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The operator of this service, Zipfworks, Inc. (hereafter, "ZipfWorks," "we," "us" or "our") is committed to protecting the privacy of its users – namely, those individuals who navigate and use this service and other ZipfWorks services, including, Knoji.com, Dealspotr.com, BluePromoCode.com, StyleSpotter.com, DayFire.com, ZipfWorks.com and ZipfCommerce.com (hereafter, collectively referred to as "Users" or "you"). This Privacy Policy applies to all of our websites (including Knoji.com, Dealspotr.com, BluePromoCode.com, StyleSpotter.com, DayFire.com, ZipfWorks.com and ZipfCommerce.com), mobile applications and the services offered through those websites and mobile applications, including online referral services, information resources, product information, social networking services, shopping features, coupons, reviews, ratings, forums, and email services (collectively, the "Services"). We collect information about you through our websites in an effort to improve your experience and to communicate with you about our services, contests and promotions offered by our websites. As described in this Privacy Policy, we may share your information within ZipfWorks' network of websites and mobile applications, and under certain circumstances, with third parties that provide services on our behalf or with whom we have partnered to offer a particular service.
Please note ZipfWorks is not responsible for the privacy practices of third party websites (even if we offered links to third party websites at one of our websites) and they are under no obligation to comply with this Privacy Policy. Before visiting another website and before providing any information to the party that operates or advertises on that third party website, Users should review the privacy policy and practices of that website to determine how information that they collect from users will be handled. Please further note, depending on a User's particular interaction with our websites (e.g. Users who solely navigate one of our websites versus Users who create an account and use the Services at one of our websites), different portions of this Privacy Policy may apply to users at different times.
ZipfWorks reserves the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add or remove portions of this Privacy Policy at any time. If we change any portions of its Privacy Policy, the changes will be updated on this Privacy Policy page and Users should periodically review our Privacy Policy page for any such changes.
Your Agreement
Your use of any of our websites or Services evidences your agreement to the terms of this Privacy Policy. PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY. BY ACCESSING OR USING THE WEBSITE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTAND, AND AGREE TO BE BOUND TO ALL THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND THE WEBSITE'S TERMS OF USE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, EXIT THIS PAGE AND DO NOT ACCESS OR USE THE WEBSITE.
Information We Collect and How We Use It
There are a number of services offered by this website that do not require you to register for an account or provide any personally identifiable information to us, such as viewing articles and reviews and information about our Services. However, in order to access certain Services, we may require you to register and/or create an account with us and collect the following types of information of personally identifiable information from you: first and last name, mailing address, e-mail address, telephone number, social security number, and date of birth. For certain services, such as our advertising or user submission (e.g. coupon codes, review, etc.) programs, we also request credit card or other payment account information (including PayPal account information) which we maintain in encrypted form on secure servers. (All of the foregoing personally identifiable information shall be referred to hereafter as "Personal Information.")
We may combine the Personal Information you submit under your account with information from other ZipfWorks Services or third parties in order to provide you with a better experience and to improve the quality of our services.
You can elect to provide all or only some of the Personal Information requested by the website during the registration process. However, if you decline to provide certain Personal Information, you may not be able to register for an account or access certain benefits of the Services (including certain deals, offers or opportunities offered by third party websites which are conditioned upon certain eligibility requirements).
ZipfWorks may offer you the option of registering an account with us by logging in with an accounts you have established with certain third party sites (e.g. Facebook.com and Google.com) (hereafter, the "Outside Account"). By logging in via the Outside Account, you are granting ZipfWorks the right to access, utilize and store (if applicable) information (including Personal Information) tied to your Outside Account in connection with the Services. Depending on the Outside Accounts you choose and subject to the privacy settings that you have set in such Outside Accounts and on your account with ZipfWorks, the information you make accessible via your Outside Accounts (including Personal Information) will be available to ZipfWorks and on and through your ZipfWorks account.
In addition to using your Personal Information to provide the Services, we may also use this information to troubleshoot, resolve disputes, accomplish administrative tasks, contact you, enforce our agreements with you, including the website's Terms of Use and this Privacy Policy, comply with applicable law, and cooperate with law enforcement activities. In addition, we reserve the right to audit your eligibility or to audit user accounts for possible fraudulent activity.
Non-Personally Identifiable Information is information that does not identify a specific User. This type of information may include things like the Uniform Resource Locator ("URL") of the website you visited before coming to the Website, the URL of the website you visit after leaving the Website, the type of browser you are using, your Internet Protocol ("IP") address, occupation, language, unique device identifier, approximate geographic location, and the time zone. We, and/or our authorized third party service providers and advertisers, may automatically collect this information when you visit our Website through the use of electronic tools like cookies and web beacons or pixel tags or location based capabilities on your mobile device. We use Non-Personally Identifiable Information to troubleshoot, administer the Website, analyze trends, gather demographic information, comply with applicable law, and cooperate with law enforcement activities. We may also share this information with our authorized third party service providers and advertisers to measure the overall effectiveness of our online advertising, content, and programming. In certain limited instances, we may combine certain Non-Personally Identifiable Information with other identifiers in order to confirm your identity as part of the registration process for the Website. For example, we may combine an approximate geographic obtained from a User's mobile device and match it with address information the User voluntarily submitted to the Website in order to confirm the User's identity and prevent fraudulent conduct. Notwithstanding, this information would still be considered Non-Personally Identifiable Information when it is taken alone or combined only with other non-identifying information (for example, the type of web browser used by the User).
Cookies – As noted above, when you visit any ZipfWorks websites, we send one or more cookies – a small file containing a string of characters - to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser. We use cookies to improve the quality of our service by storing user preferences and tracking user trends, such as how people search. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies, but you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some ZipfWorks features and services may not function properly if your cookies are disabled.
Log information - When you use the Services of ZipfWorks websites, our servers automatically record information that your browser sends whenever you visit a website. These server logs may include information such as your web request, Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your request and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser.
Do Not Track Signals from Web Browsers – ZipfWorks websites support Do Not Track ("DNT") signals from web browsers. If you enable DNT on your web browser, ZipfWorks will not receive the unique web browser cookie that links your web browser to visits to ZipfWorks or its ad partners sites for the purpose of providing tailored advertisements. For information on how to enable DNT on your web browser, please consult the "Help" guid or website of the subject web browser.
User communications - When you send email or other communication to ZipfWorks, we may retain those communications in order to process your inquiries, respond to your requests and improve our services.
Third Party Websites – We offer some of Services in connection with goods, services and deals offered by web sites operated by third parties which are not operated or controlled by us (hereafter, "Third Party Websites"). Personal information that you provide to those sites may be sent to ZipfWorks in order to deliver Services. While any information we process obtained through the Third Party Websites in accordance with this Policy, the Third Party Websites have their own privacy practices and your interactions with the Third Party Websites will be subject to the privacy policies of the Third Party Websites. As such, we strongly recommend that you review their privacy policies before undertaking such interactions. We do not exercise control over Third Party Websites displayed as search results or links from within our websites and these Third Party Websites may place their own cookies or other files on your computer, collect data or solicit personal information from you.
Links – ZipfWorks may present links in a format that enables us to keep track of whether these links have been followed. We use this information to improve the quality of our search technology, customized content and advertising. For more information about links and redirected URLs, please see our FAQs. This Privacy Policy applies to our websites and Services.
Other Sharing of User Information
ZipfWorks only process Personal Information and Non-Personally Identifiable Information about Users (collectively referred to hereafter as "User Information") for the purposes described in the applicable Privacy Policy and/or privacy notice for specific services. In addition to the circumstances described above, ZipfWorks may also share, release and/or disclose User Information to outside parties in the following circumstances:
Please contact us at the address below for any additional questions about the management or use of personal data.
User Choices on Collection and Use of Information
As discussed above, you can always choose not to provide User Information, although it may be required to use all or parts of the Services offered by ZipfWorks websites.
If you register for an account or otherwise submit User Information to the website or through the Services, we will send you administrative email messages. We will send you information regarding your account activity and transactions with us, as well as updates about our Services and promotional offers. You cannot opt-out of these Administrative Emails. "Administrative Emails" relate to a User's activity on the Website, and include emails regarding a particular User's account, requests or inquiries. In contrast to Administrative Emails, however, you do have a choice with respect to Promotional Emails. Promotional Emails solely function to advertise our Services, including sales and other offers by Third Party Websites, Third Party Service Providers and Affiliates. If you do not want to receive Promotional Emails from us, you may elect to opt-out of receiving Promotional Emails at any time after registering by e-mailing us at email@example.com, by writing to us at the address contained herein, or by hitting the "unsubscribe" button at the bottom of any of our e-mails.
User Information Security
We take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data. These include internal reviews of our data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures, as well as physical security measures to guard against unauthorized access to systems where we store personal data.
We restrict access to personal information to ZipfWorks employees, contractors and agents who need to know that information in order to operate, develop or improve our services. These individuals are bound by confidentiality obligations and may be subject to discipline, including termination and criminal prosecution, if they fail to meet these obligations.
Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we employ commercially reasonable security measures to protect data and seek to partner with service providers which do the same, we cannot guarantee the security of any information transmitted to or from the ZipfWorks websites, and are not responsible for the actions of any third parties that may receive any such information.
Account Information and other password-protected areas of our websites can be accessed only with a valid user name and password. Each password owner is responsible for keeping the password confidential and safe, as ZipfWorks has no control or responsibility for this type of User Information. If the password may have been stolen or might otherwise be misused, it is the responsibility of the subject User to notify ZipfWorks immediately for further action.
Public Areas of Our Websites
We may provide areas on the website where you can publicly post information about yourself, can communicate with others such as discussion boards or blogs, or can review products, and submit media content. By engaging in such conduct, you acknowledge your understanding that any such information you supply may be accessible by other consumers and companies and may appear on other websites or web searches, and therefore this information could be read, collected, and used by others throughout the world. For example, if you post your email address along with a product or service review, you may receive unsolicited messages from other registered users. We have no control over who reads your postings or what other users may do with the information you voluntarily post, so please use caution when posting any personal information. We do obtain consent from our users to post their name along with their reviews.
Minors (those under the age of 18) may not use the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under the age of 18, and no part of the website is designed to attract anyone under the age of 18. Because we do not intentionally collect any information from children under the age of 18, we also do not knowingly share or disclose such information to third parties. If you have reason to believe that a child under 18 years of age has provided us with information, please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com and we will take appropriate action under applicable law.
Data Integrity
ZipfWorks processes personal information only for the purposes for which it was collected and in accordance with this Policy or any applicable service-specific privacy notice. We review our data collection, storage and processing practices to ensure that we only collect, store and process the personal information needed to provide or improve our services. We take reasonable steps to ensure that the personal information we process is accurate, complete, and current, but we depend on our users to update or correct their personal information whenever necessary.
Accessing and Updating Account Information
When you use ZipfWorks Services (including create an account through one of our websites), we make good faith efforts to provide you with access to your personal information and either to correct this data if it is inaccurate or to delete such data at your request if it is not otherwise required to be retained by law or for legitimate business purposes. We ask individual users to identify themselves and the information requested to be accessed, corrected or removed before processing such requests, and we may decline to process requests that are unreasonably repetitive or systematic, require disproportionate technical effort, jeopardize the privacy of others, or would be extremely impractical (for instance, requests concerning information residing on backup tapes), or for which access is not otherwise required. In any case where we provide information access and correction, we perform this service free of charge, except if doing so would require a disproportionate effort. Some of our services have different procedures to access, correct or delete users' personal information. We provide the details for these procedures in the specific privacy notices or FAQs for these services.
ZipfWorks regularly reviews its compliance with this Policy. Please feel free to direct any questions or concerns regarding this Policy or ZipfWorks' treatment of User Information by contacting us at firstname.lastname@example.com. When we receive formal written complaints at this address, it is ZipfWorks' policy to contact the complaining user regarding his or her concerns. We will cooperate with the appropriate regulatory authorities, including local data protection authorities, to resolve any complaints regarding the transfer of personal data that cannot be resolved between ZipfWorks and an individual.
For Users Outside of the United States Only
All ZipfWorks websites (including this website) are hosted in the United States. If you are a User accessing our websites from the European Union, Australia, Asia, or any other region with laws or regulations governing personal data collection, use, and disclosure, that differ from United States laws, you are transferring your personal data to the United States which may not have the same data protection laws as such other regions. By providing User Information to any ZipfWorks websites, you are consenting to the transfer of your information to the United States for processing and maintenance in accordance with this Privacy Policy and the website's Terms of Use. You are also consenting to the application of United States law in all matters concerning ZipfWorks' websites and/or Services.
For California Residents Only
California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits users who are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of Personal Information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. In general, this information would include a list of the categories of Personal Information that was shared and the names and addresses of all third parties with which the business disclosed and shared information in the preceding calendar year. To make such a request, please write to us at the following address:
Zipfworks, Inc. - California Privacy Rights
Legal Department
2425 Olympic Blvd. Suite 160E
Santa Monica, CA 90404
ZipfWorks websites operate "AS-IS" and "AS-AVAILABLE," without warranties of any other kind. We are not responsible for events beyond our direct control. This Privacy Policy is governed by the laws of the State of California, excluding conflicts of law principles. Any legal actions against ZipfWorks arising out of or related to our websites or Services must be commenced in the county of Los Angeles in the state of California in the United States of America.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, or the practices of or your dealings with our websites, please email us at firstname.lastname@example.com or write to us at:
Zipfworks, Inc.
2425 Olympic Blvd. Suite 160E
Santa Monica, CA 90404


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Monthly Archives: January 2010
Words from California's George Miller, Chairman, House Committee on Education and Labor
January 29, 2010 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
"We're going to get it done this year. It would have been much easier to pass it in July. It would have been easier to pass it in November. But again, as the president said, it's hard. We don't give up just because things are hard in this country. And […] more
Post-SOTU Reading Material
January 28, 2010 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
There have been varied reactions to the President's remarks last night on health reform, but advocates are generally satisfied with the tone that Obama established. He expanded further in a Town Hall today (after Min. 35), linking health reform as the key to effective deficit reduction. If you desired greater […] more
SOTU and a Two-Track Strategy
January 27, 2010 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
Early reports indicate that the President's State of the Union address will provide some needed clarity amidst the plethora of speculation surrounding the fate of health reform. Though unlikely to prescribe a timed path, Obama should (hopefully) be able to negate the 'alternative' paths like a pared-down bill, or multiple […] more
Reconciliation, it is
January 26, 2010 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
All signs point to the reconciliation process in order to pass a companion bill that allows for House majority support of the Senate version. Here are the major changes that are expected to be in the companion (which look quite similar to those compromises reached during the conference committee process): […] more
Inside Massachusetts, Time to Start Calling
January 25, 2010 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
The absence of exit polling in the Massachusetts special election has allowed for rampant speculation of voter intentions, but a recent post-election poll indicates that health reform is still widely supported by constituents in the Bay State (where the effects of health reform can already be seen). The poll was […] more
It's Time to Simplify
January 25, 2010 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
Thanks to passage of federal health reform, on January 1, 2014, nearly 1.7 million Californians will be newly eligible for Medi-Cal, a program that is critically important to our state and of tremendous value to the people who use it. However, in its current form, the Medi-Cal program is large, […] more
A Defining Moment
January 22, 2010 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
Broad consensus surrounds the viable path that should now be taken in Congress: Pass the Senate Bill and Fix it Through Reconciliation. Paul Krugman lays it out quite bluntly , and 47 of the nation's leading health policy experts have signed on, as well. Below are our thoughts for your […] more
Good News in California
January 21, 2010 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
No big developments on the Federal front today, though advocacy groups are stepping up efforts to push Congress on a plan of action. I thought that some good news would be nice: The California Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) recently released a set of first-in-the-nation consumer protections for those […] more
This was never going to be easy
January 20, 2010 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
Waking up today, federal health reform became a completely different beast. Seemingly inevitable legislation that would fundamentally transform the American health care system for the better is now showing signs of mortality. It would be too easy to lament on the "if only"s, and even easier to kick the can […] more
Plans B, C, D, E….
January 19, 2010 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
As I have mentioned in the past, health reform requires 60 votes in the Senate, and the progressiveness of the bill is based on that fact. Here are the alternatives, some realistic and some not: 1) Ron Pollack's idea. Have the House pass the Senate bill as is, but only […] more

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Food enterprise zone boost for Grimsby
16th March 2017
GRIMSBY has won a significant portion of a Local Growth Fund win for Greater Lincolnshire.
It has secured a food enterprise zone, understood to focus on extending Europarc, as part of a £29-million announcement by Communities Secretary Sajid Javid.
In total three food enterprise zones will be created across the county from a £6.5 million slice of that fund.
The others will be at Holbeach and Hemswell Cliff. It will allow them to offer developer-friendly benefits such as enhanced capital allowances or business rate discounts.
A £6.5 million Skills Capital Programme across Greater Lincolnshire is also part of the wider deal.
Local Growth Minister Andrew Percy MP said: "This latest £29.45 million funding will make a real difference to people in Greater Lincolnshire. As well as creating new jobs and supporting businesses, we're investing in the next generation with a new skills programme to improve access to further education. It will give young people the tools they need to reach their potential.
"It is further proof that we will back the people of Greater Lincolnshire with resources to get the region firing on all cylinders, now and in years to come."
The Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership has been negotiating with the Government and co-ordinating funding bids.
The investment will support infrastructure and services to accelerate the development of the three zones, creating employment land and enabling key buildings specifically designed to support the growth and expansion of Greater Lincolnshire's agrifood clusters.
Its chair, Ursula Lidbetter MBE, said: "This announcement marks a further step in the growth of our economy and is an endorsement of our Strategic Economic Plan. In every experience I have had of backing local people and local initiatives, the results have exceeded expectations.
"Our LEP will be focusing closely on the schemes announced today and on delivering our growth promises."
Further plans include:
£5 million for a new Centre for Health Science on the University of Lincoln campus. The centre, led by the University of Lincoln, will drive growth, productivity, higher level skills and innovation throughout the health and care sector.
Other schemes to benefit are:
• Gainsborough Growth Project (£4 million)
• Junction improvements on the A46 around Lincoln (£2.5 million)
• A17 Sutterton Roundabout Pinch Point Scheme (£1 million)
• Sleaford Growth Project (£2 million)
• Advanced Engineering Research and Development Centre, Lincoln (£2 million)
Mark Tinsley, Greater Lincolnshire LEP's lead board director for food and farming, welcomed the funding for the three food enterprise zones.
"We are delighted with this recognition of Greater Lincolnshire's agriculture and food industries," he said.
"The £6.5 million investment into our three food enterprise zones will be a very positive stimulus and emphasises the importance of the positive collaboration between Greater Lincolnshire's LEP and our local authorities when it comes to securing funding."
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Baylor Hires Matt Rhule As Next Head Coach
Optimistic, Pessimistic, Realistic on Various College Football TeamsIn the Loop's Cody Stoots takes a look at the potential outcomes of college football teams.
Baylor Code Of Conduct Led To Sexual Assult Victim's SilenceThe sexual assault scandal that took down Baylor University's president and revered football coach also found a problem with a bedrock of the school's faith-based education: a student conduct code banning alcohol, drugs and premarital sex that may have driven some victims into silence.
Art Briles Rips Baylor And Makes Wrongful Termination ClaimFired Baylor coach Art Briles is ripping his former employer, accusing the school of wrongful termination and indicating he has no interest in settling a federal lawsuit filed against him and the university by a woman who was raped by a football player.
REPORT: Baylor To Vote To Suspend Instead Of Fire Art BrilesA report from hornsdigest.com's Chip Brown on Monday says that the board of regents at the Baylor University might hold a vote late Monday to decide if they want to bring back embattled head coach Art Briles after the 2016 season instead of firing him entirely.
Baylor's Taurean Prince Explains Rebounding To ReporterNo. 12 Yale upset No. 5 Baylor in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Thursday. It was Yales first tournament win ever. Baylor was out-rebounded by the Ivy Leaguers and one reporter seemed dumbfounded on how that could happen.
Hammond: Alabama Belongs In Top 4, Baylor And TCU Don't
The Texas Ten: Baptists are so good at football this year, they're even high-fiving in liquor stores
Hammond: Stop Blaming Texans For Not Having A Franchise QB
Hammond: TCU And Baylor Will Be Left Out Of The College Football Playoff, Again
Bold Predictions for the College Football Season
Road Trip: David Smoak On Latest Baylor Scandal


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The Value of an Outline, by a Pantser
on October 2, 2014
There is something so incredibly exciting about the birth of a new book. THE LOST KEY, the second Nicholas Drummond thriller, is out September 30. Drummond has been asked to join the FBI, and has agreed to leave Scotland Yard and come to America. The book opens on his first day of work at the… Read More
On Adaptations
on September 5, 2014
I watched the coolest video this week. Diana Gabaldon – aka Herself – visited the set of Outlander for the first time, and producer Ron Moore did a video of her visit. I am a huge Outlander fan, have been on the book bandwagon for twenty years, and now am a fan of the incredible… Read More


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A man in South Africa got more than he bargained for on his honeymoon and so did his new bride.
Mnombo Madyibi was battered by his wife after he entered the final stages of undress and she discovered enormity of his situation, the Daily Sun reported.
RELATED: Woman finds her husband's alleged mistress and throws her off a bridge
"All was well and she enjoyed the foreplay, but all hell broke loose the moment I took off my underwear," Madyibi told the Daily Mail.
The 32-year-old reportedly got the nickname "Anaconda" after his fellow soccer players saw his penis in the locker room before a soccer match.
"When I tried to penetrate her, she bit my ear before squeezing my balls. Before I knew it, she knocked me over with a bottle of wine before attempting to suffocate me with a red and white teddy bear I had bought her as a gift."
Madyibi claimed his screams summoned other guests and staff at the B&B where they were honeymooning.
"We took different buses back home. I don't want to lay charges against my new wife. I love her.
According to Madyibi, the two met at church last year and she told him she wanted to abstain from sex until they were married.
The wife claims her new husband is telling lies about the beating, the Daily Sun reports.
"He has a big [penis], long like a cucumber and hairy and scary like a bush. I only slapped him on the cheek and never moered him or tried to suffocate him," she said.
The couple will seek marriage counseling and agreed to not involve the police.


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Omoide Yokocho (Aka Memory Lane) | Food & Drinks | Japan |
A street with several Japanese restaurants |
Ramen Jirou | Food & Drinks | Japan |
Ramen Jirou is famous for its' tower of bean sprouts and cha shu (pork slices). This ramen is for the intense ramen eater that loves his deep tasting broth and toppings! The experience is... |
Ootoya | Food & Drinks | Japan |
Ootoya is a restaurant chain that serves up classic Japanese meals like chicken katsu donburi, udon, grilled fish dishes, sushi don, and more. The average meal runs less than 1000 yen so it's... |
Shanghai Xiaochi | Food & Drinks | Japan |
A secret gem hidden in one of the back alleys of Kabukicho. Known by locals and the people that call Shinjuku their stomping grounds. This restaurant is also BYOA (bring your own alcohol except... |
Kuroneko Yamato | Daily Life | Japan |
If you have lived in Tokyo for more than a day, odds are you have seen a Kuroneko Yamato delivery truck. They are one of Japan's biggest shipping companies. They also have a English version of... |
Sagawa | Daily Life | Japan |
Sagawa is one of the bigger shipping companies in Japan. They have facilities all over Japan and their website is even available in English. Do you need to move big items around Japan? Are... |
Akabou | Daily Life | Japan |
Akabo is one of the cheapest shipping/moving companies in Japan. They have a fleet of little red moving trucks that can be seen driving around Tokyo. If you need help moving something big Akabo is... |
Cha Cha Yufudachi | Food & Drinks | Japan |
Cha Cha Yufudachi is a restaurant located on the sixth floor of the Kawano building that specializes in healthy dishes prepared Kyoto-style, making it especially popular among women. The... |
Rambeti's Kitchen | Food & Drinks | Japan |
Rambeti's Kitchen mainly serves Italian dishes, though you can also order Indian curry. This restaurant is great for large parties, as it can accommodate up to fifty people. |
Torafugutei | Food & Drinks | Japan |
Torafugutei is a restaurant located in Metro Building B1F that serves fugu (blowfish). The restaurant has a private room that can host twenty people, so it is good for large groups. |


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December 15th, 2014
This was a first visit with Dr. Bass, but it was a very good visit. Was able to accomplish several discussions about my issues.
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September 24th, 2014
Waste of time
Saw this doctor for consideration to change my PCP. I provided a brief medical history and my medical needs based on my current medical condition. He was incapable of providing medical services based on my medical history. I would not recommend this doctor to anyone and it was a complete waste of time and money to see this so-called doctor.
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Khao Sok National Park
Hey hey we're the monkeys. Long Tailed Macats
Same Same (but different)
Harper with Macats
Floats with monkeys
Have you seen the bridge?
I'm just a boy with a new haircut
In the canoe
Past the cliffs
Karst formations
Harp looks up
Owl tree (look *very* closely)
Everybody's heard about the bird
Big Snail
I ain't seen the bridge
Down into the cave we climb
In the cave
Another entrance
Self portrait in cave
Green grow the rushes grow
Misty mountain hop
Where's that confounded bridge
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49.249 Epinotia ramella (Small Birch Bell) 1134
ws: 13-16mm; Jul-Oct; birch (Betula spp), sallows (Salix spp); common in birch woodland throughout GB
Synonym: Evetria ramella (Pierce & Metcalfe)
Synonym: Evetria ramella (Pierce & Metcalfe)
ID: The nominate form is similar to E.bilunana but has more solidly black dorsal marks and black spots at the apex of the forewing, the dorsal spots being more diffuse and the apical spots lacking in E.bilunana. Form costana is distinct in the forewing being blackish-brown apart from a broad white costal margin.
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Did you grow up with a recipe that didn't seem to fit into your family heritage, or the culture or region you resided in? You love it of course because you grew up loving it, but it's unclear how and why it was always available in your home. Baklava is one of those quizzical foods for me. The treat was always at holiday celebrations, birthdays, and occasionally would even show up in our lunch boxes.
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I was having dinner with a few of my close girl friends and even though we are strong businesswomen our conversations rarely drift to talks of business. Children, home and husbands dominate our personal conversations. We are all at different points in our lives; some have small children still at home, a few of us have transitioned into school age children and one or two have children that are almost at the point of transitioning into adulthood. Food, care of children and our husbands fill the few precious hours that we have together. Being a former chef and a health conscious consumer, the health of family and what they eat on a daily basis is of utmost importance to me. Anytime that I can eliminate unnecessary processed foods or I can create it completely from scratch I do. It is not always possible due to time restraints and the availability of fresh seasonal ingredients but when I can I do. Homemade Almond milk is a great example of a recipe that is simple and the ingredients are available all year long.


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I'd be curious to know what Walmart and Ebay are doing on that on that list? What the hell are they thinking?
Ebay isn't very innovative, but Walmart is very innovative in its playing field. First, Sam Walton had the brilliant idea of having all transactions in the store be electronically recorded and sent to the Walmart shipping centers and the headquarters, allowing the big kahunas to know which Walmarts were doing well, what was selling well, and automating storewide restocking (the shipments, not the stocking employees). Walmart was the first to do this, and it paid off very well, with all other super-duper-mega-shopping places copying their ideas. Also, don't forget all of the other stuff Walmart did: Banks in their stores, combining the shopping center with the food center, optometry in-store, and they even have their own gas stations. I'm not sure that all of that is Walmart's innovation, but I'd bet that most of it is.
Dell is actually a great innovator, just not in computer technology. Dell's innovation is in distribution and manufacturing. The reason that they're the only large-scale PC maker that's making money is that they figured out how to bypass the greedy middlemen and make semi-custom mail-order computers quickly and profitably.
Take that, pharmaceuticals; you're way less important and innovative than the iPod. How the Hell is Microsoft above Intel and IBM? What is Starbucks even doing there (on top of the above questions)? No, I take that back; I have no idea how most of the items on that list are justified.
"Increasingly, the new core competence for executives is creativity-the right-brain stuff that smart companies are now harnessing to generate top-line revenue growth. The game has changed. It isn't just about maths and science anymore. It's about creativity, imagination, and, above all, innovation."
It's about creating new ways to justify your elevated position within society, apparently.
This just tells me that the executives surveyed don't know all that much about the world in which they live, and that they just picked companies that they liked or recognized. As a prize, I hope filling out the survey came with a free dictionary so that people in the business world can finally learn what the word innovation means.
ssshhh, you'll scare the bureaucrats, er I mean executives...
...but you are correct it seems that net results tend to heavily influence what the bureaucrats consider innovation.
As to other posters, yes I can see where I would hardly call Apple or many of these companies innovators any longer. Frankly most innovation comes from smaller companies and startups, but perhaps, they are trying to modify the definition of innovation...
The difference between iTMS and every other attempt to sell music online is that Apple managed to obtain rights from the record labels and thus avoided being sued into oblivion. They did this by taking a standard format (LC-AAC), placing it in a standard container (MP4), and implementing a DRM scheme.
If the recording industry had been interested in cooperating sooner, other portable manufacturers would have loved the opportunity to have online stores for their products. Apple's greatest accomplishment was actually convincing the recording industry to play with the Internet. That's not innovative, but it was a good business move and it's made the lives of Internet users more convenient.
Computers have not evolved in any significant manner in the past 20 years or more, so the bar is not set very high.
The Walkman was certainly innovative and so is the iPod. I can see why Apple gets an award. The Mac mini also adds to Apple's recent accomplishments.
However, I would put Verizon at the top of the list for FIOS. It is by far the most interesting thing happening in telecom these days. America will have affordable fiber broadband because Verizon is out there digging up the streets and putting in fiber to the home. What Verizon is doing is driving the cable companies to improve their services, so there is a major ripple effect.
Bravo to Verizon for giving Americans decent broadband.
Yes, Verizon deserves an award for doing building fiber to the home *in the United States*.
As the US is the most corrupt first world nation, Verizon's accomplishment is far greater than building a little audio player. It takes major savvy to get through the maze of federal, state, and local government to get anything done. And to fight againt the moribund incumbents like SBC and Charter the entire time. That Verizon is building the best home fiber network in the nation, that tells you what a huge step this is.
Without fiber to the home, the US is dead in the water when it comes to the future of the Internet. This is true innovation, not marketing.
Also, I would much rather the "innovation" award go to a company that makes something other than entertainment products (Apple/iPod) or simply uses its raw size and power to crush small competitors (Walbucks, Coffeemart).
The top products from Apple arn't really innovations, but technology that no one's pushed that got popularized by Apple execs. Putting together an integer cpu, flash memory chip and some basic firmware OS to run some custom mp3 codec is nothing new. Using a BSD as a base system is nothing new either.
But the things Apple makes themselves you never really hear about in the mainstream. Their high quality codecs and graphics libs are on the sidelines when compared to the iPods and such. Apple is an odd company indeed, not that I don't like them.
Any faith I had in this survey was quickly killed when I saw ebay and Starbucks on the list! How could anyone consider Starbucks to be innovative?! Do they make their food using nanotech?! Well considering what it tastes like, perhaps I'm onto something....
The consulting group should have explained the meaning of innovation on the survey!
You're such an old left-brain economy dinosaur. They're out there thinking up new paradigms to shift, and creating new core-competencies. Your left-brain understanding of innovation has no place in this new right-brain economy. Starbucks is a market leader in determining what people want even before you tell them. They're paving the way for new industries that will keep the U.S. competitive with foreign markets in this brave new world.
Here's Starbucks.
1.) Find local coffee shop
2.) Open across the street
3.) Have a failing store for two years
4.) Independent coffee shop gone. Everyone use starbucks.
5.) Profit
That sure is innovative. I am a victim of it. Fuck Starbucks. Who's writing the top 100 most evil companies in the world?
"1.) Find local coffee shop
2.) Open across the street
3.) Have a failing store for two years
4.) Independent coffee shop gone. Everyone use starbucks.
5.) Profit"
Has it occured to you that Starbucks might win because it offers a better product and better service *most* of the time?
In my hometown of Portland, Oregon, we have more than our share of Starbucks shops, and we also have thriving local coffee shops.
The local coffee shops that died were the ones that simply weren't as good, and there were plenty.
There's one, however, called Stumptown, which totally kicks Starbucks ass, and it's still around (and growing, I might add).
Starbucks won on the larger scale because it was better than *most* other coffee shops.
It's stupid to hate companies for being better.
I agree about starbucks (though they are expensive, I can do without coffee myself.)
Half my family won't even try other coffee shops. We were going for a drive up the Columbia River Gorge (I live in Battle Ground, and we've got two Starbucks in the same parking lot! (3 altogether just in town)) and only Hood River had a Starbucks. I was shocked!
But I know what you mean, they are better. My only problem with places like Wal-Mart, Starbucks, Microsoft is when they get that big they have a certain amount of power, and they use this to do pretty nasty things sometimes.
It's up to the consumer in the end I suppose, but I'm getting off-topic here.
Charbucks, sorry Starbucks are reknowned for the dubious practice mentioned buy the OP. Here in the UK I've seen them leverage their huge resources to saturate the high streets of small towns with multiple stores in prime locations, operating at a loss until they've put the opposition out of business, whereupon they close all but one store which can continue at a profit without competition.
I can see plenty of reasons for former coffee shop owners to hate them. I don't hate them, but I do roast coffee and can tell you their over-roasted, 'coffee' flavoured milk beverages most certainly aren't "better" coffee, but the marketing power of such a large coporation is sufficient to pull the majority of undiscerning customers in.
And sure Stumptown survived - but they have a global reputation as a craft roastery and also sell their blends to coffee connoisseurs by mail order so they're not even competing in the same market place.
It's just good PR.
The only difference between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs is that when Gate's says "you want this" or "it's innovative" people look at it with even more suspicion.
Whereas when Jobs says "you want this," everyone goes out and buys the bloody thing.
Point-in-case: iPod Shuffle. A royal load of horse crap, and yet with a little bit of snazzy industrial design, and a good lay-on-the-bling show it sells like hot cakes. Forget the fact that you can get the same thing for loads cheaper elsewhere, with a screen.
Sure, people began to catch on...even I wanted one when they came out. But if MS, or rather nearly any company tried pulling the same stunt people everywhere would cry foul.
(not that apple, or MS aren't innovative, sometimes they are, sometimes they aren't. But to say that Apple is "the most innovative" just isn't true)
Keep in mind that just because the product that a company sells isn't innovative doesn't mean that that company isn't innovative. Dell & Wal-Mart both have extremely innovative & efficient business processes (distribution systems, manufacturing systems, etc.) that they continue to improve, driving down the prices for things that used to be expensive, but are now commodity items (imagine how great it would be if car companies did this).
In contrast, Apple continues to make a pretty MP3 player, but still refuses to add an fm tuner or the ability to play video to it, and finally swiches to the processor architecture everyone else has been using since the early 80's and they are praised for being the #1 most innovative.
You're right about the Dell and Wall Mart argument, however when you went to troll about apple you missed it.
Looks like you forgot the part that says that the next iPod will come with video support
Generally I don't believe gossip about specific products but with apple, most if not all gossip proved to become reality so I learned to trust when these things come out from good sources. I'll rest my case on the rumors about Mactels that were oficially anounced recently. As for the processor, there is no way to compare an early intel processor to the Dual Core Intel that Mactels will get.
As for myself, I still use linux most of the time but I can reckon when something comes right about apple (and sometimes, even M$)
Seriously, Apple above IBM ? What a load of hogwash ! I'm an Apple user, but only a total fool would claim Apple as the world's most innovative company.
The total fools who claimed Apple as the world's most innovative company are company execs.
Which says it all.
One argument to support the claim could be that although other companies do what they do, there is a suspicious amount of precedent where you saw other companies having a brainwave, about 3 months after Apple came up with a cool gizmo.
There's just too many people trying to do what Apple do. And they can't. On the surface it's all so self-evident and easy that you cant' claim it's innovative, on the other hand: nobody does it.
How lame is the idea of having a list of songs that you can play, and a button that takes you to an electronic repository of more songs, that you can buy with one click, and it costs a buck [give or take?]. Can you be more simplistic?
Yet, the music industry, whose core business it is, couldn't find a way to implement it. Nobody, except the black hat crew, had a profitable paradigm for making music distribution work over the internet.
Along comes Apple, who makes this store a simple feature of their beautiful and clever jukebox software, and they also combine it with a custom device that will store thousands of your songs.
Anybody could have done that at any time. But they didn't. After Apple shows them how it's done, look at the competition stepping up to the plate with new and innovative products and services... that do what Apple does, minus several levels of coolness.
So you don't believer that it made a difference. The iPod is a cult-object, it's the most stolen mp3 player. People want them [planning on getting one myself], they even create a cultural phenomenon [admittedly, that's not Apple's doing, but as a product manager you ABSOLUTELY CANNOT buy that kind of mindshare. People WANT to use your product in a way that frees them.], the iPod enables users to express themselves in ways they hadn't even thought possible.. It doesn't figure much in your mindset, but Apple's stock went through the roof over this very phenomenon [the iPod, not podcasting]. They introduced a new word into the language, it's going to make it into the dictionary. The president of the united states has his own podcast [kind of].
If Apple is not innovative, they're certainly very chipper about being a mere niche player, I can tell you that.
Do other companies deserve the accolade? Probably. But Apple does something to people and they like it.
>>While many traditional "Knowledge Economy" jobs are outsourced oversease, the report states:
Hahaha, American spin can get out of hands sometimes! So the "knowledge economy" is now "traditional"? Just three years ago, the knowledge economy was the "new economy"!
>> "US companies are evolving to the next
>> level of economic activity.
"Next level", er? Its no longer about "maths" and "science", according to the article. That's the same kind of aritifical thinking that created the dot com bubble. It would be so laughable if it wasn't such an serious issue. This massive outsourcing of jobs/importation of consumer items is not good for the American economy, and the notion that we can all survive by selling coffee and doing each other's laundry is nuts.
Hmmm, lessee innovations from Europe since WWII: care to fill in this gaping chasm for us? That is anything other than mass socialism and subpar socialized health care.
dotcom bubble = greedy investment bankers seeing what happened with Netscape then seeing how far they could push it, as they tend to dump all their holdings at the IPO. (Of course this was wittingly or unwittingly supported by others who saw a chance for a quick buck, but this is not to say that there was zero innovation in that time period...)
BTW: the ipod/mac mini are hardly innovative. They are at best evolutionary and not the first in either category in any event.
Hey! They forgot to include geometric growth of lawsuits in the innovations, as surely some of those big legal firms should fit right into their definition, or activist supreme court justices, or etc.
All Walmart did was improve upon Kmart and other department stores' example. That's smart business, but it's not "innovation". Amazon is more creative than Ebay. And as for Starbucks, again smart business, but they're not doing anything special that other coffehouses aren't except for opening a hell of a lot more stores.
The question isn't really whether any of these businesses engage in any innovation at all, but rather that many of them don't rank anywhere near the top 20 in importance. Utilizing OR (which is applied math) has nothing to do with the cited "right-brain" fluffiness alluded to in the article, either.
have look at Sony.
The PS2 is still the most used console today. The PS3 will be the most advanced and inovative entertainment system ever created.
The HD Walkman is much better then the iPod or any other mp3 player, and don't forget that sony invented the mobile music player.
The sony televisions have the best picture qulity.
The Sony notebooks, especially the business series with the stunning HD displays with the full resolution of 1920x1440 are far better then any powerbook or any other laptop.
The PSP is the most advanced mobile gaming device,...
If there is a (big) company which deserves the title, It's a Sony
(v) introduce, innovate (bring something new to an environment)
So what here is new in the sense that the definition means, as in not seen/used/etc. before?
Sony, like all Japanese companies, are VERY good at refining EXISTING technologies, but not at creating NEW technologies.
(Yes, some of their products are nice, BUT, I have noticed that in the last 10 years or so that their manufacturing quality(when not actually made in Japan) is pretty lousy. i.e. best bet is to buy brand new models from them before they ship production to a third world country...)
Walmart inventory system: nothing new about it, other than they did it on a larger/tighter scale than others.
Dell mfg: nothing new here either other than they did it on a larger/tighter scale to keep their costs low such that they could afford to undercut all other manufacturers.
Think about it! First of all, they invented the personal computer as we know it. You might consider that a fairly important innovation. Then they went on to introduce the mouse (actually invented by Xerox but certainly popularized by Mac), a folders, windows and destop metaphor for the GUI, full-color graphical display, fonts, USB (again not invented but introduced to personal computing), anti-aliasing, wireless networking, the list goes on and on and on! So many things that we take for granted -- using ANY platform -- were in fact *innovated* by Apple. White boxes indeed!
'Invented the personal computer as we know it'?
Not quite. Most of the work came out of Xerox PARC - not just the mouse, but the bones of the interface. Having not invented said mouse, Apple can hardly be said to have innovated it since.
Full-colour display? I thought the original Macintosh was monochrome, and not cutting-edge in that regard?
Inventing wireless networking isn't something I've ever heard about them either.
Their products are generally pretty slick compared to much of the competition, but they tend to improve things rather than innovate.
So in that case, do you think Xerox should be considered most innovative? Honestly -- love 'em or hate 'em -- Apple really has brought a lot of the major technologies we use to the desktop. As for wireless networking, the original iBook was the first personal computer to ever ship with wireless networking (802.11b). Again, they didn't invent it -- but they discovered it, then said "hey, we can make this work!", then they offered it. Then of course, a year or so later, everyone offers it. This happens time and time again throughout the course of Apple's history -- from the mouse to fonts to USB, etc.
Hate their interfaces, hate iPods, hate white plastics, whatever! But give them credit where credit is due! They really have made massive strides in leading development in personal computers even with such low market-share!
Sure, Nintendo had is feild day as the more innovative console gaming company, and later introduced hand-held gaming with the Game Boy; however, I do not see why they any longer deserve the title "most innovative company." They have not created anything trully innovative in a while (unless you call touch screen gaming innovative, but others would have introduced that long ago if there were any practical use for it). That, and the only thing Nintendo does is gaming consoles and handhelds. IBM makes processors for so many different kinds of devices (computers to Nintendo's consoles); Apple is a master marketer and has a solid OS, mp3 player, etc.; Toyota markets hybrid gas/electric cars; [sarcasm]Wallmart is constanly finding new ways to put everyone else out of business[/sarcasm]. Not intending the start a flame war, I still believe that Nintendo doesn't deserve the title by any strech of the imagination.
advanced tech != innovation for all you drooling kiddies out.
Microsoft and Sony's next-gen consoles rub me the wrong way all I think of when I read about them is "Gee look how fast our consoles will be!" So fast = good games?
Don't get me wrong they each have some good ideas, I like the Xbox360 over the PS3...
And then there's Nintendo. Their motto is we are a Game company, our hardware enables us to create great games. They've designed their nextgen console to enable new kinds of games that we have never played before! That is innovation.
Hmm, I'll just put on my flame retardant suit as I walk into the lava pit called consoles.
>The sony notebooks, especially the business series
>with the stunning HD displays with the full
>resolution of 1920x1440 are far better then any
>powerbook or any other laptop.
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In the laptop space, Sony is only OEM NOT ODM i.e. the credit goes to Quanta, Mitac, GVC, Inventec, Mitech, Kapok, Clevo, ECS, FIC, Twinhead, and Uniwill and 'etc'.
As a company, their main innovation over the last ten years has been brilliant new methods of losing market share in the PC market. This has been a casebook of how not to do it. It is true, they have then shown that after losing share in one market, you can brilliantly innovate in another irrelevant one. But how much better to just keep and grow what you had. You cannot really be the most innovative company when your share has gone from - what - 20% to 2% without passing Go.
The article talks about creativity and innovation not technology.
Taking a commonly technology (or coffee!) and then marketing and selling that in a creative way also counts as innovation.
Dells is one of the most innovative companies in supply chain management and sales. I can't stand them myself, but that's beside the point.
?? Why ?
They made a MP3 player, big deal others had made it before, they stuff in useless functionality (address book) but don't even have a editable equalizer.
You can put music on the ipod as a normal mass storage drive.
The put a computer in a sardine can, so what ? still not new.
Their new OS might be fancy looking, but still lag software.
They are just like Microsoft, let other people invent then steal it put their label on it and tell everyone they invented it.
People really need to work on their reading comprehension skills here. Go beyond the sensationalist bullshit and read : "apple is _perceived_ to be the most innovative company by _senior execs_"
Now why this is news : if you're perceived as being innovative it makes your company sexy : people will want to buy you're products and invest in you. The fact that the survey was among company decision-makers makes it all the more significant.
They only put the 1st usable affordable computers to market in 1976, invented a usable graphical interface (if you think the macs OS was a copy of what Xerox made, then you dom't know much about what Xerox made), they only, together with Adobe, made the 1st affordable laserprinter with PostScript, they only made the first real notebook of the formfactor we now know, only developed the 1st movie technology for personal computers called QuickTime (in 1991, there was nothing like it), only invented FireWire, only introduced the 1st digital camera to market (quicktake 100), only invented the PDA we know now with a touch screen with pen and form factor now used by all PDA's, only made a Unix quite unlike anyother that the trolls love to call a copied BSD with a bloathed graphical layer, only started a whole wave of new plastics use with their translucent cases like in the original iMac, only invented a simple, easy and small mp3 player with new interface, only actually innovate in software and GUI to make new things possible instead of copying and calling it to be inventive like a big company based in Seattle does, only were by far the first to offer wireless networking, only were the first to use USB as standard... and that are just the obvious things they pioneered and invented. No,trolls, you are right. Apple does not innovate and never has, all they make is an mp3 player like 100's of companies and white boxes.
Over what time span is this article talking about? If it's since the beginning of the company - Apple is certainly very (I'm not sure if "the most" since there is many very old companies) innovative. Without Apple, there would not be the PC (forget graphical user interfaces, computers would take up rooms and you wouldn't have one at home).
If the article is talking about short-term however (more likely), let's assume 5 years. Apple has: a) created a real market for iPods and iPod-like MP3 players (sorry, the bulky giant Nomads before it didn't count), b) created an online music distribution system with millions of song downloads c) made OS X - that is: a successful *nix system with a graphical user interface that rivals/surpasses the market leader c) brought powerful technologies to the masses with the iApps (editing videos and burning your own home-made video DVDs for your Average Joe), - the list goes on and is pretty impressive. Is it earth-shattering? No. But name something that is!
To a business rag, success is innovation. If you can bring a company back from the brink of financial disaster and create a community of sorts around it, while taking existing technology and making it "pretty" it counts as innovation.
To me innovation would be cheap, safe, and clean transportation. But, I still like Apple and their products.
Apple will be an after-thought by the end of 2008. The Mactel will open people's eyes to Apple's price 'despair-ity', and iRiver and Sony will take over the music space. Video on the iPod will be a spectacular failure. Jobs will retire to Orlando, so he can save on taxes and spend more time at amusement parks.
The word "innovative" is a bit of a misnomer then if we are going to consider *improvements* in supply chain management as innovation.
These companies -- Walmart, Starbucks, and Dell -- did not invent supply chain management. Their "innovation" would be doing it better than other companies. Dell, for instance, did not invent "just in time" inventory, but applied it well in their field.
Microsoft R&D is mostly a chop shop. It steals innovations from other companies and then reforms them as "Microsoft Research" and hands it off to "Microsoft Patents". It is just a bunch of criminals. You can see this as the only things that appear to be genuine "Microsoft Research" -- Clippy & Bob -- have been spectacular failures.
It is my claim that "innovation" must be something new and it must be something that powerfully effects a large number of people -- in a good way.
This is why I think building a fiber network -- against all odds -- in the US is a big thing. Maybe it is not the cure for cancer, but it is an important element of a healthy economy.


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Hi guys! I want to know if it is possible to control theater lighting from your Android. My HS Auditorium uses a Leprecon LM-850 preset light board to control all of the lights. The light board uses a MIDI output, NOT a DMX output. Now a little info about my Android...I have an HTC Rezound. I want to be able to control the lighting from my phone. Any ideas on how to hook up a MIDI lightboard to my Android?
You can't control lights from your phone with a leprecon board... But there is software out there that you can control lights with. but it is DMX software. such as chamsy's and showexpress... but even with that, you probally couldn't get those into your system... sorry bud
Assuming the LM-850 accepts MIDI in, if you can figure out how to generate the appropriate MIDI signals, you can remote control the console. The challenge is figuring out to get from point A to point B. I suspect custom hardware will be needed. If you want to control a lighting console from your phone, you need a console designed for remote control over an IP network, otherwise you're in kludge city.
You might look at this article for Android and MIDI solutions. 4 Apps to Control Stage Lighting Effects Live With Your iOS or Android Device - Higher Ed Tech Decisions I use Luminair for iOS on my iPad with Enttec ODE. Love it.
I frequently recommend Luminair for our eDMX1 customers, works great but is iPad/iPhone only. You can of course substitute an iPod for iPhone. If you're looking for a solid performer I don't think you'll find anything Android unfortunately. Maybe start from scratch? It would become very messy otherwise.
I see that you're in high school. In that case, I don't think you have any business controlling the lights with your Android.
I purchased both the iPad and iPhone versions of Luminair. The iPhone version makes a handy Remote Focus. The iPad version is much better. I've used it a number of times for simple shows and events. Assuming you got a MIDI app for Android and a way to translate the wifi data to wired data, how much control would the Leprecon LM-850 allow via MIDI? I prefer to use a DMX merger in my rig so that I can run from a console or walk around the event and control lighting by wifi. The HTP merger takes the console DMX and the Enttec ODE DMX and merges into one DMX for the dimmers and instruments. No movers so it's all simple.
I've never really played with LTP. In what situations do you find that better? The Enttec ODE allows only two wifi connections but can handle six with a $25 upgrade. That behaves as a merger if I wanted multiple iOS devices to control different elements. I could put outdoor string lights on one surface and stage on another. Then feed the ODE and a regular console into another DMX merger and I could do more. Of course a better console would be even better. My buddy was trying out his Mackie digital sound mixer with an iPad control surface so we were a couple of nerds on iPads last night at a community potluck and music event. In his case he doesn't need to run a snake to FOH and can mix FOH and monitors from anywhere. It's good for wedding and small gigs.