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Welcome to the fourth post in my journey to build and launch an iPhone app. The last post tackled the intersection of product management, user experience and implementation – how they are separate but yet related. In this post I'm going to talk about the marketing of my iPhone app.
Let's get one thing clear right off the top: Mobile app stores are NOT marketing vehicles. With the unbelievable number of apps in these stores there is no way you can make yourself heard. During the early days, using the app store as a marketing vehicle was possible, but now with tens of thousands of apps to choose from this is close to impossible.
Today these app stores serve two purposes:
1. They provide a vehicle for users to download and install your app, including all of your updates.
2. They provide a mechanism for taking money from those who download your app (if you have set a price) and put your portion into your bank account. For this service, they charge 30 per cent of the app price.
When iTunes first launched this was revolutionary. Because it was the only one to offer this service, it ended up building the infrastructure from scratch. Today setting something like this up is easier; there are many e-commerce components that can be put together with relative ease. But you have to ask yourself whether or not you want to do this for the one or two or three apps that you might write. Probably not. So, the app stores provide a convenient service for you and your potential buyers.
It takes more than an app store to monetize your app
I've talked to many people who believe that by simply posting their apps in the app store, they've done the marketing at the same time. Yes, you can add screenshots and lots of marketing text, but the odds that someone will find you over your competitor are small.
So what is a small app developer to do?
If you are serious about monetizing your app, you must remove your developer hat and put on your product marketing cap. That means that you have to do all the right marketing activities for your app – either by yourself or by engaging with someone who understands how to market a mobile app.
You have to understand your market and where your potential buyers hang out, which really means that you have to truly understand the persona of the person who will buy your app. Age, sex, personality and income are all potential demographics that could influence how you market your app. Is your app consumer-focused, business-focused, or both? If business-focused, what business size is it best suited for? If it's consumer-focused, when would your app be used? Day time? Night time? While travelling? While on the couch at home?
You probably answered many of these questions before you began your first wireframe diagram, but it helps to articulate the answers again, this time from a marketing perspective.
For example, let's say that your age target is 25- to 35-year-olds. From a development perspective you can assume that your target audience is very conversant with using mobile apps – scrolling through apps, typing with on-screen keyboards, familiar with commonly used symbols and so forth. Generally speaking, the layout and operation of your app would cater to a mobile-savvy demographic.
From a marketing perspective, this crowd is generally hip, cool and love hanging out on their mobile devices. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and newsfeeds are apps they live in. They need to feel connected. They need to share. So your marketing plan to this demographic would include social channels and your messaging would appeal to their savvy style. If your app is targeted at older age groups then your app and marketing plan would potentially be quite different.
Garner feedback with meaning
What is going to motivate a potential buyer to become a paid user? Understanding your three messages is key. Once you have your three messages, try them out. I've started talking to friends about my app to try out my messaging. In fact I've even shown friends how it works.
Looking for feedback is much more than asking if they like the app. Find out what they like about the messaging. Is there a certain aspect of the messaging that resonates with them? Here you really need to know how to convey the essence of your app. What makes your app unique over other similar apps? If all you can think of is that it is "better," then you had better review your messaging vis-a-vis your target audience. Is your app about people or things? Facebook has succeeded because it connects people with long-lost friends. It's not about the games. It's not about the pictures. It's about connecting with a friend that 10 years ago moved halfway across the country.
Influence the influencers
You have to know who the influencers are, i.e. those who your potential buyers follow. If people are interested in a subject, they will read or follow others with the same interest. It's this herding mentality that we have engrained – this need to belong to a group of peers with common interests. Within each of these groups are leaders and followers. As a marketer of your app you need to know who the leaders are. You need to reach out to them and talk to them. Your goal is to have these leaders endorse your app. You want them to talk about your app to the groups they lead. Follow them on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and start conversations with them, reply to their blog posts and tweets. In other words, get yourself known to these people.
Have a kick-ass website
All of your efforts to reach out to potential buyers may be wasted if you do not have a kick-ass website.
Since the buying process is handled by the app store, your website really only needs to be a single page, possibly two pages if you plan on blogging. Your three messages need to be front and centre. They need to be clear – avoiding buzz words that we as developers are fond of. The majority of your buyers do not care about the technology; they're only interested in how well your app solves a problem they have.
Your website also has to convey the essence of your app. In a scant few words, explain what it is about your app that makes it unique or different from others. To repeat, just saying that it's "better" means that you haven't really found your app's inner soul. Lately I've been receiving lots of emails from companies hawking their software and I am totally amazed at the number of buzzwords they use and the generic messaging they have in their scripts. It's quite clear that they don't know what their apps are all about. My reaction to these emails is to delete them.
So in summary, remember:
1. The app store is primarily an e-commerce and delivery mechanism.
2. Your website is your marketing/lead generation mechanism.
3. Your out-reach programs must drive potential buyers to your website.
We're quickly approaching the end of this journey. Keep a sharp eye out for my next post. I'm going to talk about road testing my app and also reveal its name and functionality.
Image: Kinvey
Peter Hanschke is an Ottawa-based product management specialist.


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Scroll down to Flash new firmware image and uncheck the box next to Keep settings.
Click Choose File and upload the original Linksys firmware. You can find the original firmware file by visiting linksys.com and searching for your model name.
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Golly! That's nine days away! Sorry about that, y'all. Had some things to think about. I'm retiring. If Diocletian can quit to grow cabbages so can I. It's just so boring! I've got a confession to make. I can't be arsed over the Asteroid anymore.
This is a photo of the main strip in Norcia's centro storico, getting ready for the festa di San Benedetto tomorrow. It comes off the Twitter page of the Norcia commune. Apparently we're supposed to be proud that the town is now beholden to the
It's a question of re-orientation. Our attention, while we think we are attending to the will of God, is wholly centred on the world. It is nagging me, this feeling that there is a strange and apparently disconnected series of things that somehow, when put
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Introduction: Mini Container Gardening
I love all things small. And tiny. And little. As a result, mini container gardening is my FAVORITE kind of indoor greening. Using tiny dinosaurs to create little dioramas with said plantings, while not entirely necessary, takes it to a whole new (and desired by me) level of cute.
Let's get started!
Step 1: Choosing Your Containers
My boyfriend Mark and I were in Bolinas, CA and found all these beach rocks with holes in them. (Score!) They are what sparked the idea of doing itty bitty plantings - but you could use any small vessel with a drainage hole. Here's some other ideas:
- old skateboard wheels (Mark planted a few post photo shoot and they look great!)
- bottle caps
- small jars
- pieces of cedar or teak (water resistant) with a hole drilled
- craggy driftwood
- shells
- corks with a holes drilled
- bottom half of an Altoid tin with hole punched in
Really you could use any small vessel with a hole!
If you do have the good fortune to come across suitable rocks, make sure you boil them before starting to plant. They may contain salt or small organisms that would effect the health of the plants. That goes for whatever you end up using - make sure it's been sterilized either via heat or bleach (hydrogen peroxide or vodka will also work) before adding your tiny greens.
Step 2: Picking Your Plants
I had never tried to plant in anything mini before, so I went to my local small plant supplier, Paxton Gate, to pick up suitable plants and get some guidance from their experts. They were so helpful and sent me home with the following plants:
- raoulia australis
- living stone succulents
- echeveria succulents
- moss
- brake ferns
They are all capable of surviving with very little root soil and without needing tons of moisture.
I'm sure there are other varieties that would work, so be sure to ask a local expert!
Step 3: Watering Can
At Paxton Gate I also found this super cute little spray can. Perfect for watering tiny guys!
NOTE: An eye dropper or standard spray bottle would also work.
Step 4: Growing Medium
Sterile potting soil will do the trick. Even though I used mostly succulent plants that would normally go into a dryer growing medium mix, in this case you want the soil to hold onto a bit more moisture because the space/amount is so little.
Step 5: A Dash of Dinos
Feel free to insert small dinos or other little figures to help set the scene.
Step 6: Prepping Your Plants
- Carefully take the plants out of their tiny nursery pots and gently remove as much of the soil as possible. For some of the finer roots use your fingers like a comb to 'brush' the dirt out of the root system.
- Separate the stems into small groupings (like pictured). This won't be necessary for the individual succulents or the moss. (There's no need to remove anything from the moss before planting.
Step 7: Prepping Your Plants Cont...
- Rinse any remaining soil off of the root systems using room temperature water.
- Repeat for all plants, except for the moss.
Step 8: Prep Your Containers
- Place your small container on a waterproof tray. (yogurt lids work in a pinch!)
- Sprinkle a small layer of dirt into the bottom of the cavity.
Step 9: Planting Your Containers
- If there's enough space, leave the roots their original length and slowly add a bit of soil at a time as you feed the roots into the hole until the hole is as full of dirt as possible.
- Gently pack the dirt and roots down into their new home.
- Immediately wet the soil (don't soak it, just moisten it) with a dropper or spray bottle.
- Add a dino, if desired.
Step 10: Planting Example 2
Note: Moss does not require a drainage hole - which is why this geode half plus the moss is an extra awesome team! Keep the moss moist for the first few weeks, then pull back and only water once a month.
Step 11: Planting Example 3
The hole in this rock is only slightly wider than a No.2 pencil! It was the smallest I tried. (And cutest.)
If you have a container as small, you'll need to give the plant roots a trim in order to fit them in, which is totally ok to do. The only important 'to dos' to help a trimmed plant survive is to keep it moist and away from direct sunlight for a few days post hair cut so it can adjust to the change.
I found it helpful to put a clear plastic container with a hole poked in the bottom over this thin, leggy planting for the first week so that it had enough moisture at all times. The smaller the planting hole size, the faster the soil will dry out. Creating a terrarium style environment for the first bit will give it the best chance of survival.
Step 12: Get Wild!
With these simple techniques, you can turn any small vessel into a teeny pot and create your own tiny jungle!!
If you try this, please click the 'I Made It' button and share your pictures in the comments!
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wow, this was a very adorable and entertaining instructable. kudos!
Great! I especially enjoy the theme settings that you added. It is very calming and relaxing to view both plants and their created environments. This combines stage craft and micro landscaping ideas. It is so refreshing. thank you for taking your time to share.
very nice! guess i have to start drilling holes in rocks now.....
This is wonderful and shows what beauty can be made with a little imagination. Thank you.
So cute! Now I really want some of those peculiar rocks, I have never seen them before!
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These are so cute! I have been planning on making some terrariums this week and I'm very inspired now!


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Islington schoolgirl raises £2,000 for charity with daring challenge
PUBLISHED: 17:11 28 December 2013
Sam Carney
A schoolgirl who suffers from diabetes has raised more than £2,000 to help seek a cure for the disease by completing a bridge-crossing challenge.
Isabelle Newman, 11, who lives off New North Road, Islington, took part in a charity challenge to cross 12 of London's most famous river crossings, including Millennium, London and Tower bridges.
The pint-sized fundraiser completed the eight-mile challenge with her 10-year-old sister Millie and parents Talitha and Paul, to raise cash for Diabetes UK.
Isabelle said: "I wanted to do the walk to raise money for Diabetes UK because it is such a good cause and I hope the money I raised will go towards finding a cure and helping people with diabetes in the future."
Isabelle was diagnosed two years ago and has been raising money for the charity ever since.
She followed the route from Albert Bridge to London Bridge with more than 800 fellow walkers. She also sold her unwanted toys to raise more funds.
Mrs Newman said: "Isabelle was diagnosed with diabetes in December 2011. She had lost a lot of weight – probably a stone – and weighed less than her younger sister. Friends had also pointed out she wasn't herself, that she was withdrawn and tired.
"I took her for blood tests and later the same day got a call from the doctor saying we needed to take Isabelle to hospital.
"She started a new management regime the next day and we learned how to inject insulin. We were so lucky that she was diagnosed early as otherwise she would have collapsed and could have ended up with life-threatening complications."
During the London Bridges Challenge, Isabelle and her parents had to carefully monitor her and adjust her insulin intake, as physical activity can have an impact on blood glucose levels.
Mrs Newman said: "We felt absolutely elated at the end, but also exhausted as we had only stopped once for a quick bite to eat. Diabetes in a child is hard work. Managing Isabelle's blood glucose levels – working out how much independence to give her – it's all challenging.
"With Isabelle we work as a team, make decisions together and explaining why we are giving her more or less insulin, depending on how she is feeling and the activities she has been doing."
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By necessity, Jia Zhang-ke is a filmmaker who responds to current events with the instincts of a newshound. Not only is the 38-year-old director the most prominent Chinese filmmaker of his generation, he also has come to assume the role of witness and conscience in a society characterized by rapid modernization and a growing amnesia.
Jia's recent films have been increasingly dominated by their almost surreal real-world settings. "The World" (2004) takes place largely within an actual Beijing theme park containing replicas of global tourist attractions. "Still Life," which won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival in 2006, unfolds against the backdrop of a riverside town that is being prepared for flooding as part of the enormous Three Gorges hydroelectric project. His latest feature, "24 City," which premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday, centers on the closure of Factory 420, a sprawling state-owned industrial park in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province.
"Since 2000, I have been wanting to make a film about how workers are affected by the transition from a planned economy to a market economy in China," he said, speaking through a translator. He knew he had found his perfect subject when he learned last year that Factory 420, a munitions plant that for six decades had specialized in the production of aviation engines, was to be replaced by a complex of luxury high-rise apartments called 24 City.
Read also Chinese film-maker focuses on how politics affects people from AFP, and "24 City" a moving elegy to modern-day China by Maggie Lee.


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Federal authorities said they have foiled a plot by men linked to the Iranian government to kill the Saudi ambassador to the United States and to bomb Saudi and Israeli Embassies.
WASHINGTON — The United States on Tuesday accused Iranian officials of plotting to murder Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States in a bizarre scheme involving an Iranian-American used-car salesman who believed he was hiring assassins from a Mexican drug cartel for $1.5 million.
The alleged plot also included plans to pay the cartel, Los Zetas, to bomb the Israeli Embassy in Washington and the Saudi and Israeli Embassies in Argentina, according to a law enforcement official.
The plotters also discussed a side deal between the Quds Force, part of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, and Los Zetas to funnel tons of opium from the Middle East to Mexico, the official said. The plans never progressed, though, because the two suspects — the Iranian-American and an Iranian Quds Force officer — unwittingly were dealing with an informant for the Drug Enforcement Administration, officials said.
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., who announced the murder plot at a news conference in Washington, said it was "directed and approved by elements of the Iranian government and, specifically, senior members of the Quds Force." He added that "high-up officials in those agencies, which is an integral part of the Iranian government, were responsible for this plot."
The charges heightened tensions in an already fraught relationship between Iran and the United States.
The Iranian ambassador to the United Nations, Mohammad Khazaee, said his nation was "outraged" about the accusations. In a letter to Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Mr. Khazaee said that Iran "strongly and categorically rejects these fabricated and baseless allegations, based on the suspicious claims by an individual."
Saudi Arabia and Iran are locked in a bitter regional rivalry, one that has intensified as they have jockeyed for influence since the political upheavals of the Arab Spring. The Saudi Embassy in Washington denounced the plot against the ambassador, Adel al-Jubeir, as "a despicable violation of international norms, standards and conventions."
Mr. Holder's assertion and the F.B.I.'s account of official Iranian involvement in the plot, reportedly code-named "Chevrolet," provoked puzzlement from specialists on Iran, who said it seemed unlikely that the government would back a brazen murder and bombing plan on American soil.
Investigators, too, were initially skeptical about ties to Iran, officials said. They said, though, that the F.B.I. monitored calls to Iran about the plot and found money had been wired from a Quds Force bank account. In addition, the Iranian-American accused in the scheme, Mansour J. Arbabsiar, correctly identified a known Quds Force officer from a photo array, and his cousin — who he said recruited him for the plot — is another Quds official.
It remained unclear, though, whether the plot was conceived by a rogue element or had approval from top officials of the Revolutionary Guards or the Iranian government.
"It's so outside their normal track of activity," said a senior law enforcement official who had been involved in the investigation and would speak only on the condition of anonymity. "It's a rogue plan or they're using very different tactics. We just don't know."
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton expressed her incredulity in an interview with The Associated Press.
"The idea that they would attempt to go to a Mexican drug cartel to solicit murder-for-hire to kill the Saudi ambassador, nobody could make that up, right?" she asked, also saying that the plot "crosses a line that Iran needs to be held to account for."
The State Department issued an alert on Tuesday for Americans traveling or living abroad regarding "the potential for anti-U.S. actions following the disruption" of the plot, which it said "may indicate a more aggressive focus by the Iranian government on terrorist activity."
Mr. Arbabsiar, 56, a naturalized American citizen who lives in Corpus Christi, Tex., was named in a federal criminal complaint in New York along with Gholam Shakuri, whom the Justice Department identified as a member of the Quds Force.
Mr. Arbabsiar, who one official said sold used cars for a living, was arrested Sept. 29 at Kennedy International Airport in New York; Mr. Shakuri remains at large and is believed to be in Iran.
Minutes after the Justice Department laid out the charges, the Treasury Department announced sanctions against five people — including four "senior" members of the Quds Force, which the United States designated as a terrorist group in 2007.
White House officials said President Obama called the Saudi ambassador on Tuesday to express solidarity, saying the president "underscored that the United States believes this plot to be a flagrant violation of U.S. and international law, and reiterated our commitment to meet our responsibilities to ensure the security of diplomats serving in our country."
Mr. Arbabsiar, who has lived in Texas for many years, made a brief appearance in federal court in Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon, dressed in a blue checked shirt and with a pronounced scar on his left cheek. He did not enter a plea, but his lawyer, Sabrina Shroff, said after the hearing that "if he is indicted, he will plead not guilty."
The case began in May, when a Drug Enforcement Administration informant with ties to high-level leaders of Los Zetas told agents of a bizarre conversation. He had been approached, he said, by an Iranian friend of his aunt's in Corpus Christi — Mr. Arbabsiar — with a proposition to hire the cartel to carry out terrorist attacks inside the United States. Mr. Arbabsiar believed that the informant was an actual member of Los Zetas.
Over the next two months, Mr. Arbabsiar and the informant worked out a deal under which Mr. Arbabsiar would pay $1.5 million to Los Zetas to kill the Saudi ambassador at a restaurant in Washington, officials said.
The complaint quotes Mr. Arbabsiar as making conflicting statements about the possibility of bystander deaths; at one point he is said to say that killing the ambassador alone would be preferable, but on another occasion he said it would be "no big deal" if many others at the restaurant — possibly including United States senators — died in any bombing.
There was never any risk, officials said, because the informant was working for the drug agency, and their meetings in Mexico and telephone conversations, were being recorded by law enforcement authorities.
In early August, on a visit to Iran, Mr. Arbabsiar wired nearly $100,000 to the informant's bank account as a down payment, according to court documents. In late September, he flew to Mexico City from Iran, intending to serve as human "collateral" to ensure that Los Zetas would be paid the rest of their money after killing the ambassador.
But the government of Mexico, at the request of the United States, denied entry to Mr. Arbabsiar and put him on a commercial flight with a stopover in New York, where he was arrested.
On Tuesday, the Justice Department released a letter to the court saying Mr. Arbabsiar had repeatedly waived his right to be quickly brought before a judge and to have a lawyer present during questioning. The letter said he had confessed to his role in the plot and had provided "extremely valuable intelligence."
Mr. Holder said the United States "is committed to holding Iran accountable for its actions" but declined to answer a question about Iranian officials' motivation for the alleged plot.
Experts on Iran expressed astonishment at both the apparently clumsy tradecraft and the uncertain goal of the intended mayhem on United States soil.
Rasool Nafisi, an Iranian-American scholar who studies the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, said he thought it unlikely that the plot was approved at a high level by Iranian officials. "It's not typical of the Quds Force or the I.R.G.C. to operate in the U.S., for fear of retaliation," Mr. Nafisi said. Iran's last lethal operation on American soil, he said, was in 1980, when a critic of the Islamic government was murdered at his Bethesda, Md., home.
Mr. Nafisi said it was conceivable that elements of the Revolutionary Guards might have concocted the plot without top-level approval, perhaps to prevent reconciliation between Iran and the United States.
But Iran's Islamic government has a long history of attempts to eliminate enemies living overseas, said Roya Hakakian, author of "Assassins of the Turquoise Palace," a book on the murder of four Iranians in a Berlin restaurant in 1992. A German court found that the murders were approved at the highest levels of the Iranian government.
The gunman in the Berlin killings was also accused of plotting to kill the Saudi ambassador to Sweden, Ms. Hakakian said.


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Some time has passed since we called for expressions of interest to provide pro bono design services for the Bulleen Pre School (BPS) some months ago. A lot has happened behind the scenes since then – and we thought we'd share a bit of the action with you.
As we mentioned back in July, the pre school was hoping to apply for funds from the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development to extend its premises, so as to accommodate more children and improve its service to the local community. Two days before our call for service providers closed, the funding application deadline was announced. Surprise! Instead of the anticipated 6 months to prepare an application (based on the time frame allowed for the previous funding round), there was going to be 6 weeks! Architect Ajith Kuruvilla (Gray Space Architects) had submitted an EOI and, with extensive experience in schools, looked like a perfect match, but we weren't sure how he would take the news about the time frame. To our relief, Ajith was relatively unfazed. It was decided to form a design team, led by Ajith (being a registered architect), with Kamil Muhammad (interior designer and a4p member) and Paul Cooksey (architect) undertaking design and documentation.
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The GRAMMY Awards was held this past Sunday and Beyoncé has given us a glimpse at the action from behind the scenes.
In this week's best music pictures of the week gallery, we look at Solange's GRAMMYs afterparty and some of its brilliant guests. Her sister Beyoncé reunited with Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, Destiny's Child pictured in several images, along with other familiar faces.
In addition to the post-GRAMMYs snaps, the selection of photographs uploaded to Beyonce.com show Queen Bey preparing for her huge performance of Love Drought and Sandcastles, and other shots show her looking on from the crowd.
Also this week, we were given a sneak preview of the BRITs 2017 and Mastercard's #PricelessSurprises campaign. Thought your fave celeb may have sneaked up on you for an unforgettable experience? Unfortunately, all of the special moments have already been filmed. Maybe next year, guys? In the preview, Robbie Williams surprises one of his young fans in her local cinema. Aww.
Look back at music stories you may have missed in our gallery below.


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- Weight:
- 50 grams.
- Supported devices:
- iPhone 4S and up,
leading Android devices.
- Connectivity requirements:
- Bluetooth required.
- Power supply:
- Two year battery (coin cell).
- Certifications
- FCC CE certified.
- Other:
- Low energy. 800,000+ POIs mapped.
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Before you ever step through the door, you can feel the energy.
Thursday nights are "Adult Night" at Southern Skates Roller Rink in Dallas.
Between 9:30 p.m. – 1 a.m. only ages 18 and up are allowed inside the roller rink off East Ledbetter Drive and Sunnyvale Street.
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"Grown folks only," said Manager Tamie Cooper. "With everything going on in the world, this is just a place where they can come and hang out."
Inside you'll find dozens of people with their own distinct style and skill level and the regulars typically bring their own pair of custom skates.
Cooper said it is not uncommon to see skaters up to age 70 grooving on the floor.
"They are here to get their skate on and that's it and they skate better than the young ones."
You'll find people who never stopped skating like 23-year-old Andre Dorsey.
"I think I learned how to skate before I learned how to walk," said Dorsey. "A skate home is the same for me as a church home. So, as soon as I moved to Texas, I had to find a church home and I had to find a skate home."
And, you'll find people reconnecting with an activity from their childhood.
Wanda Brown did not slip back into a pair of skates until she was in her 50s and said the activity became a form of therapy after the death of her daughter.
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And everyone we spoke with said an hour of skating melted away the stress of the day.
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Southern Skates is operated by the City of Dallas. Adult skate night is every Thursday. Admission is $5.
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IoT Accelerator partners
Examples of partners in the IoT Accelerator ecosystem
Qualcomm's MDM9206 global multi-mode LTE IoT modem and Ericsson's IoT Accelerator platform is interoperable using the OMA LwM2M protocol, complementing the interoperability on connectivity level with Ericsson RAN. This brings a set of benefits out of the box, including zero-touch onboarding to the IoT Accelerator for IoT devices using the MDM9206, as well as device management and data management functions. The MDM9206 LTE IoT modem is designed as a global multi-mode connectivity solution and purpose-built to provide reliable, optimized cellular connectivity for the next-generation of IoT products and services requiring low bandwidth and years of battery-life. The MDM9206 global multi-mode LTE IoT modem combines the high reliability, low latency, and voice support of LTE Cat-M1 (eMTC) with the extended coverage and delay tolerance of Cat NB-1 (NB-IoT). It is engineered to allow device manufacturers to support ultra-low power consumption and cost-optimized solutions that cover full range of low data rate IoT applications.
Sequans' Monarch - Narrowband LTE-M (Cat M1) and NB-IoT (Cat NB1) Single Chip for the Internet of Things and Ericsson's IoT Accelerator platform is interoperable using the OMA LwM2M protocol, complementing the interoperability on connectivity level with Ericsson RAN. This brings a set of benefits out of the box, including zero-touch onboarding to the IoT Accelerator for IoT devices using Sequans Monarch, as well as device management and data management functions. Monarch is a single-chip LTE Cat M1/NB1 solution designed specifically for Narrowband IoT applications, including sensors, wearables, and other low data, low power M2M and IoT devices. Monarch complies with the ultra-low-power and reduced complexity feature requirements of the 3GPP release 13 LTE Advanced Pro standard. Monarch achieves a very high level of integration whereby baseband, RF transceiver, power management, and RAM memory are integrated into a tiny 6.5 x 8.5 mm package, running Sequans carrier-proven LTE protocol stack, an OMA lightweight M2M (LwM2M) client, and a rich set of AT commands.
Altair Semiconductor
Altair Semiconductor, a subsidiary of Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, is a leading provider of LTE chipsets. Altair's ALT1250 dual-mode Cat-M1/NB-IoT chipset is interoperable with Ericsson's IoT Accelerator platform, utilizing the OMA LwM2M protocol for easy onboarding and device and data management. The ALT1250 comes with industry-best power consumption, integrated GNSS, MCU and HW-based security, enabling the world's smallest LTE modules for IoT. Altair's portfolio covers the complete spectrum of cellular 4G market needs, from supercharged video-centric applications all the way to ultra-low power, low cost IoT and M2M. Altair has shipped millions of LTE chipsets to date, commercially deployed on the world's most advanced LTE networks including Verizon Wireless, AT&T, Softbank and KT (Korea Telecom). The company's customer roster includes some of the world's leading OEMs and ODMs, such as Hewlett-Packard, ASUS, D-Link, WNC, Sierra Wireless and Murata, as well as the majority of Asian ODMs developing LTE products for global markets.
MediaTek is the world's 4th largest global fabless semiconductor company and powers more than 1.5 billion devices a year.
The company's MT2625 NB-IoT SoC (System-on-a-Chip) is interoperable with Ericsson's IoT Accelerator platform using the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) Lightweight Machine-to-Machine (LwM2M) protocol, a light and compact protocol for device and data management defining the application layer communication between a LwM2M Server, in Ericsson's IoT Accelerator, and a LwM2M Client running in MediaTek's MT2625 SoC.
The MT2625 is a cellular based narrow band IoT (NB-IoT) R14 enabled SoC that will enable ultra-low power and cost effective IoT devices for a wealth of applications ranging through home, civic, industrial or mobile use. Its highly integrated design incorporates an NB-IoT modem DSP, antenna RF and base-band analogue front-end. Other integral components include an ARM Cortex-M MCU with internal RAM, plus Flash, PSRAM, and a power management unit (PMU).
Being a highly integrated platform, the MT2625 simplifies the product design process for partners and manufacturers of cellular based IoT devices, leveraging the latest available technologies for LPWAN connectivity using NB-IoT, as well as device and IoT sensor data management services using the LwM2M protocol for interoperability with Ericsson's IoT Accelerator platform.
Founded in 1997, u-blox operates in more than 25 countries worldwide delivering leading wireless technology connecting people and devices. The company's SARA R410M LTE Cat-M1/NB1 module and C030 application board is interoperable with Ericsson's IoT Accelerator platform using the OMA Lightweight Machine-to-Machine (LwM2M) protocol. The C030 application board is an out of the box rapid prototyping solution for IoT applications supporting new LPWA (low power wide area) cellular technologies, such as NB IoT, LTE-M and existing 2G/3G networks.
The board is powered by an integrated, Arm® Mbed™ compatible Cortex M4 host CPU with 1 MB FLASH and 256 kB RAM, leaving ample space for software development and debugging. With its ultra-low power design, it is ideal for applications that require long battery life in a compact form factor. It also enables straight forward development of location-aware applications, based on the integrated u-blox ZOE-M8B GNSS module.
The OMA LwM2M protocol used for interoperability with Ericsson's IoT-Accelerator is a light and compact protocol for device and data management defining the application layer communication between a LwM2M Server (in the IoT Accelerator) and a LwM2M Client (running in u-blox's Cat-M1/NB-IoT module and C030 application board). Among other things, the LwM2M protocol enables easy mass registration of devices, auto-detection of sensors carried by the device, and service enablement in ways of read, write and execute resources on the device.
Telit's xE910 cellular module family is engineered to enable connectivity in products of any complexity with ease. The 28.2 x 28.2 mm form factor is an excellent solution for fixed and mobile applications such as utility metering, home and commercial security, and devices with limited in-region mobility such as POS and logistics terminals. The entire family of variants is fully compliant with LwM2M accredited interoperable with the Ericsson IoT Accelerator Platform.
The ME910C1 offers LTE-M 375 kbps uplink and 300 kbps downlink; and NB-IoT 20Kbps (ST), 250Kbps (MT) uplink and 250Kbps downlink. Power saving modes are ideal for IoT applications that require long battery life. The ME910C1 also provides reliable connections even when IoT devices are deep inside buildings or in underground garages and parking. It is available in Japanese, European, Australian, North American specific variants as well as a global version for worldwide deployments.
Telit Module evaluation kits are available, providing a robust, future-proof and flexible environment to streamline application development for all Telit module families, including the ME910C1 family. Enterprises can develop first-pass proof-of-concepts for a new application, including the ability to use critical device management features and implement applications with the in-module AppZone integrated development environment.
Quectel's BG96 module has support for Cat-M1, NB-IoT and EGPRS, as well as an integrated LwM2M client interoperable with Ericsson's IoT Accelerator platform and LwM2M server. The interoperability brings a set of benefits out of the box, including zero-touch onboarding of IoT devices using the BG96, as well as device management and data management applicable for a wide range of devices for IoT use-cases covering areas like water/gas metering, smart parking, asset tracking, smoke alarms, etc.
IoTerop is a worldwide leader in OMA Lightweight M2M Technology with IOWA, a commercial LwM2M stack interoperable with Ericsson's IoT Accelerator platform and with built-in Security, IPSO data models, Device Management and Firmware Update support. IoTerop provides powerful IoT tools and services that are easily portable to any hardware and operating system, at an extremely fast time-to-market and very low foot print. IOWA is a state-of-the-art LwM2M implementation compliant with Operators' requirements, and thanks to its powerful API, and literally 10 lines of code, IOWA helps creating a LwM2M/IPSO compliant Connected Object, operating over any networking topologies: 2G/3G/4G/CatM1,NB-IoT, LoRaWAN.
ORing has a wide range of IIoT and smart city solutions, including smart streetlights, alarm buttons, surveillance, etc., underpinned by devices/gateways interoperable with Ericsson's IoT Accelerator platform using the OMA LwM2M protocol over LTE NB-IoT and Cat-M1 connectivity. A set of universal NB-IoT/Cat-M1 gateways for smart sensors and meters are available as well as modules for embedded solutions mounted inside smart meters, vending machines, etc.
Libelium's Waspmote Plug & Sense! Is a ready to install and easy to deploy sensor device that reduces time to market in any application. It's designed with a robust waterproof enclosure that simplifies installation and maintenance process and can be factory-programmed saving development costs and time. The Meshlium Gateway has 4G cellular communication and is interoperable with Ericsson's IoT Accelerator using SDK and the platform is market-ready and certified for the main regions of the world. There are 120+ sensors available, with up to 6 sensors per sensor device.
TEKTELIC Communications
TEKTELIC Communications Inc is a premier supplier of best-in-class IoT Gateways, Sensors, and Custom Applications. These elements can be combined in a network to provide a powerful end-to-end solution that can be easily, quickly and cost-effectively deployed to address the most demanding IoT user requirements. With a growing portfolio of products, TEKTELIC has solutions utilizing various IoT technologies including NB-IoT and LoRaWAN™. These solutions can be deployed in numerous global frequency bands, addressing a wide variety of vertical applications from enterprise and commercial deployments to the service provider and industrial solutions. TEKTELIC provides an advantage to its clients by offering a single source supply for custom IoT product development, providing support from the concept to production phases of the product and application lifecycle. In addition to IoT, TEKTELIC is also a leader in the custom design and development of carrier-grade 3G, 4G and LTE Cellular Radios and Basestations, Small Cells and eNodeB's which are deployed worldwide through partnerships with Tier 1 Service Providers.
NetComm Wireless
NetComm was founded in Sydney, Australia and have been creating innovative communications devices for over 35 years. They create Wireless IoT products that are designed from the ground up to endure harsh industrial and automotive environments and feature industry leading robustness. The NetComm Wireless NTC-140 is a 4G LTE Industrial IoT Router ideal for high speed applications in harsh environments, interoperable with Ericsson's IoT Accelerator platform using the OMA LwM2M protocol for device and data management. The NTC-140 comes with an industrial grade design, fast and reliable cellular connectivity supporting 4G (LTE), 3G (DC-HSPA+) and 2G (EDGE), advanced multi WAN failover functionality and a Linux based embedded OS with SDK for custom software development.
Disruptive Technologies
Disruptive Technologies' sensing solution makes IoT simple and scalable, interoperable with Ericsson's IoT Accelerator platform. At the core of the sensing layer is the world's smallest IoT sensor; Disruptive Technologies' smart wireless mini-sensor is the size of a postage stamp, lightweight and without compromising range or battery life. The mini-sensors can be positioned exactly where needed to gather the most accurate data, directly from the source. The sensors collect and aggregate granular data in real time to enable advanced analytics, trigger automated actions and help customers make informed decisions.
Founded in 1996, MANAS is a leading solution partner and supplier of Prepayment Energy and Water Metering Solutions. The company has a complete range of products including prepaid electricity meters, gas meters, water meters, heat meters and prepayment solution software, and continuing to provide IoT-enabled meters that make utilities and cities smarter.
Interoperable with Ericsson's IoT Accelerator using the OMA LwM2M protocol, MANAS' Aircom NB-IoT lets you remotely monitor energy and water consumption and alarms. Aircom communication modules have been designed for being easily retrofitted and installed on meters already on the field. MANAS has successfully deployed first smart energy and water metering applications in Turkey on a live LTE NB-IoT network featuring longer battery life and deeper coverage compare to GSM, enhanced security and massive connectivity. As an early leader in developing and implementing NB-IoT communication for gas, water, electricity and heat smart meters, the Aircom NB-IoT communication module has already been tested in Egypt, Oman, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Germany, France and Portugal with major operator networks.
Wings is a dynamic SME, which focuses on the development of solutions (software and hardware) for various vertical sectors (primarily, water, energy, smart cities and health, food safety/security, transportation/logistics through robotics) through advanced wireless, cloud/IoT, big data and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.
As part of the product offering, WINGS brings to market a Smart water meter module that connects to a water meter, retrieves data from the meter and transmits over a NB-IoT or GPRS network using the LwM2M application layer protocol towards Ericsson's IoT Accelerator platform for device and data management. In addition to this, and interoperable with IoT Accelerator northbound APIs, WINGS offers the CATARACT (proactive management platform for smart connected water) platform, an innovative water management platform for addressing in a holistic way key water-related cases (e.g. smart metering, supply-demand matching, water quality evaluation, water loss estimation and network efficiency evaluation, leakage detection, and overflow management), using intelligent algorithms and customizable visualization dashboards.
With this complete solution Water Supply and Sanitation companies can enhance their service and experience for the end-consumer while reducing costs. Moreover, consumers are supported, to gain insights on the quality and performance of their water infrastructures. The solution covers and is extended further towards more utilities (e.g., gas, energy).
Smart Sense
Smart Sense is a Croatian based IT company that brings value to smart cities informing citizens of the air that they are breathing, as well as to environmental and health agencies who can collect indicative measurements and predict air quality, to telecoms and large corporations who can bring new services to market within their smart city initiatives. Smart Sense's mission is to help relevant institutions around the world to reduce air pollution and improve human health, environment and climate.
The company's Smart Sense AirQ is a small, flexible, modular, affordable and easy to deploy outdoor monitoring station which produces indicative air quality measurements validated by the Teaching Institute of Public Health. It uses highly sensitive electrochemical gas sensors and optical sensors for particulate matter, all enclosed in a protective waterproof case. One station can monitor temperature, humidity, pressure, three types of particles and up to nine types of gases.
The Smart Sense AirQ station can be equipped with different connectivity modules including 3G/4G/Ethernet/Wi-Fi/NB-IoT all tested with Ericsson's IoT Accelerator platform using the LwM2M protocol, whereby real-time data is collected and sent to the Ericsson platform. Adding to this, the AirQ central cloud application collects, analyses and saves measured data and according to customer request presents them through the AirQ WEB and mobile app.
Interoperable with Ericsson's IoT Accelerator Flashnet has its Flashnet inteliLIGHT®, a street light remote management system that enables automatic ON/OFF and dimming control of every street light fixture in a city. Using LTE NB-IoT and Cat-M1 the solution provides in-depth grid awareness and real-time feedback of any change occurring along the grid. Through dimming and smart scheduling, the system can reduce the energy costs with up to 80% (with LED lamps). Real-time malfunction monitoring and maintenance optimization tools increase light service satisfaction and can cut operational costs with up to 42%.
Dialogic is a leading cloud-optimized solutions provider for real-time communications media, applications and infrastructure to service providers, enterprises and developers around the globe. Based in Parsippany, NJ with 23 offices worldwide, Dialogic works with 48 of the world's top 50 mobile operators to build and deploy applications and solutions on agile networks.
The company's DialogicONE is an application integration platform for communications service providers, interoperable with Ericsson's IoT Accelerator platform. The DialogicONE platform enables the creation of differentiated applications that combine operators' network capabilities with data streams from e.g. cellular based IoT sensor-devices (via the IoT Accelerator platform), as well as web-servers or any system pushing large datasets over an exposed API. By connecting these siloed technologies and ecosystems with DialogicONE events, technology professionals as well as product and marketing teams can create smarter applications and a better user experience.
Interoperable with Ericsson's IoT Accelerator using the OMA LwM2M protocol, Leikr brings a health, security and tracking application. LTE NB-IoT ensures secure reliable connection even where 3G and normal LTE has given up. Whether it is a temporal issue, a chronical decease or close monitored health improvement, the Leikr A.L.L. (assisted ambient life) watch can provide a secure and reliable monitoring of your Life. The Liker A.A.L can connect to virtually any wireless sensor to monitor a specific sets of bio markers.
Skyresponse is an established IoT SaaS company with solutions for real time critical alarm and event handling for IoT applications. The company's cloud based solution, Skyresponse:system, interoperates with Ericsson's IoT Accelerator platform through APIs where IoT data from any type of sensors may be collected and refined in the Device and Data Management module and rule engine of the IoT Accelerator platform, creating alarms and events that are exposed to Skyresponse:system. When certain conditions or combinations of sensor data are detected, Skyresponse's incident response management solution ensures that actions on alarms are taken at the right time, the right place and by the right person using an advanced cascade escalation approach. Example use-cases are multiple, including Care Homes, Advance Industries, or any kind of Alarm Response Center providing professional and localized rescue services.


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Newsletter #124 February 2016
With the Europe 'In' or 'Out' debate rarely off the news agenda, and with a forthcoming referendum that could take place as early as June, it's somewhat surprising there hasn't been more open dialogue across the music business about the implications of a result favouring Britain's exit from the EU.
At first glance, the fact that the music and creative industries aren't in the critical list of sectors recently identified as most likely to be adversely affected by a Brexit 1 might be justification enough for this to not be too high on the businesses' agenda.
Indeed, a recent and unscientific MusicTank straw poll of music industry trade bodies and leading organisations reveals only that formal positions have either yet to be agreed, or publicly declared.
It would be fair to assume that that a Brexit would undermine the EU Commission's on-going copyright review as affects rightsholders, and perhaps reason enough to conclude that as an industry, we're better off 'in'; not to mention the de-stabilising effect on infrastructure projects that seek pan-European agreement, such as the European Digital Single Market, and other initiatives aimed at reducing the friction in cross-border licensing and trade.
Conversely, the fact that there is currently an absence of complete harmonisation of copyright across the Union illustrates that EU membership is hardly a panacea for all that ails, either. Our Private Copying debate last year, highlighted stark differences in approach between some fellow member states (further highlighted in our blog post series), regardless of the common bond of EU membership.
As if dealing with the rigour of the US Visa application isn't hard enough for UK touring artists, that this could be replicated across EU member states in what might partly amount to retaliatory behaviour by our European neighbours, not to mention the added regulatory burden facing the UK music export market frankly doesn't bear thinking about. As UK Music's Jo Dipple reminds us in a recent CBI report – the UK is a net global exporter of music; 60 per cent of which is exported to Europe and the US.
There are potentially unintended consequences of a Brexit, too. Almost certainly, incoming visa applications from Europeans would require proof of work – a disincentive for those in industries with low job security, such as the arts, with additional risks of diluting the talent pool in a sector that has particularly benefited from a vibrant cross-cultural mix of creatives.
The EU is far from perfect; current irregularities concerning withholding tax on monies earned in other member states peculiar only to the UK and Sweden, to the detriment of rightsholders and collection societies, is just another example of further reforms required of an EU in need of urgent reform.
Over the coming weeks, we hope to be able to facilitate some debate on this topic via the 'Comment' link below; equally we'd be pleased to receive any and all comments.
1 for the curious… chemicals, automotive, financial services and mechanical engineering, more…
Editorial by Jonathan Robinson
OUT & ABOUT: MusicTank events
22 Feb 2016 – The Road To Tour Management, 1-day course
Returning for a second consecutive year, Andy Inglis focuses on one of the most interesting, pertinent and specialised areas: Tour Management. Whether you want to be a TM, or you're just the only member of the band who's got decent WiFi and can liaise with the promoters, this one-day course will prepare you for the all the things you hadn't thought of, and set you straight about all the things you had.
Tutored by Andy Inglis, this course is designed as a much-needed best-practice roadmap for tour management, drawing on Inglis' two decades of experience in the live sector as tour manager (most recently Savages), artist manager (2014 Mercury Music Prize-nominated East India Youth) and respected co-creator and manager of London venue, The Luminaire. More on Andy here.
"Constructive, honest and humorous insight into a vague area of the music industry" Nigel Hosten, DJ/ Promoter
"Simply amazing! Andy was a great tutor and able to pass on his knowledge…I feel very well informed and now capable of making my first steps into tour management" Maria Sophie Bissendprf, MOBO
Date & Time: Mon 22 Feb 2016; 10.00 – 18.00 hrs | Venue: UoW, 309 Regent St. London, W1B 2UW | From £129 | Booking
MUSICTANK LOUNGE: Latest reports; event transcripts
- Keith Harris: Why Are Catalogue Albums Outselling New Releases? I read last week that in America last year catalogue albums outsold new releases. This could be as a result of any one or a number of different things… More…
- Editorial: Truth & Reconciliation: Recalibrating Creators' Share From Digital The legal instruments created in good faith to protect creators' digital rights have comprehensively failed to evolve during the rapid development of digital and online distribution. Depressingly, to re-visit and amend WIPO Treaties is a herculean task… More…
- Beth White: Women In Music In 2015 – 'Who Run The World' According to The Guardian, only 30% of London's artists are female, and PRS reported in 2013 that of their membership of over 95,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers, only 13% were female. This gender divide is also reflected in the business side of the music industry; latest statistics from Creative & Cultural Skills (2012/ 13) revealed that the divide across all music industry related jobs is 67.8% male to 32.2% female…
- Alison Lamb: Women In Music In 2015 – How Far Have We Come? It has been the year of these two words: 'women' and 'music'. There have been a number of troubling (and very public) statements made from male perspectives this year which have been hugely documented in the music press.
Making Available, Communication To The Public & User Interactivity – Fiona McGugan, 2015
This latest insight paper considers the evolution of communication rights that overshadow conventional distribution and reproduction rights as music consumption increasingly shifts away from the ownership model of sales, towards access models of streaming services. Download your FREE copy here…
"…Fiona elicits much food for thought, particularly around issues of ownership and access, and future implications that the music industry would do well to heed" – Prof. Guy Osborn, Centre for Law, Society & Popular Culture, Univ. Westminster
It's Just A Click Away: How Copyright Law Is Failing Musicians – Jon Webster & Fiona McGugan, 2015
This paper intends to demonstrate the legal mechanisms that occur behind each consumer 'click' on streaming platforms and how the payment structure to labels, publishers and artists can change with each one. It has taken a long time and many consultants to write such a relatively short piece which goes to show just how complex this area of the music industry is. Download your FREE copy here…
- Fiona McGugan FAC/ MMF: "For the first time, radio is potentially under threat. Whilst there are currently no publicly available figures, we are in an age of on-demand and therefore likely that the audience for radio has declined as consumers migrate to streaming services"
- Horace Trubridge, MU: "We have to make sure streaming and whatever follows it provides ER or it will only be those with independent incomes who continue [to record]. This is essential. If we don't solve this now, we have a very bleak future…Perhaps we should have let rightsholders fight their own corner more, until we are equal shareholders, or shareholders in decent ownership."
- Benoît Machuel (FIM): "All we need is a right for performers to receive an equitable remuneration after their exclusive right of MA has been transferred to the producer – a system that already exists in the EU for the rental right."
- Alexander Ross (Wiggin): "As Europeans, we have ratified WIPO and we have to follow it; we can't make a unilateral decision in Europe to do it our way."
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Missed these events? FREE to members (log-in to view), these and all other event transcripts can also be puchased as standalone publications for just £9.99, here. Read sample transcript here: Moneyballing Music Event Presentation (Transcript: Part 1)
Music Business Management Music Entrepreneur Tuition Fee Award 2016
This is a new initiative launched by Twin Music Inc. and the University of Westminster. It is designed to identify and nurture the next generation of music industry leaders and innovators. The award offers mentoring and a part tuition fee worth £4,250, with a £5,000 seed fund sponsored by Nick Gatfield, CEO of Twin Music and former UK CEO and Chair of Sony Music.
The award will go to a UK/ EU student on the widely recognised MA in Music Business Management programme at University of Westminster, who will be expected to develop a new business model over the duration of their studies with the aim of building an active, viable business upon graduation.
Applicants will need to have a music business idea that they wish to develop throughout their studies, with the aim of building a viable business upon graduation. Students will need to submit a detailed description of how the initial £5,000 of funding would be spent and the expected Key Performance Indicators.
The winner will gain first-hand experience at the Twin Music Inc. offices in London, an investment, strategy and services provider for early-stage artists and music entrepreneurs recently launched by Nick Gatfield. During this placement, the winner will receive mentoring from Gatfield and other industry professionals, learning valuable skills including how to develop, manage and fund a delivery strategy and business platform. The placement supports the aim of creating sustainable business models for both artists and entrepreneurs. More…
Air Studios Petition
It's not just live music venues which rightly need protecting from the impact of re-development, but other businesses (and householders), too. Air Studios is currently in a tussle with developers and the local council about neighbouring property redevelopment plans, the noise from which will wreck its core business – recording.
You can add your voice to a petition calling for a change in legislation to better protect those potentially affected by redevelopment, ensuring that their concerns are considered in the planning and consultation process. Sign the petition here .
Knowledge Transfer
The Knowledge Tranfser Network (KTN) is running Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) scheme to help businesses innovate and grow by linking them with a university and a graduate to work on a specific project. Each KTP is a three-way partnership between a business, an academic institution and a graduate. The academic institution employs the recently-qualified graduate who works at the company. The graduate, known as the 'associate', brings new skills and knowledge to the business. A KTP is part-funded by a grant. Businesses will need to contribute to the cost of the supervisor and the salary of the associate. Application deadline: 24 November 2020. More…
BASCA – Ivor Novello Awards
In association with PRS for Music, BASCA is celebrating the 61st Ivor Novello Awards on Thur 19 May 2016, for which entries are now open. Full details here
1-2 Feb – MPA Induction Course for Newcomers to Music Publishing
The MPA Induction Course acts as an essential overview of the music publishing business, its organisations and their roles | Booking
3 Feb – MPG Awards
Celebrate the wealth of UK production talent at the 8th MPG Awards, Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London | Booking
1 Mar – Music Managers Forum Induction Day
An overview of the MMF's essentials of music management including management contracts, income streams and royalties, accounting & finance and releasing and marketing a record. 25% off promo code for MusicTank subscribers: TRADE25. | Booking
14 Apr – Music 4.5 Smart Radio: Playlists 2
A focus on Playlists in April 2016 following on from the recent Playlists seminar held in New York in November 2016.
Extra early bird rates available until 12 February | Booking
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Sunday, October 05, 2008
After the first wire wrapped seahorse pendant last two days, I received a request for a similar one but with additional use as a pin/brooch.
So, here is the seahorse pendant cum pin/brooch completed this evening.
Stones: Tourmaline, garnet, swarovski crystal and Japanese sead beads.
Wire: 19g for the frame and 28g for wrapping.
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Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment
"My father was a heroin addict from the time I was conceived and ended up dying from his addiction. The underlying cause was untreated mental illness."
"When you don't have support, you have to find ways to deal with it. For me it was music that got me through a lot of difficult times."
- Francis, Hatcher Pass
The Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment focus area is focused on the full continuum of care from prevention and early intervention to treatment and recovery for Trust beneficiaries. A wide range of partners are necessary to address this and to develop effective strategies that may be mutually supported through leveraged funding and effort. Planning and engagement at this level ensures positive impacts across the lifespan of beneficiaries ensuring healthier lives and increased quality of life.
The prevalence rates and negative consequences of alcohol and drug abuse upon Alaskans are substantial. Substance abuse and addiction constitute the largest preventable and costly health problems in the U.S.
The long-term negative health effects of excessive alcohol and drug use among Alaskans is linked to any number of negative social, health and environmental consequences in Alaska. Alcohol abuse and binge drinking is higher in Alaska compared to the U.S., our emergency services, public safety and emergency room departments are pressured with individuals with drug or alcohol related issues. According to a May 2018 State of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services State Epidemiology report on the Health Impacts of Alcohol Misuse in Alaska, 7.6% of all emergency medical transports in Alaska were attributed to alcohol consumption. Our child welfare system and criminal justice systems are also substantially over-represented with alcohol and drug related impacts. Almost half of Alaska children in out of home placements were connected to homes with parental alcohol abuse and between 2006 and 2016 roughly 18% of all criminal justice convictions were attributable to alcohol.[1]
There is also a substantial economic cost to the state. In 2016, the Trust commissioned the McDowell Group to update a series of prior studies on the economic costs of drug and alcohol abuse in Alaska. Based on this analysis, drug and alcohol use related costs to Alaska is roughly $3.6 billion annually.[2],[3]
Access to Treatment
Access to treatment is of considerable concern to the Trust and our partners, while most individuals with addictions do not enter a formal drug and alcohol treatment program, we want to ensure our state has statewide capacity and availability of treatment when an individual is ready for it. The needs of Alaskans and the capacity of the behavioral health system to meet those needs have evolved over the years and will continue to do so with statewide reforms underway which include a redesign of our current behavioral health system of care. To better understand our services, the Trust commissioned a statewide assessment of services, with the ultimate goal of utilizing this information to inform decision-making, at the regional and statewide levels, and to improve system functioning so that it can produce better outcomes for the people it serves.
The report indicates approximately one in nine adults needed treatment for an illicit drug or alcohol problem or roughly 62,815 Alaskan adults. Among Alaska traditional high school students, roughly 33.5% are estimated to have a risk behavior for substance use with 18.4% having moderate to high risk behavior for substance use.[4]
Goals + Strategies
The overall goals are to decrease youth alcohol and substance use and adult binge drinking and illicit drug use. And, ultimately, that adults and children are free of the burdens created by alcohol and substance abuse.
Currently the Trust focuses investments toward the following areas:
- Engaged state, tribal and community based partnership in the development of strategies and policy related to substance abuse/use and prevention.
- Investing in programs and strategies to enhance access to treatment including screening, brief intervention and treatment and enhancement of primary care/behavioral health integration.
- Support to criminal justice re-entry coalitions working towards reduction of recidivism and linkage of services and supports to support successful re-entry and stability in the community.
- Funding of innovative strategies that both expand access to treatment and address other key Trust investment areas such as beneficiary employment and engagement, housing and homelessness, disability justice and re-entry initiatives, early intervention and workforce.
- Capital funding to support improved access, service enhancement or capacity expansion for drug and alcohol treatment.
- The Trust provides technical assistance to agencies serving trust beneficaries to support organizational capacity development, enhancement and sustainability of services.
- Invest in workforce related strategies to target the recruitment, retainment and training of workforce interfacing with beneficaries and families impacted by addiction. This includes approximately $1 million in funding for the Alaska Training Cooperative which provides accessible, high value training to entities across the state, loan repayment, and engagement of youth into behavioral health areas of academic study.
Katie Baldwin Johnson, Senior Program Officer
State of Alaska, Department of Health and Social Services Epidemiological Report: Health Impacts of Alcohol Misuse in Alaska, May 2018
McDowell Reports- Economic Impact of Alcohol and Drug Use
- The Economic Cost of Drug Misuse in Alaska, 2019 Update
- The Economic Cost of Alcohol Misuse in Alaska, 2019 Update
- Summary of Economic Costs of Substance Use Disorders in Alaska, 2019 Update
Alaska's Strategies to Prevent Underage Drinking
DHSS – Alaska Opioid Dashboard
Healthy Alaskan's 2020 leading health priorities/indicators
[1] Pachoe, M. (2018). Health Impacts of Alcohol Misuse in Alaska, May 2018. State of Alaska Epidemiology, Department of Health and Social Services.
[2] McDowell Group. (2017). The Economic Costs of Alcohol Abuse in Alaska, 2016 Update. Juneau: McDowell Group.
[3] McDowell Group. (2017). The Economic Costs of Drug Abuse in Alaska, 2016 Update. Juneau: McDowell Group.
[4] Agnew::Beck Consulting, LLC & Hornby Zeller Associates, Inc. (2016). Alaska Behavioral Health Systems Assessment Final Report.


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Hi, I'm Grannyglam and I'm old af.
I have no skills whatsoever. I am a consumer; one of those people who buy and play a lot of video games. I totally blame my husband for this. He worked as a game developer and reviewer when we met and he introduced me to this enthralling world of games. He started me on NWN in 2002 and the addiction was instantaneous. So here I am. Playing games on a daily basis with my old and far from twitchy fingers. I do have a Twitch account, but I haven't come to grips with it yet. Don't really know how to go about it. Wouldn't be worth watching anyway, but I thought it could be nice to play with.
Morrowind is my favorite game. I have spent countless hours in it, created a whole family of characters and never finished it. Not even close. I feel that if I finish it it would be all over and I don't want it to be over. I can still start it and be awestruck over it's beauty even though it's a very old game by now with very poor graphics compared to modern standards. As I'm on PC I have modded it and it looks a lot better than the vanilla version, but still...
Can't wait for Skywind to go beta or even alpha test. I'd love to test the game in a new engine.


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This doesn't look good.
Nevada Councilwoman Michele Fiore held a public meeting this week local residents.
Then she kicked a disabled veteran out for recording the meeting with his phone.
This is a STUNNING video:
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My husband is the man sitting toward the front that Councilwoman Michele Fiore demanded the Nevada Marshals forcibly remove him from the public meeting for holding his cell phone camera.
He was kicked out of a public meeting at the YMCA concerning our neighborhood for videotaping the event! He never said a word before he was called out by Councilwomen Michele Fiore, but his civil rights were totally violated! It is not illegal to videotape a public meeting, especially since he was not disruptive. I am sad to say I voted for her, but did not realize her tyrannical behavior.
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Fiore came into the meeting with a huge attitude and said if we wanted to save the park buy it! Then she said, because people were rude to her staff at the last meeting, (which we did not attend) she brought 'her' marshalls to remove anyone who basically disagreed with her. Lastly, she was super condescending and said she would have us all to her house for "cannolis". One of the Marshals said she has the right to kick anyone out but could not quote the law, statute or code being applied. She has the right to kick out someone at a public meeting, in a public place, videotaping a public meeting, public politician? No, she doesn't. The courts have already ruled on this. It was a public meeting in a public place and anyone can attend and take pictures or record as long as they are not disrupting the meeting.
My husband was sitting quietly and had not said a word and not done anything disruptive at all, but I am sure she did not want anyone to have proof of her true colors and lack of concern for our neighborhood.


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Atopic dermatitis seems prevalent in dogs the way feline herpes seems prevalent in cats with a suggested weakened immune system. One wonders if early on one gives a puppy extra immune support such as olive leaf, astralagus, ester C, flaxseed oil, fish oil, etc, there might less incidents of atopic dermatitis. One also wonders if topic ointments such as Emu oil might help outbreaks of atopic dermatitis.
An interesting study on pregnant women whose babies had forty percent less incidence of atopic eczema than the children in the placebo group The women took supplements of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG shortly before childbirth. This study shows how important stimulating the immune system is and how confusing it is to discriminate between genetics(or breeding practices) and the immune system. I haven't found studies but they might exist correlations with breeding practices.
The most common breeds affected by atopic dermatitis
are Boston terrier, boxer, Cairn terrier, Chinese shar-pei, dalmatian, English setter, golden retriever, Irish setter, Labrador retriever, Lhasa apso, miniature schnauzer, pug, Scottish terrier, West Highland White terrier, and wire-haired fox terrier.
The face, paws, lower legs, groin are usually the areas effected. Atopic dermatitis usually shows up in the first to third year but can appear later. (Humans as they get older and their immune systems weakened also can get atopic dermatitis). Dogs with atopy are also prone to recurrent to skin and ear bacterial and yeast infections which also have to be treated.


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The 5S methodology is an important part of the Toyota Production System, recommending how to organize and maintain a workplace to achieve maximum efficiency and effectiveness. 5S stands for five Japanese words starting with the letter s – seiri, seiton, seiso, seiketsu, and shitsuke.
If we translate them into English, we also get five words starting with the same letter:
- Sort
- Set in order
- Shine
- Standardize
- Sustain
The sort part states that you should remove all the waste and unnecessary items from the workplace, eliminate every obstacle, reduce anything that could disturb the workflow, prevent accumulation of items, remove all the things that aren't in use, and monitor on a regular basis that these recommendations are met.
The sort part also includes eliminating all the unused machinery, unnecessary tools, paper documents, and even instructions and rules. The main purpose of the first stage, the first s, is to sort valuable things from all the clutter and to get rid of the former all the way to the last paper clip that isn't planned on being used.
The idea of seiri is very simple: don't have anything that doesn't belong in the workplace.
The set in order part recommends to arrange all the items in a way that they are easily found and put to use, and to make sure that all the tools and items are as close as possible to the workers so that they don't waste their time grabbing them.
The set in order part also instructs to maintain maximum safety in the workplace, all with the goal of making the workflow as smooth as possible and keeping people safe.
With the second phase, you want to achieve that everything valuable in the workplace has its place and is always in place. Setting things in order can often be achieved with visualization of where items have their place and other similar Kanban principles.
The shine part of the 5S system directs to regularly clean the workspace, prevent any deterioration of equipment and to keep the workplace pleasant to work in. Any deviations in the workplace must be easily recognizable in seconds so they can be set in order.
The goal of the shine part is to make all the tools, equipment and items in the workplace look like new or nearly new. By following the shine principle, you simply have to always keep your place clean and tidy.
The standardize part talks about how to standardize all the possible best practices to maintain high standards in the workplace for all the tasks, and to constantly maintain everything in order. Everything should always be in its proper place and there should be a standard process for everything.
The highly set standards that must be always followed make sure that the outputs have high quality built in and that the output is achieved as efficiently and effectively as possible.
The last part, sustain, also has many great recommendations for keeping things in order in the long term, for example to establish a culture of people getting things done without being told to do so, to do no harm and to provide regular trainings.
We can also add to the sustain part to demand a high level of discipline, and of course to perform regular audits. Sustain is all about building a remarkable culture and maintaining order and discipline in the workplace.
There are many hidden gems in using and applying the 5S methodology in personal life, and that is exactly what this blog post is all about.
Using the 5S methodology in personal life
An organized and tidy home (and workplace desk, of course) was always a sign of an organized and tidy mind and soul. I'm not talking about any extreme, like weekly testing with white gloves if there is any dust in the corners, but a very messy place is always a sign of a messy mind or an emotionally chaotic person.
I was one of them. When my life was out of order, my environment was out of order. My room looked like a tornado hit it, my relationships were toxic and abusive, my working desk was full of paper stacks and magazines, and my computer files and folders were a complete mess. If you tried hard, you were probably able to find an old slice of pizza somewhere among all the clutter.
When I decided to make some changes to my life, it was more than obvious. The more organized I was becoming as a person, the more organized my environment was. At one point I even went into a too big minimalistic extreme and tried to have as few items as possible, but that somehow helped me find the right balance.
And if you are a strong advocate of creative chaos, I think that works for those rare people who have really good access to the diffuse way of thinking, and many others only take creative chaos as an excuse for being unorganized or even lazy.
If you ever decide to organize yourself and your environment better, I think that applying the 5S methodology is a great way to achieve that goal. It's holistic, practical and works perfectly in complex production and other business environments, as proven over and over again. So there is no reason not to use the same principles in personal life.
Let's look at a few ideas.
The first stage of organizing and tidying up your life is the hardest one – getting rid of all the clutter and waste and only keeping things that are valuable in your life.
There are many reasons why people keep clutter in their homes and offices, from the "maybe I will need it someday" mindset to unhealthy emotional attachment to things. Well, you don't want to have an unhealthy relationship, neither with people nor with items.
Here are a few ideas for sorting out your home environment:
- Throw away, sell or give away everything you haven't used in the past three months
- Get rid of all the things you don't like but are keeping for emotional reasons (souvenirs etc.)
- Downsize all the things that you can't afford and are costing you a lot of money
- Organize your home environment in a way that you can easily get things done (cooking etc.)
- Prevent accumulation of clutter by having fewer shelves, wardrobes etc.
- Simplify your lifestyle and become a minimalist
Set in order
After you get rid of all the clutter, the next step is to put what you have in order. The idea behind putting things in order is to have your daily life be as smooth as possible. You don't want to search for things, constantly move them from one place to another or lose energy in any other similar way.
Your mental bandwidth and self-discipline are a weak muscle so you want your environment to help you preserve their strength for other, more important decisions.
Here are a few ideas how to set things in your home environment in order:
- Keep as many items as possible in the same place, especially keys and things that you use daily (that works perfectly for your brain).
- You want to have things that you often use at the reach of your hand. The more frequently you use an item, the closer to the working space (kitchen counter, desk etc.) it should be.
- You want to organize your home in a way as to not encourage clutter accumulation. On the other hand, you should organize valuable things by using boxes and other organizing expedients. You can also help yourself by visualizing where a place for certain things is.
- Keep items that encourage a healthy lifestyle, like fruits, veggies, exercise equipment, family board games etc. in visible and easily reachable places, and things like junk food, TV remote control, video games etc. as far away as possible (or don't have them at home at all). It's called playing with transaction costs to encourage good habits.
Shine is about a very simple principle and an important fact of properly managing resources. You can extend the longevity of things you own with regular maintenance.
It's better to own fewer things and maintain them properly, than to own thousands of items you forget about or don't have the time to maintain. Make sure that everything you own looks like new or almost new.
Here are a few examples:
- Take machinery and devices to a regular maintenance expert according to schedule
- Regularly clean things and make sure they shine bright (computer screens, the whole house etc.)
- Protect the items you own with cases, folios, protection plastic etc.
- Respect everything you own and treat it very carefully
- When things get broken, fix them immediately
- When you are cleaning, pay attention to the items and throw away everything you don't need
The idea of standardizing your home life is to set some healthy and beneficial routines that simplify your life and make it a lot easier. There aren't many things you can standardize if you don't want to make your life completely dull, but we can still find a few very useful ones:
- Define small home processes that you always do (throw things away immediately, etc.).
- Standardize your weekly grocery shopping plan
- Standardize your meals
- Standardize a few outfits you wear for different occasions
- Standardize when you do home chores
- Define what is the minimum quality of the things you own and the relationships you have
- In everything you do, follow the highest standards possible
Last but not least, the final letter s – sustain. Taking care of your environment is not a one-time action, but a constant process. You have to constantly improve the system of how you organize things and you have to constantly follow it.
With 5S, you set the standards and the process, then you have to commit to them and stay disciplined.
- Automatically do things without procrastinating
- Make sure that other people in your environment meet commitments and that they do things without being told what to do by establishing the right culture
- Do regular cleanings (weekly house cleaning, major quarterly cleaning etc.)
- Stay disciplined and your environment will proudly shine by being tidy up and organized
Well, it's time to put the 5S methodology into practice. Sorting items (throwing away what you don't need, if you will) is by far the hardest part.
It's so emotionally hard to throw away the first thing that you don't need, but when you finally do it you see how good it feels to free yourself from the clutter handcuffs. And then the real cleaning of your home, mind and soul can begin.
Once you manage to properly sort items (get rid of all the clutter), set things in order, make them shine and standardize processes, then sustaining order becomes very easy; because you only own those items that really matter and are valuable to you.
Once you experience how good it feels to operate in a clean and tidy environment, following the 5S methodology becomes an important part of your life strategy and daily routine. Try seiri, seiton, seiso, seiketsu and shitsuke, and you'll be surprised by how good it feels!


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