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Quick advances make it easy to push your Web content
Internet time flies by quickly, and in just the past six months the emerging push marketplace has moved through the real-world equivalent of several lifetimes.
I discussed push technology in the first Web Impact column back in December's NetMarketing. At that time, the idea of pushing content to Web users was a new one, driven by the overwhelming success of the PointCast Network. New vendors like Marimba and Intermind were making noise, and Microsoft and Netscape were promising to enter the market.
Less than half a year later, all that has happened and more, and the push landscape has been completely remade. The end result: Push looks more important than ever, and the hurdles to getting your company's content pushed out to users are lower than ever.
In fact, push is clearly not just for big companies anymore. Open, cheap push platforms make it possible for any online business to push marketing materials, price lists/changes and more to its business-to-business customers.
In the consumer space, push users seem to want mainly news today, but creative b-to-b marketers can broaden push's appeal. Imagine pushing pricing information or inside product news to customers. Marketers could send tips, industry news, catalog updates or special promotion information. The sky's the limit.
Overall, several trends have dominated the past few months. PointCast started the push explosion, but its model of carefully selecting which big-media companies it would include in its network has imploded. And it was PointCast itself that pushed the button.
The company opened up its network via a new channel, called PointCast Connections, that will let any Web site push its content to the PointCast viewer. The company will build a Yahoo-like directory to help users find the push content they want.
Helping PointCast change its push tune was Microsoft. The two companies are now aligned and have created a new format, CDF, or Channel Definition Format, that lets people describe the content on their Web site that they want to have pushed. CDF is supported by Microsoft, PointCast and a slew of authoring tool and push vendors.
Not to be left behind, Netscape has proposed a different way of enabling push, based on its JavaScript language. Netscape's Constellation, now renamed NetCaster, will appear this summer and act as the viewer for push on the Netscape platform.
Bottom line: As we predicted earlier, the push market shake-out ended with Microsoft and Netscape on top. Not surprisingly, the two competitors are backing incompatible solutions, which means content providers either have to do push in two different ways or push for a common solution. Look for common ground to be found eventually.
Early push solutions from PointCast and BackWeb often required content providers to create entirely new content. Already burdened with keeping Web sites fresh, push might have been more than many companies could handle. But now, push vendors have settled on enabling content providers to push existing Web content down to subscribers.
Both the Microsoft and Netscape solutions offer new tags or code that Web developers add to their site that determine the content, refresh rate and other details of the push process.
It's become clear that bandwidth will be an issue with push. For example, here's an amazing statistic:
A whopping 18% of all Internet traffic is generated by PointCast users downloading big chunks of pre-ordered data. And that's from a study done last fall, well before push was the next-big-buzzword.
If the numbers are accurate, this means push will significantly slow down the Web for the rest of us.
In any case, by the end of the summer almost every major site on the Web will let users subscribe to have certain parts of their sites pushed to them. And most sites won't have any clue what to do with these new push channel connections. But they better learn quickly.M
Richard Karpinski is editor at large for NetGuide Magazine and author of "Beyond HTML" from publisher Osborne/McGraw Hill.


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Get a Cape Engano View of Sun and Sea this Summer
The Cape Engano lighthouse gets a face lift, the start of a series of restorative works that hopes to rebuild the tower from what is left of over a hundred years of existence.
The century-old lighthouse, built in 1887, rests on the summit of a hill at the northeastern most point of Palaui Island in the province of Cagayan.
A Technical Working Group for Palaui Restoration comprised of representatives from the UP-Asian Institute of Tourism and a team of engineers from the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA) made initial surveys on the lighthouse on October 25-29, 2005 and has found safety and cleanliness as priorities in the restorative efforts.
Palaui Island is found in the province of Cagayan, part of the area under the development project of CEZA.
"We are starting work on the lighthouse to make it safer and cleaner," says Gabriel L. Lingan, CEZA Business Enterprise Service Officer . "We hope to prepare it for nature-loving people to enjoy come summertime."
Lingan says foremost of the clean up effort includes removing the graffiti on the walls and eliminating hazards in the lighthouse area such as suspended beams that may be easily blown off by strong winds. "We need a lot of work on the fences and the stairs," he added.
The team hopes to finish the initial works just in time for the next summer, best season to get a breathtaking view of sunrise, sunset and ocean from a single viewpoint.
"The lighthouse is a good overnight camping ground. You see the sunset, sunrise, and the ocean all from one view point," Lingad adds. "We hope that with the safer and cleaner Cape Engano lighthouse comes an awareness of Palaui Island on the whole."
Modern navigational aids have not put out just yet the Cape Engano lighthouse, a beacon, powered by the sun, that flashes every 30 seconds; 2 flashes in succession. The lighthouse is used primarily by navigators coming from China, Taiwan, and Japan, as well as the Islands of Guam, and further a field from the west coast of the United States.

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In 1993, Mary Chapin Carpenter performed her hit "He Thinks He'll Keep Her" as part of the CBS Special Women Of Country. Joining Carpenter onstage were Patty Loveless, Pam Tillis, Trisha Yearwood, Suzy Bogguss, Emmylou Harris and Kathy Mattea. It was a special designated to showcase women in country music, but the women onstage also happened to be superstar artists who had racked up a string of No. 1 hits in the years prior.
The song, written by Carpenter and Don Schlitz, centered around a woman in an unfulfilling marriage. It dealt with real heartache in a fresh way — classic country for the modern age. The public — and country radio — loved it. The song rose to the No. 2 spot of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
"He Thinks He'll Keep Her" was no fluke. Three years later, in 1996, twelve of the year's No. 1 country hits were recorded by women. In 2016, female artists reached the number one spot only five times, two of which were duets with established male country artists.
Often today, the only women found on mainstream country radio are the ones riding shotgun in a pickup truck. Of course, country women are more than capable of driving their own trucks, writing their own songs and singing about their own experiences — and they are doing just that. But you wouldn't know it by listening to the average corporate-owned country music station.
Kacey Musgraves, Brandy Clark, Ashley Monroe, Angaleena Presley and Sunny Sweeney have all released critically-acclaimed records only to receive minimal radio play. Lori McKenna and Natalie Hemby, both accomplished hit-making songwriters, recently released stunning albums filled with what would once be radio-ready singles. But if you turn on your local country station, you're more likely to hear something by Florida Georgia Line featuring the Backstreet Boys.
So what happened? Was '90s country an anomaly — a golden age for women on country radio? Did public taste change or did radio simply turn its back on female country artists?
Tokens and Tomatoes
When radio consultant Keith Hill remarked that country stations could get better ratings by taking female artists out of rotation, it was the blunder heard throughout Music Row and beyond. Hill referred to men as the lettuce in the salad and women as the tomatoes. "Tomato-gate" was born and it gave a name to what female artists have been experiencing for years. It exemplified the ways in which women in country music are viewed as tokens rather than artists.
In 2015, songwriter Shane McAnally told Billboard, "It's funny when you talk to a publisher in town and they say, 'well, we already have a girl songwriter.'"
Music executive Tracy Gershon echoed the same sentiment to The Tennessean in the wake of Tomato-gate.
"When I was shopping female artists, several labels said, 'We don't sign females,' or, 'We already have too many females and they are too hard to get on radio,' or, 'It is too hard to find songs for females,'" Gershon told The Tennessean. "We had to find proof that that isn't true."
One theory is that today's mainstream country radio simply isn't embracing the traditionally-minded, lyric-driven country music of artists such as Kacey Musgraves. The claim is that it doesn't bring in ratings. But doesn't the immense success of Chris Stapleton prove that country audiences are hungry for more substantial lyrics? In many ways, artists like Musgraves, Clark and Presley have led the traditional country resurgence. But they've yet to find the same success as their male counterparts.
Even Miranda Lambert's The Weight of These Wings, a tour de force in songwriting that went to No. 1 on the country albums charts, has only spawned one Top 5 single. ("Vice" peaked at No. 2 on the charts. The follow-up single "We Should Be Friends" peaked at No. 25.)
The #WomeninMusic Dilemma
Despite probably well-intentioned efforts, slapping a "Women in Music" label on an event doesn't necessarily benefit female artists.
If a female artist had a dollar for every time she was asked what it's like to be a "woman in music," she'd probably be able to self-fund every record she wants to make for the next 50 years.
Margo Price even addressed the #WomeninMusic issue on Twitter:
Price is right. Simply setting aside space (or a hashtag) for women artists isn't enough. Women are writing and creating quality music at the same rate as men. They should already be part of the larger space. They should already be playing on the same stage as the men.
Yet there are still radio programmers who regularly won't play two female artists back to back, something Hill suggested in his tomato diatribe.
If a programmer wouldn't hesitate to play Sam Hunt after Kenny Chesney, why should they worry about playing Miranda Lambert after Carrie Underwood? Does anyone seriously believe the average listener would change the station because of "too many women"?
We know it's rough now, but has it always been harder for women on country radio?
In 1965, women only hit the No. 1 spot twice, including a duet number featuring Priscilla Mitchell. But as artists such as Jean Shepard, Dolly Parton and Loretta Lynn worked tirelessly to break down barriers, things seemed to be improving. In 1975, seven on the year's No. 1 singles were recorded by women. Ten years later, female country artists hit No. 1 nine times.
It may seem bleak now. But it's important to remember a time not so long ago when the playing field was more equal.
The Dream of the 90s
Maren Morris, one of the most successful artists of last year, addressed the sexist double standards facing female country artists in a recent essay.
"You either have to sing about being scorned by a lover or sing about thinking a boy is cute and wanting him to notice you," Morris wrote. "That's about as edgy as you can get."
Most of the mainstream material is a far cry from powerhouse anthems like Martina McBride's "Independence Day" or the quiet brilliance of Patty Loveless' "You Don't Even Know Who I Am." (Both songs were written by singer-songwriter Gretchen Peters.)
Twenty years ago, female country artists were allowed, if not encouraged, to take risks. They sang about real life, real issues. And to borrow a terrible analogy from Keith Hill, they were the tomatoes, croutons, crumbled feta cheese and the lettuce.
Those women who ruled 90s country radio inspired today's crop of singer-songwriters. Just ask Caroline Spence, who championed Mary Chapin Carpenter in a recent Wide Open Country "Rooted in Country" feature.
By not giving women equal air time, radio is ignoring important voices that are essential to the trajectory of country music. These are voices that need to be heard — not simply because they're women, but because they're artists who deserve recognition. We need them now more than ever.


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The baby arrived Sunday and is the first child for the actress and her boyfriend, financier Arpad Busson. No other details were released. Thurman has two children, daughter Maya, 14, and son Levon, 10, with ex-husband Ethan Hawke. Busson has two sons with Elle Macpherson.
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Samsung will reveal the Galaxy Note 3 at Berlin's IFA 2013 conference in mid-September, according to a new report.
Previous rumours have pointed to 4 September at a pre-IFA 2013 Samsung Unpacked event, but The Korea Herald, citing unnamed industry officials, has now claimed Samsung won't make the announcement before IFA. The South Korean newspaper instead reported that the Note 3 would arrive during IFA. The conference starts on 6 September and runs through to 11 September.
Read: Galaxy Note 3 launch in September, possible IFA reveal
But, that's not all: the recent report contrarily suggested the Note 3 wouldn't have a 5.9-inch display. It will allegedly sport a 5.7-inch Super AMOLED display with full HD 1,920-by-1,080-pixel resolution. Usually spot-on leakster Evleaks also previously tipped this screen size.
Such a size difference means the handset will appear closer to the Galaxy Note 2. This is an interesting transition, considering Samsung launched the Galaxy Mega earlier this year in both 6.3-inch and 5.9-inch displays.
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The Eden Club at Pittormie Castle played host to the Scottish leg of the Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Dealer to Dealer Tour 2015. RRMC Edinburgh already had a great existing relationship with the highly exclusive private members club, and it was decided that there was no more suitable place in Scotland to welcome our guests along to.
Rolls-Royce supported us by bringing along 7 cars including 3 Wraith, 3 Ghost and a Phantom and a team of Product Experts to assist us. We were lucky enough that one of the Wraith's was a special "Inspired By Film" edition, which proved to be a wonderful talking point throughout the day for our 30 or so guests that were able to join us.
Besides from the beautiful grounds, wonderful service and unusually pleasant Scottish weather, the venue's surrounding roads made it the ideal location for our guests to experience the thrill of the whole Rolls-Royce range, and we even managed to do a 'road trip' of St. Andrews stopping along the way at some of the historic town's landmarks.
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Tony Giglio
Tony Giglio burst into the forefront of the Lafayette scene in the first game of his junior year when he came off the bench to rush for 183 yards to help the Leopards defeat Kings Point.
He didn't stop running until he had set a career rushing
record with 2,519 yards. At 5'11" and 175 pounds,
Giglio combined a rare ability to run through the
trenches and around the end. He became Lafayette's
first 1,000 yard rusher in 91 years of football when he
ran for 1,204 yards. His best effort gained him 238
yards on 27 carries versus Colgate, one of six times that
he gained over 100 yards as a junior. He concluded
the season by being named honorable mention All-
America by the Associated Press and being recognized
Athlete of the Year in his native Lackawanna County.
As a senior, Giglio again surpassed 1,000 yards rushing
with 1,078, despite being hampered most of the season
by a groin injury. The Associated Press rewarded his
accomplishments this time by selecting him as a third
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Making judgments about what constitutes news when the habits, vices, infirmities and peccadilloes of public figures are in question has kept news operations busy since the first time a reporter or editor chose to shield readers from goings on behind family portals.
Sometimes, the question can be spelled out simply enough: What is news, and what is nobody else`s business? The answers are seldom as easy.


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1701 A.D. (Windows)
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Description1701 A.D. is part three of the ANNO / A.D. series and combines the most successful aspects of 1602 and 1503. In this strategy game, you have to build up your own settlement and fight against pirates and other competitors. The AI players have an own profile and act very differently, from war declarations over trade agreements to alliance pacts.
The main challenge of 1701 is to build up a settlement from simple pioneers up to aristocrats. You need to construct and manage a blossoming economy and supply your inhabitants with special buildings and goods. Pioneers need almost nothing and aristocrats want access to all the available goods, slowly introducing the learning curve.
The player has the choice of different game types: Tutorial, Scenarios (10), Continuous Play (main part of 1701), the Playground (a place where the player can build all that he likes without paying any costs or check out the needs) and Multiplayer (up to 4 players).
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- "航海新世紀" -- Taiwan title
- "創世紀 1701" -- Japanese spelling
- "Anno 1701" -- European title
Part of the Following Groups
- ANNO / A.D. series
- Games made into books
- Merchant / Trade-oriented games
- Theme: Sea Pirates
- Video games turned into board / card games
User Reviews
|Must be one of the most stupid concepts in RTS warfare...
|Indra was here (20868)
Critic Reviews
|GBase - The Gamer's Base
|Oct 30, 2006
|9.5 out of 10
|FileFactory Games / Gameworld Network
|Dec 13, 2006
|92 out of 100
|PC Pointer
|Nov 08, 2006
|91 out of 100
|Krawall Gaming Network
|Oct 26, 2006
|91 out of 100
|Gameplay (Benelux)
|Oct 27, 2006
|89 out of 100
|Dec 05, 2006
|81 out of 100
|Nov 09, 2006
|games xtreme
|Dec 04, 2006
|8 out of 10
|Nov 10, 2006
|16 out of 20
|Game industry News (GiN)
|Mar 19, 2007
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Historical inaccuraciesThe plot involves the "New World" and historically that refers to the Americas, and seeing the specific geography detail, actually refers to the Carribean. Though oddly enough, despite meeting the Chinese and the Indians there in the 1700s, you also see gorillas, elephants and zebra's among others, which are native animals only in Africa and Asia.
SalesAccording to the German magazine PC Powerplay (issue 02/2007), which refers to Mediacontrol, 1701 A.D. was the best-selling game in 2006 (Germany).
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- 2006 – Best German Game of the Year
- 2006 – #2 Best Successor of the Year
- GameStar (Germany)
- February 1, 2007 - Best PC Strategy Game in 2006 (Readers' Vote)
- PC Powerplay (Germany)
- Issue 02/2007 – #4 Best Game in 2006 (together with Titan Quest)
- Issue 02/2007 – Best Strategy Game in 2006
- Issue 03/2007 – Best Strategy Game in 2006 (Readers' Vote)
Related Web Sites
- 1701 A.D. (official website)
- AnniWiki 1701 (German wiki with general information and hints.)
- ANNO 1701 (Official game website)
- D.E.A.P. !70! (Fanpatch which unlocks the Asian buildings for general building and makes the game harder.)
Jens Schneider (105) added 1701 A.D. (Windows) on Nov 28, 2006
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The best thing to be said for the question of a tax amnesty is that it skirts the debate that has dominated fiscal policy for the last few years:
whether to have tax cuts or tax increases. That`s why the idea is attractive. Given the deficit, Congress is in no mood to reduce taxes; given political reality, it`s not eager to raise them, either. An amnesty is supposed to raise revenues without antagonizing voters.


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All graduates of the University of Leicester are welcome to join the Mathematics Alumni network
You may have been a full time student, distance learner, or perhaps you took a few mathematics modules as part of your degree. Whatever your previous experience with the department we would like you to join us. We are hoping to build up a strong network of mathematicians to support our alumni with their career prospects, offer guidance to our current students, and create networking opportunities.
Get involved:
- Create a profile or provide a quote of your student experience
- Inform us of job vacancies or internships within your organization
- Sign up for our Alumni Newsletter
- Attend one of our events
- Organize a reunion or networking event with the Department
- Become an Alumni mentor for final year students
Join the Mathematics Alumni Network by sending us a quick email confirming your name, year of graduation, degree studied, email address, current job title and organisation. All graduates of the University of Leicester are welcome to join.
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We hope that this alumni website will be informative and helpful. There are a number of resources that are offered by the University and ways that you can become involved with the Mathematics Department.
We are always interested to hear about the careers and accomplishments of our alumni. Please contact us if you have a story to share or if you would be interested in giving a guest lecture. We have a few alumni profiles that are available to view online.
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Years of experience in indexing, combined with our state of the art index calculation technology platform, allows us to serve as an efficient and high quality solution to all the indexing needs of our clients. From startups, asset managers and wealth managers to some of the world's largest institutions, a diverse range of clients call on us for their index calculation needs.
- Independent index back testing.
- End of day and real time index calculation (through third party vendors).
- Index maintenance and administration, including development of a methodology guidebook for corporate action treatment and rebalancing/reconstitution.
- Custom-built websites, factsheets and other supporting index documentation.
- Public dissemination of index data on exchanges and data vendors such as Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters.
With a global presence that ensures indices across markets are handled within their own respective time zones, we serve an entire range of institutional investors and investment managers, including issuers of Exchange-Traded Products, asset managers, banks, hedge funds, corporations, pension funds, market makers and other clients. With iNAV and IOPV calculation services in pipeline, Indxx aims to be the one-stop solution for all calculation needs for its clients.
- Coverage of 80 countries and a broad spectrum of asset classes such as equities, fixed income, commodities, real estate, derivatives and other alternatives.
- Strong capabilities in exotic products such as leveraged, short, and long-short portfolios, currency-hedged products, and other dynamic, smart beta variations.
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With investment managers increasingly looking at passive strategies as a cost-effective alternative to active strategies, we see ourselves not just as calculation agents but as fellow stakeholders in growth. In line with the requirements of our clients, we have the ability to create and maintain customized web pages with interactive charts, performance analysis and factsheets, to increase the visibility of indices/products maintained and calculated by our team.


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Have The Elder Scrolls Online Screenshots And Concept Art Already Leaked?
It looks like the first screenshots and concept art for The Elder Scrolls Online have leaked onto the internet and depending on what you were expecting you may or may not be disappointed. The game is not going to be like Skyrim just bigger and better, instead it looks to take on a look and feel more like Kingdoms of Amalur.
At this point, we aren't sure of the validity of these shots or their age but they appear to fall in line with what has been seen in the recent issue of GameInformer. We have hit up Bethesda for comment. We should get a lot more info next month at E3, so stay tuned for that. So check out the screenshots below and hit up the comments with your thoughts.
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Honorary Commander & FCP Board Member Spotlight: Mr. Robert William MacGregor
Posted on July 31, 2013 by Fighter Country
Fighter Country Partnership is proud to feature Robert MacGregor, President and Chief Executive Officer of Credit Union West. He is an alumni member of the Honorary Commanders Program and board member of Fighter Country Partnership. Mr. MacGregor was assigned to the 56th Comptroller Squadron at Luke Air Force Base from 2008-2010.
Bob started at the credit union as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer in 1998. He was promoted to the position of Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer in 2004, and Senior Executive Vice President in 2008. Bob was promoted to President and Chief Executive Officer on October 1, 2009.


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"Culture is more often a source of conflict than of synergy. Cultural differences are a nuisance at best and often a disaster." Prof. Geert Hofstede
Doing business globally often requires us to adapt and adjust our communication styles, and presentations are no exception. Although globalization is causing the lines between cultures to blur, it is still beneficial to understand the background of our audience. We may be required to adjust our message, structure and style according to the culture in which we are presenting. In some cases this can make or break our presentation.
What cultural differences impact presentation skills?
1) Problem analysis versus solution focus
Japanese and Western presentations often differ in structure. An American presentation will usually give recommendations or solutions at the beginning of the presentation, and then go on to justify these recommendations. This is in contrast to the Japanese style in which there is a tendency to give a lot of background data on a topic, slowly leading up to recommendations, which are often presented at the end of the presentation. Have you ever asked yourself why?
The answer is found in the difference of required information in different cultures. In the US, for example, business people prefer to spend more time discussing possible solutions than on problem analysis. Compare this to Japan where often business people want to explore a problem thoroughly before searching for solutions. This is also closely linked to another cultural comparison, "extensive background context versus limited background context." In extensive background context cultures, such as Japan, a rich background picture needs to be created.
2) Direct (Explicit) versus Indirect (Implicit)
This explicit versus implicit communication style is one of the more common theories on cross-cultural communications and has particular relevance in a Japanese context. Japan is generally considered to be a high-context society, resulting in a very implicit or implied style of communication.
The phrase "reading between the lines" holds particular importance in Japan where conflict, criticism, or negativity is often avoided. In these situations Japanese people, placing high value on relationships, will often give indirect answers. As we all know, here in Japan the phrase "it is difficult to do" often means "it is impossible" whereas in the US "it is difficult to do" means just that – "it is difficult but perhaps we can do it."
It is useful to consider this when making a presentation. Remember, if you are presenting to a western audience be sure to use logical and direct phrases and don't be afraid of presenting negative information.
3) Individualism versus collectivism (group)
In presentations this dimension is related to framing benefits: is it a benefit to the individual or to the group? In some cultures, you will need to point out the benefits to the group for them to be convinced of its value. A good example of this is the Sony Walkman. In the West it provided the listener with high-quality listening pleasure. In the East, it allowed you to listen to music without disturbing others.
Geert Hofstede wrote that in some societies individualism is encouraged – everyone is expected to look after him/herself. On the collectivist side he believes that in other societies people are integrated into strong, cohesive groups and encouraged to work together.
The following diagram illustrates the difference between Japan, the US and Denmark:
Fig 1: Individualism tendency of each culture based on Geert Hofstede's research
4) Risk inclined versus risk avoidance
Some countries or cultures are more comfortable with risk or ambiguity than others. Edward T. Hall, the creator of the "high-context versus low-context" model, suggested that low-context countries such as the US are quite comfortable with risk whereas high-context countries such as Japan are uncomfortable with it. He proposed the 80/20 rule, arguing that low-context countries are happy to accept a certain amount of risk or ambiguity, roughly in line with that ratio. Compare this to Japan where most business people would find 20% uncertainty in any kind of decision making to be unacceptable. How can this affect presentation style?
A culture's relationship to risk often manifests itself in the amount of information presented. Risk-averse cultures will often require lots of information, details, facts and carefully considered propositions, with all possible downsides, leaving nothing to be assumed by the audience. More risk-inclined cultures want a general picture of the situation and the general steps that will lead to success. They develop a "feel" for the potential success of an idea through first understanding the big picture. If the big picture attracts them then they will enquire further. The key with these cultures is to avoid giving too many details too soon as this audience may grow restless with too much information.
Fig 2. UAI (uncertainty avoidance index) tendency of each culture based on Geert Hofstede's research.
5) Formal versus Informal
The final cultural difference that may play a part in presentation style is based on the levels of formality appropriate to different cultures. This dimension generally reflects a society's attitude toward hierarchy or equality. With regard to presentations, more hierarchical cultures (such as Japan) may expect a speaker to take on a certain demeanor according to the situation. This will even affect the way he or she dresses and the presenter should avoid trying to be overly familiar with the audience or risk losing respect. In more equality-oriented societies (e.g. Denmark, US) keeping a distance can be interpreted as arrogance, which may provoke the audience to find a way to bring you "down" to their level.
6) Other issues
Presenters may also wish to consider aspects such as body language, levels of engagement/interaction and timing. In some countries over-running is frowned upon whereas in others it is acceptable to extend to supply additional important information.
To conclude, perhaps the most important part of any presentation is to understand your audience. This includes their needs, motivations, wants and – as highlighted here – their cultural background.
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NHS England carried out the survey before Christmas and the results have been compiled based upon a million responses from patients at over 8,000 surgeries.
They were asked 10 key questions on issues such as the out of hours service, patient trust and ease of phone access.
The practice at Danby came third in the country overall with 91 % of patients rating it as very good.
Egton surgery was joint tenth in the poll with 88% of patients rating the service they get as very good.
Both surgeries face uncertain futures following the government's decision to withdraw the Minimum Income Practice Guarantee (MPIG) payment.
It was a sum of money that was awarded to smaller branches, often in rural areas, to help them remain viable.
Without that payment bosses at the Egton and Danby surgeries fear they might have to make savings elsewhere such as cutting staff or the services they provide.
Linda Lloyd, chairman of a patient's group, said it was ironic that the two branches which came out as being among the best were being penalised.
She said: "Everyone nationally, not just us, seems to value the local GP surgery that gives excellent service, so how is it that the government sees fit to the withdraw the funding that makes these places run.
"They might be special because of the people but it is the funding we need to carry on. It just goes to show that nationally, everyone thinks this way."
Mrs Lloyd said it was vital to retain branch surgeries as patients, many of which are elderly, would struggle to get to Whitby or other villages due to the infrequent bus service and there being no taxi services based in the village.
She added: "All these little things mount up. It is a quick fix to save money but we have the biggest need and don't get anything."


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Several media outlets are now reporting that one of the three men arrested in connection with the Boston terrorist attack is an illegal immigrant.
CNN's Jake Tapper reports that the three alleged accomplices in custody are students. Two of them, Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov, are from Kazakhstan, and the third is U.S. citizen Robel Phillipos.
Kadyrbayev and Tazhayakov are being charged with obstruction of justice. Complaints from the U.S. Attorney Office say they helped destroy evidence that might further implicate Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the April 15 terrorist attacks at the Boston Marathon, namely disposing of a backpack containing fireworks and a laptop belonging to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The complaints say Kadyrbayev and Tazhayakov "admitted that they agreed to get rid of [the backpack] after concluding from news reports that Tsarnaev was one of the Boston Marathon bombers."
All three students, Tapper notes, were interviewed by FBI officials in connection with the bombings as early as April 19, four days after the terror attack happened. Citing a U.S. government official as a source, Tapper reported that the interview with the three students "lasted late into the evening and into Saturday morning. But there wasn't enough evidence to charge them with a crime."
"It wasn't until the Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement division heard about the interviews later on Saturday that they realized Kadyrbayev and Tazhayakov were not currently of legal immigration status, and ICE officials went to pick them up and detain them," Tapper added. Another U.S. government official, Tapper said, told his network "that at an immigration court hearing this morning, the court learned that Tazhayakov returned to Kazakhstan in December 2012, and his status with U. Mass-Dartmouth was terminated on January 3. Yet somehow he was allowed to return into the U.S. on January 20."
"They shouldn't have let him in," that government official said, according to CNN. "Bells should have gone off."
Center for Immigration Studies national security fellow Janice Kephart, who served as the border security counsel for the 9/11 commission, revealed in a recent piece that most terrorist incidents in the United States in the past five years have been committed by "foreign-born individuals." Kephart was one of the few critical of the "Gang of Eight" immigration bill allowed to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week.
"According to the Terrorist Screening Center, 98 percent of the approximately 550,000 individuals on the terrorist watchlist are foreign-born," Kephart wrote, before proceeding to detail several instances of terrorism in the U.S. and those incidents' ties to the immigration system.
Roughly 10,000 to 20,000 on the watchlist reside within the United States. It is therefore not surprising that four of the 13 most notorious terrorism arrests since 2009 involved naturalized U.S. citizens. Five cases involved native-born U.S. citizens, while eight involved foreign nationals (it appears the Boston Marathon bombing included two foreign-born brothers), all of whom had received multiple U.S. immigration benefits.
Chris Crane, the president of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers' union, has relentlessly pointed out that the political officials atop President Barack Obama's administration have blocked career law enforcement officials' attempts to enforce immigration laws. At a recent press conference, Crane pointed out that the Gang of Eight bill will "put the public safety at risk without doubt. It fails on interior enforcement, it's amnesty first, enforcement perhaps never."


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TONIGHT! The Octagon will spend the evening in "Beantown" to launch mainstream mixed martial arts on the new network of FOX Sports 1 for UFC Fight Night 26: Sonnen vs. Shogun. The fight card will kick off with the three Facebook Preliminary bouts at the bottom of the lineup.
– Ramsey Nijem vs. James Vick:
Round 1: Fight begins and Nijem opens up with an inside leg kick that misses. Nijem goes to close the distance and Vick is having none of it as he shrugs him of easily. Nijem latches on to a single leg and Vick sprawls nicely. Nijem holds onto the single leg and stands up to press Vick against the fence. Vick is down for a split second before he makes his way back to his feet and against the fence. Nijem is relentless on this takedown as he wants no part of standing exchanges with the much taller Vick. Nijem doesn't let go of the leg and Vick locks ahold of a standing guillotine. It looks tight! Nijem drops to his knees and Vick isn't letting go, Nijem to his back and there's the tap out
Result- James Vick by guillotine choke @ :58 seconds of round one
– Ovince St. Preux vs. Cody Donovan:
Round 1: OSP starts with big punches and Donovan manages to close the distance and press Preux against the fence and works some light knees from the clinch. Donovan goes for a trip but OSP doesn't allow it to happen and Donovan goes back to work with the knees in close. OSP controls his wrist well to prevent Donovan from getting the body lock. Downovan throws a few hammerfists to OSP's head and gets the takedown. Preux reverses and winds up in the guard position before unleashing a barrage of strikes that force the stoppage.
Result- Ovince St. Preux by Technical Knockout (TKO) @ 2:07 of round one
– Manny Gamburyan vs. Cole Miller:
Round 1:Miller with a distinct height advantage over his fellow TUF season 5 cast mate and the bout starts standing. Gamburyan goes for low kicks and Miller stays using his long jab to keep Gamburyan on the outside. Gamburyan stays ineffective up until he gets Miller against the fence and lands a nice takedown. Miller has nothing from bottom and Gamburyan looks to be using his chest as a pillow pet. Miller makes his way to his feet before landing some grazing elbows that has the short Armenian looking dizzy as the bell sounds to end round one.
Miller seemed to have be keeping Gamburyan from falling to the canvas, and Gamburyan gets an extra bit of time (who really cares since there's been two fights that have only lasted a minute so far? Let 'em take a breather if he needs one!), so he can clear his head for round two.
Round 2: Gamburyan seems okay and the start of round two sees both fighters exchanging heavy strikes until Gamburyan again goes for the tackle. Miller is having none of it and slashes his bald head with some sharp elbows on the fence. Gamburyan's head is starting to stream blood but he gets the takedown anyway. Miller makes his way up and Gamburyan gets the takedown again before Miller makes his way up before the round ends.
Round 3: Gamburyan lands a big right that doesn't seem to phase Miller at all. Miller lands a huge knee and Gamburyan answers with another takedown. Miller moving constantly from the bottom but Gamburyan is just too strong inside his guard. Miller partially makes his way up from the ground but a relentless Gamburyan throws him to his back to continue the slow and steady smothering for the rest of the fight
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This is a very well put together collection. What I mean is, almost a third in, it was good, but not awesome. Too much male perspective, maybe. But then it kept getting better an better, and I finished it very satisfied. Not as good as "Nightmares and Dreamscapes", but better than "Skeleton Crew" in my love vs meh stories ratio.
Autopsy Room Four: Weird mix between humorous and harrowing. Likely most of the laughs were out of sheer adrenaline.
The Man in The Black Suit: Childhood nightmare. That dialogue was... *shudder*
All that you love will be carried away: Dreary. Reminded me of Road-work, and his Bachman's writing.
The Death of Jack Hamilston: I guess this one goes in the same bunch with "The Fifth Quarter", but even more "The Wedding Gig". Not my thing.
In the Deathroom: Lots of testosterone on this one too, but it was awesome.
It occurred to Fletcher that in the end there might only be one way to tell the thugs from the patriots: when they saw their own death rising in your eyes like water, patriots made speeches. The thugs, on the other hand, gave you the number of their Swiss bank account and offered to put you on-line.
And that great line. I'm sure I've read it before, but I can't remember where.
The Little Sisters of Eluria: Bitter-sweet spoiler. Another reminder that I have to get this saga once and for all. And a big time *Ick!*
Everything is Eventual: So disturbing, to read what the young guy says, but to also read between the lines, waiting for the other shoe to drop for him too. "Firestarter" world?
Theory of Pets: I almost busted something laughing. Then it turns on you. Loved it.
Road Virus Heads North: Revisited themes.
Lunch at the Gotham Café: It misleads you very nicely. It was great.
That Feeling, You Can Only Say What it is in French: Jesus! (yeah, terrible irony). This one was the best and most disturbing for me.
1408: King going Lovecraftian on you.
Riding the Bullet: Starts disturbing, gets harrowing, ends... bittersweet?
Luckey Quarter: That was depressing. I also kept wondering if she was an addict.


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Wednesday, 24 June 2009
The Jacks at QOS Party on 28th June at Hoxton bar and Kitchen Play soon!!
*The Jacks
*The Jacks : www.myspace.com/thejackstunes
*The Jacks will relese
'Not Me Not You' on 29th June 2009.
Cut and past the below link into your browser to log onto HMV.com
There you can buy a copy of a very limited press of 'Not Me Not You'. Pre Order yours now!
(You can also strut into your local HMV and order one there)
Text "Jacks" to 78789 to buy a copy via your mobile phone. You will get a link and a code texted back to you for you to redeem your purchase after the 29th June, when it is released.
So Lovely Song! Don't miss it!! x x x
*QOS Party on 28th June at Hoxton bar and Kitchen!
Super Amazing Line- up!!
Address :
2-4 Hoxton Square,
Tel: 020 7613 0709
Nearest public transport : Old Street
Time Table.
Door : 7:30 8:20-8:50 - The Jacks
9:05-9:35 - Hanjiro
9:50- 10:20 Tahiti 80(Special acoustic show)
Line up :
Tahiti 80 :
Hanjiro : www.myspace.com/hanjiro
The Jacks : www.myspace.com/thejackstunes
Addmission : 5pounds on the day / 3 pounds, mail to email@example.com
Don't miss an amazing night!!
Love xxx
Post by Queens Of Sounds London 12:58
Ai & Mii QOS photo from Japan!
Mii aka ponyrock
*Photo by ponyrock
*Mii aka ponyrock had sent me some her friend Ai's photo & mii.
Thanks lots! xxx
Post by Queens Of Sounds London 12:50
Sunday, 21 June 2009
Fukuko from bit an sang on la reine Reinette Photo!
*Photo : Yuri Hirai from La Reine Reinette
*Vocal from bit an sang
*Myspace : http://www.myspace.com/bitansang
*She usual use Black QOS Eco bag!
She used to do some girls party and some happy things with Yuri from La Reine Reinette.She belong a band called "bit an sang" 80's post punk and punk,something fun sounds and sometimes acoustic set which is her original performance.
They are doing some gig in West Japan Area.
She has funny and energize gig.
Check her myspace!
She is nice cordinate red and white stuff and has the flower pierced from la reine Reinette!She is aboslutely a fashionable girl.
Yuri likes her cordinate at anytime!
Thank you so much for having!
La Reine Reinette
Address : MEBLO16 3F,1-16-1 Minami Horie Nishi-ku Osaka
Post by Queens Of Sounds London 15:08
Kozzy on la reine Reinette Photo!
*Photo : Yuri Hirai from La Reine Reinette
*He wear on QOS Groovy Number POP T-shirts blue.
He is DJ for Second Royal at sometimes!
Please find him!!
Lately, he is with Arthur Russell or DFA around, DISCO MUSIC feeling!
Check his blog.
Thank you so much for wearing!
La Reine Reinette
Address : MEBLO16 3F,1-16-1 Minami Horie Nishi-ku Osaka
Post by Queens Of Sounds London 14:57
Karie on la reine Reinette Photo!
Photo : Yuri Hirai from La Reine Reinette
*I recived some QOS customer photo from a shop "La Reine Reinette" in Osaka.
Thank you so much Photo and Text from Yuri.
I'll intoroduce how wear on QOS in Osaka here!
Karie has a hobby for making madeleine(cake).
He will go to pâtissier college.
He usual wear QOS T-shirts,which suite very well.
Border cardigan and Check trousers are very nice!
Groovy Number POP T is good accent which is so cool!
He enjoy another cordinate sold out light green QOS x La Reine Reinette cardigan!
Thank you so much!
La Reine Reinette
Address : MEBLO16 3F,1-16-1 Minami Horie Nishi-ku Osaka
Post by Queens Of Sounds London 14:40
Masaki & Ikuko at Paris
*Masaki, Ikuko
*Ikuko, Editor
*I've been Paris. My old and great friend Masaki took me to Wine lecture. He lived in Paris for 10 years. He knows lots of wine. He always teach me lots of education since I've live in Paris. He is an amazing mate.
I had some special wine called JURA is French wine produced in the Jura département. Located between Burgundy and Switzerland, this cool climate wine region produces wines with some similarity to Burgundy and Swiss wine. Jura wines are distinctive and unusual wines, the most famous being vin jaune(Yellow Wine).
I had these appellation wine.
Crémant du Jura,Arbois,Côtes du Jura
Yellow Wine - Château-Chalon
It took 6years and 3 month to make.
I'm not storong for wine, but these wine is deep taste and easy to drink.
But I forgot already what's taste it is now! I'm poor for the wine!
Thank you for invite Masaki. I got a little bit wine culture! See you soon x
Post by Queens Of Sounds London 13:27
Friday, 12 June 2009
Non at Eel Pie Island
*Eelpie Island --- in the River Thames at Twickenham in London, can be reached only by footbridge or boat.
*My friend mystery jets fan Non from Japan, She took me a sightseeing in Eelpie island in bad weather!!She had visited there before! Henry of Blaine from Mystery jets dad is still living in the place. I'm very happy,Mystery Jets photo shooting was there! Henry wore Queens Of Sounds scarf! It's memorial place I visited there at first time. Henry didn't there on the day,unfortunately.
Eelpie Island used to be rock island.There were a venue called Eel Pie Hotel in 60's. The Rolling Stones,The Who,The Yardbirds,Pink Floyd played there.
Music island in London!
Non introduced Mystery Jets - Diamonds in the Dark video place!!
Post by Queens Of Sounds London 01:02
Sunday, 7 June 2009
Kyohei from Hanjiro with 28th June 2009 QOS Party Flyer
Orange x Orange!!
*Kyohei from Hanjiro!
*Party Flyer are around in East London now!
We did start to provide!
Pick one up!!
*QOS Party on 28th June at Hoxton bar and Kitchen!
Super Amazing Line- up!!
Address :
2-4 Hoxton Square,
Tel: 020 7613 0709
Nearest public transport : Old Street
Time Table.
Door : 7:30 8:20-8:50 - The Jacks
9:05-9:35 - Hanjiro
9:50- 10:20 Tahiti 80(Special acoustic show)
Line up :
Tahiti 80 :
Hanjiro : www.myspace.com/hanjiro
The Jacks : www.myspace.com/thejackstunes
Addmission : 5pounds on the day / 3 pounds, mail to firstname.lastname@example.com
See you there xxx
Post by Queens Of Sounds London 14:45
Friday, 5 June 2009
Keitaro Sugihara at Bodhi gallery
*Keitaro Sugihara
*Illustrator artist
*I've visited Keitaro's exhibition at Brick Lane in London.
They made lovely story book and big picture and lovely guitar collage.
It was an amazing space!
I heard a based in Japanese band Hanjiro played some songs the opening party.
Which the band will play Queens Of Sounds party on 28th June!
Born in Aichi, Japan. Keitaro Sugihara is an artist to pursue all kinds of art and design.
Moved to Toronto, Canada in 2001. Actively participated in Group Exhibitions and Art Events.
Returning to Japan in 2003, began a career as a Graphic Designer at a design office in Tokyo.
Since 2007 up to today, resides in London.
Currently working on various art projects energetically
that warmth can be felt, regardless of genre and style.
Selected by the Bologna children's book fair 2009, which is a gateway for children's book artists.
The work will go around the museums in Italy, Japan and South Korea during this year.
*Bodhi gallery
Opening hours : 12pm - 11pm / Mon- Sun
214 Brick lane, London E1 6SA, UK
Tel : 0207 749 0750
Post by Queens Of Sounds London 12:59
Thursday, 4 June 2009
Rob from Televised Crimewave & QOS New Giraffe Polo T!!
*Guitar from Televised Crimewave
*It's new design!! Giraffe Polo T!! It's very comfort material and good design fabric!Rob is really good for it!!
Televised Crimewave released Japanese EP now!
It's good relaction! I wish they will play in Japan!!
Below is Tower Records at Shibuya in Japan!!
Try translate for the blurb.
"They are over an unusual talent than The horrors!!"
*Photo Ponyrock
Post by Queens Of Sounds London 11:50
Ben From Hockey at Pure Groove
*Vocal From Hockey
*Hockey is brand new band from US and getting hot in UK now!!
Ben is an amazing vocalist in there!He is lovely performance and character which made easy to be fan of them!!
He wears QOS new groovy pop number polo shirts! He love it! and when I star to take some photo,some professional photographer were coming to us, They start to take many photo of him!Oioi I asked him on my site,I lacked concentration to take his photo.Where these photo go?,these photographer!!
But it's good he attracted many people attention now!
Hockey released new single "Learn To Lose ""Too Fake" OUT NOW!
They will appears many UK festival!!
I do hope he wears the polo on his amazing lovely stage!!
Hockey "Too Fake "at Pure
Hockey "Work"at Pure Groove
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Faley from Late Of The Pier for QOS barner
*Faley from Late Of The Pier
*It's new banner art work!!I really like it!It's Faley from Late Of The Pier wears QOS Groovy number pop T shirts at Toront gig!!
It was an amazing photo!!
Post by Queens Of Sounds London 00:02
Tuesday, 2 June 2009
Faley from Late Of The Pier at some Magazine!
Hard to Explain
Thank you for helping here for yukisuke
Snoozer Magazine
Flaunt Magazine
*Late Of The Pier
*It's collection for Faley from Late Of The Pier wear QOS waterproof hoody at some magazine.It's stuff had already gone,it's kind of vintage?Black check as well stock out already.I'm really looking for these material fabric now. But it's very difficult to find... If someone help me to find it,I would be super happy!
New Collection soon!
BTW,,I really miss LOTP gig!!
Thank you Faley at anytime,for his stuff soon yo!!
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Day 43 passage to Trinidad Friday 11th March 2016
Day 43 Passage to Trinidad Friday 11th March 2016
Position 08°59'N. 055°40'W
Speed 5.3kts Winds 16kts.
Well again no storms, although we have had a few clouds around just nothing threatening.
I have been waiting for this to happen for weeks, but sadly the different movement has made me seasick, which sucks big time.
I'm still on my cleaning and sorting crusade, and man is the place in serious need of it.
Than I get to the dinette lockers, the first two closest to the front of the boat were quite good, but the next three, OMG, I opened the cover and was hit with a diesel smell.
There is always water, diesel that spills out of the tanks and old oil, in the bottom of the bilge, always has been we try to clean it out often but it's really just a waste of time.
So the first one has cans of food in it, all in clip lock back well these were all covered in the muck, even inside the bags, man the smell was enough to make me sick, and having to climb over the table and stuck in a corner with the boat rocking and extreme heat was not pleasant I can tell you.
Man I had a mess I was at it for over seven hours and totally exhausted, and sweating like crazy.
By the time night time came I was so sick, I think from the smells the heat and the movement that I did throw up dinner, but felt a little better after it.
Well tomorrow is another day.
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