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CT Watchdog: A loyal customer treated shabbily
For more than 30 years West Hartford resident Don Reder has been a loyal Hilton customer collecting hundreds of thousands of Hilton reward points.
This Spring Reder discovered that he was about to lose his remaining 250,000 points because he did not have any activity in his account in the previous 12 months.
He wasn't notified of the impending loss by Hilton, rather by his free Android App AwardWallet.
AwardWallet notified him that he could continue to keep his points alive for another year if he paid $12.95.
"I thought it was a bit strange that I had not received an email from Hilton regarding this and logged on to my account to check my points status," Reder told CtWatchdog.
"I checked my messages...nothing. I confirmed that they had my correct email. I spent ten minutes clicking all the options regarding points and never found anything that addressed the expiration of my points."
"I finally called Customer Service and spoke with a very pleasant woman who confirmed that, yes indeedy, my quarter million points were about to expire. She, also, could find nowhere on the HHonors site to see this. She could also not explain why there had been no email to me and nothing in my messages regarding this."
Reder asked CtWatchdog to look into whether his case was a mistake or if Hilton was trying to get rid of points it had on its books by pulling a fast one on its customers.
"Maybe their system was supposed to notify me and just burped at that moment, but the fact that I could not find the expiration status when I was signed on makes me a tad suspicious," Reder said. "Because of the overhang of these programs, lots of companies are changing their plans to make it more difficult to use points and there is no such thing as a free ticket on some of the airlines anymore since they charge you a $100 or more "processing fee" to get you your "free" flight."
I contacted Hilton and promptly received a response from Anthony Martucci, a public relations official working with Hilton.
Martucci, in effect, said that Hilton reward customers need to discover the terms of its program and it wasn't Hilton's responsibility to notify customers when their points are about to expire.
"Members who do not have eligible activity in any 12 consecutive month period may be removed from the Hilton HHonors program and are subject to forfeiture of all accumulated points," Martucci responded to Reder's questions.
"We strongly encourage all members to review the HHonors terms and conditions to be informed of the program's policies. For more information on this specific policy and to understand what is considered eligible activity, please visit HHonors.com/Terms."
I took a look at www.HHonors.com/Terms and I encourage you to look at it.
It is page after page of small print delineating "HHonors Terms & Conditions."
Reder did read the fine print and discovered that among the pages the contract "absolutely allows them to vaporize my quarter million points if I've had no activity in twelve months."
"But that's not the point," Reder said. "Hilton seems to have the capability to email me when there's some type of special they want me to take advantage of, so I find it curious that they don't have the ability to email me when I'm about to lose all of my points? And they not only didn't email me, they didn't send me a message through their own HHonors web site OR provide any way when I logged into my account to determine that my points were in jeopardy."
Reder is absolutely right.
This is no way to treat loyal customers.
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RIM is working on its own version of Instagram that will come preloaded on BlackBerry 10 devices.
Rather than a downloadable app, the software will be part of all BlackBerry 10 devices as standard and could even be rolled out before then as an update to the BlackBerry PlayBook.
With no Instagram app currently available for BlackBerry users, RIM's photo editing software will enable a similar experience - allowing the user to add filters, frames and transformations to any snaps they take with their BlackBerry device to give them a retro or arty look.
The software is set to be developed by Scalado, the imaging specialists recently bought by Nokia and which is responsible for RIM's "back and forth in time" camera shot demoed on BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha devices at BlackBerry World in May.
Instagram has proved such a hit among consumers that Facebook is in the process of buying the app for $1 billion.
How well will RIM's alternative photo filtering suite bear up? We'll have to wait until at least 2013 after the manufacturer delayed the release of BlackBerry 10 to find out - unless we get a preview on the BlackBerry PlayBook of course.
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Given the chance I will usually look at suits of armor. I love the samurai armor in the Pavilion for Japanese Art, often visit the Arms and Armor galleries when at the Met, and lately have been studying the four shining examples in the Hearst exhibition, trying to figure out what makes them interesting. I began with the thesis that they're funny, but that's not it: they're more strange than funny, the original Transformers, an alien version of the human form. Hearst the Collector is a great place to ponder the contrast; the armored figures stand like sentinels at an intersection that leads in every direction to images of graceful humans, or goddesses in human form.
The other thing that interests me about armor is: it seems like it would be difficult to fight while wearing it—hard to move and even harder to see what you're doing. I've researched this a bit and am amazed to find a scholar who sort of agrees. In A History of Warfare, the historian John Keegan writes,
Indeed, there is considerable evidence that, even in its heyday in the fifteenth century, knightly warfare was not what it seems to us or what its devotees believed it ought to be at the time…. The idea that armoured knights, riding knee to knee with couched lances in dense waves of successive ranks, could have charged home against each other without instantaneous catastrophe to both sides at the moment of impact defies belief.
Keegan thinks plate armor was less suited to combat than to "the artificialities of the joust."
And yet, not so fast. The Met's excellent FAQ on armor says that the immobility of knights in armor is a misconception—that field armor weighs less than the things modern soldiers carry and that "the famous French knight Jean de Maingre (ca. 1366-1421) known as Maréchal Boucicault… in full armor, was able to climb up the underside of a ladder using only his hands." And I find that pretty fascinating too.


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First Presbyterian Church Cemetery
35 Church St.
Rockaway, Morris County, New Jersey, 07866 USA Show Map
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Part of the present day cemetery was believed to be an old Native American burial ground. Colonial settlement took hold here in Rockaway, Morris County New Jersey, around the year 1720, and considerable business formed around 1730 with the building of the Job Allen Sr. Iron Works. Tradition states that this particular spot was selected as a burial ground by the earliest families. An original attempt to organize a church failed in 1749, in what was known at the time as Pequannock Township. The second attempt was successful. On March 2, 1758 the Presbyterian Church was founded and organized. The first Meeting House constructed of wood, was built in 1758-60, primarily by Job Allen Sr., some of the foundation work began as early as September of 1752. Job Allen Jr. would complete the construction of the Meeting House some 36 years later in 1794. The present church sanctuary was built in 1832.
The original church property consisted of 10 acres and 30 perch, which used to cover property west of Wall Street, and also included property across the street from the present church, which today is a baseball field and park. Some of the earliest settlers whose grave sites are unknown and forgotten can in fact be buried in said locations, as well as under the church parking lots or even under some of the cemetery roads.
On September 27th 1773, David Beaman: deacon, chorister, elder and Revolutionary War veteran, was voted to take care of the burying yard: "to tell people where to bury their dead, and to advertise it through the parish." This makes him the first church and cemetery sexton at the Rockaway Presbyterian Church. Ironically, David Beaman is buried in a grave that was never marked. He died in December of 1802. David Beaman was followed by another Revolutionary War veteran, David Gordon. He took over the duties as sexton right after the war. People used to call him "the old sexton", his broken headstone bears the same inscription. He held the position as sexton for over 40 years. He died in 1852 at the age of 92 years and 10 months. In 1832 William Wear had "the privilege of tilling and pasturing the grave yard." After his service came John B. Kelsey, then Silvanus Howell in 1839, Fredrick Star, then David Hamilton in 1858, Joseph H. Beach in 1864, then John Gordon Mott in 1875, who held the position as sexton for 47 years, being assisted by William Rogers and Peter Beatty in the last few years. Peter Carlyon followed John Gordon Mott in 1923 retiring in 1955.
The oldest grave stone is dated April 8th 1762. David Estill lost his beloved wife Mary at the age of 24 years. There are estimated to be 48 Revolutionary War veterans buried here, some accounts say around 100 people buried here participated in the conflict. The Morris County- New Jersey Militia's highest ranking officer, Brigadier General William Winds is buried in the small knoll behind the church. He was also elected as one of three delegates from Morris County to the New Jersey Convention which ratified the Constitution of the United States for the state of New Jersey in 1788. He died in 1789.
There are 20 War of 1812 veterans interred in the cemetery, 135 Civil War veterans, 13 Spanish American War veterans, 87 WWI veterans, to date there are 142 WWII veterans, to date there are 25 Korean War veterans, and 8 Vietnam War veterans resting in peace. There are approximately 7,000 people interred in the cemetery.
In 1861 the cemetery was surveyed and plotted, and walkways and roads were constructed. In 1933 part of George Stickle's will was bequeathed to the cemetery. Part of the money was used to erect the iron spiked fence that surrounds half of the property.
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To contact sexton, either call the church office and leave a message (973-627-1059 or his e-mail address is: email@example.com.
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Ten years ago, AnnMarie Salviski was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer. She said that the diagnosis frightened her.
"When I was diagnosed, it was 10 years, almost to the day, of my father's diagnosis with colon cancer. My father passed away from it," Salviski, 55, said. She said that she wondered, "What's going to happen? Am I going to die? You think of all of these things. Then you stop worrying about yourself." She said that she began thinking more about her two daughters, Anna, 34, Maria, 32, her son, Nicholas, 27, and her husband Ron, 55.
"When one person in a family has cancer, the whole family has cancer," Salviski said.
Shortly after Salviski learned that she had cancer, she was invited to participate in Relay For Life. She said, "Bonnie Sciuk (owner of Brite Ideas) came to the place where I am employed. She knew that I was a cancer patient because I was wearing a baseball cap and had no hair." Sciuk asked Salviski to be part of Relay For Life.
"It was an opportunity for me to toot my own horn. I got a team together. The first year, we raised $1,000. We've raised almost $100,000 through the years. We did it all in our plant through the generosity of the people I work with," Salviski explained. The team consists of employees of Fresenius Kabi Pharmaceuticals on Staley Road, where Salviski works as a training coordinator.
This year, Salviski has been designated as the honorary survivor for Grand Island's Relay For Life. Salviski, who lives in Niagara Falls, said, "I was shocked when they asked me. I was very surprised and very humbled. It means a lot to me."
On Saturday, Salviski will be at Relay For Life at Veterans Park, with her team. One of her teammates is friend and coworker Lisa Dudley, honorary survivor in 2008. She too is a breast cancer survivor. Salviski said that most of her family will come to Relay For Life, with the exception of her mother, Ruth, 82, who has Alzheimer's.
One of the requirements for both honorary survivor AnnMarie Salviski and honorary caregiver Emily Reynolds is to give a speech at Relay For Life. "I'm never at a loss for words, but this is hard. I don't want to get up in front of everyone and drone about cancer. I want people to take away from Relay that there is all kinds of hope. Relay keeps you grounded. I am not there because I have cancer. I am there because someone else does," Salviski said.
Salviski talked about meeting honorary caregiver Emily Reynolds, 10, and her sister Caralyn, 8, at the Relay For Life kickoff in February. "I couldn't think of a better caregiver than a sister, especially at their ages. At the kickoff, they walked up hand in hand. I think that their closeness is extraordinary. I could never complain when I see these two. They always have a smile on their faces."
Salviski described her own journey with cancer. She said that the care that she received from her first oncologist, Suleyman C. Sarpel, "probably is what made it so easy to live through it. I couldn't have asked for a better oncologist. He made the difference. He was very caring." That doctor is now retired. His specialties were hematology, oncology, and internal medicine, and he had an office on Grand Island.
Salviski had a radical mastectomy shortly after she was initially diagnosed. She described it as "devastating," but added that she was able to maintain her sense of humor. After five years, she had reconstructive surgery.
In January 2013, Salviski was once again diagnosed with breast cancer. "The cancer came back in the same general area, underneath the reconstruction," Salviski said. She added that the cancer was caught in a very early stage. She is happy with the care that she is getting at Roswell Park. "That is a wonderful place," she said.
Salviski described her cancer as "hormone positive." She said that the "estrogen produced by my body was feeding the tumors." Even after going through menopause, the female body still produces some estrogen, and it was that estrogen that fueled the growth of the new cancer cells.
In the future, she said, she will have surgery. Because Salviski's cancer is in an early stage, the surgery can be postponed. "My son is getting married in October," Salviski said. "I can hold off. It's still pretty early, and it's not at all like it was the first time. It's being monitored closely. I didn't want my son to play second fiddle to cancer. I wanted the summer to be about him and his future wife."
Being diagnosed a second time was a different experience from her first diagnosis. "It was not as frightening," Salviski said, adding that she felt angry when she was diagnosed with cancer for the second time. "It's been 10 years since my initial diagnosis, and I thought that I was in the clear." She added, "I'm not surprised by the rediagnosis. I was watched really closely, and I had other little relapses."
Salviski does not have the breast cancer gene, although she said that she "comes from a family of many cancers." Her father had colon cancer and her paternal grandmother died from breast cancer, also at the age of 55. She also had cousins with brain cancer and leukemia.
Salviski said that many people with cancer have far worse experiences than she has had. "My cancer seems so minor compared to other cancers. Some are life-ending. It's all a matter of how soon they (medical personnel) find the cancer."
When Salviski isn't at work or raising money for Relay For Life, she can be found pulling weeds in the garden that her husband planted, reading, attending concerts, or going to her 11-year-old granddaughter Alexis' softball games. "I love going to games. I am a die-hard grandparent when it comes to softball with her. I scream the loudest."
Salviski said, "I used to tell people that Alexis came at just the right time. She took all of our thoughts away from the cancer."
Salviski said about Relay For Life: "I am excited. This is so much fun. It is a big part of our lives, even at work. We generally start up our year with a basket auction at the plant. It gets you so excited. I love to say that we've added money and donations to our team page. I am thrilled to do this. I'd like to think that, if I didn't have cancer, I would do this ... work on this cancer awareness. This is fun, and I am helping someone else. I don't know where they are, but I am helping someone."
Relay For Life will be held from 2 p.m. Saturday until 6 a.m. Sunday at Veterans Park.


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What card was this for?
I think the BBRZMC is HSBC also but I don't have a CLI option.
I have an orchard card and I got the same message about contacting customer service .. anddddd So I did. Unfortunately the rep told me that I would get a decision within 7-10 business days and to keep checking my account. He said he had no idea whether it would be a hard inq or soft! ..Weird. . Called First Premier (current limit 250) and got an instant credit increase of $200 dlrs of course with a 35 dollar fee.
It was a soft pull.
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Was it a hard pull for the $1000 CLI?
I had to call in for my Orchard Bank card...applied and was denied over the phone.
As for my Gold BBRZ MC, I did it online and was approved...went from $300 to $600. It did not show up immediately online, though.
[EDIT] It just showed up. Now my Gold BBRZ MC is at $600.
MY HSBC luv button changed from the "we are not accepting cli's now" yesterday to "please call customer service" today. However, when I called I got the same message from the CSR that I have been told for several months that "they had made a business decision not to issue cli's at this time." He did say I might want to try again in the next few days.
I just checked mine as well and I get "to speak to a Customer Care representative. In order to process your request, please contact us " but I also do see where it says "form unabailable"
to speak to a Customer Care representative.
I have two Household accounts, one has the CLI button and the other says to call customer service. The one with the button does say that a credit report may be pulled in order to process your request. I may just try it anyway because they cannot pull a hard as all 3 CRA's are frozen.
Before I call CSR, I need to know if this is a Soft or Hard Pull? I have an Orchard Card for 5 years and BB store card that I would like see some increase.
Thanks in advance
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Alright, took one for the team. My CL is $300, have had it for 2 months roughly. I hit the CLI button, it asked me how much CLI I wanted, reason for it, amount I plan to spend, and Annual Income. I asked for $1500 CLI and said I planned to spend $1800. I got a "response via mail within 7-10 business days" message, so I'll update when I find out. Wish me luck here team!
Good Luck!! and thanks for taking one for the team!


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Outgoing Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell proposed a $96 billion biennial budget on Monday that forecasts continued revenue growth and lays out a plan to bring the state's rainy-day fund to $1 billion by fiscal 2016.
Democrat Terry McAuliffe will occupy Virginia's executive office when the statehouse begins debating the budget in January. Because of state law, though, legislators will work off the proposal drafted by McDonnell, a Republican whose term ends this year.
"This is not the point where an outgoing governor would usually embark on major new programs, but rather a time to solidify past policy initiatives. My budget makes room for both," McDonnell said in remarks to state legislators.
Virginia's revenue will likely grow 4.2 percent in the fiscal year beginning July 1 and 3.9 percent in the following year, he said. That will allow spending to increase by about $10 billion from the last biennial budget.
In the plan, McDonnell left $50.9 million free to give Governor-elect McAuliffe spending flexibility. He said it was the state's largest unappropriated balance since 1991.
A spokesman from McAuliffe's office did not respond to requests for comment on the budget. In a statement released to local media, however, the spokesman said that it includes many items "that will make Virginia a better place to work, live and do business," and that McAuliffe is "already closely examining" it.
The budget forecasts capital spending and debt to rise slightly over the two years. Total outstanding debt is expected to reach $11.86 billion in fiscal 2016, compared with the $10.8 billion outstanding this fiscal year. Spending is expected to increase to $48.59 billion from $44.62 billion. The budget also puts $196.7 million aside for debt service.
"I believe we need to take a breather from issuing significant new debt until we have a better understanding of Virginia's future economy," McDonnell said.
Medicaid, the health insurance program for the poor that is partially reimbursed by the federal government, now makes up more than a fifth of Virginia's spending and is "the fastest growing major program in our operating budget," McDonnell said.
Over the biennium, Virginia will have to spend $674 million more despite slower enrollment growth, McDonnell said, adding that the budget also does not include an inflation increase for hospitals participating in Medicaid in fiscal 2015.
"While the Medicaid forecast does include some funding for an anticipated increased enrollment from the federal exchange, we have seen little impact due to the major exchange implementation issues," he said.
(Reporting by Lisa Lambert; editing by Matthew Lewis)


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Misonix BoneScalpel™ Subject Of New Clinical Paper
Jan 29, 2013, 01:26 EST
FARMINGDALE, N.Y., Jan. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Misonix, Inc. (NasdaqGM: MSON), an international surgical device company that designs, manufactures and markets innovative therapeutic ultrasonic products for spine surgery, skull-based surgery, neurosurgery, wound debridement, cosmetic surgery, laparoscopic surgery and other surgical applications, was cited in a clinical paper accepted for publication by "The Laryngoscope," a prestigious, peer-reviewed journal circulated to leading ear, nose, throat and reconstructive surgeons, entitled "Piezoelectric BoneScalpel Osteotomies in Osteocutaneous Free Flaps," authored by Wick, et al, from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospitals Ear, Nose, and Throat Institute; University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio. Free flaps, in this instance, refer to harvested bone and soft tissue from donor sites used in reconstructive surgery of the head and neck.
Among the conclusions of the study, it was noted that the Misonix® BoneScalpel Ultrasonic Bone Cutter offers a safe and efficient method to create precise cuts during the harvest of bone to be used for reconstructive surgery of the head and neck, generally required as a result of cancer surgery. Primary advantages of the device include better tactile control, precise osteotomies (cuts through bone), a minimal learning curve for the surgeons, and theoretic protection of vital soft tissue such as vascular structures.
The Misonix® BoneScalpel, which was used to perform the study, is a novel ultrasonic osteotome (bone cutting device) used for safe, tissue-selective bone dissection that encourages non-fragmented bone removal and refined osteotomies while sparing elastic soft tissue structures. Most users report that the surgical field is relatively bloodless and clean. Loss of viable bone is minimal and controllable. The BoneScalpel has been used extensively for bone removal in the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine, including deformity surgery.
"We are proud to be cited by a prestigious peer-reviewed journal for yet another positive clinical experience with the Misonix BoneScalpel when used in advanced head and neck surgery," said Michael A. McManus, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of Misonix. "It is our privilege to provide state-of-the-art head and neck surgery technology to prestigious institutions such as Cleveland's University Hospitals."
About Misonix
Misonix, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures and markets therapeutic ultrasonic medical devices. Misonix's therapeutic ultrasonic platform is the basis for several innovative medical technologies. Addressing a combined market estimated to be in excess of $3 billion annually; Misonix's proprietary ultrasonic medical devices are used for wound debridement, cosmetic surgery, neurosurgery, laparoscopic surgery, and other surgical and medical applications. Additional information is available on the Company's Web site at www.misonix.com.
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With the exception of historical information contained in this press release, content herein may contain "forward looking statements" that are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the statements made. These factors include general economic conditions, delays and risks associated with the performance of contracts, risks associated with international sales and currency fluctuations, uncertainties as a result of research and development, acceptable results from clinical studies, including publication of results and patient/procedure data with varying levels of statistical relevancy, risks involved in introducing and marketing new products, potential acquisitions, consumer and industry acceptance, litigation and/or court proceedings, including the timing and monetary requirements of such activities, the timing of finding strategic partners and implementing such relationships, regulatory risks including approval of pending and/or contemplated 510(k) filings, the ability to achieve and maintain profitability in the Company's business lines, and other factors discussed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K. The Company disclaims any obligation to update its forward-looking relationships.
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Lawmakers are introducing several bills designed to target spam.
The Electronic Privacy Information Center will now go after records of the Department of Homeland Security's operations.
The Terrorist Threat Information Center will collect terrorism data from the CIA, FBI and other sources.
Matching grants will be available to state and local governments to help with equipment and training.
So far, the court has refused to consider a case revolving around the issue of where lawsuits regarding the Internet should be filed.
The Department of Homeland Security will begin more and more immigration-related applications over the Web.
The company delayed the interconnection request of another company.
Despite criticism of Broward County's performance with respect to elections, the supervisor said she would not step down as supervisor.
The ocean explorer will use the federal grant to expand a broadcasting system that will show he and his fellow explorers at work underwater.
Industry partners will be able to see and alter the source code of the Windows CE operating system for handheld devices and other small electronic products.
The company will have to reimburse its competitors for financing rural telephone lines.
Previously, the company's customers only got a busy signal when they called 911.
The woman's e-mail account was used to send inflammatory messages about the president.
Oregon, Virginia and Idaho give the tests online to students in the second grade up to high school.
Though originally acquitted on charges of violating Norway's data break-in laws, the teenager will be back in court.
He is filling the seat vacated by Larry Ellison.
Antonin Scalia said he would not accept a free speech award if broadcast media were present at the event.
The Recording Industry Association of America is threatening corporations with "significant legal damages" if corporate networks are used to illegally trade music.
The "Dynamic Systems Initiative" will feature software designed to make networks manage themselves.
The Kansas Library Association told the Legislature that filters would cost $150 per PC.
The legislation would give federal judges discretion to allow cameras or other types of electronic media access to courtrooms.
Suspects allegedly transferred more than $130,000 from various bank accounts.
EU information society commissioner says a cyber-attack could be devastating.
The person sent fraudulent e-mails to intended victims asking for verification of personal details.
FCC will consider whether ownership restrictions are outdated.
Doctor plans to appeal, saying prescriptions were based on long-standing medical problems and didn't require an exam.
The Alliance for Digital Progress is fighting the entertainment industry's efforts to require anti-copying technology in a wide range of devices.
Ridge will head a massive federal reorganization as the Department of Homeland Security is formed.
The New York attorney general sued after more than half a million computer users complained about a barrage of spam.
John Engler will be a vice president in the company's government-services division.
John Engler will be a vice president in the company's government-services division.
More than 300 voters cast their ballot via the Internet; 48 went to the polls.
Russia is the first to enlist in the company's "Government Security Program."
Critics say the company has never opened up its network to competition.
The parent company of Kazaa had argued it could not be sued in U.S. courts, because the company is incorporated in Vanuatu -- a South Pacific Nation.
Democratic governors want more financial help for states.
The new high school will also use the retina scanners in its library.
The bailout, spearheaded by the French government, could be illegal state aid.
The president is seeking quick confirmation of Ridge as the director of the Homeland Security Department.
A select committee will monitor the new department, ending debate whether existing committees or a new entity should oversee the department.
The Bush administration hopes to drive down Medicare costs by stimulating competition.
The GOP said it will be more careful about what links are on its site.
The Xinhua News Agency also said 12,000 other Internet cafes are temporarily closed while improvements are being made.
Eighteen ISPs in the state have been ordered to block to the U.S.-based Web sites.
The student used message boards and chat rooms to gather information about the alleged perpetrator, and then set a trap.
A check of the machines' paper records gave the Democratic candidate a larger margin of victory.
The new center should allow instant communications between a variety of federal agencies in time of emergency.
Ruling could pave way for rural broadband Internet access.
Over the next 15 months, a panel of academics and computer experts will study using open-source software in Japanese government.
A district court had ruled that e-mails gathered after St. Paul police faxed a search warrant to a major ISP violated the suspect's Fourth Amendment rights.
The pilot test should result in lawmakers getting access to constituent mail.
Supercomputers built from clusters of regular PCs have cracked the top 10 list of fastest computers for the first time.
A five-year program will fund new research and stimulate efforts to recruit students into security research.
The company serves about 300,000 Florida residents.
Under the terms of an agreement with a consortium of tax preparers and software publishers, the IRS will not provide tax-preparation and filing software.
The spammer agreed not to send any unsolicited e-mail on Verizon's networks.
A Swedish company says the news service got information from a Web page that wasn't designed for public access.
The telecom industry in the EU's 15 member nations is ailing, worn down by mountains of debt incurred through the purchase of licenses to operate 3G mobile services.
Another guerrilla IT ad campaign runs afoul of local officials. Last year, IBM angered officials in four cities by spray-painting Linux ads on streets and sidewalks.
The country is looking to upgrade its wireless network.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is removing information from health-related Web sites, according to the congressmen.
The money is needed to cover the costs of the state's upcoming November election.
A new nonprofit organization, the Public Internet Registry, will register .org domain names starting in January.
The Democrats and the Republicans are both interested in participating.
A lack of access to information held in state databases and law enforcement agencies is making it difficult to track those who illegally obtain benefits, the GAO said.
Every state stands to get at least $5 million to help replace obsolete voting machines.
A North Carolina man is suing Elizabeth Dole's campaign for sending unsolicited political e-mails.
The e-mail contained a disparaging poem about immigrants.
Carnegie Mellon University will develop hardware and software tools to fight electronic attacks.
The company will work with the China Basic Education Software Company to make PCs for students and teachers as well as servers for classrooms.
A series of controversial amendments to the bill have Democrats in the House worried.
The Senate's top Democrat said he believes the bill can be passed before November, but labor issues still present a logjam.
Broadband transmission speeds capable using the electrical signals carried by human bodies.
The Center for Democracy will monitor the county's November elections.
Customs officers said the addresses and telephone numbers on the shipping labels are phony.
The country's main mobile-phone operators, electronics stores and the British government will work together to implement a plan to recycle cell phones, batteries and chargers.
Florida man proposes to represent his district via telephone and computer while he serves overseas, but some aren't happy.
Primary results were delayed this week due to a lack of training on new touch-screen voting machines.
The EU Competition Committee argues that sharing the cost will benefit consumers, though the proposal has yet to obtain final approval.
A resident had sued Riverside County, claiming that the machines weren't secure.
The company said its new product will help commanders keep track of personnel responding to an emergency situation.
The gloves are connected to a PC that translates sign language into written English displayed on the PC's monitor.
The consulting firm's bragging to The Washington Post about how easy it was to crack into military computer got the wrong kind of attention.
PayPal can no longer process payments from residents of the state for online gambling.
The "Digital Software Security Act" would require California state agencies to use open-source software.
The site's content will focus on eight civics issues, such as the death penalty, juvenile justice and Web censorship.
The bill would force financial companies to get permission from consumers before selling personal information to outside marketing companies.
The country ranks 16th in the world in terms of Internet use ratio; Sweden is first.
Twenty-two provinces and municipalities will be involved in the research projects.
The Recording Industry Association of America suspects the attacks are retaliation for anti-pirating legislation passed last week.
For $45 per month, subscribers can view approximately 800 internal memos sent to the publisher of the Web site.
Princeton staff allegedly logged into Lauren Bush's online acceptance notice four times in one afternoon.
Shafts of chicken feathers conduct electricity nearly as fast as silicon chips.
A House committee has passed legislation creating the proposed Homeland Security, and a corresponding Senate committee is set to consider the bill on Wednesday.
The money will help bolster the use of technology in traditionally black colleges and universities.
The program would encourage utility workers and letter carriers to report unusual activities.
A practice known as "capacity swaps" is one area being scrutinized by the GSA.
The country's official postal service will receive and print e-mails and deliver them via postal service letter carriers.
Unlicensed cafes will be shut down and their owners prosecuted as part of a crackdown on safety.
The city's police force is under staffed, and the FBI said it is conducting a large number of terrorist-related investigations in the Seattle area.
The company will spend $25 million on education and research institutes in the country.
The new touch-screen system was used by more than 15,000 voters.
The agency's chairman said the federal government is running at "high speed" to find a better way to address spectrum policy.
Opponents called the plan a "snoopers' charter."
The man successfully registered his poodle as a Republican.
The man posted personal information of employees of a retirement home that he had been evicted from.
The company's new tool will help telecommunications carriers comply with a federal law.
The bill would help identity-theft victims access the business records related to the theft of their identity.
The company had fought a court order requiring it to monitor customers' viewing habits.
A federal working group is exploring ways to beef up civic education in public schools.
A civil-liberties group has sued the office for records of proposals for national identification systems.
Police also seize nearly 1,000 computers from the bars, which didn't have the proper filtering software installed on the computers.
The Office of Public Health Preparedness will be run by New York City's former director of emergency management.
States would get up to $315 million over five years to adopt new driver's licenses.
The man is thought to be among the first group of people prosecuted for unleashing a computer virus on computer networks.
The man, a doctor, distributed an article about democracy that was obtained from a Web site operated by the U.S. Department of State.
Certain cell phones can only dial 911, making it difficult for emergency personnel to pinpoint the location of callers.


text: Kinze Unveils Electric Multi-Hybrid Concept Planter December 10, 2013 07:22 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Nate Birt Top Producer Managing Editor Email Kinze Manufacturing, Inc. has announced the first electric multi-hybrid concept planter. The seed hybrid being used automatically changes as the planter moves across the field to fit field management zones. "The yield gains in our trials varied from 2 bu. per acre to more than 10 bu. per acre by utilizing multi-hybrid planting," says Rhett Schildroth, senior product manager, Kinze. "And unlike other crop practices that seem to have good results one year and negative results the next, every trial we've conducted with multi-hybrid planting has resulted in a yield increase." (Related: How Kinze Concept Planter Differs from Twin-Row Systems for Two Hybrids) Each row unit on the concept planter incorporates two meters, which feed a single seed tube. Row-unit gauge wheels, openers and closing wheels are identical to those on a standard Kinze 4000 Series row unit, which eliminates the need for drive chains and clutches. "We were able to orient the meters close together so that they feed a single seed tube," Schildroth says. "It is a very elegant way to add the multi-hybrid planting capability." During spring 2014, Kinze will partner with Midwestern farmers to showcase the technology in the field using multiple concept planters. In a Nov. 22 blog post, Kinze described its ongoing research with Beck's Hybrids regarding variable hybrid planting. For the seed company's 2013 field trials, Kinze engineers used a Kinze 3600 twin-row planter and converted half of the row units to plant one hybrid, half for the second. The manufacturer also used Ag Leader components. "We added custom electronics to turn the row units on and off automatically as the farmer goes through the field," the blog notes. "The electronics proved to be the biggest hurdle, as everything had to be customized for variable hybrid planting." The blog post says Beck's will publish the results of its field trials later this year. In June, Raven Industries introduced technology that can plant two hybrids from the same machine. To test the system, a Monosem twin-row planter was used. Back to news


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The Sum of All Fears (Paramount Pictures). So-so reviews for the fourth screen adventure of Tom Clancy's venerable Jack Ryan, here played by Ben Affleck (following Alec Baldwin and Harrison Ford), who "simply lacks the gravitas for the role" (Stephen Holden, the New York Times). The film's detonation of a nuclear device in Baltimore—a plot point spoiled by every critic—is timely and frightening, but overall the movie, with its neo-Nazi evildoers and spy-movie clichés, is too Hollywood. In the end, "[t]he inadequacies of The Sum of All Fears, in the light of Sept. 11, suggest that if the political thriller is to remain a vital genre, a new, toughened-up realism is necessary" (Holden). (Click here to read Slate's "Culturebox" on Sum's politically correct villains.)— B.W.
Undercover Brother (Universal). Moderately good reviews for this blaxploitation parody of the dumb-comedy type that critics usually love to hate. The most common criticism of the movie is that its base humor is too reliant on "prechewed racial clichés that have already been through the corporate stand-up-comedy mill" (Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly), but proponents like the New York Times' A.O. Scott (who calls the film "winningly silly") and the Los Angeles Times' Jan Stuart argue that the tiredness of the stereotypes is a comment on the ridiculousness of racial divisions in America. Stuart thinks the movie is about the way Shaft and other '70s celebrations of black culture led to whites "embracing their inner blackness" and "how ambivalently many blacks feel about that in return." (Click here for the movie's official site.)— B.M.L.
The Sleepy Time Gal (C-100). Applause quiets yawns for Sundance favorite Christopher Münch's third film, a "bittersweet, elegiac chamber piece in which Jacqueline Bisset, in a stirring performance, plays a terminally ill woman feeling an urgent need to connect with the daughter she gave up for adoption" (Gene Seymour, Newsday). Most critics call it "delicate, haunting and sultry" (Seymour): "Münch's characters are given to a certain rapt, unwieldy thoughtfulness, and accordingly, his films cultivate a mood of almost trancelike introspection" (Dennis Lim, the Village Voice). Yet a few detractors say the plot is full of "too-convenient coincidences" and the script is "best left to cable TV" (V.A. Musetto, the New York Post). (Read an interview with Münch.)—A.B.
Elling (First Look). Rarely does a film simultaneously appeal to the New York Times' brash Stephen Holden and irritate the rapscallion Village Voice. But this Norwegian dramedy and 2001 Oscar nominee, about an odd couple of released psychiatric patients trying to make it on the outside, does both while garnering general acclaim. Lauded for its "hope and faith in human resilience" (Meghan Turner, the New York Post), Holden says Elling evades being "too cute" because the acting has a "naturalistic precision" and because the film avoids "the diagnostic clichés of contemporary psychiatry." But the Voice's Michael Atkinson claims the "predictable soaper" avoids important issues and is "[n]otable only as the unseen Norwegian nominee." Boys will be boys. (Visit the Elling Web site.)—A.B.
The Next Big Thing (Castle Hill). Little love for this debut satire by director P.J. Posner in which "the work of an unsuccessful New York artist (Chris Eigeman) starts selling when it's attributed to a fictitious identity" (The New Yorker). Most critics think it "settles for 'glib superficialities' by poking tiresome fun at nonrepresentational art, as when the 'Whitley' Biennial organizers spout meaningless shibboleths ('profoundly nihilistic,' 'demonstrably nonexclusive')" (Ed Park, the Village Voice). And despite receiving praise by Lawrence Van Gelder of the New York Times ("deftly satisfying and comically coherent"), the consensus is that "it all feels like it could have been funnier, more biting, and, hence, more memorable" (New York). (Read the Slate "Diary" of Whit Stillman, Eigeman's sometime director.)—A.B.
The Importance of Being Earnest (Miramax). Second-rate reviews for Oliver Parker's adaptation of the famed Oscar Wilde farce. Many critics feel that "[i]n unwisely attempting to one-up Wilde's perfectly knitted lines, Parker unravels the narrative and undermines the rhythm of the playwright's commentary" (Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly). Some of the performances win acclaim: "[Rupert] Everett and [Colin] Firth's ruefully affectionate, roughhousing chemistry feels decades lived-in; [Reese] Witherspoon's matter-of-fact daftness keeps [her wistful character] tethered to earth, and you will know Judi Dench by the trail of dead" (Jessica Winter, the Village Voice). The main problem: the addition of "dreadful 'fantasy' sequences" (David Ansen, Newsweek). (Click here for a hypertext-search project based on the play's script.)— A.B.
Late Marriage(Magnolia). Unanimous acclaim for this "taut, remarkable work" (Anthony Lane, The New Yorker) about an aging Israeli grad student who "must decide whether to marry a young virgin selected by his parents or to break with tradition and pursue his love for a divorcee with a 6-year-old daughter" (Mark Caro, the Chicago Tribune). Critics agree director Dover Kosashvili's "restrained camera" renders it "superbly brash, raunchy, and confrontational" (J. Hoberman, the Village Voice): "The graphic sexual connection between the [forbidden lovers], while striking in its realism, is no more astonishing than the relaxed, natural way in which Kosashvili balances comedy and misery, the independent nature of eros, and the obligations of family" (Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly). (Click here for the film's Web site.)— A.B.
Music Veni Vidi Vicious, by the Hives (Reprise). Much critical love for the Swedish band's first big American release, which consists of 28 minutes of "punk's snottiness," "Detroit rock's raw power," and "stylized blues freak-outs" (Jenny Eliscu, Rolling Stone). Reviewers recognize that the Hives are very similar to a number of bands, from the Stooges to the White Stripes, but as Eliscu says, "balls-out garage rock is evergreen." To their classic sound the quintet adds amusing touches like quirky song titles ("The Hives Declare Guerre Nucleaire") and an ironically retro back-story (the bass player, for example, says his name is Dr. Matt Destruction) that "assault the whole notion that rock has to be humorless to be real" (Robert Hilburn, the Los Angeles Times). In The New Yorker, Ben Greenman calls the album "the most exuberant and powerful rock and roll in recent memory" and points out that the band is currently touring America. His recommendation: "Get stung." (Click here for the band's official site. Buy.)— B.M.L.
Shakey: Neil Young's Biography, by Jimmy McDonough (Random House). Decidely mixed notices for this so-called "authorized" biography, which Young eventually tried to kill. The San Francisco Chronicle sums them up nicely: The book, "long overdue and hog-tied by a skirmish between the author and his subject, is a maddening, beguiling portrait of an elusive maverick"; "named for one of Young's many aliases," it's "a glorious mess." Others reviewers call it "exhaustive, quarrelsome and sometimes maddening"; burdened by "lengthy interviews between biographer and subject" in which "McDonough's persistent confrontations feel hysterical, even a little shrill" (Rick Moody, the New York Times); and "banal rock-star stuff, certainly nothing [Young's] fans don't know" (Marc Weingarten, Slate). (Click here for Weingarten's assessment of the book and McDonough's plight.)— A.B.
Sin Killer, by Larry McMurtry (Simon & Schuster). Reviews for this latest period piece from the author of Lonesome Dove depend on the literary quality of their publication. This first volume of a tetralogy about the "Berrybenders, a comically dysfunctional British family of aristocrats" on a Missouri river expedition in 1832 (Joe Heim, People), scores with the New York Daily News' Bill Bell as a "respectful frontier burlesque" that "neatly harnesses slapstick and scholarship." But the New York Times' authoritative Michiko Kakutani disagrees, calling it "a perfunctory, highly formulaic love story that simply uses the frontier as a backdrop for its characters' misadventures" that "shows McMurtry not at his storytelling best but skating along on automatic pilot." (Click here for an archive of McMurtry reviews. Buy.)— A.B.


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The last thing the embattled Manatee County School District needs is for one of its premier schools, Rowlett Magnet Elementary, to leave the fold.
Yet last week, it was reported that some school leaders and parents of students want to consider charter school status for Rowlett.
Under Florida law, charter schools are a public-private hybrid. They are operated by their own governing boards but are subject to oversight -- albeit minimal -- by the county school district. Charter schools are granted substantially more authority and flexibility than conventional public schools in Florida.
The existing charter schools in Manatee have been created from scratch; if Rowlett went to a charter, it would be the first conversion. State law provides that Rowlett could be converted to a charter if a majority the school's teachers and students' households voted in favor.
Charter schools in Florida receive state funding based on their student enrollment and pay a 5 percent administrative fee to the school district.
District has serious problems
No one should blame the staff and parents of students at Rowlett for considering this option. The Manatee district has serious financial and management problems that are directly affecting finances and operations at the school level. A new superintendent is in place and he is making necessary, sweeping changes in management, but the outcomes are uncertain -- and there is an emerging sense at Rowlett that its success should no longer be tied to the district's fortunes.
The staff and parents at Rowlett are entitled to protect their interests and, especially, those of the pupils who attend the school, which has a curriculum that emphasizes the performing arts and communication.
Charter status would be preferable to privatization but, even then, the conversion would be a blow to the school district. It would underscore a lack of confidence in the system when it most needs to gain public support.
Rowlett's success can be measured in several ways. It is currently graded as an "A" school and has received that mark or a B during each of the past five years. Rowlett was established as a magnet school, 13 years ago, with the goal of using the arts to attract pupils and parents to the campus -- located in an area surrounded by middle- and low-income families.
The school has attracted pupils from a diverse range of socioeconomic backgrounds and developed a strong base of parental and community support. Rowlett's emphasis on the arts -- it has teachers dedicated to music, drama, dance, visual art and technology -- has more than filled a niche; it is the most frequently requested elementary school in the district's choice program.
The conversion debate is being driven by a number of factors, including the district's financial condition, but the greatest concern appears to be Rowlett's ability to maintain its status as an arts-focused school.
School-level innovation
The administration and School Board have an obligation to treat all schools fairly. What's more, Rick Mills, the new superintendent, has made the compelling case that the district's administration and schools must align their priorities and focus on common aspects of the curriculum.
But Rowlett has demonstrated that school-level innovation can produce positive results. To that end, and despite its many other challenges, the district should take all reasonable steps to ensure that Rowlett can maintain its focus, so long as it continues to meet overarching goals.
The Manatee district should not give Rowlett special treatment unavailable to other schools, but it also cannot afford the perception of a successful school -- and its teachers, parents and pupils -- jumping a sinking ship.
Will Rowlett chart a new course?
The last thing the embattled Manatee County School District needs is for one of its premier schools, Rowlett Magnet Elementary, to leave the fold.


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International AIDS Education and Training Center Program
The International AETC, operating as I-TECH is a global network that supports the development of a skilled health work force and well-organized national health delivery systems. I-TECH, under a cooperative agreement with HRSA's Global HIV/AIDS program, is designed to provide effective prevention, care, and treatment of infectious diseases in the developing world.
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I-TECH delivers training and technical assistance under a Partnership Model that works toward building sustainability and transitioning implementation to local ownership. Assistance is provided in four areas:
- Health system strengthening.
- Health workforce development.
- Operations research and evaluation.
- Prevention, care, and treatment of infectious diseases.
Misti McDowell
University of Washington
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Part of Econsultancy's international series and now in its second year, Digital Cream Dubai is the region's only roundtable forum for senior client-side digital marketers to discuss and explore the latest best practice on digital strategy, business models, investment, ROI and supplier selection. Attendees can discuss their future online strategies and compare with peers as well as hear inspirational keynote speakers.
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5. Email & Cross-Channel Marketing moderated by Akvile Pareigyte
6. Integrated Search Marketing (SEO/PPC) moderated by Ashley Friedlein
7. Social Media – Marketing, Measurement, Monetization moderated by Abbas Alidina
8. Social Media and Managing Online Communities moderated by Akanksha Goel
9. Managing Digital Teams: Budgets and Channel Integration moderated by Arto Joensuu
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Ashley Friedlein, CEO, Econsultancy
Ashley is one of the most influential and connected figures in the UK digital marketing and e-commerce sector.As a recommendation for him on LinkedIn reads, "If Ashley doesn't know it – it ain't worth knowing."
He writes for a range of publications and is the author of two best-selling books which have been translated internationally. Ashley speaks worldwide at industry events, as well as making media appearances to promote both his own company, Econsultancy, and the interests of the sector in general.
He founded Econsultancy in 1999 with business partner Matthew O'Riordan. This award-winning company now has over 98,000 members worldwide, opening its first US office in New York in January 2009, and now also operating in the Middle East and Far East. Its members include the cream of international media, retail, cultural and financial service organisations, as well as government departments. Econsultancy helps its members learn, make better decisions, build business cases, find the best suppliers, accelerate their careers and lead the way in best practice via research reports, how-to guides, training and development, forums and professional networking.
After graduating in 1995 with a 1st Class degree from Cambridge University, Ashley started out working in digital TV. After a brief spell as Producer at FT.com, his career took him to digital communications agency Wheel (now LBi) where he rose to Lead Strategist and launched numerous multi-million pound websites for major brands like Marks & Spencer, Five, Argos, Autoglass etc.
Following the dotcom crash he spent a pleasant year in the South of France writing the first of two best-selling books on web management (50,000 copies sold world-wide, translated into 4 languages). He is 38, married with two children. In his spare time he enjoys photography, art collecting and a range of sports including skiing, walking, cycling and yoga. More recently he has taken up boxing, polo and poker.
Ashley contributes to many publications as well as the Econsultancy blog and his Twitter feed.
Alex Vaidya, Consulting Digital Strategist, Porsche Cars
Alex is a digital marketing & branding specialist with a track record in creating innovative digital strategies which have become recognised as industry leading.
Currently, Alex is a digital consultant where he predominately works with luxury car manufacturer Porsche Cars GB with responsibility for developing their online brand strategy. Previously, Alex headed up the digital function at Porsche where he developed a number of pioneering projects. This included Porsche Experience TV, a dedicated web video series with over 4 million views and Porsche Origin, the automotive industry's first brand experience content hub designed for brand advocates to share content across the web.
Prior to this, Alex worked in product management and market research at Porsche. Alex graduated top of his year at Warwick University where he studied Engineering. Alex is fascinated with innovative and disruptive technology and in particular how they are fundamentally changing the relationship between brands and consumers. He is a regular industry speaker on the trends and tactics of online brand engagement and has spoken at major conferences including Econsultancy's 'JUMP' and the IAB's 'Video Engage'.
Mustafa Ahmed, Lecturer in E-Commerce & Online Strategies, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
Mustafa is a Lecturer in E-Commerce & Online Strategies at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM) in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Mustafa is on Google Online Marketing Challenge Academic Panel and has been consulting in the web industry for over 20 years (US, Australia and Saudi Arabia). He is currently working on the fastest growing E-Commerce platform in the Arab World. He enjoys teaching and researching about the Next Generation Internet Economy, and advising Dotcom entrepreneurs. Connect with him via Linkedin or email him.
He encourages entrepreneurial activities in his classes and is a 'life/career coach' to many of his students. He has managed CGI teams that have worked on Hollywood blockbusters such as the BAFTA Award winning movie, The Golden Compass. His research interests include the internet economy, social commerce, online retailing, digital marketing, web design, digital culture and internet startups. Favorite quote - "It's always day one", Jeff Bezos.
Julia Astashkina, Marketing Section Manager, Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology
Ms. Astashkina is an award-winning marketing professional with over a decade long experience serving Fortune 100 companies, including leading innovators, such as Oracle, 3M and AMD. Julia is currently focused on growing technology adoption in the GCC countries, working as a Marketing Section Manager for the Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology in Qatar. Her expertise includes digital and traditional marketing, social media strategy and management, as well as mobile marketing.
Husam Jandal, Senior Digital Marketing Consultant, WSI
With more than 12 years of experience in the digital space, Husam is a well-recognized digital marketing consultant, and certified marketing professional by Google, Yahoo, and he is also a member of the Search Engine Marketing Professionals Organization, member of the Web Analytics Association, and member of the Usability Professionals Association.
Hussam actively helps businesses in the Middle East and globally to be successful on the internet by implementing the most effective online marketing strategies, building their online presence, increasing their online visibility and web traffic, and converting online visitors into opportunities that generate solid business and unprecedented ROI from the internet. Many international awards Husam has received, and the latest being 2 excellence awards from the Web Marketing Awards (WMA is the Oscars of the Internet!).
Arto Joensuu, Director of Marketing, Dubizzle
Arto Joensuu is a digital change agent at Dubizzle.com. Together with his team of experts, he is redefining marketing inside the company. Throughout his career, Arto has held several leadership roles in the area of digital, with work ranging from pioneering in mobile marketing at Terra Mobile, to crafting and executing digital marketing strategies for Nokia.His work has been rewarded with several industry awards and for the last years, he has acted as a spokesperson on digital marketing and social media.
Today, Arto is the "comandante" of marketing at Dubizzle.com, overseeing their marketing & PR activities. He is based in Dubai, UAE.
Bhavishya Kanjhan, Clique Media
Bhavishya Kanjhan is a Digital Marketing Professional with a focus on Mobile Marketing and is currently employed at Clique Media, a Digital Media solutions provider in Dubai Media City. He is a Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) certified mobile marketer.
He completed his Bachelors at The University of Birmingham (UK) with an honours degree in Computer Science & Business Management as part of which he built a Facebook Application for Windows Mobile smartphones. He followed that up with a Masters in International Business & Marketing wherein he wrote his dissertation on the ROI of Social Media. Most recently Bhavishya delivered a session on Social Advertising with LinkedIn at the Think Social conference held by Social Media Club Bahrain
Often known to dream in 140 characters, Bhavishya featured in the Twitter Tips Guidebook for SMBs by Small Business Trends and made it to the list of Dubai's "100 most compelling tweeters". He was interviewed for the Social Media Across Asia wiki and Bayt.com's 'A life in the day of' feature. Infamous for voicing his opinion on everything Digital, Bhavishya has put his thoughts to words in various publications including EConsultancy, Emirates Business 24/7, Travel and Tourism News, Gulf News and Social Media Today.com. His blog can be found at http://kanjhan.com while his shorter musings are on twitter at @Bhavishya and you can visit his professional profile on LinkedIn at http://linkedin.com/in/kanjhan
Suzanne Locke, Editor-in-chief, Yahoo! Middle East
Suzanne has an unusual hybrid background of journalism and product management. Described as a 'digital native' on LinkedIn (www.linkedin/in/suzannelocke), she started out at Sky News in 1999 as one of the website's launch journalists, before going on to launch and then edit and manage the Sky Movies and Sky Showbiz sites.
Having grown up in Bahrain, she left the UK to return to the GCC and sample life there as an adult, arriving in Dubai in the boom times of 2006 to launch and edit the XPRESS site for Gulf News and work as a development manager across the Gulf News portfolio.
She went on to Emap and the world of B2B and subscription sites as editor of meed.com before progressing into Emap Middle East's leadership team in 2009 as digital development director.
She took a career break in 2011 to go travelling around Latin America and take a crash course in Spanish and salsa before heading back to Dubai - and to her editorial roots - to take on the mantle of Yahoo! Maktoob's editor-in-chief for their English sites in January 2012.
She is still plotting how to optimally use Twitter but posts digital stuff that interests her, as well as updates on her running mileage, at twitter.com/suzlocke.
Akvile Pareigyte, Digital Brand & Marketing Manager, Jumeirah Group
Akvile Pareigyte is the Digital Brand & Marketing Manager at Jumeirah Group responsible for setting digital marketing strategy and implementation methodologies to increase the effectiveness of Jumeirah's online channels.
At Jumeirah, Akvile provides strategic online brand directions, executes integrated digital marketing campaigns and specialises in multilingual SEO, PPC, email marketing, social media, digital advertising and web localisation.
Chris Rourke Managing Director, User Vision
Chris is the Founder and Managing Director for User Vision one of the UK's leading user experience and user-centred design (UCD) consultancies in the UK. Chris established User Vision in 2000 and quickly developed an enviable client list and a reputation for practical thorough and affordable user centred design services to help clients gain a competitive advantage through improved usability. Chris has worked with clients across all sectors including financial services, public sector, retail e-commerce, travel & tourism, charity, media, telecoms pharmaceuticals and others.
An engaging and dynamic speaker, Chris is regularly invited to speak at industry events and has recently spoken at the UPA conference in the US, Internet World, and the Andicom conference in South America. He is a regular contributor to resources offline and online including the Econsultancy blog and the User Vision blog.
Chris holds a BSc. in Engineering Psychology from Tufts University and a MSc. in Ergonomics from the University of Michigan. In his spare time Chris enjoys improving his Spanish, travelling and sport, particularly ultimate Frisbee.
Jeremy Spiller, Trainer and Consultant, Econsultancy and MD and Co-Founder, White Hat Media
Jeremy has worked with the internet since 1990 and with the web since 1994. In 1995 he founded Clockwork Web which went on to become one of the top ten agencies in the UK, working for clients such as The Rank Group, Dun & Bradstreet, Hi-Tech Sports, Red Dwarf, Pete Townshend and Premier Brands.
In 2003, Jeremy founded award winning search marketing, social media and development agency White Hat Media. White Hat Media's clients include Microsoft, Toshiba, The Royal Opera House, The Gym Group, Coty, and Yardley. Jeremy is an expert in web marketing, and in particular search and social media marketing. He regularly writes articles, runs workshops and speaks at conferences on the subject for organisations such as The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) and Sussex Enterprise.
In the last twelve months, Jeremy has spoken at many other events both locally and nationally. He has been quoted in or written articles for The Sunday Times, .net magazine, New Media Age, and The Essential Business Guide. Jeremy now confesses to being obsessed with Search Engine Optimisation and Social Media Marketing and strongly believes practising ethical techniques known in the sector as "White Hat" for successful long term results.
Who should attend?
Senior client-side digital marketers - particularly those working for large organisations including brands, publishers, retailers, the hospitality industry, governmental organisations and online retailers.
Digital Cream is free to attend and is suitable for those who have responsibility for managing or buying services for their digital marketing or e-commerce activities as well as want to discuss their issues, challenges and pain points with colleagues.
Who is coming?
- Digital Director, 7DAYS
- Online Marketing Officer, Abu Dhabi Film Festival
- Digital & Direct Marketing Manager, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank
- Digital Marketing, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank
- Head of Digital Strategy, Abu Dhabi Motorsports Management, Yas Marina Circuit
- Manager - Web & eCommerce Solutions, ADAC - Abu Dhabi Airports Company
- Senior Marketing Executive, ADNEC
- Head of Web Development, Ajman University of Science & Technology
- Business Manager - Social Media, Al Reyami Group
- Marketing Manager, Aloft Abu Dhabi
- Customer Relationship Manager, AMCO GLOBAL MARKETING (FZC)
- Co-Founder, Ananasa
- Co Founder, Ananasa Middle East
- Design & UX Director, Anayou
- Head of Brands & Digital Marcomms, Anayou
- Owner & Managing Director, Australian Hospitality Skills Recognition ME FZE
- Regional Marketing Manager, averda
- Digital Manager, AXA Insurance Gulf
- AVP - Marketing, Barclays Bank
- Marketing Executive, Baskin Robbins
- Brand Manager, Baskin Robbins
- Senior Online Marketing Manager, Bayt.com
- Director of Marketing , BMB FZE
- IT Specialist, CapitalStone
- Marketing manager, Citi bank
- Manager, E-Business, Citibank
- Head of Sales and Marketing, CNBC Arabia
- Community Manager, Cobone.com
- Digital Marketing Executive, Computer Care UAE
- Middle East Marketing and PR Manager, Control Risks
- Head of Marketing, DAB
- product manager, dnata Travel - Emirates Group
- Digital Content Manager, du (Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company)
- Digital Communication Executive, Dubai Financial Market
- Manager customer engagement and communications, Dubai First
- Senior Manager - Digital Marketing, Dubai World Trade Center
- Digital Marketing Manager, Dubai World Trade Centre
- Digital Marketing Lead, Dubizzle
- Head of Marketing, Product Management & Business Development, eHosting DataFort
- Senior Manager, Marketing and Corporate Communications, Ejadah Asset Management - Part of Dubai Properties Group
- Manager Consumer Solutions, Emaar Malls Group
- Director - Information Technology, Emaar Malls Group
- PR & Advertising Manager, Emaar Retail
- Senior Marketing Manager, Emaar Retail LLC
- Marketing Advisor - Trade Relations and International Marketing, Embassy of Ireland
- Marketing Manager, EMCO Engineering
- Manager E-Commerce Sales Development, Emirates
- eCommerce Sales Development Controller, Emirates Airline
- Digital Analytics Manager, Etihad Airways
- SEO Manager, Etihad Airways
- Senior Communications Executive, Euromonitor International
- Web Editor, Explorer
- Marketing Manager, Explorer Publishing
- Vice President, eZeliving.com
- Assitant Manager Communications, Fairmont Bab Al Bahr
- Marketing Manager, Fairmont Dubai
- E-Commerce Manager, Fairmont Dubai
- Public Relations, Fairmont Hotels and Resorts
- Head of Marketing, flydubai
- Digital Marketing Manager, Freeplay Energy
- Marketing Manager, Gargash Group
- Marketing Manager, German General Hospital
- Senior Marketing Manager, German General Hospital (Middle East)
- Online Manager, GN Media
- Social Media Manager, Groupon UAE
- Marketing Executive, Gulf Food Industries - California Garden
- Digital Product strategy manager, Gulf News
- Digital Business Development, Gulf News
- Online Product Development Manager, Gulf News
- Brand Manager, Henkel
- Marketing Assistant, Henkel Jebel Ali FZCO.
- Digital Media Supervisor, Hia-SRPC
- eCommerce Director MEA, Hilton Worldwide
- eCommerce Manager - MEA, Hilton Worldwide
- Business Optimization Lead, HSBC
- Marketing Manager, Ibn Battuta Gate Hotel
- Business Development and Marketing Director, ICM Capital
- IT Officer, Institute of Development Management
- Marketing Manager - IPTV, Intigral
- Head of Global Marketing Training, IQPC
- Digital Media Manager, IREISCO
- Marketing Manager, JadoPado.com
- Assistant Digital Marketing Manager, Jumeirah Group
- Digital Operations Manager, Jumeirah Group
- Senior Product Manager, Landmark Group
- Online Marketing Manager, Le Méridien Dubai
- brand social media, M.H Alshaya
- Marriott International UAE Ecomerce Manager, Marriott International
- Brand manager(Snickers-Mars-Twix-Bounty), Mars
- Marketing Manager, Marsh MENA
- Marketing Head, Middle East & Africa, MasterCard Worldwide
- Mobile Subscription Services Manager, MBC
- Web Project Manager, MBC Group
- Social Media Supervisor, MBC Group
- Senior Web Planning Executive, MBC Group
- Senior Social Media Executive, MBC group
- Director, Meltwater News
- Communications and Brand Image, Michelin Africa India MiddleEast
- E-Tourism Head, Ministry Of Tourism
- E-Distribution Champion, Moevenpick Hotels and Resorts
- Head of Digital Development, Motivate Publishing.
- Assistant Manager, Digital, Mubadala
- Digital Specialist, Mubadala
- Marketing Executive, Mulk Holdings
- Media Manager, Mumzworld.com
- Online Marketing Specialist, New Horizons Computer Learning Center
- Head Of Media MENAP, Nielsen
- Head of Consumer Engagement MEA, Nokia
- Digital Marketing Manager, Nokia
- Head of Market Intelligence - Middle East Region, Nokia Siemens Networks
- Head of Marketing, Oasis Ventures
- Head of Digital, OHM Events
- PR & Marketing Manager, OHM Records
- CMO, One.com
- Search Director, One.com FZ LLC
- Marketing Creative Director, OSN
- Digital Marketing Specialist, Patchi
- Country Internet Manager, Philips Electronics Middle East
- Marketing Director, Prime Lands real estate development L.L.C
- Head of Digital Development and Marketing, Primedia International BSC
- Assistant Brand Manager, Procter and Gamble
- Social Media Director, Qatar Foundation
- GM Commercial Manager, Royal Catering Services LLC
- Marketing Manager, Saint-Gobain Gyproc
- Marketing Executive, Saint-Gobain Gyproc
- Internet Marketing Specialist, Seawings LLC
- Managing Director, Sheikha-Shopping
- CRM Consultant, Signature Clubs International
- Website & Social Media Manager , SRPC
- Digital Marketing Manager, Starwood Hotels
- Digital Marketing Manager, Starwood Hotels & Resorts
- Digital Field Marketing Manager Middle East, Starwood Hotels & Resorts
- Regional Director, Europe, Middle East & Africa, Study Group
- Digital Marketing Manager, Sukar.com
- Online Community Manager, Sukar.com
- Marketing Manager, Summertown
- Assistant Marketing Manager, Takaful Emarat
- Director, Tecom Investments
- Director, The Beauty Hub
- Marketing Section Manager, The Supreme Council of Information & Communication Technology (ictQATAR)
- Regional eMarketing Executive - Middle East and Asia , Tourism Ireland
- Director - Online Services & Agency Relations, TradeArabia.com Network & TradeArabia Web Services Al Hilal Group – Hilal Al Khaleej
- Assistant Marketing Manager, Virgin Megastore
- New Projects Consultant, Virgin Megastore
- Marketing Specialist, Virgin Megastore
- Snr. Marketing Specialist, Virgin Megastore MENA
- Marketing Manager, VOX Cinemas
- Assistant Manager, Interactive marketing, Wataniya Telecom
- Senior Marketing Manager, Western Union
- Marketing Manager, Western Union International
- Marketing Director, YaDig.com
- Head of Strategy, Zawya.com
Westin Hotel Dubai Marina
Cost details
The event is free to attend by invitation only. Delegate places are strictly reserved for marketers at brands, etailers, publishers and government organisations.
Jason Hellowell
PO Box 212951, Dubai
United Arab Emirates
+971 50 275 6012
jason.hellowell AT econsultancy.com
Event Details
- Date
- February 21 2012 (9:30am – 5:00pm)
- Venue
- Westin Hotel Dubai Marina, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Duration
- 1 day
- Cost
- Free
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