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Cambridge, UK, March 19, 2013 - - ARM Holdings plc [(LSE: ARM); (NASDAQ: ARMH)], the world's leading semiconductor intellectual property (IP) supplier, announces today that Chief Executive Officer Warren East has decided to retire from the company, effective 1 July 2013, after nearly twelve years as CEO and nineteen outstanding years at the company. Simon Segars, currently President of ARM, will become the company's new CEO.
Warren East joined ARM in 1994 to establish the company's consulting business and later became VP of business operations. Within three years he was appointed to the Board as Chief Operating Officer. Warren became ARM's CEO in October 2001 and under his leadership ARM has become the foremost designer of semiconductor IP in the world, providing processor technology for nearly all mobile phones and many other consumer and industrial electronic devices in use today.
Simon Segars, 45, joined the Board in January 2005, is President of ARM, and has operational responsibility for the company's IP divisions. Simon has been with ARM since 1991 and has held several executive roles including EVP Engineering, when he worked on many of the early ARM processors, as well as EVP Worldwide Sales and EVP Business Development. He has international leadership experience having held senior positions for ARM in both the UK and the USA.
Warren East said, "It has been a privilege to lead ARM during such a momentous and exciting time for our industry and I am proud of what the ARM team of employees and partners has achieved together while I have been CEO; ARM is a great company with a strong market position and a unique culture. We take a very long-term view about our business, and we believe that now is the right time to bring in new leadership, to execute on the next phase of growth and to plan even further into the future. I have worked with Simon in the senior leadership team for many years and we share a global perspective and belief in the ARM approach to partnership and collaboration; he is an excellent choice to lead ARM."
John Buchanan, Chairman of ARM Holdings plc, said, "Warren has transformed ARM during his time as CEO. In 2001 ARM had one processor product line found mainly in mobile phones. Now ARM provides the broadest portfolio of technologies in the industry, used by more than 300 semiconductor customers in nearly 9 billion chips last year. During Warren's tenure the company has received royalties for over 40 billion ARM-based chips. As CEO he has created a strong platform for growth and consistently created value for shareholders even in a challenging external environment. On behalf of the Board, and the wider ARM team, deep thanks are due to Warren for his passion, service and leadership."
"The Board is delighted to have someone of Simon Segars' experience and calibre within ARM to appoint to the role of CEO. Following an extensive review of candidates worldwide, Simon's proven technology expertise and management skills across a range of senior executive roles make him an excellent CEO candidate and highly qualified to take the company forward. The Board looks forward to continuing to work with Simon to build on the strong momentum that has been created over the past years."
Simon Segars said, "I am honoured to have been appointed to succeed Warren, who has achieved so much in his time leading the business. Above all, Warren's vision of the ARM business model and commitment to the ARM partnership has been inspirational and has created a tremendous platform for future growth. I am keen to lead the Company into the next phase of growth, working even more closely with John, the Board, our employees and our customers as well as continuing to develop the ARM partnership."
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Here, for example, is an incomplete list of Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick's historical revisions, mostly concerned—as much of the book is—with the Cold War: If the United States hadn't been resistant to assisting the Soviet Union in the late 1930s, then in throws of the Great Terror, Stalin would never have allied with Hitler's Germany. The Nazi-Soviet pact was an attempt at buying time, because "Stalin understood that the Soviet Union's turn was coming soon." The brutal details of the alliance—Soviets and Nazi military cooperation, the violent bifurcation of Poland, the Soviet invasions of Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia—are ignored (Stalin, the authors say, "asserted control" over the Baltics and were guilty of "heavy-handed treatment of Eastern Europe," a rather gentle way of describing an almost half-century of brutal occupation).
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I think you reviewed this too soon. I'm not saying that beacuse it just came out. I'm saying that beacuse i don't think you haven't listened to it enough. I think this will grow on you. Of course the opening won't change much, but i think your track by track review will change with time. But yes, I definitely agree with you on the fact that this is not a good first cd for the white stripes. Not too bad of a review, just a little too soon
Well, I've listened to it a few times through. You're right in that some of the tracks may grow on me over time (maybe Forever for Her), though never the less I think my general impression of this album is not likely to change.
Album Rating: 4.0I think that all the comments made in this review are fair, but I just can't help absolutely loving this album. My favourite of the five, methinks.
I was lucky enough to find this album in a small record/CD shop 4 days before its actualy release, so I've had a bit more listening time than most. Who knows, maybe it'll grow on you.
My favourite song on the album is 'Forever For Her', followed closely by 'As Ugly As I Seem'.
the nurse is my favorite song!
Album Rating: 3.5I think "Take, Take, Take" is my favourite song, but the last four are all great.
You know what? I think this the best thing that The White Stripes have ever done. Considering how much I like their earlier stuff (pretty much their entire back catalogue, that says something). This, to me, is possibly the best of the "big name" new releases of the year so far, and I'm really hugely impressed by how they've changed their style here. Great stuff.
Album Rating: 4.5This is by far my favorite white stripes album to date. It still has that white stripes' feel to it, but oddly enough, its in almost a totally different way.
It's different, but they still have that White Stripes sound in them. It's just done different.
And I like it.
Album Rating: 4.0I did think that this was the best of The White Stripes to date.....but then I had another listen to Elephant; Which I'm afraid is the best album of all time and will always be so. Okay, so a little exaggeration maybe.......
This album is for me the weakest of the whole Stripes career, but , 'just a personal point of view u know... What make me go into that band was that they were so natural and original with that old sound which just sounded amazing, especially in the 1st album and the fact that they can make vey nice ballads too. But this album si just formless and I think we should all forget this and w8 for the next stuff and re-listen to the older album !!!!
But i would still give this album a 3stars
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"Blue Orchid" is extremely annoying. I'll end up buying this some day, though.
i wouldn't call this one of the best albums the white stripes have ever done. that award either goes to the s/t or white blood cells. this is better than de stijl (an album i can't really seem to get into) and possibly better than elephant (their most diverse album before get behind me). this album is really good, and i love the fact that the guitar gets a bit less time in the spotlight. it makes it original and something new to listen to. i still would love to hear another great blues-rock album like the first one.
The first album was only decent, in my opinion. I think I ended up trading it for Revolver...
their new stuff is wierd
I was pleasantly surprised when I heard this, thought it would be like Elephant, but boy was I totally wrong. Pretty good I must say, looking forward to seeing them live when they play songs off this album.
well the white stripes have changed a lot and that intruduction of marimba to their music is really something its not the best definetly my favorite is blue orchid it rocks the whole song i went to a concert just before the release from their album and the energie they give is amazing dont miss it
oo and one last thing meg white doesn't sing so bad live believe me it was a real shok for me to hear passive manipulation album version ...
Album Rating: 4.5Actually i've heard the live versions of Passive Manipulation, and they're just as bad as the recorded version.
I haven't heard this album, but I'm glad it's different, because frankly, if I were to learn 5 different chords, I could pump out just as many bad, shitty-lyriced, trash songs as these two morons do. And I could probably play the boring, weak guitar parts, do they obscenely bad drums, and the loud, annoying, whiny vocals all at the same time. So like I said, I hope this album is better than the others because frankly, the White Stripes blow.
You write very well. While I'm no fan of The White Stripes, I just thought I'd tell you that.
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Reed Johnson has more than likely been traded. He was pulled from tonight's game and was shaking hands in the dugout. More on this later (probably tomorrow morning for me).
UPDATE: Geovany Soto was shaking hands in the dugout and was pulled at the same time. Brett Jackson was pulled from Iowa and would likely be recalled. Can't imagine the Cubs would trade him.
UPDATE 2: Ken Rosenthal tweets that the two deals are separate.
#Cubs have made separate deals with Soto and Johnson.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) July 31, 2012
No word on the details yet.
UPDATE 3: It appears Soto may have been traded to the Texas Rangers.


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Around this point in the summer inner-city music activity always tends to slow down a little - gigs and club nights have been noticeably quieter over the last few weeks, and less people seem to be releasing music. We all need a holiday I guess, and I'm told it has something to do with students.
That said, Bristol seems to find an excuse to have some sort of 'festival' every weekend throughout the summer months; which is nothing to complain about. So far this year St Paul's Carnival stands out as the obvious highlight of these. The addition of the relatively-hidden Red Bull stage (featuring Joker, Julio Bashmore and David Rodigan) made a really excellent companion to the already great range of soundsystems, plus it was nice to catch a live set from former local boy Bass Clef at an afterparty. Also, I just have a borderline-weird thing for jerk chicken and Red Stripe, which helps, I guess.
A personal favourite gig of the past couple of months has been last week's set from How To Dress Well - although I've spoken to a good number of people who'd adamantly disagree with that appraisal. I guess there's always going to be something inherently divisive about a man somewhat-awkwardly performing (what I'd call) hauntingly beautiful R&B, almost karaoke-style, to a reverb-heavy backing track in the near dark. I'm a fan though. Other than that, Louisiana-based Givers proved to be a really nice surprise highlight at Start The Bus last week, easily one of the liveliest and most interesting guitar bands I've caught in ages. Plus they played a Talking Heads medley.
So what's new? Well, over the past few months there's been some rather excellent DIY music videos produced by Bristol musicians, so this edition of DiB is going to draw on a few of these. For one thing, it all ties together nicely with some excellent new releases, and for another it means slightly circumnavigating the city's dance labels this time around - which isn't to say there hasn't been any great electronic releases lately, but it's nice to acknowledge that there's more to the city than basslines every now and then. Anyway...
Zun Zun Egui
Top of the upcoming releases list is Katang, the debut album from Qu Junktions affiliates and How Come… house band Zun Zun Egui, which lands on 26 Sept via Bella Union. Check out the nicely choreographed video for the album's lead single 'Fandango Fresh' above, which was film in Stokes Croft's lovely pop-up bar-come-arts space The Motor Cycle Showroom.
While it may sound like an odd statement, given their multi-language lyrics (English, Japanese, French, Creole and plain-old gibberish all make an appearance) and broadly international influences, Zun Zun Egui make very apt ambassadors for some of the best musical goings-on in Bristol right now. With promoters Qu Junktions forming strong bonds with the Sublime Frequencies label over the past few years - bringing the likes of Group Doueh and Omar Souleyman to the city - and the Cube Cinema (where ZZE formed) putting on a great selection of leftfield-friendly events, Bristol has done a good job of playing host to some of the more interesting, under-the-radar corners of rock and pop of late. And Katang feels like a nice sonic realisation of that whole scene. It's also just a very good record, which sees the band refining the fairly adventurous songwriting style they've displayed on their previous EPs. Highly recommended.
SJ Esau / Hesomagari
SJ Esau is a Bristol-based multi-instrumentalist who has put out two LPs of fairly percussive, loop-based songs on Oakland's highly-regarded indie/hip-hop label Anticon, the last being 2008's Small Vessel. The above video - which has been around for a few months now - is for track taken from his forthcoming third record, which is due sometime later this year. He also has two other tracks from the album available to stream on his (currently unfinished) website.
While on the subject, it's worth mentioning Hesomagari, the duo comprised of SJ Esau and Zun Zun Egui's Yoshino Shigihara. They make music that mixes cluttered electronics with melodic vocal chant-like vocals. Admittedly, I meant to mention them in this column after catching them play an impressive set supporting Hype Williams at the Croft way back in March, but better late than never I suppose. The pair put out an EP called Hanasu Shapes back at the end of May which you can stream and buy over at their Bandcamp page. It's certainly worth a listen.
Rachael Dadd
The excellent stop-motion video above accompanies 'Balloon' the lead single from the new album by local folk artist Rachael Dadd. The LP, Bite The Mountain, was recorded mostly in Japan, where Dadd has been spending a lot of her time. She plays clarinet, piano, ukulele, banjo, thumb piano, organ, guitar on the record, all with a fairly lo-fi, DIY ethos. The album is out now via London's Broken Sound label – find out more over at their site.
OLO Worms
I've mentioned OLO Worms in this column before, back when they posted the first of these 'Poloroid' singles a few months ago. The track above is one half of the third instalment of the series; the very-limited physical release that accompanied it (all of which have now been allocated and sent out, I believe) came in the form of a personalised portrait with the music hidden inside the nose. Which is nicely bizarre. The track itself, however, is one of my favourite things I've heard from these guys - check out the other four 'Poloroid' tracks, and the brilliantly cryptic accompanying videos, over at their site.
In related news (and this is where it all begins to tie together), several of the artists mentioned above will be playing together at The Louisiana on 6 September. Part organised by some of the OLO Worms lot, the gig is headlined by Scottish band FOUND with support from SJ Esau, Rachael Dadd, Ichi (who is the gent appearing with Dadd in the video above) and the excellent Rozi Plain. It also features the debut art exhibition from OLO vocalist James Hankins and DJ sets from two of that band. In all, a pretty decent way to catch several of Bristol's more interesting musicians in one place, full details here. All of which leads us on nicely to...
Gigs and events
Multiverse-affiliated label Subtext have recently announced an exciting-looking event at the Arnolfini on Saturday 3 September, based around the launch of the debut solo album from Roly Porter - formerly one half of leftfield dubstep types Vex'd. The gig see's Porter performing live, along with support from similarly-experimental Bristolian duo Emptyset, fellow Subtext artist Paul Jebanasam and classical violist Phil Owen. Bearing in mind Porter's past form with excellently combining industrial bass music with drone and classical influences, plus the strength of the line-up and choice of venue, this is likely to prove to be one not to miss.
As ever, Qu Junktions have an interesting selection of curiosities lined-up for the next couple of months. The best of these sees the promoters bring a stellar line-up including Factory Floor, Hype Williams (who were excellent last time Qu brought them down here) and (sometimes) local girl Anika to the Arnolfini on 24 September. They're also hosting Forage, a day of music and creative-workshops in Bristol's inner-city farmland St Werburgh's on Saturday 10 September. Full details can be found on their new-look website - which you should definitely have bookmarked.
Elsewhere, as is often the case in the second half of the summer, things are fairly slow on the gig front, so it's not worth getting too bogged down in listings, but there are worth mentioning. Californian reverb-heavy songstress EMA play the Thekla on 15 September while somewhat-twee Scandinavian indie-ensemble I'm From Barcelona play the same venue on 19 September. Around the same time, ever-impressive LA noise-punks HEALTH play Start The Bus on 5 September. Meanwhile Kurt Vile plays the Fleece 7 September with excellent lo-fi folk support in the shape of Woodsist label-owners Woods.
In terms of clubnights it's worth mentioning new bass-music promotions outfit 51°27', who are now hosting Friday nights at Thekla. For the sake of full disclosure I should mention that I have some involvement with them - DJing the second room at lot of their nights under the name We're Not Northern, details here. That aside however, their main room line-ups (which aren't my doing) are proving to be pretty strong, with upcoming highlights including Deadboy, Kingdom and Dillon Francis. Plus they all have free guestlists for the time being. Keep an eye on their Facebook page for line-ups and info on how to get in free.
I'll leave it there for now - as-ever please use the comments section below to add links to anything great you think I might have missed.
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Nearly three-quarters of US online adults listen to audio on their home PCs, according to the Consumer Electronics Association's "Computer-Sourced Audio Consumption in the Home" report conducted in April 2007.
Home PC audio quality was satisfactory for 86% of users, but more than a third said it could be better. When forced to choose between audio fidelity and number of files, 47% of home PC audio users chose quality over quantity.
Over three-quarters of home PC audio users listened to music on their PCs an average of nine hours per week.
Although sending PC audio to home audio systems seems like a natural way to improve audio quality, only 9% of home PC audio users currently do so.
The fact that listening to audio on home PCs is so prevalent also means that podcast sponsors need not worry that their audiences will be limited solely to those who own MP3 players.
Friday, June 29, 2007
Listening to Audio on PCs
Nearly three-quarters of US online adults listen to audio on their home PCs, according to the Consumer Electronics Association's "Computer-Sourced Audio Consumption in the Home" report conducted in April 2007.
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Labels: audio, audio consumption, consumer electronics association, mp3, pc, u.s.
Media in Transition Conference in Munich
On September 12.-13., 2007, the Media in Transition Conference in Munich, Germany, will be discussing how the Internet is driving structural change in media. We have invited innovative media companies, researchers and strategists from U.K., U.S.A. and Europe.
The Internet changes the way media is distributed, produced and consumed. Media technology is not only a receiving device, but also a transceiving and transmitting device [Economies of "Pull" and Push vs. Pull Models].
The big growth potential in media business lies in the area of user generated content. Gain insight into the techniques of the so-called Social Web, or "Live Web" – Web 2.0, Social Networks, Blogs, Video/ Audio, Digital Rights, Rich Media, Peer 2 Peer, Mobile Web.
Who should attend?
Media Pros from all Industries
PR/ Marketing Pros
Publishers and Newspapers
Film/ TV and Radio
Internet Companies
Software Developers
Venture Capitalists
Government and Non-Profit
Your Advantage // What You'll walk away with.
Knowledge about Live Web/ Web 2.0
International Internet Experts
Wide Variety of Themes
Insider-Knowledge from the top web companies
Practical Knowledge from the experts
Case Studies
Focused Discussion
Networking Possibilities
Programme //
Broadcasting & Publishing
Web 2.0 Trends
Media Distribution & Digital Rights
Marketing & Strategy
for the full programme click here.
Video from Media in Transition Conference 2006
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Cultural Studies Now - An International Conference
Cultural Studies Now - An International Conference
Venue: University of East London, Docklands Campus
Date: July 19th – 22nd, 2007
The conference is now open for registration - online booking only.
CULTURAL STUDIES NOW is a major international conference organised by the School of Social Sciences, Media & Cultural Studies (SSMCS) at the University of East London.
Cultural Studies, as the paradigmatic interdisciplinary project, has always been defined by its relationships to proximate sets of ideas, practices and institutions. As Cultural Studies has grown and matured, its borders have multiplied. Cultural Studies has affected and been affected by contiguous disciplines, academic and non-academic institutions, political movements and projects, and creative practices of many kinds.
The question now is: has Cultural Studies been expanded, relocated and disseminated to the point where it no longer has a coherent identity? Is there a future for Cultural Studies as such? The conference will consider these issues by addressing a number of connected topics including:
Cultural Studies and politics:
Cultural Studies was once closely allied with socialism, feminism and antiracism. Is this still the case? Has Cultural Studies lost its political edge? Has it moved to the right? Or is it finding a home in the latest new social movements?
Cultural Studies and its disciplinary neighbours:
history, literature, sociology, philosophy, geography, visual culture, psychoanalysis, political science, postcolonial theory, economics, environmental studies, science and technology studies; film and media studies, queer studies and popular music studies are among the disciplines and fields that have contributed to and drawn on Cultural Studies. Has Cultural Studies been a good neighbour?
Cultural Studies in the public sphere:
what has been the influence of Cultural Studies outside the academy? How has the corporate universe made use of it? Has the selective uptake of Cultural Studies in a range of institutional contexts, including government, been positive in its effects?
Cultural Studies and creative practice:
what are the actual and potential relationships between Cultural Studies and other forms of creative practice? What has been the impact of Cultural Studies on cultural practices and vice versa? How has this been played out?
Cultural Studies and national contexts:
does Cultural Studies occupy different institutional and intellectual spaces in different national, international, and global contexts? Is there a cosmopolitan Cultural Studies or have local conversations predominated? Is there any continued relevance for the Birmingham CCCS models?
Today, when Cultural Studies risks responding to these challenges by collapsing into theoretical obscurantism or technocratic ineffectuality, we at the University of East London believe that there is a place for a Cultural Studies which is politically committed and relentlessly experimental in its intellectual, institutional and creative practices.
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Labels: birmingham cccs models, conference, cultural studies, economics, political research, public sphere, registration open, science and technology, SSMCS, university of east london
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Web Wins for Women Shopping Online
Women visit fewer sites to learn what they want.
Over half of US female Internet users ages 25 and older say the Internet is their main research source for checking out potential product purchases, according to Burst Media's "Online Insight" report, published June 2007.
The Internet was named far more often than other methods. Around 10% or fewer of respondents said they got their information from "asking family and friends," newspapers and magazines, television or other sources.
Over half of women said they had shopped online in the past six months. Online shopping increased with household income. About half of respondents with annual incomes of less than $35,000 had bought something online in the past six months, while 68% of households with annual incomes of $100,000 or more had done so.
Major online buying categories for women in the past six months included travel, adult clothing and health and beauty products.
Although women consider the Internet a prime source for product information, they use slightly fewer Web sites on average in their research than men, according to Frank About Women's "Understanding Online Shopping Behavior Topline Summary," published in March 2006.
Adult female Internet users typically visited four or more Web sites in the course of doing product research, while men used an average of nearly five.
for the full article with graphs and stats click here.
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Labels: burstmedia, internet, online retail, product information, shopping online, usa, women
French Video Site Dailymotion.com Stakes a Strong Position in the U.S. Market
comScore, a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a study from its comScore Video Metrix service of U.S. video streaming activity at a selection of up-and-coming video-sharing sites. The study examined six video-sharing sites that did not make comScore's ranking of the top 10 U.S. video properties for the month and reveals that French site Dailymotion.com had a particularly strong position in the U.S. video-sharing market in April 2007.
Which Site is the Next YouTube?
Dailymotion.com has taken hold in the U.S., drawing more than 4.7 million video streamers in April. The average video streamer at Dailymotion.com viewed more than 10 videos and nearly one hour of video content in the month. Metacafe.com also generated substantial activity, as 3.7 million streamers viewed 33 million video streams, while Break.com saw 3.1 million streamers view 32 million video streams. Veoh.com, which attracted the smallest video-viewing audience of the group, had the highest level of user engagement with more than 104 minutes per streamer, benefiting from the many full-length videos hosted on the site.
"There's been a great deal of speculation in the marketplace about which site is the next YouTube, and each of these next-tier sites has a particular draw," said Erin Hunter, comScore's executive vice president of media and entertainment solutions. "While it will clearly be very difficult for any video site to replicate what YouTube has accomplished, Dailymotion.com is stating the strongest case at the moment, both domestically and internationally."
Coveted 18-34 Year Olds Found At Break.com
comScore also examined the demographic composition of video streamers at these sites, revealing some interesting differences in the age of the audience each site attracts. The coveted 18-34 age segment represented 41 percent of Break.com's audience, followed by Dailymotion.com (37 percent) and Veoh.com (37 percent). Heavy Networks drew the largest share of its video streamers from those younger than 18 years of age (18 percent), while Revver.com and Metacafe.com drew the largest share among people age 35-44 (24 percent).
Added Ms. Hunter, "The challenge for these video-sharing sites, which rely quite a bit on user-generated content, is monetizing content over which advertisers have little control. That these sites generate such a large share of activity from younger visitors, however, is probably very compelling to advertisers."
for the full press release with graphs and stats click here.
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Machinima Festival Europe 07
via Paul Marino's excellent blog Thinking Machinima comes this rather interesting information for a festival, backed by De Montford University, UK.
This has been cooking in the background since the start of this year, but now we're finally able to shout it out to the world - the first European Machinima Festival is taking place October 12-14th, 2007 in Leicester, England, at De Montfort University!
Put together by the fine staff at DMU and sponsored by Sleepydog, the festival is a collaboration of De Montfort University, the Institute for Creative Technologies
(IOCT) and the Academy of Machinima Arts and Sciences. Read more about the event here in the release on the GamesIndustry.biz site.
We're all really excited to have an event based in Europe - to help promote
Machinima within this section of the world, but also to act as a common ground
for European artists and fans.
There will be more to announce shortly about the fest, so stay tuned!
original article here.
press release follows:
De Montfort University To Host The 2007 European Machinima Festival - The First Machinima Festival In Europe
De Montfort University's Institute of Creative Technologies will host the 2007 European Machinima Festival, the first Machinima festival to be held in Europe. The festival, which will take place at the University's campus centre from 12th - 14th October, will show case the latest Machinima films and will attract Machinima makers world-wide.
Machinima, a fusion of film-making and computer gaming, which is increasingly being used as one of the quickest and most cost-effective ways of creating animation, has a rapidly growing following, fuelled in part by the enhanced visual quality of many of the most popular computer games.
The festival, which is supported by the Academy of Machinima and Arts Sciences (AMAS), will attract both professional and enthusiast creators of animation and is likely to encourage more people to try Machinima for themselves. Workshops will cover many of the key aspects of making Machinima and an awards ceremony will recognise some of the best talent of this quickly growing phenomenon.
Paul Marino, Executive Director, AMAS: "Machinima is a very cost-effective and fast way to produce films where the creator can have a large amount of creative control and it is rapidly gathering momentum. In the US we have really seen this take off and we will be holding the 2007 Machinima Festival during November. We are very excited to be working with De Montfort University, which has such a strong reputation in the creative industries, and would encourage anyone interested in Machinima to come to the festival in October."
Professor Andrew Hugill, Director of De Montfort University's Institute of Creative Technologies: "Machinima is an exciting and important emerging phenomenon which is capturing the imagination of individuals and communities including games players, film makers as well as anyone interested in exploring new ways of communicating a narrative. By holding Europe's first Machinima festival we aim to bring these communities together and open up the exciting possibilities of Machinima to a wider audience."
Maggie Shutt, Festival and Events Manager for Leicester City Council: "This is a really exciting opportunity for the people of Leicester City to find out about and get involved in a cutting edge digital art form. We are delighted to be supporting the event at De Montfort University in October."
Each day of the festival will cater for people with different levels of expertise in making Machinima: The Friday is designed for schools; the Saturday for anyone who is already making or is interested in making Machinima; and the Sunday will be for experienced Machinima makers.
Prior to the festival, people will be able to submit films to a range of prize-winning categories, which will be judged by a panel of experts coordinated by the University and AMAS. The main prize winner will be given the opportunity to take part in the US Machinima festival in November.
People wishing to submit films or attend the festival should visit http://www.MachinimaEurope.co.uk.
Attendees and competition entrants are required to read the De Montfort University Machinima Festival 2007 Intellectual Property Value Statement available at www.machinimaeurope.co.uk.
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Labels: academy of machinima and arts sciences, AMAS, andrew hugill, de montford university, festival, machinima, paul marino, virtual worlds
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Whitepaper on Social Media
Trevor Cook & Lee Hopkins released yesterday an updated version of their whitepaper An introduction to the power of Web2.0, updated with the new hot stuff: Facebook, Jaiku, Twitter & Virtual Worlds!
- Introduction
- Web2.0 and collaboration
- Why blog?
- Web feeds (RSS and other geeky stuff)
- Some corporate blog examples
- Podcasting for business
- Twitter and Jaiku- Facebook
- Second Life and 3D virtual worlds
- Wikis
- Blog writing tips
- Where to go to get started
Download (F.O.C)
via On Social Media & Citizen Journalismus
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Vila Real, Portugal, 5 - 8 October 2007
* Co-organised by: Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)
* Keynote Speakers (confirmed):
Senior Researcher Ken Kahn, Oxford University and London Knowledge Lab, UK
Professor Philip Powell, Deputy Dean, University of Bath, UK
* Conference background and goals
The IADIS WWW/Internet 2007 conference aims to address the main issues of concern within WWW/Internet. WWW and Internet had a huge development in recent years. Aspects of concern are no longer just technical anymore but other aspects have aroused. This conference aims to cover both technological as well as non-technological issues related to these developments. Main tracks have been identified (see below). However innovative contributes that don't fit into these areas will also be considered since they might be of benefit to conference attendees.
* Format of the Conference
The conference will comprise of invited talks and oral presentations. The proceedings of the conference will be published in the form of a book and CD-ROM with ISBN, and will be available also in the IADIS Digital Library (available online). The best paper authors will be invited to publish extended versions of their papers in the IADIS International Journal on WWW/Internet (ISSN: 1645-7641) and also in other selected Journals.
* Types of submissions
Full and Short Papers, Reflection Papers, Posters/Demonstrations, Tutorials, Panels and Doctoral Consortium. All submissions are subject to a blind refereeing process.
* Topics related to WWW/Internet are of interest.
These include, but are not limited to the following areas:
- Accessibility
- Adaptive Web Systems
- Collaboration
- Computer-Mediated Communication
- Data Mining
- Database Planning and Development
- Digital Economy
- Digital Libraries and E-Publishing
- Distributed and Parallel Applications
- E-Business and E-Commerce
- E-Government
- E-Learning
- Electronic Data Interchange
- Quality, Evaluation and Assessment
- Extensible Languages
- Global Tendencies in WWW/Internet
- Groupware
- Human Computer Interaction
- Hypermedia
- Information Architectures
- Information Visualization
- Intelligent Agents
- Interfaces
- Internet & Customer Relationship Management
- Internet Payment Systems
- Internet Services
- Languages
- Metadata
- Multimedia
- Performance Issues
- Personalized Web Sites and Services
- Portal strategies
- Protocols and Standards
- Searching and Browsing
- Security Issues
- Semantic Web
- Social & Legal Issues
- Storage Issues
- System Integration
- Teaching and Learning Strategies
- Technology Innovation and Competitiveness
- Technology Management
- Technology Strategies
- Tele-Work
- WWW/Internet Applications
- WWW/Internet Case studies
- WWW/Internet Impacts
- Web Engineering
- Web Personalization
- Web Software
- Wireless Applications
- Ubiquitous Computing
- Usability
- User Modelling
- Virtual Communities
- Virtual Reality
* Important Dates:
- Submission Deadline (2nd call) - 23 July 2007
- Notification to Authors (2nd call) - 5 September 2007
- Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration (2nd call) - Until 17 September 2007
- Late Registration (2nd call) - After 17 September 2007
- Conference: Vila Real, Portugal, 5 to 8 October 2007
* Conference Location
The conference will be held in Vila Real, Portugal.
* Secretariat
IADIS Secretariat - IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE WWW/INTERNET 2007
Rua Sao Sebastiao da Pedreira, 100, 3
1050-209 Lisbon, Portugal
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Web site: http://www.internet-conf.org/
* Program Committee
Program Chair
Miguel Baptista Nunes, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Conference Co-Chairs
Pedro IsaÃas, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University), Portugal
João Barroso, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
Committee Members: *
* for committee list please refer to http://www.internet-conf.org/committees.asp
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7th International Crossroads in Cultural Studies Conference "Of Sacred Crossroads"
Proposals are invited for PAPERS at the
7th International Crossroads in Cultural Studies Conference "Of Sacred Crossroads",
scheduled for July 3 to 7, 2008 in the Caribbean (University of the West Indies Kingston, Jamaica). http://www.crossroads2008.org
God games are digital simulation games that cast the player in the position of an entity with divine or supernatural powers and place them in charge of a game setting containing autonomous mortals to be guarded and influenced. These Games often adopt a bird's eye perspective, giving the player the impression that he or she is in charge of developing the virtual world. God Games and other virtual worlds create persistent, open-ended worlds that may even develop without the intervention of a player, whose interventions, however, appear as god-like, supernatural activities in the realm of the virtual gaming world. Examples of successful God Games are Little Computer People Project, Populous, The Sims, Black & White or the upcoming Spore. Today, many massive multiplayer virtual worlds, e.g. Second Life or World of Warcraft have also incorporated elements of these God Games. Here, the development of a computer generated virtual world interacts with the interventions from users who start to create their own content in order to change the virtual world. The following questions seem to be important to understand the cultural logic of God Games and their influence on virtual worlds:
Central questions:
- Can different categories of God Games be identified?
- Does this kind of games promote special kinds of religious activity and spirituality and how are real-life faiths, confessions, churches or sects related to these games?
- What kind of worlds can be created? Which norms, values and beliefs are suggested and supported in the virtual worlds of God Games?
- How are these worlds actually created by users?
- What motivates players to continuously populate these worlds for a long time?
- How do real-life moral or ethical values impinge on these worlds?
- How can the relationship between game world and real-life world be described? Do virtual worlds have an influence on real-life opinions or activities?
Also invited are papers that deal with religious digital games e.g. Eternal War: Shadows of Light or the understanding of religiosity in virtual communities.
- Please send an abstract of 150 words to both session organizers. Deadline: June 30th, 2007 -
Markus Wiemker
University of Technology
RWTH Aachen, Germany
Sven Jöckel
University of Technology
Ilmenau, Germany
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The Communication Research Centre (CRC) in University of Helsinki has completed a project "Mapping Media and Communication Research" in Finland, Estonia, Germany, France, the United States and Japan.
The reports can be found in pdf-format from:
http://www.valt.helsinki.fi/blogs/crc/en/mapping.htm (CRC) or
http://www.hssaatio.fi/en/completed_projects.html (Helsingin Sanomat Foundation)
Each report provides an overview on current issues, main trends and future challenges to communication research in respective country.
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Open Source and Public Sector: Discourse, Politics and Practice - Call for Papers
Special Issue of The Information Society
Open Source and Public Sector: Discourse, Politics and Practice
Guest Editors: Jan Ljungberg, Magnus Bergquist and Anna Maria Szczepanska
In the last ten years the Open Source (OS) and Free Software (FS) movement has come to challenge the norms and ideals, products and procedures of the dominant proprietary software industry. OS/FS represents a radically different logic within the field of software development. This logic is based on ideas that celebrate the rights of the user and informational freedoms and resist strong intellectual property laws and regulations. In addition to gaining ground in the commercial software market, the OS/FS-movement is also establishing itself as an interesting alternative for the public sector. Currently, discussions regarding OS/FS procurement and policy-making are taking place within governments and public sector organizations all over the world. The OS/FS-technologies advocates have promoted them on the basis of their potential cost-benefits, their value as "a public good," their egalitarian and digital divide-bridging qualities and so forth. But the public sector initiatives still seem somewhat hesitant. The OS/FS in public sector discussions and policy-making processes represent a discourse still very much in the making.
This special issue will provide an opportunity for researchers to present valuable insights at an early stage about a relevant topic that crosscuts the information technology and policy processes and OS/FS movement's institutionalization processes. We hope to bring together insights from multiple areas, such as political science, sociology, economics, IS-research, media studies, policy studies and cultural studies. Discourse analysis and case studies would both be welcome analytical strategies to provide breadth to the special issue.
Contributions could include the following:
- Papers identifying and discussing how underlying norms, values and practices inscribed in OS/FS and proprietary software are understood and dealt with in public sector discourse.
- Case studies on evolving policies and laws related to Open Source / Free Software in the public sector.
- Papers analyzing the rhetoric on the pros and cons of OS/FS in the public sector.
- Papers identifying and analyzing the way actors (e.g. the media, business groups, academia, consumers, NGO's, SMO's, transnational advocacy networks) are organizing in order to influence, support or criticize policy processes and other activities relating to the dispersal of OS/FS products and ideas in public sector.
The guest editors invite abstracts by September 1, 2007, which should be sent to email@example.com. Authors with the most to offer to the dialogue will be invited to contribute full papers, which will go through the normal review process of the journal. For more information on TIS guidelines, please refer to:
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Labels: anna maria szczepanska, call for papers, free software, information society, jan ljungberg, magnus bergquist, open source, public sector
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
GOOD COPY BAD COPY - a documentary about the current state of copyright and culture
for credits and more info, visit the official site here:
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Labels: bad copy, copyright, culture, documentary, good copy, video
AREOL 26: action research and evaluation on line
A free on line course in action research offered as a public service by the Southern Cross Institute of Action Research at Southern Cross University
Areol 26 begins in late July 2007. Conducted over four months or a little less, its 14 sessions (or thereabouts) will provide you with basic information about one form of action research.
As with earlier programs, the theme of areol 26 is the integration of effective change with rigorous research. In some respects, it is a combination of the principles of community and organisational change with those for change-oriented qualitative research, sometimes with use of quantitative research too.
The program does not attempt to cover all varieties of action research. Nor does it analyse the philosophy of action research in any depth. The main intention is to allow participants to understand some processes which combine action and research, and which can be used in practice.
Later sessions briefly describe an action research approach to evaluation.
The on-line sessions are supplemented by archived files on various aspects of action research and evaluation.
There is no charge (apart from your usual connect charges, if any).
This is provided as a public service by the Southern Cross Institute of Action Research, SCIAR, at Southern Cross university.
You can examine the areol materials on the web. You'll find an index page at
This will give you an idea of the contents and style of the course.
You can also work through these web materials at your own pace, if you wish. This is an alternative to the email version. It doesn't include the discussion group and learning groups of the email version. Also, it isn't revised as often as the email version, which is fine tuned each semester.
You may also wish to check the responses of areol 13 and areol 14 subscribers to the final evaluation. You'll find them, uncensored, at
For more information, click here.
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Edited by Katrien Jacobs, Marije Janssen, Matteo Pasquinelli
Editorial Assistance: Geert Lovink, Sabine Niederer
Copy Editing: Wietske Maas - Design: Kernow Craig
Publisher: Institute of Network Cultures
Supported by: Paradiso, Amsterdam
Order a copy of this book by sending an email to: firstname.lastname@example.com
A PDF of this publication can be downloaded for free at [NOT SAFE FOR WORK!]
low-res, 2MB: http://www.networkcultures.org/_uploads/24.pdf
hi-res, 9MB: http://www.networkcultures.org/clickme/pdf/clickmeReader_9MB.pdf
C'Lick Me: A Netporn Studies Reader is an anthology that collects the best materials of two years debate: from The Art and Politics of Netporn conference held in 2005 in Amsterdam to the 2007 C'Lick Me festival in Paradiso, Amsterdam. C'Lick Me opens the field of 'Internet pornology'. Based on non-conventional approaches, mixing academics, artists and activists, the C'Lick Me Reader reclaims a critical post-enthusiastic, post-censorship perspective on netporn, a dark field that has been dominated thus far by dodgy commerce and filtering. The C'Lick Me reader covers the rise of the netporn society from Usenet underground to the blogosphere, analyses economic data and search engines traffic, compares sex work with the work of
fantasy, disability and accessibility. The C'Lick Me reader also expands the no tion of digital desire, and smashes the predicatable boundaries of porn debates, depicting a broader libidinal spectrum from fetish subcultures to digital alienation, from code pornography to war pornography. The reader concludes by re-contextualising the queer discourse into a post-porn scenario.
Contributions by: Adam Arvidsson, Franco 'Bifo' Berardi, Manuel Bonik, Mikita Brottman, Florian Cramer, Samantha Culp, Barbara DeGenevieve, Mark Dery, Michael Goddard, Stewart Home, Katrien Jacobs, Marije Janssen, Julie Levin Russo, Regina Lynn, Sergio Messina, Mireille Miller-Young, Tim Noonan, Francesco Macarone Palmieri aka Warbear, Matteo Pasquinelli, Audacia Ray, Andreas Schaale, Nishant Shah, Tim Stuettgen, Matthew Zook.
Regina Lynn
Sex Drive: Where Sex and Tech Come Together
Mark Dery
Naked Lunch: Talking Realcore with Sergio Messina
Nishant Shah
PlayBlog: Pornography, Performance and Cyberspace
Audacia Ray
Sex on the Open Market: Sex Workers Harness the Power of the Internet
Adam Arvidsson
Netporn: the Work of Fantasy in the Information Society
Manuel Bonik and Andreas Schaale
The Naked Truth: Internet Eroticism and the Search
Tim Noonan
Netporn, Sexuality and the Politics of Disability: A Catalyst for Access, Inclusion and Acceptance?
Matthew Zook
Report on the Location of the Internet Adult Industry
Mark Dery
Paradise Lust: Pornotopia Meets the Culture Wars
Matteo Pasquinelli
Warporn! Warpunk: Autonomous Videopoiesis in Wartime
Florian Cramer and Stewart Home
Pornographic Coding
Florian Cramer
Sodom Blogging: Alternative Porn and Aesthetic Sensibility
Mikita Brottman
Nightmares in Cyberspace: Urban Legends, Moral Panics and the Dark Side of the Net
Michael Goddard
BBW: Techno-archaism, Excessive Corporeality and Network Sexuality
Franco 'Bifo' Berardi
The Obsession of the (Vanishing) Body
Mireille Miller-young
Sexy and Smart: Black Women and the Politics of Self-Authorship in Netporn
Katrien Jacobs
Porn Arousal and Gender Morphing in the Twilight Zone
Barbara DeGenevieve
Ssspread.com: The Hot Bods of Queer Porn
Julie Levin Russo
'The Real Thing': Reframing Queer Pornography for Virtual Spaces
Samantha Culp
First Porn Son: Asian-man.com and the Golden Porn Revolution
Francesco Macarone Palmieri aka Warbear
21st Century Schizoid Bear: Masculine transitions Through Net Pornography
Tim Stuttgen
Ten Fragments on a Cartography of Post-Pornographic Politics
This publication is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Non Derivative Works 2.5 Netherlands License. No article in this reader may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means without permission in writing from the author.
We would like to thank all the participants of the conferences 'Art and Politics of Netporn' (2005) and 'C'Lick Me' (2007). A special thanks to our director, Emilie Randoe, School of Interactive Media, Amsterdam Polytechnic, for supporting our netporn research programme; to Pierre Ballings and Maarten van Boven, Paradiso, Amsterdam, for hosting the C'Lick Me event and supporting the production of the reader. Thanks to all the authors of the book for collaborating with us over the years, as well as to all the photographers and image-producers on the web whose works have been cited in the different articles.
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Monday, June 25, 2007
Germany: The Online Powerhaus
Germany is home to Europe's largest online population, and it is still growing.
In a new report, Germany: Online Overview, eMarketer estimates that there were nearly 40 million active Internet users in Germany in 2006, and expects that number to climb to nearly 50 million before 2011.
Importantly, for marketers, two out of three German Internet users are also online buyers — fairly big buyers. The average German online buyer spent $945 in 2006, and eMarketer predicts that spending amount to total $1,739 by 2010.
In 2006, German retail e-commerce sales hit $23.9 billion.
For comparison, the Forrester Research estimate of $28.8 billion for Germany's 2006 online retail revenues was higher than eMarketer's, while the Federation of German Retail Traders (HDE) offered a more conservative estimate of $20.5 billion.
Although Germany's online advertising market is only the third-largest online ad market in Europe, it is currently the fastest-growing segment of Germany's ad market and is expected to continue to post gains.
for the full report with graphs and stats click here.
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Labels: advertising, e-commerce, germany, marketing, online, online retail
[Air-l] viewing American class divisions through Facebook and MySpace
Danah Boyd has posted an interesting essay on apophenia about American class divisions through facebook and myspace.
Accordong to Danah, hegemonic American teens (i.e. middle/upper class, college bound teens from upwards mobile or well off families) are all on or switching to Facebook. Marginalized teens, teens from poorer or less educated backgrounds, subculturally-identified teens, and other non-hegemonic teens continue to be drawn to MySpace. A class division has emerged and it is playing out in the aesthetics, the kinds of advertising, and the policy decisions being made.
Read the full essay here.
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Labels: class division, danah boyd, essay, facebook, middle class, myspace, subculture, teenagers, u.s., upper class
Sunday, June 24, 2007
The Student "I": A student conference on privacy and anonymity
The Student "I": A student conference on privacy and anonymity
University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law
October 25, 2007
Graduate and undergraduate students from all disciplines are invited to submit an abstract for The Student "I", a student conference on October 25, 2007 at the Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, Canada.
Preceding the Revealed "I" conference hosted by researchers from On the Identity Trail, this day long student conference brings together students from around the world, selected through a peer-review process, to present research relating to identity, privacy, anonymity, technology, surveillance, and other related topics engaged by the On the Identity Trail project (www.idtrail.org).
Abstracts should not exceed 1,000 words (including notes and citations). Successful abstracts will seek to make an original contribution. Inter-disciplinary submissions are encouraged. Abstracts should be accompanied with a short bio, which should include the student's program and institution of study, and an email address for correspondence. The deadline for abstracts is July 1, 2007. Send to:
Julia Ladouceur
University of Ottawa
Faculty of Law, Common Law Section
57 Louis Pasteur Street
Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Successful applicants will be notified at the email address provided no later than August 1, 2007. Successful applicants who are unable to obtain funding from their home institution may apply for a student bursary to cover expenses relating to travel and accommodation.
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Labels: anonymity, call for student abstracts, on the identity trail project, ottawa, privacy, student i, surveillance, technology


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Standing on the peak of a mountain in the beatiful Dolomites, Nuvolau hut is famous for the incomparable panorama it offers: a spread 360 degrees view spaces from the Marmolada ski resort to the famous Tofana mountains through Austrian glaciers. Its strategic position made it one of the most important points of view during First World War. Nuvolau hut can be easily reached from many touristic stations: Cortina d'Ampezzo, Corvara and Arabba as it is placed between two important passages: "Passo Falzarego" and "Passo Giau". You can reach it by many paths, but the last part of all of them can be only be done on foot. This is reason why it still retains the magic athmosphere of old huts that hardly can be experienced nowadays; no warm water, showers or other hotel facilities are available (remember that you are on a cliff at 2600 m.) and a little of adventure spirit is required. You'll live in a extraordinary place made of simple and ancient things: Nuvolau hut is one of the oldest ones in all Dolomites as it was founded in 1883 and keeps its original aspect in all of its parts. You can visit it in a one day holiday, or you can sleep there and enjoy a beutiful roseate sunset or sunrise.
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Oprah Winfrey is bringing Transcendental Meditation on her show Oprah Lifeclass in November 2011. Oprah Winfrey studied Transcendental Meditation in Fairfield in Summer 2011 and, as she already mentioned during her Oprah Lifeclass webcast, she will show some of their interviews and share her experience with TM on an upcoming episode devoted to Transcendental Meditation and happiness.
You can learn more about TM on this Transcendental Meditation booklet.
Oprah visits Maharishi School, Fairfield to study Transcendental Meditation (Credits: DIANE VANCE, Ledger staff writer – Fairfield, IA – Fairfield Ledger)
Visit http://www.oprah.com/oprahradio/Transcendental-Meditation-Audio_2 to listen to Oprah Radio host Dr. Oz talks with Dr. Norman Rosenthal. Dr. Norman Rosenthal wrote the book "Transcendence: Healing and Transformation Through Transcendental Meditation", which is about the mental and physical health benefits of meditating.
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News coverage about Oprah Winfrey visiting Maharishi School to study Transcendental Meditation in Fairfield
Oprah Winfrey meditates with women in Iowa, talks to students about her spiritual journey
Oprah Winfrey meditated with more than 400 women in southeastern Iowa and also talked to students about her spiritual journey.
Suzanne Stryker says she was among the women participating in the transcendental meditation Wednesday at the Maharishi School in Fairfield. She says no one in the meditation group knew the TV personality was going to be there until Winfrey, who heads the OWN television network, arrived with a film crew.
Dr. Oz on Transcendental Meditation
Oprah Winfrey: Meditation in Fairfield Iowa
Fairfield, Iowa is a small, but very heartfelt town in the corn fields of southeast Iowa. On October 19th 2011 Fairfield was struck with stardom. Oprah Winfrey has recently learned the Transcendental Meditation technique and wanted to get a taste of Fairfiled, Iowa.Oprah flew in on her private jet and hit this small Midwestern town from the blind side. Fairfield Facebookers where updating their status left and right with, "Oprah is in Farifield!" Her appearance is truly a great boon for Fairfield, Iowa, Maharishi University of Management, Transcendental Meditation, as well as Oprah for learning TM.
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Here's something—other than reactivated coupons—that might cheer up disgruntled users of Groupon: its CEO does at least admit that the company's been acting like a bunch of irresponsible asses.
In a Wall Street Journal article, CEO Andrew Mason explaines that Groupon has been behaving inappropriately. "We're still this toddler in a grown man's body in many ways," he said, before going on to admit that recent financial issues at Groupon were "the latest in a string of just us making an example of how bad we are at being a public company. We have to get good at this."
He went on to add that, if the company's to succeed, it must slow down and focus on fewer initiatives, including on "quality and control" and "not taking stupid risks." No. Shit.
Amusingly, this was all said at a closed-door employee meeting, during which, the Journal claims, Mason was drinking beer throughout. So, not growing up too quickly at least. [Wall Street Journal]
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Infection Control
Infection control on livestock production facilities and in veterinary clinics protects animal and human health by instituting disease prevention practices. These principles prevent the spread of endemic diseases as well as zoonotic and foreign animal diseases. The CFSPH has developed Biological Risk Management (BRM) materials for beef, dairy, swine and equine operations and veterinary clinics that address infection control risks and management strategies.
|Overview of Biological Risk Management
This PowerPoint presentation is designed for beef or dairy producers. It gives the audience background on the importance of biological risk management, managing disease risk through the routes of transmission and general prevention practices that can be implemented on farm to minimize disease entry or spread.
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This document provides general prevention recommendations that beef or dairy operations can implement to decrease the risk of disease entry or spread on farm. It is intended to supplement the Overview of BRM PowerPoint, General Prevention Practices section or any of the Practical Applications for Managing Biological Risks PowerPoints.
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|General Prevention Practices Checklist
This supplements the General Prevention Practices document. Once producers have been given an overview of the principles, they can take this checklist home and evaluate their own operation for disease risk.
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These documents define the five common routes of disease transmission (aerosol, direct contact, fomite, oral, vector) as well as zoonotic and environmental transmission. They can be used to supplement all of the materials to provide producers with a clear understanding of the route of transmission focus.
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"I am Oscar, king of kings, look on my works ye mighty and despair."
Megalomania is a mental condition affecting numerous high-powered superior human beings who were obviously destined for greatness and whom you could never hope to match. Well, yes anyway, as I was saying before I got sidetracked, megalomania is defined as a preoccupation with obsessive fantasies of limitless wealth, power, brilliance or beauty or even all four. Megalomaniacs are usually either obsessed with gaining these things or may believe they already possess them. In most cases, they already possess all four.
How to spot a megalomaniac[edit]
Megalomaniacs are easy to spot as they are visually striking people with great charisma and a powerful stage presence, who cause everyone to look up as soon as they enter a room. When a megalomaniac speaks, all ears listen. Basically me. Megalomaniacs are also fond of large swivel chairs, Persian cats which they enjoy stroking almost as much as their own egos, enormous, spherical space stations with planet destroying capabilities and vast armies that grovel at their command. Despite their fondness for grandiosity and extravagance, megalomaniacs are in no way trying to compensate for anything as they are invariably extremely well endowed.
Physical traits[edit]
"With great power, comes great facial hair."
Megalomaniacs are often scarred in some way as a result of some dangerous adventure they have embarked on in their illustrious past, though this only adds to their dashing appearance as given their god-like capacities, they are incapable of appearing anything less than completely gorgeous. Megalomaniacs are also known to wear capes which confidently display their ability to soar above the masses. However some megalomaniacs may chose to wear a uniform to show their militaristic side. Megalomaniacs often sport mustaches in order to amplify their immense virility or may even have no nose at all on account of being part snake.
Clinical views[edit]
Renowned mathematician and expert on Megalomania John Nash has stated that the condition is entirely benign and the confidence and lofty ideas that it engenders in a person are largely recreational in nature. Mister Nash then excused himself on the basis that he was late for his coronation as Emperor of Antarctica.
Doctor Heinz Kohut however considers megalomania an aggressive and malignant disorder, describing it as synonymous with delusions of grandeur before resuming reading of his book on the life of Alexander the Great.
Sam Vaknin on the other hand told interviewer Professor S. Katz "Do I have megalomania? Of course not." Professor Katz then answered "I didn't ask you if you did." Mr Vaknin answered "Oh, right."
Megalomaniac paranoia[edit]
"I am NOT paranoid, people are just trying to convince me that I'm paranoid in order to drive me mad because they're jealous of me."
The mixed condition of megalomania with paranoia is reputed to be a classic psychiatric condition.
"No, really?"
Among the recent psychiatric publications discussing the subject is DSM-IV.
Among the historical figures that have been defined as paranoid megalomaniacs are winner of Times Person of the Year awar, Nicolae Ceauşescu, Vidkun Quisling and former dictator Tony Blair.
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May 30, 2013
By Charlene Muhammad
Sentinel Contributing Writer
When some people utter, "This is why you're broke," chances are it's because they wanted something monetary they couldn't get from you. So, in retaliation, they scrutinized your in-their-face purchase for not getting it.
That's just this writer's simple theory on why we hear those stinging words. However, for those seeking a more honest, researched, well-rounded and grounded - just the plain 'ol truth - analysis about why their "deep" pockets are really empty, Jarim Person-Lynn saves the day.
In "This is Why You're Broke," a 12 Step Guide to Defeating Your Own Worst Financial Habits, Person-Lynn uses vocabulary, humor, and real straight talk to shake people out of bad debt-forming habits.
"The original plan back in 2010, once I had grown pretty popular for my one-on-one consultations in my home, was to start teaching personal finance classes at the local community center. These classes were to be in conjunction with my father's (historian Dr. Kwaku Person-Lynn) Afrikan World Civilization classes," states Person-Lynn on how he started this venture.
"I researched other successful financial classes/workshops such as Robert Kiyosaki's and Dave Ramsey's and realized that even though those classes weren't catering to the needs of the black community, they were in fact successful because they were each centered around a very popular book or manual," he shares.
That's all he was missing, a book or manual.
But, he didn't jump right into releasing an untested book out of the blue, he explains. He started first with the blog "Thisiswhyyourebroke.com" and began testing various sections of the book in progress. Information gained through his very clever use of social media transformed into the five course guide, "Brass Knuckle Finance."
That guide and a subsequent five-week course handled topics entitled, "How your Mentality, health and environment affect your Wealth," "The art of Budgeting and Spending," "Getting out of Debt & Staying out of Debt," "College, Entrepreneurship & Career," and "Investing & Real Estate."
"Part of the original premise for the classes were to provide classes to those who were fed up with their financial situations and willing to make a change. In exchange for providing these free classes to anyone who purchased a book, we asked them once they were done with our classes, to pass that book along to the next person in the community and have them attend our classes for free as well," Person-Lynn explains.
But, he would notice that the 392 page book would be very popular with the first person who obtained it but it was a hard sell for the next friend or family member they would attempt to pass it to.
He formed the idea to simplify the message into a quick, easy to read, easy to pass along book that would become the namesake of the original blog: "This is Why You're Broke."
So frank, Person-Lynn even labels the book on his website, "A Comprehensive Guide to Your Own Financial Stupidity."
His ultimate aim: to help stop others from being their own worst enemy each month and to begin building a better financial future immediately.
Being broke isn't simply the lack of having money, he offers. "Broke" means not having the specific amount of money to do things you may want or need to do in life, he explains.
"Broke is one part math and one part mentality," Person-Lynn writes.
"Remember, there are millionaires who are broke: billionaires with depreciating assets and ever growing expenses, who are broke," he continues in his easy-to-read financial planner.
In essence, being broke is more about what's eating people internally, what society has told them they need, and, what they plan to do to prove it right, he states.
If people master the 12 most dangerous areas of their financial lives, which include rent, cars, debt and food, they would then master their money, according to Person-Lynn.
The author recommends keeping rents at certain monthly percentages to reduce overall debt and struggle. He also gives guidelines for obtaining home-ownership rather than home-loanership. And, he breaks down steady steps for obtaining rental property as a source of real income.
Without careful attention to certain details, the property could become more of a loss than gain, he explains in the guide.
"The person (or couple) who avoids debt, lives on half of their income and learns how to invest the rest, will be wealthier than just about everyone they know ... Remember: You were NOT born to struggle," he concludes in his guide.
For more information on the books visit ThisIsWhyYoureBroke.com /


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The Second World Congress on Positive Psychology is a great opportunity for anyone interested in learning how the "science of thriving" is changing the lives of individuals, communities, and institutions around the globe. Lectures, workshops, symposia and poster sessions will feature leading-edge research, as well as applications of positive psychology in a variety of fields – from business to education to medicine. The Second World Congress on Positive Psychology will be held at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown – the heart of America's original capital.
The burgeoning field of positive psychology focuses on the study and practice of what is right in the world – the positive emotions, strengths, and virtues that make individuals, institutions, and communities thrive. Attendees of the Second World Congress on Positive Psychology will have the opportunity to discuss the latest research, insights, and ideas and interact with like-minded people who focus on studying what is best in life and how to create more of it.
Second World Congress on Positive Psychology – Pre-Conference Workshops
Pre-Conference Workshops are offered on Saturday, July 23, 2011 at an additional fee of $150 per workshop. Please note you MUST be registered for the Second World Congress on Positive Psychology in order to register for a Pre-conference Workshop.
Saturday, July 23, 2011 – 9:00am-12:00pm
Strengths Interventions for Work and Relationships
Speaker: Robert Biswas-Diener
Centre for Applied Positive Psychology
Saturday, July 23, 2011 – 1:00pm – 4:00pm
Basic Steps to Implement Positive Psychology into Practice
Speaker: Carol Kauffman, PhD
Harvard Medical School
Positive Nations and Communities
Speakers: Helena Marujo, Prof. Dr.
Faculdade de Psicologia University of Lisbon
& Luis Miguel Neto, Prof. Dr.
Faculdade de Psicologia Alameda da Unive
Positive Psychology and Education
Speaker: Hans Henrik Knoop
University of Aarhus
Second World Congress on Positive Psychology – Plenary sessions
Saturday July 23, 2011
"New Directions in Positive Psychology"
Martin Seligman, PhD
Ed Diener, PhD
Christopher Peterson, PhD
Sunday July 24, 2011
Ed Deci, PhD
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, PhD & Mark Csikszentmihalyi, PhD
Monday July 25, 2011
Barbara Fredrickson, PhD
Tuesday July 26, 2011
Richard Davidson, PhD
"Pathbreaking Findings from the Science of Meditation"
Barbara Fredrickson, PhD & Richard Davidson, PhD
For more information, please visit: http://community.ippanetwork.org/IPPANETWORK/IPPANETWORK/WorldCongress/ProgramSchedule/Default.aspx


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Mikulak cruises to U.S. title in Hartford
HARTFORD >> Sam Mikulak ran away with the U.S. men's gymnastics championship Sunday, winning the all-around title with ease over Alex Naddour.
The two-time NCAA champion put together a two-day total of 181.400, a whopping 2.9 points ahead of Naddour.
The margin would have been even bigger if Mikulak hasn't slipped twice during pommel horse, his final event.
Jake Dalton was third, followed by defending champion John Orozco. Danell Leyva, the all-around bronze medalist in London last summer, finished seventh.
Mikulak put together a dominant performance during the preliminary round Friday and entered Sunday with a lead of nearly three points. Yet rather than play it safe, he poured it on, cementing his spot as a serious medal threat at the world championships in Belgium this fall.
The laid-back 20-year-old from Southern California hardly seems concerned with the pressure of becoming the top American gymnast. He put on a show during in the finals, widening his massive lead through five events and leaving the rest of a very talented field playing for second.
It's a battle Naddour emerged from with ease. Considered a specialist on the pommel horse — an event the U.S. has struggled in for three decades —Naddour slipped by Dalton, the co-favorite, to cement a spot alongside Mikulak on the world championship team.
Dalton, rings specialist Brandon Wynn and floor exercise champion Steven Legendre figure to join Naddour and Mikulak in Belgium. The sixth and final spot could come down to Orozco and Leyva.
The duo were the linchpins of the 2012 Olympic team but have taken very different paths over the last 12 months. Orozco tore the ACL in his left knee last fall. This weekend marked his first all-around competition since leaving London and after shaking off some rust on Thursday his all-around score on Sunday (90.4) was second only to Naddour.
Leyva flubbed his way through pommel horse twice, but redeemed himself on parallel bars. The 2011 world champion in the event posted a score of 15.650 on Sunday, easily the highest of the afternoon.
Even if Leyva or Orozco makes the team, he will play a supporting role behind Mikulak. The perpetually chilled out kid who begins his senior year at Michigan next month grabbed the mantle as top American with both hands. Don't expect him to lose grip anytime soon.
Mikulak ripped through the first five events and threatened to break the record for largest margin of victory in a national meet. He bounded off the stage after drilling his floor exercise routine for a score of 15.5.
The only slipup came during what was supposed to be a victory lap. He popped off the pommel horse twice, staring in disbelief after he found himself with his feet on the ground for a second time. He muddled through with a 13.000, something coach Kurt Golder is sure to bring up as they prepare for worlds.
Dalton began the day as the only gymnast with any shot of catching Mikulak, but any chance the 2012 NCAA all-around champion had of making inroads disappeared when he slipped off parallel bars during the second rotation. Dalton slapped the bar in disgust as he went to rechalk, any glimmer of a national title gone.
His 13.850 extended Mikulak's lead to over four points, cutting out any sense of drama less than 24 hours after Simone Biles edged Kyla Ross for gold in the women's all-around final.