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MP4 VS AVI: Comparison Between MP4 and AVI
MP4 or AVI? Which is better? what are the differences? I want to convert a .mkv file into one of these formats. Which one provides the best video/audio? Would you go for MP4 or AVI?
Once troubled, go for Google. Well, typing the words "MP4 VS AVI" on Google, you will get thousands of search results, among which how many answers actually benefit you. If you find the very answer you're looking for, then congratulations! But provided the fragmentary replies don't give you clear orientation, then here I will aid you to figure out the differences between MP4 and AVI and on earth which one is better for you.
What is MP4
MP4 is the official filename extension for MPEG-4 Part 14 in essence. And MPEG-4 Part 14 is a standard specified as a part of MPEG-4, which is a method of defining compression of audio and visual digital data and introduced by the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) in late 1998. MP4 is a multimedia container format most commonly applied to store digital video and audio streams, especially those defined by MPEG, but also used to reserve other data such as subtitles and still images.
What is AVI
AVI (Audio Video Interleave) is also a multimedia container format as part of its Video for Windows tech introduced by Microsoft in 1992 in reprisal for the MOV file format, developed by Apple computers. AVI files can contain both audio and video data in a file container able to support synchronous audio-with-video playback.
Differences Between MP4 and AVI
Container format
Proprietor /Developer
Video formats Supported
Audio formats Supported
Streaming Supported
Media Player Supported
Portable Devices Supported
Codecs Supported
MPEG-2 Part 2, MPEG-4 ASP, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, H.263, VC-1, Dirac, others
MPEG-2/4 (HE)-AAC, MPEG-1/2 Layers I, II, III (MP3), AC-3, Apple Lossless, ALS, SLS, Vorbis, others
MP4 can be used for compression of AV data for web, applied for streaming media, for CD distribution, for voice broadcast television applications, as well as be streamed over the internet.
Almost all the media players
All the portable devices like Apple, Android, Sony, Microsoft devices
AVC MPEG-4 and H.264 video codecs
Almost anything through
Almost anything through ACM; Vorbis is problematic
Usually playable on Windows-based media players like Windows Media Player
Compatible with Microsoft devices, game console including Xbox, PS3, PSP, and part of Android devices, but unworkable with Apple devices
DivX, Xvid, Cinepak, Indeo, DV and Motion JPEG
Codecs: One big difference between MP4 and AVI is that AVI won't support HEVC/H.265 or VP9 formats. HEVC and VP9 are two UHD video codecs. With the support for both codecs, MP4 can hold 4K Ultra HD videos while AVI is only for HD and Full HD files.
Subtitles: Subtitles also differ in MP4 vs AVI battle. MP4 natively supports two subtitle types, namley MPEG-4 Timed Text and VobSub. AVI can't hold subtitles it self, but it can contain SubRip, SubStation Alpha and XSUB via third-party modeification and DivX.
Both MP4 and AVI are container files basically wrappers for formatted video files. The main difference comes not from the formats itself, but from the types of codecs used within the files. Each video file will differ purely on the basis of which codec is used. Hence, no matter two MP4 files or two AVI files can either be similar if they are utilizing the same codec, or they can be categorically different, if they are using different codecs.
More video formats comparison:
MP4 vs MKV; MP4 vs AVCHD; MKV vs AVI, H265 vs H264, AAC vs AC3;
Similarities Between MP4 and AVI
Compare MP4 with AVI, and we find out their differences in multiple aspects, but meanwhile we also see something in common.
Quality: Though encoded and decoded by different codecs, alongside a form of lossy compression that loses some of the video data when the file is compressed, both MP4 and AVI can maintain the best possible quality compared with other video files. No wonder both are regarded as the most commonly used container formats that almost anyone who has preferred high quality video has made contact with these two container file formats at some point.
Size: Owing to minimal compression features to ensure the highest possible quality, the two video formats are apt to correspondingly larger in size than other video formats like FLV and WMV. Yet, their file size doesn't cause any bother when transferring them to your portable devices. So if choosing the file format with optimal quality and proper size, MP4 and AVI are definitely the top on your priority list.
Compatibility: As the above list shows, the two file formats have wild compatibility with media players and mobile devices. They can be played on a helluva lot of smartphones, game consoles and kept in storage devices for eternal save. Hence, for watching video on the portable device with sharp yet crisp image, what else is better than MP4 and AVI?
How to Play MP4 and AVI
Generally, as MP4 and AVI are two widely used formats, they will be accepted by most of your devices. If, however, you find you can't open MP4 or AVI files, you can:
For MP4 videos, download the MPEG-4 codec like X Codec Pack;
For AVI videos, download a codec pack like K-Lite Codec Pack;
Or, if you don't want to bother with the codec stuff, there is an easier way with a suitable video converter.	For this purpose, Handbrake is a good choice, but I use a better one - MacX Video Converter Pro. Compared to Handbrake, this converter is more stable and also faster. You can convert AVI to MP4, transcode AVI, MP4 from/to any other formats, compress large AVI or 4K UHD MP4 videos into smaller sizes etc. with just one click.
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Below are some MP4/AVI conversion guides for your reference:
Convert Video from/to MP4
Convert MP4 to MOV Mac
Convert VOB to MP4 Mac
Convert Video to MP4 on Mac
Convert AVCHD to MP4 Mac
Convert WMV to MP4 Mac
Convert Video from/to AVI
Convert AVI to MOV Mac
Convert AVI to iTunes Mac
Convert FLV to AVI Mac
Through brief comparison between MP4 and AVI, I wish you have more clear understanding about the two container formats. They all have their pros and cons. And it's mentionable that in general MP4 is the prime choice as MP4 is friendly with almost all the mobile devices, and the H.264 video codec frequently used with the MP4 container is thought to be one of the highest-quality video standards available. Which one on earth fits your bill relying upon your specific demand.
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Written bids and telephone bids need to reach DVC the Friday before the auction of Saturday or Sunday, and on Monday at noon for the auction of Monday evening. The potential bidder must give all his contacts details (name, address, telephone and mobile telephone numbers) to DVC auction house, this latter being entitled to ask to the Buyer his bank details, recent invoices and personal references. DVC is not responsible or liable for mistakes made by the Buyer in the telephone number or for a false indication of the number of the lot, for problems during the telephone communication (busy line, transmission problems, bad mobile telephone network, and interruptions), communication problems with "Live-bidding", etc. The possibility to provide a written bid as well as a bid by phone and or 'live-bidding' is a service that DVC nv provides without any liability on itself.
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8.	Every buyer is considered to bid/to act for his own account and is personally responsible for the bids and/or purchases he does for a third party.
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10.	In case of dispute during the auction, only the acting bailiff is qualified to judge; no appeal is tolerated against this decision.
12.	DVC can deliver goods at home when the agreed transport cost is paid. It is also possible to request goods to be sent by postal package or through a transport company (see list for contact details of several companies) when the agreed administrative and shipping costs are paid. In both cases this will happen on expenses and risk of the buyer; DVC is not liable for potential damage to the goods that occurred during transport/shipment.
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Loserville Update
Couple of games that affected the Sonics' drive for Oden last night. Boston beat the Raptors (yay), but Portland and Milwaukee got their L's on, meaning the Sonics now hold the 6th-worst record in the league (going by percentages). With a road game in Minny tonight, a loss would move Seattle a step further away from Philly and a little closer to the Hawks.
With that in mind, here's how some of the draft "experts" see the Sonics going:
Draft Express: Spencer Hawes (um, no thanks)
NBA Draft.net: Jeff Green, Georgetown (author makes mental note to pay extra attention during Final Four)
Hoops Hype: Julian Wright, Kansas (again, no thanks)
MyNBA Draft.com: Joakim Noah, Florida (I cannot think of a player I would less like to have on the Sonics, and I'm including junior college guys with one leg)
Fantapedia.net: Yi Jianlian, China ("his face up game would fit in with the Sonics' up-tempo offense"; right, because what the Sonics desperately need is a center who doesn't like to play down low).
Should be an interesting game tonight. I was shocked by how the Sonics handled Garnett in the last meeting since you would assume he'd be able to get whatever he wants in the paint. I'd have to expect the Wolves to get something tonight, though.
Posted by PN at 8:55 AM
Zach said...
If the Sonics don't end up with a top-2 pick, I wonder if they'd take Roy Hibbert. Yes, he'd be yet another center on a team full of them, but he would have several advantages over the three previous picks.
First, he's played three years of college basketball, meaning he's played against legitimate competition.
Second, he's not just tall (7'2"), but has a legit NBA frame (unlike Sene/Petro, who are both way too skinny).
Third, he actually has some semblance of an offensive game, and he's a very good defensive player.
The biggest downside on him is that he lacks (at this point, at least) the stamina to play big minutes in the league. But unlike the potpourri of potential the team has drafted the last three years, he'd be ready to play from day one.
Eric Reynolds said...
Is anyone else getting the sinking feeling that no matter how high the Sonics draft, we're going to be severely disappointed? The only guy on that list that looks remotely intriguing to me is Green. He looked pretty fantastic in that UNC game on Sunday. But unless we get the first or second pick and land Durant or Oden, I worry the Sonics are going to do something completely foolhardy with their pick yet again.
My picks, in order of preference for this team:
1. Oden
2. Durant
3. Horford
4. Hibbert
5. Jeff Green
If one of those guys isn't available when the Sonics pick, I'd say they're better off dealing the pick plus Rashard and/or Watson and/or Wilcox to get something really good.
Good call on hibbert! I've been loving watching him during the tournament and am psyched to see him go up against Oden.
I agree with Nuss, too, Joakim Noah is unbeleivably annoying. I guess I'd root for him if he was on my team, but it'd be tough. Plus, I don't think he'll be great NBA player. He has a lot of Billy Owens to him if you ask me.
I keep tellin ya, the balls will roll in our favour and we'll land Oden. Then on draft night we'll trade him to the Nicks with Lewis for Jerome & Nate & other filler. Roll on the good times!
I saw on sonicscentral.com that Rick Carlisle might be out in Indiana. Any thoughts about bringing on the Rickster to replace Bob Hill?
Talk about a change in attitude, going from Bob Weiss to Bob Hill to RIck Carlisle. The guys are going to be begging for Nate to come back.
I'm not as pessimistic about who the Sonics take this spring, Eric. It's a great year to have a lottery pick after all, so even Sund shouldn't have a problem finding someone useful.
The big problem in my eyes is the lack of knowledge about how the roster will take shape this summer. Not knowing Rashard's address for the next couple of years will be huge; if they can't sign him before the draft, then does that open up the possibility of drafting a 3? Is Gelabale or Wilkins ready to be a starter? Is Swift going to step it up? What vet can they get to back him up, and what about Collison's role if Swift and Wilcox are starters?
Lots and lots of questions ...
I'm not a big fan of neither Hibbert nor Green.
Hibbert seems to unatheltic to be dominant on the next level and Green is a tweener forward and I don't like those.
If we end up with a pick in the 6 to 8 range I'd look to trade down a couple of spots or use that pick and draft Acie Law IV of Texas A&M. We then would have to move either Luke or Earl.
BTW: I don't see a sf in this draft that would justify using our current 1st round pick.
I disagree about Acie Law. You're right, he's definitely the best PG in the draft - by a long shot - but I think the Sonics would be making a big mistake in drafting him.
Remember, Luke Ridnour was Pac-10 player of the year at Oregon - he wasn't a chump in college. By drafting Law, the Sonics would be forced to deal away Ridnour AND Watson, since it only makes sense to take Law if he's got an older, veteran player to guide him. It doesn't make sense to draft a PG because your current ones suck, then expect those same sucky PGs to guide him, does it?
I know it makes sense for the Sonics to improve their play at the PG (it might be the most pressing issue on the team), but solving it through the draft is a mistake to my way of thinking. The Sonics would be much better off going after a veteran (Cassell? Payton? Chucky Atkins?) and hoping Ridnour can turn it around next year.
First-- who makes the decisions on these sites-- NBADraftExpress has us taking 3(!) Centers (okay, so Big Baby is a C in a PF's body who thinks he is a SG/SF).
Whoever came up with that has truly no idea about the roster construct of the Sonics.
Hibbert scares me-- he is just so SLOW. He does not have NBA athleticism, and I'd rather take my chance with the "skinny" guys Petro and Sene developing than have a lumbering limited C who can't match up in today's up-and-down game. Plus, aren't we a "running team"?!? Why would we get the primary plodder in this draft, to play a position we already have 3 young guys developing?
No, if we grab a 1st round Center, it needs to be Oden, or we don't do it.
I agree that Green is unsettling as a tweener who lacks true SF offensive skills. I don't see him being a contributor w/o extended development. Plus, uhm, are we planning on having Lewis back or not? If not, then SF is an option, but I don't see one in the "big heavy" top of this draft. I hate to say it, hating him, but Noah is probably the best potential 3 in the draft-- but I don't want him.
I just can't understand why we didn't trade Lewis, have RayRay get surgery a month ago and tank. Maddening, to be perpetually stuck in mediocrity.
If we end up in no-man's range, I say we go with NC's Wright if available, Horford, or the Chinese guy, who at least has upside and may also potentially move to the 3.
But we'll probably take Hawes or Hibbert, because, you know, we need another center project.
I'll give Sund and Hill a pass on this season, at least as far as moves go. None of us know how hamstrung Sund has been by team management in regard to transactions, and for Hill's sake, he's been forced to take a selfish attitude, since he really has no alternative. Playing for the future does him no good, so he may as well play the best guys he has.
It just seems like there is a power struggle right now between Sund and Wilkins, with Bennett as the decider. It's too bad that Bennett was fiddling with the stadium, when he could have secured the future of his franchise by tanking earlier, as you suggested. Instead, the organization stuck its collective thumb up its ass and really screwed up its chance at grabbing the two most impressive prospects since Shaq and Duncan.
Looking with some more detail, I think if we don't get the top lotto, we should trade down to the middle of the first round and pick Tucker from Wisconsin and see if we can get an additional first rounder next year out of it, from a potential lottery team.
Then we have an adequate Lewis replacement while we sit and lose for a year.
Oh yeah... in this plan, we are HORRIBLE next year, but neither Durant nor Odom declare in 07, and we get both lotto picks and grab them both.
I know... lay off the herb. But a guy can dream, can't he??!?!
In that plan do the Sonics hire the Pussycat Dolls to be their dance team for next year, and the stadium gets built using money found under Key Arena? Because that's about as likely!
I think Rick Carlisle would be a really interesting option if he's available. He got a raw deal in Detroit, and I don't think he can be blamed for the Pacer's lack of success the last few years (O'Neal/Tinsley injuries, the whole Detroit brawl/suspensions, etc.) . He was also the best color guy Calabro ever had, IMHO.
Nuss, you're right that it's a deep draft... I should keep an open mind. But when Rick Sund drafts Baby Huey of Harvey University with the third pic, all bets are off.
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Darlene Boysen and Carol Matson lovingly made fourteen beautiful and meaningful stoles for Zion Lutheran Church in Kent, Washington. All are pictured in color and the motifs and borders are charted, as well as a section on Stole Construction. The motifs would also adapt nicely for altar cloths, banners, or baptismal, wedding or confirmation items. Christian symbols used include crosses, crowns, stars, INRI, chalices, ALLELUIA, flames, Menorah, grapes and vine, wheat, dove, REJOICE, HOLY, seal of Martin Luther, intertwined rings with cross (for marriage), and shell with water droplets (for baptism). The symbolism in each stole and the colors for the seasons of the church year are explained.


Careful not to boil for too long, the flower needs to be quite hard if you want it crunchy, which I do!
Sits best you can on a scrunched up, wet baking paper.
Roast and brown under a grill if needed.
2. Invert the whole cauli , stem and all into the boiling water.
3. Cook till cauli is blanched. Hard to say, depends how big the cauli is.
4. Crumple baking paper in hand and wet under the tap. Wrap cauli inside like a bouquet.
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6. Bake in hot oven around 250 oC middle shelf till brown, turn with tongs to brown other side.
Serve straight from the oven, steamy and hot!
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Sondre Fet, né le  à Sykkylven en Norvège, est un footballeur norvégien qui joue au poste de milieu central avec le club du FK Bodø/Glimt.

Biographie

Aalesunds FK
Né à Sykkylven en Norvège, Sondre Fet commence le football dans le club du FK Sykkylven avant de rejoindre l'Aalesunds FK. C'est avec ce club qu'il fait ses débuts en professionnels, jouant son premier match le 7 mai 2014, à l'occasion d'une rencontre de coupe de Norvège face au SK Træff. Il entre en jeu à la place de Sakari Mattila et son équipe s'impose par trois buts à zéro. Il joue son premier match dans le championnat norvégien le 16 août 2014, contre le FK Haugesund (victoire 3-0 d'Aalesunds).

FK Bodø/Glimt
En mai 2020 est annoncé le prêt pour une saison de Sondre Fet au FK Bodø/Glimt. Il joue son premier match sous ses nouvelles couleurs dès la première journée de la saison 2020, le 16 juin 2020 face au Viking Stavanger. Il est titularisé ce jour-là et se fait remarquer en inscrivant également son premier but pour son nouveau club. Le 27 octobre 2020, Sondre Fet s'engage définitivement avec le FK Bodø/Glimt, pour un contrat courant jusqu'en 2023.

Il est sacré Champion de Norvège en 2020.

En sélection
Sondre Fet est sélectionné à cinq reprises avec l'équipe de Norvège des moins 18 ans en 2015.

Palmarès

Références

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Footballeur norvégien
Joueur de l'Aalesunds FK
Joueur du FK Bodø/Glimt
Naissance en janvier 1997

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When it comes to living with Lyme disease, an officer with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) wasn't afraid to be candid about how the tick-borne illness — which he says he contracted while on the job — has affected him.
Officer Lee Lawshe recently told local news station News4Jax about the disease he said changed his life forever.
The wildlife officer said he lived with the illness for years before he was formally diagnosed with the disease, which is primarily caused by two types of bacteria — Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia mayonii — in the U.S., specifically, according to the Mayo Clinic. Lawshe received the diagnosis in 2018.
He told the news station he will live with the disease for the rest of his life due to the length of time it took to receive an official diagnosis. (Some patients who contract the disease may at first receive a negative blood test for Lyme disease, per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.)
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Though Lawshe told News4Jax he takes medication for the disease, there are days where he has trouble getting out of bed. Last year, he had to take half a year off of work due to the severity of his symptoms.
"It's really just turned our lives upside down," Lawshe told the outlet. "I used to do whatever I wanted to, whenever I wanted to."
Lawshe spends a lot of time outdoors for his job. Some days, he will come home with numerous ticks on his body.
"I'll go in the woods and pull 100 ticks off me. My wife sits and picks [ticks] off, 40 or 50 at a time. Do I get them all? Maybe, maybe not," he said.
According to the Mayo Clinic, those who spend time in "grassy and heavily wooded areas" are more likely to contract Lyme disease, which is curable with antibiotics, especially if caught early.
"Most patients who are treated in later stages of the disease also respond well to antibiotics, although some may have suffered long-term damage to the nervous system or joints," the CDC added.
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Early symptoms of the disease include a rash at the infected tick bite site as well as fever, chills, fatigue, headache, body ache and other flu-like symptoms, per the Mayo Clinic.
Those with Lyme disease may also later develop a rash on other areas of the body, joint pain and even neurological problems such as meningitis and numbness in the limbs. Some infected can also experience severe fatigue and eye inflammation, according to the medical facility.
In a statement to News4Jax, the FWS said it's taking "all preventative measures including the use of enhanced repellants."
"We stand behind our employees and will do anything we can to support them and ensure their well-being," it added.
Madeline Farber is a Reporter for Fox News. You can follow her on Twitter @MaddieFarberUDK.


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Two explosions rock Somalia's capital, killing at least 30
Rescuers remove a seriously-injured body from the scene of a double car-bomb attack in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Two car bombs exploded Saturday at a busy junction in Somalia's capital near key government offices, causing "scores of civilian casualties" including children, national police said. One hospital worker counted at least 30 bodies amid fears of possibly many more.
The attack in Mogadishu occurred on a day when the president, prime minister and other senior officials were meeting to discuss expanded efforts to combat violent extremism, especially by the al-Qaida-affiliated al-Shabab group that often targets the capital. It also came five years after another massive blast in the exact same location killed over 500 people.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Al-Shabab rarely claims attacks with large numbers of civilians killed, as in the 2017 blast. But President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud blamed al-Shabab by name, calling the attack "cruel and cowardly."
People observe a destroyed building and vehicles at the scene of a two car bombs attack in Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday Oct. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
A volunteer at the Medina hospital, Hassan Osman, said "out of the total of at least 30 dead people brought to the hospital, the majority of them are women. I have seen this with my own eyes." At the hospital and elsewhere, frantic relatives peeked under plastic sheeting and into body bags, looking for loved ones.
The Aamin ambulance service said they had collected at least 35 wounded. One ambulance responding to the first attack was destroyed by the second blast, director Abdulkadir Adan added in a tweet.
"I was 100 meters away when the second blast occurred," witness Abdirazak Hassan said. "I couldn't count the bodies on the ground due to the (number of) fatalities." He said the first blast hit the perimeter wall of the education ministry, where street vendors and money changers were located.
An Associated Press journalist at the scene said the second blast occurred in front of a busy restaurant during lunchtime. The blasts demolished tuk-tuks and other vehicles in an area of many restaurants and hotels. He saw "many" bodies and said they appeared to be civilians traveling on public transport.
The Somali Journalists Syndicate, citing colleagues and police, said one journalist was killed and two others wounded by the second blast while rushing to the scene of the first.
EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Rescuers and security forces stand by a dead body at the scene of a double car-bomb attack in Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday Oct. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
The attack occurred at Zobe junction, which was the scene of a huge al-Shabab truck bombing in 2017 that killed more than 500 people.
Somalia's government has been engaged in a high-profile new offensive against the extremist group that the United States has described as one of al-Qaida's deadliest organizations. The president has described it as "total war" against the extremists, who control large parts of central and southern Somalia and have been the target of scores of U.S. airstrikes in recent years.
The extremists have responded by killing prominent clan leaders in an apparent effort to dissuade support for that government offensive.
On Saturday, Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre said the attack would not dampen the public uprising against al-Shabab, and he and the president expressed the government's determination to wipe out the extremist group.
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Last week I traveled to Seoul to present the last paper of my dissertation at the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS). The title of my research paper is "Disentangling the Fuzzy Front End of Digital Transformation" and me an my co-author Andrea Back analyzed typical activities in the fuzzy front end of digital transformation.
When confronted with the question on how to handle digital transformation or how to tackle the impact of digitization on your own business, many consultants and researchers recommend to start with a digital (transformation) strategy, so with a structured and systematic approach. However, in many organizations the beginning of a digital transformation is neither structured nor systematic, but starts in different parts of the organization, with different activities. Some organization focus on introducing new digital technologies, others on the improvement of their digital communication, and others introduce methodologies like Design Thinking in order to come up with new ideas and business models for their future value proposition.
Bottom-up: This is often found in larger organizations where different digitization initiatives start to grow in different business divisions and only later get consolidated into an overall program.
Centralized: Digitial transformation is initiated by the top management or another central point in the organization. This is a structured and systematic approach to transformation where all activities follow a strategic plan and often the CEO drives digitization activities.
IT-centered: Digital transformation is mainly perceived as task of the IT department and organizations start with streamlining and simplifying their processes as well as updating their IT infrastructure before implementing modern digital technologies. In these companies, often the CIO is responsible for driving the digital transformation.
Channel-centered: Digital transformation is often driven by the Chief Marketing Officer or by the sales department and the first activities relate to digital channels. In these organizations digitization is strongly impacted by changed user behavior.
Innovation-centered: These organizations think of digital transformation as fundamental change to their business model and use innovation labs or ideation teams to come up with new ideas for innovative digital business models.
Our full research paper can be downloaded at the AIS Electronic Library.


A sobriety checkpoint in York County and roving DUI patrols in Adams County will be conducted as part of both a national and statewide Independence Day holiday "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" impaired driving mobilization which began June 24th and continues through July 4th.
The sobriety checkpoint will be held sometime between 6 p.m. this Friday and 6 p.m. this Monday. The roving DUI patrols will be conducted during the holiday period as well.
The enhanced enforcement events are all part of the Center for Traffic Safety's Sobriety Checkpoint and Expanded DUI/Underage Drinking Enforcement Program.
Sobriety checkpoints are announced in advance, but roving DUI patrols and other related enforcement activities may or may not be announced in advance.
Parties, picnics and fireworks are just some of the festivities that lead droves of Americans onto our nation's highways every Fourth of July. Unfortunately, the celebrations too often turn tragic when drinking leads to drunk driving, making the Independence Day celebration one of the deadliest holidays of the year.
Statistics provided by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration show that in 2014, 164 people were killed in crashes involving at least one driver or motorcycle operator with a blood alcohol concentration of .08 grams per deciliter or higher. Those preventable deaths make up 41 percent of the 397 people killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes over the Fourth of July period.
It is illegal to drive with a BAC of .08 or higher in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Yet, of the 164 people killed in impaired driving crashes during the 2014 July Fourth period, 113 people died in crashes involving at least one driver or motorcycle operator with a BAC of .15 or higher—almost twice the set limit. In fatal crashes during the 2014 July Fourth period, more than one-fourth (29%) of involved drivers or motorcycle operators had BACs of .15 or higher.
According to data provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, in 2015, in Pennsylvania, over the Independence Day holiday, there were 2,909 crashes and 36 fatalities. Of those, 429 crashes and 15 fatalities were impaired driving related.
In addition to DUI, the focus of enforcement activity during the upcoming holiday weekend will also be BUI—boating under the influence.
Just as drinking and driving don't mix, neither do drinking and boating. Individuals who operate their boats while impaired with alcohol and other drugs present a serious public safety concern. The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission has developed an effective program to help detect, apprehend, and prosecute BUI offenders.
In 2014, PFBC waterways conservation officers arrested a record 92 individuals for boating under the influence. Five-year statistical data shows a steady yearly increase from 54 in 2009, 66 in 2010, 62 in 2011, and 90 in 2013.
In a cooperative, interagency, simultaneous, intensified patrol enforcement initiative, municipal police departments will work with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission to call attention to the equally dangerous crime of BUI during the upcoming holiday period.
Since Pennsylvania is a destination boating state, in which most boaters tow their boats to and from local waterways, this effort is particularly important. In many cases, intoxicated boaters get behind the wheel after putting their craft back on a trailer.
While waterways conservation officers cruise the water looking for BUI offenders, municipal police will be watching nearby roads for intoxicated drivers.
The legal limit for operating a watercraft in Pennsylvania is a blood alcohol concentration of .08 percent, the same as for driving a vehicle. Although Pennsylvania doesn't suspend the driver's license of people convicted of boating under the influence, drivers arrested for DUI can face stiffer fines if they have a violation for boating under the influence on their record.
The Center for Traffic Safety and all of its highway safety partners–including the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, the PA DUI Association, Pennsylvania State Police, and municipal police departments–encourage everyone to make arrangements in advance of holiday festivities, and never drive under the influence.
• Designate a sober driver or use public transportation to get home safely.
• Download NHTSA's SaferRide mobile app at http://www.nhtsa.gov/link/saferride/.
• If you see a drunk driver on the road, don't hesitate to contact [Local Law Enforcement].
NHTSA's SaferRide free app will keep impaired drivers off our roads by allowing users to call a taxi or a friend and by identifying their locations so they can be picked up.
This Fourth of July, remember to Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over. If you know someone who is about to drive or ride after drinking, be strong—take the keys and make arrangements to help them get safely to their destination.
Remember, with all of today's alternatives to getting home safely, there's no excuse for getting behind the wheel after drinking alcohol. Driving impaired is never worth the risk, not to yourself or anyone else. If law enforcement pulls you over for impaired driving this Fourth of July, you can count on being arrested.


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Legends & Ghost Stories
The following stories all come from North Carolina Legends by Richard Walser. This book is available from:
Historical Publications Section
Division of Archives and History
109 E. Jones Street
We greatly appreciate their generosity in allowing us to reprint these stories.
The Ship of Fire
The Devil's Tramping Ground
A Speech for Buncombe
Specter at the Gold Mine
Brown Mountain Lights
Maco Light
Girl at the Underpass
On a certain evening every year, at the mouth of the wide Neuse River, a large bright object speeds into view. It looks like a sailing ship being destroyed by fire, its deck and masts in blazing outline. The apparition disappears, then reappears, then again disappears for another year. It burns furiously but is not consumed.
It is the ship of the Palatines. The Palatines were a group of German Protestants who left England in 1710 to settle New Bern. As the vessel crossed the Atlantic, the prosperous Palatines, pretending to be poor, hid their gold coins and silver dishes from the eyes of the ship's sinister captain and crew. When the Palatines caught sight of the shore which they believed to be their future home, so excited were they that up from the hold and out from hiding places came all their belongings in preparation for landing. Unwisely displayed on the deck was their precious wealth, all of it in full view of the corrupt captain and his first mate.
Quickly the captain formed a plan. He announced to the passengers than no landing could be made until the morrow. The disappointed Palatines once more hid their valuables and lay down to a sound sleep in anticipation of soon landing at their destination. When all was quiet, the captain gathered his crew together and revealed to them his plan. They would murder every Palatine aboard--the young and the old, the women and children as well as the men--then gather together the gold and silver, set afire the ship filled with its dead, and escape in the lifeboats.
The strike was sudden. Many Palatines were knifed before they awoke and in a very few moments every one of them was dead. As planned, the ship was set afire, and the murderers pushed off in the small boats. From a distance they looked back at the ship. It burned brighter and brighter, the brilliant blaze of the fire shooting into the air, but the vessel did not sink into the water. And then the thing began to move.
"It continued to burn all night," according to an old account, "--speeding on with the wind,--now passing out from sight, and anon, visible, flaming forever, back again, on the very spot where the crime had been committed. With the dawn of day, it had ceased to burn,--but there it stood, erect as ever, with the spars, sails, masts, unconsumed,--everything in place, but everything blackened, charred." At sundown the flames leaped up again--"a ship on fire that would not burn!"
The frightened murderers could bear no more. They abandoned their boats on the bank of the river and fled into the forest. There they and their descendants lived on their "ill-gotten spoils." To this day the crime has not been avenged, and so every year on a certain evening the burning ship appears off New Bern, and so it will continue to appear till the blood of the Palatines has been paid for in kind.
In a wooded area in western Chatham County, ten miles east of Siler City, is a well-worn path that forms a ring forty feet in diameter. The path itself is a foot wide. The center of the circle and the ground outside the path are lush with grass and other plant life, but nothing grows in the foot-wide track. At sunset, when rocks or similar heavy objects are placed in the pathway, they are found the next morning to have been brushed aside. In fall and winter, when rabbit hunters roam the surrounding countryside, their dogs perform joyously until the chase nears the barren circle. Then the dogs tuck their tail between their legs and slink away. They will not go near the spot.
Soon after the first settlers came to Chatham County, they discovered the strange site, which soon became known as the Devil's Tramping Ground. This was before 1800.
Though no one ever saw him stalking there, it was believed to be the haunt of the Foul Fiend, who came at night to tramp around and around and around in a circle, his head lowered, his expression intense. It was during these hours that Satan planned his evil schemes to undo mankind. At the first light of morning he was gone, winging his way like a bat across the world to carry out his nefarious purposes. Yet so scorching had been his footprints on the ground of his circular pathway that the soil became infertile, and the nocturnal retreat of the hellish Prince of Darkness was shunned and avoided.
From 1817 to 1823, western North Carolina, including the proud county of Buncombe, sent Felix Walker to the House of Representatives in Washington. He was a glib and garrulous talker, and doubtless it was his very trivial and high-sounding speeches that found favor with the word-loving mountain voters of the day.
On February 25, 1820, during the congressional debate on the Missouri Compromise, Walker signaled that he wished to make a speech. But so protracted had been the debate and so weary were the members of the House that a colleague told Walker that no one wished to hear him at that time. The persistent fellow said that he would take only a few moments, for he wished merely a chance to get his speech reported in the newspapers and in that way provide his constituents with solid evidence that he was doing a good job in Washington. "I shall not be speaking to the House," he confessed, "but to Buncombe."
But in the chambers of the House, "the question was called for so clamorously and so perseveringly that Mr. W. could proceed no farther than to move that the Committee rise," which it refused to do. When later the representative delivered his oration and had it printed in the newspaper, it was agreed that truly it was a speech for Buncombe, meaning that it was frivolous, repetitious, and unnecessary.
Felix Walker was not downcast. He had done the thing he needed to do, and that was that. Came the comment: "Walker's speech was buncombe--no doubt about it."
The word caught on. Eventually it was spelled bunkum, meaning any nonsensical language, then shortened to bunk. In such a way did a beautiful mountain county in North Carolina add a new a useful word to the English dictionary.
During the Carolina gold rush of the 1830s and 1840s, a miserly old codger called Skinflint McIntosh owned a rich vein in southern Cabarrus County. So tightfisted was he that he wouldn't pay adequate wages to the miners to dig for the gold, nor would he provide sufficient safety measures to prevent accidents in his mine. The vein of gold was 450 feet down a narrow shaft.
One of the best workers in the district was Joe McGee, whom Skinflint kept trying to hire. "If I got killed down there," said Joe, "would you pay my wife Jennie $1,000?" "Joe," Skinflint shouted, "I'd pay her $2,000." And so it was that Joe gave up his other job and went to work for Skinflint.
One cold, drizzly night, when Joe didn't come home at the usual hour, Jennie became worried. Finally she persuaded Joe's friend Shaun to gather up a few men and look for Joe in the mine. They search the deep hole but found nothing. After several weeks Jennie asked Skinflint for her money. "Oh, no," said Skinflint, "Joe's just gone off somewhere." And he didn't pay her.
Soon after, on another bitter night, a loud knock came on Shaun's door. Opening it, he was startled by a ghostly white specter who spoke with the voice of his friend Joe and told Shaun to go to the mine that very night; it told him to dig a certain spot where the green timbers had given away and caused a cave-in. It asked if Skinflint had paid Jennie, and when Shaun said no, the specter wailed, "I'll haunt that mine of his forever."
McGee's body was found exactly where the specter said. Skinflint paid up, but only when threatened by Joe's old friends. Word spread about the haunted mine, and no one would work for McIntosh. All of this happened 150 years ago but the gold is still in the mine--as is the specter of Joe McGee.
As mountains go, low-lying Brown Mountain in Burke County is not impressive. Yet it is one of the most famous mountains in North Carolina. On certain evenings soon after dark, when observed from the eminence of Linville or Wiseman's Gap, small but brilliant lights can be seen on it, bobbing up and down for a minute or so, then disappearing, then reappearing in another place until finally they are gone. They were first seen about 1850 long before the day of trains and electricity and automobiles.
One legend tells of a girl who lived on the mountain with her father. Every night her sweetheart came from the village to see her, tramping through a forest of snakes and vicious animals. On the evening when he was to take her away to be married, she lighted a pine torch and went out to welcome him. He never came. But from then on, at sunset, she raised her flaming torch and darted from here to there on the mountain, hoping to come upon him. After her death the light of her torch still could be seen on stormy nights.
Another legend concerns a wicked man named Jim, whose sweet-tempered young wife Belinda was to have a child. Jim was courting Susie and began to speak harsh words and be cruel to Belinda. One day neighbors noticed that they had not seen Belinda for some while. Jim said she had gone to visit her kinfolk, but the neighbors were suspicious when they discovered bloodstains on the floor of the mountain cabin. Their suspicions were further heightened when an indigent stranger drove away with Jim's horse and wagon. They believed the stranger had helped Jim kill and bury Belinda, and Jim was paying him off in this way. Soon afterward the lights appeared, bobbing up and down, seemingly to guide searchers looking for Belinda. Finally, under a pile of stones in a deep ravine they found the skulls of a woman and a baby. Jim left the county and was never heard of again, but the lights stayed on, reminding evildoers that their crimes will be revealed.
Apart from the legends, scientists have provided many explanations for the mysterious Brown Mountain Lights, none of them satisfactory.
On a night in 1867, at the small Brunswick County station of Maco fifteen miles west of Wilmington, a slow freight train was puffing down the track. In the caboose was Joe Baldwin, the flagman. A jerking noise startled him, and he was aware that his caboose had become uncoupled from the rest of the train, which went heedlessly on its way. As the caboose slackened speed, Joe looked up and saw the beaming light of a fast passenger train bearing down upon him. Grabbing his lantern, he waved it frantically to warn the oncoming engineer of the imminent danger. It was too late. At a trestle over the swamp, the passenger train plowed into the caboose. Joe was decapitated: his head flew into the swamp on one side of the track, his lantern on the other. It was days before the destruction caused by the wreck was cleared away. And when Joe's head could not be found, his body was buried without it.
Thereafter on misty nights, Joe's headless ghost appeared at Maco, a lantern in its hand. Anyone standing at the trestle first saw an indistinct flicker moving up and down, back and forth. Then the beam swiftly moved forward, growing brighter and brighter as it neared the trestle. About fifty feet away it burst into a brilliant, burning radiance. After that, it dimmed, backed away down the track, and disappeared.
It was Joe with his lantern, of course. But what was he doing? Was he looking for his head? Or was he trying to signal an approaching train?
In 1889 President Grover Cleveland, on a political campaign, saw the mysterious light, as have hundreds of people throughout the years. But in 1977 when the railroad tracks were removed and the swamp reclaimed his haunting grounds, Joe seems to have lost interest in Maco. At least, he has not been seen there lately.
Not long ago, but before interstate highways ran around towns and cities, a young man left Greensboro late one night to drive to his old home in Lexington. At that time, just east of Jamestown, the old road dipped through a tunnel under the train tracks. The young man knew the road well, but it was a thick foggy night in early summer and he drove cautiously, especially when he neared the Jamestown underpass. Many wrecks had taken place at that spot. He slowed down on the curve leading to the tunnel and was halfway through it when his eyes almost popped out of his head. Standing on the roadside just beyond the underpass was an indistinct white figure with arm raised in a gesture of distress. The young man quickly slammed on his brakes and came to a stop beside the figure.
It was a girl, young, beautiful, resplendent in a long white evening dress. Her troubled eyes were glaring straight toward him. Obviously she was in need. He jumped from the car and ran around to where she stood motionless. "Can I help you?"
"yes." Her voice was low, stranger. I want to go home. I live in High Point."
He opened the door, and she got in. As they drove off, he said, "I'm glad I came by. I didn't expect to find anyone like you on the road so late at night."
"I was at a dance." She spoke in a monotone. "My date and I had a quarrel. It was very bad. I made him drop me back there."
He tried to continue the conversation, but she would say nothing more until they were into High Point. "Turn at the next left," she said. "I live three doors on the right." He parked before a darkened house, got out of the car and went around to open the door for her. There was no one there! He looked into the back seat. No one! He thought she might have rushed up the sidewalk and out of sight.
Confused and undecided about what to do next, he thought it only reasonable to find out if she had entered the house. He went up the steps and knocked on the door. No one came. He knocked again. There was no sound anywhere. After a third knock, through the side panes a dim light appeared from the pitch-black hallway. Finally the door was opened by a white-haired woman in a night robe.
"I brought a girl to this house," he explained, "but now I can't find her. Have you seen her? I picked her up out on the highway."
"At the Jamestown underpass. She told me she had been to a dance and was on her way home."
"Yes, I know," said the woman wearily. "that was my daughter. She was killed in a wreck at that tunnel five years ago tonight. And every year since, on this very night, she signals a young man like you to pick her up. She is still trying to get home."
The young man turned from the doorway, speechless. The dim light in the house went out. He drove on to Lexington, but never has he forgotten, nor will he ever forget, the beautiful hitchhiker and how she vanished into the night.


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Could this £200 car be the top toy of 2017?
A ride-on replica of a Disney toy car has been tipped as one of 2017s top toys - despite costing a whopping £200.
Wednesday, 25th January 2017, 11:50 am
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A ride-on replica of Cars' Lightning McQueen has been tipped as one of 2017's top toys
The pricey battery-powered Cars' Lightning McQueen vehicle - complete with 'Lightyear' printed wheels - has a maximum speed of just 3km/h.
Other pricey picks included a wooden 'Forest Cottage', a 40,000 piece Disney Moments puzzle, and a controversial 'hoverboard' - all at a mind-boggling £400.
The toys were on display as part of Britain's biggest toy show, Toy Fair, taking place at Olympia Exhibition Centre in Kensington, west London.
Manufacturers including Lego, Playmobil and TOMY were among 250 exhibitors showcasing new products and reboots of old favourites at the three-day trade show.
The star of Toy Fair was Britain's Got Talent 2015 winner Jamie Raven, who appeared at the show to launch a set of magic sets.
Magician Jamie, 32, stunned viewers of the ITV talent show and has had over 300 million hits on YouTube.
The four sets - Card Magic, Magic of the Mind, Street Magic and Sleight of Hand - hit shelves in February at £9.95 each.
Jamie said: "We have created the sets to empower budding magicians to fulfil their true potential and ultimately the confidence to deliver amazing live performances."
Around 7,500 visitors are thought to attend Toy Fair, which played host to over 250 exhibitors across 22,000 square metres of Kensington's Olympia Exhibition Centre.
Marking its 64th year, the annual trade show is run by the British Toy and Hobby Association.
Firm favourites marking anniversaries at the show included Teletubbies, who are celebrating their 20th anniversary, Fireman Sam, marking his 30th anniversary, and In The Night Garden, marking their tenth birthday.
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When someone receives an ALS diagnosis, the first thought is often about the impending loss of function; for example, the progressive inability to walk, talk, eat and swallow. But the reality of this unforgiving disease can also result in emotional challenges, too. This is something Barry Law knows all too well.
Of all the challenges he has had to face since his diagnosis, – giving up his career and his love for mountain biking, for example – the greatest challenge has been emotional.
One of the biggest outlets he has found in coping with a terminal illness is the creation of a personal blog. Through this platform, Barry has been able to communicate with others who share similar experiences, raise awareness for those who don't know about the disease, and channel his own creativity.
While it can be difficult to accept the progression of the disease and the well-intentioned help from others, Barry feels that it is important to stay one step ahead of it and take care of yourself emotionally. For him, that means having a purpose and knowing that his experience will mean something for others living with ALS in the future.
To date, Barry has received a power wheelchair and a recliner from ALS Canada's equipment program, a program which helps people living with ALS maintain their independence.
Giving Tuesday is a global movement dedicated to giving back and thinking of others. Today, we hope you will donate to support the people like Barry who are living with ALS in Ontario and need your help to grant their holiday wishes.
From the research breakthroughs that could help to end ALS, to the wheelchairs and other supports that will make holiday visits easier, your donation to ALS Canada will truly make a difference. Please consider making your Giving Tuesday contribution today – together, we can work towards a future without ALS.


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