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He is a full professor at the School of Journalism, Writing, and Media at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, where he served as director from June 2015 to December 2020. Under his leadership, the department expanded by bringing together the School of Journalism, founded in 1996, and the Arts Studies in Research and Writing program, formed in 2008-09, to create the School of Journalism, Writing, and Media in January 2020.
In 2017, he co-founded and launched The Conversation Canada with his UBC Journalism colleague, Mary Lynn Young, bringing academics and experienced journalists together to share timely analysis and commentary drawing from research, evidence and insights.
His book, Tell Everyone: How the Stories We Share Shape What We Know and Why It Matters, was published by Doubleday Canada in October 2014. The book charts how our enhanced capacity to share information via social media is shaping our notions of an informed and engaged public, a media ecology of competing ideas, and a responsive political establishment.
Tell Everyone was acclaimed as the best business-related book in Canada for 2015, winning the National Business Book Award.
He is co-editor of the Sage Handbook of Digital Journalism (Sage 2016) and co-author of Participatory Journalism: Guarding Open Gates at Online Newspapers, published in 2011 by Wiley-Blackwell.
He was named an IBM CAS Canada Research Faculty Fellow in 2010, 2011 and 2012, and won the 2011 UBC President's Award for Public Education Through Media. He was nominated in the 2011 Digi Awards for Canada's top social media maven.
In 2015, he was a finalist in the Commentary category in the Online Journalism Awards for his contributions to The Conversation.
He won a 2010 Canadian Online Publishing Award for best blog for Reportr.net. A student social media project he co-supervised received an Excellence in New Communication Award from the Society for New Communication Research in 2013. It followed a Commendation of Merit in the co-creation and collaboration media category of the SNCR Excellence in New Communications Awards program for UBC/CBC Radio 3 project in 2010.
Hermida is a 16-year veteran of the BBC and was a founding news editor of the BBC News website in 1997. During his four years as daily news editor, the site won the BAFTA for best news website four years in a row. During his time at the BBC, he pioneered new forms of journalistic practice, including as one of the first BBC bi-media (TV and radio) foreign correspondents (1990), as the co-creator of the first BBC World Service podcast, Go Digital (2001) and as founder of the first technology vertical on the BBC News website.
He has also written for The Globe and Mail, The Wall Street Journal, The Times of London, The Guardian and NPR.
Through his research at UBC, and his earlier work at the BBC, he has built an international reputation as an authority on new media, with his work appearing in Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, Journalism Practice, Digital Journalism and Journalism Studies among others. His research interests include participatory journalism, social media and emerging genres of digital journalism.
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Answers to media questions
Vladimir Putin answered questions from Russian journalists upon completing his working visit to the Republic of Kyrgyzstan. The President of Russia participated in a meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of State.
President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Good afternoon. What are we going to talk about? What would you like to know?
Question: Mr President, what are results of the summit? In your opinion, after 25 years is the organisation still necessary? Perhaps there is no more need for the Commonwealth? What issues were on the agenda apart from summarising the results? Could you tell us which problems will be tackled in the first place? Are there many disagreements within the CIS?
Vladimir Putin: As a rule, disappointment happens because of excessive expectations. Perhaps it is true and when the organisation was being established, the expectations were too high. Actually, it played a very important role, which was probably its historic purpose. The CIS created conditions for its members to make a smooth, gradual and comfortable transition to becoming sovereign states. It created the conditions in which we continued to cooperate with each other and, at the same time, strengthen our own sovereignty.
Each of the Commonwealth states made its own conclusions about the organisation's work and, therefore, we approached the 25th anniversary with an almost unanimous opinion that can be considered the main outcome. The shared opinion is that the CIS must continue as a full-fledged international organisation. This is the first point.
Second. Everybody believes – and this is my opinion too – that parallel structures are redundant. Anything that hinders progress, anything that creates and maintains international bureaucracy must be transformed into other frameworks that will be seeking solutions to the specific issues our states are facing.
We know that the post-Soviet countries were left with a huge positive legacy. There are problems, too, and we are aware of them, but there is a colossal positive legacy, including a common infrastructure, a common energy and transport infrastructure, that is both railways and a road network. It is also the Russian language that unites us all.
In the European Union, everybody must speak their own language and they have to use 27 interpreters, while we hardly need any. It is a huge unifying force that we are not even aware of and do not even notice in our everyday life and everyday communication. However, it is a significant aspect of our existence and an important positive factor of our collective development.
I believe this is the most important point. We have outlined paths and directions for the organisation's further development and will follow them as we move forward. As you may know, Moldova is in line for the next presidency but there are difficulties we all know about and we hope that Moldova overcomes them as soon as possible.
Yesterday and today, I had very productive meetings with the Prime Minister of Moldova. I hope we can build a positive working dialogue and we will see how it goes. We would really like to find consensus, but bilaterally it is not possible any more considering that Moldova has signed an agreement with the European Union. Now we obviously need to involve the European Commission. I hope we can work out some successful solutions.
This is what I have say about yesterday's meeting. As I said yesterday, Russia is hosting the next summit. At the request of our colleagues, it will take place in Moscow in October 2017.
Question: Mr President, the election campaign is gaining momentum in the United States and you are playing a certain role in it – at least, your name features in both candidates' speeches more and more frequently. What do you think about this? And since you are in a way part of this campaign, would you tell us more specifically who you will be supporting, Trump or Clinton?
Vladimir Putin: About supporting either candidate, as I said before, I cannot tell you anything new, and I do not want to. The only thing I can say is that we will support any person in any country that wants to build neighbourly and partnership relations with us. Anyone. Of course, we are following the events in the United States very closely and we do sympathise with those who publicly state the importance of building relations with Russia based on equality and see a great value in this for their country and the international community in general. This if my first point.
The second, regarding the use of Russia and the President of Russia in the US presidential campaign, I really hope that it is a result of Russia's growing influence and importance. However, I believe that it is mainly related to attempts to manipulate public opinion inside the country. We see an attempt to recreate an image of the so-called "evil empire" and instil fear in ordinary people. This is very sad because I do find such a crude attempt counterproductive.
Strictly speaking, it has nothing to do with the problems within any given country – in this case, the numerous problems of the United States. It is not a new tactic and in our country we are also seeing attempts to plant information and manipulate public opinion during the State Duma election campaign. They seem to rely on touching very sensitive issues but are in fact very far from the interests of millions of people.
Question: Mr President, you have not said anything about the progress made in implementing agreements between Russia and the United States regarding Syria. President Obama stated several times and, particularly, yesterday he said that Russia is not fulfilling them and because of that, the United States would not cooperate with Russia. However, at the same time, the US is totally opposed to making these agreements public. How would you comment on this, what is your opinion about this?
Vladimir Putin: Our US partners have always stood for openness and transparency. There is nothing surprising for me that in this case they proceed from their postulate. I can tell you why: this has to do with the difficulties that the United States is facing on the Syrian track. The difficulty is that they can in no way separate the so-called "healthy" part of the opposition from the semi-criminal and terrorist elements.
In my opinion, this is dictated by the desire to preserve the military potential in the fight against the lawful government of President Assad. However, this is a slippery slope; we have often spoken about this. Our US partners seem to be again falling into the same trap they have fallen into so many times. This is a dangerous scenario.
As for Russia, it meets its obligations in full. Moreover, we have reached agreements with President Assad and the Syrian Government. As we see it, the Syrian forces are implementing these agreements in full. As for making the agreements public, well, perhaps they do not want to do this because it will become clear to the international community, as well as to the American and Russian people who is not fulfilling which obligations.
We agreed that Jabhat al-Nusra and others of their ilk have to be separated and it has been shown where they are and where these so-called "healthy" forces are. What do we see now? We see no separation of terrorists from this "healthy" part of the opposition, instead we see these terrorists making attempts to regroup, replace one set of signboards with another, replace one name with another and preserve their military potential. This is what we see.
This is regrettable but I proceed from the notion that we share the determination to reach peace in Syria and the common task of fighting terrorism, international terrorism. This is, truly, a common task. And, without a doubt, everybody understands this, including our US partners who, I will admit, face quite a difficult task of separating the opposition from the terrorists.
I would like us to be honest with each other and only in this case we will be able to move in the direction of achieving common goals. I do not understand why we need to make any agreements secret. However, we, of course, we will not be disclosing any details until our US partners consent to so, due to specific agreements, which are usually reached diplomatically when working with issues like the Syrian settlement.
I would like to reiterate that we feel more positive than negative about this and we expect that the promises made by the US administration will be kept.
Question: Your address to Russian citizens has been published recently. Have you already decided whom you will be voting for?
Vladimir Putin: Today is a pre-election silence day. I made a decision long ago when I set up a well-known political structure, a political party, so there is nothing new to discuss here.
In the United States, as you know, the US President is taking an active part in the Democratic Party candidate's campaign. I do not do this as actively, I created United Russia as a party, and I believe there is nothing to comment on here. However, I would like to repeat that today, on the pre-election silence day, we will not have any campaigning.
Question: Mr President, yesterday you exchanged words with the Ukrainian ambassador. To my mind, you made a very emotional response to his statement. There is a feeling that due to Ukraine's position, relations between Russia and Ukraine have deteriorated and will not improve for a long time. In this regard, are you ready to resume talks both with Petro Poroshenko and the Normandy Format? How do you see this situation developing?
Vladimir Putin: I have already said that we are ready to continue contacts as long as they lead to a positive result, to a resolution of the crisis in Ukraine. We want Ukraine to develop as an independent state, strong economically and in every other aspect; we want to have a reliable, stable partner. This fully corresponds to our national and state interests.
We will do everything we can to reach this goal. But we will not be able to achieve this unilaterally. We cannot, for example, amend the Ukrainian Constitution – only Ukraine can do this, only the Ukrainian leadership. We cannot sign an amnesty law instead of the Ukrainian President, and we cannot adopt a law on elections. We can do almost nothing, only the Ukrainian people and their representatives are able to do it.
What we can do is create an environment for talks and take part in them as intermediaries and guarantors of agreements. This is what we can do, what we want to do and what we will be doing if our partners in Kiev also want this.
Meeting of CIS Council of Heads of State
Visit to Kyrgyzstan, CIS summit
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New study finds that workplace anxiety isn't always a bad thing
New research on anxiety in the workplace has uncovered some intriguing findings: in some instances it can help boost employee performance.
"There are a lot of theories and models of anxiety that exist, but this is the first model situated in the workplace focusing on employees," says co-author Julie McCarthy from the Department of Management at U of T Scarborough and the Rotman School of Management.
McCarthy, along with her former grad student and lead author Bonnie Hayden Cheng, now an assistant professor at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, looked at both the triggers of workplace anxiety and also its relationship to employee performance.
"If you have too much anxiety, and you're completely consumed by it, then it's going to derail your performance," says McCarthy, who is an expert on organizational behaviour.
"On the other hand, moderate levels of anxiety can facilitate and drive performance."
If employees are constantly distracted or thinking about things that are causing them anxiety, it will prevent them from completing tasks at work and that can eventually lead to exhaustion and burnout, says Cheng.
But in certain situations anxiety can boost performance by helping employees focus and self-regulate their behaviour. She compares it to athletes who are trained to harness anxiety in order to remain motivated and stay on task. Likewise, if employees engage in something called self-regulatory processing, that is monitoring their progress on a task and focusing their efforts toward performing that task, it can help boost their performance.
"After all, if we have no anxiety and we just don't care about performance, then we are not going to be motivated to do the job," says Cheng.
She says that work-anxious employees who are motivated are more likely to harness anxiety in order to help them focus on their tasks. Those who are emotionally intelligent, can recognize their feelings of anxiety and use it to regulate their performance, as well as those who are experienced and skilled at their job, are also less likely to have anxiety affect their performance.
The model of workplace anxiety Cheng and McCarthy developed is broken into two categories.
One covers dispositional aspects, that is those that align with individual character traits. If someone already experiences high levels of general anxiety for example, their experiences with workplace anxiety will be different from those who don't.
The other covers situational aspects, those that arise in specific job tasks. Some employees may be more affected by job appraisals, public speaking or other tasks that can distract them and lead to poor performance.
The study, which is published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, also outlines many of the triggers for workplace anxiety. The most prominent include jobs that require constant expression or suppression of emotion - think "service with a smile" - as well as jobs with constant looming deadlines or frequent organizational change.
Office politics and control over work are other important factors. Employee characteristics including age, gender and job tenure can also affect the experience of workplace anxiety.
The authors note that anxiety is a growing issue for workplaces. Recent research has found that 72 per cent of Americans experiencing daily anxiety say it interferes with their work and personal lives.
While the authors do not condone inducing anxiety in employees to foster high performance, the good news for employees who chronically experience anxiety at work, or who experience it from time to time, is that it can help performance if they can self-regulate their behaviour.
"Managing anxiety can be done by recognizing and addressing triggers of workplace anxiety, but also being aware of how to leverage it in order to drive performance," says Cheng.
She says there are many strategies organizations can use to help employees. Some of these include training to help boost self-confidence, offering tools and resources to perform tasks at work, and equipping employees with strategies to recognize, use, and manage feelings of anxiety through emotional intelligence development.
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The Godfather is a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo, based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel of the same name. The film stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard Conte, and Diane Keaton. It is the first installment in The Godfather trilogy. The story, spanning from 1945 to 1955, chronicles the Corleone family under patriarch Vito Corleone (Brando), focusing on the transformation of one of his sons, Michael Corleone (Pacino), from reluctant family outsider to ruthless mafia boss. Paramount Pictures obtained the rights to the novel for the price of $80,000, before it gained popularity. Studio executives had trouble finding a director; their first few candidates turned down the position before Coppola signed on to direct the film. They and Coppola disagreed over the casting for several characters, in particular, Vito and Michael. Filming took place primarily on location around New York City and in Sicily, and was completed ahead of schedule. The musical score was composed principally by Nino Rota, with additional pieces by Carmine Coppola. The Godfather premiered at the Loew's State Theatre on March 14, 1972, and was widely released in the United States on March 24, 1972. It was the highest-grossing film of 1972, and was for a time the highest-grossing film ever made, earning between $246 and $287 million at the box office. The film received universal acclaim from critics and audiences, with praise for the performances, particularly those of Brando and Pacino, the directing, screenplay, cinematography, editing, score, and portrayal of the mafia. The Godfather acted as a catalyst for the successful careers of Coppola, Pacino, and other relative newcomers in the cast and crew. Additionally the film revitalized Brando's career, which had declined in the 1960s, and he went on to star in films such as Last Tango in Paris, Superman, and Apocalypse Now. At the 45th Academy Awards, the film won the Oscars for Best Picture, Best Actor (Brando), and Best Adapted Screenplay (for Puzo and Coppola). In addition, the seven other Oscar nominations included Pacino, Caan, and Duvall for Best Supporting Actor, and Coppola for Best Director. Since its release, The Godfather has been widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential films ever made, especially in the gangster genre. It was selected for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 1990, being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and is ranked the second-greatest film in American cinema (behind Citizen Kane) by the American Film Institute. It was followed by sequels The Godfather Part II (1974) and The Godfather Part III (1990).
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State v. Moore, No. 25217.
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Court United States State Supreme Court of South Carolina
Writing for the Court WALLER, Justice
Citation 540 S.E.2d 445,343 S.C. 282
Parties The STATE, Respondent, v. Lawrence Edward MOORE, Petitioner. The State, Respondent, v. Terrance Wideman, Petitioner.
Decision Date 11 December 2000
Docket Number No. 25217.
343 S.C. 282
540 S.E.2d 445
The STATE, Respondent,
Lawrence Edward MOORE, Petitioner.
Terrance Wideman, Petitioner
Supreme Court of South Carolina.
Heard October 17, 2000.
Decided December 11, 2000.
Assistant Appellate Defenders Katherine Carruth Link and M. Anne Pearce, of South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for petitioners
Attorney General Charles Molony Condon, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Robert. E. Bogan, and Senior Assistant Attorney General Charles H. Richardson, of Columbia, and Solicitor W. Townes Jones, of Greenwood, for respondent.
WALLER, Justice:
We granted a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' opinions in State v. Moore, 334 S.C. 411, 513 S.E.2d
626 (Ct.App.1999) and State v. Wideman, Op. No. 99-UP-101 (S.C.Ct.App. filed Feb. 22, 1999).1 We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for a new trial
Moore and Wideman were convicted of second degree burglary and grand larceny. At their joint trial, they challenged the admissibility of the identification given by the robbery victim's neighbor, Stephanie Davis. At an in camera hearing, Davis testified she was driven to her Greenwood apartment by her father at approximately 11:15 am on June 11, 1996. From approximately 50 yards away, she observed two men coming out of her neighbor Steven Bell's house; Davis knew Bell was at work. After exiting her father's car, Davis asked the two men what they were doing and both "startled" and ran. She called 9-1-1 and gave police a description of the men. Davis described two African-American males, one was taller and darker, "he had on a white hat ... a white t-shirt and blue shorts ... the white hat fell off and [she saw] braided hair." The taller man was thinner, and Davis saw only his profile. The other man had on a white t-shirt, either shorts or pants, and a black hat. Davis could not say whether he was stocky or thin, only that he was the shorter of the two. She saw him only from the back.2
Approximately ninety minutes later, Davis was taken in a police patrol vehicle to an area near Greenwood Supply where two men were being detained by police. The suspects were the only non-uniformed persons in the vicinity. When asked if she could identify the men, Davis replied, "Yes, ... the clothes—it was a hat on the ground and I remembered the black hat, and the clothes were the same." With respect to the taller man with the braided hair, after Davis had "seen him up close," she identified him for police as "Coochie Terry," a man she recognized as having lived in an apartment near her sister. On cross-examination, Davis admitted she had not
really seen either man's face at the time of the initial confrontation
At the close of the in camera hearing, the trial court ruled, "[t]he court's finding is that there is evidence—I won't say it's reliable, but I think that's a matter for the jury—that she can identify them. I don't find it unduly suggestive. I find the issues—the weight is a matter for the jury." The Court of Appeals majority reversed and remanded. The court found error in the trial court's failure to make a determination of the reliability of Davis' identification in accordance with the factors set forth in Neil v. Biggers, 409 U.S. 188, 93 S.Ct. 375, 34 L.Ed.2d 401 (1972); see also State v. Johnson, 311 S.C. 132, 427 S.E.2d 718 (Ct.App.1993).3 Accordingly, the majority remanded to the trial court for a hearing to determine whether Davis' statement was reliable under the totality of the circumstances. Chief Judge Howell dissented, finding Davis' identification unreliable as a matter of law such that a remand was unnecessary.
Did the Court of Appeals err in remanding to the trial court for a hearing to determine whether the identification in this case was unreliable?
A criminal defendant may be deprived of due process of law by an identification procedure which is unnecessarily suggestive and conducive to irreparable mistaken identification. Stovall v. Denno, 388 U.S. 293, 87 S.Ct. 1967, 18 L.Ed.2d 1199 (1967). An in-court identification of an accused is inadmissible if a suggestive out-of-court identification procedure created a very substantial likelihood of irreparable misidentification. Manson v. Brathwaite, 432 U.S. 98, 97 S.Ct. 2243, 53 L.Ed.2d 140 (1977) (citing Simmons v. United States, 390 U.S. 377, 88 S.Ct. 967, 19 L.Ed.2d 1247 (1968)); State v. Stewart, 275 S.C. 447, 272 S.E.2d 628 (1980).
The United States Supreme Court has developed a twoprong inquiry to determine the admissibility of an out-of-court identification. Neil v. Biggers, 409 U.S. 188, 93 S.Ct. 375, 34 L.Ed.2d 401 (1972); Manson v. Brathwaite, supra. First, "[a] court must first determine whether the identification process was unduly suggestive .... [It] next must determine whether the out-of-court identification was nevertheless so reliable that no substantial likelihood of misidentification existed." Curtis v. Commonwealth, 11 Va.App. 28, 396 S.E.2d 386, 388 (1990) (citing Neil v. Biggers, 409 U.S. at 198, 93 S.Ct. 375).
Only if [the procedure] was suggestive need the court consider the second question—whether there was a substantial likelihood of irreparable misidentification. Although one-on-one show-ups have been sharply criticized, and are inherently suggestive, the identification need not be excluded as long as under all the circumstances the identification was reliable notwithstanding any suggestive procedure. [The] inquiry, therefore, must focus upon whether, under the totality of the
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State v. Rice, No. 4300.
Court of Appeals of South Carolina
...and will not be disturbed on appeal absent an abuse of that discretion or the commission of prejudicial legal error. State v. Moore, 343 S.C. 282, 288, 540 S.E.2d 445, 448 (2000); State v. Brown, 356 S.C. 496, 502, 589 S.E.2d 781, 784 Reliability is the linchpin in determining the admissibi......
State v. Carlson, No. 3948.
United States State Supreme Court of South Carolina
...irreparable misidentification." Simmons v. United States, 390 U.S. 377, 384, 88 S.Ct. 967, 19 L.Ed.2d 1247 (1968); accord State v. Moore, 343 S.C. 282, 286, 540 S.E.2d 445, 447 (2000) ("An in-court identification of an accused is inadmissible if a suggestive out-of-court identification proc......
State v. Marquez, No. 17663.
...is sufficiently reliable is a mixed question of law and fact subject to de novo review on appeal"), rev'd in part on other grounds, 343 S.C. 282, 540 S.E.2d 445 Given the weight and uniformity of the preceding authority, as well as its commonsense appeal, we conclude that a claim of an unne......
State v. Heyward, Appellate Case No. 2017-001542
South Carolina Court of Appeals
...discretion and will not be disturbed on appeal absent an abuse of such, or the commission of prejudicial legal error." State v. Moore , 343 S.C. 282, 288, 540 S.E.2d 445, 448 (2000).432 S.C. 310 a. Positive IdentificationFirst, Heyward contends Granddaughter did not make an out-of-court ide......


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Research to dig into your employees' attitudes and experiences, including inevitable local nuances, is a good place to start, writes Kantar's regional CEO.
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We work in a world of dynamic organizations, cultures and brands. We strive to think progressively, challenge the status quo and deliver future-focused ideas and campaigns. And we'd like to think that this approach is reflected in the way that we run our companies, resulting in a diverse workforce of happy employees who feel equally valued and included.
However, it's not always easy to gauge the real situation on the ground. Large multinational organizations know the challenge well. While the company ethos may celebrate diversity and promote equal opportunities, the extent to which this reaches every employee in every country is debateable.
As regional CEO of Kantar, a global insights consultancy, I can attest to the difficulties faced when trying to understand the attitudes and opinions of employees within each of the local markets. This is especially challenging in Asia, with its multitude of cultures, behaviours and working styles. But as a leader, it's my responsibility to ensure we're listening to all of our employees—not just broadcasting to them—so that we can truly appreciate their experiences, evolve our ways of working, and ultimately, the performance of our business based on their feedback.
One of the most pressing issues for companies today is gender parity within the workplace: ensuring equal pay, equal opportunities and equal representation within organisations. This isn't just a 'women's issue'. It's a core business issue that's relevant to every organisation wanting to be successful in today's market and into the future. It's proven that companies with diverse workforces do better work, nurture happier people and grow faster.
But even with all the right policies and programmes in place, can you truly say that it's working? How do you know whether you're on track to reach gender parity? Even within Kantar I know that despite some fantastic programmes, there is still a gender imbalance at the top, and that we lose many talented women from our teams as they struggle to balance family commitments.
We needed to address this and start from ground zero to build up our understanding of the situation, free from any preconceptions. As an insights consultancy, we took our own medicine and surveyed over 3,000 employees from across the region, both men and women. We asked a wide variety of questions; about their experience within the business, their motivations, their ambitions for the future. We asked about perceptions: how they view themselves and how they think they are viewed by others. And we asked what would improve their experience working with Kantar.
The findings were incredibly insightful, both at a regional and local level. We found that there was no shortage of ambition among the women within our business, and that both men and women had re-evaluated the characteristics that determined success, opening up a more diverse range of leadership styles. However, in some markets, some 'developed' countries included, we discovered that unconscious bias was still a big problem; in other markets we saw that there was a need to address barriers to leadership positions.
Each country had its own nuance, and in each a local leader took ownership of the results, began a dialogue with employees and worked through what we could be doing better. It became the starting point for the conversation, and the job is not done.
One finding that particularly resonated with me was the need for greater flexibility that was called out strongly by both men and women. We learnt that flexibility means different things to different people; from being able to pick your child up from school, to being able to do an exercise class in the morning, to taking time off to look after sick parents. Again, this isn't just a 'women's issue'. By unpicking these tensions we can start introducing practices that benefit everyone within the businesses.
What disturbs me is the extent to which unconscious bias exists in some countries that we typically describe as 'developed markets'. In these instances, management might say all the right things about the importance of equality and inclusiveness in the workplace, but in reality project 'boys club' behaviours without knowing it. If you are a leader and you believe in this stuff then you have to walk the talk—and as a very wise Kantar colleague recently reminded me, walk the talk at home as well!
Our business success is based on a deep understanding of people. The more diverse we are, the better insights we can build into our clients' audiences, and subsequently, the better we can support their business growth. It is crucially apparent to me that for Kantar to continue to be successful in the future we must lead, foster and preserve a culture of equality and inclusiveness. We have an incredibly talented workforce—our people are indeed our biggest asset—and we need to make sure that every diverse voice is heard, as diversity is a rich source of innovation and inspiration. This will ensure that we keep the best people in our business, can offer the best minds and solutions to our clients and, to some degree, move the needle in the right direction to make a positive contribution to society.
I do not pretend to have all the answers, but I do know that one of the greatest obligations of CEO is the culture we lead. This starts with an ambition for the type of organisation you want to be part of and authentically going for it. Unfortunately, not everyone in the 21st century gets this, but I am blessed to work with many people who do.
Adrian Gonzalez is CEO, Insights, for North Asia, Southeast Asia and Pacific at Kantar.
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Sparti's Gyros is closing
Posted on May 17, 2019 by Emma McClatchey
Sparti's Gyros, 61 2nd St, Coralville. May 17, 2019. — Zak Neumann/Little Village
Just shy of their 10th anniversary, Sparti's Gyros will close its doors for good on May 24 (or as soon as it runs out of food supplies).
The restaurant, located at 61 2nd St in Coralville, opened on June 1, 2009. Owner and manager Keith Brophy had just graduated from the University of Iowa and missed the meals of his Chicago-area upbringing.
"Italian beef, gyros and Chicago dogs were definitely staples of my diet growing up, and when I came out here, I just couldn't find them," Brophy told Little Village. "I thought it was definitely a niche product that would fit into this market very well."
"I was very young and naïve when I opened it up 10 years ago, I had very little experience," he added. "I learned a lot from my customers; it shaped the business."
Brophy said two main factors influenced his choice not to renew the lease for the building Sparti's occupies. (Sparti's closure was announced via Facebook on Tuesday, May 14.)
"It was a difficult decision; we went back and forth," Brophy said. "We really do like the location and we have a very loyal following, [but] we needed major renovations that we thought were necessary for us to stay. That just didn't financially make sense to get those done."
Apart from the building costs, Brophy said he had personal reasons for stepping away. When Brophy started Sparti's — borrowing the name and concept from a friend, who opened the original Sparti's in Kenosha, Wisconsin about a year before — he was unattached and willing to work 80-hour weeks. A decade later, he remains the sole operator, unlucky in his attempts over the years to bring on another owner or manager long-term.
"I wouldn't say it's a burden but it's definitely a you're-always-working kind of thing," Brophy said. "I have a 4-year-old, 2-year-old and 9-month-old, so I wanted to enjoy some time with them while they're still young."
Sparti's is known for its Greek and Chicago dishes, including gyros, souvlaki and pure beef hot dogs. Brophy said the restaurant's anniversary was always his favorite time of year: A $3 gyro special would have customers lined up out the door every June 1. Once, they sold over 500 pounds of gyro in one day.
Though there were four Sparti's in the Midwest at one time, the Coralville location is the last remaining. It may also be the first to return: Brophy plans to take the summer off, then start looking for a new location for the restaurant come fall, likely remaining in the Iowa City/Coralville area. He hopes to have Sparti's up and running again within a year, ideally by October 2019.
As for the first era of Sparti's, Brophy said the customers have been the highlight — "the regulars that come in day after day and enjoy your food, and you can see the smiles on their face and their full bellies when they're leaving."
"I really appreciate them coming in and supporting a local business," he said. "We wouldn't have been here even close to 10 years if it wasn't for them."
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From the heart of Montana's Big Sky Country comes Scott and Kayla Tecca, a father daughter duo, playing a variety of new and classic country, classic rock and originals. With their beautifully blended family harmonies, they will captivate you through a music journey. 2018 Nashville Universe Awards Nominees - Group of the Year and Songwriter of the Year 2018 Song Of The Year Runner Up for "Whiskey in Heaven" 2018 Song Of The Year Semi Finalist for "These Days" 2018 TCMA Awards Nominees – Duo of the Year and Songwriter of the Year 2018 Joise Awards Nominees – Duo of the Year and Modern Country Song of the Year 2018 KICMA Awards Nominees – Duo of the Year Scott grew up in a very musical family with his grandfather, who was blind from age nine, was a local musician in Livingston Montana, playing the piano, drums and singing in the Rhythm Ramblers. His father, the man who taught him to play the guitar at the age of 5, also was a guitar player and singer. Growing up in small towns in Montana has its challenges, but it has also giving Scott the life needed to reach for his dreams of being a singer/ songwriter. Having two musically talented daughters, it has sparked the idea of performing together as a family, but as fate would have it, only one daughter, Kayla, has shown the desire to chase his crazy dream of being a full time musician. Kayla started her musical interest in 6th grade where she took up the violin. Although her desire for music was rich, she moved on from the violin and on to the guitar. In her High School years, she was heavily involved in the school choir. When she was 16, Kayla entered a talent show at her High School. As she was just getting started with playing guitar, she didn't feel ready to accompany herself, so of course, Dad was quick to jump in. Kayla, upon graduating from high school, went on to culinary school, before jumping in with both feet and traveling all over Montana, Idaho, Washington and Oregon playing music in local bars, Brewery's and private functions. Their unique blend of family harmonies draws their followers into a musical journey. From their renditions of Journey's Don't stop believing to their original Whiskey in Heaven, the listener is taken through the facets of time and touched by memories of the familiar songs they cover. Their original songs are written from personal memories and life experiences that touch you in so many different ways
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The Journal of the Korean Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology 2009;27(3): 153-162. doi: https://doi.org/10.3857/jkstro.2009.27.3.153
Long-term Results of Breast-conserving Surgery and Radiation Therapy in Early Breast Cancer
Jin Hee Kim, Sang Jun Byun
Department of Radiation Oncology, Dongsan Medical Center, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea. jhkim@dsmc.or.kr
To evaluate the long-term results after breast-conserving surgery and radiation therapy in early breast cancer in terms of failure, survival, and cosmesis.
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One hundred fifty-four patients with stage I and II breast cancer were treated with conservative surgery plus radiotherapy between January 1992 and December 2002 at the Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center. According to TNM stage, 93 patients were stage I, 50 were IIa, and 11 were IIb. The affected breasts were irradiated with 6 MV photons to 50.4 Gy in 28 fractions over 5.5 weeks with a boost irradiation dose of 10~16 Gy to the excision site. Chemotherapy was administered in 75 patients and hormonal therapy in 92 patients with tamoxifen. Follow-up periods were 13~179 months, with a median of 92.5 months.
The 5- and 10-year overall survival rates were 97.3% and 94.5%, respectively. The 5- and 10-year disease-free survival (5YDFS and 10YDFS, respectively) rates were 92.5% and 88.9%, respectively; the ultimate 5YDFS and 10YDFS rates after salvage treatment were 93.9% and 90.2%, respectively. Based on multivariate analysis, only the interval between surgery and radiation therapy (< or = 6 weeks vs. >6 weeks, p=0.017) was a statistically significant prognostic factor for DFS. The major type of treatment failure was distant failure (78.5%) and the most common distant metastatic site was the lungs. The cosmetic results were good-to-excellent in 96 patients (80.7%).
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Starz Denver Film Festival 2011: Brit Withey's must-see picks for November 4-6
Michael Roberts | November 4, 2011 | 2:30pm
Again this year, Starz Denver Film Festival artistic director Brit Withey is offering his must-see picks for each day of the fest -- including many flicks that movie lovers might otherwise miss amid the flood of silver-screen goodies.
Here, he shares choices for Friday through Sunday, November 4-6: The Fairy, Once Upon A Time In Anatolia and The Bengali Detective.
The Fairy Directed by Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Bruno Romy 7 p.m. Friday, November 4 Starz FilmCenter
"The Fairy is a French film -- a really, really charming throwback sort of film, to the era of true physical comedy," Withey says. "It's made by a three-person writer-director-actor team, and it's wonderful, even though the story's almost inconsequential.
"One guy's a hotel night clerk and this woman comes in and says she's a fairy and will grant his next three wishes. He asks for a moped and gasoline for life, but he can't think of a third wish -- and it kind of goes from there. But it's all a set-up for these story bits that have interludes, even dance sequences. It's the kind of film you just don't see any more -- the perfect kind of film for a festival."
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan 8 p.m. Saturday, November 5 Starz FilmCenter
"This is a Turkish film, and the director, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, has had many films in the festival over the years," Withey notes. "He's probably the most famous Turkish director -- a remarkable, moody filmmaker.
"The film centers around a murder and the search for the body of the murder victim, and who actually committed the crime. The first forty minutes are so are spent in the dark, with five people jammed into a car driving around the Turkish countryside, and stopping to talk about the murder. Everything's apparently lit by a couple of car headlights, but the film has a luminosity despite it being physically dark. It's really engaging. The director is a master of juxtaposing moments of realistic dialogue against this beautiful setting."
The Bengali Detective Directed by Phil Cox Noon Sunday, November 6 Starz FilmCenter
"This is a completely unique documentary," Withey enthuses. "It tells the story of this slightly inept detective agency in India that's on the cusp of making it big. Up until this point, they've been busting counterfeit shampoo rings and things of that nature, but they're just getting a murder case, and they're earnestly trying to do some good work. And they take their work very seriously, but they also like to have fun. On the weekends, they have a sort of dance team, and they enter these contests -- and they're terrible.
"That's really funny -- but there's another side of the film that follows the lead detective, whose wife is dying. He loves his wife so much, and it's so apparent -- and there's nothing he can do for her. She has an incurable disease, so it's just waiting it all out. And they have a young son.
"It's one of the most unique films in the festival -- both heartwarming and heartbreaking. You can't walk away without being affected in every way possible."
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For those located in New York, I'll be sharing my original music at National Sawdust on Saturday, November 10th. Join us at this incredible venue for the Revolution Vol. 33 featuring vocalist Alina Engibaryan, bassist Leon Boykins and drummer Matt Young. Tickets are available HERE.
I hope you'll get a chance to watch my latest video, "For Good" featuring vocalist Michael Mayo and artwork by climate scientist Jill Pelto. Climate Change is a tremendously important issue that Jill is addressing by incorporating data into her artwork. I'm so happy to be able to collaborate with her and pair these paintings with my composition. Special thanks to Sam Neufeld of Noof Designs for creating the video.
I'm also proud to share that I was recently named a semifinalist in the 2018 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition and will be performing in Washington, D.C. on December 2nd. For more information on the competition read the full press release.
Presented by TCB Records, Addison Frei latest album, No Defense, is now available for PURCHASE and STREAMING. The new trio features New York-based bassist Tamir Shmerling and Vienna-based drummer Mario Gonzi. Kevin Sun writes, "One can't help but let down one's defenses listening to such tender, unguarded music." The recording was made possible by the Generations Festival, Swiss Radio and TCB Records.
Addison Frei's digital EP release, Future Speak, sings an anthem for social progress and the promise of tomorrow's community. Spanning soulful hooks, spoken verse, acoustic improvisation and electric dance grooves, this collection of songs envisions a world where our planet is valued, where black lives matter and stories unfold without the stain of guns. David Ashton's music video brings the music to life and captures the American spirit in its many shapes and forms.
Stream and purchase the EP on Bandcamp or watch the official music video HERE.
Two exciting news items from the past month:
On June 15th, 2017, AMP Trio featuring Tahira Clayton was selected as the winner of the DC JazzPrix. From 77 applicants, three groups were chosen to perform live at the University of District of Columbia alongside last year's winner, the New Century Jazz Quintet. AMP Trio and Tahira Clayton will now perform at the 2018 DC Jazz Festival and engage in a year-long professional development partnership.
On July 3rd, 2017, I was awarded first prize in the Parmigiani Montreux Jazz Piano Solo Competition. The jury was chaired by Ramsey Lewis and featured nine pianists from 4 continents. This honor includes a performance at the 2018 Montreux Jazz Festival, studio time at Balik Farm in Switzerland, and a limited edition Parmigiani Fleurier watch. Click HERE for an interview and performance clips from the festival.
Looking ahead, I'll soon be releasing a new digital EP called Future Speak featuring the talents of Michael Mayo, Tahira Clayton, Andy Clausen, Drew Zaremba, Matt Young, Perrin Grace, Nolan Byrd and Tim Basom. Chris Sulit engineered and mixed the project, and David Ashton, director of Transit, will return to direct the Future Speak music video. Stay tuned!
It's been an eventful spring already with many more travels and opportunities ahead...
I'm happy to announce that I will be enrolling at Juilliard this fall as a member of their Artist Diploma program. This performance ensemble will tour and participate in educational outreach. I can't wait for this next chapter in my musical education.
In April I returned to South Africa for a wonderful tour, performing and presenting workshops at several universities in Pretoria, Johannesburg and Durban.
Meanwhile, AMP Trio has been active on the road, celebrating the release of our new record, Three. Check out our teaser videos or purchase the album HERE. Since February we've played throughout North Texas and Ontario, Ann Arbor, Orlando, Miami and New York. We'll cap off our spring tour with a performance at ETA in Los Angeles on May 23rd, followed by our first Japanese tour. We're immensely excited! Follow our Facebook Page for details on shows. Back stateside, we'll be joined by our resident vocalist Tahira Clayton for a performance at the DC JazzPrix on June 15th.
I'm also eager to make a couple trips to Switzerland later this summer: first to participate in the Montreux Jazz Festival Solo Piano Competition on July 2nd and 3rd. In August I'll return to record a new trio album with Tamir Shmerling and Mario Gonzi for TCB Records. Following the session, I'll join the Generations Unit, comprised of members from the Frauenfeld Festival last fall, for a week of performing in Basel, Winterthur and St. Moritz.
For those in New York, I'll be playing solo piano at the Kitano on each Tuesday in July. Look for some special guests to sit in too. Hope to see you at a show soon!
The new single "Postcard" is out! Check out the video HERE or visit BANDCAMP to download the track. Many thanks to Simon Yu for his directing chops, John Young and Cam Covello for making the track sound purty, and Tahira Clayton, Perrin Grace and Matt Young for throwing down. Share it with a friend or neighbor... More to come!
Like so many of us, I am deeply saddened by results of our country's election. In the midst of these trying times, it is important for artists to strive to dig deeper and create more honest and passionate work.
I'm grateful for the opportunity to join my friend Drew Zaremba's appropriately titled Unity Orchestra. We will perform a program of classical arrangements as well as my original composition, "Ad Astra Per Aspera" at the Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas on Thursday, November 10th.
I recently returned from the Generations Festival in Frauenfeld, Switzerland, and was honored to be asked to record a new album for TCB, the Montreux Jazz label. I look forward to crafting new music for this project, and in addition, I will perform with the Generations Unit next July on a tour throughout Switzerland and Germany.
Meanwhile, AMP Trio is assembling a tour in the spring of 2017, as we prepare for the release of Three, our 3rd record. Lastly, I'm excited to collaborate with director Simon Yu on the music video for "Postcard", a new single of mine that features Tahira Clayton.
Love and light to all—Addison
As feelings of fall slowly begin to fill the air, I'd like to look ahead to a number of exciting engagements in this upcoming season!
First, I have the pleasure of serving as musical director and pianist for B-Side Productions' The Wild Party by Michael John LaChiusa. I've thoroughly enjoyed collaborating with such a diversely talented cast and the creative direction of Billy Bustamante. Come check out our unique play space at the TBG Theatre in New York! Click HERE for tickets and schedule.
Upon concluding the show run, I'll travel to Frauenfeld, Switzerland for the Generations16 Workshop and International Jazz Festival. The program features faculty like Mark Turner and Alex Sipiagin and is comprised of participants from both the US and Europe.
After a great run with AMP Trio this summer in Georgia and Texas, we will reunite in NYC for a performance at Club Bonafide and a studio session at Michael Brorby's Acoustic Recording. Follow the new project at amptrio.com
Lastly, I will travel to Texas in early November to be a guest artist with Drew Zaremba's Unity Orchestra. I had the opportunity to record on Drew's small group album this summer and am thrilled to join him again on a larger scale. Check out the Unity Orchestra's excellent promo video to see some of the amazing work they have done already!
I'm thrilled to announce the release of Transit has finally arrived. The album is available for sale at CD Baby HERE, as well as Amazon, iTunes and other online outlets.
Visit the watch page to see the Transit music video, directed by David Ashton and featuring Tahira Clayton and myself in transit throughout Manhattan.
I hope you'll enjoy this collection of songs. I'm incredibly thankful for the friendship and musicianship of my colleagues: Perrin Grace, Matt Young, Tahira Clayton, Janis Siegel, Wayne Tucker, Andy Clausen and Rachel Koblyakov.
After a delayed arrival in Pretoria, South Africa, due to a blizzard in NYC, and four rounds of different repertoire, I was thrilled to be named the first prize winner of the 2016 UNISA International Piano Competition. The University of South Africa has been presenting international music competitions since 1982, including classical piano, strings, voice, flute, clarinet and organ, but this year marked its first jazz category. I had a wonderful experience hearing so many other talented players and absorbing such a vibrant culture. Click HERE for the official press release and see photos from a concert I gave at a local elementary school. Photos: 1 2 3
Looking ahead, next month I'll travel to my home state of Kansas for several exciting gigs including duo performances with vibraphonist Christian Tamburr and vocalist Tahira Clayton. I'll also manage to visit Texas to perform and record with saxophonist Mario Cruz for an upcoming album release. Meanwhile, in New York I am working to complete a theatrical music video with filmmaker David Ashton for the title track of my sophomore album, Transit.
Happy New Year and thanks for visiting my website! 2016 has already begun with a bang as I celebrated the release of AMP Trio's m(y)our world with a tour of Michigan and Ontario. Visit the watch page to see several of my compositions featured in our video series directed by the fabulous Andy LaViolette, the mastermind behind Snarky Puppy's video production. m(y)our world recently climbed to #35 on the Jazz Week radio charts and has garnered multiple reviews ranging worldwide. Visit AMP Trio's new website created by bassist Perrin Grace to stay up to date on the group's latest news.
Following the Canadian performances I traveled to Central Florida to fulfill a tour earned through receiving first prize in the American Jazz Pianist Competition this fall. Through this opportunity I gave a solo concert at Atlantic Music Center in Melbourne, Florida and also performed at the Grand Bohemian in Orlando and the Casa Monica in St. Augustine.
Looking ahead, I'm traveling to New Orleans to perform with vocalist Charles Turner for a MLK Tribute concert at Dillard College. His quartet for this gig also features Barry Stephenson and Diego Ramirez; all four of us were 2013 Betty Carter Jazz Ahead alumni.
I'm also excited to share that later this month I'm headed to Pretoria, South Africa to participate in the first UNISA International Jazz Piano Competition. This two-week engagement will be an incredible performance opportunity as well as a chance to connect with several participating friends. Follow the link for a schedule and more info.
Finally, I'm continuing to organize details surrounding Transit, my second solo release, including original artwork by Weston Getto Allen (website) and my first theatrical music video that will feature Tahira Clayton (website). Stay tuned!
We've finally arrived... it's Autumn in New York, full of beautiful weather, fall colors and enriching musical experiences.
First, I'm returning to the Cell Theatre on October 24th to present "When Jazz Meets Classical". This gig will be a special opportunity for me to reunite with the wonderful vocalist Janis Siegel, diving into melodies from Ravel, Tchaikovsky and Schubert as well as a few choice standards and new original compositions. tickets
The following week I'll be performing at the June Havoc Theatre as musical director and pianist for B-Side Productions' The Adding Machine. This provocative, challenging musical has been so rewarding to work on thus far. Immediately following our opening performance on October 27th, I will collaborate with Alli Foss to kick off B-Side's Artist by Artists late night series with a program of Bon Iver and original music. promo video, tickets
After concluding the musical run, I'm leading a group at Silvana on November 1st featuring vocalist Tahira Clayton and guitarist Ronan Delisle. Currently based in Seattle, Ronan will team up with me that week for duo performances at Pete's Candy Store (11/3) and Caffe Vivaldi (11/5).
Shortly thereafter AMP Trio will release its sophomore album, m(y)our world, on November 6th (read more). In addition to the album, we will be sharing several in-studio videos directed by Andy LaViolette (Snarky Puppy). The trio will come together in New York on November 19th for a CD release show at ShapeShifter Lab alongside Andy Clausen's Wishbone Project. Stay tuned for more AMP Trio dates to be announced shortly.
After a successful night at the Kitano with vocalist Ben Cassarra, I'm looking forward to returning for two nights of solo piano on November 17th and 24th. Lastly, I'm continuing to work on my newest recording project, Transit, with engineers Michael Brorby and Joseph Branciforte. The road to releasing this album is still long, but I'm very proud of this collection of songs.
As always, thanks for stopping by and supporting.
Welcome to my new website! Stay current on upcoming performances by visiting the "gigs" tab.
I'm hitting the road in the coming weeks for several exciting engagements. First, I'll travel to Orlando, Florida for a return to the Timucua White House, a gorgeous home converted into the finest listening room in Orlando. I'm thrilled to be joined by vocalist Tahira Clayton.
Back in New York, I'm presenting the "When Jazz Meets Classical" project at the Cell Theatre, featuring violinist Rachel Koblyakov and my musical brothers Perrin Grace and Matt Young.
Later in August, AMP Trio (myself, Matt and Perrin), will perform at the Velvet Note in Atlanta, and several other concerts in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Be on the lookout for new AMP Trio videos directed by Andy LaViolette (Snarky Puppy) coming soon... I hope to see you at a concert!


Why has Amazon just bought streaming video game network Twitch?
By Guy Daniels
Emmett Shear © TTV / Twitch
Those who don't obsess over video games probably aren't aware of Twitch, the three-year-old streaming video game network. Yet Amazon has just agreed to acquire the company for the not insubstantial sum of $970 million in cash. Aside from "Who?", the next big question is "Why?"
Why indeed. The most likely explanation is that in its attempts to broaden the scope of his company from beyond that of an ecommerce site, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is looking towards the next generation of consumers. Twitch has a demographic that is skewed towards the youth audience – but not so young that they have no buying power.
The average age of a viewer is 21, with 76 per cent of the audience between 18 and 49. 68 per cent have decreased their TV viewing time and 58 per cent now spend more than 20 hours per week on Twitch.
In January this year, Twitch said it had 45m unique viewers per month in 2013, up from 20m in 2012. It hosted 6m broadcasts per month and viewers averaged 106 minutes per day. It has more prime-time viewers than the MTV, TNT, AMC or SyFy cable networks in the US, and according to Nielsen has three times more videos viewed per viewer than Facebook.
Pretty impressive statistics.
Google has already has YouTube, Netflix remains independent (for now at least), so where to look for the next generation of online viewers? After the attempt to sell Twitch to Google apparently fell through, Amazon was ready to step in and spend close to $1bn to secure the service.
More than just video
Whilst it continues to offer on-demand films and TV shows, and invest in developing original programming, just as Netflix does, Amazon is taking a different approach with Twitch. Because Twitch isn't just about watching videos of people playing video games, it's also a social network that connects the audience through thousands of what are essentially user-generated programmes and channels, all dedicated to the increasingly valuable video game sector. 61 per cent of viewers use the chat functionality to engage with other viewers.
Twitch is also live, with 99 per cent of viewers tuning in to watch in real-time, rather than archived on-demand content. Forget Premiership Football and the Major Leagues, video games are turning into a hugely popular spectator sport – it's even now being called eSports.
Video game tournaments have prize funds that can sustain professional game players. For example, the annual International event had a combined prize pool last year of over $2.8m.
It can't have been a coincidence that earlier this month, the Justin.tv site closed its doors for the last time. Justin.tv was created in March 2007 by Justin Kan and Emmett Shear to showcase the daily 24/7 exploits of Kan, as he "lifecasted" his life online. Having generated fantastic publicity, the site switched to being a host for user-generated content channels. In 2011, it spun of its "Gaming" section into a new site – Twitch – and has since raised some $35m in VC funding.
Shear will remain as CEO of the business once the Amazon acquisition is completed. One of his first tasks will no doubt be to try and increase the site's advertising potential, no doubt through Amazon's deal with FreeWheel. Without, of course, alienating Twitch's loyal core audience – the last thing it needs is to turn Twitch into an ecommerce outlet and see it go the way of GoodReads.
If you haven't heard of Twitch yet, then you should get yourself on the site and try and understand what it does. Then you'll have a better idea of why Amazon's $970m bet on the company looks like a terrific deal.
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Communication professor pursues unconventional path toward success
February 1, 2018 Julia Chong
Assistant professor of communication Lee Pierce attended several undergraduate schools before completing her doctorate at the University of Georgia. Pierce has hosted a TED Talk and her research topics range from Taylor Swift to Beyoncé. (Annalee Bannison/ Photo Editor)
Assistant professor of communication Lee Pierce can be described as far from ordinary—in both her life experiences as well as her vibrant personality. Her intelligence is highly apparent and unwavering, despite the somewhat tumultuous path she took throughout her undergraduate career.
As an early graduate from high school, Pierce attended college at Geneseo when she was just 17. Her dissatisfaction with higher education, however, resulted in her bouncing around from college to college. Pierce spent a semester at Cornell University as a political science major and a semester at Elmira College as a business and marketing major.
"Going into college, I didn't have much guidance," Pierce said. "I failed out more times than I can count. My parents owned a restaurant that I worked at and growing up in hospitality, you don't have firm guidelines. You're able to schmooze your way out of things."
After attending multiple colleges, Pierce finally completed her undergraduate degree and attended SUNY Brockport for a Master's. It was at Brockport where Pierce was first introduced to rhetoric—the study of how language choices produce certain effects.
In an unexpected turn of events after graduating from Brockport, Pierce was fired from a job she took at Rochester Institute of Technology. She ended up getting paid a small settlement from a lawsuit she filed.
"I used the money to go to Mexico with a guy I was seeing at the time," Pierce said. "He ended up leaving me after a month, but I stayed for three more months and ate street food, surfed and read on the beach."
Pierce found Mexico to be nice break and felt ready to continue working toward a career after returning to the United States. She applied to the University of Georgia for a doctorate program in rhetoric and was accepted.
Since graduating, Pierce has incorporated her creative personality into her teaching career. She once taught a class at the University of Georgia called "The Politics of Style: Or, the Curious Case of Taylor Swift," inspired by her TED Talk.
"I had read an article by this brilliant writer who does horror film criticisms about the use of space and time," Pierce said. "And I was like, holy crap, I can take everything she said and apply it to Taylor Swift's music videos."
Taylor Swift's 1989 stirred up controversy regarding post-colonial racism and the political correctness of her music videos, with people doing rhetorical criticisms on songs like "Style" and "Blank Space."
"I was thinking the entire time watching these videos, 'This is so wrong. You're not getting what's going on here,'" Pierce said. "The class was born out of untying all these knots."
The class inspired Pierce yet again to write about Beyoncé's music video "Formation." Pierce is currently writing a book called Syntaxing the Social: Readings of the Rhetorical Present. In parts of this book, she discusses the use of time and space in Beyoncé's music video and the different narratives surrounding being black.
"When Americans think about what it is to be black, you have two narratives," Pierce said. "One is the resilience narrative ... the second is the trauma narrative, which focuses on how the eternal trauma of slavery and how there will always be pain and suffering. In Beyoncé's video, a third alternative narrative emerges."
Aside from her academic interests, Pierce remains occupied with many hobbies. She was in an all-girls cover band called the Misogyfits, which sang songs about men hating women. She was also on the Geneseo women's rugby team and has continued to play on various teams since attending Geneseo. Additionally, Pierce is a certified yoga instructor and now teaches aerobics.
Pierce is someone who cannot be solely defined by her hobbies and career, but rather as an enthused and inspiring person who has considerable things to say about the world as a whole.
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A bucket list of the top sights at Korcula, ordered by popularity.
1. View from Marco Polo's house
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3. Korkula
Korčula (Croatian: [kɔ̂ːrtʃula]; Italian: Curzola, Greek: Κόρκυρα Μέλαινα, Kórkyra Mélaina, Latin: Corcyra Nigra, Korkyra Melaina, Old-Slavic Krkar) is a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea. It has an area of 279 km2 (108 sq mi); 46.8 km (29.1 mi) long and on average 7.8 km (4.8 mi) wide — and lies just off the Dalmatian coast. Its 15,522 inhabitants (2011) make it the second most populous Adriatic island after Krk and the most populous Croatian island not connected to the mainland by a bridge. The population are almost entirely ethnic Croats (95.74%). The island is twinned with Rothesay in Scotland.
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Stage targets for Ewan at Tour de Pologne
Thu 30 Jul 2015
ORICA-GreenEDGE will target stage wins with Tour de Korea champion Caleb Ewan at the Tour de Pologne beginning this Sunday.
Ewan returns to racing after a training stint to kick-start the second part of his neo-pro year with the Australian outfit. His first half featured ten professional victories, including four stages and the overall in Korea.
"We are going to be targeting stage wins, predominantly with Caleb, at this year's Tour," sport director Matt Wilson said. "We hope there will be four or five opportunities during the week."
"The earlier stages are the most likely with all stages up to at least day four looking good for a bunch sprint."
An extremely experienced ORICA-GreenEDGE outfit, including road captain Mathew Hayman and lead out riders Mitch Docker and Brett Lancaster, will guide the 21-year-old.
"We have a really good team here to support Caleb," Wilson continued.
"We have strong guys to do the work on the front if need be and then for the lead out we have the experience of Lancaster and Docker. Add Hayman to that, and it's a pretty solid line up.
"With this team, we'd be disappointed if we couldn't pull of a stage."
Completing the line up is Simon Clarke, Christian Meier, Damien Howson and Ivan Santaromita.
A 25km time trial to conclude the seven-day Tour de Pologne looks decisive for general classification. Despite winning in 2013 courtesy of Pieter Weening, ORICA-GreenEDGE will not give specific focus to an overall result.
"The general classification is a bit of a gamble," Wilson said. "With the final time trial and a couple of intermediate medium mountain stages, there is not really one big general classification day."
"That makes it hard to predict and we don't really have a specialist for that format at this year's event.
"We will have a couple of guys sniffing around, but it's not the priority or the major goal."
ORICA-GreenEDGE at Tour de Pologne (2-8 August):
Mitch Docker
Caleb Ewan
Mathew Hayman
Damien Howson
Brett Lancaster
Ivan Santaromita