The industrial world is divided into 3 sectors the primary, secondary and tertiary service sector. The primary sector deals with all the primary activities that contributes to country's GDP for e.g: agriculture, fishing, mining, etc. The secondary sector deals with the manufacturing sector and the service sector deals with all the services provided. A highly dominant service sector is a sign of a well developed economy. Countries like U.S.A and Australia have this service sector as the primary contributor to the economy.
The service sector comprises of different kinds of services from the medical field, legal field, hospitality and tourism sectors, financial field, etc. The role of the service sector in the Indian economy is slowly and steadily growing and today we have more than 50% of the GDP contributed by this sector.
The service sector needs you to be an expert or a professional in a particular field to be able to provide services, for e.g you need to be a lawyer to provide legal services and a doctor to provide medical aid, any layman cannot claim to be a lawyer or a doctor and provide services in their place.
From the simple and basic forms of service like the job of a hair dresser or a waiter to the complex services provided by a chef or a chartered accountant all the services fall into this sector.
The service sector is highly complicated and different from the manufacturing sector and its marketing even more difficult. This is so because when you have to market and promote a product or a commodity you have physical evidence of the thing you wish to showcase and you can show it to your target customers but the legal services or the financial advisory cannot be shown, touched or felt by anyone and hence it becomes really difficult to market these services.
The reality that today's world has to face is that the entire service sector needs as much marketing as any goods or commodity does and so this field needs to be managed really well. This sector comprises of those parts of the economy which are popularly known as the soft parts of the economy, where people provide their time and knowledge to improve the performance or productivity and can be termed as effective labor. There is no end product but there is an end result that is associated with this sector.
Teachers for students are the closet and most relatable examples of the service sector they provide their time and knowledge in providing knowledge to students. This sector can also act as an aid to the industrial sector, like providing transport and logistics facilities for the goods manufactured or pest control, packaging and quality checking services which can be provided by the manufacturing sector.
Popular examples of this sector include government, entertainment, telecommunication, hospitality, tourism, mass media, health care, banking, insurance, real estate and education and technology. In India with the IT boom, there has been major progress for this sector that has taken place. Since the millennium year India's growth in this field has shot up and has led us to come to a situation where we are known and respected globally. Another field that has boomed the Indian service sector is the BPO's and the KPO's, business process and knowledge process outsourcing is big business and Indian's are leading in this industry due to their English speaking abilities and vast youth population who wants quick money.
The education services, financial services and transport sectors have grown quite large in the past few years. Similarly the financial sector with banking and insurance in India has grown quite huge in fact by the year 2020 India could be among the top 3 countries in the world for the banking sector.
Medical tourism is yet another field in the map of India's service sector that has gained popularity in the last decade. People from across the world come to India to avail its state of the art medical facilities, skilled and efficient doctors and affordable and cheap rates. Similarly tourism has also received a boom after the Incredible India campaigns were launched and the Indian tourism sector was promoted in the right way to the globe.
India has grown quite large as compared to its image of being the land of snake charmers and our phenomenal growth of the service sector in the past decade stands testimony to that fact.
A career in the service sector is what you are aiming for by studying for business studies at graduate level. Your post graduate level studies or future career as a manager or a business professional will be related to this industry and you need to be well aware of how the industry works if you wish to make a career in this field. The knowledge of this subject will help you as it is quite different from all the other subjects you have studied in your BMS up till now.
It is a subject that will help you understand what a career in marketing the service sector will be like and is quite important from that point of view as you will realize whether you want to take it up as a career option or not. It will help you consider this as a career possibility which you would not have thought of till now.
Not at all, the difficulty level for this subject is moderate and if you have covered the entire syllabus for this subject then for you it will really easy to score very good marks in your University exam question paper.
No it is not at all boring, you will enjoy studying this subject a lot, even you lectures in college will be a lot of fun!
Do I need to join a coaching class for this Service Sector Management?
No, you do not need to join any class for this subject as learning and scoring good marks is easily possible if you pay a little attention in class and focus on your studies.
Where can I get Notes for this subject?
You can the list of reference books for this subject HERE!
How Do I Study This Service Sector Management?
Since this is a subject for your University exam, I am sure your focus will not be just to pass, you will want to score really good marks in this subject. In order to score really well you must remember that your paper is going to be really easy unless you don't study or the University decides to give you the BOMB PAPER in this subject.
Don't know what a BOMB PAPER is?
Well it has been observed that the University gives one paper that is really tough in the 5th Sem and it is so bad that maximum students get a KT in that subject and all the other subjects are super easy, easier than you would have imagined.
In the year I gave my Sem 5 exams that was 2013-14 the Bomb paper was financial management and the year prior to that it was logistics, it's like a trend that has been going on since ages and we must study for all the subjects really well so that we don't become a casualty of the University's Nuclear Warfare!
So take care that situation 1 does not occur and you will be saved in situation 2 as well! now how do we go about it?
The level of difficulty in this subject increases with every unit so the process to be followed while studying this subject is a bit different.
We recommend you take out 4 days and devote about 3-4 hours of your day and read through the entire textbook.
Choose some textbook that covers a lot of the syllabus but is not too bulky at the same time. Since this is your University exam you will surely need to refer more than one books but when you start, take up one textbook and spend 4 days in reading through the whole thing, even if you mess up and do not remember what was written in the previous chapters no problems try and take in as much as you can but read through the textbook completely.
Long answers- Short answers- Distinguish- Concepts, once you do long answers a lot of the short answers and concepts get covered in the same so you need to do them well and then complete what is remaining.
Follow it up by solving the case studies as they play a vital role in helping you remember the answers.
This entire process should take about a month, including the 4 days of your reading in the beginning, but this is a pure theory subject and you do need to spend quality time in learning this subject because at the time of the exam you do not want to write answers of two-three lines and score poor marks due to lack of content to fill in.
For your internal exams about an hour a day devoted to studying the answers you have been given for the exam, a week before the exam is more than enough to help you score well.
Read through the whole textbook.
Take up past year's University exams question papers/ you college prelim papers/ other college prelim papers and learn those answers.
Give examples, lots of examples which are related to your answers; it will make the examiner feel that you have studied well and will give you more marks.
Presentation matters so do not forget your margins, highlighted points and bullet points for important answers.
Make diagrams to explain concepts and long answers as and when possible as they give your answers a professional look.
Practice writing answers before the exam so that you are able to complete your paper on time.
We got a few T.Y.BMS alumni to share with us the problems they faced while solving their papers and gave out solutions which you can use in case you face a similar issue while writing your paper.
1. I just blanked out due to the stress, my FM paper had gone really bad the previous day and so I was under immense stress. I did manage to pass but my grades took a dip! – Regretful Priya Shinde!
– If you face a situation like this where you blank out due to stress, then take a deep breath and relax. Start by reading the name of your subject on the question paper and for 5 minutes try and recollect what it means or what it deals with, so service sector will remind you of all the services available like banking, tourism, finance, etc.
Then with those thoughts in mind skim through the paper and find the one question you feel you have some idea about even if you can pen down 1-2 lines still take up that question and start writing, keep pushing your memory.
– Do not give up or start crying, instead try and recollect anything from your daily that connects with the subject and pen it down. Eventually you will be able to recollect all that you had learnt and start writing the paper again.
– You need to know the paper pattern before you enter the exam hall, make sure you know how many marks are allocated to which question and write as much as required. If you feel you have more information to write you can leave some blank space and take up the next answer. If time permits you can always go back and complete those incomplete ones. This will ensure you do not waste any time on extra and unnecessary writing.
3. Even though I attempted the whole paper I did not score as much as I had expected. – Annoyed Pankti Desai.
Well now you know what separates a complete answer sheet from a well written answer sheet. Write your answers in the proper format and with necessary examples wherever you can add. Even if you can't manage to make any of the frills of margins, underlining and the works within the stipulated time period you can simply write a neat paper and still score good marks.
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Denmark's largest power station replaces coal with wood pellets
Avedøre Power Station can now use sustainable wood pellets as fuel instead of coal. This is a major step towards Copenhagen's goal of being CO2-neutral by 2025.
Facts about Avedøre Power Station
Avedøre Power Station has two units. Unit 1 now uses wood pellets as fuel, but is still able to use coal. Unit 2 is a multi-fuel plant consisting of a main boiler, which primarily uses wood pellets as fuel, a straw-fired boiler and two gas turbines.
Avedøre Power Station unit 1 was built in 1990 and used coal as fuel until recently. The unit is now able to produce electricity and heat using only wood pellets. The unit's capacity using biomass is 254MW electricity and 359MWth heat.
Avedøre Power Station unit 2 was built in 2002 and was able to use biomass from the outset. The quantity of biomass has gradually been increased over the years. Today, the unit is able to produce electricity and heat exclusively using wood pellets in the main boiler and straw in the bio boiler. The unit's capacity using biomass is 394MW electricity and 497MWth heat.
To ensure we only use sustainable wood pellets, DONG Energy only does business with suppliers who comply with the criteria set out in the Danish industry agreement on sustainable wooden biomass. This means that there is continuous reforestation, and that the biodiversity is protected.
For the past 18 months, Avedøre Power Station has been converting its coal-fired power station unit, and the entire CHP plant is now able to produce electricity and heat based on wood pellets and straw, rather than coal and gas.
"Following the conversion of unit 1 at Avedøre Power Station, we can produce heat for more than 215,000 Danish households in the Greater Copenhagen area without using coal or gas. The conversion is a major contribution to achieving a green district heating system in the Greater Copenhagen area as well as a green electricity system, supplementing solar and wind power," says Thomas Dalsgaard, Executive Vice President in DONG Energy.
Important step for Danish capital
The conversion – part of a heat agreement between the Danish energy companies 'Vestegnens Kraftvarmeselskab' (VEKS) and DONG Energy – aims to provide green district heating to VEKS' customers in the Greater Copenhagen area. The change from coal to sustainable wood pellets also contributes significantly to the city's climate targets. Avedøre Power Station expects to reduce its CO2 emissions by about 500,000 tonnes CO2 per year, equivalent to the annual emissions from 255,000 cars.
"Choosing the right levers to curb the ongoing CO2 emissions and thereby global warming is a complex task. However, using biomass at Avedøre Power Station's two units is a huge step towards achieving VEKS' goal of supplying fossil fuel-free district heating in 2025. We've made a difference," says Steen Christiansen, Chairman of VEKS.
Coal consumption plummeting
DONG Energy has reduced its coal consumption by 74 per cent since 2006 by using more wind and biomass, and the trend is continuing. Studstrup Power Station, near Aarhus, made the transition from coal in October, and now it's Avedøre Power Station's turn.
"We're reducing our annual coal consumption at Avedøre Power Station by around 160,000 tonnes. This is very good for the climate and in line with the conversion of our power stations, which has been ongoing for several years," says Thomas Dalsgaard.
Avedøre Power Station is expected to produce district heating based on biomass to approx 215,000 Danish homes in Copenhagen as well as electricity corresponding to the annual consumption of more than 600,000 Danish households annually.
For additional information, please contact
Ørsted Media Relations
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The UK is one of the beating hearts of the adtech industry, with a thriving start-up scene and a number of industry leaders based in Britain. Broadcasters are turning their inventory programmatic and AI at use in marketing and advertising is blooming.
London is also the centre of the hugely influential branch of the ad:tech conference, which gathers industry leaders annually to plan and discuss the years ahead. With so much going on so close to home, it's easy to forget that adtech is a global industry. Innovation requires diversity and heterogeneity – which is why it's important to look at the bigger picture and consider the UK as an integral part of the global ecosystem. Throughout 2018 we talked to marketers, brands and media agencies across the globe about their priorities and predictions for the future.
The services that media agencies offer vary drastically from country to country. While some agencies focus on consultancy services, others advise their clients on the latest tech trends – and some simply offer traditional media buying. In the UK, agencies are very numbers-focused. 42% of UK agencies manage their clients' advertising budgets, while only 29 % offer the same service in Germany. Equally 37 % of agencies have offered performance reporting in 2018 – in Australia only 19% do the same.
Agencies around the world offer some very specific services. Singapore lives up to its reputation of an innovation hub, with 63% of media agencies advising brands on how to successfully navigate digital transformation. Only 3 out of 10 UK agencies have said that they offer the same service. While we expect this number to increase slightly over the next 5 years, Singaporean agencies are definitely a few steps ahead when it comes to this topic. The different profiles of media agencies do reflect the needs of each individual market. In a mature market such as the UK, agencies often provide a fully integrated service that can assist brands at every step of the way. In smaller, more specific markets we see much more tailored agencies – such as the ones in Singapore mentioned above.
As part of our global research this year, we asked agencies worldwide about their programmatic buying capabilities, in addition to where they see themselves within the ecosystem. With UK agencies, we found a dramatic lack of confidence in their programmatic abilities. Only 3 in 10 UK agencies view themselves as an expert in programmatic buying, while globally 40% provided the same answer. And yet, the UK is using the same levels of programmatic inventory in their media campaigns as other markets. Germany, where 43% of agencies see themselves as programmatic experts, is buying even less programmatic inventory than the Brits.
When it comes to the advantages and challenges of buying programmatic inventory, many countries around the globe agree that their biggest challenge is to target ads better (i.e. 43 % of Singaporean agencies, 42 % of US agencies). This is much less of an issue in the UK, with 7 in 10 agencies feeling confident in their targeting abilities, demonstrating that the UK is very much at the top of their game when it comes to employing programmatic. UK agencies need to become more confident and allow themselves to rely on their programmatic expertise.
While each market has their own programmatic formats that they favour, programmatic social and programmatic mobile remain the top two formats globally. This might be partially due to the dominance of Facebook and Google, with the two of them the recipient of 57.7% of US digital ad spend in 2018. When comparing different markets, we found that the UK is leading the game in programmatic audio, with 38% of agencies purchasing the format (compared to 30% in the US and 20% in Australia). In digital video, the UK is still slightly behind some other countries. In emerging tech hubs such as Singapore, 45% of media buyers invest in digital video (versus 35 % in the UK). However, the situation looks slightly different when we focus on Advanced TV. The UK market is fortunate that the availability of Advanced TV inventory is already a lot more progressive than in other markets. Only 1 in 4 UK brands and agencies are worried that there is not enough available programmatic TV inventory for them to buy. In Singapore (39%) or Korea (44%) we have heard that this issue is a lot more prominent. Even in the US, the perceived leader in Advanced TV, the number of brands and agencies worried about a lack of inventory is higher (31 %) than it is here at home.
As we have seen, adtech markets across the world are still very much diverging, with new trends popping up in different locations. The UK industry is truly at the head of the game. However, our brands and agencies are often not aware of this advantage and would do well to be more confident in their programmatic expertise. The adtech industry is inherently global and interlinked. Alas it's important to keep an eye on what other markets are focusing on and learn from each other to develop and grow as a truly global market.


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It's 33.8-feet wide, offers 4K resolution complete with HDR, and achieves 10x the brightness of standard projectors. Will it tempt you back to the theater?
By Matthew Humphries
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I've been working at PCMag since November 2016, covering all areas of technology and video game news. Before that I spent nearly 15 years working at Geek.com as a writer and editor. I also spent the first six years after leaving university as a professional game designer working with Disney, Games Workshop, 20th Century Fox, and Vivendi.
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Back in March, Samsung unveiled its answer to declining movie theater visits in the form of a 408-inch 4K display aimed squarely at movie theater chains. It was a very compelling offer, simply because once again theaters can boast about visuals beyond what is possible at home.
Four months on from that unveiling at Cinemacon 2017 and Samsung has installed the first of these massive displays(Opens in a new window) at the Lotte Cinema World Tower in South Korea. You can see it in action below:
As well as the awesome visuals this screen promises to deliver, Samsung Audio Lab collaborated with Harman Professional Solutions to ensure the audio system was just as good. Harman's JBL system includes speakers bordering the display, a JBL Sculpted Surround system, and proprietary audio processing technology.
Anyone lucky enough to experience this Cinema Display will get to enjoy 4K visuals enhanced with High Dynamic Range (HDR). Brightness is rated at 146fL, which is 10x that of a standard theater projector, and this is the first display to achieve full compliance with the Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) theater technology standards. What that means is, full spectrum color accuracy is assured.
What we don't know yet is how much one of these displays costs. That's probably not the major concern for movie theater chains, though. They will be more interested in how much higher the quality is over what they use now and whether this first installation continues to attract viewers. If it does, then expect Samsung to start receiving orders from US theaters very soon.
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We've still got another couple of releases lined up before 2016 is out. Next is an album by Italian artists La Petite Vague who have previously released an EP with our sister netlabel Audio Gourmet. Their debut album 'Remous' sees Nicola Fornasari and Diego Balconi mix and arrange hours worth of material into 7 murky tracks, themed around water, the ocean and backwater. Their sound straddles the lines between ambient, drone, electro-acoustic, dark ambient and light noise – this one may appeal to those who enjoy Ben Fleury-Steiner, Marcus Fischer or Marsen Jules. The striking artwork was provided by Cesare Camardo. You can listen to a preview of the album by using the Soundcloud player below or keep a check on our Facebook page to preview the packaging when we share it.


The enigmatic Kailasa Temple at the Ellora Caves in Maharashtra, India has fascinated researchers for centuries. As the world's largest monolithic structure, it is without doubt one of the most breathtaking sites on the planet.
It is often overlooked, or at least overshadowed by sites such as the Giza pyramids of Egypt, Stonehenge of England, the Mexican Pyramid of the Sun, Gobekli Tepe in Turkey and so on, but this is certainly one of humanity's greatest architectural achievements.
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As a general rule, farmers do not like to be the center of attention. In fact, getting producers to take center stage and talk about themselves and their operations can be a real challenge. While many are getting better at telling their stories, for the most part it is not something that comes naturally. But, suddenly, Indiana farmers find themselves in the national political spotlight as the race for the U.S. Senate seat from Indiana takes on added importance.
The Labor Day holiday is the unofficial beginning the political season, when candidates turn up the rhetoric and campaign ads hit the airwaves. The Indiana Senate seat currently held by Joe Donnelly is one of the key races nationally that may hold the key to which party controls the Senate in 2019. Both parties have framed this race as a referendum on the President. Democrats are hoping to take back control of both the House and Senate to thwart the President's policies and set up a strong race for the White House in 2020. Republicans hope to take back the seat they lost 4 years ago and consolidate the strong support for the President that Indiana showed 2 years ago.
Indiana farmers are a key part of that support and, as a result, find themselves at the center of an intense pollical storm. The decision farmers will have to make at the ballot box this fall is not going to be easy. Indiana Farm Bureau President Randy Kron said there are a number of conflicting issues at stake and feels most have not yet made up their minds. IFB has decided not to take a position on the Senate race. Last election farmers were strong supporters of President Trump because of his promise to put a muzzle on the EPA, get tough on trade, support ethanol, and reduce regulations. Yet, all has not gone as well as many had hoped.
The trade war has caused massive market disruptions and lower prices, The EPA has not yet approved year round sales of E-15, and WOTUS is still with us and in force. The question being asked by political pollsters daily is: will farmers still support the President?
Making this question a bit more difficult is that Senator Joe Donnelly has been a strong and outspoken advocate for agriculture. Sitting on the ag committee, he has been a very involved in writing the new Farm Bill, supporting conservation, sponsoring ethanol legislation, and fighting against WOTUS. He has also been very engaged with the farm community, attending meetings and speaking at events. He has enjoyed a very high approval rating in the farm community. Will that be enough this fall?
Challenger Mike Braun has tied his campaign very closely to the President. He maintains that a vote for him is a vote of support for Mr. Trump. While he has only spoken sparingly about agricultural issues, sending a Republican back to Washington from Indiana may have significant impact on several key farm policy questions. Chuck Connor, with the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, told a Ceres Solutions field day event last week that the outcome of the mid-term elections will determine the direction and outcome of our trade war with China. "If the Democrats take control of the Congress, the President's ability to conduct trade negotiations will be severely limited," stated the former top USDA official under the Bush administration.
So, will farmers vote their pocketbooks or political practicality? Randy Kron feels most will not make up their minds until after harvest. In any case, both sides will be focusing on the farm community for support, and the national spotlight will shine brightly on Indiana agriculture asking the question: what will they do? The outcome may have large and long term consequences for U.S. farm policy.
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New Outsourcing Risks in 2005 and How to Mitigate Them | Article
Outsourcing, like any business endeavor, carries some risk. Some of those risks (like change management, government, SLA compliance, cultural fit between buyer and supplier, and the big one--will the supplier be there next year?) appear year after year. But as outsourcing changes, new risks appear. An informal Outsourcing Journal poll of 34 attorneys and outsourcing service provider executives revealed the risks in 2005 and included ideas to mitigate those risks.
The Risks in Offshoring
Companies who offshore face the risk of their company's reputation, says Jon Doyle, a partner at White & Case LLP. Both the media and labor unions are against job losses to foreign countries and have targeted companies who are offshoring. Many suppliers tell him their buyers want to do "stealth" deals so the public doesn't find out their outsourcing has an offshore component.
Mike Jones, President and CEO of (i)Structure, says his company has won some outsourcing contracts only after he promised he would send no job offshore.
Doyle suggests that, in some cases, another way to mitigate this marketplace risk is to leverage the media and industry groups to explain coherently the rationale for offshoring. "These companies must demonstrate offshoring doesn't mean bad things for their employees in the US. They can also show the benefits to other US sectors, like consumers," he explains.
Privacy Risks
Privacy is another issue that will come to the fore in 2005, according to Doyle, whose entire outsourcing practice is cross-border. He says privacy laws "will impact outsourcing in a very direct way." Few companies--both US and non-US--are entirely compliant with the rapidly evolving privacy laws in the countries in which they do business and may have difficulty synthesizing those laws with the laws of countries from which the private information originates. He advises his Silicon Valley clients "to not share their coveted intellectual property and other sensitive data with a company that doesn't comply with the privacy protection laws."
Alfred Binford, Vice President and General Manager of Unisys Global Outsourcing business for the Americas, says this year's 9/11 Report told the world, "We are safer but not safe." He believes many suppliers "still don't realize how critical it is to design high levels of physical and electronic security." This year they must focus on data security..
The best way to mitigate this is for buyers to do a thorough due diligence to ensure their suppliers have processes in place that make them feel comfortable.
The Risk of Rising Interest Rates
Matt Furton, of counsel with Lord, Bissell & Brook, sees disentanglement issues becoming an issue in 2005 due to the new rising interest rate environment. "All of a sudden the risk/reward calculations will change," he explains. He says that when the prospect of future mutual benefit goes away, so does the glue that holds both parties together. He posits companies need to be cognizant of the risks involved in early termination of their outsourcing contracts when making decisions.
The changing economy may also alter the product mix at a buyer's company. What if that company drops a product line that the supplier was supporting? Outsourcing contracts have always needed to be flexible to handle the unexpected; rising interest rates may put those contracts to the test this year.
Supplier Risks
With the offshore economics so compelling and the US election over, everyone expects outsourcing deals to grow this year. "Outsourcing is hot right now," points out Doyle. And when things get hot, the laws of supply and demand take over. Doyle worries that there "may not be enough good providers" to handle the work, especially for the small-to-medium sized businesses. "If the big providers have their plates full from the big, global companies, what does a buyer do if all the really good providers are too busy?"
He has the same worries about India's capacity. "As big as India is, its suppliers may not have enough trained employees to be able to handle a big change in demand on a dime," he says.
The alternatives for a buyer here are tricky. Doyle says "money talks;" offering more money may make the account more attractive. "But does this cost differential make sense?" he asks rhetorically. The other option is to keep the process in-house until "the suppliers you want to work with become available."
Another risk to buyers who do BPO deals this year is the changing landscape of BPO suppliers and service offerings. According to Dan Masur, Partner, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, "New service providers, including established IT providers, are flocking to the exploding BPO market." Because the market is relatively immature, he predicts the range of services they offer and the processes, tools, and facilities they use to deliver them "will be very different two years from now." One result: he says there are "lots of players who haven't really worked through the details of their service delivery model." Even the big suppliers are in the same boat; Masur says in many cases they too "are making it up as they go."
He recommends penning a contract "that can evolve with the market" since he predicts BPO services will become "cheaper and more reliable as the suppliers build out their service centers and develop their tools."
Government Risks
Furton says long-term outsourcing relationships may come under strain this year because of the need to implement laws like Sarbanes-Oxley, known as SOX. (Implementation is done by corporate fiscal year, so 2005 will be the first date to comply for many.) He says buyers feel they have the right to ask their suppliers to prepare service auditor reports, a costly process that includes having an accounting firm visit the supplier's facilities to evaluate its financial controls and processes. "These reports can be very expensive," says the attorney. "And who pays for them?" He says the outsourcing parties have to negotiate this new expense. At the same time, he says buyers and suppliers may disagree about the thoroughness of the audit required under the new law.
"Sarbanes-Oxley compliance will be a major issue for CIOs this year," adds Kevin Colangelo, a Senior Associate at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP. Companies that have outsourced any part of their finance and accounting process have an even greater challenge "to ensure the reporting processes are consistent." He says that becomes "a pretty daunting task," especially if the supplier sent some of the work offshore.
He warns buyers that they should not delegate SOX compliance to their suppliers. "You have to require your supplier to put in the controls you want on your behalf," he says.
Another possible risk is government intervention. With the Bush reelection, outsourcing companies breathed a sigh of relief, believing the federal government will not pass legislation detrimental to offshore outsourcing. But state governments may still be a threat.
Technology Risks
Bruce Leshine, a Partner at Levine, Blaszak, Block & Boothby, LLP, foresees the near-term convergence of information technology and telecommunications in formerly IT-centric outsourcing transactions with the advent of VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol). However, along with the potential economic benefits and management efficiencies that this IT-telecom convergence may bring, it poses risk "because VoIP technologies are still in a growing stage." Performance of VoIP in delivering voice transmissions is wide-ranging, and the security of sending telecommunications over the Internet is not as well proven as over traditional landlines. "Buyers may be underestimating the technology risks involved," he says.
Secondly, he warns buyers of IT-telecom combined outsourced services to make sure their IT supplier demonstrates that it can deliver both on such an integrated basis. "The suppliers can't pretend they know how to do it," he says. Leshine says the past is littered with IT suppliers who promised their buyers they could also handle their telecom needs and then the transaction blew up in their faces."
Ask the suppliers if they are using and managing VoIP themselves and not simply re-selling third-party telecom. Often, when the IT supplier is the guinea pig, it works out the kinks quickly. Getronics is one supplier that tested its VoIP technology on itself and now shares the lessons learned and best practices with its clients.
Colangelo offers the best advice for risk mitigation, which is evergreen: "Risk management starts with the right relationship. Each side has to have the right expectations and understand what the other side wants."
How the poll was conducted: The Outsourcing Journal phoned outsourcing executives during November and December, 2004, and interviewed them for this poll.
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El salt a cavall és una disciplina hípica que requereix una elevada demostració d'equilibri, força, velocitat i compenetració entre el genet i el cavall. Es basa en la realització d'un recorregut d'obstacles amb penalització de 4 punts per barra caiguda. Un cavall ensinistrat per a saltar ha de conjugar flexibilitat i destresa en una perfecta sintonia amb el seu genet.

El Salt

Les competicions de salt d'alt nivell han sigut des de sempre les més populars: el suspens que causen i les qualitats que es requereixen per a competir-hi fa que el salt sigui l'estrella dels esports eqüestres.

Hi ha molts tipus de competicions de salt (des de les de camp a través, on el cronòmetre és qui mana, fins a les de potència o salt d'alçada), però la majoria es basen en unes normes molt simples: el genet ha d'afrontar un seguit d'obstacles que s'han de saltar amb un ordre predeterminat; si el seu cavall tomba un obstacle o posa un peu en l'aigua (únic salt de llargada que hi ha en aquest tipus de competició) serà penalitzat amb 4 punts. Quan el cavall refusa el salt per primera vegada el genet rebrà 4 punts de penalització, la segona vegada que passi serà desqual·lificat de la competició.

La victòria se l'emporta aquell cavall i genet amb menys nombre de penalitzacions. Els empats porten
a una segona ronda en la que els salts s'eleven o bé els genets competeixen contra rellotge i qui obtingui millor temps amb igual puntuació és el vencedor.

L'altura dels salts no és la major dificultat. En competicions internacionals els cavalls salten fins a 1,70 m i el rècord mundial, en possessió del capità xilè Morales y Huaso, des de 1949 està en 2,47 m. La veritable dificultat rau a passar uns revolts que requereixen tallar cantonades del circuit a gran velocitat sense perdre l'equilibri ni relliscar, amb l'objectiu d'arribar al següent salt en òptimes condicions de traçat i empenta.
D'ençà que van començar les competicions de salt, a finals del , els cavalls s'han tornat cada cop més complexos i les tècniques més refinades. Però va ser a partir del 1912, que el Coronel Danloux va idear el mètode modern de salt; fins llavors, se saltava assegut fermament a la sella amb el cos tirat lleugerament enrere, cosa que posava en dificultant preservar l'equilibri. Amb el mètode de Danloux, el genet s'inclina cap endavant amb la finalitat de mantenir el centre de gravetat entre genet i el cavall. Això va permetre més llibertat de moviment al cavall, menys lesions a l'esquena dels animals i millor equilibri i seguretat del genet. Aquest va ser el punt de partida dels salts moderns.

Realització del Salt Modern

El salt està format per tres etapes: l'apropament, l'enlairament i l'aterratge. En l'enlairament, el cavall ha d'elevar les mans (extremitats anteriors) del terra i tindre unes cuixes molt fortes a la vegada d'estar en equilibri constant. El major problema ve quan el genet perd el seu propi equilibri. En l'enlairament, tota la gravetat del moviment es desplaça fins al punt mitjà, que es troba justament quan cavall i genet estan en suspensió damunt del salt; un cop superat aquest punt, comença l'aterratge, que es dona per acabat en entrar en contacte de nou amb el terra deixant l'obstacle darrere.
Mentre que les competicions indoor es multipliquen a l'hivern, només les competicions realitzades a l'exterior ens ofereixen una gran varietat de salts, per exemple; les creuades, els verticals, els òxers, els bancs, els salts d'aigua o els murs amb barres o sense, entre d'altres. Els murs, a més a més, s'empren en competicions de potència.

Grans Competicions
Tots els grans genets somien amb una victòria en els Jocs Olímpics, la prova reina. Però també hi ha una altra prova anomenada Campionat Mundial, que se celebra cada quatre anys (però amb dos anys respecte als Jocs Olímpics) i que tanmateix significa la meta d'una llarga preparació pels equips nacionals. Entre aquestes dues competicions es troba la Copa Nacional, en la que cada país de la Federació Internacional Equestre en pot organitzar una a l'any segons les normes del CSIO (Concours de Saut International Officiel). La història del CSIO, limitada als genets militars fins als anys 50, està protagonitzada per grans saltadors de totes les nacionalitats, incloent-hi dones (com les americanes Melanie Smith i Katherine Burdsall) que foren les primeres a les quals se'ls permeté concursar contra homes en aquest tipus de competicions.

Tot i que els concursos de salt van ser inventats per irlandesos i anglesos, els britànics només han aconseguit una medalla d'or en equip l'any 1952 i cap d'individual. Una estranya ironía, donat que genets britànics com David Broome i els germans Whittaker es troben entre els millors genets del món. Però s'han enfrontat a durs competidors: els alemanys Winkler i Schockemohle, els italians D'Inzeo i Mancienelli, els nord-americans Steinkrus, el primer gran genet americà Joe Fargis i els francesos incloent-hi a Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola, el primer genet que guanyà dues medalles olímpiques d'or a Hèlsinki el 1952 i a Mèxic el 1964.

Els cavalls són també llegenda; populars saltadors de totes les nacionalitats amb noms que han fet història en el món equí a conseqüència de la gran rivalitat, especialment, entre dos d'ells: el Milton de John Whitakker i Jappeloup de Pierre Durand que van mantindre el món dels salts bocabadats fins a la mort per causes naturals de Jappealoup en el 1991.

Races Ideals pel Salt
El cavall ideal per a saltar té uns músculs curts i poderosos, unes cames netes amb sòlids genolls i una part posterior recta. De temperament, el cavall necessita tindre molt coratge i serenitat; aquest últim és un factor que limita l'ús dels pura sang, els quals sovint tendeixen a escalfar-se, encara que els nord-americans, que no tenen una raça indígena apropiada pels salts, els utilitzen amb molt d'èxit.

La popularitat de les competicions de salt ha donat peu a la realització d'una acurada cria en molts països europeus amb l'objectiu de produir cavalls apropiats per a aquest esport. Els Hunters irlandesos i els britànics són els millors saltadors de murs del món, encara que els alemanys i els francesos els segueixen de prop. Els Trakhners (entre els quals es troba el conegut semental Abdulah, un membre de l'equip nord-americà) i els Holstein alemanys són incomparablement potents i voluntariosos. D'altra banda, sovint els hi falta la lleugeresa pròpia dels cavalls francesos com, per exemple, l'Anglo-Àrab (el resultat d'un creuament entre cavalls anglesos i pura raça Àrabs). Durant alguns anys els cavalls holandesos i belgues (sovint amb sang alemanya o francesa) han figurat en la llista dels campions. Els soviètics utilitzen races com el Dudyonny i el Akhal Teke, amb el seu increïble pèl a ratlles platejades. Aquestes races indígenes són capaces de competir amb les millors del món.

El poni és naturalment bon saltador i fins i tot millor preparats per aquest esport, més que no pas els cavalls de mida completa (gràcies a la força comparativa dels seus músculs). Les competicions per a ponis es divideixen en quatre categories segons la mida:

 De grau A; on els Shetland tenen molt d'èxit.
 De grau B
 De grau C
 De grau D; per ponis d'1,47 m. d'altura.

Mentre que moltes races, incloent-hi cavalls com New Forest, Welsh i Haflingers, prenen part en competicions internacionals, és el Connemara (descendent en part del pura sang) qui hi té més èxit. Un Connnemara, anomenat Dundrum, va guanyar la medalla de plata en els Jocs Olímpics de 1968 a Mèxic.

Disciplines olímpiques
Les disciplines hípiques, tal com les coneixem, neixen en l'últim terç del , apareixent per primera vegada com esport Olímpic als Jocs Olímpics d'Estocolm de 1912. Actualment existeixen tres especialitats o disciplines olímpiques, les ja conegudes Salt d'Obstacles, Doma Clàssica i el Concurs Complet d'Equitació.

Les disciplines olímpiques són:

 Concurs complet
 Doma clàssica
 Salt d'obstacles

Enllaços externs

 CSIO Barcelona
 Cabalgateros; la pàgina pels amants del cavalls on trobaràs tota la informació sobre el món eqüestre
 F.E.I.
 La Equitación

Hípica

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The All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship  is a knock-out competition in the game of Ladies' Gaelic football played by women in Ireland. The series of games are organised by  Ladies' Gaelic Football Association (Irish :Cumann Peil Gael na mBan)) and are played during the summer months with the All-Ireland Final being played on the last Sunday in September or the first Sunday in October in Croke Park, Dublin.

The winners of the competition are presented with the Mary Quinn Memorial Cup, the early years of which (1991-1996) were known as a Senior B championship. It was designated for weaker senior and stronger Junior teams.

Winners

Roll of honour

2017 Final

2019 Final

References

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 Ladies Gaelic Roll of Honour

All-Ireland inter-county football championships
All-Ireland
1991 establishments in Ireland


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Q: Galera cluster into Google cloud platform We have a galera cluster with 3 nodes, on 3 different physical machines but all located in the same datacenter.
From what I understood, the reason they deployed this in the past was to increase availability and reliability, DC failures are not a concern. Each node is installed on a VM using 12 cores and 4Gb RAM. (from the monitoring I did we can decrease the amount of cores used to 4)
We are asked to migrate this to Google Cloup Platform in order to get rid of the ops tasks. I could create 3 compute engine instances and deploy the galera cluster, GCP even have a Percona XtraDB Cluster one click deployment service, but I have difficulties to see the added value compared to Cloud SQL instances with replication and backup. I am not very familiar in scaling heavy load systems.
The db hosted in these nodes is kind of critical and should ensure maximum availability and reliability.
What strategy should I adopt in order to migrate this architecture to GCP ?

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but I have difficulties to see the added
  value compared to Cloud SQL instances with replication and backup. I
  am not very familiar in scaling heavy load systems.

Galera-based clusters like Percona XtraDB Cluster support true active/active multi-master, so failover is seamless because you can actually be writing on any node at any time (tho it's recommended to write only on a single node to avoid performance issues due to lock-conflicts that can happen due to the optimistic locking  strategy used by Galera).
This type of cluster can also do distributed fully-synchronous reads so you can scale heavy read loads without problems;  One shining example is Magento, which is read-heavy and has many reads that are critical -think money- and traditionally needed to be done on master to guarantee consistency, and here they can be distributed.
Keep in mind that as with any distributed CP system, Galera-cluster will add latency to the writes as it has to verify the write is valid on the other nodes, and hence it's not designed to scale writes;  That said:  it can usually withstand same write load than a regular master, as long as you keep transactions small (in terms of amounts of rows affected) and short (in regards to time spent by active transaction holding locks).
Also make sure to read list of limitations here: https://www.percona.com/doc/percona-xtradb-cluster/LATEST/limitation.html

What strategy should I adopt in order to migrate this architecture to
  GCP ?

To decrease downtime you can migrate by setting up the GCP cluster as an asynchronous slave of the current cluster (yes, Galera cluster nodes can act as a master and/or slave in traditional, binlog based, asynchronous replication).  To prime the slave cluster you can use XtraBackup, which can take fully lock-less backups from current cluster (make sure to use latest 2.3 XtraBackup) which you can then restore on one of the nodes and allow the other two nodes to perform Snapshot State Transfer.  Then simply designate one of the nodes to become the slave, and start replication using binlog coordinates from xtrabackup_binlog_info.
Overview of steps would be:

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*Enable log-bin, log-slave-updates, server_id on one of the nodes from the current cluster

*Take a backup of that node using xtrabackup (make sure to desync the node before: https://www.percona.com/blog/2013/10/08/taking-backups-percona-xtradb-cluster-without-stalls-flow-control/).

*Bring up one of the nodes in GCP cluster and restore the backup into it, and bootstrap the cluster with this node. Most likely use cloud storage to feed the backup to the cluster.

*Bring up the other two nodes in GCP, one at a time and allow them to perform SST

*Setup one of the GCP cluster nodes as async slave to the current cluster (this node also requires log-bin, log-slave-updates, server-id); this node will feed the other nodes with updates

*Failover to new cluster once the slave node is caught up
Hope that helps! :)
Full disclosure: am a member of Percona Support team.

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This great, moderate loop is perfect for visitors seeking to stretch their legs, and spend some time exploring the largest grassland in the United States. This loop ties together a great lookout, open prairie terrain, and the opportunity to travel next to Beaver Creek.
Multiple creek crossings may get your feet wet, especially early in the season.
If you're ready to set out on a loop that includes the best above-ground features of Wind Cave National Park, this is the perfect hike for you. Your journey begins at the Centennial trailhead parking area, located on SD route 87. There is ample parking.
The loop itself can be completed in either direction, depending on when you want to reach Lookout Point and the great viewpoint there. This route saves the lookout for the second half, and travels clockwise. Beginning from the parking area, head out on the Centennial Trail. The first portion of the trail will be a relaxed descent, as you'll be working your way down to Reaves Gulch. From there, you'll be following along Beaver Creek, a lively and very chilly stream. This first part the hike is well shaded, and you'll enjoy taking in the ponderosa pines that surround the trail and the creek.
After about 1.5 miles, you'll reach a junction where the Centennial Trail continues north. Instead, turn southeast onto the Centennial Spur Trail. This brief trail will continue the gentle descent along Beaver Creek towards Limestone Canyon.
At a second trail junction, you'll turn south on the Highland Creek Trail. This shaded trail is a cool respite on warmer days, and visitors will enjoy navigating through the riparian ecosystem. The shade will be much appreciated, as this portion of trail includes one of the only strenuous climbs of the journey. You'll ascend out of the Beaver Creek drainage and will climb toward the open prairie grasslands above. Once you've left the canyon-like feature that you have been traveling in, you'll reach a third and final trail junction.
Take the Lookout Point Trail from where it meets with the Highland Creek Trail, and you'll be turning back towards your vehicle. This lovely trail provides stunning views of the open grasslands around you. The rolling terrain is a great way to end your journey, and you'll enjoy moving between shaded ponderosa stands and open grassland. Stop at Lookout Point about 3.3 miles into your trip to enjoy this especially scenic spot.
Once you've had your fill, you can continue back to the trailhead by following along the Lookout Point Trail.
Located not far from a prairie dog town, visitors might catch a glimpse of those rodents, or the Bison and Pronghorn that inhabit the area. You may see beaver along Beaver Creek, and elk may also be taking refuge in the shade.
Pronghorn at Wind Cave NP.
It gets a little rocky and steep.


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The Futures Game has long been my favorite aspect of the All-Star Break. It was, prior to the advent MiLB.tv, the only time that I was able to see the prospects that I read and fantasized about (in a wholesome manner, of course) in action - and, even with MiLB.tv, a great deal of the lower minors is still a mystery to me. With the event occurring a scant 45-minute drive from the homestead, I felt that it would be a great game to experience in-person; and, at the scant cost of a date night at the movies (or, even less if you're of the 3D persuasion), I pounced on some field level seats. In watching parts of both the World and Team USA's batting practices, as well as the game itself, I nearly filled a small memo notebook from cover to cover with scouting notes, thoughts, and observations. What follows is a sizable sampling of those notes, edited for the purposes of coherence. Enjoy, and Godspeed in sorting through my addled mess of notes!
Garin Cecchini (Red Sox) barreled the ball very well, and went to the opposite field on a sharply lined single.
And that's about it for what happened on the field. Off of the field, I had the ... pleasure, I suppose, of sitting next to a gentleman who attempted to start a "USA!" chant roughly thirty-seven times during the game, while intermittently insisting that "nobody knows who these guys are." A pigeon also landed on a person's lap a few rows in front of me, and I was amazed at how calmly the gentleman shooed the bird away - then again, I am mildly terrified of birds (mostly due to their soulless black eyes).
If you have any questions about the Futures Game, feel free to ask in the comments, or on Twitter (@DomenicLanza).


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