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Novak Djokovic did not only rake in trophies in the 2015 tennis season, he also amassed a huge amount money, too.
The world number one caps his domination this year with another impressive victory at the Barclays World Tour Finals in London last weekend.
And thanks to his ATP Finals title and his world ranking bonus, Serbia's biggest star wraps up 2015 with a whopping $21,646,145 in earnings from the ATP circuit.
This is nearly $5-million more than the next top two men's tennis players combined – Roger Federer of Switzerland and Britain's Andy Murray.
The record-breaking amount lifts Djokovic's career total close to $95-million and just slightly behind Roger Federer's all-time mark. With the way the Serb has been dominating tournament after tournament, he is on course to surpass Federer's $100-million level.
Djokovic's career tally for prize money, so far, stands at $91.22 million, which isn't far behind from Federer.
Federer's run en route to the World Tour final was worth $1.12 million, which brought his total for the year to $7.81 million and his career figure to $96.43 million.
Djokovic's dominance this season puts him into a race with Federer to become the first player to break the $100-million mark in career earnings, which excludes bonuses from the ATP.
His earnings this season is more than legends like Ivan Lendl ($21,262,417), Andy Roddick ($20,640,030), Stefan Edberg ($20,630,941), and Jim Courier ($14,034,132) has ever made in their whole respective careers.
ATP Career Prize Money Leaders
Roger Federer $97,303,556
Novak Djokovic $94,050,053
Rafael Nadal $75,888,125
Pete Sampras $43,280,489


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The guest of honor country of the Fest is Argentina.
(PRWEB) October 10, 2013
Presenting 140 films from different parts of the World, the Costa Rica International Film Festival 2013 "Peace with Earth" (CRFIC 2013), will take place the next October 11th to the 19th in the capital San José.
The Fest is an initiative promoted by the Youth and Culture Ministry and the Costarrican Center of Cinematographic Production (Film Center) of Costa Rica and it is on its second edition.
The first edition was held in 2012 with the participation of personalities such as the acclaimed spanish director Fernando Trueba and Iván Trujillo, director of the Guadalajara International Film Festival.
For this occasion, the guest of honor country of the Fest is Argentina, who's films are matter of study and cinematographic reference, thanks to its prolific industry, parameter for the creation, promotion and evolution of film.
As a tribute to this cinematographic patrimony there will be a retrospective of Argentinian films presented by some of their directors, who will be meeting with the audience to share their experience about the cinematographic creation.
The opening of the Festival will take place on Friday October 11th at the Melico Salazar Popular Theater, with the screening of the Argentinian film "Tesis sobre un homicidio", from the prominent director Hernán Goldfrid.
The Jury of the Festival this year will be comprised of well-known figures of the international cinematographic scene. Carlos Sorín (Argentina), Michelle Maheux for the International Fiction category. Besides, Patricia Howell (Costa Rica), Gerardo Tort (Mexico) and Agustín Fornari (Argentina/Chile) will give their veredict about the films competing in the International Documentary category; and finally Leo Gavina (Brasil), Patricia Carrillo (Mexico) and Pedro Zurita (Chile/USA) will be judging the National category.
The jury will make the winners public on Saturday October 19th during an award show, where the "Jaguar" award will be issued, a statuette inspired by the indigenous metates (grinding stones), put together on native autochthonous communities.
Gravity pre-opening the Festival
As a prologue, the movie "Gravity" of the acclaimed Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón, will be screened on Thursday October 10th at the Magaly venue, at 8pm. Gravity, starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, opened the 70th edition of the Venice Film Festival during last August, and this is the second time it will be presented on a Festival background.
The Festival has invited 100 personalities, local and international, amongst them movie makers, producers, actors and actresses. They will also be participating in talks, meetings and workshops with students and the general public.
As in 2012, the Festival features the curation of Nicole Guillemet, who was vicepresident and codirector of the Sundance Film Festival for more than 15 years. Under her guidance, this Festival became an important showcase for independent films on a global level.
The Costa Rica International Film Festival 2013 "Peace with Earth", will also present a variety of shows from performing arts to musical events, with international music groups such as the Mexican Carla Morrison, the Guatemalan group La Miseria Cumbia Band, as well as important national bands like 424, Son de Tikizia and Editus 360.
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Tuesday April 20, 2010
the Disco Biscuits
9:30 Club, Washington, DC
Entire show with Tom Hamilton and Chris Michetti on guitars.
Set I: Highwire > Gangster > Tricycle > Svenghali* >Caves Of The East** > Highwire
Set II: Uber Glue, Basis For A Day > Naeba > Minions > Basis For A Day
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Widespread Panic
Warner Theatre, Washington, DC
Set I: Goin' Out West > Greta > Better Off, Solid Rock, Clinic Cynic, Three Candles > Surprise Valley > I'm Not Alone, Thought Sausage > Travelin' Light
Set II: Chainsaw City > This Part Of Town > Goodpeople, Use Me*, Impossible > Gimme, Action Man, Red Hot Mama*, Big Wooly Mammoth > Henry Parsons Died
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Britain based Irish producer Barry Kane, most commonly known as Sterilis, makes his debut on Only Trance with the massive techlifter 'Cosmic', built around a spacey atmosphere, crossed by a powerful bassline and creative acid synths surprinsingly coming in after a huge, euphoric drop that instantly resembles the classic trance music sound. Sweden-based Ico brings the 'psynfluence' on with his 'Big Bang' remix, while keeping it techy and using the energy to create the illusion of faster speed travel through space, dynamically throwing in a lot of acid and dark elements to this already banging experiment.
Already supported by: Andrea Mazza, Andrés Machado, Ben Alonzi, Cesar, Distant Identity, E-Flowers, Fergie & Sadrian, Giuseppe Ottaviani, Karybde & Scylla, Lazarus, Manuel Rocca, Marc van Gale, Markus Schulz, Ozzy XPM, Pusher, Rich Smith, Robert Gitelman, Roland Sandor, Simon Bostock, Space Garden, Suzy Solar, Timmy Rise, Underlaw, Vestrovia, and many more...
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Here's another beans-and-greens treatment for those of you who collect them the way I do. It's a stripped-down saute of rainbow chard, garlic and white beans, plus a little salt and pepper. And it might not seem like much. But there are some special touches.
In the root-to-leaf spirit, you use the chard stems along with the leaves, but you treat them separately so they keep a little (but not too much) of their crunch. The leaves get barely cooked, because chard is almost as tender as spinach, and you don't want the greens to disintegrate. The high proportion of minced garlic makes for a nice punch.
Best of all, the dish is so versatile, it comes close to staple status. Eat it by itself as a side dish; over grains in a bowl; spread on toast with yogurt for a light lunch; or tossed with pasta and perhaps a little of the cooking water and cheese for a hearty supper. As soon as you taste it, other uses will come to mind, no doubt.
3 or 4 servings, Healthy
This quick saute makes for a satisfying light lunch or hearty side dish. Add bread or the grain of your choice to turn it into a meal.
• 1 bunch (1 pound) rainbow chard
• 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, or more as needed
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• One 15-ounce can (1 1/2 cups) no-salt-added cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Wash and pat or spin-dry the chard. Strip the leaves from the stems, reserving the stems. Cut the leaves into 1 1/2-inch pieces and the stems into 1/2-inch slices.
Pour the oil into a large skillet over medium-high heat. Once the oil shimmers, add the chard stems and 1/2 teaspoon of salt; cook, stirring frequently, until the stem pieces become slightly tender yet still have a little crunch, 5 minutes.
Stir in the garlic and the chard leaves; cook for 2 minutes, stirring, until the leaves wilt.
Stir in the beans; cook just until they are heated through, 2 minutes. (They may pick up a blush color from the chard stems.)
Season with the pepper, taste, and add more salt, as needed. Serve hot.
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Oracle Business Intelligence Suite, Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) is a set of advanced BI solutions using Oracle as the backend database for staging visualizations like these:
Processing data in Oracle, however, is inherently inefficient. Oracle is designed for storage and retrieval, not the huge transforms that necessitate complex tuning and continual hardware upgrades -- or costly alternatives like Exadata or Hadoop.
Thus, rather than taxing Oracle users or shifting to appliances or other risky fabrics to accelerate and inefficient architecture, consider centralizing OBIEE data preparation in the file system you have. Central data preparation frees the DB from repeated transformation activities, and frees BI users from the burden of data integration for every report job.
Core components in the IRI Voracity data mangement platform, such as IRI CoSort -- and its SortCL program in particular -- are proven offline engines for Oracle (and other big data sources) table extraction, transformation, loading (ETL), and related Oracle data management. SortCL's numerous data transformation functions run much faster outside Oracle - either in the file system or Hadoop. Robust data masking and test data generation are also a part of this environment. In fact, you can combine data manipulation in masking as you prepare data for presentation.
Beyond versatility and velocity is ease-of-use. SortCL's 4GL job scripts are far simpler and smaller than PL/SQL procedures, and they can be auto-created, deployed, and managed from a free, familiar Eclipse GUI. Both IT (ETL) and BI users find SortCL to be a simpler way to make data ready for reporting and analysis.
See this article about the benefits of centralized data preparation (or franchising) for BI. Consider how much sooner you can produce reusable tables and files from big data that's ready for OBIEE to ingest ... without affecting query performance.


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OxyLean Review
OxyLean is supposedly an "advanced" weight loss formula which claims to help users lose weight by helping them absorb more micro nutrients from their food, increase their metabolism rates, and cut back on food cravings.
The makers of OxyLean claim that by using ingredients at their full potency level, users are better able to get the many benefits of each of its ingredients.
We'll look into OxyLean and see what these ingredients are really doing, and decide whether or not OxyLean is worth the money.
Inside OxyLean
OxyLean contains South African Hoodia Gordoni, Green Tea Extract, Vanadium, Colostrum, Dandelion Leaf, L-Glutamine, Gugul Extract, Bitter Melon, Gymnema Slyvestre, Alpha Lipoic Acid, Banaba, Theobromine, Pantothenic Acid, Bioperine, and Ginger Root.
The Hoodia Gordoni, Green Tea, Gugul Extract, and Theobromine are all ingredients which help speed up metabolism rates. These ingredients contain several different antioxidants which work to help suppress your appetite and help you burn off more calories.
The Dandelion Leaf and Ginger Root are diuretics to help your body flush out toxins and excess water out of your body. These ingredients aren't known for their weight loss benefits.
Although these ingredients will help you drop a few pounds initially, you'll most likely gain the weight back as soon as you stop taking OxyLean.
With the Vanadium, Bitter Melon, Alpha Lipoic Acid, and Banaba are all insulin-regulating ingredients meant to help you keep a solid glucose level. These ingredients help prevent you from having massive cravings based on low blood sugar.
Also Bioperine is extracted from black pepper and helps you absorb more nutrients out of your food. However, this ingredient isn't known for inducing weight loss.
The L-Glutamine helps build lean muscle by placing carbohydrates near your muscles so they can be burned for muscle energy.
The Catch?
There aren't many weight loss aids. The Green Tea is probably the most significant weight loss aid in the group of ingredients.
While many of these ingredients have a positive effect on your blood sugar, they can negatively mesh with medications and aren't recommended for people with diabetes.
Also, while the Bioperine may help you absorb more nutrients out of your food, it also can cause distress to your gastrointestinal system by making you nauseous, vomit, and have diarrhea.
Buying OxyLean
Although there are a lot of OxyLean products on the market (such as Oxylean pro created by Havoc Nutrition), this particular OxyLean formula is sold at Naturalbiology.com for about $30 a bottle. If you buy in bulk, you can save up to 15%-25% on the product.
US shipping is a flat rate of $4.95 per order, no matter how much you order, and it takes at least 2-5 days to ship. For international orders, costs will vary, and you will be responsible for any custom duties, taxes, etc.
Return Policy
Natural Biology backs their formula with a 60 day guarantee, which will give you store credit rather than simply a crediting your card the purchase price. You'll need to include a copy of your invoice in order to receive your refund.
If you wish to contact customer service, you'll have to fill out an email form on the official website, since there is no other contact information available.
OxyLean may help you absorb nutrients from your food and keep regular insulin levels, but other than the Green Tea, these ingredients aren't known for their weight loss benefits. We'd suggest looking for something with more weight loss power to help you get those pounds off.


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The rise of the Chief Digital Officer has so far been most noticeable in the USA with a number of large companies appointing them.
The perceived need for a CDO is typically to try and accelerate digital transformation and to bridge the divide that can exist between the CMO and CIO.
Gartner recently predicted that by 2017 the CMO will spend more on IT than the CIO. Much of that technology is for digital and ecommerce initiatives.
If the CMO is not comfortable with these new responsibilities, a CDO is seen as a solution.
Digital transformation
Only around five years ago we would constantly hear from our most senior digital subscribers that they were struggling to convince the 'C-suite' to invest properly in digital and treat it in the strategic manner it deserved.
Wind forward five years, with several recessions, numerous high profile bankruptcies and entire business models under serious threat, and the picture is very different. Digital's 'battle for the boardroom' has been won. The case for investment in digital is not the challenge.
Indeed, the board have their shareholders breathing down their necks impatient for faster business transformation with digital the primary catalyst and driver.
The challenge, and the frustration, for larger companies in particular is the lack of speed of change. Executing on the digital imperative, innovating in an agile way, changing the culture: these are now the biggest challenges, not strategic commitment or C-level buy-in.
One approach some companies adopt to address these challenges is to buy a start-up in the hope that this will drive change. However, this rarely works out well as the clash of cultures is usually too great.
The appointment of a CDO seems to be another route companies are taking in the hope this will deliver the desired digital change. But I believe this is a bad idea. It is a short term sticking plaster over a more serious underlying problem.
It is essentially an admission of failure. A failure of the rest of the C-suite to be themselves digital enough, or a failure to empower the digital teams properly within the organisation, or a failure of the various business functions to work together to make digital happen.
Furthermore, as digital touches so many parts of an organisation, the only way for it to be ultimately successful is for it to be collaborative, and permeate everything, so concentrating authority into a single C-level position is counter-productive.
If a CDO is not the right solution, what is?
Digital is undeniably now a strategic issue rather than a tactical one and merits championing at the highest levels so how can digital transformation be achieved without a dedicated CDO?
Firstly, and most obviously, it should be possible to have C-level executives who understand digital well enough that there is no need for a CDO. There is a noticeable trend for executives with digital expertise being promoted not just to CMO but to the CEO role.
Jonathon Brown moved from Director of Online at John Lewis to CEO of M and M Direct having had various digital and brand marketing roles previously. Ashley Highfield became CEO of Johnston Press with a background of digital roles including MD and VP Consumer and Online UK for Microsoft and Director of New Media & Technology at the BBC.
Typically to make this jump candidates have had roles and responsibilities that are not just digital but across multiple channels and they need leadership, commercial and strategy skills. But this seems a far better solution than having a CDO?
Secondly, even if the C-suite themselves are not well versed in digital, not having experienced it first hand through their career, I believe it is beholden upon them to learn about digital. If this is the case then, again, there should be no need for a CDO in whom all digital knowledge and authority is entrusted.
Enlightened C-level executives, not just the CMO, CTO or CEO, but finance, HR and other functions are confident enough in themselves to admit they may not understand digital but are willing to learn. This learning may not just be the usual workshops, away days, digital immersion sessions, trips to Silicon Valley. It could also include having a digital mentor, or digital 'buddy' who may be quite junior, to experience digital first hand.
Thirdly, if the C-suite properly empower those with digital skills and experience who are perhaps one, or two, levels beneath them, then a CDO is not needed. Rupert Murdoch has gone on record as saying he feels too old to ever truly understand digital but he is smart enough to recognise its commercial importance and empower others in his organisation who do.
In many organisations now we are seeing those with digital expertise being moved up the ranks into multichannel and wider roles that surely position them for a step into the C-suite soon. Laura Wade-Gery moved from being CEO of Tesco.com to Executive Director, Multi-channel Ecommerce at M&S, joining the board in 2011.
Andy Harding has recently become Executive Director, Multichannel at House of Fraser having been in various digital and ecommerce roles previously. It is these kinds of senior managers, who understand digital and will become the C-suite if they are not already, that companies need, not a CDO.
In the early 1900s some companies hired Chief Electricity Officers because at the time electricity was so new and so important it was thought necessary to have someone at board-level oversee it. We can look back now and chuckle at the idea of a Chief Electricity Officer.
Perhaps Chief Digital Officers are the Chief Electricity Officers of our age?
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Interesting thoughts Ashley. The discussion of whether digital can be embedded across an organisation is clearly the right way to go in an ideal world. However, in the majority of large organisations, still matrix in nature in the main, this is just a long way off still. In these large orgs having someone at board level pushing the digital mantra is essential in my opinion.
A CDO should be responsible for getting the org to become digital by default, but expecting these orgs to get there without a very senior leader pusing for it is going to be tough.
I work with a lot of large orgs who don't have either a CDO or anyone on the board with digital creds (hence why they hire me). For these kinds of orgs, who currently are pulled and pushed around by agencies with contrasting objectives, it's a tough transition and one that will (and does) take time.
Great discussion starter though!
Strong words Ashleigh and I am in agreement on your conclusion that all of the C-suite need to suitably digital trained and minded.
Personally I think the appointment of a CDO should be because an organisation recognises the pace of digital advances and the commercial importance of digital. It shouldn't be a backstop to fill a knowledge gap within Executives.
The words digital and innovation are being used synonymously. Whilst this is true for the present time (as electricity was in the 1900s) it won't be always. There will be industry wide innovations in other areas and digital will become ubiquitous. Therefore perhaps the title should be Chief Innovation Officer reflecting the fact that growing organisations need to innovate or be disrupted.
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Good article and one with which I personally agree completely. I'm asked about the CDO a lot in my current analyst/advisory role and I think its a superficial, badly thought through position. Digital can't fall into the domain of a single C suite executive, it touches marketing, operations, customer service, product and services, everything. It's why I also have little time for the manufactured CMO <> CIO "split" that gets way too much airtime at the minute.
Agree with the article and DaveJ's comment. I'm currently working with a CIO client who is obsessing over how to become the CDO and how to position himself with/against the CMO...etc..etc. I keep telling him he's missing the point, but its not helped when so many articles around aimed at telling the CIO why he should want to be the CDO!!!!
Who is the "I" in this article?
Interesting article and points well made. I am in absolute agreement that digital needs to be collaborative and permeate everything that a company does. But this does not happen overnight, it is a journey and requires leadership to happen. Whether this means a CDO role is required as a discrete position is fair enough open to debate, but what is needed are digital evangelists, individuals who lead by example, who galvanise commitment to change and who ensure change happens. Unfortunately in the real world, spontaneous collective responsibility is rare. Personally I feel there is space for a CDO type of role but not as an empire builder, instead as a leader of digital change and direction.
@tomT - The I is me the author
@Robert - I agree except that I think a Head of Digital/Online or VP E-commerce or Group Digital Director or whatever it gets called (the most senior digital person) should be able to do this if properly empowered by the C-Suite?
Think my first comment has been lost in moderation.
I agree that CDO is a transformational role and could therefore be fulfilled by other senior management. The larger issue that businesses are facing is not simply how to do digital but how to innovate against market trends using digital as a medium.
Personally I'd like to see the rise of the CInO (Chief Innovation Officer).
Ashley - 100% agree with you there, digital transformation has to be empowered from the top and if a Digital Director role already exists then fantastic. I am interested though to see how the CMO/CIO technology debate evolves. I'm advising a company right now on just such a situation.
@David - yes, your first comment got auto-binned as spam but I've resurrected it so it's now there. Innovation, and how large companies innovate, is a huge topic in its own right ('intrapreneurs' etc) but, again, I'd say if you need a Chief Innovation Officer then you've failed to instil a culture of innovation. Innovation isn't something that you need now, but not tomorrow etc. I always think it's dangerous to have 'innovation' in your job title - people don't tend to survive too long with that!
@Ashley - yes innovation is a culture and part and parcel I believe of a digital organisation. Introduction of agile dev principles and licence to experiment will go along way to creating the right environment for ideas to flourish. As does getting rid of annual budgets/plans and working to 3 month cycles and creating multi-functional semi autonomous customer focused teams who adapt to market forces through interpretation of principles rather than working to rules and processes.
Creating new roles like CDO is totally missing the point. It reduces the credibility of 'Marketing' and the people calling themselves marketers.
Abdicating digital marketing to a CDO role (and team) is counter-productive and just means Marketing gets taken less seriously. Quite simply anyone who calls themselves a marketer needs to understand their craft in it's entirety; digital Marketing included. It's called being a professional marketer.
How come SME's manage to handle digital as part of the marketing remit without the need for new roles? Just a thought.
Your article rings true, as with David J's and Alan S's comments, digital (whatever form it takes) needs to be embraced by all it touches in every part of an organization. Governed by one (the CDO) is a sure-fire way to stall digital evolution in an organization in my eyes.
"as digital touches so many parts of an organisation, (...) concentrating authority into a single C-level position is counter-productive." In that order of ideas, everything within an organisation is counter-productive, Finance, Operations, Marketing, etc, etc...
I tend to agree with Ashley, a Chief Innovation Officer is (or should be) superfluous if 'C-Suites' are doing their jobs properly. Since digital should be intergrated into the overall marketing, media and communications strategy, the CMO should oversee its planning and implementation.
As someone retained by a number of International organisations to advise 'C-Suites' on Strategic Marketing & Business Development, I'm often asked to review and advise on: "our social-media stuff". Lack of understanding, inadequate explanation and insufficient planning all combine to disappoint when 'Digital' doesn't meet over-egged expectation.
Like any tool, Digital can be hugely effective if used appropriately. If 'C-Suites' are to agree to buy the right tool, Digital has to explain and justify itself in business terms - as part of the overall marketing and communications strategy. Trying to separate it out defeats the object.
I think the role of CDO is a transformation role that is only needed until digital is fully understood / adopted across the C-suite. Right now it is not, but in a matter of years this could change.
One approach that I've seen work for some organisations is to take on a Non-Exec Director who has the full compliment of Digital skills, to see them through this period. This would have the benefit of integrating a CDO-type person into the organisation, without the need to restructure the board.
While I don't disagree with what is outlined in the article, I think the conversation is not (or should not be) about CDO vs. no CDO, but rather who is looking out for the entire customer experience.
Putting a CDO in place is just creating one more silo around a marketing discipline. It doesn't advance the customer-centricity of an organization in the least, which is where companies need to be evolving their thinking and practice.
@Evan - I agree. I advocate that in my earlier article on "CXOs" (see http://econsultancy.com/blog/11263-should-cmos-aspire-to-be-cxos) but where, again, I argue that inventing another job title isn't the solution.
Interesting to see the large number of reactions; obviously a very relevant subject for many of us.
I'd like to bring a couple of points together:
In the early stages of digitization, the Board of Management needs to recognize, confirm and communicate the importance of digital for the company and draft the impact of digital. In this phase a CDO type of role can be very beneficial to accelerate the digitization. In the end game, digital becomes an integral part of EVERY part of the business and the role of CDO becomes obsolete. In other words: the question is not IF a CDO is needed, but UNTIL WHEN a CDO accelerates the digitization.
Interesting thought. The problem I see is if the board don't understand digital they can't define a good strategy. The guys on the floor are usually specialists/technicians and can't deliver a plan based around the needs of the business, only services.
If the board can take time to train these guys in business goal setting and the rules of the game then I think it's possible, but I see abdication of responsibility by the board and not delegation.
I also see the problem of accountability. If there's not a person responsible for pulling all the specialist department together you will have blame and excuses between the teams.
Someone has to own it, and I think it's the CMO. They have to get it, or get out.
This article has got me thinking.
On the other hand, you wouldn't expect a CMO to become a CFO, and vice versa - whats the difference?
An interesting debate. Have enjoyed reading it. I agree with Elwin. In my experience, the presence of a CDO is often linked to business and board maturity (their knowledge of digital & the level of digital maturity within the company).
With all due respect to someone who "provides information and digital capability development services to digital marketing and e-commerce professionals worldwide." In the real world ....
... the lead-time for most companies to change their CEO/CMO is long and being great at everything expect digital, seems like a poor excuse for expediting their replacement.
So, what to do in the meantime? How about appointing a C level expert ... someone who understands the whole business AND digital. Not a CIO or CTO who usually are weak in business. But someone with broad experience who does happen to be digital. Someone who can see how technology touches every part of the business, vision it, implement it, lead it, etc.
It is not realistic to expect a more junior employee to be powerful and influential enough to manage up, down and across a matrix.
And to outsource this to a part-time consultant ... neh!
CDO may be a short term proposition (10-years ...) but the companies that get the right person in now to will win.
Cool ... you take down comments you don't agree with !!!
@Charles - we don't take down posts. Your post was never published because our spam filter parked it for some reason. Anyway, I've now published it (and another one from Nick Morton which had also been auto-marked as spam).
BTW, isn't the average tenure of a CMO something ridiculously short like 18 months?
I am late to this conversation but I thought I would show myself and disagree. Strongly disagree.
The role of the CDO is not to bandaid the problem but to "solve many serious underlying problems."
Yes, digital teams need to be properly empowered within the organization, they need to be collaborative with other business units, but someone needs to drive this and many current employees don't have the time, knowledge, skill-set and experience to do so.
Technology progression has occurred too fast and a plethora of business may have failed to keep up, in many cases they are a casualty of the digital revolution, not necessarily poor management.
Most C-level executives don't understand digital, not this generation of them anyway. The CDO might not be needed in 15 years time, but companies need them now to adapt and remain competitive. Executives need to learn digital, yes, but digital experts struggle to keep abreast of the future and they leave and breath it.
Many organizations do not have any senior management experience with digital and while some staff may progress up the ranks rapidly, most will lack the skills in identifying opportunities for busines to refine their existing operations and to open up new revenue streams through the measured application of appropriate technologies. Whether this involves generating growth by adopting new technologies and platforms or is the result of converting and streamlining traditional analogue processes through a transition to digital systems. Technology automation, customer relationship management, knowledge management, enterprise social and collaboration tools, digital marketing and ecommerce are all considered in a company's digital transformation to retain market share.
There is a lot at steak when transforming the culture of business through visionary leadership, partnering with executives, colleagues and staff to identify and execute on the projects that will set them up for success. All the while, brand integrity is maintained and that the business is comfortable with each step it takes through the process of change.
We may look back and chuckle at the need for CDO's but many corporations need them now, otherwise we will be looking back and chuckling at that business that once was.
Dominic Byrne
Thanks for your comments. I don't disagree that it can work as a transitionary role but a couple of questions: who/what team should report to the CDO? Who does the CDO report to? Do the CMO and CTO "carry on as normal" whilst the CDO is there? What's the next step up/promotion once you've been CDO?
Hi Ashley,
The CDO should work with all the business units, many of the possible technologies and future technology opportunities.
The CDO should work with the CIO on the customer facing platforms and work with the CMO on marketing initiatives that need technology.
The CMO and CTO do carry on but they need to work more closely together (easier said that done as there are massive siloed problems in many organisations between these two departments), the CDO can help bridge this relationship with their T style profile. (Ability to apply broad knowledge across situations with a deep functional disciplinary skill.
The CDO needs to educate the C Suite and the rest of the business as part of their role, so that each executive is up-skilled with digital knowledge.
The CDO should report to the CEO and be granted much autonomy to work across all levels of senior and board management.
The next step for the CDO, is that he / she achieves their three year goals of transformation and they move on, conducting another project in an organisation needing help with digital change.
The CDO role could well become obsolete in due time. If this is the case, ex CDO's will become GM's, many will become CMO's (with all the needed contemporary skills) rather than CIO's, or perhaps even CEO's.
Just as a follow up... I read today about Starbucks' management changes. Details are at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25956777
I think this is a great approach. Essentially... make the CEO become the CDO. A great solution.
I think its the best solution, if possible.
If you were the chairman / board of a very successful business, year on year growth with a CEO at the helm who knew the business and market as good as any, but lacked new school digital skills. What would you do?
Make him the CDO?
Replace him with a new CEO / CDO?
Add someone to the C Suite to fill the void and assist with adapting the business to the contemporary environment and modern day consumer?
Another solution?
To throw a spanner in the works. What about, should CIOs become Chief Digital Officers (CDOs)?
Hi Ashley
Great comments about the Chief Electricity Officers - but in 1890 I'd have much rather invested in a company that had a roadmap to electric lighting and powered machinery on the factory floor with electricity than one that was struggling on with gaslights and steam engines.
I'm author of the industry handbook "Digital Transformation" and of the forthcoming "Chief Digital Officer Handbook" and from my experience and interviewing dozens of leading CDOs, Digital Officers and C-Level stakeholders and one of the key things that CDOs are looking at is managing the transition and educating other C-level executives to understand digital well enough that there is no need for a CDO.
I'd be pleased to chat to you further on this.
Mark Baker http://about.me/drmarkrbaker
Good to see the thread still alive. This guy says it well:
This is the fleeting era of the Chief Digital Officer, says Deloitte http://snip.ly/G8O4
@Dominic Yes, I quite like that Deloitte report. Give a timescale expectation but also gives some useful more practical thoughts around the how the role inter-relates with existing C-suite functions.
I fear I may have to recant my views on CDOs... This news http://mikebracken.com/blog/co-operation-collaboration-and-membership-2/ might be the final nudge I needed to admit CDOs are a good idea.
But still not forever... perhaps for five years? Then the CDO becomes the CEO :)
You could maybe extend your argument to any 'digital' roles depending on what is digital. At the end of the day, when it comes to distribution, it's business development, marketing, or clients service or some mix of the three - does digital really qualify as something separate in the long game? I don't think so.
@Jim in the long game it doesn't make sense to me. How long is that long game I wonder? Three years, five perhaps? I prefer the CCO role (see https://econsultancy.com/blog/66223-with-a-blank-sheet-what-organisational-structure-would-you-choose-for-marketing-and-digital/) and if you have a good CCO then you shouldn't need a CDO.
Yep, a Chief Customer Officer or Head of Distribution should be sufficient - if the candidates are.
@All - I've done a follow up to this (can you believe this original piece is two and half years old now...?) at https://econsultancy.com/blog/66906-was-i-wrong-about-chief-digital-officers/ - do feel free to comment and continue the debate there!


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While companies and 401(k) plan providers are targeting participants with educational materials, more options and new features aimed at increasing participation rates, contribution levels and plan diversification, participants do not appear to be catching on to that message.
A new report issued by Hewitt Associates, a Lincolnshire, Ill.-based retirement consultant, highlights areas in which plan sponsors' and providers' communication and education efforts are falling short in informing participants about important retirement savings issues.
The report found three primary points of static in the chain of communication between sponsors and participants: The lessons that sponsors are preaching about diversification, contribution rates and participation levels seem to be falling on deaf ears.
While most sponsors are actively working to improve those areas, it's not sinking in with employees and "in some cases...may be missing the mark," said Lori Lucas, a defined contribution consultant with Hewitt.
The report is based on the findings of two Hewitt surveys, 2001 Trends and Experience 401(k) Plans, which surveyed some 400 U.S. employers and the 2000 Hewitt Universe Benchmarks, which examined the investment behaviors of 730,000 eligible employees and 500,00 active participants.
While 45% of 400 employers surveyed in Hewitt's survey indicated that "increasing plan participation" was the most important goal of their education efforts, those good intentions are not impacting a large percentage of their employees. The participation rate for new employees with less than two years tenure is about 45.8%, well below the overall average participation rate of 74%, Lucas said.
Signing Up New Employees
In order to improve participation rates, employers should improve their communication efforts by stressing to newly eligible employees the importance of saving for retirement.
Another effective tool in improving participation rates is automatic enrollment, according to Lucas. Nearly 14% of sponsors currently offer automatic enrollment features that defer a percentage of an eligible employees pay into a fund, Lucas said.
While that is an improvement over past years, some sponsors are hesitant to offer such features because of concerns that some employees might react negatively to being automatically enrolled in a plan even though they have an option to not participate, she said. And the issue also poses some legal issues which has raised red flags for some sponsors. For example, Lucas said, some sponsors do not want to be held responsible for automatically deferring an employees' contributions into a fund if the employee does not choose their own option. "It's a great example of the tension plan sponsors face in solving one issue and causing another," she said.
The Diversification Challenge
Improving retirement savings diversification is the one issue with the most significant gap in communication between sponsor and employee, Lucas said. Although employers know that it is an important issue, they have not had a lot of success in encouraging their employees to diversify their savings, she said.
Indeed, about 46% of participants are invested in one or two funds, according to the Benchmarks study. The average number of funds held by 401(k) participants is 3.3; and 75% of participants assets are spread among three asset classes: employer stock, large U.S. equity and stable value investments. Meanwhile, the average 401(k) plan holds 12 funds, Lucas said.
The problem is, too much choice has confused participants, Lucas said. "I think participants like choice, but I think it also confuses them and they feel overwhelmed," she said.
Instead, sponsors need to encourage diversification with a smaller line up of funds, but also offer more complex vehicle like self-directed brokerage accounts for more sophisticated investors, she said.
Improving Contribution Levels
Lower paid and younger employees' low contribution levels is another area that employers need to improve, according to Hewitt. Twenty-four percent of employers surveyed in the Trends study listed low contribution levels as the second most common employee investment mistake. While the average contribution rate is 7.7% of pay, lower salary and younger employees contribution rates are much lower, Lucas said.
More than simply telling employees that they need to contribute more, sponsors need to realize that younger employees may not have experience in managing their personal finances and lower income employees may not be able to significantly cut into their take home pay. In response, employers should develop plan provisions that automatically step up employees contribution levels with minimum annual salary raises.
Providing education materials on basic personal money management can also help eliminate some of the behavioral barriers to improving contribution levels, she said.


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Saturday, January 11, 2014
Coq Au Vin for the crock pot
WOW OH WOW is this delicious. I found the original recipe in my little booklet that came with my small crock pot. I changed some things . I will give both versions
5 slices bacon, diced {I used 1 slice]
2/3 cup green onion sliced [I didn't use but I added an extra onion]
6 chicken breast halves [I used 9-10 boneless skin free thighs]
1 onion chopped (I used 2 small onions since I didn't have the green onions above]
1/4 lb whole mushrooms [I used 1/2 lb of sliced]
8 small new potatoes [I used cauliflower pieces since I am on special diet, but the potatoes would be fab]
1 clove garlic, minced [I used 2 large garlic cloves sliced]
1 tsp salt (or to taste)
1/2 tsp dried thyme (I just sprinkled over the chicken]
1/2 cup chicken broth [I used more--3/4 to 1 cup]
1/2 cup Burgundy wine
I added one parsnip
I added some frozen garden peas at the end
Saute in a skillet the bacon and green onion until bacon is crisp. [I did my one slice and then removed it and sauteed one of my onions]. Remove and drain well, then add the chicken breast to the skillet and brown them well on both sides [I omitted this step since I used boneless, skinless , thighs]. Remove the chicken and set it aside. Put the onion, mushrooms , potatoes [me cauliflower and a parsnip], and garlic in Crock-Pot slow cooker. Add the chicken, bacon , green onions, salt, pepper, thyme and chicken broth. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours or on high for 4 hours. If using garden peas add the amount you desire during the last hour. Add the Burgundy wine during the last hour of cooking.
Recommended unit size 5-7 Quarts [I used a 4 1/2 quart one ] Made about 5 servings
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The worst drought since 1988 has gripped a large portion of the Midwest, shriveling corn yields and producer profits.
The drought and heat could not have come at a worse time, according to grain analyst Richard Brock, with Brock Associates. "Early planted corn has turned out to be a detriment because it has matured too early. All this heat is hitting during the pollination period.
"The heat is hurting a lot more than people have recognized. There are some areas where the proven yields are 220 bushels to 225 bushels an acre that could end up less than 100 bushels, maybe as low as 70 bushels."
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The Midwest drought extends from Bloomington, Ill., south and east. "North of Bloomington and most of Minnesota and Iowa are still in pretty good shape," Brock said. "But crops that were in good shape five or six days ago, where there was no rain and temperatures over 100 degrees, we've seen some considerable deterioration."
According to meteorologist Drew Lerner, World Weather, Inc., the culprit for the drought is a high pressure ridge over the Midwest. The ridge, which has strengthened more than meteorologists had anticipated, "dried down the topsoil to the point where there is no moisture feedback into the atmosphere," Lerner said. "So there's nothing to stimulate any kind of cooling."
Little rainfall relief
The ridge was expected to begin moving westward in early July, bringing some cooler temperatures to the Midwest from Canada. But little relief in terms of rainfall is in the forecast. By mid-July, the ridge was expected to have begun a trek back toward the eastern United States. But this is not likely to provide any relief in terms of moisture either.
"This is something that is probably going to be around for a while," Lerner said of the Midwest situation. "We'll probably see some changes, but we're at the point of no return so to speak."
Once the high pressure ridge moves back eastward, it is expected to open up the Mid-South for moisture from the Gulf of Mexico, according to Lerner. The moisture not expected to reach Midwest states.
Corn futures have risen sharply on the expectation of significantly reduced U.S. corn yields. With corn futures trading above $7 a bushel, "it's a runaway bull market," Brock said. "You get some emotion in there, it could do anything in a very short time frame. Somewhere between $7.20 and $8.60 there are a lot of upside objectives. I wouldn't rule that out."
Brock noted that drought markets "peak quickly because the fundamentals of a short supply are obvious and get built into the market quickly. The top of the market will not likely occur until the public starts jumping on board, which they have not done yet. The blowoff top will likely happen before July is over."
Brock said the sharp increase expected in corn prices will result in significant increases in corn acres both domestically and worldwide. This in turn will increase fertilizer demand and fertilizer prices much more than previously expected. With these fundamentals the best selling opportunity for the 2013 corn and soybean crops will likely occur within the next six weeks."


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Although it's likely that foreign policy will be a major issue in the 2016 race for the White House, Americans tend to vote on the strength of the domestic economy and their personal feelings about the candidates in presidential elections.
But the ongoing threat from Islamic State militants in the Middle East, combined with worries about Iran's nuclear ambitions and Russia's aggression in Ukraine, continues to test U.S. leadership abroad.
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While Clinton's time as President Obama's secretary of state gives Republicans a foreign policy record to pick at during the campaign, it also offers her something few of them can claim — legitimate expertise in international affairs.
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"He is not quite the favorite that Hillary Clinton is on the Democratic side, but he is a very strong candidate and it looks like he is looking to run," said John Fortier of the Washington-based Bipartisan Policy Center.
Bush has said he favors sustained U.S. engagement with the world but has offered few details of his foreign policy approach or how it might contrast with that of his brother, former President George W. Bush, or his father, former President George H.W. Bush.
Among GOP newcomers expected to seek the nomination: U.S. senators Marco Rubio of Florida, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Ted Cruz of Texas, all of whom recently appeared at a forum hosted by Charles and David Koch, perhaps the most influential fundraisers for conservative candidates and ideas. While Rubio and Cruz used the event to criticize Obama's outreach to Cuba and his handling of Iran nuclear talks, Paul had a different view on both issues, expressing opposition to additional Iranian sanctions and calling 50 years of Cuba isolation a failure.
Paul, whose Libertarian views are likely to contrast with the Republican field, also told the conservative forum that its next presidential nominee must treat war as "the last resort, not the first."
Rejecting the label of foreign policy "isolationism," as some fellow Republicans have recently charged, Paul may launch his presidential bid at a time when security concerns have returned to the forefront of the American electorate. A recent Bloomberg survey found that nearly half of Republican voters identify "more aggressively pursuing terrorists" as a top issue, likely due to events unfolding in Ukraine and the Middle East.
While Paul could fare well in Republican debates focused on the issue of big government — he enjoys strong support among Republicans who identify as libertarians concerned with bloated government — he may have a tougher time explaining his foreign policy stance to conservatives seeking a more hawkish nominee.
Some of the different approaches among the likely Republican White House hopefuls will be on display when Congress moves to debate President Obama authority to conduct a wider military campaign against the Islamic State.
Targeting Clinton
Hillary Clinton's tenure as Obama's top diplomat has become a centerpiece of the Republican critique of Obama's foreign policy record — and a staple of Senator Ted Cruz's speeches to conservative groups.
"The failures of the Obama-Clinton foreign policy are manifest," Cruz recently said. "It's almost like the whole world is on fire right now. It seems there is not a portion of the world where security, where our relationship with our allies, where our ability to contain our enemies, to defeat our enemies ... hasn't gotten worse."
Other likely Republican contenders are staking out strong positions on confronting the Islamic State (IS) group. Both Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham recently said they were open to sending U.S. troops to battle IS, despite national polls that show Americans remain wary of foreign military involvements in the wake of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
But regardless of how large foreign policy issues may loom over the upcoming race for the White House, mainstay conservative voters will want to hear specifics about how contenders would plan to repeal Obamacare, cut the size of government, and make U.S. borders secure from illegal immigrants.
Some Republican analysts also believe the party's presidential contenders must do more than simply criticize the Obama record; commentator Scot Faulkner said voters will be looking to Republicans to offer sensible approaches to domestic and foreign policy challenges of the coming administration.
"One questions is, can Obama, two years from now, be wildly popular, have peace and have prosperity? If that becomes true, the Democrats could win," he said. "And so the Republicans have to do more than just tear down Obama because we could be at peace and we could have prosperity, so you have to have an alternative. And if you don't have that alternative vision, what do you have?"
Republican strategist Phillip Stutts said it will also be important for Republican congressional leaders to show the country they can govern to set the stage for a presidential victory in 2016.
"We have to show leadership," Stutts said. "We have to show that we have ideas otherwise we are not going to win in 2016. And this is our chance."


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- Calories 336
- Caloriesfromfat 26%
- Fat 9.8g
- Satfat 1.5g
- Monofat 5g
- Polyfat 2.8g
- Protein 10.3g
- Carbohydrate 57.2g
- Fiber 2.4g
- Cholesterol 0.0mg
- Iron 2.5mg
- Sodium 794mg
- Calcium 132mg
Thai Noodle Salad with Sautéed Tofu
This colorful noodle salad is a zesty one-dish Thai meal. Leftovers are great chilled or at room temperature. Draining tofu under a weight expels moisture, making the sautéed tofu crisp. For a pronounced nutty flavor, use roasted peanut oil.
How to Make It
To prepare tofu, cut tofu into 3/4-inch-thick slices. Arrange tofu slices in a single layer on several layers of paper towels. Top with several more layers of paper towels; top with a cast-iron skillet or other heavy pan. Let stand 30 minutes. Remove tofu from paper towels; cut into 3/4-inch cubes. Combine tofu, 2 tablespoons juice, and next 6 ingredients (through garlic) in a zip-top plastic bag. Seal and marinate at room temperature 2 hours, turning bag occasionally.
Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add 1 tablespoon oil to pan, swirling to coat; heat 30 seconds. Remove tofu from bag; discard marinade. Add tofu to pan; sauté 5 minutes or until crisp, carefully turning to brown all sides. Remove from heat.
To prepare noodles, while tofu marinates, place vermicelli in a large bowl. Cover with boiling water. Let stand 20 minutes or until tender. Drain and rinse under cold water; drain well. Set noodles aside.
To prepare dressing, combine 1/4 cup juice and next 8 ingredients (through 1/4 teaspoon red pepper), stirring with a whisk.
Combine vermicelli, lettuce, and remaining ingredients in a large bowl. Add dressing; toss well to combine. Top with tofu.


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Federal Policy Changes to Advance Energy Efficiency
D. Wooley
Energy Foundation, US
Keywords: energy efficiency, federal, policy, climate
Abstract:This presentation will explore federal policy changes in the next administration that are needed to leverage robust energy efficiency standards. Energy efficiency is potentially the fastest and cheapest greenhouse gas emission reduction strategy. Despite this, energy efficiency receives little attention from policymakers, industry, advocates, and the public because the policies are less tangible and more arcane than common GHG mitigation measures. In order to meet climate mitigation goals, it is critical that we seize today's unique confluence of high fossil fuel prices, concern over climate, and desire to control electricity costs. There will be strong momentum in the new administration to do something on energy outside of federal carbon regulation. David Wooley will identify: (1) principle federal policy changes needed to significantly increase investment in efficiency systems for homes, businesses, and industry: and (2) strategies for policy adoption. Such policies may include: Energy Efficiency Resource Standard; allocation of carbon auction revenues; demand side response integration in regional transmission markets; appliance standards; and building codes.


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Heat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Roast the salmon on a baking sheet until just cooked through, about 10 minutes. Let cool, and then break apart with a fork.
Combine the scallops, tarragon, mustard, salt and egg whites in a food processor and pulse until smooth. Mix the scallop mixture with the cooled salmon.
Divide the fish mixture into 6 equal portions, about 1/3 cup each. Unroll a 10- to 12-inch-long piece of plastic wrap and place 1 portion of the mixture in the center. Use the plastic wrap to make a casing by folding the plastic wrap over itself and rolling the mixture into a sausage shape.
Twist the ends until the package is tight, and then tie knots or use small zip ties to secure both ends. Repeat with the remaining mixture.
Bring 4 inches water to a boil in a large pot. Preheat a grill to high heat.
Carefully drop the pescabrats into the boiling water. Let the water return to a boil, and then boil for 10 minutes. Carefully remove the sausages and let cool completely before unwrapping. I like to put them in the freezer for 30 to 40 minutes before grilling, but as long as they are cool, you can grill away. The brats are edible at this point, but the grill will add some scorchy flavors.
Brush the grill grates with oil. Grill the sausages just until they get grill marks and are warm, 5 to 6 minutes.
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For centuries, most humans found community in fixed and enduring institutions, organizations, and groups. Strong communities were formed through family, religion, tradition, professional, ethnic and national identity. These communities remained relatively fixed and shaped the identities and destinies of their members.
Not so much anymore. Now the individual endlessly customizes, changes, and rearranges their life to fit their personal preference, deciding for themselves who they are and what they want to do. As a result, Millennials are abandoning traditional sources of community like a sinking ships. Half of all babies born to millennials are out of wedlock . Thirty percent now claim no religious preference. They expect to stay in a job for less than three years. Just under half claim to be patriotic persons.
Community based in God, family or country may be fading but the yearning for community is alive and well. Even as many choose not to identify with a religion, plenty are identifying with a team. Just half a century ago only 30% of Americans considered themselves sports fans. By 2012, the number had risen to above 60%. Sports feeds the hunger for community by uniting thousands of people across gender, class, and racial lines. We watch the games and buy the apparel to be accepted and then talk about our teams using pronouns like "we", "us", and "our." Academics Chris Beneke and Arthur Remillard explain the phenomenon in an essay for The Washington Post,
"Modern sports stadiums function much like great cathedrals once did, bringing communities together and focusing their collective energy. This summer, the Archdiocese of New York is expected to outline plans to close or merge some of its 368 parishes; 26 Catholic schools in the archdiocese have ceased operation. By contrast, the city and the state of New Jersey spent hundreds of millions to build new baseball and football stadiums."
Or consider the phenomenon of My Little Pony, a 22 minute cartoon promoting colorful toys for preteen girls that draws 12 million viewers, has 92,000 followers on Twitter and 815,000 on Facebook. The mantra of the show is that "friendship is magic" and it tells the story of six ponies whose friendship is the superpower that makes the world safe. This picture of community is contagious. It is estimated there are 7 to 12.4 million people in the United States who identify as "bronies" – a name that is a combination of "bro" and "pony" adopted by adult male fans of the show. These fans are typically college educated and between the ages of 15 and 35. They create artwork, post in forums, write fan fiction, wear "cutie marks", attend conventions (8,000 attended BronyCon in Baltimore in 2013), and do charitable work. The show's creator, Lauren Faust, explained to New York Magazine that "Friendship is Magic" came from her first real experience of friendship as a teenager:
When I made those friends, they were so precious to me. Sometimes I wonder if that's the appeal of the show. When you take a look at the Bronies, they're probably the odder kids in their school. They're not typical. They must have caught on to that message under the surface of My Little Pony: that friendship means we're all being ourselves and we're all accepting of one another.
Humans hunger to be themselves and be accepted by a community. Whether that community is the Big Blue Nation of Kentucky basketball or BronyCon.
Yet our modern idea of community is contradictory. We want all the benefits of real, authentic, enduring community enjoyed by humans for centuries but on the terms of the individual; it cannot be too restrictive, time consuming, or dogmatic. We want community to make us better people while we cry foul every time it intrudes into our personal space. We want it to give us powerful emotional bonds while we remain noncommittal, options open. We want it to be meaningful and significant while we abandon ancient doctrines for slogans and trends. The community our culture wants ultimately doesn't exist and the attempt to attain it will leave us empty and unsatisfied.
The church can be the answer. Not by conforming to culture's design by stripping away doctrine, softening commands, and fluffing up worship, but by being the kind of community God gave us in the New Testament. A community that changes people because it has the audacity to intrude into life and tackle sin and suffering (Galatians 6:1-2). A community with strong bonds because it meets regularly for worship, encouragement, and service (Heb. 10:22-25) despite the costs. A community with eternal significance because it is united by enduring and revealed truth from God (Isaiah 40:8) rather than trends or products.
Many won't accept the church because it's not on their terms. Yet for those left empty by the culture's version of community, the church can become salvation – not just from sin and death but from meaningless, anonymous isolation.
Community in the church doesn't magically happen alongside of programming and a busy calendar. Many have turned to sports and internet for community because churches have failed to be what God has called them to be. Yet if the church has a passion and plan to get people into gospel community the world may see that "friendship is magic" can't compete with the grace of God in Jesus Christ. It may see that sharing a favorite team is small potatoes compared to sharing membership in the Kingdom of God.
The gospel is the best hope for a culture seeking out community in plastic toys and rubber balls. Are our churches working hard to build gospel-centered community that points the world to Jesus?


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Handheld Monitor
The wireless Handheld Monitor from Tactical Electronics displays real-time video from up to four Tactical Electronics camera systems. The high resolution screen is 5.7 inches and self-orients when the monitor is flipped upside down. The monitor also includes 3 brightness levels and weighs only 1.4 pounds.
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- 5.7in high resolution color LCD
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- Can operate with AC or DC power
- Receives transmitted video
- Four channel video reception
- Video out: RCA Jack
- Hard-wire video input option
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Wireless Video:
All Tactical Electronics cameras and monitors have been designed to operate interchangeably. If you have multiple Tactical Electronics camera systems, the monitor will toggle between a maximum of four separate camera systems. The monitor has a built-in receiver, and when powered ON automatically receives RF video signals from the chosen camera system.


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The Metamorphosis
How does Gregor's sister change after Gregor's transformation?
In chapter 3
In chapter 3
Grete is Gregor's younger sister. She is the only one in the family with whom Gregor was intimate. At first, she takes it upon herself to clean his room and feed him. With time, however, she loses interest in this and leaves him alone. Grete, who first cared so much for Gregor, is also the first to assert that the family must get rid of him. Gregor had planned to use all his money to send Grete to the Conservatory to study violin, and her playing awakens his humanity.


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RED Returns to NABApril 06, 2016
RED returns to NAB in Las Vegas from April 18th-21st. Those visiting the booth can interact with all of RED's newest cameras, see the latest software and accessories from RED and RED's 3rd party partners, learn about RED's intuitive workflow from industry experts, and view exclusive 4K mastered footage in RED's 4K theater.
NAB attendees will experience RED's entire line of DSMC2 cameras—WEAPON 8K, WEAPON 6K, SCARLET-W 5K, and RED RAVEN 4.5K—within the booth and live interactive set. All of these cameras offer superior image quality, incredible dynamic range, and are capable of shooting simultaneously in REDCODE RAW and Apple ProRes with Avid DNxHD/HR support coming soon via free firmware upgrade. RED's top of line camera, WEAPON 8K, boasts up to 75 fps at 8K resolution, 35 megapixel stills from motion, 300 fps at 2K resolution and incredibly fast data speeds (up to 300 MB/s).
RED will also highlight the flexibility of its cameras' modular design by showcasing a wide variety of 3rd party accessories and peripherals designed specifically for RED cameras. Companies represented in RED's booth will include Acecore Technologies, DJI, FOOLCOLOR, Frame IO, Freefly, Gates Underwater, Gyro-Stabilized Systems, Intuitive Ariel, Kippertie, Motorized Precision, Nauticam, NextVR, OFFHOLLYWOOD, RT Motion, Shotover, and Wooden Camera.
RED's intuitive workflow will also be on display throughout the first 3 days of the show via live presentations and workshops. Presenters include Daniele Siragusano (Filmlight), Matt Watson & Matt Tomlinson (SHED), John Marchant (Kippertie), Guillaume Aubuchon (Digital Filmtree), Everett Sullivan (Jacksonville Jaguars), Jake Roper (Vsauce3), Lucas Wilson (Supersphere Productions), Tonaci Tran (HypeVR) and Michael Phillips (24p). Attendees can expect to hear about presenters' personal experiences using RED—including WEAPON 8K—and see a wide variety of live, on-screen demonstrations highlighting the amazing results coming from RED cameras.
For more details on the latest announcements and events, stop by the RED booth at NAB or visit the NAB Landing page.