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HP's Converged Cloud Services: A Very Big Bet on OpenStack
Why Multiple Open Source Platforms Will Succeed in the Cloud
CloudStack, OpenStack and the Significance of Support
Is a Cloudy Battle Shaping Up Between OpenStack and CloudStack?
While Citrix's moves ahead with CloudStack and its abandonment of the OpenStack cloud computing platform dominated the news this week, there was a lot of big news surrounding OpenStack. IBM and Red Hat are among the many companies backing the upcoming, non-profit OpenStack Foundation, which will have substantial money and resources behind it. And, Hewlett-Packard announced its Converged Cloud services and platform tools, based on a "hardened" version of OpenStack. HP's plans could mean a lot for the company during a time when it's perceived by many to have lost its way, and HP is betting big on an open source platform with its cloud strategy.
One of the centerpieces of HP's Converged Cloud strategy is a public, open source IaaS cloud service based on OpenStack (dubbed HP Public Cloud). Like Amazon's cloud services, it will offer simple cloud tools and services, online storage, virtualization features and more, with beta instances available on May 10. Here, HP's pricing and support will matter a lot.
HP's coud strategy also involves tools for those who manage cloud deployments, through its Cloud Maps inititative. As ZDNet reports:
"HP launched Cloud Maps, software to manage private and public clouds...HP also launched software dubbed Service Virtualization 2.0, to test cloud environments, and Virtual Application Networks, to deploy networks across the company's networking stack...Meanwhile, HP outlined services to set up these converged cloud pieces as well as security and optimization offerings."
Clearly, HP's OpenStack-based strategy stretches far beyond what Amazon is doing with its cloud services. HP's strategy appears to be a comprehensive attempt to provide end-to-end, flexible cloud tools and services. In that regard, it will join Rackspace, Red Hat, Cisco and IBM in attempting to appeal to large organizations focused on the cloud.
And, it's worth noting that HP's strategy relies heavily on the KVM hypervisor and virtualization, which will help it deliver hybrid cloud solutions without favoring one operating system over another. As GigaOM has reported:
"HP's also putting more weight behind the KVM hypervisor in what is seen as a swipe at VMware."
How big is the pie that HP and the big cloud-focused companies that it competes with want to potentially divide up? Forrester Research has forecasted that cloud services will make up a $61 billion market by the end of 2012. The challenge for HP will be to successfully manage its cloud business even as it pushes forward with its huge printing business and its status as the number one PC maker. As it does so, it is placing a huge bet on open source.


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1 April 12, 2019 Volume XIV, Issue 15 SEC/CORPORATE SEC Adopts Rules to Modernize and Simplify Disclosure The Securities and Exchange Commission recently adopted final rules to modernize and simplify the disclosure requirements for public companies under Regulation S-K. This rulemaking was mandated by the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act), and the final rules are substantially in the forms originally proposed by the SEC in October 2017 (as discussed in the October 20, 2017 edition of the Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest). The final rules make several significant changes to Regulation S-K and related rules and forms. The following are some highlights: Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (MD&A) (Item 303) Item 303 of Regulation S-K currently requires reporting companies to discuss the three-year period covered by their financial statements and present year-over-year comparisons of their financial condition, changes in financial condition and operating results. Pursuant to the final rules, Item 303 will now allow a reporting company to omit a discussion and analysis of the earliest of the three-year period so long as the discussion of such year is already included in an earlier SEC filing, and the company includes a statement identifying the location in the prior filing. The final rules differ from the SEC's proposed rules in that they do not require that any omitted discussion must not be "material to an understanding" of the registrant's financial condition, changes in financial condition and results of operations. The staff found that the proposed explicit condition requiring the omitted discussion to not be material contained superfluous language and may have been interpreted to modify, supplement or alter the materiality analysis that management must conduct with respect to the information it provides investors in the MD&A. Additionally, reporting companies are no longer required to include year-over-year comparisons of their financial results in the MD&A. Instead, Instruction 1 to Item 303 clarifies that reporting companies may use any presentation that, in their judgment, enhances a reader's understanding of their financial condition and results of operations. The SEC noted that it expects most companies will continue to include year-over-year comparisons, as they are most familiar to investors and, in many cases, an appropriate method of presentation. Exhibits (Item 601)—Redaction of Confidential Information Pursuant to the final rules to Regulation S-K, reporting companies will be allowed to redact confidential information from material contracts that are filed as exhibits to SEC filings without submitting a confidential treatment request. Companies may redact this confidential information so long as the information is both (1) not material and (2) would likely cause competitive harm to the reporting company if publicly disclosed. Note, however, that the SEC will selectively review exhibit filings and assess whether redactions appear to satisfy the above requirements. The staff may request that registrants promptly provide supplemental materials, including an unredacted paper copy of the exhibit and the registrant's analysis to support its redaction. If the company's analysis does not support its redactions, the SEC may request that the reporting company file an amendment that includes some, or all, of the previously redacted information. 2 The final rules also expand to all exhibits (including material contracts) filed under Item 601: the existing accommodation that permits reporting companies to omit immaterial schedules and attachments to acquisition agreements under 601(b)(2). Under the final rules, reporting companies will still be required to provide with each filed exhibit a list that briefly identifies the contents of omitted schedules and attachments and, upon a request by the SEC, furnish a copy of any omitted schedules or attachments. A separate list of omitted schedules and attachments need not be included if the information is already included within the exhibit in a manner that conveys the subject matter of the omitted schedules and attachments. The final rules also codify the staff's current practice that permits reporting companies to redact any personally identifiable information (PII) (e.g., bank account numbers, social security numbers, home addresses and similar information) from filed exhibits without submitting a confidential treatment request. The SEC added a requirement that a reporting company must file a description of its securities as an exhibit to its Form 10-K (not only as part of a registration statement). However, this requirement can be satisfied by incorporating the description by reference from, and adding a hyperlink to, a previously filed registration statement. In addition, the final rules prohibit a reporting company from incorporating by reference or cross-referencing from the financial statements to information outside of the financial statements, unless otherwise specifically permitted or required by the SEC's rules, US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) or International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). In the adopting release the staff noted that such practice of cross-referencing or incorporating by reference could raise questions as to the scope of an auditor's responsibilities. Incorporation by Reference (Item 10(d)) Previously, Item 10(d) of Regulation S-K had generally prohibited reporting companies from incorporating documents by reference if such document was on file with the SEC for more than five years. The final rules eliminated the five-year limit in Item 10(d). For example, the elimination of the five-year limit allows a reporting company that files an exhibit with the SEC to incorporate such exhibit by reference in a later filing (e.g., in a 10-K), regardless of whether or not the exhibit was filed with the SEC within the last five years. However, a reporting company would not be permitted to incorporate by reference to a destroyed document because it would render its disclosure unclear and confusing. Form Amendments The cover pages of annual reports on Forms 10-K, 20-F and 40-F will require disclosure of the reporting company's trading symbol(s), in addition to the (1) title of each class of securities registered under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and (2) name of each exchange on which such securities are registered, as already required. The same disclosure will also be required on the cover pages of quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K. In addition, these cover pages will need to be tagged with inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language. The cover page of Form 10-K will no longer include a checkbox indicating that there is no (and to the best of the company's knowledge, there will not be) disclosure of late Section 16 filings in the Form 10-K or annual proxy statement. In addition, the final rules amend Rule 405 of Regulation S-K, which requires registrants to disclose in their Form 10-K or proxy statement certain information regarding Section 16 reporting persons. In particular, the final rules modify the current heading required under Item 405, "Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance," to "Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports." The final rules also include an instruction encouraging companies to omit such heading to the extent late Section 16 filings are not required to be reported, thereby minimizing unnecessary disclosure. Executive Officers The SEC clarified that information about the identity and background of an SEC reporting company's directors, executive officers and significant employees required by Item 401 of Regulation S-K does not need to be duplicated in the proxy statement if it is included in the 10-K. A reporting company can choose where to present the information. 3 If a reporting company chooses to include information about its executive officers in its 10-K instead of its proxy statement, the caption for that information must read, "Information about our Executive Officers" (instead of "Executive officers of the registrant"). Description of Property (Item 102) Item 102 of Regulation S-K requires disclosure of the location and general character of the principal plants, mines and other materially important physical properties of the reporting company and its subsidiaries. The staff believes that this item may demand disclosure that is not material. The final rules amend Item 102 to state that a description of property is only required when the physical properties are material to the reporting company. However, these final rules will not modify the Item 102 requirements for companies in the mining, real estate, oil and gas industries. Timing The amendments to Item 601(b)(2) discussed herein governing the redaction of confidential information in material contracts became effective as of April 2. The remaining amendments discussed herein will be effective on May 2. For a copy of the SEC's adopting release, please click here. BROKER-DEALER FINRA Proposes Rule Extending the Market-Wide Circuit Breakers in NMS Stocks Pilot Program On April 5, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a proposed rule change to extend the pilot program related to FINRA Rule 6121.02 (Market-wide Circuit Breakers in NMS Stocks), which provides a methodology for determining when to halt trading in all national market system stocks due to extraordinary market volatility, i.e., market-wide circuit breakers. The original term of the pilot program was intended to coincide with the pilot period for the Plan to Address Extraordinary Market Volatility Pursuant to Rule 608 of Regulation NMS (Limit Up-Limit Down Plan). The rule change is intended to (1) untie the pilot program's effectiveness from that of the Limit Up-Limit Down Plan, and (2) extend its effectiveness to the close of business on October 18. The rule change was effective upon filing. FINRA intends to file a separate proposed rule change with the SEC to adopt the rule on a permanent basis. The text of the rule change is available here. FINRA Proposes Rule to Adopt the Remaining Legacy NASD and Incorporated NYSE Rules as FINRA Rules On April 8, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a proposed rule change to adopt the remaining National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) Rules and Incorporated NYSE Rules as FINRA Rules in the Consolidated FINRA Rulebook without any substantive changes. The rule change covers areas such as membership rules, foreign members, customer account statements, discretionary accounts, approvals of changes in exempt status under Rule 15c3-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, reporting requirements for clearing firms and interpretations of the Incorporated NYSE Rules. Corresponding cross-references and technical updates will also be made in the Consolidated FINRA Rulebook to reflect the aforementioned changes. The rule change is intended to (1) eliminate the Transitional Rulebook, and (2) provide member firms with greater clarity and regulatory efficiency. The rule change was effective upon filing. The text of the rule change is available here. FINRA Proposes Rule Extending the Pilot Program Related to Exchange-Listed Securities On April 5, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a proposed rule change to extend the pilot program related to FINRA Rule 11892 (Clearly Erroneous Transactions in Exchange-Listed Securities). 4 In September 2010, the SEC approved, on a pilot basis, changes to the rule that, among other things: (i) provided for the uniform treatment of clearly erroneous execution reviews in multi-stock events involving 20 or more securities, and (ii) reduced FINRA's discretion to deviate from such standards. Since 2010, FINRA has proposed a series of additional provisions that are currently scheduled to operate for a pilot period that coincides with the pilot period for the Limit Up-Limit Down Plan (including any extensions to such pilot period). The SEC recently published the proposed Eighteenth Amendment to the Limit Up-Limit Down Plan (Proposed Amendment) to allow the Limit UP-Limit Down Plan to operate on a permanent basis. The rule change is intended to (1) untie the pilot program's effectiveness from that of the Limit Up-Limit Down Plan, and (2) extend the pilot program's effectiveness to the close of business on October 18, (which is six months after the expiration of the current pilot period for the Limit Up-Limit Down Plan). FINRA noted that, in connection with the rule change, national securities exchanges also will file similar proposals to extend their respective clearly erroneous execution pilot programs, the substance of which are identical to the rule. Extending the effectiveness of the rule for an additional six months is intended to provide FINRA and national securities exchanges additional time to consider further amendments to the clearly erroneous execution rules in light of the Proposed Amendment. Assuming the SEC approves the permanent adoption of the Limit Up-Limit Down Plan, FINRA intends to assess whether additional changes also should be made to the operation of the clearly erroneous execution rules. The rule change was effective upon filing. The text of the rule change is available here. FINRA Announces Updates of the Interpretations of Financial and Operational Rules On April 9, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority issued Regulatory Notice 19-11 informing member firms that FINRA has updated its Interpretations of Financial and Operational Rules to add a new interpretation related to Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(viii)(C)/06 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Open Contractual Commitments). The new interpretation relates to the conditions under which an underwriting backstop agreement in a firm commitment underwriting would not give rise to an open contractual commitment charge. The Notice is available here. The text of the interpretation is available here. FINRA Issues Regulatory Notice Regarding Departing Registered Representatives On April 5, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority issued Regulatory Notice 19-10 addressing the responsibilities of member firms when communicating with customers about the departure of registered representatives who have direct contact with customers in the conduct of such member firm's securities sales. The Notice reinforces two key expectations related to such communications. First, in the event of a registered representative's departure, member firms are expected to promptly and clearly communicate to affected customers how their accounts will continue to be serviced so that customers can make informed decisions about their accounts. Second, member firms are expected to communicate clearly when asked questions by customers about the departing registered representative. Such communications should, for example, clarify that the customer has the choice to (1) retain his or her assets at the current firm and be serviced by a new registered representative assigned by the firm or chosen by the customer, or (2) transfer such assets to another firm. As with all customer communications, FINRA expects that the information provided by member firms about the departing registered representative is fair, balanced and not misleading. The Notice is available here. FINRA Proposes Rule Addressing Regulation NMS and Extraordinary Market Volatility On April 11, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a proposed rule change to adopt FINRA Rules 6190 (Compliance with Regulation NMS Plan to Address Extraordinary Market Volatility) and 6121.01 (Resumption of Trading in Securities Subject to the Regulation NMS Plan to Address Extraordinary Market Volatility), which implement the Plan to Address Extraordinary Market 5 Volatility Pursuant to Rule 608 of Regulation NMS (Limit Up-Limit Down Plan), on a permanent basis, consistent with the recent approval of the Limit Up-Limit Down Plan to operate on a permanent basis. The rule change was effective upon filing. The text of the rule change is available here. FINRA Proposes Rule Making Substantive, Organizational and Terminology Changes to the Corporate Financing Rule On April 11, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a proposed rule change to make certain substantive, organizational and terminology changes to FINRA Rule 5110 (Corporate Financing Rule – Underwriting Terms and Arrangements), which requires member firms that participate in a public offering to file documents and information with FINRA about the underwriting terms and arrangements. The proposed rule change includes a range of amendments to Rule 5110, including reorganizing and improving its readability. In addition, FINRA proposes changes to the following areas: (1) filing requirements; (2) filing requirements for shelf offerings; (3) exemptions from filing and substantive requirements; (4) underwriting compensation; (5) venture capital exceptions; (6) treatment of non-convertible or non-exchangeable debt securities and derivatives; (7) lock-up restrictions; (8) prohibited terms and arrangements; and (9) defined terms. These changes are intended to lessen the regulatory costs and burdens incurred when complying with the Rule. If the SEC approves the rule change, FINRA will announce the implementation date in a Regulatory Notice to be published no later than 90 days following such approval. The implementation date will be no later than 180 days following publication of the Regulatory Notice announcing the SEC's approval. The text of the rule change is available here. DIGITAL ASSETS AND VIRTUAL CURRENCIES FSB Publishes Directory of Cryptoassets Regulators On April 5, the UK Financial Stability Board (FSB) published a directory of regulators and other authorities in FSB jurisdictions who cover cryptoasset issues. The FSB delivered the directory to the April 2019 G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting. It notes that the directory's purpose is to provide information only—it does not define the regulatory scope or perimeter of the bodies it lists. The publication also summarizes the scope of the FSB's interest. The FSB's publication forms part of the ongoing work on cryptoassets conducted by the FSB and standard-setting bodies, including its report on cryptoassets that it published in July 2018 (as reported in the July 20, 2018 edition of the Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest). The directory is available here. 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In order to acidize whole horizontal well interval uniformly, temporary plugging technology was chosen as one of the most effective methods. Laboratory tests were also carried out to evaluate their diverting properties. The results show that clean self-diverting acid could increase its viscosity during reaction with carbonate, and which made it divert to other layers. And for fiber, it has good temporary plugging and degradable performance, which can meet the need of uniform acidification and low damage to oil reservoir. According to the analysis of fiber characteristic, some using principles were also given. This technology was applied on ten wells, and temporary plugging and diverting display could be clearly observed by observing pumping pressure change. Furthermore, final production rate after stimulated was increased obviously. All these results showed that this technology could get a better application effect in horizontal well acidification.


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La Biblioteca nazionale e universitaria di Strasburgo (in lingua francese: Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire de Strasbourg; in lingua tedesca: National- und Universitätsbibliothek von Straßburg) con sede in Strasburgo, con i suoi tre milioni unità mediatiche è la seconda biblioteca per dimensioni della Francia, dopo la Bibliothèque nationale de France di Parigi. Essa è anche Deposito legale per la regione dell'Alsazia e Biblioteca universitaria per l'Università di Strasburgo.

Le raccolte speciali, che dal 1872 furono allestite a nuovo, comprendono circa 6900 manoscritti dei quali circa 700 risalgono al medioevo,, e tra i quali i codici con scritti di Enrico Suso, Meister Eckhart e Giovanni Taulero.

Tra i 2098 incunaboli si trovano esemplari provenienti da officine tipografiche di Strasburgo come Heinrich Eggestein, Johannes Mentelin e Hans Grüninger.

Storia
La biblioteca fu fondata nel 1872 come risarcimento della distruzione della precedente, avvenuta durante la guerra franco-prussiana, sita nel Temple Neuf, già chiesa domenicana e poi tempio luterano. L'edificio fu eretto tra il 1889 e il 1894 su progetto degli architetti August Hartel e Skjøld Neckelmann sulla Place de la République secondo modelli rinascimentali italiani. Fino al 1945 la firma dell'istituzione era Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Straßburg. L'interno, andato distrutto nel corso della seconda guerra mondiale, fu ricostruito secondo criteri di funzionalità tra il 1951 e il 1956.

Note

Bibliografia
  Henri Dubled, Histoire de la Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg. 2. Auflage, Straßburg 1973.
  Volker Wittenauer, Die Bibliothekspolitik der Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg, dargestellt am Projekt der Retrokonversion des Zettelkatalogs der deutschen Zeit (1870–1918). Heidelberg 2005. (online; enthält einen Abriss der Geschichte der Bibliothek)

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni
  Sito ufficiale
  Calames (Catalogue en Ligne des Archives et des Manuscrits de l'Enseignement Supérieur)
  Das Buch und sein Haus - Straßburg (Strasbourg) UB

Biblioteche della Francia
Cultura a Strasburgo

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installed an increasing number of cameras in various public spaces including housing projects, schools and public parks departments. Following the September 11 attacks, the use of video surveillance has become a common occurrence in the country to deter future terrorist attacks.
These were deemed successful in the government report "CCTV: Looking Out For You", issued by the Home Office in 1994, and paved the way for a massive increase in the number of CCTV systems installed. Today, systems cover most town and city centres, and many stations, car-parks and estates.
enter their PINs. Images may be transmitted wirelessly to the criminal.
systems are currently regulated. Private sector personnel in the UK who operate or monitor CCTV devices or systems are now considered security guards and have been made subject to state licensing.
In Canada, the use of video surveillance has grown very rapidly. In Ontario, both the municipal and provincial versions of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act  outline very specific guidelines that control how images and information can be gathered by this method and or released.
difficulty identifying individuals from video alone, but if connected to a key-card system, identities can be established and displayed as a tag over their heads on the video.
is estimated to incorporate the video feeds of a total of 15,000 cameras.
network protocol called Television Network Protocol to allow access to many more cameras than each individual system owner could afford to run and maintain.
wireless security cameras relied on analog technology; modern wireless cameras use digital technology which delivers crisper audio, sharper video, and a secure and interference-free signal.
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a residential home invasion to business vandalism.
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trespasser, but can even track his or her movement with different camera set-ups.


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Following the installation I've got missing icons as shown in the picture below. Anyone have ideas on how this happened? Interested to hear anyone's thoughts.

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16 People Arrested for Dumb Social Media Posts
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1. Escaped Prisoner Gets Caught at Mexican Resort: A fugitive who escaped from the Payette County jail in Idaho was arrested by U.S. marshals after he posted his whereabouts on Instagram. They nabbed Nicholas Grove, who escaped by scaling a fence in 2014, in Tulum, Mexico, thanks in large part to the selfies he posted at a resort. "Social media certainly played a role originally because this particular individual bragged about his escape on Facebook," Marshal Brian Underwood said. It's a good lesson from criminals and non-criminals alike: Keep your vacation photos to yourself.
2. Tourists Ruin Historic Landmark For Instagram Post: Two American girls, aged 21 and 25, broke off from their tour group while on vacation in Rome, Italy and decided to use a coin to carve their initials into the walls of a structure that was built just slightly more than 2000 years before the dawn of social media. Other tourists in the historic landmark reported the vandalism to guards and the pair were arrested for aggravated damage to a building of historical and artistic interest. The girls could see a fine of up to 20,000 Euros as a similar fine was imposed upon a Russian tourist who vandalized the structure about a year before. No word on how many likes the selfie received.
3. Teen Sends Murder Scene Selfie Via Snapchat: Snapchatting a selfie with you and your victim is the perfect way to share a crime scene photo, right? Seven seconds of revelry and then the evidence disappears. Until the person on the receiving end snaps a screen shot with your user name on full display, of course. Maxwell Marion Morton (no relation to Matron Mama) was charged with first-degree murder in Pennsylvania after he sent a Snapchat of himself and his victim (16-year-old Ryan Mangan) to several people, one of whom took a screenshot of the (perhaps) unintentional confession.
4. Dutch Girl Arrested for American Airlines Threat: "Hello my name's Ibrahim and I'm from Afghanistan. I'm part of Al Qaida and on June 1st I'm going to do something really big bye." was the tweet sent by 14-year-old Sarah, @QueenDemetriax_ on Twitter, in April 2014, supposedly as a joke. The folks over at @AmericanAir however were not laughing and quickly responded by saying, "@QueenDemetriax_ Sarah, we take these threats very seriously. Your IP address and details will be forwarded to security and the FBI." What followed, before the account was suspended, was the complete implosion of the so-called joke and an insane freak out by the Dutch teen. After pleading that she's "just a girl" and vowing not to tell her parents about her momentary lapse in sanity, Sarah later turned herself into police where she was charged with posting a false or alarming announcement.
5. In The "You're Old Enough To Know Better" Category: Back in May 2010, then-26-year-old Paul Chambers tweeted about his intention to blow Robin Hood Airport "sky high" if his upcoming flight at the British airport was late. What he didn't account for was the chance that he'd miss said flight because he'd be arrested for that tweet two days before his scheduled departure. Claiming the tweet was an "innocuous hyperbole," Chambers fought the legal charges, which included sending an offensive, indecent, obscene, or menacing message over a public telecommunications network, and lost, something that cost him 1,000 pounds and his job at a car distribution firm. His whining continued on Twitter with tweets talking about how this punishment does not fit the "crime" and complaining that this has jeopardized his career. Clearly, he learned nothing from the incident.
6. Man Repeatedly Tweets About Assassinating President Obama: There are many things that would really be common sense that would be really, really bad to tweet about. Assassinating the president lands squarely in that category. So it should be no surprise that in September 2012, when 21-year-old Donte Jamar Sims posted a series of tweets talking about killing President Barack Obama with "that Lee Harvey Oswald swagg" and an "Assault (sic) Rifle at Barack's Forehead," he was swiftly arrested. While Sims reportedly was smiling when reading his tweets aloud to the Secret Service, who knocked on his door just a few days later, he later apologized for his stupidity. That apology came up just a wee bit short though as he was later sentenced to six months in prison for knowingly and willfully making a threat to take the life of the president.
7. Teen Jailed for Kindergarten Shooting "Sarcasm": Oh, those gamers, they get so heated when they battle across the Internet, so much so that in February 2013, when 18-year-old Justin Carter was insulted by a League of Legends gamer, he posted some fighting words back of his own. "I think Ima shoot up a kindergarten / And watch the blood of the innocent rain down / And eat the beating heart of one of them" was what Carter posted, and just as anyone with half a brain would expect, he was soon arrested. Carter claimed that his messages were "sarcastic," even using the fact that he also typed "lol" and "jk" as his defense; authorities didn't agree.
8. Sick Jokes About Missing Kids Land Teen in Prison: Taking sick jokes to a whole new and very much criminal level, meet Matthew Woods. This British teen had the brilliance to post jokes on Facebook stating "I woke up this morning in the back of a transit van with two beautiful little girls, I found April in a hopeless place." and "Who in their right mind would abduct a ginger kid?" Now out of context, these might not seem something that would land him behind bars, but considering there were two little girls missing at the time, a highly covered story by the news media, no one was laughing at his comments. Woods, who claimed a defense of intoxication, spent three months in the pokey on charges of sending by means of a public electronic communications network a message or other matter that is grossly offensive.
9. Teen Doesn't "Get Away With It Like Zimmerman": Lots of people were upset when George Zimmerman was found not guilty of the murder of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in July 2013. Just one however, went to Twitter to threaten mass murder because of it. 15-year-old "Mark" was that one. The teen posted, "If Zimmmerman free imma shoot everybody in Zion causing a mass homicide, and ill get away wit it just like Zimmerman," just before the verdict was announced. Though it was quickly deleted, police got wind of the threat and pulled "Mark" into the station for questioning. The good news is that the cops determined that he was no threat and had no means of carrying out an act of that kind and let him off with a Class 4 felony charge, disorderly conduct.
10. Twitter Time-Bomb Mention Pulls Teen from Pink Concert: When you're excited about attending a concert and want to express that on social media, it might be wise to step back and think before you tweet. An Aussie teen learned that lesson the hard way in July 2013, when he posted on Twitter this lapse of judgement, "@Pink I'm ready with my Bomb. Time to blow up #RodLaverArena. Bitch." Though the kid was just referencing Pink's song "Timebomb," security at the concert rightfully treated the message like an actual threat and nabbed him when he arrived at the Melbourne arena. The kid was arrested, and his father had to angrily drive three hours to help sort things out. Public nuisance charges were filed and the kid missed out on the concert that got him so excited in the first place. Not a good night for anyone involved!
11. Olympic Twitter Rant Goes a Step Too Far: Athletes are easy targets for hate mail when they lose, but in the case of British diver Tom Daley, the messages he received after failing to medal at the 2012 Olympics took that hate to a scary new level. Twitter user @Rileyy_69 didn't just go on a rant about how Daley "let us all down" and how he would "rather support a tramp," this fan, or former fan, threatened to shoot the Brit too. "I hold a gun license for shooting birds and I'm gonna shoot yours as well," was the tweet that earned @Rileyy_69 a visit from Dorset police following a tip from Olympic officials, who were closely monitoring Twitter for safety reasons. Charges for malicious communications soon followed. No word on the kid's new favorite athlete following this incident
12. A DUI Is No Laughing Matter: Similar to the many who were busted for bragging about their crimes on social media, a Kentucky teen learned that when one hits a car full of teenagers whilst driving under the influence, posting about it with a LOL expression isn't very wise. 18-year-old Paula Asher did that in September 2012, and the message attracted the eyes of the victims' parents. The parents went to the Woodford County judge, who ordered Asher to remove the post. She declined and was charged with contempt of court. Two days in the clink, in addition to her DUI sentence, were added on.
13. Horrible Rap Lyrics Lead To Arrest: Few these days are surprised when song lyrics mention unsavory or straight up criminal acts. The distinction, however, between a threat and just making music is that when an unknown aspiring rapper posts comments talking about crimes, it's far from completely clear that he's just rapping. Terroristic Rap Lyrics Bomb for Massachusetts Teen...Meet Cameron D'Ambrosio. This 18-year-old from Methuen, Massachusetts, posted "f*** a boston bombing [sic] wait til u see the s*** I do, I'ma be famous for rapping, and beat every murder charge that comes across me." on Facebook in May 2013. The completely not famous non-rapper's threats were forwarded to local law enforcement and he was swiftly arrested. The charges, of threats to make a bomb or hijack a vehicle, were eventualy dropped, but not before D'Ambrosio spent some time behind bars for his flow.
14. Ex-Husband's Elaborate Facebook Hoax Backfires: This is one of the stranger stories.In 2011, David Voelkert plotted to turn the tables on his ex-wife by playing along with her plot to seduce him on Facebook and get him to talk about harming her. Angela Voelkert made a fake profile of a local teen, friended David, and proceeded to listen as David talked about how he wanted to kill her. Normally, this would be a criminal situation, and it was for a while, but David somehow knew that this was a complete ruse and planned ahead. He produced a notarized affidavit explaining that he knew this teen was really his ex-wife in disguise and played along only to prove that Angela was trying to tamper with his life. His plan worked but not before he spent four days in custody while this wild web was untangled
15. Woman Broadcasts Her Drunk Drive Home on Periscope: A Florida woman was arrested after she broadcast her intoxicated drive home on the social media app Periscope. Whitney Beall had had a few too many when she got behind the wheel of her car and declared to the few dozen people watching her on the app ""I'm driving home drunk, let's see if I get a DUI." She did, as she was reported by several watchers to 911, and police found her, drunk and driving with a flat tire, running into a curb. She didn't get jail time, but did get a year of probation, work released, community service, and had her license suspended for six months
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Escaped Prisoner Gets Caught at Mexican Resort: A fugitive who escaped from the Payette County jail in Idaho was arrested by U.S. marshals after he posted his whereabouts on Instagram. They nabbed Nicholas Grove, who escaped by scaling a fence in 2014, in Tulum, Mexico, thanks in large part to the selfies he posted at a resort. "Social media certainly played a role originally because this particular individual bragged about his escape on Facebook," Marshal Brian Underwood said. It's a good lesson from criminals and non-criminals alike: Keep your vacation photos to yourself.
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Organization: Geneva Environment Network
The IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) provides a clear and up to date view of the current state of scientific knowledge relevant to climate change. It comprises three Working Group (WG) reports and a Synthesis Report (SYR).
The Working Group II & III (WGII & WG III) contributions to the AR5 – ClimateChange 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability and Climate Change2014: Mitigation of Climate Change were launched in March and April 2014. TheWG II contribution assesses risks and opportunities for societies, economies, and ecosystems around the world. The WG III contribution assesses the options for mitigating climate change and their underlying technological, economic and institutional requirements.
An event providing an overview of the WGII &III contributions to the AR5 report, took place at the International Environment House on 19 June, with:
Introduction and Overview of Progress and Timeline for AR5 Renate CHRIST, Secretary, IPCC
Key messages and issues arising from the WG II Report Chris FIELD, Co-Chair, IPCC Working Group II
Key messages and issues arising from the WG III Report Elmar KRIEGLER, Lead Author, IPCC Working Group III
A Country perspective José ROMERO, Swiss Federal Office for Environment
Question & answer session moderated by Renate CHRIST
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Q: How to solve a problem that Lasso plus a l-2 regularizer? The problem is a that:
$\min_{t\in \mathbb{R^n}} \{\Vert t-b\Vert_2^2 + \lambda_1\Vert t\Vert_1 + \lambda_2 \Vert t\Vert_2\}$.
Does it have a closed form solution? If not, how to solve it efficiently?

A: Yes, it does. I prefer to change the parameters slightly to avoid unnecessary fractions and indices, so I'll minimize $\|t-b\|_2^2+2\lambda\|t\|_1+2\mu\|t\|_2$ (assuming $\lambda,\mu> 0$).
Notice that it makes no sense to have opposite signs for $t_i$ and $b_i$ because you can flip and get a smaller value. Thus we can just consider the case when everything is in the positive cone ($t_i,b_i\ge 0$).
The problem is that $\|t\|_2$ doesn't split into a sum of functions of one coordinate. To overcome this difficulty, notice that $2x=\min_{a>0}(ax^2+a^{-1})$. Thus, we will introduce an extra parameter and consider the minimization problem
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\|t-b\|_2^2+2\lambda\|t\|_1+a\mu\|t\|_2^2+\mu a^{-1}\to\min
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Now, for fixed $a$, the minimization in $t$ is a piece of cake: in each coordinate we have to minimize
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over $t_i\ge 0$. The answer is
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t_i=0\text{ if }b_i\le\lambda; \qquad t_i=\frac{b_i-\lambda}{a\mu+1}\text{ if }b_i>\lambda
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Now the whole sum evaluates to
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\operatorname{const}+\mu a^{-1}-\frac{U}{a\mu+1}, \text{ where }U=\sum_{i:b_i>\lambda}(b_i-\lambda)^2
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Thus all we need is to minimize $\mu a^{-1}-\frac U{a\mu+1}$. When $\mu^2\ge U$, this expression obviously stays positive for all $a>0$ and tends to $0$ as $a\to+\infty$, so we should send $a$ to infinity, which results in $t=0$.
Otherwise, taking the derivative we get
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New figures have shown the sandy beaches and blue skies of Queensland are luring more expats than anywhere else in Australia.
One-fifth of all those who emigrate to Australia now settle in Queensland, and the trend is likely to continue.
Out of the total Australian immigration figures, 50,000 immigrants now settle in Queensland each year.
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Smith County Commissioners Court Calls Bond Election
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The Smith County Commissioners Court voted unanimously Monday to call a bond election for November 7, 2017, to give the citizens of Smith County the opportunity to approve or disapprove the issuance of bonds for road and bridge construction and major improvements.
If approved, the bond will be issued over a three-year period, in an amount not to exceed $39.5 million. The money received from the bonds will be used to pay for major county road and bridge projects over three years, which, according to commissioners, is Phase I of a six-year Road and Bridge Capital Improvement Project.
If approved, the bonds would have a 10-year pay-back period, and are anticipated to be issued as needed in increments of $12 million during the first year, $12 million during the second year and $15.5 million during the third year. The bonds are anticipated to increase the I&S portion of the tax rate by 0.7 cents per $100 valuation. For a home valued at $200,000, this means an increase in property taxes of $14 annually. The average home in Smith County is valued at $165,841, resulting in an increase in property taxes of $11.61 annually.
The process of developing a Road and Bridge Capital Improvement Plan began in 2015, when Smith County hired Atkins Engineering to analyze the condition of each road in the county. That study resulted in the identification of up to $98 million in road projects in Smith County. Over the past three years, Smith County has dedicated $10 million from its reserve fund, in addition to what is annually budgeted to pay cash for a number of these projects.
Building on the Atkins Engineering study, the Commissioners Court held a series of citizen input meetings this summer to receive additional information and comments from citizens in each geographic region of the county regarding road and bridge conditions and needs. County officials also solicited and received more than 200 Citizen Feedback Forms from county residents.
At the beginning of August, County Engineer Frank Davis presented his first working draft of a six-year plan that covered both maintenance and construction items needed throughout the county.
Commissioners have since made clear that they intend to pay for all maintenance-related items in the six-year plan using the county's operational budget and additional money from its reserve fund. The proposed Fiscal Year 2018 budget for the county shows an additional $2 million dedicated from reserves for road and bridge projects. County Judge Nathaniel Moran has committed to dedicate at least an additional $1.5 million more from reserves before the FY18 budget is adopted to ensure that all maintenance-related items in year one of the road and bridge working draft plan are paid for in cash.
The county will continue to hold meetings and provide information to the public about the working road and bridge strategic plan from now through Election Day.
"The role of the Commissioners Court is simply to call the bond election and then provide factual information to our citizens," Judge Moran said. "The court plays an informational role, not a persuasive one. It is ultimately up to the citizens to determine whether the bond proposal should be adopted or not."
Commissioner Jeff Warr, who the Commissioners Court appointed as its liaison to help put together the plan with Davis and Judge Moran, said, "The road and bridge strategic planning process was citizen-driven and citizen-oriented from the beginning. That's the way it should be. And, now that the process has resulted in the calling of a bond election, it's up to the voters to become as informed as possible and decide whether this is the direction they want to go or not."
Citizens can view the initial, full six-year working draft road and bridge plan, which includes both maintenance and construction items, on the county's website, at www.smith-county.com. On the right-hand side of the webpage, midway up under "County Residents," is a link to the "Road & Bridge Strategic Planning Process." Click on the "Click Here for More Information" button, and the draft plan can be found by clicking on the "Resources" tab at the top of the big yellow box. The county also has plans to include a Phase I and Phase II breakdown of those road and bridge construction projects it anticipates paying for with funds raised from the issuance of bonds, if they are approved.
"Transparency has been our commitment throughout this process, and it will continue to be that way," Judge Moran said.
"We trust the voters to be informed about the plan, and we are committed to providing the necessary information to make that happen on Election Day. Voters can make their voice heard in an informed manner," Commissioner Cary Nix said. "That's what we want in this situation — to present a road and bridge plan citizens have been asking for and allow them to make the ultimate decision on that plan. Whatever happens, we will respect their voice."
Commissioner Nix said he would like to pledge to citizens that they will try to pay off any voter-approved bonds earlier than required, if possible. The rest of the court agreed.
Commissioner JoAnn Hampton said she was fine with the road plan being done in two phases, as long as the roadwork in Phase II is not forgotten after work in Phase 1 is completed. "Accountability is everything," she added.
Commissioner Terry Phillips said the Commissioners Court promised the public to work on addressing the county's road problems. After engaging Atkins Engineering and having the County Engineer, Frank Davis, come up with a "workable and reasonable plan," the Commissioners Court is putting it out there for the voters to decide.
He said their job is to not tell residents whether to vote for or against the plan, but hopefully the Commissioners Court has done its job and can move forward with getting the county's roads improved.
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Marketing of Australia by its Destination Marketing Assignment
There is also a comprehensive analysis of two more recent campaigns, 'So Where he Bloody Hell are You? ' and 'There's Nothing Like Australia' in relation to the three success factors mentioned above. Through an extensive amount of research and exploration, this report has detailed material In regards to what the basis of each of the campaigns were, what market research was conducted, and what the specific type of target tourist that each of the campaigns had.
The results showed that the more recent marketing campaign There's Nothing Like Australia' was more successful than ;so where the Bloody Hell are Your due to both the year immediate of release as well as the year following that. This showing that as a Destination Marketing Organization, Tourism Australia is effective, and as time continues on, their campaigns are becoming more specific and better suited to the targeted market. Table of Contents 1.
Introduction The international marketing of Australia is done through the Destination Marketing Organization of Tourism Australia. How effective the Destination Marketing Organization of Tourism Australia is can depend on the number of international travelers arriving in Australia each year in response to the marketing camping that is running at the time. There are two campaigns that Tourism Australia is more recently well known for; 'So Where the Bloody Hell are You? Released in 2006, and the 'There's Nothing Like Australia' campaign which was released in 2010. 2. There's Nothing like Australia" Campaign March 31st, 2010 marked the launch of Tourism Australia's long-term, three-phase marketing campaign 'There's Nothing Like Australia' (TONAL). The first phase, 'Invite': Australian Consumer Promotion, involving and inviting Australians to share their stories of the favorite and most memorable holiday destinations that they've had within their home country. This idea quickly became the country biggest consumer- generated promotion (Tourism Australia, 2013), as Australians responded with over 60 000 (Tourism Australia, 2010) stories and photos.
The responses to the phase one of the 'There's Nothing Like Australia' campaign were turned into a now interactive map available at www. Unenthusiastically. Com. This map gives world-wide travelers a more personal indication on where there is to travel and what there is to do when making plans for their own Australian holiday. With each submission beginning with 'There's nothing like', the memories that the Australian public produced were merged into a selection of less location specific but very individually Australian sections.
From these, a range of statements were then created to form the basis for a range of print/image media, and the script and filming concepts for the major video production. As of May 2010, phase 2 of Tourism Australia's TONAL campaign had begun, 'Inspire': International Campaign (Tourism Australia, 2013). This included the release of the commercial, the print/image media and the interactive map/website across many countries around the world. The global launch beginning in China and
Malaysia, India, Indonesia, France, Korea, Italy, Japan and Hong Kong (Tourism Australia 2012). There are plans for phase three of the 'There's Nothing Like Australia' campaign, 'Engage': In-Market Campaign. This involves working with Australian companies including airlines, travel agents and tour operators so that anyone who sells Australian holidays can use the tagging & imagery from this campaign to ensure that Australia has solid branding world-wide. 2. 1 Marketing Research as an Integral Activity.
Extensive research was conducted for Tourism Australia through the research pacifists Ipso ASIA in key target markets prior to the launch of the 'There's nothing like Australia' campaign (Tourism Australia, 2012). The key markets of Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, UK and USA all had a select sample audience that were tested with quantitative and qualitative research methods on different film concepts, print media executions and a film soundtrack. The same stimulus materials and questionnaires were used throughout all target markets with local language translators used when needed. . 2 Targeting the Right Type of Tourist Tourism Australia (2013) is aware that a vital element of their 'There's Nothing Like Australia' strategy revolves around having a target market consisting of a high yielding consumer segment. Through the use of cryptographic research, Tourism Australia has determined the personal factors that influence a tourist to travel and what makes them receptive to the Australian experience. These identities lead to the title of the target market of Experience Seekers.
This target market is highly prone to what Australia has to offer and is more likely to stay longer, spend more and disperse o regional areas (Tourism Australia, 2013). Experience Seekers are known to be long haul travelers who are less affected by cost and time, of which are known barriers to long-distance travel. They establish 30-50% of all long haul outbound travelers from the previously stated key markets, and are more informed, interested and curious about probable travel destinations (Tourism Australia, 2013). 2. 3 Promoting Unique Tourism Features, Clear Images, and a Solid Brand.
Keeping the above information in mind, the TONAL campaign has been specifically suited to entice these experience seekers to Australia. With having specific key Wants' to fulfill their travel experiences, Experience Seekers search for authentic personal experiences, meeting and interacting with the locals, and experiencing something different from their normal day-to-day life. The commercial that is a part of the TONAL campaign definitely does its part in trying to include many scenarios that cover some of the wants of the Experience Seeker travelers.
From the statement of Where everyone's your mate', along with the scene of the piano being played on the beach "there's nothing like the sunrise, the first wave of the day, to the interactions with the Australian wildlife and there's nothing like this bear-that's not a bear'; all these scenarios are unique to Australia and meet the expectations that Experience Seekers have. Australia's destination marketing organization, Tourism Australia, launched in 2006 a new international promotional campaign 'The Australian Invitation', (Caroline Winter & Sharon Gallon, 2008) better known as 'So where the bloody hell are you?.
This campaign consisted off range of print media and audio-visual material. The video advertisements compiled of a series of typical Australians (Weaver and Layton, 010) announcing a succession of statements in regard to an action that has been taken at a variety of iconic Australian locations. The commercial finishes with a celebrity, Lira Bangle, stepping out of the ocean at Finial Spit asking the now well- known punch-line, "So where the bloody hell are you? ". 3. 1 Marketing Research as an Integral Activity.
Before the 'Australian Invitation' campaign was released, Tourism Australia ensured that a serious amount of research and investigation was done on the proposed presentations. Working with approximately 86 focus groups, over 47 000 international tourist consumers, the research efforts involved segmentation studies, brand tracking, international visitor studies and in-depth interviews, all in all costing $6. 2 million (Weaver and Layton, 2010). These studies were conducted on key markets to Australian tourism, previously identified by Tourism Australia, including the US, I-J, China and Japan can Carbonated, 2012).
The results from the research were positive with the campaign being said to 'attention grabbing, 'distinctively Australian', 'authentic', and having a genuine & believable invitation to Australia can Carbonated, 2012); a participant from the UK even noting 'It's Susie… Cheeky, laid back, forthright. ' 3. 2 Targeting the Right Type of Tourist. The 'Australian Invitation' campaign had the intention to reach a more sophisticated global traveler (Tourism Australia, 2006), a traveler whom has high levels of income and education, is open minded and well-traveled.
These characteristics led to Tourism Australia aiming their newly designed campaign at a large market of travelers labeled 'Experience Seekers' (Caroline Winter & Sharon Gallon, 2008). These travelers seek out and enjoy authentic personal experience… Are active in their pursuits of adventure… And place high value on contrasting experiences (Tourism Australia, 2006). 3. 3 Promoting Unique Tourism Features, Clear Images, and a Solid Brand.
While remembering what it is that an Experience Seeker pursues when traveling, Tourism Australia's 2006 campaign has many features that reflect those particular Wants' to help engage the desired tourist market. With the entire advert being personalized We've bought you a beer', We've saved you a spot on the beach', to 'So, where the bloody hell are you? As well as majority of the scenes having physical activity as a part of the happenings; swimming, playing golf, native aboriginal isolated and outback Lure, to a sociable city-escape at the Sydney Harbor Bridge.
Although Tourism Australia managed to promote what made Australia unique from the rest of the world in the 'Australian Invitation' campaign, there were many negative connotations that arose due to this marketing strategy. The phrase of 'bloody hell' may be a common colloquialism in Australia, but when used in an international campaign to promote a country, there are many ways in which this can misinterpreted. The language of the ad needed to be viewed & interpreted in context f the ad & the Australian language, not with the meaning of the words that are associated within the viewers' home country.
It was in the I-J that there was a problem with use of the word 'bloody in the video advertisement, of which there was 36 formal viewer complaints made to the Advertising Standards Authority about the 'swearing' (Caroline Winter & Sharon Gallon, 2008). The AS also received a number of official complaints (32) from I-J residents when a series of three billboards for the campaign were launched which featured the wording We've switched on the lights. And the champagne is on board. So where the bloody hell are you? Caroline Winter & Sharon Gallon, 2008). Due to the controversy that arose with the launching of the 'Australian Invitation' campaign in the I-J, the advertisement was originally banned on I-J television for 10 days, before the ban was up-lifted and allowed to be shown during no-kids timings, after pm at night (Caroline Winter & Sharon Gallon, 2008). The I-J took part in the initial market research of Tourism Australia's newest campaign in which there was no problem like what was the Australian Government/ Tourism Australia was now being faced with.
It has to be remembered that although this global tourism campaign was carefully designed for the specific target markets of experience seekers, when shown on a country TV, or the print media being on show in a capital city, there is a far broader audience than that compared to the original market research assessment group. These extra numbers can include groups of people who the advertisers had not originally catered for, and it is that segment of the population that could potentially have the problem with the use of the language in the 'Australian Invitation' campaign (Caroline Winter & Sharon Gallon, 2008).
The second country that this campaign raised eyebrows in was Canada. They were accepting to the use of the word 'bloody, it was 'hell' that they had the issue with. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation banned the running of the ads during family programming while monitoring the responses of the audience when the advertisement was run in other timeless (Caroline Winter & Sharon Gallon, 2008). This wasn't the only problem with the 'Australian Invitation' campaign in Canada; the locals also didn't like the fact that the ad had the image of a half-full glass of beer, and whether or not it complied with Canadian Radio-Television and
Telecommunications Commission's Code for Broadcast Advertising of Alcoholic Beverages (Caroline Winter & Sharon Gallon, 2008). The final result of this was that the beginning shot which included the image of the beer ended up being cut from the advertisement, Just for the viewing of the ad in Canada. Japan also had a slight problem with this new campaign of Tourism Australia. The campaign was translated into the commonly spoken language of the country that it was a much less friendly statement of Where are you? Caroline Winter & Sharon Gallon, 2008) which wasn't banned, but wasn't as socially accepted as original planned/hoped. . Campaign vs. Campaign: Effectiveness of Australia's Destination Marketing Organization, Tourism Australia. The statistics provided by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (2008), show that there was an increase in the number of international visitors in both the years following the release of the two campaigns. After the 'Australian Invitation' campaign began in early 2006, the visitor numbers for 2006-2007 period increased by 2. 9% when compared to the previous year.
With this factor in mind, the international visitors most commonly increasing when compared to the previous years' statistics were New Zealand, the I-J, and Japan Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2009), even though the I-J had the most amount of controversy involved with the campaign. The year following the release of Tourism Australia's 'There's Nothing Like Australia' campaign, the international visitor numbers again increased, 3. 8% higher (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2013). Those international visitor numbers increasing the most from China, New Zealand and Malaysia.
The 'There's Nothing Like Australia' campaign is now in its third year of running and up to its third phase, where as the "So Where the Bloody Hell are You? Was replaced within 2 years. 008 was the year that Bag Allurement's 'Australia' movie along with the released of Tourism Australia's short-lived promotion 'See the Movie, See the Country promotion. The benefits of having a campaign continue running rather than replacing it with a whole new one is that the government will save money on promoting the country by passing through the set phases, and only making improvements/changes when required.
When comparing the visitor numbers of the second years of the two campaigns, it is the most recent TONAL campaign that has the better numbers. 'So Where the Bloody Hell are You? Has a decrease in visitor numbers (0. %) in 2007-2008 particularly from Japan, the I-J and Korea, when compared to the 2006-2007 statistics (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2010). The second year of release, 2011-2010, for 'There's Nothing Like Australia' on the other hand, had an increase of 2. 1% with China, New Zealand, Indonesia and Taiwan (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2013) having the biggest 5.
Conclusion As time has progressed, the Destination Marketing Organization of Australia, Tourism Australia has improved its campaigns due to the longer time that the campaigns are running. It has also shown that the more extensive the market search is towards the target audience and the reactions of these audiences towards the campaign, the more positive the results will be. 'So Where the Bloody Hell are You? Campaign has definitely lefts its mark on the world, with the slogan sitting highly with the 1984 campaign of 'Put another shrimp on the Barbie'.
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Last week, MEPs in the EU Transport Committee voted to reject further cross-border use of so-called 'mega trucks'- huge lorries 82ft (25 metres) long, which are bad for congestion, bad for safety and bad for road maintenance. Crucially, mega trucks would also devastate rail freight, the low carbon, energy efficient, safer alternative, encouraging freight off rail onto the roads.
The European Commission admitted that mega trucks, which are three times as long as a double decker bus and equivalent in weight to 52 cars, are more dangerous than existing HGVs. In the UK, current trucks are involved in 52% of fatal motorway accidents even though they only make up 11% of the traffic, so increasing their size and weight would be madness.
As it is, lorries are paying for only between a third and two-thirds of the damage they inflict on society in terms of road collisions, congestion, road damage, environmental pollution and impact on other road users, leaving taxpayers to pick up the rest of the bill. Introducing mega trucks would exacerbate this situation, and the case for them has not been made. How can even bigger trucks be justified when existing ones continue to drive around partially empty much of the time?
This was a crucial stage in the campaign against these massive 'travelling warehouses'. MEPs have rightly stated that detailed research to establish the full safety, road congestion and pollution impacts of these massive vehicles must be carried out before further international transport is allowed.
We are pleased that the UK Government has already said it will not allow mega trucks to circulate here in the UK. However, we know that it would come under huge pressure from the road haulage industry on competition grounds to allow mega trucks to operate here once they are allowed to travel internationally. Our Government has already caved in to road haulage industry pressure and allowed trials of 7ft longer trucks which have bigger tail swings, bigger blind spots and inferior maneuverability.
So this vote in Brussels was absolutely crucial. But the debate is not over. Now the vote has to be confirmed by the plenary of the European Parliament in April, before individual Members States will then have their say, and we will be there every step of the way.