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\section{\label{sec:introduction}Introduction}
\PARstart{A}{s} many problems of practical relevance are often
characterized by several criteria that simultaneously have to be
taken into consideration when solving the problem, multi-criteria
approaches play an increasingly important role in many application
areas of operations research, engineering, and computer science.
Approaches from the domain of multi criteria decision making
describe an alternative $x$, belonging to the set of feasible
alternatives $X$, by a set of objective functions $Z(x) = \left(
z_{1}(x), \ldots, z_{K}(x) \right)$. From a decision making
perspective, these functions describe attributes of the
alternatives, which are considered to be of relevance from the point
of view of a decision maker, in a quantitative way. As the aspects
and therefore the functions are however  often of conflicting
nature, not a single alternative exists being optimal for all
$z_{k}(x)$. Instead, a set of equally Pareto-optimal alternatives
can be found as introduced in the definitions below. Without loss of
generality, we assume in the following
Definitions~\ref{def:dominance} and \ref{def:efficiency} the
maximization of the components $z_{k}(x)$ of $Z(x)$.

\begin{definition}[Dominance]\label{def:dominance}
A vector $Z(x)$ is said to dominate $Z(x')$ iff $z_{k}(x) \geq
z_{k}(x') \forall k=1, \ldots, K \wedge \exists k \mid z_{k}(x) >
z_{k}(x')$. We denote the dominance of $Z(x)$ over $Z(x')$ with
$Z(x) \preceq Z(x')$.
\end{definition}

\begin{definition}[Efficiency,
Pareto-optimality]\label{def:efficiency} The vector $Z(x), x \in X$
is said to be efficient iff $\not\!\exists Z(x'), x' \in X \mid
Z(x') \preceq Z(x)$. The corresponding alternative $x$ is called
{\em Pareto-optimal}, the set of all Pareto-optimal alternatives
{\em Pareto-set $P$}.
\end{definition}

Two aspects play a vital role for solving multi-objective problems:

\begin{enumerate}
\item Search for optimal alternatives (the Pareto set $P$), supported by an
optimization approach. In comparison to single-objective
optimization approaches, the notion of optimality is here
generalized with respect to the set of simultaneously considered
optimality criteria.
\item Choice of a most-preferred solution by the decision maker of
the particular situation. While in single-objective optimization
problems, the choice of the most-preferred solution naturally
follows the identification of the (single) optimal solution, in
multi-objective problems an individual tradeoff between conflicting
criteria has to be resolved in a decision making procedure.
\end{enumerate}

Principally, three classes of combining search and decision making
exist \cite{horn:1997:incollection}:

\begin{enumerate}
\item {\em A priori} approaches reduce the multi-objective problem
into a single-objective problem by constructing a utility function
for the decision maker. The resolution of the problem then lies in
the identification of the solution which maximizes the chosen
utility function.
\item {\em A posteriori} approaches first identify the Pareto set
$P$ (or a close and representative approximation) and then resolve
the choice of a most-preferred solution within an interactive
decision making procedure.
\item {\em Interactive} approaches combine search and decision
making, presenting one or several solutions to the decision maker
and collecting preference information which is then used to further
guide the search for higher preferred alternatives.
\end{enumerate}

The question, which particular way to follow when solving
multi-objective optimization problems depends on several aspects. As
mentioned above, a priori approaches require comparably rich
preference information from the decision maker in order to reduce
the problem to a single-objective problem. Assuming this information
can be obtained, the resolution of the problem is straight-forward.
Unfortunately, this is not necessarily the case in many situations
as uncertainty about the precise appearance of the decision makers
utility function is often present. Also, the acceptance of a single
solution computed by a computational intelligence method may be a
problematic issue from a psychological point of view for some
decision makers as no further choice is possible.

A posteriori approaches on the other side do not require any
information from a decision maker. Instead, the Pareto set $P$ is
computed off-line, allowing the decision maker to perform other
tasks while waiting for the results of the optimization procedure.
Under the assumption that the set of optimality functions $Z(x)$ is
exhaustive, an important aspect when formulating multi-objective
models \cite{bouyssou:1990:incollection}, one element $x^{*} \in P$
can be identified in a later decision making procedure as the
most-preferred one. A potential drawback of this approach is
however, that the Pareto-set may be of large cardinality, resulting
in a necessary high computational effort when identifying the
Pareto-optimal alternatives. Also, many if not most $x \in P$ are
discarded in the decision making procedure as they do not meet the
individual, personal requirements of the decision maker.

Interactive approaches may overcome the problems of the above
described extreme ways of resolving multi-objective optimization
problem. On one hand, only partial preference information is
required when solving the problem as the search is guided in one
direction which may be changed when obtaining less-preferred
solutions. On the other hand, only fewer alternatives have to be
computed compared to the entire Pareto-set $P$. An important aspect
when implementing interactive approaches is, that the decision maker
needs to be present during the resolution procedure. Also, the
computation of the solutions has to be completed in little time as
the decision maker will have to wait for the results of the system.
With the increasing computational possibilities of modern,
affordable computer systems, the proposition and implementation
interactive approaches however becomes more and more attractive.

Recent approaches of computational intelligence techniques implement
interactive problem resolution procedures, e.\,g.\ on the basis of
Evolutionary Algorithms \cite{phelps:2003:article}, involving a
decision maker during search. While in these approaches the set of
criteria remains fixed during search, other concepts also include
the possibility of dynamically changing the relevant criteria when
searching for a most-preferred solution
\cite{geiger:2004:incollection}. Research in interactive
computational techniques is however a rather new field, and the
precise way of how to integrate articulated preferences in the
search process is still to be investigated in more detail.

In this article, we aim to contribute to the development of
interactive computational intelligence techniques for the resolution
of multi-objective optimization problems. While the search for
Pareto-optimal alternatives is done by metaheuristics on the basis
of local search, individual preferences guide the search in a
particular direction with the goal of identifying a subset of $P$
that is considered to be of interest to the decision maker. While
the idea is generic, it is tested on a particular application.

The article is organized as follows. In the following
Section~\ref{sec:problem:description}, the biobjective portfolio
optimization problem is introduced and a quantitative optimization
model is presented. We also briefly review existing approaches from
the literature that have been used to solve this problem.
An interactive procedure to solve the problem is proposed in
Section~\ref{sec:solution:approach}. Experimental investigations on
benchmark instances taken from literature follow in
Section~\ref{sec:experiments}, and conclusions are drawn in
Section~\ref{sec:conclusions}.

\section{\label{sec:problem:description}Problem description}
The multi-objective portfolio optimization problem consists in
selecting a subset of assets from a set of $n$ possible investment
possibilities such that several criteria, mainly the profit and risk
of the resulting portfolio, are optimized. More formally, the
following program has to be solved.

\begin{equation}
\max z_{k}(x) = \sum_{j=1}^{n} p_{j}^{k} \mathrm{x}_{j} \quad
\forall k = 1, \ldots, K
\end{equation}

s.\,t.\

\begin{equation}\label{eqn:weight}
\sum_{j=1}^{n} c_{j} \mathrm{x}_{j} \leq C
\end{equation}

\begin{equation}\label{eqn:binary}
\mathrm{x}_{j} \in \{ 0, 1 \}
\end{equation}

Each alternative $x$ consists of an $n$-dimensional decision vector
$x = ( \mathrm{x}_{1}, \ldots, \mathrm{x}_{n} )$ which defines for
each asset $j$ whether it is included in the portfolio
($\mathrm{x}_{j} = 1$) or not ($\mathrm{x}_{j} = 0$), given in
constraint~(\ref{eqn:binary}). Side constraint~(\ref{eqn:weight})
ensures that a given capacity (e.\,g.\ a budget) of $C$ is not
exceeded, and typically the nonnegative coefficients $c_{j}$ relate
to each other as $c_{j} \leq C \,\, \forall j=1, \ldots, n$ and
$\sum_{j=1}^{n} c_{j} > C$. The nonnegative coefficients $p_{j}^{k}$
express for each $\mathrm{x}_{j}$ the contribution (e.\,g.\ the
profit) of asset $j$ to objective $k$.

As the objectives conflict with each other, a set of Pareto-optimal
alternatives $P$ exists among which the choice of a most-preferred
solution $x^{*} \in P$ has to be made.

Unfortunately, the problem, also referred to as the so called
knapsack problem, is $\mathcal{NP}$-hard \cite{garey:1979:book},
even for a $K = 1$. For single-objective problems, relatively good
branch-and-bound algorithms have been developed
\cite{martello:1990:book}, other approaches are based on dynamic
programming \cite{klamroth:2000:article}. The multi-objective case
with $K \geq 2$ has been tackled again with branch-and-bound
\cite{ulungu:1997:incollection} and several heuristics, mainly local
search as e.\,g.\ Simulated Annealing \cite{ulungu:1999:article}, or
Tabu Search \cite{gandibleux:2000:article}.

\section{\label{sec:solution:approach}Solution approach}
Based on the discussion of different problem resolution strategies
in Section~\ref{sec:introduction}
we propose an interactive metaheuristic that brings search and
decision making together in a combined approach.

In the first step of the problem resolution approach, the decision
maker is provided with lower and upper bounds of the particular
problem. For the knapsack problem, this can be done by a set of
weights $W$ and relaxing the binary constraint~\ref{eqn:binary} for
the computation of upper bounds. An example of a visual output is
given in Figure~\ref{fig:screenshot}, plotting the lower bound sets
in blue, the upper bound sets in orange.

\begin{figure}[!ht]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=8cm]{fig_screenshot_goal.eps}
\caption{\label{fig:screenshot}Lower/ upper approximation and
determination of the goal vector}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

By means of the visualization of the lower and upper bounds, the
decision maker may easily see the area in which Pareto-optimal
solutions can be found. It becomes equally clear what values of
$Z(x)$ are not possible as they would dominate an upper bound,
enabling the decision maker to develop realistic expectations of a
most-preferred solution $x^{*}$. In other words, objective values
which are not achievable, as they lie outside the boundaries of the
upper bounds, can be excluded from the decision making procedure.

The search for Pareto-optimal solutions is then guided by the
articulation of a reference point $R = (r_{1}, \ldots, r_{K})$,
given in red color in Figure~\ref{fig:screenshot}. This reference
point defines a cone in outcome space which is used to specify an
area in which the most-preferred solution $x^{*}$ is expected. After
having successfully implemented an a posteriori strategy based on
the same principle in which the identification of a most-preferred
solution is supported by the progressive articulation of aspiration
levels \cite{geiger:2006:moscheduling:system}, we use this idea here
to interactively guide the search.

\begin{algorithm}[!ht]%
\caption{\label{alg:optimization:shellpils}Optimization framework}
\begin{algorithmic}[1]%
\STATE{Compute a first approximation $P^{approx}$ of $P$ using a set of weights $W$.}%
\STATE{Present $P^{approx}$ to the decision maker}%
\STATE{Obtain a reference point $R$ from the decision maker} %
\REPEAT%
    \STATE{Compute $P_{R}^{approx}$}
    \WHILE{$R$ has not been changed {\bf or} termination criterion has not been met}
        \STATE{Search for Pareto-optimal alternatives in the cone defined by $R$ by means of a pre-defined local search metaheuristic
        \STATE{Constantly update $P_{R}^{approx}$ while searching for Pareto-optimal solutions
        \STATE{Constantly update the visualization of $P_{R}^{approx}$, showing the results to the decision maker
    \ENDWHILE
\UNTIL{termination criterion is met}
\end{algorithmic}%
\end{algorithm}%

The cone defined by $R$ is used to compute the set of alternatives
$P_{R}^{approx}$ that dominate the reference point and therefore lie
in the interior of the cone. In brief, $P_{R}^{approx}$ contains all
elements $x \in P^{approx} \mid z_{k}(x) \geq r_{k} \forall k=1,
\ldots, K$, therefore $P_{R}^{approx} \subseteq P^{approx}$. These
alternatives are used by the Pareto Iterated Local Search
metaheuristic, whose principle is sketched in Figure~\ref{fig:pils}
and discussed in the following. Search continues until the decision
maker terminates the process. This is going to be the case when a
solution $x^{*} \in P_{R}^{approx}$ is found which meets the
individual requirements and expectations of the decision maker as
close as possible.

\begin{figure}[!ht]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics{fig_pils.eps}
\caption{\label{fig:pils}Pareto Iterated Local Search}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

Starting from an initial solution, a local search run is performed
using a neighborhood operator until no further improvement is
possible with simple local modifications. During this step, an
archive of alternatives is maintained which contains all
non-dominated alternatives found during search. While in the general
procedure of Pareto Iterated Local Search
\cite{geiger:2006:pils:scheduling} all non-dominated alternatives
are kept, we here restrict the procedure to keep only alternatives
in the cone defined by $R$ for further modifications/ improvements.
In Figure~\ref{fig:pils}, this stage of the procedure is visualized
as step (1), with the results shown as white points in outcome
space.

After having obtained a set of locally optimal alternatives, one of
them is picked at random, see $Z(x)$ in Figure~\ref{fig:pils},
perturbed into another alternative $x'$ using some other
neighborhood (2), and search is continued from here (3). As it can
be seen in Figure~\ref{fig:pils}, the perturbed solution may be
dominated by one or several elements of $P_{R}^{approx}$, which has
to be accepted when overcoming local optimality. In result, the
metaheuristic iterates in interesting areas of the search space as
opposed to restarting search from some other solution. This
principle, known from Iterated Local Search
\cite{lourenco:2003:incollection}, has been already successfully
applied to other problems in which considerable
fitness-distance-correlations have been found
\cite{boese:1996:phdthesis}.

The computations of the metaheuristic are continued, constantly
updating the plot of the Pareto-optimal alternatives in outcome
space. During the problem resolution procedure, the decision maker
is allowed modify the reference point, shifting the focus of the
computations towards other regions. The problem resolution procedure
terminates with the identification of a most-preferred solution
$x^{*}$.

\section{\label{sec:experiments}Experimental investigations}
\subsection{Experimental setup}
The interactive Pareto Iterated Local Search has been tested on a
benchmark instance taken from \cite{gandibleux:2000:article}. Apart
from the fact that the optimal alternatives of these instances are
known as mentioned above, the data sets are widely used for
experimental investigations and comparison. In choosing them, we
hope to provide a basis for fair and representative comparison. The
data of the instance can be obtained from the internet homepage of
the International Society on Multiple Criteria Decision Making under
\url{http://www.terry.uga.edu/mcdm/}.

Local modifications of alternatives $x$ are done by randomly picking
a single decision variable $\mathrm{x}_{j} \mid \mathrm{x}_{j} = 1$,
changing its value to $\mathrm{x}_{j} = 0$, and randomly changing
the value of other randomly chosen decision variables to 1 until no
additional asset may be added to the solution.

We applied this local search neighborhood to each element in
$P_{R}^{approx}$ until a dominating alternative has been found,
replacing the alternative, or a subsequent number of 100
unsuccessful iterations has been tested on each element in
$P_{R}^{approx}$. Then, the perturbation is applied to a randomly
picked element in $P_{R}^{approx}$. The alternative is perturbed by
changing two randomly chosen variables $\mathrm{x}_{j} =
\mathrm{x}_{l} = 1$ to 0 and refilling up the knapsack to the
capacity $C$ by randomly selected other assets. In this sense, the
perturbation is similar to the regular neighborhood, only that more
decision variables are involved, leading to a bigger jump in the
search space while keeping most of the characteristics of the
perturbed alternative at the same time. The search then continues
from the alternative which has been obtained through perturbation as
described in Section~\ref{sec:solution:approach}.

In order to simulate the individual preference articulation of the
decision maker, three reference points have been defined as given in
table~\ref{tbl:goal:vectors}, one in the \lq{}knee-region\rq{}
\cite{rachmawati:2006:inproceedings} and two in the extreme areas of
either one of the objective functions.

\begin{table}[!ht]
\begin{center}
\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3}
\caption{Reference points} \label{tbl:goal:vectors}
\begin{tabular}{lll}
\hline
Model & Reference point & Vector\\
\hlin
2KP50-50 & ref. \#1 & $r_{1} = 1807, r_{2} = 1924$\\
2KP50-50 & ref. \#2 & $r_{1} = 2094, r_{2} = 1800$\\
2KP50-50 & ref. \#3 & $r_{1} = 2166, r_{2} = 1574$\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
\end{table}

100 test runs have been carried out with each reference point,
keeping the approximations $P_{R}^{approx}$ for further analysis. In
each test run 100,000 iterations have been allowed before
terminating the search.

The quality of the computed approximations has been analyzed using
the $M$ metric, given in expression~\ref{eqn:M}. $M$ measures the
percentage of identified Pareto-optimal alternatives in the cone
defined by $R$.

\begin{equation}\label{eqn:M}
M = \frac{|P_{R}^{approx}\cap P_{R}|}{|P_{R}|}
\end{equation}

\subsection{Results}
Based on the data gathered in the experiments, the arithmetic mean
values of $M$ have been computed, depending number of evaluations of
the metaheuristic. These average values, given in
Figure~\ref{fig:results:50-50}, clearly show that the iPILS
metaheuristic successfully identified the Pareto-optimal
alternatives in the particular areas of the reference points.
However, there does not turn out to be a consistent difference for
the three chosen reference points within the same instance.

\begin{figure}[!ht]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=8.5cm]{fig_2KP50-50.eps}
\caption{\label{fig:results:50-50}Results for 2KP50-50}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

While some approximations $P_{R}^{approx}$ already contain a
Pareto-optimal alternative right from the start, no overall
advantage for the final approximation quality results from this
circumstance. Some areas are faster approximated, e.\,g.\ the one of
reference point \#1, others take considerable more time, see
reference point \#3.

\section{\label{sec:conclusions}Conclusions}
The article presented an interactive method for the resolution of
multi-objective optimization problems. The concept is based on the
articulation of a reference point which expresses, from the point of
view of the decision maker, an interesting area in outcome space.
The computation of Pareto-optimal solutions is consequently focused
on that region, identifying optimal solutions. In order to overcome
locally optimal alternatives and converge to the front of the
efficient solutions, a metaheuristic based on Iterated Local Search
has been implemented.

Tests on the biobjective portfolio optimization problem have been
carried out. In order to simulate a human decision maker, we assumed
three different reference points for the investigated problem
instance. Each one was chosen with respect to lower and upper bound
sets that serve as an orientation for the decision maker. The
problem resolution technique successfully solved the investigated
benchmark instance, independent from the particular reference point.

Based on the investigations and experiments carried out, we conclude
that the proposed concept may be a useful tool for solving
multi-objective optimization problems, given the possibility to
appropriately compute lower and upper bound sets of the particular
problem. The results are encouraging, and deeper investigations on
more instances will follow to support the results of the study.

\section*{Acknowledgment}
The participation in the 4th International Conference on
Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimization (EMO2007) has been
partially supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG),
grant no.\ 535530.

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Interview with Tim Booth And Jim Glennie Of James – Delusions Of Adequacy
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James embarked on a North American tour in support of the U.S. release of The Morning After The Night Before, a unification of their two, U.K. released, mini-albums. The fifth stop on the tour was Boston's Paradise Rock Club on September 25, 2010 and after being allowed to witness the soundcheck, musicologist DJ Ambient and I were able to secure some time before the actual show to speak with band members Tim Booth (vocals and lyrics) and Jim Glennie (bass). Without a quiet and comfortable place to conduct the interview within the club, we were kindly invited into the band's comfy tour bus, and what ensued was more like a congenial conversation about James and the new album, rather than a formal interview.
It seems like you guys are more focused and re-energized, even more so than when you guys first re-formed for Hey Ma, do you feel that same way?
TB: Yeah, we do.
JG: I think Hey Ma sounded like a James record to me, like we were re-establishing ourselves, like we went back, to some degree, where we left off. And I think that kind of gave us the platform to look for something a little bit different this time. I think we tend to do that. Don't we tend to react to the record we've just released?
TB: Yes
JG: And I think this record's a bit more like, okay let's just push things a little bit, let's kinda see where we can go with this.
TB: How can we shake it up a bit more.
It seems like the guitars are more part of it now. It seems like there's a lot more atmospheric guitar effects swirling around in the background. Is that intentional or is that the way you guys wrote the songs or did it just kind of happen?
TB: I think what you're hearing are quite likely not guitars. It could be keyboards, it could be trumpet, because they're all messing around with effects and often the sound guys hear the record and they come to approach us and then they go, oh I thought that was a guitar, and it ends up being something completely different. So there's a lot of effects that people are using and playing with all the time. Basically on Hey Ma, we were in a dilapidated French Chateau and each person in their room had their own computer and their own system and we discovered that nearly everybody could operate their own recording studio. So once we discovered that, it was like, how could we utilize that? So that was partly the thinking that lead to the next album. Which was let's put it all on the internet and people can download it, fuck around with it in their own studios and then put it back on the internet and let's see what happens.
So you guys didn't necessarily all come together for this new record?
TB: You mean for the Night Before?
JG: Over here it's just one record isn't it.
TB: Yes, over here it's one record. In our heads it's The Morning After, The Night Before. The Morning After's one record, The Night Before's another. The Night Before was created, we did 20 minute jams, 40 minute jams, me, Larry (Gott) and Jimmy. We put them on an internet site, the band members could download them, chop them up, put them back on the internet site, download, chop up, put their parts on. And it just became this relay race that was going on. And then finally after we gave a two month deadline, Lee Baker took it and shaped them, with us overseeing it. So that's half the album. The other half was done five days in a studio, in the middle of a tour, let's play everything live.
So that was The Morning After?
TB: That was The Morning After. So the lower key songs were done in that way, and the more kind of "chakka!", triumphant sounding epic songs were done on the internet.
That leads me to my next question, why two mini-albums?
TB: Two totally different characters and people's short attention spans.
Although in the US it's one album.
TB: It was always going to be put together, I think, in our heads, someway. But it enabled us to do the low key stuff too. We always have low key songs but we haven't released an album of them since Laid. And it was like, well let's do a little mini-album of all these really nice, slightly more mellow songs.
JG: If you listen carefully, a James record kind of goes up and down, and so we fall into that area of writing really, really easily and naturally, and most of the time we write with a drum machine and the drum machine is banging away. When you switch it off, someone will just start playing something and, very organically and naturally, drift into something lovely and very, very beautiful. But at the end of it you wind up with ten of these things and you say what are we going to do? And again instead of having one you've got many to put somewhere on the album, at the beginning or the end or something. And we thought instead of having to leave all these things behind, let's try and make something around them, like that's the body of the work. I think having two approaches to the songs and having two parts, with The Night Before a lot of the initial attention of a release of a record was on that record, at least we perceived it like that. So on the second one I think we felt we could just be a bit more like nobody was watching. We could just kind of throw things around and use more broad strokes and I think that that's benefitted that approach as well.
We were touring and so were playing really well and you've got to get things together very quickly. You can't go back and repair. You can't go back and fiddle around or overdub, so it's about people listening and playing and so things get a bit fragile, but it's okay, it's got a kind of nice, natural element to it.
What are some of the biggest obstacles you have to overcome to play these songs you made in the studio and actually play them live? Is that difficult at times?
TB: Some of them present themselves as more obviously going to work live. Some of them fall into place really effortlessly and some of them are real devils and take a lot of pursuing and sometimes we give up. We've always used our soundchecks to discover and to discover old songs and discover new songs and so this new thing we've got where fans can come and pay and see the soundcheck is playing to our strengths. I'm really enjoying this and it sets a really nice mood before we go on. It's like you meet people.
JG: You've broken the ice haven't you.
TB: In a humorous light way too. Cause I can get terribly nervous before concerts.
Get out of here!
JG: Oh he does yes, even after all these years.
TB: It somehow takes some of the edge off.
Do you ever forget the words to some of the songs?
TB: Oh yeah. But because it's James and we're allowed to improvise, if I forget the words I'm just improvising.
JG: Pretend it's poetry.
TB: We make mistakes all the time.
JG: Things go wrong all the time. I mean lots of technical things as well but a lot of things can go wrong. Things break, things go out of time, the wrong song starts. We used to beat ourselves about that and we'd get very tense and uptight. Now it's just kind of funny and we just realize, oh it's real, things can go wrong.
TB: We actually think it's part of our originality. We know bands who, before tours, they rehearse for three or four weeks.
JG: And the same set and the same songs
TB: Day after day and I can't think of anything more dull.
JG: So destroying.
TB: We're lucky we get a day or two.
That's what I was going to ask you guys. Do you guys play the same songs every gig?
TB: We change every night.
JG: Every night, every day. Cause, you know we're there every night
TB: It's a pain in the ass sometimes
JG: It is, we'll argue.
Like how can you really get into the song if you're playing the same thing every night, every night.
JG: You switch off after a while or it becomes mundane, your mind can drift yet you're still playing, and for us that's kind of not being there. One of the things that fuels us is the fear. The fear we have to come and make it work. You have to focus, you have to concentrate. That's why we wrote new songs or play songs that we've not played like in a thousand years, like "Jam J" we played in the soundcheck. I think we're going to do that in the gig. What, 14 years do you reckon? (TB nods in agreement). It's like that fear to make it happen and compete with the songs around it which everybody knows.
TB: And we'll be looking at each other because we don't know the cues, but that adds to the song. It isn't a detraction, it isn't amateur, we're purposely putting one hand behind our back.
JG: You've got to challenge yourselves, you've got to keep challenging yourselves to pull the most out of yourself. It's very easy to sit there and run through the same set of things people know or just cruise through it week after week, that's just so destroying.
You played at this same place a couple years ago and I noticed than that you didn't play anything off of Millionaires or what was the other one?
JG: Pleased To Meet You.
Was there a reason for that? Did you purposely avoid those?
TB: No
Jim remembered you didn't play anything off of Pleased To Meet You so there must have been a reason.
TB: Well, there's probably a couple things there. One is, probably at that point maybe we had a few memories of making those albums that were not pleasant.
I see, and I don't think Larry (Gott) was on those records.
TB: And Larry wasn't on them so he'd have to learn stuff fresh if he were going to (play them). Millionaires, I don't think we play much from Millionaires do we, I don't think, very often, like anything for that matter.
JG: Don't we?
TB: I don't think so.
Well tonight I want you to play something off of Millionaires.
TB: We're doing more and more from Pleased To Meet You.
That's cool too.
TB: We've done "Fine", not this tour, "Getting Away With It" will probably get played
JG: Sure
TB: I can't think of any others
JG: "Alaskan Pipeline", "Vivacious" we played the last tour
TB: We did. We've got some of them down for next year.
DJ Ambient: My vote's for "Go To The Bank", I love that song.
JG: "Go to the Bank"!
TB: We've never played that as live song.
JG: We've never done that live?
TB: I think we may have tried but I don't think we could do it to our own standards.
JG: Yeah there's a few difficulties.
DJ Ambient: That took me immediately the first time I heard it, wow this is good song.
TB: Maybe we should look at that next time, that's such a weird little beat. Mark (Hunter) wouldn't have the stuff with him now.
I like how you were getting the crowd to sing the chorus to "Tell Her I Said So" during the soundcheck, but on the record it sounds like children.
TB: It is, yeah. Saul (Davies) went into his son's school and recorded his classmates.
Who is Dr. Hellier? Is he a real person?
JG: Haha.
JG: You have to be careful now don't you.
Based on a real person?
TB: Actually yes, with a changed name. What do you say? All characters bear no resemblance to anyone living or dead. I had a few experiences last year with surgery, not just for me but for a friend who underwent some cancer surgery. And it was kind of equating that with the weaponry used in Afghanistan where they are chasing the Taliban and they take out a wedding party in the process and that kind of love, that gung ho-ness about technology, they hype the precision of these things that end up not being that precise in the end. And there's also something about American surgeons, I've noticed they all tend to be like James Bond, rather than in England they tend to be looked upon like healers. They aren't making a million a year.
Do you have a particularly favorite James album or one that you're particularly proud of?
JG: It changes around but I suppose Gold Mother and Laid if I was going to pick two.
How about you Tim?
TB: I don't know. I don't go back and listen to them a lot. I mean we literally could go years, and you only go back and listen to it because you've got some work to do, to learn a song, or you're stoned and you think, I don't do drugs very often, I wonder what it sounds like in this state. Which is about once every three years.
JG: Or somebody may come back on the bus and say I was listening to Strip Mine the other day, there's some great songs on it, you should listen to this or they'll individually go back to an album they're inspired by and convince everyone to try it.
TB: And to play it live.
Believe it or not, a lot of people in the States haven't heard of you guys.
TB: Of course
And every time I tell them I love James they always ask what kind of music do they play.
TB: Impulsive.
And I'm like, I can't describe it. Do you have any advice for me on what I should tell them?
TB: In one sense, we named the band James, because we wanted a name that didn't give away what type of music we play. That was one of our major arguments wasn't it?
I heard that you named it after Jim (Glennie).
JG: Kind of, but we stuck with my name because we wanted a person's name, that's it basically.
TB: Because we knew that would literally confuse people and we think we've been successful.
It makes it very hard to Google and find your music online.
TB: Unfortunately it was before the days of Google. It's unfortunate that we're victims of the search engines now. It was very effective for us in the end.
JG: It's good fun, people not knowing really what we are
TB: And we wanted it to be as variable as an individual, so it wasn't tied to something.
I'm looking forward to the show.
TB: Good, it should be fun. I think we're going to do quite a weird little set tonight. I feel a strange set coming on and I have a really interesting idea on how we can end it. We've never done before.
JG: Okay.
Well, alright, thank you very much, good luck tonight and have fun up there.
TB & JG: Thank you and take care.
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Calculates aggregate statistics,such as average, count, and sum, over the results set. This is similar to SQL aggregation. If the stats command is used without a BY clause, only one row is returned, which is the aggregation over the entire incoming result set. If a BY clause is used, one row is returned for each distinct value specified in the BY clause.
Description: The name of one or more fields to group by. You cannot use a wildcard character to specify multiple fields with similar names. You must specify each field separately. The BY clause returns one row for each distinct value in the BY clause fields. If no BY clause is specified, the stats command returns only one row, which is the aggregation over the entire incoming result set.
For each unique value of mvfield, return the average value of field. Deduplicates the values in the mvfield.
The BY clause returns one row for each distinct value in the BY clause fields. In this search, because two fields are specified in the BY clause, every unique combination of status and host is listed on separate row.
If you click the Visualization tab, the status field forms the X-axis and the host and count fields form the data series. The problem with this chart is that the host values (www1, www2, www3) are strings and cannot be measured in a chart.
Substitute the chart command for the stats command in the search.
With the chart command, the two fields specified after the BY clause change the appearance of the results on the Statistics tab. The BY clause also makes the results suitable for displaying the results in a chart visualization.
The first field you specify is referred to as the <row-split> field. In the table, the values in this field become the labels for each row. In the chart, this field forms the X-axis.
The second field you specify is referred to as the <column-split> field. In the table, the values in this field are used as headings for each column. In the chart, this field forms the data series.
If you click the Visualization tab, the status field forms the X-axis, the values in the host field form the data series, and the Y-axis shows the count.
Run the following search to use the stats command to determine the number of different page requests, GET and POST, that occurred for each Web server.
This example uses eval expressions to specify the different field values for the stats command to count.
The first clause uses the count() function to count the Web access events that contain the method field value GET. Then, using the AS keyword, the field that represents these results is renamed GET.
The second clause does the same for POST events.
The counts of both types of events are then separated by the web server, using the BY clause with the host field.
You can substitute the chart command for the stats command in this search. You can then click the Visualization tab to see a chart of the results.
Run the following search to calculate the number of earthquakes that occurred in each magnitude range. This data set is comprised of events over a 30-day period.
source=all_month.csv | chart count AS "Number of Earthquakes" BY mag span=1 | rename mag AS "Magnitude Range"
This search uses span=1 to define each of the ranges for the magnitude field, mag.
The rename command is then used to rename the field to "Magnitude Range".
Click the Visualization tab to see the result in a chart.
Search for earthquakes in and around California. Calculate the number of earthquakes that were recorded. Use statistical functions to calculate the minimum, maximum, range (the difference between the min and max), and average magnitudes of the recent earthquakes. List the values by magnitude type.
Search for earthquakes in and around California. Calculate the number of earthquakes that were recorded. Use statistical functions to calculate the mean, standard deviation, and variance of the magnitudes for recent earthquakes. List the values by magnitude type.
This example searches the web access logs and return the total number of hits from the top 10 referring domains.
This search uses the top command to find the ten most common referer domains, which are values of the referer field. Some events might use referer_domain instead of referer. The top command returns a count and percent value for each referer.
You can then use the stats command to calculate a total for the top 10 referrer accesses.
The sum() function adds the values in the count to produce the total number of times the top 10 referrers accessed the web site.


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Review – Paramore Ended Their Tour The Right Way At Red Rocks
Michael Tritsch
Similar to fellow pop-rock stars Imagine Dragons, this was both Paramore's and Foster The People's second Denver concert within a year. Last September, both Paramore and Foster The People rolled through Denver as they took over the Bellco Theatre and The Ogden Theatre respectively.
Foster The People packed a punch at Red Rocks this year. The band came out strong and delivered a full sound that was crisp and clear. Their set seemed to lose the interest of the crowd but as soon as they kicked off "Pumped Up Kicks," the entire dynamic of the performance changed. Foster The People's live show dominated a lot of their studio work. Songs like "Houdini" hit so much harder in a live setting that it almost diminishes listening to their studio version. Lead singer Mark Foster had the perfect commentary on the visual aspect of Red Rocks by comparing it to two fists that were punched up through the earth.
Paramore's infectious energy carried them through their whole two-hour-long set. It can't be easy to stay dancing and headbanging for two hours straight, but every member of Paramore did it with ease. Lead singer Hayley Williams and company gave the audience everything they had once again, just like they did at the Bellco Theatre last year. This show was extra special for Paramore because it marked the final show on this leg of their tour, titled "Tour Five."
For someone seeing Paramore for the very first time, this concert would have been a great note to start on. For someone who has seen them before, one might say Paramore's set was similar to last year's Denver show. In comparison to 2017, the two sets were virtually the same, plus or minus a few songs. They played hits such as "Misery Business" and "Ain't It Fun" as expected, though sounding damn good while doing it.
It was clear to see how taken back Williams was by the sold-out Red Rocks crowd in front of her. The last time Paramore played Colorado's famous venue was back in 2014, and Williams admitted how she thought she'd "…never see this place again." When it came time for Williams and her boys to play "26," Williams bore her emotions out and almost seemed to choke up while performing the song as she took the love the audience gave her and absorbed it. It made for a beautiful and intimate moment that did not go unnoticed by the crowd.
With Paramore's 2017 release of After Laughter, the band took on a more '80s driven sound, rather than the alt-rock sound they're typically known for. One of the main differences between Paramore's Red Rocks show and their 2017 Bellco performance was the heaviness of their sound. In their 2017 show, Paramore delivered a hard-rock sound that had everyone headbanging whereas, at their 2018 Red Rocks show, their sound adapted even more of an '80s rock element. Yes, there were moments when the hard-rock came through, but not as much as before. More recent songs such as "Hard Times" felt straight out of the neon-era '80s, which isn't a bad thing by any means. The set ended in the exact same way that it did in 2017, with drummer Zac Farro performing one of his own original songs from his band HalfNoise.
We can only imagine what it must be like to stand before a crowd of nearly 10,000 people at one of the most beautiful venues in the world. Think about it for a second – you are standing backstage, you get the cue that the lights have gone out, you hear the crowd's excitement, you walk on the outdoor stage to see two beautiful red-rock pillars that sandwich the people who know all the words to something you've created. Is it intimidating? We can only imagine, but intimidation didn't seem to challenge Paramore when they returned to Red Rocks. Although their 2018 Red Rocks run didn't stray from their Bellco show very much, the concert was just as kick-ass as one could have hoped for.
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Lobbying by banks against new rules condemned by Bank of England
July 18, 2013 Economy Lee
In order to help prevent a repeat of the mass bailout of struggling banks in the UK, new legislation is set to be brought in by the Bank of England by the end of the year. Deputy Governor of the Bank Paul Tucker, who has been given financial responsibility, is one of a number of people who believe that new rules on liquidity need to be enforced as soon as possible.
As part of wider global legislation governing banks and building societies which must be implemented by 2018, all financial institutions must comply with new liquidity laws. The Bank is hoping to bring the new rules into place by the end of the year, something which a handful of major banking chains including Barclays and Nationwide have complained about.
Greater leverage needed
Perhaps the main reason why reforms are being proposed by the Bank, in tandem with City regulators is over concerns about the level of equity in relation to debt which the majority of banks carry. In the case of many banks, they have a ratio of debt to equity of less than 97% to just 3%. This could leave them vulnerable to collapse in the event of heavy losses.
As the examples of RBS and HBOS show, excessive losses that wipe out the amount of equity they hold can either lead them to collapsing entirely or asking for a bailout. In both cases, a bailout happened at the expense of the taxpayer, and these new rules are designed to ensure that a repeat doesn't occur, but some banks are lobbying against these new rules.
"UK banks are described by the ratings agency as having been "sufficiently well capitalised to absorb expected losses from both our central and adverse stress scenarios".
"The UK's services sector has also been growing in recent weeks, indicating the pace of the recovery could be set to step up a gear in the coming months." Commented a spokesperson from City index.
Acting unethically?
Claiming that the Bank are intent on fast-tracking the new rules, the likes of Barclays have claimed that should they come into effect, it might harm their ability to lend money to customers for mortgages and personal loans. They even claimed that as early as this year, they may be forced to bring in restrictions for customers, something that may sound a little petulant to their critics.
Outgoing Governor of the Bank of England Sir Mervyn King claimed that banks had actively lobbied the Treasury and even No. 10 in order to try and at least postpone the changes until 2015. This in itself gained condemnation from the Bank and from financial experts who claimed that banks were trying to get away with continually acting irresponsibly.
If the banking sector as a whole is to regain trust and wants to avoid a repeat scenario of what happened a few years back, then complying with the new laws is essential. Doing so may seem painful at first, but guarding against heavy losses is a must, especially as the global economy is not out of the woods just yet.
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Bateman tries hand at directing with 'Bad Words'
March 19, 2014 Fn_admin
By: Katie Christoff, Assistant A&E Editor
Funny man Jason Bateman boasts an impressive resume as an actor – he won a Golden Globe for his role on "Arrested Development," has received countless nominations and took the lead in wildly successful comedies like "Horrible Bosses" and "Identity Thief." Having established himself as an actor, Bateman is now trying his hand at something new: directing.
"Bad Words" will mark Bateman's directorial debut. He directs and plays the lead role of Guy Trilby in the raunchy comedy, which tells the story of a foul-mouthed 40-year-old man who exploits a loophole in the National Spelling Bee, allowing him to compete against kids.
Directing and acting are
"completely different"
He began by explaining that acting and directing are completely different artistic outlets.
"With acting you're trying to convince people you're someone different," Bateman said. "With directing, you're creating a completely different world for the audience and you have to shape that world."
He called directing an extremely gratifying experience.
"I've been acting for the last 15 to 20 years with the goal in mind of trying to create enough capital, enough relevance, enough of a profile in the business as an actor so that I can ask for the directing reins," he said. "And it's been going well for me for the last few years, so they finally let me."
Balancing the dark humor
So why did he choose "Bad Words" as his first directorial project? That seemed to be the million dollar question, and the answer was simple: he identified with the humor.
"I have the same dark sense of humor, fortunately or unfortunately, and it just really made me laugh," he said. "I also knew that with that dark humor in the script comes the obligation to counter balance that with something more sophisticated and a little more human."
He was instantly attracted to the script of "Bad Words" because he had a vision for how to achieve that balance.
"You've got to earn those big, uncomfortable comedic moments for people, otherwise it just feels gratuitous or arbitrary, so it required me to do a lot as an actor and director to strike that balance," he said.
Taking the lead in his directorial debut
Bateman had a clear vision of how his main character, Guy Trilby, should be played, so finding the right actor was a crucial first step in his directorial process. He specifically sought out a few actors to play the role, but they were all unavailable or uninterested. With such a specific goal of how the role should be played, he decided to embrace it himself.
"I thought I could give it a shot, since I feel so clear about how this character needs to be and get away with all of these things. In other words, I knew how to make him likeable when he's very unlikeable on paper," Bateman said. "And I also thought it might kind of lighten my workload by not having to direct the main character. So I went for it, and it was very comfortable."
Turning Guy Trilby into someone the audience would end up rooting for was one of the biggest challenges Bateman faced in directing the film, so he was careful to avoid overly crude humor.
"There is a very crude, tactless, generic 'popcorn' version of this kind of humor and that is not something that I was ever interested in making," he said. "There is a guy that is going through something cathartic with this film, this guy is deeply hurt, he's wounded. And there's nothing funny about what's going on in this movie to him."
Future directorial plans
Bateman is very pleased with how his directorial debut turned out. He admitted that it's not a film for everyone, but hopes that people will see more to Guy than his horrible character on the surface.
"I was able to accomplish something that we all try to get to at some point in our lives and hopefully multiple times, which is being proud of yourself," he said. "You know, if you challenge yourself and you step up to it and you execute in a way that you hope that you would, that's some of the stuff that fuels a lot of great growth."
Bateman has clearly caught the directing bug. He is currently working on "The Family Fang," which he will direct and star in alongside Nicole Kidman. He said he's really looking forward to it after the great experience he had with "Bad Words."
"Bad Words" will be released in theaters on Friday, March 28.
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USC's Mulcare, Stanford's Casey Tabbed Pac-12 Men's Weekly Honorees
The Pac-12 Conference office announced that Patrick Mulcare of USC was named Men's Swimmer of the Week and Stanford's Conor Casey was voted Pac-12 Men's Diver of the Week. Current photo via Pac-12 Conference
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SAN FRANCISCO – The Conference office announced today that Patrick Mulcare of USC was named Pac-12 Men's Swimmer of the Week and STANFORD's Conor Casey was voted Pac-12 Men's Diver of the Week.
Men's Swimmer of the Week
Patrick Mulcare, Sr., USC (Tigard, Ore.)
Mulcare posted a trio of victories to lead the Trojans to a win over Minnesota and maintain a perfect 4-0 record so far this season. The senior won the 100y back in 48.20 then glided to first in the 200y back in 1:48.61 on Jan. 18 at USC's Uytengsu Aquatics Center. He edged out his third win in as many events in the 200y individual medley with a time of 1:50.20, beating a Minnesota swimmer by just two-tenths of a second. The four-time All-American currently holds the nation's top time in the 200y backstroke and secured an NCAA 'A' cut with a time of 1:38.91 at the Texas Hall of Fame Invitational on Dec. 1. This marks Mulcare's first weekly or monthly Pac-12 swimming honor.
Men's Diver of the Week
Conor Casey, Fr., Stanford (Annandale, Va.)
Casey placed first in both the 1-meter and 3-meter springboards to help Stanford sweep Pacific in all 13 events and secure the dual meet victory on Jan. 11 at Stanford's Avery Aquatic Center. The freshman diver won the 1-meter with a score of 358.73 before posting a stellar score of 392.70 to win the 3-meter event. Casey also had a strong showing at the UCLA Diving Invitational this past weekend. He placed first in the 3-meter with a score of 415.65, 22.85 points better than any other competitor, and added a second-place finish on the 1-meter springboard (705.60). The promising freshman earns his first-career Pac-12 diving weekly or monthly honor.
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Swimmer: Will Macmillan, STANFORD.
Diver: Connor Callahan, CALIFORNIA; Tony Chen, UTAH.
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itelligence AG receives SAP Partner Excellence Award 2018 for its digital business know-how in three countries and regions.
itelligence AG, one of the most successful SAP® solution global consulting firms for the SME sector, has received awards from SAP for its outstanding digital business know-how in no fewer than three regions. itelligence AG received the SAP Partner Excellence Award 2018 for Digital Enterprise Platform Business in Middle Eastern Europe (MEE) including Germany, the SAP® Partner Excellence Award 2018 for EMEA North including the UK, and the SAP North America Partner Excellence Award 2018 for SAP Platform Solutions.
Norbert Rotter, CEO of itelligence AG, commented as follows: "The digital transformation is having an impact on every area of the work we are involved in all around the world. This dynamic is evident particularly strongly in areas such as e-commerce, automation, robot technology, and artificial intelligence. I not only expect the pace of digitization to pick up in 2018, but the size of investments to increase significantly as well. We are consequently also particularly proud about these awards as they illustrate that SAP's innovative strength helps us to offer services to our customers and to assist them in precisely these areas.
The nomination process for the SAP Partner Excellence Awards involves globally consistent criteria. A steering committee composed of regional and global SAP representatives determines partners that stand out through their sales achievement and performance. The awards are then presented in a variety of categories such as overall sales, innovation, technology, services, and solution-specific areas.
itelligence has been a global SAP Partner since 1989, offering know-how in SAP solutions and supporting its customers with implementation, application management, and, in the case of the "managed cloud", in every phase of the process. itelligence AG provides high-quality software and support and offers the appropriate processes, tools, and services for on-premise as well as "managed cloud" applications to expedite projects effectively.
itelligence's commitment to the North American market was highlighted during SAP FKOM in Las Vegas.."The SAP Partner Excellence Awards exemplify the shared purpose, commitment and success that allow our partners, together with SAP, to deliver value to our customers on an ongoing basis," said Rodolpho Cardenuto, President, Global Channels & General Business, SAP. "To that end, I am pleased and honored to recognize and congratulate itelligence as the recipient of the SAP North America Partner Excellence Award 2018 for SAP Platform Solutions. We look forward to continuing to work closely together with itelligence to realize even greater success in 2018."
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Professor and Communications Studies chair Lance Lockwood made his grand entrance onto the Phillips Hall Theatre stage in a solid black suit and a pair of ruby, sequined, platform high heels. Backstage, four men were putting the finishing touches on their makeup, outfits and routines.
Lockwood — along with drag queens Wilhelmina Caviar, Twiggy D. Warhol, Nomi B. and Mahaliah Nakita — educated a sold-out crowd April 12, exposing them to the song, dance, glitter and glam of their particular brand of gender performance.
Drag-U-Cation began as a guest speaker day three years ago in Lockwood's gender communications class to help students learn about drag culture, which is usually confined to nightclubs and bars. The show grew each semester, morphing into this year's ticketed event for 400 people.
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Every year, earnest marketers do all they can to expand brand identities and create unforgettable marketing campaigns. And every year, a handful of efforts become unforgettable for all the wrong reasons. Marketing blunders are commonplace – mistakes are what help us identify the road to success. Yet some snafus are so outlandish, so utterly awe-inspiring for the lack of consideration and offenses, that they provide glaring examples of what not to do for the rest of us.
As you read the list of this year's biggest advertising boo-boo's, bear in mind these are easier than we think to step into. Marketers normally have insane trajectories and goals and equally unrealistic deadlines, as well as ever-shrinking budgets. We all have made decisions on the fly that perhaps were better left out of the public eye. Be thankful to the folks who enacted the mistakes below; they did so that we may never follow suit. Learn from these oopsies – or be destined to repeat them instead.
It goes without saying that launching an offensive campaign is borderline brand suicide. Yet every year, many companies do just that. American Apparel was one of this year's biggest culprits. Notorious for using scantily-clad models that often looked underage, the clothing giant opted to broaden appeal by launching a plus-size modeling search. All good and well, until you examine the details.
First, they actually called the campaign "The Next BIG Thing". The way they presented the contest was anything but appealing, stating they were looking for someone "booty-full" to represent their brand. When a clear audience favorite emerged, a lovely woman named Nancy Upton, the drama continued. Nancy had actually been the winner of a fan-sourced model search back in 2011 for American Apparel, too. And just like they did in 2011, they once again turned Nancy away, inciting an avalanche of protest, confusion, and disgust.
How we learn from this: Never, ever use offensive language in any marketing campaign you create. And if you run a contest, for heaven's sake, be prepared to honor the results. There are no take-backs in marketing that don't leave egg on your face.
The President's health care website roll out this year has been one of the biggest technical and marketing disasters of the century. The first grievous error was the launch – despite a massive feel-good marketing campaign aimed at creating a positive image around the controversial health care initiative, when the website launched hardly anyone could successfully register. And it's just gone downhill since.
The administration is now proudly touting that over 125,000 people have successfully registered on the site since its launch. Contrast that to Amazon's 26.5+ million orders on Cyber Monday – all successfully processed – and it's clear the marketing team and product team were simply not in sync, and not looking at things realistically.
Furthermore, the campaign has been lambasted for seriously inappropriate ads. In order to try and appeal to the younger set, they used images of college guys standing on top of beer kegs and pictures that are degrading to women.
How we learn from this: Don't ever fall into the trap of over-promising to consumers, and then finding your team can only under-deliver. Likewise, just like American Apparel above, let's not offend our customers, please.
Financial behemoth JPMorgan launched a social media campaign this year called "#AskJPM". A seemingly innocent and engaging idea, the premise was simple: Incite Twitter users to ask their hard-hitting financial questions to JPMorgan professionals.
Here's where they went wrong – they forgot to consider the public view and opinion of banking institutions overall, and the inevitable snarky comments from the angered masses. In other words, they were asking for trouble, and they found it. Because the industry had already generated so much frustration and blame, creating a hashtag to direct public questions only fanned the flames, and created a direct portal for venting. A little forward thinking would have prevented this debacle all together. Instead, it was (and still is) an embarrassment for the company, with many negative #AskJPM comments and questions posted for all to see.
How we can learn from this: If you're in an unpopular industry, or if you're doing damage control with your audience, be very careful about the feedback you elicit. Never be ignorant about your reputation online and elsewhere, and communicate your campaigns with a clear purpose and awareness.
After a brutal episode of "Kitchen Nightmares" aired, showcasing Arizona restaurant Amy's Baking Company, the company's two owners took to the social media space in grand style. Instead of gracefully and honestly addressing the issues revealed in the episode, the owners lambasted not only the show's producers, but every single customer featured and every last complaint – to the point of appearing totally and completely insane. They used expletives, deferred all blame to other parties, and pretty much lost the respect of every last customer, and potential customer too.
How we can learn from this: No matter how tempting it is, don't ever become defensive if you receive a bad review or bad press. Address issues with integrity and kindness – the more you defend your actions, the more you appear ignorant and arrogant. Just ask Chip Wilson, CEO of Lululemon who committed the same sin in grand style this year as well. It won't do anything but continue to tarnish your reputation, and there is a tipping point from which you will never recover.
What other examples of marketing fails did you learn from this year? Share your words of wisdom in the Comments below!