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Thanks to the rise of social media, there's a mad race to measure influence and help brands harness it to their advantage. That has created an ecosystem of companies vying to prove that they can most accurately identify the social media users with the most clout.
One of the most prominent players in the space, Klout, is also one of the most controversial.
Klout's many critics level various charges at the company. Two of the most common:
- Klout doesn't really measure influence.
- The algorithm Klout uses to assign scores to users is opaque.
Hoping to address both of those criticisms, Klout yesterday announced what it considers to be "some of the most significant product updates in Klout's history."
A post on the company blog by Klout CEO Joe Fernandez explains, "We have increased the number of social media signals we analyze from less than 100 to more than 400. We have also increased the number of data points we analyze on a daily basis from 1 billion to 12 billion."
According to the Fernandez, "All of this additional data helps us deliver a more accurate Score for everyone on Klout." In an effort to convince the world that those scores are more accurate, Klout has also published more detailed information about some of the signals Klout's algorithm takes into consideration.
So will Klout's updates silence critics? Probably not.
And for good reason: Klout says that its goal is to measure both online and offline influence, but the more you know, the less realistic that goal looks. For instance, one of changes Klout has implemented incorporate suggests that Wikipedia pages are an indicator of real-world influence:
We see a Wikipedia entry as a significant indicator of one's ability to drive action in the real world. We've tested this method over the past several months and the updated Scores of recognized world leaders like Barack Obama and Warren Buffett more accurately reflect their real-world influence.
Skeptics would argue that Wikipedia is hardly an accurate indicator of real-world influence, and that citing the updated scores for Obama and Buffett as evidence of Wikipedia's value as a scoring signal is little more than Klout engaging in form-fitting.
Wikipedia aside, there is good reason to be skeptical about Klout, even with its updates. While some of the criticisms leveled at Klout by its detractors aren't entirely fair, the company's biggest problem is simple: you can't measure influence if your definition of it is oversimplified to the point of being fatally flawed. As previously noted, real studies on influence have demonstrated that it's much more complex and nuanced than Klout and many of its competitors would have us believe.
Unfortunately for Klout, a quick look at some of its score signals suggest that's (still) precisely the case. From questionable statements such as "posts to your wall indicate both influence and engagement" to dubious assumptions like "your reported title on LinkedIn is a signal of your real-world influence," Klout may be trying its best to make use of the data the social mediasphere gives it access to, but that doesn't mean the data is meaningful.
With this in mind, it's clear that Klout's move to increase the amount of data it analyzes is far more likely to make Klout look more sophisticated than it is to actually help the company achieve its stated goal of measuring influence. Which means that, whether it uses 100 signals or 100,000 signals, Klout still doesn't really count.
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I disagree. The mere fact that Klout measures social media socially is all that matters. In the same way you want to show off your facebook page full of "likes" or the number of "RTs" you get on twitter, having a high Klout score is merely status and the measure that it takes to get there isn't largely irrelevant, it is just enough to coax social media junkies into signing in.
You can't argue that Klout doesn't account for the interactions you have on several social media sites and as such a high score does mean you are doing something vaguely right. Klout IS a social media site and I am ok with that.
Klout is for straight line thinkers - it cannot count that many people my well be criticising someone instead of influencing them or being influenced. Its daft and sad to see so many taken in by it's Foursquare like look and feel
Back in the '90s I worked with several well-known global companies helping them implement performance measurement systems to prioritise decisions, reward individuals and cut down on the information noise inherent in any leading enterprise.
One of the principles I drummed into them at the time was to recognise that human interaction is far more complex than cause-and-effect and I helped them grasp chaos theory and systems thinking (espoused by author Peter Senge). Chaos theory (despite its name) is mostly about recognising patterns, which are framed within the modalities of systems thinking called Archetypes.
I would recommend anyone who's truly interested in understanding the systematic behaviour of human interaction to take a look at these - over the years I've proven these time and time again and they make an excellent series of test cases before implementing any tool such as Klout.
Some years later I ran Experian's Integrated Marketing business where we managed the user data for companies such as BSkyB, Microsoft and Skype. BSkyB were especially receptive to looking deeper than the cause and effect and benefitted greatly from such a mature understanding of their customers.
The challenge for 'Big Data' is learning how to focus on the patterns that matter (seeing the wood from the trees), adding more data points and sources is usually in my experience a very bad idea unless of course it's just for bragging rights.
Very interesting article, I am also somewhat skeptical about the simple fact of measuring the influence of one person or even the influence of a company, for example, I believe there must be an expert to tell the importance of a particular company . There are cases where we know very well what these people and companies do and in what areas they operate. It is the quality work of a group, a team, an organization that will determine your search, but also the cost benefits that these companies offer from its major customers and partners as the end customer. However I think is very valuable, allowing these same companies have more information about the importance of his employees, his products and services are to the lives of people like me for example. Even though at the end of a given process, can be a potential customer or prospective employee. I emphasize that I find interesting this kind of research, after all is a creative way so that such companies know that we are watching and we know what we want.
As social media breeds so much vanity, it's no surprise that sites like this will continue to gain some traction and support from 'those types'.
Given the recent hype surrounding Klout I decided to test it using a twitter account. Within less than a week I was able to push the influence score into one of the mid-level influencer groups. This account has less than 40 followers and after weeks of inactivity it still holds a "conversationalist" Klout score. Hmm.
I am speaking of my experience which is similar to Olivia. However I saw huge spike in my score when I changed my status on Facebook. If my Facebook is dormant my score went down also higher activity or RT's on twitter did not change much in Klout score. I think they rely heavily on FACEBOOK!
I think critics needs to get over it. Klout is what it is: an amalgamation of lots of pieces of data which hint at the impact of a social media account and cumulatively, provide some rough estimation of the importance of account a v account b.
Just as you can't measure the influence of Rupert Murdoch nor can use measure the influence of Justin Bieber. But that's not really the point.
@Matthew I think, if some employers weren't asking for Klout scores when people apply for jobs, we could just happily ignore it and treat it as a bit of fun.
I am actually a fan of Klout. They are consistent with their measurement, in the same way that the likes of Hitwise didn't have data on everything that went on in respect of traffic to and from sites, but it was a consistent set of data applied to everyone.
I use it as a personal barometer for my social activity, to fill in the gaps in connecting with people who have taken the trouble to complete their profile correctly (LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Google+) and I also like Klout lists and use them before conferences to find out who might be worth talking to, not by reading their scores, but by reading the words in their profile, so someone who likes cats, walking etc. is less likely to be a conference meetup target.
My advice, fwiw, is not to take the score as the only meaningful piece of information, read between the lines and there is a HUGE amount of accretive information available.
I think alot of people have been using Klout as some sort of definitive measurement of social media success. Its not. The data I think people should worry about is your conversion rates and the size of your community.
It's a bit like being a Google Adwords Professional. It shows a prospective employer you have passed an exam. There were services offering to take that exam for you for $50, I know it would not be difficult to game a Klout score if you were that way inclined.
Any employer asking for those types of credentials are not the sort of people you'd want to be working for.


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Thanksgiving is upon us and I have been reflecting on the things in my own life that I feel thankful for, including moments in films from this past year. So, in the spirit of the holiday, I have compiled my 10 cinematic moments to be thankful for in 2004.
10. Fight at The Film Forum! (Bright Leaves)
The Film Forum is my refuge, the one place I can always go and find something to watch. It's home for me, where I reconnect with movies and New York City. Over the years, I have witnessed some extraordinary films there, and also some extraordinary ridiculousness from the patrons. A few years back, there was a verbal fight when someone stood up at a screening of The Lady Eve and shouted "Preston Sturges is the American Shakespeare!!!" There was also a great argument after a screening of The Trials of Henry Kissinger between someone who stood up to leave and got wrapped up in the credits and blocked the view of a fellow patron who literally began screaming like a small child, asking the man to sit down. While these are classic Film Forum moments in my life, nothing has topped the ridiculous seat saving fight that took place at a screening of Bright Leaves earlier this year.
As any fan of Seinfeld knows, saving a seat in a New York City movie theater is a Darwinain challenge, a test of human endurance and will comparable to a triathalon wrapped in a climb of Mt. Everest. It is a Herculean feat to save a seat while your friend gets some popcorn or uses the bathroom. This is not a task undertaken without great gravitas. The reality of the experience is perfectly captured in Cinemania, when Jack is being heckled by a man a few seats behind him for saving a seat for himself. That the scene takes place in the Film Forum is no surprise.
So, we're in the Film Forum, at a screening of Bright Leaves that is 20% full. A man asks the guy sitting two seats over if he wouldn't mind holding his seat while he goes to the restroom. The guy agrees. Enter older man who, in a theater 80% empty, crosses the entire theater and plops down in the supposed 'saved' seat. Guy tries politely to tell him the seat is saved. Older man ignores him. Now, the guy has no real investment in this seat and he was put in a terrible position by the man who went to the restroom, but seriously, the theater is 80% empty, so all should be well. He tries again, older man acts as if he has been startled by a ghost and almost dies of a heart attack, asks the guy to speak up, and he does, repeating that the seat is saved.
The older man's reply?
A furiously dismissive wave of the hand followed by a "LIKE HELL IT IS!!!!" that sounds as if the guy had just challenged his fundamental understanding of the universe.
Guy tries to apologize when the restroom man walks in and tells the older man the seat he is occupying is saved. Older man goes absolutely batshit, guy is bright red, restroom man starts questioning the manners of the older man, who is beseeching God for a reason as to how, in the entire history of the universe, a seat could be saved without anything in it. Refusals to move are exchanged, like some Dr. Seuss book coming to life among curmuedgeonly maniacs, when the lights go down and the Film Forum trailer starts.
"Fuck you! And fuck you too, for not saving my seat for me!"
"Fuck me? I tried but this man wouldn't move!"
"Will you please be quiet the film is–"
"Fuck you! I want my goddamn seat back!"
The theater remains 80% empty.
9. Before Sunset at The Brooklyn Academy of Music
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8. Intimate Strangers, on a screener tape
Fabrice Luchini dancing to R&B in his underwear. This scene showed the interior life of his restrained character with a charm, humor, and tenderness that is one of the finest moments in a Patrice Leconte film.
7. The Magic Gloves at Film Comment Selects
I walked in with no expectations, and walked out having laughed at the absurdity of a society I knew virtually nothing about. the film still has no US distribution, but it was a really special comedy. Absurd and delightful.
6. It's Easier For a Camel at The Lincoln Plaza Cinemas
Valeria Bruni-Tedesci's film about the personal implications of wealth contained a wonderful moment when her character, Federica, and her lover stop their Mercedes in Paris traffic and launch into The Internationale. It's a wonderful moment of class guilt and whimsy, an honest expression of political sympathy that embodies the struggle Federica is going through.
5. The World at The New York Film Festival
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4. Sideways at The New York Film Festival
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3. Napoleon Dynamite at The Sundance Film Festival
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I have a dream. I believe you have one too. We all have dreams. And many of us have dreams that are associated with living in America. That's the American Dream. But one biggest obstacle to fulfilling that American Dream, is getting that oh-so-hard-to-get US Visa!! Probably even more so, for aspiring entrepreneurs who either don't intend to be employed by anyone before starting a business, or who want to quit their current job to work on their startup fulltime, but cannot due to visa issues. So what are the ways to get around that hateful visa issue? Or is there even any possibility to overcome that obstacle to your American Dream?
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Consider ALL kinds of visas. Entrepreneur visas tend to be non-immigrant visas, because these are cheaper and faster. But don't forget to consider the immigrant visas too. It never hurts to have more options.
The various types of Visas, what they are good for, and their limitations:
B1 – Useful in initial part of business. More for retail businesses. Limited, cannot be employed in the US.
F1/OPT/CPT (students) – Done after completing F1 student program. Lasts only for 17 months maximum, starting maximum 12 months upon graduation. Requires employment with accredited company and graduate of an accredited school. Cannot be unemployed for more than 90 days at a stretch, or visa will become void. Easy to apply. No limitation of minimum wage. Unpaid positions are allowed, as long as it is in compliance with state employment laws (not federal laws). For example, California has provisions for unpaid internships and employments, but there are very strict requirements to qualify for that. Recommended to start OPT after April 1st, so that there is sufficient time to apply for H1B in April thereafter and have a window of overlap to transition the change of visa status. (if the OPT starts in February, the visa will have expired in February the following year, before the H1B visa application starts in April). Can start a company while under OPT, but company needs to be approved.
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H1B (standard work, professional worker) – Especially important time-wise, due to the limited quota every year. Opens in April 1 yearly, available only until the quota is met — usually only a couple of days. Additional 20,000 openings if you have a masters degree from the US. Prohibitively high minimum wage, which can be a limitation to startups. Position needs to be a specialization, meaning requiring at least a bachelor's degree. e.g. CEO doesn't really require a bachelor's degree. Hence need to substitute the naming with something like "Business manager". Only allowed to work under the company you registered the visa under. Need to demonstrate employee-employer relationship. As long as that is proven, and startup can afford to pay the lawyer to apply for the H1B, this is a good option.
H1-parttime – You can hold a fulltime H1B with a company, incorporate a startup, and get a parttime H1 and hold it at the same time as the fultime H1. Can still get paid by the company, and file tax returns with the company, while still working on the startup at the same time.
H4 – cannot work.
O1 (extraordinary ability) – extraordinary in respective fields of work. Must meet at least 3 of a list of 10 criteria. Sweta's personal favorite, because it tends to be underrated and underused. Available to individuals with extraordinary ability in arts, business or sciences. There are creative ways to make this work for yourself, different ways to document items to qualify for these criteria. Use modern interpretations for these traditional requirements. E.g. blogs can be considered a publication. Research grants can be considered as awards. Membership to a unique meetup group can be considered as membership to a professional group. No quota, no restrictions on salary, no restriction on time of the year to apply. Can be extended indefinitely. Gives a much quicker path to a green card, especially if you are from India or China (which falls under EB1).
Visa waiver program – not a visa, so cannot change status to another visa. Need to leave the US and re-enter with another visa. Not a long term solution.
L1 – Great if you want to start the business at your home country, then move it to the US after some time. Great if CEO needs to shuttle between both countries, as long as significant time is spent in the US, and the business is based in the US. Much quicker path to a green card, as compared to all other non-immigrant visas. Lasts for 1 year initially, after which you need to prove that the company has grown significantly. Employment without salary can be a challenge.
V1 (visitor) – Need to demonstrate no immigration intent. Cannot be employed in the US. Can start a business, common with entrepreneurs, but cannot run a payroll with this visa. Cannot make remuneration. Convenient, economical, quick to process. Great for meeting co-founders, meeting investors, but will get into trouble if used extensively for running the business or working for the startup. Gray area as to what activity is permissible employment and what is not. e.g. a tailor takes client measurements in the US, but goes back to home country to make the clothes — is that considered working?
EB5 – good long term option. More expensive. Investor-based visa. At least half a million investment / one million in metropolitan area. Need to hire at least 10 US workers full time. Investor needs to be involved in the day to day functioning of the company. Source of funds need to be legitimate and documentable. Need a comprehensive business requirement. Investmentment doesn't need to be all in your own business, but can be distributed to >1 business/projects. Can pool together with other EB5 applicants to invest in general (e.g. to roads, bridges, etc). Can apply first then start own business, or start first then apply for this green card. China accounts for >80% of the EB5 visas now.
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Washington's latest monument is the brainchild of the Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, which announced a competition in August to design a memorial structure.


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Cutwork is applique work in which the pattern is cut out and sewn on the same cloth. The work is done on an extensive scale in Rajasthan, where artisans use the technique to create beautiful home linen, apparel and accessories.
Kalamkari or Qalamkari is a type of hand-painted or block-printed cotton textile, produced in parts of India and in Iran. The word is derived from the Persian words ghalam (pen) and kari (craftmanship), meaning drawing with a pen (Ghalamkar). There are two distinctive styles of kalamkari art in India - one, the Srikalahasti style which is entirely handworked and the other, the Machilipatnam style of art which uses a combination of block prints and hand painting.Kalamkari block print is the one of the earliest and more complex techniques of block-printing on cloth using vegetable dyes. The blocks used are made by specialist artisans and have very detailed and elaborate designs carved on them. The fastness of the colours is ensured by washing, bleaching, and sunning. Persian influence on the designs is visible: ornamental birds, flowers, creepers, and mehrabs or archways found chiefly in Mughal architecture are common.


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17th-20th January in the Sands Expo centre, Las Vegas.
The preparations are almost finished, the Pavilion is full to bursting and we are looking forward to another successful edition of SHOT Show. If you are visiting, please do come along to our 'new look' Pavilion and say hello.
3rd - 6th March,Nürnberg,Germany
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Review for Transliterator by tphank
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great! Have been using it for a while.
What I frequently do is type in cyrillic, highlight text, copy, paste, highlight the newly pasted text and transliterate.
A great option would be Transliterate and Paste Clipboard text!
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Skip to comments.Check out the Illinois Lottery numbers for 11-05-2008
Posted on 11/06/2008 7:18:04 AM PST by NellieMae
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November 5, the day Obama was officially the winner, the Illinois Pick 3 winner is "666"
Drudge needs this headling.
It's creepy as, Hell.
That's what I thought. Now really, what are the odds of that?
I knew someone could/would do that. Thanks. I WILL be learning how to myself.
We toooold you so! lol!
Now that is creepy...
A coincidence? Yes. Weird, eerie even? For sure.
I think they did it on purpose.
We'll ALL "GET IT" just after 1/20/09.
Practice those ankle gripping exercises.
We'll ALL "GET IT" just after 1/20/09.
Practice those ankle gripping exercises.
Igot it...thx for the laugh.
Sadly, Mr. Perry is deceased...but, did you know that back when that happened his phone number appeared on page 666 of the Pittsburgh phone book? Perry, btw, was his stage name.
Now really, what are the odds of that?1 in 1000
Haha! I didn't see the Pick 3 at first.
the odds of that number in that state on that particular day are a lot higher.
Yeah, isn't it though. I know that this anti-christ stuff goes around every election cycle. But, I had the strangest thought come into my mind on election night before the results came in. I read the "Left Behind" series a few years ago and when I heard and saw the description of the gathering for Obama's victory celebration on election night it instantly brought back a very similar scene from one of the books to my mind. I couldn't help but think, he may not be THE antichrist, but, he could possibly be the beast.I know that he probably is not, but think about it. The messiah syndrome, the throngs of people mindlessly worshipping him, the radical associations, the HUGE video screens in the park. When you consider all of this plus the times and moral conditions of this world you can't help but wonder. I always wondered how in the world that the antichrist could fool so many people. I see how it will happen now.
On 9-11 and 9-12 2001 the Florida Pick 3 lotto numbers were 6-6-6 -— 2 days in a row
We have a local road with that number. My little granddaughter has the last 3 numbers 666. I tried to get her parents to try to have it changed, but, they thought it was funny. I don't know if it could have been changed, I'm afraid it might give her a complex or something. It's not like she won't know what those numbers mean in the Bible.
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PITTSBURGH, June 5, 1997 — Cardiac researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) have found that patients with acute cardiomyopathy who were treated with high doses of intravenous immune globulin, human antibodies, showed a significant improvement in heart function to the extent that they were removed from the heart transplant waiting list.
The study, led by Dennis McNamara, M.D., assistant professor of medicine and director of the cardiomyopathy clinic at the UPMC, appears in the current issue of the American Heart Association journal Circulation.
"Immune globulin is frequently used to treat other autoimmune diseases but has never been looked at in adults with inflammatory heart disease," Dr. McNamara said. "We wanted to determine if patients with recent onset acute primary dilated cardiomyopathy, who were sick enough to need a heart transplant, might improve with therapy sufficiently to delay or prevent the need for heart transplantation."
Heart failure due to dilated cardiomyopathy affects more than 100,000 people in the United States and is a major reason for heart transplant in young adults. Studies have suggested that it may result from a common viral infection, causing in some patients an autoimmune response in which the body attacks itself.
The study followed 10 patients, one of whom died before the therapy could be completed. The remaining nine patients were given the intravenous immune globulin for up to four days and discharged from the hospital. Patients ranged in age from 18 to 60 years and all were awaiting a heart transplant.
After one year, all nine of the patients were alive and showed an improved left ventricular ejection fraction, the percentage of blood ejected from the heart during each beat.
"The immune globulin essentially reset the body's immune system and allowed the body to heal itself," he said. "The average increase in ejection fractions was twice what had been reported using other treatments. All had a marked improvement in their exercise capacity and quality of life. All were working and none of them, two years after treatment, have been readmitted to the hospital with heart failure.
"No patient required a heart transplant and, in fact, they have all been removed from the waiting list because they are doing so well."
In contrast, during the same study period, 72 additional patients were treated conventionally. In this group, 31 percent either died or received transplants after one year.
"We are now in the middle of a multi-center trial which will include 60 patients nationwide," said Dr. McNamara. "We are excited by the results of this initial study, but we need a controlled trial in a large group before we know what role immune globulin will play in the treatment of this illness."
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The first Lightning Lab Manufacturing accelerator in Lower Hutt, Wellington wrapped up on Thursday, November 19th. Demo Day showcased the seven ventures that have thrived in New Zealand's first ever acceleration programme for physical products. The event happened in collaboration with the C-PRIZE 'Den of Drones,' for an 'NZ Day of Hardware Innovation.'
Demo Day was a great opportunity for investors to see innovations firsthand and fuel the future of manufacturing in the region.
We would like to thank all the people who helped make the accelerator great.
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EBEE are building ecologically sound, resilient beekeeping equipment for beekeepers searching for an alternative to wood and wax or plastic frames. The frame is biodegradable, combustible and cost-effective. This new take on the traditional frame provides the qualities of wood and the ease of plastic as well as a clean environmental conscience.
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THE MISPRINT CO. repurpose business paper waste into good looking notebooks. The Misprint service allows for fully customisable notebooks with logos, cover stocks and even bindings for some extra uniqueness. This creates great marketing material for businesses or gifts for clients, all the while showing physical evidence of sustainability.
PRECISION PLATFORMS custom builds rifle stocks and bipods for long-range hunters and competition rifle shooters. The stocks are created from carbon fiber and are able to increase the consistency for shooters.
BPOD is a smart baby bottle which provides parents with more freedom over when and where their baby feeds. The portable unit utilises proprietary algorithms to adapt to a baby's needs, making feeding time easier and safer.
The accelerator came out of a partnership between Creative HQ, Callaghan Innovation, the Hutt City Council and Grow Wellington, giving startups with a physical product the opportunity to rapidly grow their companies through a special combination of seed funding, world-class mentoring, mind-expanding workshops and intensive business development.
Harnessing Kiwi creativity and the "no. 8 wire" attitude, Lightning Lab Manufacturing was a 3-month bootcamp environment where participants were required to be on-site for the duration of the programme. Teams went through a rigorous application and selection process to ensure that an acceleration programme was a good match for their needs and could significantly boost their progress. Are you interested in a future manufacturing accelerator? Contact us.
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I'm not sure what your current relationship is to Apple Corporation, if any? I read a comment you made: "I only served at the bottom of Apple's org chart all these years."
Did you ever leave Apple? If so, why? I assume you're still a large stock-holder either way?
I never left Apple's official employee list, but I left direct work inside on a few occasions. After a plane crash, I took a year off to finish college and then sponsored a couple of rock concerts. I came back to Apple and worked as an engineer. Eventually I wanted the fun of the early days and left to create a universal remote control. But I always sort of represent Apple when I make appearances or give interviews.
Thank you so much for replying to my first email! I wanted to ask you if you have seen the movie Pirates of Silicone Valley. If so I am wondering what was the best part of the movie for you? And was there anything untrue in the movie that you would like too bring to my attention? Did Jobs really let people throw food at each other like what was shown in the bar scene of the movie were you quit Apple. Jobs was portrayed too have a rather strong personality and seemed to step on people. Well I've bothered you enough and, can't wait to tell my family that I had the opportunity to speak with you. I am glad you didn't know what your invention was going to turn into because then I would probably not be able to write you tonight....lol thanks for everything.
The personal drives portrayed in the movie were amazingly accurate. So were the key personalities, but not some others. The incidents themselves were all a best try to represent events that really occurred but they often happened much differently or at different times or with different people.
I never quit Apple. That suggestion was based on an incorrect Wall Street Journal that said I was leaving Apple because I didn't like things there. Actually, I had told the Wall Street Journal writer that I wasn't leaving Apple because of things that I didn't like and that I wasn't even leaving, keeping my small salary forever as a loyal employee. I just wanted a small startup experience and a chance to design a smaller product again, a universal remote control.
In the Pirates of Silicon Valley it appeared that Mike and Steve didnt get along too well.... What was their relationship in real life like??? Same question for Steve and John Sculley.
Mike and Steve got along very well, up until Steve was demoted and the board, including Mike, supported John Sculley. They conversed well and shared similar and constructive thoughts about ways to change the world and to do important things. Mike was the portrayed in the movie in a very inaccurate and unfair way, making it look like he was financially shrewd. Actually, he was intellectually open and contributing and, more than anyone else, he ran and structured the company in the early days, while Steve floated around getting his feet wet at running a company and learning to be a top executive. John Sculley was like Mike in the sense that Steve saw him open to great thoughts, although not as astute in our business. But John was largely Steve's shadow in areas of where we should go with products. Eventually, John was more concerned with the total company operation and keeping things going while Steve wanted to keep advancing on the future, company and profits or not, in his own internally conceived directions. Actually, John Sculley promoted technologies like AppleTalk and PowerTalk and QuickTime and PlainTalk and the Newton. He was very supportive of the rare technical geniuses in the company. He was not just a "marketeer" who dressed things up in colors. Any downfalls in the company that weren't coincidence were probably due more to his marketing mishaps (like not licensing the Macintosh technology in early days) than to hardware ones. This is only my opinion and is based largely on only a few indirect contacts.
Hello My name is Phil Grace, I am the tech cooridinator at Heber Springs public schools in Heber Springs, AR. For years our school has been a windows only school that's how it was when I came here 2 yrs ago. I was also a windows only user for years as well until we had virus problems in our business labs that shut them down for about 2 weeks. During that time I was just fed up with windows so I started to look and investigate alternitive os options mainly Linux. I really enjoyed Linux it is a very good system but the desktop isn't there yet. It's not that user friendly and the mainstream software isn't available. So I moved on in my quest and while doing some research I found out that there hasn't been a virus created for OS X. This really intriged me and I wanted to find out more about Apple. So after seeing the machines that Apple is building, and getting a chance to try one it was love at first sight. I had seen the light of the tech world, this wasn't just a temporary fix like anti-virus software, or windows patches, this was the solution. As soon as I got the chance I started moving in the Apple direction for our district. We do have a ways to go but so far about half of the library now has Mac Minis, one of our business labs that specializes in multimedia is all mac, the new server that serves our whole district is now an xserve, we have a mobile lab with iBooks, and I am typing this on an iMac G5 right now. The students are really getting into Macs and iLife, teachers are really enjoying it to. Woz thank you for the contribution that you made to the world of technology, the world needs a company and computer like Apple. Phil Grace Technology Cooridnator Heber Springs School District


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Originally published in 1921, this classic Silversmith's Handbook (5th Edition) contains full instructions for the alloying and working of silver, including the different modes of refining and melting the metal; its solders; the preparation of imitation alloys; methods of manipulation; prevention of waste; instructions for improving and finishing the surface of the work together with other useful information and memoranda.
"The object of this Treatise is to supply a want long felt in the Silver Trade, namely, a work of reference from which workmen, apprentices, and manufacturers, employing the material upon which it treats, may find information which will be of assistance to them in the performance of their daily duties, and by which their operations may be rendered more successful. The Author was led to undertake the present work from having had many opportunities, during his lengthened experience in the art of silver-working, of observing the difficulties and stumbling-blocks that are constantly to be met with in the manifold branches of this important trade, by those practically engaged in it, and also by those persons who are desirous of acquiring a thorough knowledge of the mechanical and manipulative details belonging to it. To assist his object, numerous illustrations have been prepared for this Treatise, with the view of rendering the various processes of the art more readily comprehensible, and to save a lengthened or detailed description of them."
"Supplies a want long felt by the silver trade, namely, a work of reference from which artisans, apprentices, and manufacturers, and, for that matter, buyers also, employing the material, may find information which will be of assistance to them, enabling the practical silversmith to become a perfect master of his art or profession." -- Industrial Art
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That leaves you just under 20,000 days in your entire life to become the person you want to be—under 20,000 days to experience everything you want to and see everything you want to see.
Silicon Valley, CA (PRWEB) July 22, 2014
Alex Ferriera, an 18-year-old entrepreneur who believes that anyone can be successful with the right mindset, recently announced launch of his book "10 Secrets to a Happier You: From the Perspective of an 18 year old Internet Entrepreneur." The 17-page motivational book, which can be previewed on Buzzfeed or bought on Amazon.com for 99 cents, teaches readers about success, motivation, and happy mindsets.
According to Ferriera's Website, the author firmly believes that the sky is the limit—especially because the 10 pieces of important advice contained in his book helped to shape his mindset into a happier one. In addition to advice, Ferriera's book also includes links to helpful YouTube videos that can help readers aspire to become a better person and give them the motivation to get what they want.
The book can be useful to anyone who is trying to turn his or her life around by making it a more successful one. Through the book, Ferriera hopes that readers will learn how to be happier in all parts of their lives, become a more successful person, replace negative thoughts, and deal with others. Most importantly, Ferriera wants readers to learn how to motivate themselves and find happiness in everything that they do.
Some of the most popular pieces of advice in the book include tips for confronting and recognizing emotions, pursuing passionate careers, overcoming grudges, and listening to others.
"The average person only has 28,000 days in their lifetime," stated an article on Ferriera's Amazon page. "About 9,490 of those days are spent asleep. That leaves you just under 20,000 days in your entire life to become the person you want to be—under 20,000 days to experience everything you want to and see everything you want to see."
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Patrick Galloway has been looking for a summer job to help his grandmother pay bills and to gain some real-world experience. But most important, he wants something to do when school gets out.
"I'm looking for a job to keep me out of trouble," said Galloway, a junior at Prologue Early College High School on the city's North Side. "(If I don't work,) I'll just be hanging with friends. They don't get in trouble, but they'll be around bad stuff."


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By Dr. Jeff Mirus (bio - articles - email) | Dec 22, 2010
I stumbled over a particularly disturbing passage in St. John's Gospel the other night (no, I do not go looking for these things). Christ was debating with his Jewish critics and faulting them for their lack of Faith. And then He told them exactly why they lacked faith. Here is what He said:
How can you believe, who receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God? (Jn 5:44)
This is directed to all of us, and even a moment's reflection enables us to realize how true it is. All around us, the people who persistently refuse to accept God are almost invariably seeking their glory somewhere else. They wish to be thought well of by those who represent the world and what the world has to offer. They have set their hearts on social acceptance, or career success, or wealth, or a good reputation with the right people. They seek the esteem of Those Who Matter. In other words, they are primarily interested in receiving "glory from one another".
We encounter this spiritual shallowness constantly; though it is dangerous to make particular judgments, the syndrome is seldom hard to spot. How sad, then, that we so often exhibit the same symptoms in ourselves as well! How frequently do we lose our focus on the presence of God, seeking after and worrying over this or that worldly thing or this or that worldly approval. Are we not mightily distracted? Have we not come to rely on such things as signs of personal validation? Even though we may be sincere Christians in our better moods, we still fail to realize how much the pursuit of these vanities actually weakens our faith and lessens its power. Whether through material goods or personal pleasure or social satisfaction, we too are often busy receiving "glory from one another."
Instead, we ought to be seeking "the glory that comes from the only God." Perhaps that is something to think about this Christmas. We may hear ourselves saying "Lord, Lord," but that sweet sound will avail us nothing if we are not determined to seek glory at its Source. We must learn anew to subordinate and refer all human glories to God, so that we might magnify that very glory which He so much desires to share. What so often weakens this effort is our failure to realize how important this is to Faith itself. Yet Our Lord knows it only too well. And so He asks the same question of each one: How else can you believe?
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TEMPE, Ariz. -- After delays caused by storm runoff, crews will be in the bottom of Tempe Town Lake early Wednesday beginning repairs on the lake's dam.
Tempe officials say bladder number 3 will be craned into place at approximately 7 a.m.
A storm a week ago brought more than 2 inches of water to north Scottsdale.
The water flowed into the Indian Bend Wash and then into Tempe Town Lake.
PCL Construction decided for safety reasons to delay offloading the bladders until the water went down.
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In 1977 Belgium super-vedette Lou Deprijck scorched a saxophone line onto a section of 24 track analogue audio recording tape, thereby thrusting Plastic Bertrand's Ça plane pour moi into chart-busting overdrive.
While "I'm coming out" is generally considered the first "gay" liberation song, really all Disco is gay liberation music. It is Deprick's second wave efforts that really defines the out music for my generation. No begging for acceptance. Just gay porn at thrash metal speed.
Stephanie du, "The Ironic Mr Fox's" French go-too femme, ecrive'd "I have the song in French and listen to it often. I love it. I can't make sense of about half of what is sung because it's so heavy with slang and with foreign french expressions I have never heard before. I suspect this is done on purpose. I believe the title means something like despite everything in the world everything is alright with me, or something like "this works for me". The literal translation is "This slides for me" (like, it's smoooooth)." Thanks, Steph!
At almost exactly the same time the pseudonymed Elton Motello recorded Jet Boy Jet Guy on the same backing track, but adding underage gay teen sex to the lyric.
I assumed the whole thing would go 1980s mix trivia. But by accident I discovered a virtual cottage industry of Ça plane pour moi covers. They still record this thing. Here are some of the best.
The Lost Fingers
An Django Reinhart inspired cover of Ça plane pour moi Tears
Swedish hotties covering Plastic Betrand. What a beautiful world in which we live in Telex
An 8bit a medicore cover mais un formidale punk neue
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Recently I was at the doctor's office and someone brought up how it must be so difficult to have that as a birthday and it was such a sad day. Sometimes I brace myself for the inevitable mention. This time I was caught off guard and it was a bit of a jolt.
I visited the Facebook group again for some solace. While I was reading, I saw a post by a woman named Amanda Cameron. She shared with the group a graphic novel that she wrote about her sixteenth birthday. It is so touching and poignant. She described the feelings that many of us with this birthday wrestle with. Sixteen is an especially important birthday, so I can imagine that it might have been even a bit harder for her than for many of us.
When I asked Amanda if I could share her work, she graciously accepted and has given me permission to republish it here. Since the 11th is next week, I'm sharing her novel now.
Amanda is a teacher from North Vancouver, BC. She published the novel on her website, where she chronicles her year-long journey in UBC's Bachelor of Education program. A quote on her website by Emma Donoghue from her novel, Room really struck me. "Stories are a different kind of true."
Through story, we can learn compassion and get a better understanding of other people's lives. Sometimes we even get a glimpse into our own.
Below is the novel and an excerpt from a statement written by Amanda, which she submitted along with the novel as part of her course of study.
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"The resulting graphic novel is not meant to suggest that I am always sad or always thinking about 9/11. It is simply a part of who I am in a way that most others have not experienced. Sometimes it makes me sad, sometimes I feel like I cannot celebrate my birthday, but other times it is a strength – something I have endured that has made me stronger. Most times it simply is, like any of the other formative moments of my life. It is one of the things that makes me who I am, and I am happy with and proud of that person."
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New 2017 Forest River RV Rockwood Hard Side Series A122S
The Rockwood Hard Side A122S folding pop-up camper by Forest River offers front storage. As you enter this pop-up camper, you will find a booth dinette to your right.
The far wall holds a refrigerator, three burner range and single bowl sink. Along the rear, a 54" x 80" flip up bed has storage and the Cool Cat heat pump underneath. A microwave cabinet is next to the entry door. If you enjoy grilling, then the gas grill is ideal for you! There is also exterior storage, and so much more!
Stock# 503161
|18 ft 11 in
|Ext Height
|5 ft
|Hitch Weight
|284 lbs
|Gross Weight
|3284 lbs
|Dry Weight
|2133 lbs
|Cargo Weight
|1151 lbs
|Fresh Water Capacity
|26 gals
|Tire Size
In 1996, Forest River founder Peter Liegl had a vision. He foresaw an RV company dedicated to helping people experience the joy of the outdoors by building better recreational products. Today that vision is a reality.
Continually growing, Forest River operates multiple manufacturing facilities throughout the midwest and west coast. Our large production capacity enables us to fill our customers' orders promptly without cutting corners or rushing through production procedures. This ensures that each Forest River product is conscientiously built and undergoes thorough, detailed inspection before it's shipped to the customer.


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Summertime = Fire Pit & Grilling Season. Stop by our Wilmington or Milton store on your way to the beach. SALE on Summer Classics Patio Furniture & Outdoor Lighting. We can deliver as well!
Large selection of Patio Furniture Sets, Grills, Fire pits & more. Shop Tax Free in Delaware!
New at Angersteins in Wilmington – Natural Stone. We now stock it in a several styles, and for a variety of uses. Come in and see it with your own eyes. Natural Stone is a beautiful choice for your outdoor project.
Summertime! Shop the largest selection of Grills in
Delaware: Tec Infrared, Twin Eagles, Weber, Fire Magic.


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Annual Gulfport Harbor Lights Winter Festival
November 23, 2018 - December 31, 2018
Recurring daily
Location: Jones Park, Highway 90, Gulfport
Phone: (228) 868-5881
Time: 5:30-9:30pm & the show ends at 10:30pm (weather permitting)
Price: $10 per person-cash only, 4 & under free
This spectacular light show is being presented as a walking tour OR aboard a free heated trolley. Participants will be able to visit with Santa in Santa's Village every night, take pictures at any of the Elfie Selfie stations located throughout the park and enjoy hot chocolate, marshmallows, and concession items available for purchase.
Tickets for rides such as Santa's Big Wheel, the Merry Go Round Carousel, Santa Express Tour Train, Skyracer, Santa's Kid's Master Express Train are also available for purchase inside the park. Guests may also wish to Park & Pay at the CTA Parking Garage – Fee includes covered parking, show entry, and free heated shuttle service to and from the show in Jones Park.
Supported by the City of Gulfport, Island View Casino Resort and Coast Transit Authority.
2017 Festival - Gulf Coast Weekend


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According to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 1,291 insured commercial banks and thrifts reported using over-the-counter derivatives at the end of the first quarter of 2012. Most – 90% or so – are smaller financial institutions, with less than $10 billion in assets.
With the Dodd-Frank Act and other new rules regarding over-the-counter derivatives now being finalized and implemented, the question arises: How will these 1,291 firms be affected? In particular, what impact will the new rules have on the 1,000-plus smaller financial institutions?
More than you might think.
True, most of these rules are directed at swap dealers and major swap participants. For example, financial institutions with more than $10 billion in assets face mandatory clearing and exchange trading requirements. According to a final rule from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, financial institutions with assets of $10 billion or less are exempt from the "financial entity" definition, making them eligible for the "end-user exception" from mandatory clearing and exchange trading.
However, smaller financial institutions that use derivatives to manage the risk of their businesses still face some important new requirements and need to be aware of how the law may affect their risk management strategies and activities.
For instance, under the CFTC's proposed margin rule, financial end-users will have to post initial and variation margin subject to a cap on the threshold. This applies even to financial end-users who are deemed by bank regulators to be "low-risk." A "low-risk" financial end-user is one that does not have significant swap exposures, predominately uses swaps to hedge commercial risks, and is subject to capital requirements by a prudential bank or state insurance regulator. Insurance companies and community banks are examples. The "low-risk" categorization is not a function of asset size for purposes of margin requirements.
Also, a joint proposal by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the International Organization of Securities Commissions covers financial firms including systemically important institutions, but does not distinguish smaller financial firms. Therefore, end-users would be required to post initial and variation margin if this proposal were finalized in its current form. The CFTC and banking regulators issued separate proposed margin regulations in the spring of 2011; neither has been finalized to date.
Another area of concern for financial end-users is the recordkeeping and reporting requirements. Yet another CFTC rule requires that end-users maintain certain records, provide certain information to swap dealers for reporting to a swap data repository and report information regarding historical and new swaps between their affiliates or with other end-users.
The Dodd-Frank Act and related regulatory rulemakings affect OTC derivatives documentation by either requiring amendments to such documentation or imposing compliance requirements on market participants that must be satisfied by amending such documentation. Many end-users may be counterparties with multiple dealers. This creates significant levels of legal and administrative complexity and the potential for duplication of efforts as firms attempt to comply with the new rules.
In August, my organization, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, launched the Dodd-Frank Protocol to address these concerns. The Protocol allows swap market participants to simultaneously amend multiple ISDA Master Agreements for the purpose of facilitating compliance with Dodd-Frank regulatory requirements, such as external business conduct rules and six others that were in final form when the Protocol was finalized. The CFTC recently extended the compliance deadline for most of the new business conduct rules from Oct. 15 to Jan. 1.
So while many Dodd-Frank rules regarding OTC derivatives certainly affect large banks, smaller banks also have a dog in this fight. As a result, it is vitally important that all stakeholders, regardless of size or sophistication, continue to voice their concerns with the implementing agencies, Congress and the general public. Affected firms must be proactive to ensure that the new regulatory regime offers them the needed flexibility to manage and mitigate their business risks.
Robert Pickel is the chief executive officer of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association.


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Gunter Grass, the German Nobel laureate, was quoted on Wednesday in the German Sueddeutsche Zeitung stating that Iran is not the nuclear threat we should be worried about. The real nuclear threat, he wrote, is Israel: "Israel's atomic power endangers an already fragile world peace." He wants Germany to stop "providing material for a crime that is foreseeable."
When both the left and right-wing reacted strongly, Grass defended himself: "I have noticed that in a democratic country with press freedom that people are expected to toe the line and that there is a refusal to address the content and the questions I raise here.'
But Grass has no moral legs to stand on: he was a member of the Waffen SS in World War II. As Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu asserted, "The shameful comparison that Gunter Grass made between Israel and Iran, a regime which denies the Holocaust and calls for Israel's destruction, says very little about Israel and a great deal about Mr. Grass … for him to cast the one and only Jewish state as the greatest threat … is perhaps not surprising."
Naturally, Iran's regime leaped at this salutation from a Nobel Prize winner; Iranian Press TV called it "a deadly lyrical stroke on Israel's lie."
Ironically, the Nobel jury that awarded grass the Nobel Prize for Literature praised Grass's writings as " frolicsome black fables portray the forgotten face of history." Apparently, Grass is so eager to cover for his own crimes that he'd prefer to cast the Jewish State as the true Nazi-esque regime.


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Richard M. Russell
Richard Russell is CEO of VIAforward (www.VIAforward.com), a technology centered strategic consulting firm. Prior to founding VIAforward, Richard spent a combined two decades as a United States Ambassador and senior Presidential and Congressional adviser on science, technology and telecommunications.
In 2007, the President appointed Richard to serve as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations chartered World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) in Geneva, Switzerland. The WRC is convened every four years to revise the international treaty governing radio-frequency spectrum and satellite orbits. In 2002, he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). Richard spent seven years as OSTP's Deputy Director for Technology. He also served as Senior Director for Technology and Telecommunications for the White House's National Economic Council. In those two capacities, he coordinated all technology and telecommunications policy for the White House. Richard began his tenure in the White House in 2001 as OSTP's Chief of Staff. He also worked on the Presidential Transition Teams for the Department of Commerce, the National Science Foundation and OSTP.
From 1995-2001 Richard worked for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science. During his time on the Committee, he was charged with overseeing the Committee's technology policy, coordinating its oversight agenda, and helping manage the Committee's majority staff. Richard joined the Science Committee as a professional staff member, before being promoted to Staff Director for the Subcommittee on Technology and then Deputy Chief of Staff for the full committee.
In addition to working for the White House, the U.S. Department of State, and the House Science Committee, Richard served as a legislative assistant in both the U.S. House and Senate and ran the Washington office of a trade association.
Richard has a Bachelor of Science degree from Yale University, and is a frequent lecturer on policy and budget to university and industry audiences.