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Managing Innovation
The subject is lectured in these programmes:
- Study module name: Managing Innovation
- Lecturer: Clare Manning, BA, MBA, PGCE
- Final check of studies: Written assignment
Aim of the MBA study module:
Upon successful completion of this module students should be able to:
- Understand the significance and importance of innovation and change in relation to business enterprises and not-for-profit organisations of all kinds.
- Critically appraise theories, tools and techniques appropriate to the management of innovation and change.
- Employ appropriate terms, concepts and vocabulary when describing and analysing innovation and change.
- Identify the components of successful strategies for innovation and change.
Content of the MBA study module:
The module explores the importance of innovation and change. It discusses what we mean by 'innovation', its contribution to competitive advantage and its significance in an increasingly globalized and competitive world. The module focuses on those elements - leadership, organizational structures and processes, culture (national and organizational) and political systems – which shape, promote (or hinder) innovation.
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Innovation is central to a market economy. There are different types of innovation – product, process, position and paradigm. Whatever the category of innovation, innovations can be anywhere on a spectrum ranging from the incremental to the radical/discontinuous. Henderson and Clark use 'knowledge of components' and 'knowledge of architecture' as a way of identifying different types of innovation – incremental, modular, architectural and radical. Innovation is central in a post-Fordist world where industrial structures are changing. Flexibility (based on organic rather than mechanistic organizational structures) is often seen as a vital to organizational innovation – hence adhocracies and skunk works.
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Organisations can be conceptualized as 'systems' located in an environment from which it (the enterprise) receives inputs and to which it exports outputs. We can also employ a range of metaphors to capture different aspects of their complex nature. There are three organizational environments all of which are important vis-a-vis innovation and change – the temporal environment, the external environment and the internal one. Over time organisations move through phases and these shape the nature of the innovation and change. The external environment is the source of threats and opportunities – scanning is important to maintain an appropriate 'fit' with the environment. Different degrees of turbulence and challenge suggest different organizational structures, processes and pathways to change. The most important and all-embracing feature of the internal environment is an organization's culture. There are various typologies of organizational culture, the most well-known of which is probably Charles Handy's. Culture is deep-rooted and not easy to change.
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The Resource Based View (RBV) of the firm emphasizes the importance of developing 'core competencies' (which are VRIN) to maintain competitive advantage. Organizational structures are important visa-a-vis innovation and change but there is no 'one best way' – the right structure is contingent on the context, the environment. Mechanistic structures can be innovative in their own way. Organic structures are heavily associated with rapid response times, creativity, and flexibility.
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Definitions of what constitutes a National Innovation System (NIS) vary – important to separate the general from the particular. A NIS includes corporate, political and network governance and a range of institutions from four main arenas: industrial, financial, science and technology and educational. A NIS spans the local, national and supranational/intergovernmental levels NISs are the product of history and culture. Within these parameters NISs are shaped by the ideological preoccupations of their elected governments – Governments of the Left and Right will shape the structures, processes and policies of a NIS differently.
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Leadership is important in the innovative organization but it is best thought of not as something fixed in terms of traits but as contingent on the situation – horses for course. It is claimed that we can be divided into adaptors and innovators with managers fitting the former category (incremental change – doing things better) and leaders the second category (major change – doing things differently). However it's not an either/or situation: think of a leadership – adaptor spectrum. Tools and techniques can be deployed to promote creativity – thinking outside the box. Bricolage is a form of creativity very important in SMEs which don't do R & D. It is little researched or understood. Effective leaders harness employees' creativity. Leadership is the top-down element in an innovative organization – employee participation is the bottom-up. The harnessing of employee 'energy' can be seen in the Kaizen system and the LO. However, these are extreme and highly developed examples. Any organization can take steps to enfranchise and empower its workforce R & D is regarded as very important by policy-makers looking for an innovation magic bullet but it is not automatically linked to success. R & D is spread unequally around the world – certain areas predominate and within these areas, certain countries. Patent statistics show the same pattern of distribution.
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Innovation is a renewal process rejuvenating organisations. Without change organisations die. Innovation strategy is a process involving 'Search, Select, Implement, Capture'. Innovation strategy can lean towards the identification of 'market need' or developing and promoting technology ('core competences'). Innovation strategy has to be embedded in routines. We can talk in generic terms about the nature and content of innovation strategy but the detail, the routines, will vary from enterprise to enterprise. There are a variety of barriers to developing an innovation strategy. Two of the most important are having a partial view of what it is and who it 'belongs' to and the belief that innovation strategies can be copied without amendment and adaptation. Early thoughts on the origins of strategy were rooted in simple sequential models such as market pull or technology push have been changed to accommodate a widening group of internal and external actors and non-sequential linkages and feedback loops across boundaries - think networks and the breakdown of organisational boundaries.
Mandatory literature:
Online study materials prepared by the lecturer.
Recommended literature and other sources:
Burnes B. (2014). Managing Change (6th ed.). Harlow: Pearson.
Carnall C. (2014). Managing Change in Organisations (6th ed.). Harlow: Pearson.
Tidd J., & Bessant J. (2009). Managing Innovation: Integrating Technological, Market and Organisational Change (5th ed.). New York: Wiley.


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"Oh gosh, oh my Lord," were the first words from the lips of Richard Delisle Arthur when he heard from Justice Randall Worrell that he would spend just under two months in prison awaiting sentencing.
The 57-year-old marksman went into an emotional tailspin moments after Principal Crown Counsel Alliston Seale made a successful application for his seven-year bail to be revoked after the nine-member jury returned a unanimous guilty verdict in an ammunition case against him.
Seale's application came after Arthur's attorney Andrew Pilgrim, Q.C., requested that he remain on bail pending sentencing.
"In the circumstances of this particular convicted man and in light of the seven years spent on [bail] that he can remain on bail pending sentence on this matter . . . . There is no issue of flight risk," Pilgrim stated as the Maynards, St Peter resident started to breathe through his mouth and shake following Seale's objection.
Justice Randall Worrell then dismissed the jury at Pilgrim's request and the two sides made further submissions regarding bail. But after mulling over the applications Justice Worrell ruled that Arthur be remanded to HMP Dodds until July 19 during which time a report would be prepared in time for sentencing.
It was at this point that Arthur became extremely distraught.
"Oh Lord, oh gosh, Oh Lord, oh gosh" Arthur could be heard saying as he put his hand to his face in disbelief, and in shaky voice gave the judge his details including age and address.
At one point it seemed that the newly-convicted man could no longer hold his weight and fell to his knees. He was able to hold onto his nephew's waist, sobbing as he tried to come to grips with the situation. Policemen, court officials and his attorneys came to his assistance. Moments later he was escorted from the court by a prison officer without his jacket, his tie, keys, cellular phone and jewelry which he handed over to his nephew.
It was around 9:30 a.m. today that Justice Worrell began his summation of Arthur's case during which the Crown called seven police witnesses to give evidence. Arthur also gave an unsworn statement.
A little over four hours later the jury left the No. 2 Supreme Court to deliberate returning in 40 minutes armed with the guilty verdict.
They found Arthur, who is the brother of former Prime Minister Owen Arthur, guilty on a single charge of having 102 rounds of ammunition in his possession on January 31, 2012 without a valid licence.
According to evidence police visited Arthur's residence, executed a search warrant and the assorted ammunition– cartridges comprising of .308 Winchester calibre; 7.62 calibre; 5.56mm calibre; .32 auto calibre; .22 magnum calibre; and .22 long rifle calibre ammunition – was found.
Evidence also showed that Arthur had three arms licences – a 9 mm STI pistol; a .40 STI pistol and .38 pistol – but he held no licences for the 102 rounds of ammunition found.
During a search of his bedroom a bag containing a number of boxes was found in a closet as well as a container containing rounds of ammunition while another three rounds were found in a container under a flight of stairs.
In his defence Arthur told the jury he was "one of the designated dealers on the dealership licence" of the Barbados Rifle Association since 2003 and a member since 1996.
"I have been responsible for firearms and ammunition. I am the armorer who repairs rifles and checks ammunition at the Barbados Rifle Association for the full-bore team," the marksman said last week as he detailed his credentials to the court.
"I have never been involved in any criminal activities neither before nor since January 31, 2012 to present. I have been the holder of licences since 2003 to present," he also said then.
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When I first started dating my now-husband, he would do a lot of batch cooking–make a large quantity of one dish and eat it for the entire week, or at least the next several days. One dish he would make was a version of this tamarind red lentil soup. He had more of a general outline than recipe: some sort of lentils, as many chiles as he had in the fridge (the more the better), onion, garlic, ginger if it was around, tomatoes or maybe tomato paste, and then he'd go back and forth with tamarind concentrate and coconut cream until it tasted right. Which, with that many chiles he had to work against in the background, would be a lot of tamarind, and at least two 15 oz cans of coconut cream (*three cups* coconut cream guys).
He made the soup for me in this form, though he held back on the heat, using only 4 or 5 peppers for my more pedestrian spice loving taste (I like spicy, but I also want to taste what else is going on). The soup was amazing, no doubt, but as good as it was, my metabolism is not on par with his (sigh), and I just can't eat what essentially is coconut cream with a some lentils stirred in on a regular basis. But the flavors of that soup were great, and that is what inspired this much healthier adaptation, with a much more specific tried and true recipe. Though, hey, if you want to play with the quantities a little you'll find this recipe as adjustable as he did. But also, seriously, try my way first, it's amazing (if I'm allowed to say so).
This soup is tangy, creamy, and bursting with flavor. I like to eat it plain, but it is also good when served with basmati rice. It's so easy to make, only requires one pot and has lots of hands off time while it simmers. Onions, garlic, chiles, and ginger provide a flavorful base to the soup. Cumin and coriander spice it subtly, but the real star of this soup is the tamarind. It is sweet and sour, and that flavor is highlighted by tomatoes (added later in the recipe so not to inhibit the lentils from softening) and lemon juice. Creamy coconut milk completes this dish, helping all the flavors meld together and as an added bonus it makes the soup more filling, so you don't need to eat it with rice or anything to feel satisfied.
The dish is not very spicy as written (at least not by our standards), especially as the coconut milk tempers the heat from the chiles, but between the peppers and the ginger it has a nice bite to it. We love eating this in the middle of winter as well as when it's 95 ºF outside. The bright and tangy flavors and creamy coconut base complement any season. If you don't believe me, try it!
Let me know in the comments if you make this dish, or tag me on Instagram!
- If you like spicy food then you can definitely increase the number of chiles, if you are sensitive to spice use only one chili, and deseed it.
- If you haven't cooked with tamarind concentrate before, I really recommend you try it! You can buy it at an Indian store, or some East Asian specialty grocery stores, and maybe a regular grocery store with a well stocked international foods section. You can also buy it on amazon. Once you open it, it stores in the fridge seemingly forever, and you'll certainly use it all before you would even have to worry once you have tried this soup 😉
- If you aren't a purist, and need veggies in your daily soup, add some chopped spinach for the last 10-15 minutes of cooking.
Tamarind Red Lentil Soup
A creamy and tangy tamarind red lentil soup.
- 2 tsp coconut or vegetable oil, divided
- 1 yellow onion, small dice
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1-2 chilis, minced and seeded if desired
- 1" piece (1 1/2 tbsp) ginger, minced
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 1 1/2 tsp salt, or to taste
- 2 cups (400 g) red lentils, rinsed
- 6 cups water
- 3 tbsp tamarind concentrate
- 1 15 oz can crushed or diced tomatoes, or 1 1/2 cups fresh tomatoes, chopped
- 1 15 oz can coconut milk
- 2-3 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- cilantro, to garnish (optional)
- vegan butter, to serve (optional)
- Heat 1 teaspoon of oil in a large heavy bottomed stock pot over medium heat. Add onion, and sauté it for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, or until slightly caramelized and browned.
- Add the additional teaspoon of oil and the minced garlic, chili, and ginger, and cook for 1 minute, stirring.
- Add the cumin, coriander, and salt, stir, and then add the rinsed lentils. Mix the lentils in and let cook for about 1 minute, stirring. Then add the 6 cups of water and the tamarind concentrate.
- Bring to a boil over high heat, then turn the heat to low and simmer, covered, for 15 minutes, or until lentils are soft.
- Add the tomatoes and coconut milk, and bring to a simmer. Cook for an additional 15 minutes to allow flavors to meld.
- Add lemon juice, taste, and adjust seasonings if desired.


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Back when I used to answer surveys all the time, Epoll surveys was one of my favorites. I haven't done any surveys for them in a long time. However, I wanted to share some info on them with you today since they are one of the best panels.
It goes without saying that taking online surveys for money won't make you rich, and it won't replace your day job. But, it can be a fun way to pass the time — especially if the questions are of a more interesting nature, like you get with Epoll.
Epoll Surveys – Pros
- You can redeem points for Paypal cash. I'm usually OK with redeemable points if I can convert them to real money in some way. There are also plenty of other gift card options like Amazon, Target, restaurant gift cards, etc.
- The points seem to add up very fast. They are pretty generous with the amount of points you get per survey, and I was able to cash out quite often (which is why they're one of my favorites).
- Even if you don't qualify for a survey, you still get the points. So for example if they ask you one question and you answer "no" and don't get to continue the survey, you'll still get the full point amount just as if you had taken the whole thing. There is no booting you out and giving you nothing but a sweepstakes entry, which is what most other companies do.
- Most of the surveys are about entertainment and news, which makes them a lot more interesting to take.
Cons of the Epoll Survey Panel
- E-Poll pays in redeemable points. Even though you can redeem for Paypal money, I just don't understand why companies have to confuse things with these points.
- Many people complain that the surveys are too infrequent. I think when I was a member I got maybe three or four survey invites per month, but some people report only one or two a month.
(E-Poll is open to US residents only and you must be at least 13 or older to participate)
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Participating on Epoll surveys is of course just something to do for pizza money, gas money, or a little bonus depending on what you redeem your points for, and no one is going to get rich from it.
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It was nice to receive the full point amount even when I would screen out of a survey.
I also typically loved the subject matter of every survey. Answering questions about news stories or movies/TV shows is far more interesting to me than answering hundreds of redundant questions about a product I haven't tried yet.
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The polite warmth between Freeland and Kenney stood in stark contrast to the passionate bombast that has marked many of Kenney's attacks recently
Chrystia Freeland, Jason Kenney meet in Alberta 'to look for common ground'
EDMONTON — The Alberta government received its second overture in as many weeks from the federal Liberals as Chrystia Freeland visited Edmonton on Monday and spoke with Premier Jason Kenney, seeking, they both said, "common ground" on issues facing the Alberta-Ottawa relationship.
The two played nice in a quick statement and photo op, with Kenney warmly welcoming Freeland to Alberta and congratulating her on her appointment as intergovernmental affairs minister and deputy prime minister. Neither took media questions before heading behind closed doors.
"Chrystia's originally an Alberta girl, and while she represents Toronto now, she understands the whole country," Kenney said. "We're looking forward to having a productive conversation today about how we can find common ground."
The meeting came as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prepares to recall Parliament in nine days to govern with a minority parliament, and after months upon months of Kenney and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe making whipping boys of the federal government.
The polite warmth between Freeland and Kenney stood in stark contrast to the passionate bombast that has marked many of Kenney's attacks over the past several months. In recent days, Kenney has criticized the federal government for not legislating striking CN Rail workers back to work, saying it's harming the energy and agriculture sectors. And that comes on the heels of months and months of provincial-federal browbeating over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, the carbon tax and, more generally, the relationship Ottawa has with Edmonton and Regina.
"I am here to look for common ground," said Freeland. "The premier's right that there are challenges in the relationship."
In a statement sent out after the meeting, Kenney's office said he reiterated to Freeland some of the desires the province had laid out to Trudeau weeks before, including an equalization rebate and the repeal of bills C-69 and C-48.
"I appreciate Minister Freeland's willingness to listen and work with us, but the measure of the Prime Minister's sincerity will be swift action on these urgent issues," said Kenney in the statement.
It's the second overture made to Kenney's United Conservative government in the past week or so. Last week, Seamus O'Regan, the new minister of natural resources, had a meeting with Sonya Savage, Alberta's energy minister, in Calgary. While O'Regan, like Freeland, didn't speak to reporters, he said in a Friday statement that he hopes Canada's natural resources will be "sustainably developed and continue to be a source of good, well-paying jobs."
Savage, for her part, said "(O'Regan) listened, he heard, he understood. I was very encouraged with the tone and the direction."
Much of the discussion in the past week has been about bills C-69 and C-48, two contentious pieces of legislation that, respectively, affect energy project approval and energy exports via ocean-going tanker ship from northwest British Columbia. Freeland said the federal government needs to listen hard to what Albertans have to say.
And while the federal government has insisted, repeatedly, it has no intention of actually changing the law, they may consider changes to implementation (although what that might mean has yet to be revealed publicly.) That was hinted by both O'Regan and by Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi, who met with Trudeau in Ottawa last Thursday.
More generally, this is a moment of heightened tension: Kenney recently announced a panel that's studying a "fair deal" for Alberta, which is considering a variety of modifications to its relationship with the rest of the country. It could, for example, lead to the province pulling out of the Canada Pension Plan or ending its contract with the RCMP for policing services, two such proposals that conservatives have long argued would increase Alberta's independence from Ottawa and bargaining power with Ottawa.
And, following her meeting with Kenney, Freeland was set to have an evening meeting with Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson and deliver a speech in Edmonton at the Ukrainian Canadian Congress. Then she was to head to Saskatchewan to meet with Moe.
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Earth is home to many great and wondrous things, from strange life forms and their habitats to masterful monumental architecture and its struggle against decay. It is also home to billions of people with rich cultures, traditions, histories, and perspectives. I seek to capture the wonders of life and the planet's grandeur through both word and sight: some to entertain and others to educate. These stories are told through the eyes and mind of one person, experiencing only a fraction of the joys and sorrows that exist on this world. Through visions of beauty, words of laughter, and other expressions of thought or knowledge, I hope to bridge cultural and geographic divides to build trust and tolerance so that we can all appreciate our differences with mutual respect.
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When Hog Snappers first approach Paper Jacket, they knew that they needed a website that fully represented their successful brand. At the time, their website was not mobile optimize and was poorly designed. Plus, they were being penalized by Google and other search engines because their SEO (search engine optimization) was not set up properly. They were ecstatic when we rolled out a website that complimented who they were and showcased the beautiful food for which they were known in their community.


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Let's all say thank you to our staff! Our annual Pie Day will be on Monday, Nov. 25th this year. Please sign up to bring in a pie or any yummy treat for our staff to enjoy. Don't forget to take advantage of the Market Day Pie promotion this month (www.MarketDay.com) — fabulous pies with no baking!
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The ground breaking began back at the house where we plan to connect the water. Due to the location of the new garage, we knew it would be a pretty long run, but we were pleasantly surprised to find a waterline over 4 feet underground that wasn't being used. I'm sure you're wondering what that line was doing there. My neighbor (house in the background) has lived in his house since he built it about 50 years ago, and at the time our house was owned by his uncle. Our neighbor had a shallow well that would go dry in times of drought, so the uncle offered to connect both houses to the well on our property. The neighbor's well was drilled deeper several decades ago, but the water line remains. Hence we have a line plumbed through the basement wall complete with a shut off valve near the pressure tank. We will replace the pipe outside, and reconnect the new line with the old in the basement.
We used the wider bucket on the excavator since we need to get into the hole to work, but will use the narrow 8" bucket for most of the other work.
Here's a look down into the hole once I had the loose dirt cleared away from the pipe. That black plastic line about an inch in diameter is the blessing God bestowed on us for this part of the project. We would love to see God show similar grace in other stages of the project, but we'll be content with what he gives us.
A point of clarification: even though the hole is almost five feet deep, the black dirt doesn't really go all the way to the bottom -- there's only about four feet of the black stuff before you get into clay. Has God blessed the soil in this area or what?


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Spinach Pesto Grilled Cheese with Cannellini Bean Salad
Serves 2
This perfectly prepared grilled cheese features artisan bread, delicious pesto, two types of cheese, and creamy avocado. Served with a fresh, light side dish made of white beans, shallots, and mint, this is a quick and easy dinner everyone will love!
Skill Level:
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Equipment You'll Need:
- Large sauté pan
- Can opener
- Colander
From Your Pantry:
- Olive oil
- Salt
- Black pepper
Suggested Pairings:
- Dry rosé wine or Sauvignon Blanc from Chile or South Africa
- Lighter style lager such as Pilsner or hoppy-style such as IPA
- Nutrition
- Contains Milk
- Contains Wheat
Cannellini Beans (Soaked White Kidney Beans, Water, Less Than 2% Of Salt, Calcium Chloride, Disodium EDTA [Preservative]), Avocado, Goat Cheese (Cultured Pasteurized Goat's Milk, Salt, Enzymes), Mozzarella Cheese (Pasteurized Part Skim Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Baby Spinach, Whole Grain Bread (Water, Whole Wheat Flour, Starter, Enriched Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Honey, Salt, Yeast Strengthener [Enriched Wheat Flour {Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid}, Enzymes], Dough Conditioner [Enriched Wheat Flour {Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid}, Ascorbic Acid, Wheat Gluten, Enzymes]), Pesto Sauce (Basil, Canola Oil, Water, Parmesan Cheese [Pasteurized Part Skim Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes], Granulated Garlic, Salt), Shallots, Unsalted Butter (Pasteurized Cream, Natural Flavorings [Lactic Acid, Starter Distillate, Culturoma]), Rice Vinegar, Fresh Mint.
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Free toddler games and free toys for kids
There are a lot of toy and free toddler games for kids to play and spend their time with these things to be happy. But in this topic we will show you the best toys and free toddler games to be even more happier than ever and much glad.
In our list of the best toys and games for toddler there are 3 toys and 3 games for your toddler age kids.
Toys list
- Fishing Game
- Breaks and Lagos
- Doll House
Games List
- Talking tom Cat
- Subway Surfer
- Kids Karaoke
First of all we will introduce you with one mentioned toy from toys list.
Fishing Game
What actually fishing games is? Fishing game is not that you can play on TeleVision or any Smart Phone. It is actually that you can physically play with your friends and brothers or sisters.
With this game there are 4 sticks and 12 cent meter plastic wire on the top of the each stick. In every 5 second the fishes opens their mouths and you have to drop the wire that hawk connected on the head of the wire.
In their mouths whenever the fishes closed their mouths you have to pull the stick and catch the fish.
Anybody who caught more fishes that player is the winner of the game.
This game is really full of fun and enjoyments. Once you played this game you want more to play fishing game every day.
Breaks and Lagos
Breaks and Lagos was the best toy for toddlers from beginning. With this toy your toddler age kids can learn a lot of things.
It is actually for construction buildings, bridges, air planes and cars etc… for your kids, your kids can make their own likable toy to play with that within this amazing toy parts.
Doll House
If your toddler age kid is a baby girl than you should buy her doll house. Because the doll houses are the favorite toys of the girls from very beginnings, even in 21st century the girls are like doll houses.
In my site of view there is no one girl that don't like doll house,
It is suggestion for parents to always buy one doll house set for your toddlers, especially for the baby girls.
Now time is to talk about Mobile or Smart Phone Games for toddlers age kids.
Talking Tom Cat
Talking Tom Cat is the best free toddler game because new learning kids can talk to their pocket tom cat and can learn speaking fast then other kids.
Talking tom cat is very funny and best repeater game for children it is actually made for the toddlers to learn speaking better than ever.
Subway Surfer
Subway Surfer is one the games that kids love to play all the time. But this game is little bit hard then other games we mentioned above. Because in this game is there is incoming train from the front of the Character in this game, and it is coming faster in every step you go ahead.
But your children can manage to play this game, because some time kids love to play hard games.
Kids Karaoke
This is the best game for kid to learn singing and new words, this game is musical subtitled and funny singing related game, now a day's mostly toddler age kid playing this game and learning much better.
This game is ever in tablets of kids camping companies that a lot of children are playing and liking this.
Final words about the best toys and free toddler games.
Dear Parents in this topic you have found the best toys and free toddler games for your kids and it is really best topic for every parent to know about this or like this topics to teach their children even better. And in future we try to write better topic than this one for you to make happy your children and if you google us then you can find best in free toddler games and online free games for kids.


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Lies Christians Believe
Selected Scriptures
History is replete with tragic examples of people consumed by powerful influences. They often believed ideas without thinking and without stopping to consider before taking action. Instead, they just went along and, as a result, endured serious consequences.
Sadly, that has happened with many Christians in the contemporary church. Many have unthinkingly consumed the prevailing lies offered to them by the world around. They have bought into the powerful influence and lies of the culture in a way that threatens to destroy spiritual health... and even threatens to destroy their souls.
Tom Pennington's Lies Christians Believe unpacks the foundations of Romans chapter 12 verses 1 and 2. You'll learn to avoid having your thinking pushed into the mold of the prevailing mindset of the age, and instead have your mind renewed to embrace the thinking of God Himself.


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Dalmore 12 year old
A luxurious single malt from the Highlands of Scotland. Located near village of Alness. Dalmore sits overlooking the Cromarty Firth. On Dalmore bottles you will find a grand silver stags head. The story of this dates back to 1263, when Colin of Kintail, Chief of the clan Mackenzie, saved King Alexander III of Scotland from a charging stag. As a reward the grateful King granted him lands and also the right to use the 12-pointed Royal Stag as the Mackenzie clan crest.
On the nose, Christmas shopping! Memories of popping into a high street coffee shop to warm with a cinnamon chocolate latte dash of vanilla on top with some fruit cake on the side, on the palate toffee orange chocolate and on the finish mellow with orange figs and subtle spice.


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Hello cigars smokers this time I want talk about another amazing place in Rome where you can enjoy your cigars, De La Ville Hotel in Rome, Via Sistina 69.
The hotel is near the Spanish Steps, in the center of the Eternal City. The hotel gets a wonderful bar at the roof garden where you have an amazing view of the city.
The bar has a good choice of rums and single malts to pair with your cigar. When I was there with a good friend of mine, we drunk a Macallan 12 YO and smoking a Julieta n.2.
It was the right pairing in a beautiful summer night. So if you are in Rome and you want to enjoy a good cigars in an amazing place, go to De La Ville Hotel, you will enjoy it for sure.
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This is the one of the cards that I made for Lianna's Rainbow swap that she is hosting on SCS. We each made 10 cards of the same color and this one is obviously black--though not a rainbow color! I have had this stamp for a long time, but I think this is the first time it has been inked up!
My second card for this swap will be posted on Tuesday if you want to check it out!
Here is the inside of my card:
I hope Lianna and the others swappers like my card!
Image/Sentiment: Stampendous Bicycle Works
Cardstock: Gina K White; Stampin' Up Basic Black and Back to Black Designer Series Paper
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
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Canadian women drop 64-52 decision to Dutch in pool play while Canadian men fall 79-68 to Poland in crossover match
- Canadian women (2-2) sit third in pool A with one more round robin game to play
- Arinn Young led Canada with 21 points, followed closely by Cindy Ouellet with 18 points
- Nik Goncin led all players with 25 points while Patrick Anderson picked up his fourth double-double (19 points, 11 rebounds)
- Canadian men (2-2) to resume play in placement match
(Hamburg, Germany) The Canadian Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team dropped a 64-52 decision to the Netherlands in pool play at the 2018 World Championships in Hamburg on Tuesday. Canada sits third in pool A with a 2-2 record.
After a strong start by Canada, the undefeated Netherlands side found its groove and put on a clinic in the paint as Canada struggled to contain the formidable offensive duo of Mariska Beijer (36 points) and Bo Kramer (22 points). Arinn Young (Legal, Alta.) was the top point producer for Canada with 21 points, closely followed by Cindy Ouellet (Quebec. Que.) with 18 points.
"We have to do better at defence and take away their first threats," said Team Canada head coach Marc Antoine Ducharme. "We know Beijer and Kramer typically score 90 per cent of their points, so we have to stop them from shooting and keep them outside of the key. We can't just let her go inside and finish like she did today."
"It's frustrating to come out hot and lose, but you have to keep your composure the whole game," said Young. "I think there were times when we both had mini runs back and forth, but we know what we have to clean up and that's our defence and that's what we're looking forward to doing in the game tomorrow."
The Canadian women play their final round robin game on Wednesday at 4 a.m. ET against Brazil (0-4).
In earlier action, the Canadian Men's Wheelchair Basketball Team lost a 79-68 heartbreaker to Poland in crossover play to fall out of medal contention at the 2018 World Championships. Poland advanced to the quarter-finals, while Canada will resume play in a placement game.
Poland aggressively attacked the basket with speed, precision shooting from the outside and a commanding presence in the key, shooting 61 per cent from the field. Despite a solid effort by the Canucks on both sides of the ball, they simply had no answer to slow the Polish offence enough to close the gap on the scoreboard.
"I'm very disappointed. They are good team and they shot very, very well and exploited their height advantage over us," said Canada's Patrick Anderson (Fergus, Ont.) "We put enough points on the board to win, but defensively we couldn't get the stops and that's sort of been our story here. We are going to have to continue to work on our offence but get a lot better on defence.
"I'm really disappointed in some of the decisions I made and shots that I missed, but at the same time we scored in the high sixties. Our defence just didn't get the job done. That is on all of us. So, it's going to be a real chance to look in the mirror, keep working on our strengths, and also to identify some solutions to our weaknesses to get back in the conversation again. This was our chance to re-establish ourselves as a contender and we didn't do that. So it's a bitter pill to swallow, but we have two years to Tokyo."
Canadians can watch the games live on the Wheelchair Basketball Canada and Canadian Paralympic Team Facebook pages and through CBC Sports at cbcsports.ca.
Netherlands 64 – Canada 52 (Women)
Canada came out flying in the open frame, starting off on a 9-2 run that included one of three three-pointers by Young. The skillful Netherlands team quickly returned the favour though, going on a 15-2 run to go up 17-11. The Dutch made sure to double and sometimes triple-team Young in the opening quarter to try to slow the Canadian offence.
By the half, Netherlands players Beijer and Kramer combined to score 31 of 34 points for the Dutch as they extended their lead to 10. Young finished the half with 12 points, including two three-pointers.
Young and Ouellet got hot at the start of the third quarter, bringing Canada to within just six points and forcing Netherlands to call a time out. Soon after, Ouellet committed her fourth foul of the game and was subbed out by Ducharme.
With pressure building, Young committed an intentional foul that allowed Netherlands to keep the possession and extend their lead. They finished the quarter up 47-39.
In the final frame, Erica Gavel (Prince Albert, Sask.) came into play, scoring four points off the bench. But another intentional foul by Canada allowed the Dutch to stay in front.
With just over seven minutes left in the game with Canada down just eight, Ducharme put his starters back in the game to try for a comeback. Even with another three-pointer from Young and a nice breakaway shot from Ouellet, the Canadians weren't able to stop the dominant Netherlands offence.
In the 64-52 loss, Young tallied another 20-plus point performance finishing with 21 points, six rebounds and six assists. Ouellet scored 18 points and secured seven rebounds.
Fifty of the Netherlands 64 points were scored inside the key, with 58 of their points scored by Beijer and Kramer.
Poland 79 – Canada 68 (Men)
Early in the game, it was clear that the height and speed of the Polish team made for a tough match-up for the Canadians. Poland converted on multiple stretch passes and fast break points to take a lead 21-15 by the end of the first quarter.
In the second, David Eng (Montréal, Que.) and Patrick Anderson (Fergus, Ont.) led Canada's offensive charge with captain Bo Hedges (Wonowon, B.C.) quarterbacking at the head of the offense. While they had multiple good looks to the basket after some great passing, they were unable to convert on multiple opportunities inside. Canada caught a break near the end of the half as Anderson completed a three-point and-one play to tie the game at 31-31.
But, Poland closed the half on a 6-0 scoring run to regain the lead, 37-31. At the half, Poland was shooting 56 per cent from the field to Canada's 40 per cent.
The Canadians got a surge of energy in the second half with Nik Goncin (Regina, Sask.) coming off the bench to score seven straight buckets for Canada, part of his game-high 25 points.
But, Poland countered the Canadian rush, increasing their lead to 13 as their field goal percentage continued to rise. Poland was up 11 at the end of the quarter.
After both teams took turns trading baskets in the final frame, Anderson hit a clutch three-pointer to bring the game within just six points near the three-minute mark. Poland responded by continuing to aggressively attack the basket though, and following a couple easy baskets in the key, they sealed the win 79-68.
Poland finished the game with precision shooting from the outside and a commanding presence in the key, shooting 61 per cent from the field.
Anderson notched another double-double on 19 points, 11 rebounds, and 8 assists.
About the 2018 World Championships
The 2018 IWBF World Championships feature 16 men's teams and 12 women's teams vying for the world title as the top athletes in the game showcase the elite skill, pure athleticism and dynamic speed that allows wheelchair basketball to captivate audiences around the globe. The event is a catalyst for promoting inclusion and marks the largest world championship in the history of the sport and one of the largest international parasport events outside of the Paralympic Games.
For more information visit the schedule and results page or follow Team Canada along the journey to Hamburg on social media via Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
About Wheelchair Basketball Canada
Wheelchair Basketball Canada is the national sport governing body responsible for the organization of the sport in Canada. It is a non-profit, charitable organization that is committed to excellence in the development, support and promotion of wheelchair basketball programs and services for all Canadians from grassroots to high performance. Wheelchair basketball is a fast-paced, hard-hitting, competitive sport in which Canada is held in high esteem around the world for winning a combined six gold, one silver, and one bronze medal in the last seven Paralympic Games.


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iHeartRadio's Audience Is Growing
Triton released new audience data this week and the most interesting thing on the ranker is the fact that Clear Channel's streaming platform is beginning to pick up steam, with stats growing 7% from April to May.
As RAIN points out in their analysis yesterday afternoon, Pandora's number grew about 4% from April to May, which could be an indicator of slowing in terms of their exponential growth. With more than a billion session starts and close to a million active sessions during the month, their market share is massive. Clear Channel's growing active session number is approaching just 15% of Pandora's number.
One thing that can continue to drive Clear Channel's growth is their ability to brand iHeartRadio throughout their media empire. The deals that they have signed with other broadcast companies also drive listener registration for the iHeartRadio platform. Once registered, those listeners to Cox, Greater Media, Cumulus, or other partner stations in the platform, can easily be converted to listeners to iHeartRadio. Recently introduced features such as artist curated channels, personalized listening options, and social offerings are helping to drive both sampling and listening to iHeartRadio.
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Haley's Beef: Where's The Cume?
The latest Webcast Metrics audience reports are out for August 2011, and the lineup of stations on the ranker remains pretty much the same. Pandora sits atop with nearly half a million session starts. Below them, CBSRadio's network of streams has 58 million session starts and Clear Channel's group of streams has 54 million. Citadel, Slacker, Entercom, Cox, ESPNRadio, Cox, Digitally Imported and EMF round out the list of top ten streaming networks. Cumulus is in the 11th position – look for that group to combine with Citadel in the coming months now that the Cumulus purchase of Citadel is done.
This month, for variety I have decided to look at session starts and tsl instead of AAS. Pandora is holding steady at a tsl of .80 – meaning that was the average duration of the nearly 500 million session starts that they saw last month. Pandora's tsl is shorter than Clear Channel's and CBSRadio's, though not by a lot. Slacker's is .69. Topping the ranker in terms of length of listening session are Salem, Hubbard and AccuRadio.
At The Radio Show last month, RAB president Jeff Haley remarked in his opening speech that Pandora's audience claims aren't fair because they're not using a cume number that represents unique listeners. That numbers of sessions, duration of sessions and tsl don't tell the story of how many individuals the platform is reaching. This is a valid point – Webcast Metrics rankers do provide data useful for comparing the services against each other and for determining impression based advertising values, but the data does not give an accurate picture of the number of unique individuals that a station reaches.
Determining uniques shouldn't be a difficult data point for server based audience measurement, although I'm thinking that each device a person listens on would have to be a unique. That could then be factored by the average number of devices a person uses if a buyer wanted to get a truer representation of the station's cume.
I'm all for transparency and this seems like a good point to pursue. Here's the ranker:
Internet Radios Selling Well In Auto Aftermarket
Six percent of automotive aftermarket car radios sold this year will be Internet radio capable, according to the Consumer Electronic Association. That number will increase to 14% by 2015 based on projections from the CEA.
In sync with that trend, Ford will no longer put cd players in the dash of their cars, opting instead for their connected dash approach, according to Digital Music News. "In-car entertainment technology is moving digital more rapidly than almost any other element of the vehicle experience," said Sheryl Connelly, global trends and futuring manager at Ford Motor Company. "The in-car CD player – much like pay telephones – is destined to fade away in the face of exciting new technology."
The automotive aftermarket is hot for Internet radio, and most notably, Pandora enabled devices. Seattle-based Car Toys' Jim Warren said, "Pandora products are selling through quite well. Typically, the Pandora feature is packaged in with other step up features so it is difficult to isolate the impact of the feature by itself. Regardless, we love seeing our suppliers adding step up features that connect the smartphone to aftermarket car audio."
This year has seen a lot of interest by automotive aftermarket companies in introducing Internet radios. Alpine says that 60% of their 2011 radios have Internet radio features. Pioneer, Kenwood, Livio Radio and other manufacturers have introduced devices as well. "When we first started selling Internet radio products in 2008, we were cold calling customers and the main question we had to answer was "What's Internet Radio?" Now customers are calling our office and asking us what products we have that can add Internet Radio to their cars." says Jake Sigal, Founder of Livio Radio.
No doubt Pandora's big brand helps to create the kind of buzz that sells these radios. Functionality that leaves the listening choices to the listener will be important to the industry as a whole. I look at the way that Sirius and XM drove the success of satellite radio's expansion into cars and wonder who – other than Pandora and to some degree Clear Channel – is driving online radio's automotive future?
2010 Was An Excellent Year For Internet Radio
2010 was the year that Internet radio finally became a household word – although to many that word may have been "Pandora". Pandora's popularity on iPhone and other smartphones really took hold this year, listening became more commonplace and many other stations benefitted as well. Apple's introduction of iPad created more excitement for Internet radio apps, and car manufacturers got into the game as well. Here's a synopsis of key stories from the second half of the year…
August – In August Bridge Ratings gave us more interesting data on Internet radio's audience, using Nielsen's PRIZM lifestyle groupings to establish listening patterns among certain lifestyle groups. Not surprisingly, it's the young, urban, educated and trend setting groups that are fueling adoption of Internet radio in the US.
September – September brought some interesting data on mobile music listening. According to eMarketer, 21.7 million listen to mobile music now and that number will grow to more than 52 million by 2014. comScore had the number even higher, with info showing that 234 million Americans ages 13 and older used mobile devices during the 3 month average period ending in July, 2010 and close to 34 million (14.5%) of them listened to music on them.
October – In October I wrote that Pandora had recently announced that they had 65 million registered users, a number that increased 8% in three months. In the same post I noted recent words from Pandora's Tim Westergren who pointed out that all of Internet radio is just 3% of radio listening right now while 90% is to broadcast radio. That, says Westergren, is where Pandora's growth will come from.
November – In November Clear Channel announced a new partnership with Toyota to put their iheartradio streaming platform in cars, a first for broadcasters moving to work with car manufacturers to create streaming radio opportunities for their platforms in ways similar to Pandora/Ford. Live365 rolled out a new platform Athena 365, targeting women, and RadioTime put their tuner on Google TV.
December – In December we learned, from Coleman Insights, that some folks just prefer to listen online – of the 17% of the population that is streaming monthly, 48% say they don't listen to any over the air radio. The report emphasized that listeners are not shunning AM/FM radio as much as choosing a preferred platform for listening, making it critical that broadcasters view all of their distribution technologies as equally important. There are indications that that is the case – BRS Media reported that more than 75% of broadcasters who featured Christmas music were doing so online.
In addition to lots of positive news and momentum, the industry as a whole began to shape up this year. RAIN Summits, the premiere educational and networking events for the industry, hosted several excellent events including a sold out event at the Radio Show in September. More people, more professionalism, more buzz – all good things for our burgeoning business.
Thanks for reading Audio4cast this year, I wish you a profitable and healthy 2011!
AndoMedia Releases September Data
After a hiatus of a month or so and quickly on the heels of the release of August rankers, AndoMedia has released Webcast Metrics Internet radio audience data for September for its measured stations. Again, some data is missing due to a "log processing error."
Average Active Sessions data is intact for all stations on the ranker. Pandora continues to lead the pack with now over 400,000 Average Active Sessions during the Monday-Sunday 6a-mid daypart. CBSRadio, including AOL and Yahoo's streaming radio platforms, is next with Clear Channel following. Other broadcasters with streaming platforms that make the top ten are ESPNRadio, Entercom, Cox, Citadel, Cumulus and EMF. Slacker is the only online only brand that keeps Pandora company in the top ten.
Bonneville, at #15 on the ranker, has the highest Average Time Spent Listening of over three and a half hours per session.
Katz Online Network continues to be the only sales network represented on the ranker. Here's the snapshot, you can see the entire press release here.
IAB Claims Internet Radio As Its Own With New Report
While broadcasters gathered in DC last week, digital folks were in NYC at the Interactive Advertising Bureau's annual MIXX Conference, part of Ad Week in that city. (It's a shame that the two events are at the same time.) During their event, the IAB released its "Digital Audio Advertising Overview" Platform Status Report, a first ever effort by that organization to define the digital audio space and make it easier for digital advertisers to understand it.
The document "defines the digital audio category and provides a snapshot of the marketplace audience size and demographics as well as outlining the players in the market, the vehicles currently used to deliver content and advertising formats, and some of the most important metrics for measuring success." It's a white paper that provides a nice overview of Internet radio in terms of audience and measurement, ad opportunities and standards. While the report calls itself an overview of the digital audio space, in fact it concentrates solely on Internet radio – I saw no references to podcasting, on demand streaming, HD, or any other types of what I consider to be audio of the digital variety.
The paper provides research from Nielsen, Bridge Ratings, AndoMedia as well as Edison Research/Arbitron's comprehensive annual Infinite Dial Study to define the market size, provide listening data and identify the ad units typically available. It also lists major advertisers such as Chevrolet, Ford, McDonalds, Dunkin Donuts, American Express and Home Depot (the list is longer), and includes a case study of OnStar on the Katz Online Network as well as Pandora.
With this white paper the IAB, the main ad association for the digital market, is finally acknowledging digital audio as a digital ad option for advertisers, so it's a great thing. With all due respect to those involved, it's long overdue. While there is little that's new in the report, it's all pulled together very succinctly into a credible presentation that sellers can use to educate advertisers. It should be particularly useful with digital ad agencies who have been slow to spend on Internet radio. Having the IAB stamp of approval means a lot.
Congrats to Brian Benedik of Katz360 and Andy Lipset of TargetSpot, co-chairs of the IAB's digital audio committee, and the companies that are on the committee: AndoMedia, Google, Clear Channel Radio, Comcast, comScore, Cox Cross Media, ESPN, Pandora Media, and others. Hats off for a job well done.
You can download the report here.
Webcast Metrics Reports May Data
AndoMedia has released May Webcast Metrics audience data for the stations and networks that it measures.
In their press release, AndoMedia states that most stations saw 1 to 2% declines in listening for the month from April stats. Actually, Clear Channel and CBSRADIO saw much greater declines than that – over 10% of their domestic numbers. This *could* be explained in part by the fact that – as my friend Kurt Hanson figured out – most streams have higher listening on weekdays than weekends or holidays. April was 73% weekdays; May was only 65% weekdays. This, says Hanson, accounts for 5% of the drop. The rest, he continues, could be an indicator that "listening to simulcasts of terrestrial stations online does not seem to be growing in 2010."
Other broadcast groups that saw May drops in audience include Cox (6%) and ESPNRadio (9%). Meanwhile, online multi-channel stations DI.fm and 977music grew slightly for the month.
Pandora continues to grow its audience: its domestic-only AAS grew very slightly, but the service gained almost 14.5 million session starts. This may indicate that a lot of folks are visiting but not necessarily staying with Pandora for very long, which wouldn't be too surprising based on the enormous buzz and sampling that they are getting via iPhone apps and such.
The press release and ranker are here..
New Internet Radio Audience Data for February
AndoMedia has released its monthly ranker of listening estimates to Internet radio platforms that are measured by Webcast Metrics, which uses a proprietary platform to track audience data and convert it to audience metrics that can be easily understood by stations, publishers and advertisers.
For Domestic total week listening, Pandora's audience continues to rank first, followed by CBSRadio's online radio platform, which includes all its streaming broadcast stations as well as AOL and Yahoo Launchcast (but does not include CBSRadio-owned Last.fm). Clear Channel, Citadel, Entercom, Cox, EMF, ESPN and Radio One round out the top ten online radio platforms on the domestic ranker which counts only verified US based listening.
The All Streams ranker, which counts all listening to an online group or station's streams, shows some stations that are not providing location verified listening data. Big online brands Digitally Imported, 977Music, 1.fm and AccuRadio push some broadcaster based platforms out of the top ten in this ranker.
AndoMedia points out that this month the average number of listening sessions, sessions started and time spent listening all increased. More info and the actual rankers are available here.
Does It Make Sense to Block Listeners Outside the US From Streaming?
CBSRadio moved last week to block international streaming access to its radio streams, including AOL Radio and Yahoo Radio streams, but not including Last.fm. According to Inside Radio, "CBS Radio VP of communications Karen Mateo says its streams 'are designed for and promoted to the U.S. market which is where the majority of our audience comes from. These changes will allow us to focus on and grow our audiences in the U.S."
Apparently, this news was met with protest, which first appeared on discussion boards at Radio-Info, by listeners in other countries who enjoy access to CBSRadio streams. However, the decision makes some fiscal sense – streaming costs as well as streaming royalties are expensive, and CBS sales efforts are concentrated exclusively on US advertisers, who aren't interested in paying for impressions delivered to listeners outside the US.
Other groups have made similar decisions – Clear Channel currently blocks access outside the US for its streams, and Pandora also limits access. But Cox's VP of Digital Gregg Lindahl told Inside Radio that they consider their overseas streams to be a service to soldiers whom their stations hear from all the time.
Geo IP targeting capabilities have made it possible for buyers to understand what percentage of a station's audience is non-domestic, and to elect not to purchase those impressions. Without a way to monetize the audience, it's tough to justify delivering the content. AndoMedia recently began releasing streaming audience data in both domestic and total audience rankers, showing what percentage of a station's audience is domestic versus international.
There's an alternative for stations that want to continue to provide streaming access to listeners outside the US. Adswizz, a Belgium based company that provides a platform for display, video and audio ad-serving and ad management to radio stations, also has an ad exchange network that enables stations to sell those impressions. "Adswizz is indeed an alternative and we would certainly like to sell their international inventory in Europe using our exchange network", says Patrick Roger, VP Global Sales and Marketing, Adswizz.
In fact, they're already selling campaigns for some US based web-only properties that have such impressions. This solution, or one that finds advertisers who are specifically interested in sponsoring access to listeners outside the US, are two alternatives that would make more friends than enemies, extend a company's platform, brand and audience, and provide some extra revenue as well…
Better Digital Inventory Insight for Broadcasters
Broadcasters are selling more and more ads across multi media platforms – according to a report in Inside Radio last week, about 80% of Clear Channel's on-air advertisers now include a digital component — streaming or otherwise — in their buys. That's good news for the industry that needs to expand content distribution to multiple channels and learn to manage and monetize ad inventory on all of them.
Marketron, the leading provider of inventory management software for radio stations, is rolling out a new application that significantly improves radio's ability to sell and manage comprehensive cross-media advertising campaigns. Marketron's new Revenue Builder enables better inventory management across media platforms, which will definitely spur sales growth.
Cox Radio will install Marketron Revenue Builder across its entire group of 86 radio stations. "Cox has a very successful digital strategy," states Neil Johnston, CFO of Cox Media. "Marketron Revenue Builder gives our local stations a great advantage and an opportunity to increase sales, streamline processes and provide an unlimited array of services to our advertisers." Cox has always had a sophisticated interactive platform and approach to sales, they were one of the first groups to stream all of their stations.
Marketron Revenue Builder is a market-changing application for radio groups. Some radio organizations have done a great job selling their digital assets but are challenged by complex and labor-intensive processes at the operational level. Revenue Builder enables stations to track and manage cross platform inventory from sales through billing in the same way they manage their broadcast business. Any radio company competing for online dollars should consider this solution.


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What do people see when they open a post from me? Can you see my replies? Do you get my replies? Can you see any replies?
EDITED TO ADD: I am replying to people, and getting notifications of comments, but the comments aren't there. I am also reccing people, but that doesn't seem to alter the comment status. The only comments that seem to appear are from phones.
CORRECTION - Reccing comments seems to bring them into view, so like Korben said, there is no all replies, there is just highlights. Also, there is no Dana, only Zuul.
I feel so alone now...


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Negative hotel reviews can make a huge difference to the opinions of potential guests who may be thinking of booking a room at a residence. Replying to customers who have had a bad experience at an accommodation is the right thing to do, but they must be responded to in a positive manner. Having a critical review online can really hurt the reputation of a hotel, so it is vital to get the tone of the reply right to repair a relationship. It can also help future guests to feel like the residence cares enough to want to address any problems at the hotel. The aim is for staff members to show they have read and understood what the review says.
It is important to research the issue that has been talked about in the customer comment and find out the circumstances. Often certain situations can be explained and this could immediately make the situation better. It is important to find out whether the guest actually complained during their stay and if there is a record of this noted down by staff members. There are a number of great online marketing solutions to use when it comes to enticing potential guests to a residence. One is replying to complaints online as customers may like the look of an accommodation, but they also want to feel like they can trust the hotel.
One of the first things a reply to a guest should include is thanking them for their feedback, whether it is positive or negative. Staff members writing the reply should always be polite and indicate that any type of comment is valuable to the company. Always use the guest's name when replying to make it feel personal, and make sure to actually reply directly about the complaint. Providing a pre-written response is not acceptable as customers will notice that all the replies are the same. Every note written back to a traveller who has stayed at the hotel should be unique, but must provide the same brand voice that offers certain values.
There must always be an apology offered for the poor experience the customer has had, as sympathising will make all the difference. The most important part of replying to a customer complaint is highlighting any changes that have been made as a result. If it can be it should be touched on in the comment online, but a further conversation must be taken offline to avoid any online arguments. Asking the customer to contact the firm directly is a positive way to get them to engage offline, and it is vital to not promise any form of compensation online. If a hotel has a guest's details it must send a personal email to express its apologies.
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We've seen it so many times. It's hard enough when a friend starts seeing the bad boy and you just know they're going to get their heart broken. But what to do when that friend is the Prime Minister…?
"If Donald breaks Malcolm's heart? Why I'll…"
We've all seen it before. A friend or a relative starts a relationship with someone and you think, "This is never gonna work. The bloke's an arsehole."
At first you convince yourself there's nothing in it. Malcolm's never shown any interest in Donald. In fact, he's described him as "loathsome". Malcolm and Donald come from opposite sides of the track. One a millionaire. The other a billionaire; simply nothing in common.
So, there doesn't seem anything to worry about here.
However, to everyone's surprise, Donald is starting to make something of himself. He has a certain appeal, in a "look at me, I'm a bossy baby" kind of way. Malcolm's noticed it too. He gets all aflutter when talking about The Donald. Malcolm chuckles at the pet name. He's always had difficulty resisting the bad boys. They've been his kryptonite. So, when Donald comes along with his coarse talking ways, you know Malcolm's going to notice, just as he did as a school boy, oppressed shamefully by the spivs and forgotten people of the cashmere belt. He's always deserved more. Maybe, Donald speaks to Malcolm's aspirations.
You're alert but not alarmed when he starts referring to Donald as "great" and "momentous".
But then, he pulls you aside and breathlessly murmurs in your ear.
"Donald beguiles me", he whispers. "He enchants me, he ensnares me."
Whoa!?! This is getting out of control.
Time for an intervention.
Everyone has an opinion. Your German friend Angela frowns. She and Donald have some history. Something to do with leaving a door open.
Bill, Malcolm's pushy neighbour shrugs it off, "Sure, Donald's 'barking mad' but at least Malcolm's not bothering me."
It's awkward. No one, wants to interfere. Hopefully, it's a passing crush. Maybe it will just go away if the elite gossip mongers stop talking about it.
But then, somehow Malcolm gets Donald's telephone number. Thanks for nothing, Greg.
So he's all, "Donald? Donald? Over here. It's me, Malcolm… Yoo-Hoo!"
Before you have time to cringe, Malcolm's organising a meet up with Donald. Somewhere near Venezuela. Donald fobs him off. Maybe later. Everyone knows Donald's seeing other people.
Quite frankly, Malcolm's starting to embarrass himself.
Others try to talk sense to him but he won't listen.
"You've never wanted me to be happy!" he yells. This is mostly directed over the fence.
It's clear that Malcolm is becoming isolated and a lot of people are starting to worry about him.
Close friends rally around. Julie, suppressing a little mouth vomit declares, "Donald will be good for you, Malcolm." That's the spirit.
Everyone's moving forward, putting on a brave face. It looks like things are going to be okay.
Malcolm gets all aflutter when talking about The Donald. Malcolm chuckles at the pet name. He's always had difficulty resisting the bad boys. They've been his kryptonite.
Cocktails are organised at The Lodge. Malcolm seems in good spirits. Sadly, you barely have time to relax before the convivial atmosphere is shattered by the explosion of a single vintage wine glass. Malcolm is standing there clutching the bloodied shards of his ruined goblet. He has overheard some whisperings about Donald's racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic past and you can hear the stitches breaking and old wounds ripping open.
"It's not true. People made those things up." Malcolm shouts.
"He'll change," Malcolm continues in an increasingly shrill voice.
Falling to his knees. He screams to the sky, "I… can… fix… him!!"
You haven't heard much from Malcolm since that unpleasant cocktail business. Apparently, Donald and he are having disagreements. Donald is getting tired of the smuggling and bondage games. Malcolm finds it hot. Donald says it's cold. That sort of thing. Nothing serious at this stage but it's not a good sign.
You're all anxious about where this is heading. Donald can be quite a tyrant when things don't go his way.
Finally, you bump into Tony, a surprisingly pugnacious fellow with an unusual gait.
It's been an emotional time and the strain has taken its toll. So, you take the opportunity to unburden yourself.
With a single tear rolling down your cheek you whisper, "If Donald breaks Malcolm's heart…? Why, I'll…"
But you stop mid sentence. Tony is looking at you in a frozen death stare, a rhythmic head wobble. You glance around disconcertingly. After an apparent lifetime, Tony swaggers away.
"Shit happens," he says.


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The story of The Fall helps set the stage for the rest of Scripture. Many ask whether it is historically true or simply an allegorical story meant to convey a truth? Honestly, I don't think that is a very important question. It's a significant story either way; a story that is packed with imagery to draw from and lessons to be learned. One of those lessons involves a character called "The Serpent".
The Serpent manages to convince Eve to eat of the only tree that God said to stay away from. Even touching its fruit would result in death. This story often gets equated to a toddler who is told she can play with anything in the house…except the one thing she ultimately ends up playing with. It is said to be wired into human nature to rebel in this way. I have come to believe that the Serpent told a very clever and subtle lie. This lie was incredibly effective in this story and I believe it is still being told, even today. The lie: "You are not complete. And what you are needing can only be found 'out there'".
Genesis 1:27 tells us that God created humanity in His Image. Being made in God's Divine Image, humanity was complete. They had the freedom to rest in this profound truth, but instead they were convinced that the Image they bore wasn't enough. They began searching for something that didn't exist; a search that all too many of us continue to this day. It seems this story still has much to teach us.
We bear the very same Divine Image said to reside in Adam and Eve. Few would refute this statement, and yet most of us still act as if something is missing. We believe that we have to look elsewhere in order to find our own fulfillment. The truth is that God is already here. God is in this world. God is in this room. God is within me. God is closer to me than I am to myself. I can't see my own soul without seeing God and I can't see God without seeing my own soul.
This incredible truth invites us to the same freedom that was offered to Adam and Eve; the freedom to rest knowing that we are made complete through the one whose Image we bear. So, why continue searching "out there" for that mysterious thing that will complete us? This pursuit of external completion will always lead to competition, hatred and even violence. If I am to be made complete by my theology, then it can only complete me if it is found to be more "right" than anyone else's. If I am to be made complete through power that I have gained, then I am only completed if my power is greater than that of my enemy. If I see my own success as symbolic of my completeness, then a threat to that success is also a threat to my very existence. I believe this is why Paul says that we are redeemed through being "In Christ" rather than through obedience to the Law. We aren't talking about fruit anymore, but the lie is the same; "You are not complete. And what you are needing can only be found 'out there'".
The Still Small Voice continues beckoning us to rest. Stop trying to complete yourself. You can't. God's Image lies at the core of who you are. Despite what the Serpent might say, that is enough.


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Harvard student Obasi Shaw channeled the consciousness of Kendrick Lamar and Chance the Rapper into a thesis that is pretty legendary.
Shaw, an English major, has become the first Harvard student to create a rap album as a senior thesis. His album is dedicated to the plight of black Americans and takes inspiration from both classic literature like Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales and sociopolitical commentary from Chance and Kendrick.
"Some people don't consider rap a high art form," Shaw said. "But poetry and rap are very similar. Rhyming poems were very common in old English poetry."
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It's 75 years since Simm was founded and, to mark this special anniversary, the company celebrated this week with a birthday cake for its staff.
Founded on 11 September 1941 as GE Simm (Surplus in Modern Machinery) Ltd, the company originally had four divisions: air compressors, second-hand machinery and valves, conveyor belting and hydraulic mining equipment.
In 2015, the compressed air division was purchased by the Halifax-based company, Pennine Pneumatic Services (PPS), and is now run as Simm Engineering. The hydraulic mining equipment division continues to operate at Simm Mining Products.
Events of 1941
The company was established during the Second World War, in a year that saw the attack on Pearl Harbour, the capture of the Enigma machine and the sinking of the Ark Royal, as well as the last ever execution at the Tower of London. On a lighter note, 1941 saw the premiere of Noël Coward's comic play Blithe Spirit.
Popular films at the box office in 1941 included:
- Citizen Kane
- Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
- Dumbo
- The Lady Eve
- The Little Foxes
- The Maltese Falcon
Notable deaths:
- Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts
- James Joyce, novelist and poet (Ulysses, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man)
- Kaiser Wilhelm, Emperor of Germany
- Virginia Wolf, novelist (Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse)
Notable births:
- Julie Christie, actor (Doctor Zhivago, Don't Look Now)
- Richard Dawkins, scientist and writer
- Bobby Moore, football player, England captain for the 1966 world cup win
- David Puttnam, film director (Chariots of Fire, Midnight Express)
- Delia Smith, TV chef
- Vivienne Westwood, fashion designer
A celebration for old and new, past directors Gillian Green and Joanne McGuire were invited by new directors Ian Harrison and Gary Whitaker to be involved in the staff celebrations.


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How does the "Pharmacy of The Year" celebrate their recent milestone? Woody's Burgers and a cool desert! The Guardian Pharmacy SEFL team celebrated winning the 2019 Guardian Award with an "Employee Appreciation" event, recognizing the hard work and dedication displayed by the SEFL team over the past year. Team members were treated to their pick of best of Woody's Burgers – a house favorite food truck in Deerfield Beach – and some "cool" refreshments from the ice cream truck. Congratulations to all for making Guardian Pharmacy SEFL soar above the rest, warranting this special event.
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