would somebody who drank a fake expensive wine, but didn't know it, even notice it? It's like one of those Zen koans: "If a tree falls in the forest and nobody hears it, does it make a sound?" You can rephrase it as, "If somebody put a lovely, full-bodied red wine into a Lafite bottle, would people who didn't know about the ruse admire it anyway?" My belief, based on long experience, is, Yes, they'd like it anyway, because they were drinking the label, not the wine. And this applies, not just to everyday consumers like John, but even wine experts. Perhaps that '61 Lafite was really a Second or Third Growth, snuck into the Lafite bottle; or maybe a 50-yer old Zinfandel. How would you ever know?
The point is that we drink wine with our minds as much as with our palates. It is in the mind that the mystery and romance of wine dwell. It's good that wine possesses mystery and romance; may it always be so. But it's horrible that certain wines have become a commodity, a Gobelin tapesty in a bottle for the uber-rich to compensate for their shortcomings in other areas. I'm not saying that law enforcement agencies shouldn't go after these counterfeiters with maximum diligence. They should. Like white-collar criminals everywhere, the fakers should be held to account. It's just that, for the average consumer, this Kurniawan business, and associated scandals, really has no impact. If somebody out there wants to drop $1,300 for a once-in-a-lifetime wine, they should do so without paranoia. Go to a reputable supplier, the vast majority of whom are ultra-dependable, and be assured. And consider that, even if the wine you buy is fake, you probably won't know the difference anyway. So enjoy!
Too many chefs? A culinary academy closure raises questions
It's a real shockeroo that the Culinary Academy in San Francisco is closing. Its graduates include Ron Siegel, now of Michael Mina but I remember dining at the old Charles Nob Hill restaurant, which he eventually left to go to Masa's. Talk about a resumé!
There are two outposts of the culinary arts in the food-obsessed Bay Area: The Culinary Academy [also known as Le Cordon Blue] and the Culinary Institute of America, in Saint Helena. To have one of them shut down in the midst of one of the greatest restaurant booms in memory is amazing. The official reason for the Culinary Academy's closure is "high food and facility costs," but a major financial problem was "a $40 million settlement in 2011 of a class-action lawsuit by students who claimed the school inflated graduation and job placement rates."
According to that settlement, 8,500 students who attended the Academy between 2003 and 2008 were eligible for tuition rebates, based on the notion that "they were told a culinary degree from Le Cordon Bleu would allow them to become chefs, but that many students who graduate are unable to obtain that position."
One hardly knows where to start in the commentary. During the first 15 years of this new century, being a chef was one of the hottest careers in America—at least, the America of the coasts, and in the urban and rapidly urbanizing centers of the country, where despite the Great Recession people had good jobs and were developing the discretionary-income behaviors of upping their food game and looking for great local restaurants in which to dine. I'm sure that many applicants to the Culinary Academy dreamt of being the next Ron Siegel, and why not? It's a good dream.
The "chefs are hot" movement was rivaled, in our food-and-wine world, only by the "somms are hot movement," which itself was exceeded by the "mixologists are hot" movement. Still, there seems to be enough room in our hedonistic culture for chefs, somms and mixologists to co-exist, with plenty of jobs for all.
What, then, are we to make of the Culinary Academy's closure? I will not weigh in on the merits of the 2011 lawsuit, but clearly, even graduates of an esteemed cooking school in San Francisco found it hard to obtain the sort of work they were expecting; some of them faced "in excess of $100,000" in student loans, hardly an amount a young line chef, even if she could get a job, would be able to repay for many, many years.
I remember when I moved to San Francisco, everybody wanted to be an M.B.A. That was the hot job of the first Reagan administration. Of course, all those newly-minted MBAs didn't get rich. That degree, too, was over-hyped and over-sold. I frequently have the same feeling about sommeliers today. There are so many ways to get certified, whatever that means, that I sometimes think, pace Warhol, that in the future, everybody will be a sommelier for 15 minutes.
But an oversupply of chefs? What else are we to make of the Culinary Academy's closure? Clearly there are two things going on: (1) the media's obsession with these sexy careers, and (2) the corresponding reality that there are not enough jobs for all the graduates of the nation's cooking schools.
I believe in dreams. I made my career as a wine writer based on my dream. But that was then; this is now, and I don't know that the dream of being a chef is based on reality. There comes a time when a career gets so popular that too many people pursue it; being a wine writer is in a similar plight today. I am second to no one in the esteem in which I hold chefs. They have been instrumental in our evolution as a culture. If I had a kid who dreamed of being a chef and asked for my advice, I'd be torn. Follow your dream? Or forget about it because the competition is so intense and the chance of success is diminishing. I honestly don't know what advice I would give.
2016 wine trends
One differs with Tom Wark and Julie Ann Kodmur with no small amount of trepidation. These two veterans are among the ablest and most effective of California winery publicists. I worked with them both for a great many years, and know for a fact that they have their fingers on the beating pulse of the business. But sometimes, you have to disagree with even the smartest people.
They have a new joint blog out (actually, "joint" blog makes it sound suspiciously herbal. The actual new "joint" publication would be Andy Blue and Meredith May's "the clever root." But I digress.) Julie Ann and Tom ran a post yesterday, "Ten 2016 Trends the Wine World Needs to Watch." Most of their prognostications, I agree with; some, in part; others, not so much. Here's the story.
"Natural Wine" Is Solidified As A Bonafide "Category" in the Wine World. Tom and Julie Ann may believe it. I don't. To me, "natural wine," whatever the heck that means (and it doesn't mean anything, technically) is the new "biodynamique," a buzzword for publicists to use to convince greenies to buy their clients' wine. It sounds trendy and environmental—who wants unnatural wine?–but its meaninglessness limits its shelf life. ("Sustainable" is different. It's certified by third-party organizations.) Even the people who peddle "natural wine" will soon tire and move onto something else, whatever that is.
Continuing Backlash Against the Wine Industry in Well Developed Wine Regions. Is there a backlash going on that I don't know about? Well, yes: Julie Ann and Tom refer to demands by locals in wine country "to address problems this minority believes are caused by the wine industry," e.g. traffic, crime, noise, environmental impacts, etc. This is indeed happening but there's nothing really new about it. It's a form of NIMBYism that does need to be addressed, but I have a feeling that where money talks, nobody walks: the wineries will pretty much get what they want, because they are the tax base in most of these regions.
Distributor Consolidation. This too has been going on for years. Yes, the problem is getting worse, from the point of view of smaller wineries that are locked out of the chain. There undoubtedly will be greater consolidation, but the good news is that the Internet and social media, with their DTC promise, are becoming effective counter-weights to the three-tiered system.
Emergence of Younger Wine Writers. It is true that "the older, experienced crew begins to think about retirement." How could it be otherwise? It also is true that "young writers [have] been toiling at second tier wine publications and websites." Will there be a simple one-two switch where Blogger Joe is the next Jim Laube? Well, somebody has to be the next Jim Laube so it might as well be Blogger Joe. However, what is missing from this analysis is the sad fact (from the point of view of young writers) that the number of influential writing positions will remain pitifully small. There are simply too many young writers and too few spots for them to work for decent money.
Increase in Use of Media (not Social) Relations in the Wine Industry. Being publicists, Julie Ann and Tom might be expected to predict how important their sphere will become. I've been around for a long time, and watching the interplay between wineries and P.R. firms has been fascinating. The theory is that increased competition will drive wineries to P.R. firms for "help reaching the media with their brand message." Yes…and no. Some wineries will; some won't, because they (a) can't afford it, or (b) aren't convinced external P.R. is worth it, or (c) are turning to their own in-house social media efforts, which they believe can replace traditional P.R. Can it? We'll see. Traditional P.R. may (accent on "may") be an endangered species—the streetlamp lighters of the 21st century. Too soon to tell.
Opportunity in Diversity. Will wineries, in an attempt to gain a niche, produce "different types of wines…new beers, ciders and spirits…" and so on? There are two schools of thought. One is that what has worked in the past (Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir and so on) will continue to work in the future. The other is that the constant craze for new, trendy and different will enable some wineries to exploit consumer fickleness. Unfortunately, crazes have the lifespan of a gnat—remember Moscato? Personally, I can't see wineries getting into "distilling or cider-making," much less beer brewing; it's not part of their core competency. So I'm not sure how much "opportunity" there really is in this new "diversity."
More Groups and More Categories to Choose From. The idea here is that "group marketing" is easier/cheaper than individual marketing—a Darwinian herd strategy where the "pack" can better fend off the wolves than the lone individual. Julie Ann and Tom cite IPOB and ZAP as examples. There is truth here, but in a larger sense, wineries always have been torn between joining groups (which spread the benefits thinly but broadly over everyone) and going it alone, where they stand to gain a greater share of the glory and money. This is an inherently existential question each winery must ask itself. I, myself, can't see any more groups, such as IPOB, successfully emerging. IPOB has been a pheenom, and will be hard to replicate. What I do see is more and more tourism opportunities for wineries: sponsored tastings at resorts and cruise ships, Uber rides from the hotel to the winery, that sort of thing. But this isn't quite what Julie Ann and Tom are talking about.
More Virtual Wineries as Cost of Entry Continues to Increase. Obviously.
The Call For Expertise. I'm glad that Julie Ann and Tom agree with what I've been saying for years: "Many consumers [will] more actively seek out vetted experience in their pursuit of wine advice…in contrast to the Everyman Wine Critic and the Crowd as the source of knowledge…". Amen, brother Tom and sister Julie Ann! I said it in 2008 and I'll say it again: just because somebody runs a wine blog doesn't mean that they have experience or credibility. At last, the consumer is beginning to realize that vetting counts. Despite predictions, widespread in the blogosphere, of the imminent demise of the major wine pubs, their "continued success…is evidence that consumers are looking for real expertise."
Purposeful Authenticity Will Be More Important Than Ever. The message is that "wine companies that can provide…real, heart to heart, meaningful, authentic content will capture hearts, minds and possibly wallets." Agree. The question is, how do you know if the "heart to heart" is real, or just a clever simulation of authenticity (like those oil companies that tout their commitment to the environment while actually wrecking it)? This is very hard; it requires consumers to put on their B.S. detectors. Ultimately, this issue of "authenticity" is the stickiest wicket of all, because nobody knows what it really means, and "the crowd" will always be divided as to who's really authentic and who isn't. One thing for sure: you can smell inauthenticity a mile away.
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I'm driving to Oregon today for more research into my Jackson Family Wines project. To think that just 72 hours ago I was on a warm, sunny beach on the Riviera Maya and now I'm headed up to the cold, rainy north country. I'm bringing my flannel shirts.
Bill Gates' "Content is King," 20 years later
We're coming up on the 20th anniversary of Bill Gates' now-famous manifesto, "Content is King," in which he made a number of predictions concerning the future of the Internet. Keep in mind that, in January of 1996, the Internet, or World Wide Web, was still an object of curiosity to most people, including even those who designed and operated it. Everybody knew how revolutionary the Internet was, but nobody was quite sure how to use it. Yes, the military already was utilizing it for communications, simulations and so on, but the average American was very much puzzled concerning what it meant for her.
I was one of them. I remember getting my first assignment to write about it. It was from Lewis Perdue, at the old Wine Business Monthly magazine, who told me to check the Internet out, and particularly to find out what I could about wine "chat rooms."
I had no idea what he was talking about. I didn't know how to get on the Internet (or if "getting on" was even the proper terminology). It turned out I had to go to the Berkeley library, rent time and use a hideously slow dial-up modem. It took forever to get online, and once I finally did, I hardly knew what to look for. But eventually, I found a few wine chat rooms and dutifully wrote up my article.
Back then, there was little talk of email, and none at all of social media. Winery websites were rare as unicorns (if in fact any even existed), and shopping via the Internet was a mere gleam in Jeff Bezos's eye. Therefore, when Bill Gates wrote his little article, it caught people like a storm. He already was the most famous person in the world of computers and software (along with Steve Jobs), had been on the cover of TIME magazine in 1984 (when he looked like the nerd, Richard Hendricks, on TV's "Silicon Valley"), and was understood to be a great prognosticator.
The title of Gates' paper suggested his point. "Content," he explained, would be the "long-term winner" in the race to make "real money…on the Internet." And being a businessman, of course, Gates' goal was for Microsoft to make real money.
Here are the predictions he made, which I have gleaned from the article. Following each prediction, I offer commentary as to how accurate the prediction was in terms of what has subsequently ensued, and to what degree the prediction has come true.
"Supplying information and entertainment" will be the "exciting things" that will fuel people to turn to the Internet.
PREDICTION ACCURACY: High.
HAS IT COME TRUE? Big "yes."
The universal ease of "anyone with a PC and a modem" being able to "publish whatever content they can create."
PREDICTION ACCURACY: High.
HAS IT COME TRUE? Big "yes."
The ease with which this content can be "distributed worldwide at basically zero marginal cost to the publisher."
PREDICTION ACCURACY: High.
HAS IT COME TRUE? Big "yes."
"Intense competition," some of it successful and some of it a dismal failure, "in all categories of popular content."
PREDICTION ACCURACY: High.
HAS IT COME TRUE? Big "yes."
"Printed magazines" can be "served by electronic online editions."
PREDICTION ACCURACY: Medium-high.
HAS IT COME TRUE? Qualified "yes." It's still unclear how online advertising can raise the revenues that print advertising did.
"To be successful online, a magazine…must…have audio, and possibly video," and not just "take what it has in print and move it" online.
PREDICTION ACCURACY: High.
HAS IT COME TRUE? Qualified "yes." Too many magazines do exactly that: move what it has in print online. Magazines need to do a much better job of giving consumers a reason "to put up with turning on a computer to read a screen." And Gates obviously underestimated the importance of video. "Possibly"? No, definitely.
Concerning the "breadth of information on the Internet," it will be "enormous…".
PREDICTION ACCURACY: High.
HAS IT COME TRUE? Big "yes," but Bill Gates conspicuously missed the importance of "SEARCH" in order to find things in this avalanche of information. Perhaps if he had, Microsoft would have invented Google.
Concerning pay for content providers, "The long-term prospects are good, but I expect a lot of disappointment in the short-term as content companies struggle to make money."
PREDICTION ACCURACY: High.
HAS IT COME TRUE? Big "yes." Gates got it exactly right: Content companies (bloggers included) still struggle to monetize their efforts. Did Gates envision a solution to this problem? He did:
"In the long run, advertising is promising." He also foresaw subscriptions as revenue-raisers.
PREDICTION ACCURACY: Moderate.
HAS IT COME TRUE? No. Gates wrote (1996) "today the amount of subscription revenue or advertising revenue realized on the Internet is near zero." Now (2015), it still is pitiful, and most content providers can't hope to make a living through either subscriptions or advertising. So, while Gates understood that "paying for content doesn't work very well," he was overly optimistic that the problem would be solved. His statement that "This technology will liberate publishers to charge small amounts of money" has failed to materialize. Unless you're Parker or Jancis or somebody like that, almost no wine blogs make money.
Finally–gotta say it–Bill Gates missed social media. If he'd stumbled onto that, Microsoft could have invented Facebook.
Still, this little 1996 paper has turned out to be one of the most important and visionary analyses ever written concerning the Internet.


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My 47-day ordeal at the hands of Somali pirates, by British captain held for ransom
Last updated at 14:45 03 April 2008
The British captain of a ship captured by pirates off the coast of Somalia has spoken of being held to ransom for more than six weeks.
Captain Colin Darch was only freed after the boat's owners agreed to meet the demands of the pirates.
The 70-year-old skipper, from Appledore, North Devon, said that, once the ransom was agreed, there were still problems with the pirates getting their hands on the money because they had no passports or bank accounts.
"It was like a syndicate of factory workers who had won the lottery but couldn't find the ticket," he added.
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Captain Colin Darch spoke out for the first time since being released. He said he feared for his crew's life during the 48-day ordeal
The ordeal began on February 1 this year, 70 nautical miles off the north eastern coast of Somalia when the 35-metre Danish tug Svitzer Korsakov was hijacked.
Captain Darch, who had an Irish engineer and four Russian crew, said a boat with five armed men raced towards them. Although they managed to fend it off, a second boat also approached.
He said: "When we saw the second boat coming, we knew the game was up as we could not manoeuvre enough.
"Someone then shouted that they were on board. They were firing guns. We then closed control and shut down the ship.
"We were told if we behaved no one would get hurt. If we did something wrong, we would be shot."
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Around 20 pirates (ringed in red) invaded the 35-metre Danish tug Svitzer Korsakov, 70 nautical miles off the north eastern coast of Somalia
Around 20 pirates turned up, including one who spoke English, then demanded money.
Captain Darch was in daily touch with the boat's owners Svitzer in Copenhagen but said: "We had reached stalemate and the pirates were getting impatient.
"An American warship was in close attendance but dare not attack in case we got hit.
"We decided to try and help by blacking out the ship and hiding in a stern compartment behind watertight doors, in the hope the American crew would get the message and attack.
"We retreated to a ballast tank partly full of water and spent 18 hours in there - but the attack didn't happen. After 19 hours we gave ourselves up.
"They didn't punish us but they kept a much closer eye on us and we had to spend all day in the wheel house.
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Captain Darch examines bullet shells from a Kalashnikov AK-47, the machine gun the pirates used. The shells were left onboard after the hijacking
"From then on we were accompanied everywhere, even to the toilet, and were not allowed on deck. We were kept like that for 47 days.
"It was obvious the shop and our lives were balanced against a promise of money.
"They looted our cabins - phones, cameras, laptops and our clothes. They didn't bother so much with mine as they were too old fashioned, but they told us we were all Muslim brothers and must share."
They survived on Somali tea for breakfast and dinner and two goats were brought on board for food.
Captain Darch said he feared for his crew's lives when negotiations stalled. "They were unsophisticated hoodlums,' he added.
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The pirates looted the boat's cabins looking for phones, cameras, laptops and clothes. They later told their hostages that they stole as a means to stay alive
"They couldn't drive the ship away, there is huge skill involved in controlling it." On March 18, the pirates left the ship and the crew was free to "steam away out of bandit territory".
The Svitzer owners paid tribute to the 'courage, leadership and strength' shown by the master and crew, but refused to discuss their dialogue with the hijackers.
Captain Darch, who was a North Sea pilot for 20 years and captain of the Lundy Island ferry Oldenburg, said he has not been put off by his ordeal.
"I will continue but not in pirate areas. It keeps me young. I enjoy it too much and I can't resist the call of the open sea," he added.
His wife Barbara said: "It is something I never want to go through again. I had a huge sense of relief when Colin finally phoned and said 'I'm free'."
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We know visitors can be "good medicine" for patients. Family members and friends are welcome to visit; however, patient care is our primary concern. We ask that you follow these regulations established to maintain a peaceful, healing environment for our patients:
- All visitors must provide a valid form of photo identification and the name of the patient for whom they are visiting.
- Children 13 years and under are not permitted in the hospital unless accompanied by an adult at all times.
- No more than two visitors should be in the patient's room at one time. Visitors to semi-private rooms should be considerate of both patients.
- People with colds, sore throats or any contagious diseases should not visit patients.
- Visits should be kept short.
- To maintain a quiet environment, visitors should avoid creating unnecessary noise.
- Visitors are asked to observe quiet times daily from 2p.m. to 4p.m. and after 9p.m. These especially quiet times give our patients even more opportunity to rest and recover.
- Visitors may be asked to leave the room when the doctor or nurse needs to see the patient.
- Visitors should ask before giving gifts of food or beverages since many patients have special or restricted diets.
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- In order to protect confidential patient information and privacy rights of hospital staff, patient and visitor use of recording devices such as cameras (including cell phone cameras), video recorders, audio recorders or any other type of equipment used to capture or record images and/or sound is prohibited. Some exceptions apply on the Women's Services Unit and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (please see the Child Birth packet for specifics). Please respect the privacy of others and speak to the GW Hospital Patient Advocate at 202-715-4195 if you have any concerns.
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(Jan. 12, 2010)--UTSA community members are invited to participate in the Martin Luther King Day March and Commemoration on Monday, Jan. 18, hosted by the City of San Antonio. UTSA participation is coordinated by the Inclusion and Community Engagement Center.
The center has chartered two buses that will provide free transportation to and from the downtown march site. The buses will depart at 8:30 a.m. from the Convocation Center on the UTSA Main Campus and can accommodate 100 people. Participants are encouraged to wear UTSA sweatshirts, t-shirts or jackets to represent the university.
This marks the 24th anniversary of the march in honor of civil rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Martin Luther King Jr. More than 100,000 adults and children are expected to participate in the nearly three-mile march. San Antonio's march is the largest in the United States.
The MLK Commission organizes the march and leads the community effort of more than two dozen events paying tribute to King. A variety of educational, inspirational and celebratory events take place at city library branches, college and university campuses, and military installations.
For more information, visit the San Antonio Martin Luther King Day March Web site hosted by the City of San Antonio or contact the UTSA Inclusion and Community Engagement Center at 210-458-4770.
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The Slow (Internet) Boat to China
This was the first home opener I've missed in 30 years.
I'm way too baseball crazy. My wife loves to travel to exotic places so when she came up with plans for a trip to China for 3 weeks the only question was when. It was either September/October or April. There went my opening day streak. Opening day is for me a religious holiday. You know, opening day is guaranteed to freeze your butt off but it's the annual reintroduction to Wrigley Field. Brown vines withstanding, the scoreboard is such a beautiful sight after a long off-season. So when I decided to sacrifice the beginning of the 2009 season (at the expense of not sacrificing the end of the season) I knew I'd be able to follow the Cubs via all the mlb and internet technology options out there.
Not so fast, grasshopper.
First, I'm told that there is a luggage weight restriction we'd have to deal with in several of the intra-China flights so I shouldn't bring my laptop. OK, I'll bring my iPhone. Then I realize Apple is still working on a deal with China Telecom, so the phone won't get me on the net except thru wi-fi. Plan B. I get a new iPod touch which also gets e-mail and wifi internet plus much more storage for video. I added Ken Burns Baseball (innings 1 and 2), When it was a Game and a few movies ie. Alibi Ike, Kill the Umpire and it Happens Every Spring to prevent baseball withdrawl. Not everything was baseball (Shawshank Redemption) but there was ample material for some long flights and tour bus rides.
April 2nd and 3rd (14 hour flight but with time change Thursday became Friday). Direct flight from O'Hare to Shanghai. I'd strongly recommend seeing the Ken Burns series. It's being replayed from time to time on the mlb network. The route taken was also worth mentioning. Flew straight north over Wisconsin and central Canada, north of Alaska (almost to the North Pole) then down over Siberia. I'm still trying to remind myself to look at a globe to sort that route out.
Fancy hotel in Shanghai with great wi-fi in the room. Perfect. My e-mail box is still under control and I'm reading TCR including comments. Plenty of Arizona Phil, awesome. First glitch. I tried to enter the TCR Annual 10 queston contest but for some reason I couldn't get the choices to work because the browser kept adding boxes of Mandarin script. I knew studying German in highschool was a mistake.
Shanghai is incredible. Supposedly 20 million people. Huge Skyscrapers. We had an extra day in the city to explore before the tour began, so we took the subway to a Buddist Temple and then walked our way back. Walked thru some streets full of vendors selling antique memoribilia (need a Chairman Mao statue?), Eventually found a teahouse for lunch. Oolong tea for me, Jasmine for my mate Renee.
Tour starts on Sunday. Very ambitious schedule including Shanghai Museum, Yu Gardens, the Bund (Chinese version of Michigan Avenue) and a dinner show with Chinese acrobats. Next day is a travel day with stops at a silk factory in Suzhou (I bought a shirt, Happy Buddah size) before getting to Nanking and the Yangtze River for the 10 day cruise part of the trip.
The brochure promised internet on the cruise. Internet-hell is what they need to call it. 4 computers with no wi-fi (nixing my iPod). It took about 20 minutes to download most web pages so only the most patient could access e-mail. The only browser was internet explorer (have I mentioned I hate IE? I it would have taken 24 hours to download Firefox.), so I couldn't access my .mac mail account, but it's a moot point because AOL, g-mail and hotmail users had long waits to get the page to load...so mostly they played freecell and chatted with the passerbys who asked if the internet was faster today as they'd politely smile at the goofballs trying their skill on these hapless computers.
But I'm more saavy than that. From my first cellphone days with "baby" internet, I knew the epsn mobile app site address and hooray, I was saved. Of course there was minimal graphics but it did give me pitch by pitch info.
A Soriano homered to left center. >CHC 1 HOU 0
...and the good Zambrano showed up.
I can live with this. Of course, there was a 13 hour time difference so I had to get up at 2 AM to watch any of the "day games" and night games, well about 6 AM.
K Hill homered to left center, R Theriot scored. >CHC 3 MIL 2
Fuckin' A. But Kerry Wood will be missed if Kevin Gregg pitches like time all season:
R Weeks doubled to deep left, C Duffy scored. >CHC 3 MIL 3
...I do remember KW not starting so well against the Brewers last year, with a 3 run HR by Fukudome being the equivalent of Koyie's heroics in that game.
April 11th, Saturday:
A Ramirez homered to catcher. >CHC 4 MIL 5
A Soriano homered to left, J Gathright scored. >CHC 6 MIL 5
Woo. Soriano hotter than a pistol. People on the other computers think I'm nuts. I guess I am.
Wuhan, China to Chicago, April 13th. Get up at 2:20 am for the official opening day. Game hasn't started. Gotta find out if it's going to be cancelled. Fortunately after 15 minutes the TCR site loads, 15 more minutes to get the comments.
thanks Jace (TCR readers come thru!):
Radar looks like things should be clearing up in 30 minutes or so... It'll be a cold, wet one, but it looks like it might be playable...
So I sit and wait for 112 minutes for my baseball opening day fix.
Well worth it. Lillyhammer, we loves you. No-no into the 7th and even the bullpen didn't suck.
After 10 days on the Yangtze River including the beautiful Three Gorges, we end the river part of the tour in Chongquing (formerly known as Chung-King until the frozen food company was getting too much notoriety). Highlighted by a stop at their zoo to see the Pandas, it's a city supposedly over 6 million but 30 million for the whole municipality. That's alot of people and the city was very busy with monorails, taxi's but not bicycles as it's built on somewhat mountainous terrain.
Same day, we fly to Xian, population 7 million. Home of the terra cota warriors. These are some 8,000 statues lined up in military columns (rediscovered by farmers drilling for water in 1974) it was representative of the Emporer Qin Shi Huang's army from around 200 B.C. One has to see them in person to appreciate how spectacular this archeological wonder is.
Xian was the return to luxury hotel-land. Wi-fi in the lobby (but not in the room). So I'm back in business. I downloaded the mlb app which became available just before I left home. Awesome. This year they've added radio broadcasts of both teams. Live updates too with all the usual frills like boxscores and video hightlights. I'm in the lobby of the hotel at 4:30 am with headphones listening to Pat and Ron. I pick up the game about the 6th inning as the Cardinals tied it up at 4-4. We're in for a long season if our bullpen repeats this effort Heilman/Patton/Cotts/Guzman...yeech. Sad final, 7-4 and I'm off to the land of ancient artifacts.
Finally we fly to Beijing and a luxurious Shangri-La hotel. Internet in the room but no wi-fi. I was duped cause they never weighed our luggage for the flight so I could have bought the laptop. I go down to the lobby for wi-fi and find the signal is sort of weak. So I get Pat and Ron but they keep cutting out. Back to espn mobile.app but I keep hoping to hear Ron whooping it up. Missed it by that much so it's me that's whooping at Saturday, 5 am in the lobby.
A Soriano homered to left center, A Miles scored. >STL 7 CHC 8
Finally got the mlb app to work and watched the vido of the Soriano HR. Woo. I'm off to tour the Great China Wall...
...until Sunday 5 am:
Bot 11th - CHC
A Ramirez homered to center, K Fukudome scored. >STL 5 CHC 7
Concierge thinks I'm a traveling lunatic especially on the second morning of this.
After the final game in the Cardinal series gets rained out I relax my baseball-jones and I'm off for the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square wrapping up the tour with a Chinese Opera performance. The last morning of the trip had a few more hours to see Beijing and visit a fantastic park called Temple of Heaven with people doing Tai-chi, ribbon dancing and other popular Chinese forms of exercise. The Emperor, circa 1500, would visit the Temples on site after a 3 day fast to pray for a good harvest. Finally, the 13 hour flight home and major jet lag (which I'm still suffering from nearly a week later). With a day off monday (travel day) and a Cincy series that I had tickets for...I survived my April baseball challenge.
Remember if all else fails, http://mobileapp.espn.go.com/mlb/scoreboard
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that was fun...enjoyed the piece.
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enjoy china...say hello to all our US money while you're there.
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Good read. Makes me wonder if I'm quite the baseball fanatic you are. I might be, but I've never had to get up at 2:00 to follow a game on the internet.
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Good read. Thanks for sharing. I studied abroad in China from June-Sept of '06 and I remember how hard it was for me to follow the Cubs for that time; I feel for you.
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...and the Bryant RBI jinx continues in the 3rd....crap.
bryant's in the dugout filling a police report BECAUSE HE JUST GOT ROBBED.
f'n cabrerra...
chapman showing up and available tomorrow night.
i'm sure he'll be a bit hit. hope he doesn't choke. dude has a rifle for an arm. he'll add a bit of punch to the bullpen.
the 'crosstown classic' sure has lost it's magic with interleague. the excitement level is barely noticable...maybe it's a bit more hype in the city, itself.
Well he didn't leave a mark so its not that bad.
Fuck that.
He choked her.
Her brother tackled him to separate him.
He cooled off by shooting his gun in the garage.
I don't have to like him on the team I follow.
And you are others are free to not give a shit about his personal misgivings if you so choose as well.
Sure, no marks and some inconsistencies in the witness's statements. But firing your gun into garage wall immediately after an argument and punching out your car window is still threatening and out of control behavior. There was certainly enough for MLB to think it warranted a 30-game suspension.
I'd prefer they be flexible with the closing situation depending on matchups. You're not really adding a lefty reliever if you use him strictly as a closer.
Stockpiling young talent isn't only for trading for someone like Chapman though. Even with an elite closer winning the World Series is basically a crap shoot so the key is to get to the playoffs as much as possible and not just mortgage everything on one year. Once you get there an elite bullpen certainly helps but the playoffs can be won by one hitter or starting pitcher getting hot (Murphy, Molina, Baumgardner) and a closer might not be able to stop that.
I'm also not crazy about press convictions. As the police report noted, there were no marks on the lady in question. There's a TMZ link (of course) to her police pictures, as well.
I think the only way this trade goes real bad is if Cubbery intervenes and Chapman is suddenly bad for some reason.
I am right there with you closing in on 60.
I don't care that much about "mortgaging" one player who is not only blocked by two guys, but is not ready to hit the majors for at least a couple years.
There is no reason why this team, this year, can't have a real shot at something NONE of us have experienced.
Further, I don't feel that even if they fall short that they have ruined their farm system.
I have made my opinion clear here, with others, Warren was shit on the Cubs save one spot start.
Trading for Warren, Warren sucking, getting Warren back for Chapman plus 3 prospects, sounds like Revenge of The Yankees on the former Boston executive. Old rivalries never die.
I pray to the heavens above Chapman doesn't suck for some reason, or he'll be booed out of town faster than a Todd Hundley revival meeting.
I'm kind of nostalgic for the Schwarber-for-Miller rumors.
This offseason, after some ridiculous playoff run and Chapman saving every game from here until the end of the postseason striking out 27/9innings, I welcome anyone to quote this thread and call me a dummy: I hate this trade, and my hate is 2 parts Chapman makes this team less likeable and 1 part that's a ridiculous overpay for 30 regular season innings and, at tops, 10 postseason innings. Already hoping they don't extend him.
btw...Thanks AZ Phil. I'm really enjoying your take on this trade.
I'm a bit disappointed on the Warren experience. Essentially they gave Castro away for crickets (OK, well they signed Zobrist with the Castro salary dump). Otherwise one might look at it as Chapman for Castro and our #1 minors prospect (Torres) + McKinney/Crawford. Seems pricey for a 2 month rental. We will see if this price tag is that steep in a relative way based on the remaining deadline deals for relievers.
Yep. One of the great things about this team (in addition to being really good at baseball) was the "likable" factor. Feels a bit different now. Who knows...maybe Chapman will be the king of the dance parties.


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7/12/16…………………Peer to Peer Sales Team Member - UTC Dining Services
Job Description
Hours per Week: 10 hours per week
Term: 3 weeks at the beginning of the semester
Employee Type: Hourly & Seasonal
Title: Peer to Peer Sales Team Member
Essential Functions:
Peer to Peer Sales Team members will assist the assigned Marketing Manager with the active communication and selling of meal plan opportunities to voluntary students for an assigned period at the beginning of the semester.
Minimum Skills/Qualifications:
- Background and interest in Marketing
- Previous food service experience a plus, but not necessary
- Must be able to work independently and with a team
- Must be a good role model with work practices
- Ability to work and communicate with others
- Self-motivated
- Must attend Mandatory Student Training Sessions offered before work commences
- Be a pro-active team member who actively engages with customers to promote and grow meal plan sales
- Previous knowledge of dining locations and meal plans a plus
Duties and Responsibilities of Peer to Peer Sales Team Members include, but are not limited to:
- Must be knowledgeable about meal plans, mocs bucks, and UTC Dining locations
- Effectively communicate information from management to customers, students, and parents
- Adheres to all policies/procedures set forth in the student handbook
- Presents him/herself in a professional manner
General Expectations for Peer to Peer Sales Team Members:
- Detail oriented
- Ability to complete assigned tasks
- Able to gain respect in a leadership role
- Protect and uphold the rules and guidelines put forth by UTC Dining services
- Utilize the tools and technology available
- Ability to meet required hours
Additional Attributes for Peer to Peer Sales Team Members include, but are not limited to:
- Ability to work with minimal supervision
- Be a team leader and team player
- Knows and reacts with appropriate responses to organizational needs
- Demonstrate clear and effective communication with supervisors and team members
- Understands of general functions of UTC Dining locations
Goal Orientation
- Able to prioritize work tasks
- Able to carry out goals/tasks
- Does not allow distractions to prevent the completion of tasks in a timely manner
- Display positive attitude with customers, coworkers and towards work
- Demonstrate good verbal and nonverbal communication
- Be able to know/understand rules/guidelines and accurately assess why they are in place
- Must be able to give and receive constructive criticism
- Able to apply knowledge in multiple settings
- Ability to work through bad experiences by assessing what caused them, what can be done to repair them, and how to avoid them in the future
- Ability to respond quickly to issues at hand with a resolution
Appreciation of Differences
- Understand and respect the values and beliefs of others
- Treat all customers, peers, and supervisors respectfully and congenially
- Listen to concerns and issues brought forth and deal with them in a timely manner
Tolerance of Ambiguity
- Able to adjust to differing customer/staffing conditions on a day to day basis
- Maintain composure in difficult situations
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7/7/16………………….Fall 2016 Peer Tutors - CCSS
The Center for College and Student Success needs to hire peer tutors for fall 2016 in various courses including biology, chemistry, economics, engineering, math, and physics to work in the day tutoring program.
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7/7/716…………………Fall 2016 Peer Tutors - CCSS
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Who can apply: UTC upperclassmen, minimum GPA of 3.0, and received an A or B in the subjects to be tutored.
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4/21/16……………………..Fall 2016 Jobs in the IT Solutions Center
The IT Solutions Center is looking for students to fill some of their opened positions starting in the Fall Semester.
The IT Solutions Center provides support for tier 1 (email, phone, and remote) support for students, faculty, and staff as well as tier 2 (hardware, software, and virus) support for students.
The Solutions Center expects student employees to exhibit exceptional customer service and problem solving abilities. Student employees will be trained to troubleshoot advanced technical issues and provide support for University-specific requests.
To apply for this position, please visit the IT Solutions Center employment page at http://www.utc.edu/information-technology/employment.php.
4/20/16…………….FALL 2016 Supplemental Instruction Leaders
The Center for College and Student Success needs to hire SI Leaders in various courses, including Biology 2060 and 2080, Chemistry 1110 and 1120, Physics 1030, Anthropology 1100, and Sociology 2500 for fall 2016.
SI Leaders are students who have previously done well in the course. These students attend the class lectures, take notes, and facilitate peer group study sessions weekly.
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Pay: $12.00/hour for 10 hours a week
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4/15/16…………………Dining Services Jobs for Fall 2016
UTC Dining services is now hiring student workers for next Fall. We offer a variety of positions with flexible schedules. We will find the right work role for you that fits into your school schedule. Receive a free meal with each shift you work!
Please apply using your Mocs Email. Visit aramark.com/careers and search for UTC to apply now.
4/5/16……………..UTC Telefund - Office of Development & Alumni Affairs Now Hiring
The Telefund Program is in need of student-workers for the remainder of this semester, in addition to this upcoming Summer and Fall
- We offer shifts Monday – Thursday from 6 - 9 p.m.
- Callers are required to work at least two shifts a week
- Monday/Wednesday and Tuesday/Thursday shifts available
- Part-time job offering 10-20 hours/week
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JOB DESCRIPTION: The VA work-study position will consist of assisting the Veteran Affairs School Certifying Official with performing office functions specifically related to the VA enrollment process and the maintenance of VA student records.
As a VA work-study recipient, the VA contracts directly with you to provide service to veterans, reservists, and dependents at a VA approved work site.
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- Montgomery GI Bill--Active Duty (38 U.S.C. Chapter 30)
- REAP Participants
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- Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Program (38 U.S.C. Chapter 32)
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3/2/16............................2016 TUTORS – Office of Student-Athlete Academic Support
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Bring your families out to The Ranch to celebrate Independence Week. Live music, plenty of family activities, the Brasada Country Fair, and Chef Ryan's signature BBQ will make this an Independence Day weekend to remember. More information to come soon
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Come enjoy the country fresh Independence Day All-American BBQ with live music, delicious eats and music from Aaron Crawford, and American/Country Artist. Dinner begins at 6:00pm and music begins at 7:30pm until 10:30pm.
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This special Member's Only evening has the course covered in glow sticks and players laughing and enjoying the Brasada Canyon's Golf Course under a full moon. With our semi-warm summer nights, this event has been a hit year after year as the stars and moon are spectacular!
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All members and guests are invited to tailgate in The Barn parking lot prior to kickoff of the Civil War game. Pop up tents with decorations, will be set up with face painting, temporary tattoos and all sorts of Duck and Beaver swag so that you can get decked out for the game. BBQ, beer, and bloody mary's will be available for purchase.