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Soot, Spit and Paper: James Castle's Transfixing Worlds
To have a look at James Castle's work is to enter his secret world. The artist usually bundled after which hid away his works within the partitions of houses and outbuildings and even buried them in holes.
This behavior of hiding exists in pressure with the wondrous drawing on the second flooring of David Zwirner Gallery in Manhattan, displaying a naked plank-and-beam attic crowded with almost 100 of his artworks, together with books, dozens of sculptural figures leaning in opposition to a wall or standing on cabinets, and almost 20 drawings hung from the wall. Does this crowded however intuitively ordered show of his personal work inside a single drawing contradict his cloistered follow? Perhaps the drawing served as a catalog for works that had been to be saved, in order that he may later recall what was now not at hand. While Castle's intentions can't be discerned, the pleasure is available in puzzling out the connections in his huge and infrequently mysterious visible universe.
The artist usually bundled his artworks and hid them in partitions.Credit…Maris Hutchinson/David Zwirner
Castle was born deaf and deemed "uneducable" as an adolescent on the college for the deaf he attended for 5 years. Born in 1899 in rural Idaho, he appears by no means, at the least within the typical sense, to have discovered to learn and write. From a younger age, till his dying in 1977, he devoted his life to creating artwork among the many farms and ranches in and close to Boise. His precept medium all through was soot from the household range combined along with his personal saliva on the repurposed materials he salvaged from his household house, which doubled as a publish workplace and normal retailer.
While formally untrained, his work might have prefigured, in uncanny methods, main artwork actions, together with Pop Art, concrete poetry, the Italian motion arte povera (actually "poor artwork" that makes use of available low-cost supplies). May have as a result of it's tough to this point his work with any precision, as he was identified to carry on to supplies for many years (an commercial from 1940, say, might be utilized in 1970 to make a drawing).
"Untitled" reveals a farmhouse, stairs, and determine. The mixture of actual and imagined feels starkly up to date and conceptually wealthy.Credit…James Castle Collection and Archive LP
Though he exhibited regionally and on the West Coast within the remaining a long time of his life, Castle labored largely with out contact with the artwork world. His breakthrough retrospective was posthumous in 2008 on the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Still, it's considerably discordant to see the standard drawings and objects now on gleaming show at Zwirner, organized in collaboration with the James Castle Collection and Archive, from a group acquired in 2012 by the late famed collector William Louis-Dreyfus. The restricted gathering of objects on view are like peering right into a keyhole, although solely a sliver of Castle's world is introduced into view.
Missing listed below are his drawn reproductions of product packaging, his handmade books and calendar-like constructions, in addition to his experiments with hand-drawn typography. The ample choice on supply — drawings, sculptural objects manufactured from cardboard, paper and string, in addition to the lesser pigmented works — nonetheless permits for frolicsome wanting and evaluating.
"Untitled" (farmscape). Cut off from the artwork world, Castle integrated into his landscapes sculptural parts, like energy traces, that look surprisingly up to date.Credit…James Castle Collection and Archive LP"Untitled" (farmscape). The artist, who was deaf, lived and labored in his household house and outbuildings, together with a transformed rooster coop with a range.Credit…James Castle Collection and Archive LP
In the primary of three rooms right here, the drawings on the encircling partitions all function landscapes or farmscapes. In each his interiors and exteriors, Castle is a grasp of spatial perspective: the identical scenes are handled from completely different views, making a dialogue among the many works in addition to a wealthy sense of three-dimensional house.
The realism of those landscapes, in his unfastened assured traces depicting farm buildings, tents, fences, energy wires and treelines, is unsettled by what seems to be to be invented and fantastical sculptural parts. One construction seems in variations, like an altered crucifix with a number of crossbars stacked from the underside to the highest. (John Beardsley in his substantial 2021 guide "James Castle: Memory Palace" has linked this way to a standard barn-ladder design using a single central publish.) At different instances, the identical form seems like an enormous cartoon cactus with nubby symmetrical arms ascending on both facet, echoing vaguely biomorphic Franz West sculptures.
The mixture of actual and imagined feels starkly up to date and conceptually wealthy. In turning actual farmscapes into imagined sculpture gardens, Castle's drawings anticipate augmented actuality functions the place a VR headset or a cellphone's digicam reveals a Pokémon in a public park or a KAWS sculpture hovering over Times Square. Maybe Castle's drawn sculptures had been themselves a response to technological change, replicating in reminiscence and feeling how the panorama was as soon as remodeled by the set up of energy traces and their towers.
"Untitled (determine, crimson stripe gown)" depicts a paper-doll flapper that's three ft tall. His household known as these mixed-media sculptural figures his "mates."Credit…James Castle Collection and Archive LP"Untitled (flamingo building)," certainly one of a number of hen constructions.Credit…James Castle Collection and Archive LP
Beyond the paper's gradations from off-white to ocher and cardboard mediums, I by no means thought there was a lot to see in Castle's use of colour. The collection of pigmented works right here, largely depicting homes, look uncharacteristically obscure, and could be the product of his later years when his imaginative and prescient, dexterity and reminiscence had been flagging. But the presence of those made me take note of the colour in his cardboard, largely figurative constructions, which his household known as his "mates."
I used to be charmed by the vary of pinks on the untitled "flamingo," flecked with yellow on the top and neck, and tilting to lavender with maroon on the physique. Castle's irregular stitches distinction with the ordered deep-blue stripes of the near-abstract "vessel" because the hand-sewing in slim yellow ribbon, white thread and blue-toned string play atop as one other type of drawing. The star of the present could be the almost three-foot-tall paper doll flapper in a red-and-white striped gown, and black sneakers that match the band of her hat. There is a way of exuberance and play in these objects, making me think about Castle's attachment to them, and the way they could have introduced jolts of life and colour to his in any other case monochromatic but transfixing worlds.
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Through Feb. 12 at David Zwirner Gallery, 537 West 20th Street, Manhattan. 212-517-8677; davidzwirner.com.
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At the current federal minimum wage, someone must work 96 hours a week to afford a two-bedroom apartment.
According to a recent report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC), at current Fair Market Rent (FMR), a household would need to earn an average annual salary of $46,967 to rent a two-bedroom apartment. That's an hourly wage of $23.
Rents, meanwhile, have soared, outpacing wage increases consistently for the last two decades.
"Even if people are working full time," the study notes, "they would not be able to afford housing earning minimum wage."
And according to the study, most people experiencing homelessness—sheltered or unsheltered—are working just shy of 40 hours, so they're classified as part-time.
"The mean annual earnings for people experiencing sheltered homelessness aged 18 – 64 was $8,169 in 2015 (pre-tax income, which excludes benefits)," the study reports. "Mean earnings for unsheltered people were even lower at $6,934 in 2015 and have generally stayed lower than their sheltered counterparts during the 10-year frame of study. Accounting for inflation, even the top earners in both groups could not afford a one or two-bedroom apartment in 2022, which are $44,200 and $53,706, respectively."
Stagnant Minimum Wage, Double-digit Rent Increases Leave Households Cost-burdened, Unable to Afford Housing
If the federal minimum wage had increased in line with productivity, it would be $26 an hour. But it still stands at $7.25, the same as it's been since 2009.
Due to inflation, minimum wage's value has reached its lowest point since 1956. In no state in the US can a person working full-time earning the prevailing federal, state, or county minimum wage afford to rent a two-bedroom apartment at the current FMR.
And a surprising number of workers only make minimum wage—eleven of the 25 largest occupations in the US, or 35 percent of the total US workforce, excluding farm workers.
More than 24 million people work in the five lowest-paying occupations:
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"Workers in these occupations earn median wages that fall more than $6 short of what a full-time worker needs for a one-bedroom apartment," the study says.
But while wages have stayed stagnant, rent has increased at its fastest rate since 1986.
"Between the first quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2022, median rents for two-bedroom apartments in metropolitan counties increased 15 percent, or $179," the report states. "This increase is more than four and a half times greater than the increases of the previous four years when median rents increased between $25 and $39 annually."
Corporate Landlords Are Buying Up More Properties Than Ever Before
A number of drivers have caused these increases, including higher demand for rental housing and high inflation. But perhaps most concerning is that corporate landlords are buying more properties than ever before.
The number of apartment units owned by the largest 50 companies went up 25 percent between 2017 and 2022.
Large, absentee landlords are more likely to be "serial eviction filers," pursuing eviction filings in court when tenants fall behind on rent. This can drive up the cost of rent as landlords try to recoup both lost rent and court expenses.
Between flat wages and rising rents, more and more renters are becoming cost burdened.
"Traditionally, households are considered housing cost-burdened if they spend more than 30 percent of their income on housing costs, which includes rent and utilities," wrote the report's authors. "They are considered severely cost-burdened if they spend more than 50 percent of their income on housing costs. Eighty-six percent of extremely low-income renters are cost-burdened, and 72 percent of extremely low-income renters are severely cost-burdened."
And the situation is even worse for renters of color, who earn disproportionately less than white renters: the average Black worker earns 23 percent less than their white counterpart, while the average Latino worker earns 25 percent less. People of color are also more likely to be employed in sectors with lower wages, and they're more likely to be renters rather than homeowners.
Congressional Solutions Needed to Provide Affordable Housing
With housing out of reach for so many and millions more just one missed paycheck or financial emergency away from homelessness, the NLIHC is urging the federal government to take action to create a stronger safety net. Their recommendations are that Congress do the following:
The report states that these measures are necessary to ensure that people can afford a roof over their heads.
"Stable, affordable housing is a prerequisite for basic well-being," it says, "and no person should live in danger of losing their home."
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At a local level, the Green Deal will enable many households and businesses to improve the energy efficiency of their properties so less energy is consumed and less money is wasted. The key focus of the new energy company obligation – or "ECO" will be on those householders who cannot achieve significant energy savings without an additional or different measure of support. For example, this includes vulnerable and low-income households and those living in harder to treat properties, such as solid walled properties.
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At a national level, the UK needs to become more energy efficient to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, which risk dangerous climate change.
The Climate Change Act 2008 legislated for a reduction in our carbon emissions and set legally-binding carbon budgets across all sectors of the UK economy — including our homes and communities, and our workplaces.


Navy Seaman 1st Class John E. Savidge, killed during the attack on the USS Oklahoma in World War II, has now been accounted for.
On Dec. 7, 1941, Savidge was assigned to the USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Savidge.
DPAA is appreciative to the Department of Veteran's Affairs for their partnership in this mission.
Savidge's name is recorded on the Walls of the Missing at an American Battle Monuments Commission site along with the others who are missing from World War II. A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.


Belleruche, Benny Tones, Martyna Baker, James Blake, JAMES and more.
Mamihlapinatapei: in Yagan, it signifies "the wordless yet meaningful look shared by two people who both desire to initiate something but are each reluctant to start." Ya, we're trying to have a connection here w/o actually committing to it … trying to admire w/o wanting to possess … trying to create w/o breakin a sweat … trying to seem like we really just don't care about the outcome and therefore can't be disappointed. Good luck with that.
As usual, the governing impulse of the set is to straddle the worlds of the old and the new, from the 1993 release "Laid" by James to new works by Belleruche, Benny Tones and Martyna Baker … clicking in together like they were made with that connection in mind; full write-up @ beatconscious.org.
Gratitude to Giant Step for their excellent service, @FilteredSunshine for the Benny Tones tip, Tru Thoughts for that Belleruche / Pollyn remix, to phreaq for the Bauchklang track so long ago … and to the universe for this life: yep, I said that.
Yeah, I have missed MadameFLY at beatmixing.com - and here she is! Great that we have found THIS to share our sounds! Fine sound as always, Gayle! Good, good!
Always refreshing listening to your sets MmeFLY!


The description of the purpose or purposes for which the corporation is formed is often the reason that an application for a certificate of incorporation might be returned to you asking for more clarification. The description should include the activities or programs you actually intend to do or provide, not the goal you want to accomplish. A statement that you intend to provide education or support for families is just too vague, – describe instead the specific kind of education or support services you intend to provide. The purpose or purposes in your application must clearly and fully describe the activities of the corporation.
When developing/writing your statement of purposes be aware that the Department of State (DOS) is interested in knowing is whether or not you need another state agency's approval to conduct your planned activities (i.e. purposes) before approving your certificate of incorporation. By law certain corporation purposes such as the provision of adoption services, the establishment/operation of a substance or alcohol abuse program, or an educational purpose in any way requires that the consent or approval of another NYS state agency be attached to the Certificate of Incorporation when it is submitted to the Department of State. Make sure that your statement of purposes only includes activities that do not require licensure by a NYS agency.
For instance: "providing education services to foster and adoptive families" could be interpreted as meaning plans to establish or operate a school, or "assisting prospective families to adopt" could be interpreted as conducting homestudies – both of which require NYS licenses. Plans to offer educational or training seminars, or provide information and referral services wouldn't require a state license – so that's what you need to clearly state you are planning to do. The NYS Office of Children and Family Services recommends that you add the following to your statement of corporation purposes to expediate their approval.
Getting any required state agency approval prior to filing your certificate with the NYS Department of State will significantly shorten and expedite the approval process. The NYS State Education Department and NYS OCFS are the agencies whose sign off you will most likely need, so its well worth your time and postage to submit your incorporation application to them before sending it on to the NYS Department of State.
Send your incorporation application to them first – it will save you a good deal of time and hassle. The DOS guide to incorporation includes information about other state agency approval you might need, depending on your planned activities and services. It's well worth your time to explore state requirements prior to filing.
Consider developing your organizational bylaws before applying for your certificate of incorporation. Though you don't need bylaws until you file with the IRS for tax exempt (5013c) status, the process of developing and writing them will help you craft your statement of corporation purposes and identify who you will name as members of your board of directors on your incorporation certificate. It really is the first step in thinking about forming an organization – Who are we?, What do we want to do?, and How will we make decisions about who we are and do in the future?
The NACAC parent group manual contains an excellent annotated example of organizational bylaws.


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Brady Tkachuk NHL Prop Bets - Insights, Tips, and Trends
Mar 1, 2021DonBest Sports
Brady Tkachuk faces both a goals and an assists props bet in Monday's contest against the Flames. Here's a breakdown of his prop bets this season:
Brady Tkachuk Prop Bets (3/1/2021)
Brady Tkachuk Prop Bets vs. Flames
In eight out of 23 games this year (34.8%), Tkachuk has posted more than 0.5 goals.
Tkachuk's average prop bet for goals is an over/under of 0.5 per game. He has scored 0.1 fewer goals per game than that average.
Tkachuk has gone over on goals prop bets in only 36.4% of his games (eight of 22).
In just eight of his 23 contests (34.8%), Tkachuk has collected more than 0.5 goals -- his season-long average goals prop bet over/under.
Teams are averaging 3.0 goals per game against the Flames this season, the 11th-most given up by a squad.
In 26.1% of his games this season (six out of 23) Tkachuk has recorded more than 0.5 assists.
Tkachuk has averaged 0.3 assists per game, 0.2 fewer per game than his average assists prop bet total of 0.5.
In just 27.3% of his chances (six out of 22), Tkachuk has covered his assists prop bet over/unders.
Opponents of the Flames have averaged 4.7 assists per game this season, the 19th-most against any NHL squad.
Odds and insights reflect consensus player props available as of March 1, 2021. As such, there may not be player prop bet data available for all games played.


This article was originally posted by Philip Laidler, Consulting Director, on LinkedIn. You can join the debate here.
Edge computing is a technology that brings the capabilities of hyperscale compute close to the end-user or end-device. For telecoms operators, edge compute is often treated as synonymous with mobile edge computing or multi-access edge computing: compute based on the edge of the network. However, for many customers, edge compute includes workloads running on customer premises (call this the customer edge). We argue the 'telco edge' should be best thought of as distributed compute managed by the operator, that may extend beyond the network edge and onto the customer edge.
We define telco edge compute as telcos running applications on a distributed compute infrastructure as a service for third parties and internal non-network applications teams. The potential business models vary: from the telco offering 'co-lo' style services, to infrastructure-as-a-service to a systems integrator model. We have discussed these in detail in our previous report. Principally, telcos should consider using edge infrastructure not only for running their own network functions but also for running application workloads to deliver new services and improve their customers' experience.
Telcos have often asked "Where is the edge?" There are multiple potential locations on (and off) the network where telco edge could reside: customer premises, cell towers, street cabinets, and network aggregation points in the access and core network. The decision for where to place the edge really depends on three factors: the telco's current network architecture, its virtualisation roadmap (i.e. where there are planned data centre facilities for network applications) and the types of use cases the telco will cater to. For example, cell towers, which are located close to the customer edge and have a wider area coverage than street cabinets, would be best suited to provide low-latency communication for autonomous vehicles, allowing cars to make real-time decisions based on their current and future environments.
Telco edge incorporates the benefits of both local computing (on-device or on the premises) and cloud computing. Customers can better run low latency applications, as well as cache or process data close to the data source to reduce backhaul traffic volumes and costs. On the other hand, like cloud, telco edge is flexible and scalable. Unlike on-premise servers, it has the capacity to handle sudden spikes in workloads from unplanned increases in end-user activity and address enterprises' need to scale when testing and deploying new applications. For mobile applications, edge compute not only needs to scale up and down, but also move across different telco edge locations.
One of the key benefits of edge for enterprises is to reduce the amount of data that has to be sent back to the cloud for storage and processing. This is particularly relevant for applications which generate huge data volumes, such as those in Industrial IoT or high-definition video capture. Reducing the strain on backhaul clearly benefits the telco, as it lowers the associated network and interconnect costs. However, with current pricing models for connectivity, enterprises are not incentivised to run workloads at the network edge that reduce backhaul; they would still be paying the same price whether data travels all the way to the public or private cloud or not. We argue that operators should seek to split the price of access from backhaul and pass on some of the cost savings to the edge customer.
Do we need edge with 5G on the horizon? There is significant overlap in the use cases we talk about when we refer to both: AR/VR, autonomous cars, industry 4.0, IoT etc. Although edge computing supports these low-latency applications, 5G enhances this by improving throughput and reducing latency. In some cases, physics dictates that both are needed to reach sub-10 millisecond latency. One challenge that 5G faces is that deployment will be gradual and focused in major cities to start with. This could undermine adoption of applications such as enterprise AR. Edge compute, in combination with 4G could come to the rescue by enabling work-around solutions in areas where 5G is yet to be rolled out.
The use cases we hear about most are those with millisecond latency requirements: augmented/virtual reality, autonomous cars and drones. Despite the coverage surrounding these applications, they are still far from commercialised, as either the technology is not yet mature or regulation needs to catch up, or both. For example, in anticipation of the arrival of autonomous cars, the UK is proposing a three-year review of the existing law to examine the allocation of responsibility of humans and computers. Alternatively, in the case of AR and VR, the technology is not yet appropriate for many use cases; the size, weight and power requirements of headsets make them impractical for remote use over long periods of time and the devices themselves are expensive.
In recent years, we have seen the trend of enterprises switching to a multi-cloud strategy, a solution that incorporates a mix of on-premise, and public or private cloud. Gartner predicts that multi-cloud will be the preferred strategy for 70% of enterprises by 2019. This is true because a multi-cloud strategy has several key benefits: it optimises compute resources, increases scalability and improves connectivity and security. Telco edge can easily fit into this paradigm and offers an alternative easy-to-deploy option for enterprises, particularly for scaling up applications which previously resided on premises. For example, rather than having to go through a cumbersome process to procure additional servers when growing, an enterprise IT branch manager could deploy new workloads on the telco edge in a matter of minutes.
Given that public cloud computing adoption grew across enterprises in conjunction with enterprise-managed compute infrastructure, telcos planning on offering telco edge services should draw lessons from their success. Rather than viewing telco edge as a competitor to existing solutions, telcos should partner with existing players to create solutions that can be easily adopted - this could mean offering telco edge via a cloud provider platform. Value from the telco will also come from the ability to manage workloads up (to the cloud) and down (to the device or premises) in a seamless way.
10) Telco edge compute doesn't exist yet!
Many initiatives have been undertaken to develop telco edge compute, from Deutsche Telekom setting up a US lab for edge computing trials with 5G to HPE planning to invest $4 billion to develop the technology. However, telco edge is still at a nascent stage. It will most likely be implemented first for enterprise use cases, since they do not need wide area telco edge coverage, thus edge can be deployed more easily. Other use cases, such as autonomous cars, will presumably require a longer time to mature, given that they need edge compute to be prevalent across a city, country or even region.


Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness (Japanese: ポケモン不思議のダンジョン 空の探検隊 時と闇をめぐる 最後の冒険 Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky Expedition) is special episode of the Pokémon anime which aired in Japan on April 12, 2009 and in the U.S. October 9, 2009. A DVD of the English dub was given to those who pre-ordered Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky in GameStop.
The story continues from Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness. The special is based on the story of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky. Covering the end of the main game story, the special follows the Poképals and Grovyle as they do battle with Dusknoir in the Hidden Land.
and a Chimchar who dreams of forming a Pokémon Exploration Team. Which, after meeting, is exactly what they did, calling their Exploration Team the "Poképals".
Through dedication and arduous training, The Poképals rose to glory. And now, at last... Their final adventure is upon them.
In the world of Pokémon, there exists rare and precious items known as the Time Gears. It is protected by the legendary Temporal Pokémon Dialga, along with Uxie, Azelf and Mesprit. Then one day, time started to behave strangely, starting from a dungeon and spreading everywhere, driving the Pokémon berserk.
Pokémon formed exploration teams, who help Pokémon find lost possessions and occasionally explore dungeons and recover treasures deep within them. While they do this, the flow of time brings forth disaster, throwing the Pokémon World into a state of crisis.
Grovyle, Chimchar and Piplup find a glowing inscription similar to that on Chimchar's Relic Fragment. Lapras appears, as sent by the Wigglytuff Guild to bring them to the Hidden Land. They ride on Lapras' back as a flock of Pelipper circles overhead. Meanwhile, back at the guild, the Guild members talk about Team Poképals, and wonder how they are doing. Corphish butts in, saying they have found the Hidden Land and how the Relic Fragment fell into Chimchar's possession. Sunflora points out that the Relic Fragment can bring them to the Temporal Tower, and to Dialga. The Guildmaster states that Chimchar and Piplup, for that reason, have been chosen by the Fragment. Bidoof comments on how cool that sounds, and Loudred points out that as they speak, Team Poképals are riding on Lapras' back to the Hidden Land. However, the Guildmaster has fallen asleep with his eyes open.
Meanwhile, Grovyle tells Piplup and Chimchar that Temporal Tower has started to collapse, and that when he took the fragment from Treeshroud Forest, time stopped there. He says that they need to fight on to stop the tower from collapsing, but Dialga had already turned into Primal Dialga. Both Piplup and Chimchar are shocked, and Chimchar says that if that's true, they'll need to go to the Tower and place the Gears onto the mouthpiece to restore time. Grovyle says that Dialga will try to stop them by fighting them, and they'll need to defeat Dialga. Both Piplup and Chimchar are stunned. Piplup tells Lapras to go faster, when Lapras spots the passage to the Hidden Land. Lapras speeds up, then suddenly starts to fly. However, Grovyle states they're simply in the Sea of Time. Lapras states that the Hidden Land is just ahead of the Sea of Time as they enter the Hidden Land.
They spot the Hidden Land, and Piplup recalls how he met Chimchar, washed up on a beach after being transformed from a human into a Pokémon and how they registered as an exploration Team in the Wigglytuff Guild, and what they went through together. Piplup becomes philosophical, saying that whether it's about the future or him being a human, he still doesn't remember anything, and it doesn't matter if he's a human or a Pokémon, he came with Chimchar to the Hidden Land, and they have come here to save the world for everyone. Grovyle spots the Temporal tower, and Lapras explains they need to ride the Rainbow Stoneship to the Temporal Tower. They arrive at the Old Ruins, and notice the pattern at the top of the pyramid is the same as the one on the Relic Fragment. They spot the Temporal Tower and a place where there is some writing, and Grovyle says it's ancient writing. Grovyle understands it, and says he did lots of research with Piplup in the future. Piplup doesn't remember any of this. Grovyle translates the writing, and it seems that the Old Ruins are the Rainbow Stoneship. Meanwhile a strange distortion is happening at the base of the Pyramid.
Grovyle walks over to the center of the pattern, and brushes away a patch of dirt, revealing a hole; a perfect fit for the Relic Fragment. he tells Chimchar to place the fragment in so they can ride the Stoneship to the Tower. Just as he places it in though, a Dark Pulse hits him and sends the Fragment flying. A Sableye grabs it and more appear from the distortion at the base of the Pyramid. They surround Team Poképals, and Chimchar yells to give the Fragment back. They are disturbed by laughing as Dusknoir appears. The Sableye gives the Fragment to him, congratulating the Sableye, saying that he was the one that crafted it in the future. Grovyle demands that he tell them why he's here. He says that with Dialga's help, he came from the future to settle things once and for all. He leaves, telling the Sableye to take care of them. They leap into action as Dusknoir leaves.
A dark cloud appears over the Guild as Corphish and Sunflora prepare to use Bubble Beam and Petal Dance respectively. However, Wigglytuff stops them, saying that even his Hyper Voice won't stop it. He reassures them that Team Poképals can solve this, even if time stops, and to have faith in them, they join hands as time freezes.
Meanwhile, Team Poképals fend off the Sableye's attacks. Chimchar using Flamethrower, Piplup using Hydro Pump and Grovyle using Bullet Seed seems to put them out of action, but they get back up. Meanwhile, Dusknoir retreats back to the future with the Relic Fragment. The three combine their Whirlpool, Fire Spin, and Energy Ball into one and knock the Sableye out. Dusknoir has reached the portal, but Grovyle holds him back by grabbing his tail. Dusknoir is shocked that they took out all the Sableye, and acknowledges them for their strength. He uses Rapid Spin to throw them off, then he proceeds to battle them, hitting them with a Dark Pulse. Grovyle tells them there must be some way to defeat him. Piplup says that if they give up, all of their friends will be frozen in time forever. Piplup suggests doing the same thing as they did against the Sableye, but Dusknoir charges Shadow Ball. Grovyle says that their attacks won't do much against that type of energy, but they try it anyway. Much to everyone's surprise, the combination of Whirlpool, Energy Ball and Fire Spin push the Shadow Ball back and defeat Dusknoir. The Sableye panic and flee. Chimchar grabs the Relic Fragment and rushes up the Pyramid.
Dusknoir stops Grovyle and Piplup. He tells them that if they start the flow of Time again all the Pokémon of the future will disappear, along with their future selves. Grovyle tells Piplup not to listen to him. But when Piplup asks Grovyle if it's true, Grovyle answers yes, but says that if they do that, all the Pokémon in the present will live in peace, and that's why they came here in the first place. Grovyle continues, saying that when he first came, he saw the sun rise. He says it was beautiful, seeing time flowing. He says that if they don't start time flowing again, then there is no hope for this world, and if it means preventing the Dark World enveloping this one again, he's prepared to disappear, and it's their destiny to save this world, and he promised to do so in the future. Piplup doesn't know if he did promise this, but decides to go anyway, to protect this world, and that he will be remembered with his defeat of Dialga and restoring time. Dusknoir discreetly starts to get up. Grovyle tells Piplup that there is also a possibility that they'll disappear from this world as well, but they'll disappear anyway. Chimchar shouts down to hurry up. Grovyle reminds Piplup that Chimchar doesn't know, and Chimchar would be devastated should he leave his side. Chimchar decides to make preparations without them when Dusknoir attacks with Dark Pulse. He grabs the Relic Fragment as Piplup and Grovyle arrive. Piplup grabs the fragment as Dusknoir attacks them. Grovyle takes the hit for them and restrains Dusknoir. He figures that since Dusknoir won't leave, he'll just have to take Dusknoir back to the future with him. He tells the others that he can't come back again, and they'll have to take on Dialga without him.
He tosses the Time Gears to Piplup, telling him he was happy to have met him. Then he jumps into the portal with tears in his eyes. Chimchar resolves to make the future a better place for Grovyle, Piplup remembers Chimchar doesn't know about how Grovyle will disappear if they start the flow of time again. Chimchar says he's sorry to Piplup, and that Grovyle's parting is heartbreaking, but Piplup can't break it to Chimchar that he'll feel the most pain when Piplup disappears, and knows this will be the last adventure they'll be together on. Chimchar decides to go and defeat Dialga so Grovyle's sacrifice won't be in vain. With a renewed vigor, Piplup gives Chimchar the fragment and Chimchar gives Piplup the bag containing the Gears. Piplup drops the last one in. Chimchar places the fragment into the hole, and the Stoneship begins to rise. True to its name, the Rainbow Stoneship flies toward the Temporal Tower, leaving a trail of rainbows. Piplup asks if Chimchar is ready. Chimchar says he is, and Piplup yells out to Dialga to wait for them.
Meanwhile, a dark shadow tops the Temporal Tower. Primal Dialga raises its head and roars to the sky.
Piplup is revealed to have learned Hydro Pump and Whirlpool, while Chimchar has learned Fire Spin and Flamethrower.
Dusknoir and Grovyle return back to the future.
Team Poképals prepares to take on Primal Dialga.
In the games, Dusknoir does not refer to the partner's Relic Fragment.
Dusknoir leaves it to his Sableye to get rid of Chimchar, Piplup and Grovyle while he tries to escape back to the future with the Relic Fragment. In the games, Dusknoir battles alongside his Sableye.
The scene where Dusknoir charges up a Shadow Ball mirrors that of the games. While the games' dialogue refers to the trio "forcing their combined moves down Dusknoir's stomach", they are illustrated as simply deflecting Dusknoir's Shadow Ball back at him. In this episode, Chimchar, Piplup and Grovyle overpower Dusknoir's Shadow Ball with their combination of attacks.
This special was released between DP122 and DP123 in Japan.
Pokémon Exploration Team Theme, Through the Sea of Time, and In the Hands of Fate are played as background music in this episode.
Dusknoir uses Rapid Spin, a move that it cannot legally learn.
There were only seven Sableye though eight can be seen and heard jumping through the portal.


As I was crossing the Rhine River at five o'clock, I could see the stage where the presentation of the twenty-two nine-man teams competing in this year's Tour would shortly be taking place. I could hear the music of the opening act and see cyclists streaming towards the stage on the bike path along the river to where I was headed too and could feel the first surge of thrill that I had arrived at The Tour once again--my fourteenth. I had biked to nine p.m. the night before to get within 75 miles of Düsseldorf in hopes of arriving in time for the presentation two days before The Race actually began. No one in the crowd could be happier than me to be here.
The plaza in front of the stage was already packed with fans all on their feet. I was so distant that even the large screen beside the stage was smaller than watching it on a television in a bar. I scouted out the cordoned off route that the racers would follow through the narrow cobbled streets of the old city after their introduction in search of a closer view of another screen showing the proceedings. I only had to go three blocks before I found a smaller, less packed plaza with a screen. The fans were three deep behind the barriers lining the route, but I could sit on the cross tube of my bike in an open space and gaze upon a good-sized screen flanked by an official Tour boutique selling souvenirs and a stand selling beer--a perfect blend of The Tour and Germany.
Just to my right, under a "Bonjour" banner, I could catch a glimpse of the teams as they rode by. Peter Sagan in his World Championship jersey, who will be vying for his sixth straight Green Jersey, led his teammates through the gauntlet. He has arguably the strongest pair of legs in The Tour, and unarguably, the thickest mane of hair.
The "Bonjour" on the banner overhead epitomized the theme of the Düsseldorf hosting of the Grand Départ--paying homage to the French. Other banners saluted the French expression "Allez, Allez" exhorting the riders, rather than the German "Hup, Hup."
Large billboards wished the riders "Bonne Chance" (Good Luck).
But nothing was more French-centric than the abundance of bikes painted red, white and blue, the colors of the French flag. There were still plenty of the more Tour-centric Yellow bikes, but the Germans were certainly expressing their understanding of the French with the red, white and blue bikes.
The large town of Meerbusch outside of Düsseldorf on the Stage Two route had bikes painted red, white and blue with a basket of flowers every few blocks.
Düsseldorf also asserted its rapport with the French, and perhaps wishing to put behind the many times they've invaded France, with banners on the two bridges the riders will cross on the First Stage time trial proclaiming this a "Tour de Friends."
Just as last year, there was a strong representation of fans from Colombia waving or draped in their flag. One group commandeered a second-floor room on the parade route and hung a Quintana banner and a pair of flags. Someone up close under the main stage was waving a Colombia flag on a post throughout the ninety minute ceremony.
There were no Colombians to be seen though outside Quintana's hotel the next morning when I stumbled upon the deluxe hotel by the old harbor where his Moviestar team and Team Katusha were staying. Quintana happened to be rushing by looking very intent and focused not wishing to linger with the handful of the fans hoping for a glimpse of a rider.
Skippy and I had made no arrangements to rendezvous knowing it would happen of its own will. The time came just after the introductions had been completed and the throngs were dispersing. I saw Skippy walking on the other side of the barriers in uniform and helmet, but no bike. I called out, "Mr. McCarthy," and he actually answered to his last name, perhaps recognizing my voice, rather than flinching that he was about to be apprehended by some authority, having had his share of tussles with the powers-that-be over their draconian enforcement of riding on The Tour route.
"Where's your bike?" I asked.
"Come on, I'll show you," he said. "It's inside."
We headed over to a building by the stage. We stood outside as a steady stream of well-dressed dignitaries streamed in. It was the post-presentation party. Skippy was the unofficial greeter. Everyone was in a festive mood. Two-time Tour winner and present broadcaster Bernard Thevenet gave Skippy a handshake and me too. Christian Prudhoome, director of The Tour, did the same. And so did five-time winner Bernard Hinault, looking a bit withered and smaller than when Skippy introduced me to him last year at the Dauphine. It was a bit of a surprise to see him, as he has retired from his podium duties. When the arrivals had thinned to a trickle, Skippy asked the man guarding the entrance if I could just duck in for a photo. Skippy already had clearance. Even though we were well below the dress code, the guy waved us in.
There was an open courtyard with several tents. Skippy's first was reaction was, "There's the mayor. Let me introduce you to him." He was all aglow from the huge outpouring of the public and the culmination of all his efforts to bring The Tour to Düsseldorf, just the second German city, after Berlin in 1987, to host the Grand Départ.
Skippy's bike was off to the side, part of an exhibit in his campaign to make motorists more respectful of cyclists.
I couldn't linger, as I had an eight-mile ride out to the home of a friend of Ingo, the German cyclist I spent two weeks cycling with in Uganda in 2010 when he was on his way to the World Cup in South Africa. It was approaching nine o'clock. It would be light until after ten, but I already felt as if I would be arriving unfashionably late.
The urban sprawl only extended five or six miles in this direction. I was soon out in the country with inviting pastures and forests for camping, but I pushed on, wanting to meet Ingo's friend Joachim. His wife answered the door and said her husband was next door with the neighbors in the adjoining house. Joachim wasn't a cyclist but he knew racing and his neighbor, an ardent cyclist, even more so. The neighbor's wife had an insider's knowledge of the sport as she had worked as a publicist for the Telekom team during the 2000 Tour accompanying the team of Ullrich and Zabel from start to finish. The conversation started fast and furious and never let up. I should have been exhausted, but was temporarily immune to fatigue.
I could have pitched my tent in their back yard, but accepted the bed room of their son, who is off on a several month sojourn in Australia, somewhat at the insistence of his parents, who wanted him to get a taste of the world after high school before embarking on college. As with Ingo, I felt an immediate affinity with Joachim and his wife. They had a most welcoming warmth and genuineness. They invited me to join them the next evening for a dinner party at a friend's who had a balcony overlooking a concert. It was hard to decline, but it would have been a late night and I needed to stockpile some sleep, as the day after my race to keep up with The Race would begin. I'd had a good test with my nine-day hard push to get to Düsseldorf culminating with back-to-back days of biking until after nine p.m., as would become the norm.
I was much in need of the relative rest day I've just had after the presentation of the teams with just 35 miles of soft-pedaling about Düsseldorf and riding the nine-mile time trial course along the Rhine and through the city center. It was extra easy on the legs doing it on an unburdened bike thanks to Joachim and Ingo. Quite a few of the racers were sampling the course as best they could in the heavy traffic on their time trial bikes with disc wheels. Peter Sagan passed me practicing bunny-hopping curbs.
I stopped by the tourist office and picked up a 76-page booklet on everything one needed to know about the Tour's visit to Düsseldorf. It included a full page photo of The Devil accompanying a page of Tour trivia. He's so synonymous with The Tour, he wasn't even identified. I haven't seen him yet, but look forward to that as well.
The time trial doesn't start until 3:15 on Saturday. I'll watch the riders warm up,and maybe catch some of the caravan, but then I'll start riding the Stage Two route back towards Belgium on roads I've already ridden. The legs will have a little extra pep to see them anointed with the Yellow Course Markers.
Thanks for taking us along again. Great pix and commentary.


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Delegation is a key skill to be being a successful manager. If you are not in management yet, you should learn how to delegate to subordinates, mentees or anyone else you have authority over.
But not all people in management like to delegate. Some find it hard to distract themselves from the current tasks to find time to delegate, or they may find it too much of a challenge to share responsibility for the work they are used to doing themselves. Others are afraid to lose their sense of importance after teaching someone else to do a section of their work. The truth is, if you strive to grow your career and take on new responsibilities, passing some of your current workload to others will diminish the possibility of you feeling overwhelmed by your increasing responsibilities. It will also enable your team to grow with you, leading to higher motivation and efficiency.
To make delegation happen, several factors need to be considered. Here are some points where the most critical mistakes can appear.
Is the Task Clear to Understand?
The importance of this point can hardly be overestimated. A task misunderstood or under-communicated can lead to demotivation, and a loss of trust and reputation, not to mention the business consequences of the failed job or unmet deadlines. To avoid this, take your time with task preparation. Explain the task clearly and provide all necessary information.
The timeframe is an essential part of any task, so make sure to agree on that, too. Remember that your subordinate's opinion counts. He or she can accept or decline the task or deadline. In which case, it's not so much delegation as a discussion to find the best working plan.
If you intend to delegate responsibility for a whole set of regular activities, make sure you communicate the milestones, timing, and scope of events. This could be something like, for example, 'the mentee will be able to execute test cases on a new functionality without supervision by Nov 1', or 'the report is sent out every Friday by 6 pm'.
For checking how well you have formulated your task, there are two useful acronyms – SMART and even SMARTER.
Come up with completion criteria: How would they know that the task is finished? Make them tangible and precise, and write them down.
Another point that is often missed is letting the employee know the relevance of the task they are doing to you (and the business) as well as to the employee themselves. Also let them know what the consequences are of successful and unsuccessful task completion. Seeing a bigger picture will help the assigned person feel more motivated and responsible.
Imagine you have set a task for your colleague to coordinate the work of several software testers and aggregate the results of their work. After it has been done, you find that she not only prepared a report but sent it out to the client, while you expected her to provide intermediate group results to you. Along with the task clarity, we have an issue with the level of responsibility here.
Level 1: I tell you what to do, you fulfill.
Level 2: You research the topic, then tell me what you've found and I will make the final decision.
Level 3: You research and make recommendations, I make the final decision.
Level 4: You make a decision and tell me what you do.
Level 5: You make a decision and don't even tell me. I trust your judgment completely.
Many don't have this understanding so won't even think about it when they are delegating. It is critical to communicate the level of responsibility expected of your subordinate effectively. Eventually, the best managers will delegate at level 5.
The form the monitoring takes can also vary, such as in personal meetings, email, chat, etc.).
If the method hasn't been agreed at the start, and you show up randomly to check progress, your subordinates may feel that you don't trust them, that the process is too chaotic, and they don't know what to expect from you next. The right frequency is crucial, and the perception of their being micromanaged can have a damaging effect on the delegated colleague's motivation, and the lack of control contains the risk of ultimately failing the task. So, choose form and frequency based on how often (in percentage to total attempts) the employee has successfully completed similar tasks. If they are doing the task for the first time, it makes sense to check the progress more often, even if the person is highly skilled and responsible.
If the assignee has any questions, provide the necessary support but remember that when you give comprehensive answers, you take the responsibility back. Be a coach and help your colleagues to find their own solutions.
Delegation is not just re-assigning the work you don't like to someone else. Ideally, the task should be challenging for the delegatee. It should be related to the direction of his or her planned career steps and be perceived as a benefit, not a punishment. In some cases it makes sense to rephrase the task to sound more like a job the delegatee would like to do.
On the other hand, if some of your teammates are not happy with the way the process works, it is a rule of thumb to delegate this part of the job to them. Ask them to find a better tool or improve the process. Give them a proper level of authority, and you will probably be impressed with the results. Be sure the person in charge has all the necessary resources and authority to fulfill the task. If not, agree on what they should do in case of any difficulties encountered.
Finally, certain tasks can't be delegated. They will concern your main responsibilities, such as being accountable for the results of your team's work, managing your team (including praise and incentives) and reporting to your higher manager or client.
Another point that is often skipped is that after the results of the task have been received and processed, offer constructive feedback and ask your colleague to share their thoughts about what could be improved in the delegation process. Remember to discuss issues, not people. Come up with an action list that you'll use next time.
At first, you may find delegation difficult, but as long as you've learned to do it right, your career and life will never be the same. So, take the benefits as well as help your colleagues to progress.


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Munster Senior Football Championship
Tipperary vs. Limerick
Tipperary will play Limerick in Fermoy on Sunday at 3:30pm in the first round of the Munster Senior Football Championship.
The counties met 31 times in the Munster championship with Tipperary having won 21 times to Limerick's eight while there have been two draws. Limerick won their last clash in 2004 en route to the Munster final where they lost in a replay to Kerry. Limerick were in Division 3 of this year's National League where they finished in 6th place after wining two, drawing one and losing four of their seven games. Tipperary had a great run in Division 4, clinching promotion after winning six of their eight games. They later lost the final to Offaly who were also promoted. Next Sunday's winners will play Cork in the semi-final on June 15.
Limerick (SFC v Tipperary): Sean Kiely; Diarmuid Carroll, Johnny McCarthy, Stephen Walsh; Padraig Browne, Stephen Lavin, Pa Ranahan; Tom Cahill, John Galvin; Stephen Kelly, James Ryan, Seanie Buckley; Kieran O'Callaghan, Dermot Phelan, Ian Ryan.
Subs: Mike Jones, Shane Gallagher, Ger Collins, Andrew Lane, Mike Crowley, John Cooke, Lorcan O'Dwyer, Micheal Reidy, John Marsh, Tom Collins, Gareth Noonan, Pat Ahern, Eoin Keating, Conal O'Cruali, James Donovan, Darragh McMahon, Conor Mullane.
TIPPERARY (SFC vs. Limerick) – Paul Fitzgerald (Fethard); Aidan Foley (Moyle Rovers – Captain), Mark Peters (Galtee Rovers), Ciaran McDonald (Aherlow); Paddy Codd (Killenaule), Robbie Costigan (Cahir), Niall Curran (Mullinahone); Kevin Mulryan (J. K. Brackens), Eamon Hanrahan (Commercials); Paul Johnson (Moyle Rovers), Brian Jones (Arravale Rovers), Damian O'Brien (Eire Og-Annacarty) ; Sean Carey (Moyle Rovers), Seamus Grogan (Aherlow), Barry Grogan (Aherlow)
LAST FIVE CHAMPIONSHIP CLASHES
2004 -Limerick 0-16 Tipperary 3-5
1998 – Tipperary 1-13 Limerick 1-12
1997 – Tipperary 1-17 Limerick 2-8
1991 – Limerick 0-14 Tipperary 2-7
LAST YEAR LIMERICK
Cork 2-14 Limerick 0-7 (Munster quarter-final) Louth 0-14 Limerick 0-13 (Qualifier – R1)
Cork 2-18 Tipperary 0-10 (Munster semi-final) As a Division 4 team, Tipperary were ineligible for the All-Ireland qualifiers but competed in the Tommy Murphy Cup where they lost to Clare.
Clare vs. Waterford
Clare will play Waterford in Cusack Park Ennis on Sunday at 3:30pm in the first round of the Munster Senior Football Championship.
The counties have clashed 26 times in the Munster championship, with Clare holding a 15-9 lead, while there have been two draws. It's the second time in a year that they met in the Munster campaign, with Waterford hoping to repeat last season's success which was achieved on a 1-6 to 0-7 scoreline in Dungarvan. Prior to that, Clare had won their previous four clashes with Waterford. The counties also clashed in this year's National League with Waterford having six points to spare in their Division 4 tie in Dungarvan in early March. Connie Power kicked 1-9 for the rampant Waterford men that day. Next Sunday's winners will play Kerry in the semi-final on June 15.
2007 – Waterford 1-6 Clare 0-7
2005 – Clare 2-14 Waterford 2-10
2002 – Clare 3-10 Waterford 2-9
Waterford 1-6 Clare 0-7 (Munster quarter-final) As Division 4 teams, neither were eligible to compete in the All-Ireland qualifiers. Both played in the Tommy Murphy Cup where Clare beat Tipperary before losing to Antrim while Waterford beat Carlow but lost to Wicklow.
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It's An Attack On Microsoft's Last Line Of Defense (GOOG)
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/this-latest-news-from-google-has-to-worry-microsoft-its-an-attack-on-microsofts-last-line-of-defense-2012-12
Google announced yesterday that it is going to start charging all businesses that want to use Google Apps – Google's online version of Microsoft Windows.
Previously, Google Apps had been free to use for businesses smaller than 10 people.
This news might mean that Google is sick of flushing money down rat hole and finally wants to cover its cost, despite the reduction in usage this will cause.
But it also might mean Google is about to take Apps development a whole lot more seriously. It might Google is going to start trying to make Google Apps something that all businessess find worth paying for.
If that's the case, it has to make Microsoft nervous.
Microsoft is in a very precarious place at the moment.
It's just released a new operating system that's very different from its old one.
The new operating system forces enterprises and consumers around into a choice: what kind of new OS do they adopt?
In years past, there was really only one choice: Microsoft.
But now, consumers are bringing their iOS devices and Android devices to work. They're used to them. They love them. Meanwhile, consumers are not rushing out to buy Microsoft's new tablet, Surface.
So now, enterprises have three choices: Microsoft, Google, or Apple.
The big advantage! Microso ft has had for years now is that its software suite for doing business, Microsoft Office, is far superior to anything Google or Apple had to offer.
But if Google is going to charge all clients for its Office clone, that might mean it is about to take Apps development a whole lot more seriously.
Maybe Google will finally build a real rival to Microsoft office's crown jewel, Excel.
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Friday, December 7th, 2012 news No Comments
The 20 Biggest Corporate R&D Spenders In The World
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/biggest-research-and-development-spender-2012-10
Every year management consulting Booz & Co. puts together a comprehensive report on the world's 1000 biggest spenders on research and development, and the connection between that spending and performance.
Booz & Co. senior partner Barry Jaruzelski told us that "in the US, Europe, and Japan that's fairly easy to put together, but to do it on every market, to get South Africa, China, India, Brazil, Russia, Israel, etc. takes a fair amount more effort."
There's an incredible amount of money in R&D. The top 20 companies alone spent $153.6 billion last year, which is more than a quarter of the total $603 billion by the world's 1000 biggest spenders.
Here are last year's top 20 spenders:
Read the full report here
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2012 news No Comments
These 10 Companies Are Absolutely Enormous Compared To Their Headquarter Countries
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/10-large-companies-domiciled-small-economies-2012-8
Finland's fortunes are affected by one firm. What about other countries?
NOKIA contributed a quarter of Finnish growth from 1998 to 2007, according to figures from the Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ET LA). Over the same period, the mobile-phone manufacturer's spending on research and development made up 30% of the country's total, and it generated nearly a fifth of Finland's exports. In the decade to 2007, Nokia was sometimes paying as much as 23% of all Finnish corporation tax. No wonder that a decline in its fortunes–Nokia's share price has fallen by 90% since 2007, thanks partly to Apple's ascent–has clouded Finland's outlook.
Are any other economies so reliant on one company? The researchers at ETLA calculate Nokia's value-added to work out its importance to Finland, but such data are not widely available. A look at firms' sales as a percentage of GDP (see table) offers a cruder indication of clout. We used the Dow Jones Global Index to identify firms whose revenues ranked highest in the country of their listing.
Firms like ArcelorMittal, Essar Energy and China Mobile make the top ten because of their choice of domicile; their economic activity mainly takes place elsewhere. Oil-and-gas firms feature heavily, although that may simply show that certain economies are dependent on a certain type of activity rather than a specific firm. Lower down the list the presence of Sands China, a casino developer and operator whose sales are 13% of Macao's GDP, reflects the importance of gambling to the territory.
Strip these sorts of firms from the list and only one resembles No! kia: Tai wan's Hon Hai, an electronics manufacturer. Yet Nokia made 27% of Finnish patent applications last year; the corresponding figure for Hon Hai was 8%. Although numbers are falling, Finland is home to the greatest number of Nokia employees; Hon Hai's staff is mostly in China. It is a similar story with other firms. Sales of Nestlé, a consumer-goods company, weigh in at 15% of Swiss GDP but its share of Swiss jobs is punier than Nokia's in Finland. Samsung, whose revenues are twice Nokia's, has half its clout as a share of GDP: South Korea's economy is more diversified. The importance of Nokia to Finland looks like a one-off.
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Sunday, August 26th, 2012 news No Comments
More Evidence That The iPhone 5 Is Going To Have A Very Thin Screen (AAPL)
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/businessinsider/~3/aaZBkjKpEWU/more-evidence-that-the-iphone-5-is-going-to-have-a-very-thin-screen-2012-8
For months, there have been rumors that the next iPhone would have a thinner screen. Several reports have said that Apple's supply partners were developing a new process called in-cell technology, which integrates touch screen sensors directly into the LCD screen, thereby eliminating a layer from the screen.
Now, we have the biggest proof yet that this is in fact happening.
LG confirmed during a press event on Wednesday that the company is now mass producing new display panels that use this in-cell technology, according to The Wall Street Journal.
"We had some hard times (in developing the new in-cell technology) at first…but it seems those hard times have finally ended," said Han Sang-beom, LG Display's CEO, according to The Journal. "The in-cell technology is the industry's latest development. (But) we will be able to supply the panels without any fail."
LG has supplied display panels for Apple products in the past, and previous reports claimed that LG would be one of several companies producing the new thinner screens for the next iPhone. Given that LG's announcement comes just a couple weeks before Apple is expected to unveil the next iPhone, it seems a pret! ty safe bet that the screens are for that.
So, what will a thinner iPhone screen actually mean for users? Two things, probably:
A thinner phone, overall.
A more expensive repair, if the screen breaks. That's because the touch sensors will be built into the glass. If you crack an iPhone 4 screen, you can keep using your phone. That probably won't be the case with the iPhone 5.
A thinner screen may also make more room for a bigger battery.
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Thursday, August 23rd, 2012 news No Comments
Amazon Opening TV and Movie Development Center
Source: http://gizmodo.com/5928173/amazon-opening-tv-and-movie-development-center-in-london
We've known for some time that Amazon is planning to make original TV content. But now Bezos and co have announced that Amazon is turning its back on the US, instead choosing to develop a center in London to spearhead its move into media.
The Telegraph reports that the Seattle-based firm has named London "the obvious choice" for the new "digital media development" center, because "Britain has led the way in pioneering on-demand services which allow users to rent films and television over the internet."
Amazon has announced today that it's taking over an eight-story, 47,000 square foot office near Barbican tube station, in the heart of London. Speaking to the Telegraph, Paula Byrne, the center's managing director, explained:
"I wouldn't underplay the value that the UK has brought to this sector. When you look at the specialist skills that are available here, it is the obvious place to come… Innovation is part of the Amazon DNA and we are creating a centre of excellence to design and develop the next generation of TV and film services for a wide range of digital devices."
Amazon currently owns two London-based on-demand media services—LoveFilm and Pushbutton—and the staff from those are excepted to move in to the new building right away. From there, who knows what direction Amazon will head in. [Telegraph]
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Monday, July 23rd, 2012 digital No Comments
Latest Amazon Buy Is Another Signal They're Building A Phone
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/latest-amazon-buy-is-another-signal-theyre-building-a-phone-2012-7
Amazon made news this week with their acquisition of 3D mapping startup UpNext.
In a news note on BI Intelligence, we analyze what Amazon is up to with this acquisition. We:
Look at the increasing importance of bringing native apps to the Kindle Fire tablet.
Describe why we think this is the latest evidence of pointing to the development of an Amazon phone.
Give a brief overview of the other clues over the last year that lead us to conclude an Amazon phone is in development, including Amazon's purchase of Yap last November.
Outline the potential revenue opportunities an Amazon phone represents that in many ways is a natural extension of its core online business, including media sales and ecommerce.
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over one billion in June
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/04/netflix-users-view-one-billion-hours-of-video-june/
Despite all Netflix's misgivings up until early this year, the service has got its users watching more video than ever. CEO Reed Hastings recently took to Facebook to announce that subscribers have watched over one billion hours of content in a single month, for the "first time ever." As Tech Crunch points out, that's about one hour of video-viewing per day against the five hours that the regular ole tube garners. Hastings also mentioned he's excited about the service's exclusive rights to House of Cards and Arrested Development, declaring that they'll help to "blow these records away." If you'll recall, back in January the company claimed 26 million streaming subscribers worldwide, compared to just over 10 million who opted for discs — it'll be very interesting to see how these fluctuate given its newer takes on content.
Netflix users clock-in more viewing hours than ever: over one billion in June originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 04 Jul 2012 09:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Infinity Blade on iOS more profitable by the pound than any other game we've made
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/27/epic-games-infinity-blade-on-ios-more-profitable-by-the-pound/
Traditional console makers have often sworn up and down that mobile doesn't make money for game development. That might still be true for some developers, but you'll get a very different answer if you ask Epic Games. Co-founders Tim Sweeney and Mark Rein have collectively described the currently iOS-only, Chair-developed Infinity Blade as the "most profitable game we've ever made" when considering the amount of money and time invested relative to the money coming back. Yes, that includes even the Gears of War series, which most consider Epic's primary cash cow. Sweeney, like his long-time competitor Johh Carmack at id Software, is also taken aback by the power stuffed inside the latest generation of mobile devices — a 2012 iPad is nearer the performance of a PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360, he tells Gamasutra, and the pace is only picking up. Even more insights await in the interview with Sweeney; click below if you want a hint of what one of gaming's pioneers has to say about where your tablets, phones and (yes) PCs are going.
Epic Games: Infinity Blade on iOS more profitable by the pound than any other game we've made! ori ginally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Jun 2012 19:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Wednesday, June 27th, 2012 news No Comments
Microsoft releases SmartGlass SDK to developers
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/21/microsoft-releases-smartglass-sdk-to-developers/
Pumped to use Microsoft's upcoming Surface and Windows Phone 8 devices to help you bolster your gamerscore? Sit tight — SmartGlass development starts now. Microsoft is now making the Xbox SmartGlass Software Development Kit available to partners with agreements to develop content for the Xbox 360. Approved developers can download the SDK from the Microsoft Game Developer Network, replete with a SmartGlass JavaScript library, the Xbox SmartGlass Studio and a sample application. Redmond hopes the SDK will give developers a head start on building applications for the technology before it launches later this year. Of course, if you can't wait to see what developers are cooking up, you can always just check out our hands-on again.
Microsoft releases SmartGlass SDK to developers originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Friday, June 22nd, 2012 news No Comments
Windows Phone Still Badly Lags Rival Platforms In App Development
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/windows-phone-still-badly-lags-rival-platforms-in-app-development-2012-6
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Microsoft announced yesterday that just more than 100,000 apps have been now been published in the Windows Phone Marketplace. In comparison, Apple had over 725,000 apps in the App Store as of February (meaning its even higher now) and Google Play had more than 500,000 apps as of last month.
As we have argued before, the real network effect in the mobile platform wars is with developers, who create the apps that draw consumers to phones. On the one hand, Microsoft badly trails its rivals. On the other, it's impressive that they have managed to convince developers to write 100,000 apps with such a small user base—at last mark, Windows Phone had less than 2% global market share, putting it in last place among major smartphone platforms. But while Microsoft lacks the "long tail" apps of these other platforms, at least it has been whipping out its check book to underwrite development of the most popular apps.
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Wednesday, June 6th, 2012 news No Comments


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