27 Apr 12 [x+1] Makes Management Changes to Extend the Ecosystem Connections of Its …
New York, NY, April 20, 2012 –(PR.com)– [x+1], www.xplusone.com, today announced that as part of its focus on strengthening its business partner relations to extend the ecosystem connections of [x+1] Origin, its leading digital marketing hub, David Skinner has been named to the new position of Senior Vice President, Corporate Development.
Timothy Smith, who had been Chief Strategy Officer for social commerce pioneer Lemonade Inc., will take on Skinners former role as SVP, Client Solutions.
In his new position, Skinner will be representing [x+1]s company and brand to business partners, ensuring that its digital marketing hub is a valuable asset to major brand marketer and agency clients. This involves building and managing [x+1]s relationships throughout the digital ecosystem, including suppliers, integration partners and channel partners.
My vision is to make [x+1] function like a good app: ubiquitous and easy to work with, Skinner said. That allows our integrated marketing clients to concentrate more on lsquo;marketing and less on lsquo;integration.
Skinner said he will work with clients to make the silos that separate marketing channels and functions irrelevant for them. Marketers have become tired and frustrated with having to integrate multiple point solutions in order to run marketing campaigns across multiple screens and channels, he said. They are demanding a simple framework for bringing together targeting, data and measurement. To do this, you need both proprietary technology and an open integration framework using industry standard connections via APIs and web services. [x+1] delivers both via our digital marketing hub.
Smith will partner with [x+1]s Fortune 500 clients to help them determine how its marketing technology solutions will help them best meet their business growth objectives, and then optimize their marketing performance against those objectives.
At Lemonade, Smiths digital marketing experience helped bring the companys social commerce vision to life. His role included managing the product/application development process, implementing site operations and customer service, securing business partnerships to drive revenue growth and launching and managing the Lemonade Enterprise Solution. The latter helped grow successful social commerce networks within retail, travel, mobile and in the entertainment space for pop star Taylor Swift. Prior to Lemonade, Smith spent 12 years at Modem Media, now Publicis Modem, where he was a Senior Vice President and a co-lead on the companys marketing strategy practice.
I love being in a position to advance the evolution of leading-edge technology that drives consistent, measurable results and helps organizations gain a competitive edge, Smith said in describing what attracted him to [x+1].
Because we recognized the importance of managing partner and channel relationships, we decided it needed to be a full-time position, said [x+1] Chairman and CEO John Nardone. Im thrilled to have someone of Davids talent and experience taking on this important role at such a crucial juncture in the evolution of our company. At the same time, were able to make the transition relatively seamless as Tims background and expertise are a perfect match for the client solutions role. Its a real win-win for us.
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25 Apr 12 County Connections: UCSD’s Frazier steals home on Jackie Robinson Day
pitcher Matt Montgomery threw the ball away on a pickoff attempt, allowing Frazier to go to third. He then scored on another passed ball. Fraziers final line for the game: 1-for-3 with a walk and two runs.
While with the Knights, Frazier earned Santa Cruz Coastal Athletic League first-team honors three times and was an all-county selection twice.
Fraziers Tritons [24-16] have won seven of their last eight games. They play a four-game series against Cal State San Bernardino starting today.
Heres how other former Santa Cruz County high school athletes fared last week at the collegiate level:
BASEBALL
Collin Ferguson, Saint Marys freshman infielder [Santa Cruz]: Went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs in a 5-3 win over Hawaii.
Kyle Anderson, Cal Poly senior pitcher [Aptos]: Improved to 6-1 with a win over Cal State Northridge. Struck out two while allowing one run over seven innings.
Brett Levy, UC San Diego freshman catcher [Scotts Valley]: Went 1-for-3 with two runs in a 15-6 win over Cal State Dominguez Hills.
Chris Levy, UC Davis junior pitcher [Scotts Valley]: Threw two scoreless innings of relief in an 8-5 loss to Sacramento State.
SOFTBALL
Samantha Lipperd, Sonoma State junior pitcher [SLV]: Was named CCAA Pitcher of the Week for a third time this season and a fifth time in the last two seasons.
Last week, in a four-game slate against Cal State Stanislaus, Lipperd tossed four complete games, earned four wins, and allowed two runs over 29 innings for a 0.48 ERA. She surrendered just nine hits in 91 at-bats — a .099 batting average against — and allowed just one hit in Saturday nights game.
A year after setting Sonoma States single-season strikeout record with 324, Lipperd shattered her own record last weekend when she struck out 38 batters over four games for a total of 332 strikeouts on the season. That total gives her the most Ks in the nation in any division, three more than Massachusetts Sara Plourde.
Caitlin Moran, Northern State junior infielder [Santa Cruz native]: Continued her recent hot streak with another good week. Went 3-for-4 with three runs, two stolen bases and an RBI in an 11-8 win over Upper Iowa. Went 1-for-2 with a run, an RBI and a stolen base in a 3-0 win over Upper Iowa. Went 1-for-3 with a run and a stolen base against Winona State. Went 3-for-4 with three runs, an RBI and a stolen base in a 9-1 win over Bemidji State.
Breana Kostreba, Cal freshman outfielder [Aptos]: Hit a two-run homer in an 8-3 loss to Arizona.
Ashley Morello, Pomona-Pitzer freshman outfielder [Harbor]: Went 3-for-4 with a run in a 5-3 loss to La Verne.
Kate OBrien, Smith junior infielder [Santa Cruz]: Hit a two-run double in a 5-3 loss to Worcester Polytechnic.
MENS VOLLEYBALL
Brian Cook, Stanford sophomore outside hitter [Soquel]: Racked up 12 kills, five digs and eight block assists in a three-set sweep of UCLA. Hit nine kills with five digs and two aces in a sweep of UC Santa Barbara.
WOMENS TRACK AND FIELD
Amy Schnittger, Chico State junior [Aptos]: Won the 5,000 meters at the Chico State Distance Carnival with a time of 17 minutes, 22.36 seconds.
Elle Sanders, UCLA sophomore [Santa Cruz]: Took sixth in the 800 meters at the Rafer Johnson Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational in a time of 2:15.66.
Elena Venable, Brown freshman [Santa Cruz]: Helped the 4×400 meters relay team take fourth at the Brown Invitational in a time of 3:54.62. The Bears earned four points for the result and would go on to win the meet. Venable also took 11th in the 400 in 59.71.
Janelle Coulter, Long Beach State junior [Aptos]: Placed sixth in the high jump at the Big West Challenge with a height of 5 feet, 4 inches.
Sentinel writer Andrew Matheson contributed to this report. County Connections appears Thursdays in the Sentinel. Contact sports@santacruzsentinel.com if you know of a former Santa Cruz County prep athlete now playing at the collegiate level.
24 Apr 12 connections try change to get job Dunn
The geldings connections took dramatic action to get back on track in The Galaxy by replacing regular jockey Ben Melham with Dwayne Dunn.
Dunn also must shake a monkey off his own back, after recent near misses in the Randwick Guineas (Said Com), George Ryder Stakes (Rekindled Interest), Sires Produce Stakes (All Too Hard) and Australian Derby (Polish Knight).
In three of those four races, Dunn was beaten by a nose.
Like many trainers, Jason Warren was looking anxiously at the weather radar yesterday.
I just hope the meeting goes ahead, he said. Im sure it will, but the track will be pretty heavy, youd imagine.
Bel Sprinter has not won on anything worse than dead ground, but has a mudders pedigree and an economical action, Warren said.
24 Apr 12 Hold: Auto makers still test driving broadband connections in cars
Eddie Hold
Cars and phones are usually a bad combination; I should know having just spent four hours avoiding half-crazed weekend drivers who seemed far more intent on their calls than on the road (or cars) ahead. So any discussion of cars and data connections is certain to raise the hackles of certain government bodies (such as the National Transit Safety Board) and not without some good reason.
Its an opportunity that the carriers–and car manufacturers–keep returning to as another core location where people (not necessarily the driver) will want to connect. After all, we connect at home, at work and while walking down the street; of course we want to connect in the car too. And, of course, we do. The smartphone is quickly superseding the portable navigation devices and streaming music is quickly becoming a popular alternative to the car radio and CD player.
But presently, the connectivity is primarily limited to the smartphone: the car itself–with a few exceptions–remains a barren wasteland of connectivity. And not for want of trying: The road is littered with failed attempts to bring connectivity to the car, such as the much-vaunted Wingcast venture formed by Qualcomm and Ford all the way back in 2000. This initiative, like many others, failed because the consumer desire–and need–for a broadband pipe to the car didnt equate into dollars. Recall too that in 2000 no one had a smartphone and the need for a data connection was not something that consumers could wrap their heads around.
More importantly, there was simply no point to the connection back then, but now the market has transformed. As mentioned, the smartphone has transformed many content sources, including music (streaming), navigation and video. In car entertainment used to involve a DVD player: now it could (with a good connection) include Netflix, HBO GO, or YouTube.
Picking the Pipe
That broadband will come to the car is a moot point: the car already has broadband every time your smartphone is available for synching. The trickier question is how broadband will be delivered to the car: should it continue to be smartphone centric, or should the car have its very own connection? Neither solution is optimal currently: having a connection dedicated to the car is possible, but then you are paying a monthly data fee specifically fro the in-car use. Conversely, using your smartphone typically limits the types of connection you can offer (especially with data caps) and remains primarily a smartphone-centered solution.
Both option have potential, and are being further developed. Take, for example, Cadillac, which is showing off a new, connected interface for its cars. The connection supports streaming music, web searches to improve navigation (and to search for phone numbers, etc.). Such a solution is inherently fixed in design and is based around a broadband connection. And, if you can afford the car, you can afford the connection.
Indeed, the connection fee could be included in the price of the car. OnStar comes free for a certain period of time for new car owners, as does satellite radio. Further, the broadband connection could be priced based on the types of content that one uses it for, with a base service included for free, and streaming music being an optional fee, for example. In many respects, the old Kindle model is applicable, where the consumer never knowingly paid for the cellular connection, even though they used it.
The key to the success of the integrated solution (apart from a reasonable pricing model) is the level of integration into the car and related telematics. Such a solution needs to be seamless: music should sync from the cloud, or the home; video should be easily accessible, and even gaming should be possible (all for the passengers, not for the driver of course). For the driver, improved traffic updates are a must-have if also somewhat of a cliched solution.
The Smartphone as the Hub
The alternative is to continue using the smartphone as the center of the world. The only problem with this solution is that the screen is not ideal and the controls are borderline dangerous while navigating the Long Island Expressway on a Sunday (you all know who you were!). This is where solutions such as MirrorLink, a consortium of handset and car manufacturers, comes in. The premise behind MirrorLink is to connect the phone more cohesively to the car systems. Rather than just offering Bluetooth integration for voice services, the solution would provide a larger screen for the smartphone, as well as integrated control of the device through the car controls. This would mean that the smartphones navigation option would become the cars navigation, using the big screen of the car to provide a more suitable solution. Combine this with a touch screen in the car and its all pretty appealing (as long as you dont forget your phone).
Such a solution would provide a strong solution for the majority of people who do not need a Cadillac solution such as the Cadillac product. Quite when these products will hit the market is as yet uncertain: theres one after-market car system and very little handset support available right now. So in the interim, we need to use the easier–albeit more primitive solution, combining the use of tablets with a mobile hotspot. The benefit being that you can use the mobile hotspot outside the car too.
Of course, as I try to explain to my constantly-connected kids, looking through the windows and watching the world go by has its own attractions (I lose that argument).
Eddie Hold is the vice president of TheNPD Groups Connected Intelligence business unit. In this role, Eddie is responsible for managing the overall unit, maintaining the direction, creation and expansion of the content.
21 Apr 12 Exploring Philadelphia’s Titanic connections
ONE HUNDRED years ago Sunday, the “unsinkable” oceanliner Titanic made headlines when it struck an iceberg and sank, carrying more than 1,500 passengers to their deaths. Philadelphia connections among the victims and survivors will be explored this weekend in an exhibit at Independence Seaport Museum.
The main focus is the Thayer family, which donated many artifacts to the exhibit relating to family members who were passengers on the doomed ship. The Thayers were part of upper-class Philadelphian society. John B. Thayer Jr. was a first-class cricketer and Pennsylvania Railroad vice president. Thayer died, but his wife, Marian, made it onto a lifeboat and survived. Their son, John B. “Jack” Thayer III, dove into the water as the ship went down and clung to an overturned lifeboat. Jack, 17 at the time, wrote one of the most accurate accounts of the disaster and helped Robert Ballard find the shipwreck more than 70 years later.
21 Apr 12 ‘Smart Connections’ Leaders’ Summit Offers Unique High-Level Networking …
LONDON, April 12, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –
Following the success of the inaugural Leaders’ Summit at IBC2011, IBC has announced that the 2012 event ‘Smart Connections’ is to be held on Thursday 6 September at IBC2012, RAI Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Every year, IBC brings the world’s electronic media and entertainment industry together. Now in its 45th year, IBC has evolved from its broadcast roots to encompass the creation, management and delivery of electronic entertainment in all formats for all audiences. Over 50,000 visitors from 160 countries attend the show in Amsterdam, among them key decision makers that shape the future of the industry.
The IBC Leaders’ Summit is an exclusive invitation-only event designed specifically to cater for the needs of the most influential and visionary people from across the Technology, Media and Telecommunications industries. This year’s Leaders’ Summit will focus on the theme ‘Smart Connections’. It will examine the subject of Connected Devices and will also explore the business opportunities and pitfalls of the vital issues affecting all of the communications industries – their connected future and the resulting rise of rivals to challenge established media businesses and economics.
Led by some of the industry’s most inspirational and influential figures, the Summit will look at what consumers are actually doing with all the technology and choice now on offer and explore the implications of their decisions for the key industry players. Focusing on the strategic opportunities and threats, the debate will be underpinned by proprietary research from Deloitte and will aim to chart a course through likely future developments and discuss how to maximise the opportunities these changes present.
Chaired by highly respected Journalist, Publisher, Broadcaster and Media Owner, Andrew Neil, Speakers include:
Mike Darcy, COO, BskyB
Mike Fries, President and Chief Executive Officer, Liberty Global, Inc. (LGI)
Ingrid Deltenre, Director General, EBU
John C. Hahn, Managing Director, Providence Equity
John Hardie, CEO, ITN
Linda Jensen, Chief Executive Officer, HBO Central Europe
William H. Roedy, Global Citizen, Former Chairman & Chief Executive, MTV Networks International
Brian Sullivan, CEO, Sky Deutschland
For more information on the speakers at the IBC2012 Leaders’ Summit please go to
www.ibc.org/leaders
As VIP guests of IBC, attendees at the IBC2012 Leaders’ Summit will experience a wide range of benefits including; a door-to-door chauffeur service from arrival and for the duration of the Summit, complimentary accommodation at the 5* Luxury Grand Hotel Amrath of Amsterdam, tailored networking opportunities, a complimentary Gold Pass to the IBC Conference and an exclusive dinner in the beautifully restored 17th century West India House.
At the end of the summit attendees will carry away unique and valuable strategic insights and a host of influential industry contacts. For just 24 hours of your time, the IBC Leaders’ Summit promises to be the most stimulating, entertaining and informative event you will attend this year.
For further information on the IBC Leader’s Summit please go to:
www.ibc.org/leaders
About IBC
IBC is the leading global tradeshow for professionals engaged in the creation, management and delivery of broadcasting media and entertainment. The event’s unparalleled exhibition and agenda setting conference encompass the very latest developments in broadcasting, mobile TV, IPTV, digital signage and R&D making it essential for everyone’s understanding of the industry and its future.
IBC2012 Dates
Conference 6 – 11 September 2012
Exhibition 7 – 11 September 2012
www.ibc.org
Additional Information
For more information on the IBC2011 Leaders Summit go to
www.ibc.org/leaders
To view the programme go to
www.ibc.org/leadersprogramme
To view images from the IBC2011 Leaders Summit photo gallery go to
www.ibc.org/leadersgallery
Testimonials from the IBC2011 Leaders’ Summit”The discussion and lively debate at the inaugural Leaders’ Summit was excellent and to the point. IBC is not only a place where you can debate leadership and innovation – it is where you can shape it for the future. As a speaker, I had the chance to meet and network with peers and delegates across EMEA who found the summit sessions both timely and compelling. This whole experience was invaluable”
Gary Shapiro, President and CEO, Consumer Electronics Association
“Thank you for the opportunity to speak at the IBC’s inaugural Leader’s Summit. It was a great pleasure for Yahoo! to be at the IBC once more. I particularly enjoyed the Leaders’ Summit, and the subject of my panel was of particular relevance given that week’s events at Yahoo! The event was phenomenally well run, the hospitality and welcome I received from the IBC team was incredible. I hope that either I or Yahoo! has the opportunity to be involved again in future years.”
Rich Riley, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, EMEA, Yahoo!
“The Leaders’ Summit was a great forum for discussion of some of the key topics that are affecting media businesses today. The format encouraged genuine debate around digital disruption and how increased interdependency between content, technology, consumer insights and audience/user participation affect business models and ultimately our way forward as media businesses. The quality of the panels and the intimate setting made this event both interesting and insightful.”
Giorgio Stock, Executive Vice, President and Managing Director, Disney Channels, Gaming, Online, Music and Publishing, The Walt Disney Company EMEA
SOURCE IBC
Copyright (C) 2012 PR Newswire. All rights reserved
21 Apr 12 Space at a premium for Vermont’s mental health patients
Savi Van Sluytman is the executive director at Lamoille Community Connections in Morrisville. Two wings of the former nursing home are being turned into eight acute psychiatric beds and staff offices the the wake of the closing of the flood-damaged Vermont State Hospital in Waterbury. / GLENN RUSSELL, Free Press
19 Apr 12 Woman impregnated at Motorhead concert seeks father on Craigslist
If youre a dude with a red Mohawk who recently got lucky at a Motörhead/Megadeth concert in the bathroom at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago – or if you know a dude who matches such a description – you totally need to keep checking the Missed Connections section on Craigslist. The woman with whom you had an encounter has something that was left behind.
Did we hook up at the Megadeth/Motorhead concert? – w4m – 28 (Aragon Ballroom), reads the anonymous post that was live through Thursday:
Me: Blue hair, silver tube top, fishnets, Knee high black biker boots.
You: Red mohawk, black pentagram gauges, viper piercings.
The poster then goes on to describe in detail the passionate encounter – the NSFW reproduction you can find here via the Fuse website, which initially spotted the post. Suffice it to say, the couple did not qualify to post their encounter on the Where Did You Wear It? – Planned Parenthoods Foursquare-of-condom-use website. So …
Anyway Im pregnant. Its yours. contact me if you want to be part of your childs life.
Rather than judging this young woman – and you know you are, jerk – lets help her out. Consider the near impossible odds of the Craigslist Missed Connections for reconnecting with any random encounter.
Take you, for example. The hottie you stared at a little too long at Starbucks this morning is not looking for you. Of that you can be 99. 9 percent sure.
Whats more, according to those same statistics I totally made up just now, if he or she is posting about you on Craigslist — the creep who stared at him or her a little too long at Starbucks this morning — its not in your citys Missed Connections section. The hottie is doing it somewhere in the community or discussion forums in a post tagged FML, the NSFW acronym used by texting teens with obtuse parents and Craigslisters bemoaning their unfornatuate — or in your case, creepy — life circumstances in the community and forums sections of the online classifieds site.
If we take blue hair/silver tube top at her word – because of course, nobody ever lies on Craigslist– she isnt a creepy stalker, but a future mom looking out for her impending child. Like everyone else these days, shes using social media of a sort to get things done. So spread the world so she never has to have this discussion with her young head banger: Its not that your daddy didnt have a Facebook account, I just dont know his name …
Hat tip to @JediJon
Helen AS Popkin
goes blah blah blah about the Internet. Tell her to get a real job on Twitter and/or Facebook. Also, Google+.
19 Apr 12 County Connections: Aptos’ Howe logs D-II’s farthest javelin toss in 2012
their season at Saturdays Pomona-Pitzer Invitational.
Heres how other former Santa Cruz County high school athletes fared last week at the collegiate level:
MENS TRACK AND FIELD
Dayne Gradone, Chico State sophomore [Aptos]: Ran a personal record of 14 minutes, 30.06 seconds in the 5,000-meter race at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival, taking 10th overall. The time was good enough for an NCAA provisional mark.
WOMENS TRACK AND FIELD
Janelle Coulter, Long Beach State junior [Aptos]: Was named to the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation All-Academic team for the third straight year.
Amy Schnittger, Chico State junior [Aptos]: Took 16th in the steeplechase at the Stanford Invitational in 10:52.75, two seconds off her personal record.
Elena Venable, Brown freshman [Santa Cruz]: Finished in sixth in the 400 at the George Davis Invitational with a time of 1:00.82.
BASEBALL
Kyle Anderson, Cal Poly senior pitcher [Aptos]: Allowed one run over six innings to beat UC Irvine 3-2. Struck out four and allowed four hits and two walks while improving his record to 5-1 as the Mustangs ace.
Spencer Frazier, UC San Diego sophomore infielder [Soquel]: Doubled and scored in an 11-8 win over Sonoma State.
Brett Levy, UC San Diego freshman catcher [Scotts Valley]: Doubled, was hit by a pitch, laid down a sacrifice bunt and scored a run in a 4-1 win over Sonoma State.
Alex Taku, Shawnee State senior pitcher [Santa Cruz]: Earned a complete-game victory, allowing just two unearned runs while beating Rio Grande 3-2. Allowed five hits while striking out four.
SOFTBALL
Caitlin Moran, Northern State [SD] junior infielder [Santa Cruz native]: Caught fire as the Wolves swept doubleheaders against Sioux Falls [12-4, 11-6] and Minnesota State-Moorhead [10-2, 4-0]. In Game 1 against Moorhead, she doubled, scored twice and stole a base. In Game 2, she went 3-for-5 with three RBIs and two runs scored. In Game 1 against Sioux Falls, she went 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI and a run. In Game 2 she went 2-for-4 with two runs.
Samantha Lipperd, Sonoma State junior pitcher [SLV]: Went 1-3 on the week in a series against UC San Diego. In the win, Lipperd stymied the Tritons 1-0 for her sixth career no-hitter, striking out seven and walking two. She pitched well in the three losses but the Seawolves offense produced zero runs. Lipperd struck out 28 batters over the four games.
Hanna Walkinshaw, Caldwell [NJ] freshman pitcher [Aptos]: Pitched all five innings in a mercy-rule win over Chestnut Hill, 9-1. She allowed one run on five hits with three strikeouts to improve to 6-4.
Breana Kostreba, Cal freshman outfielder [Aptos]: Went 3-for-9 during a three-game sweep of Utah. Two of those hits were solo home runs — her seventh and eighth homers of the year.
Ashley Morello, Pomona-Pitzer freshman outfielder [Harbor]: Went 6-for-15 [.400] as the Sagehens swept Occidental and split a doubleheader with Redlands.
Kate OBrien, Smith junior infielder [Santa Cruz]: Went 2-for-3 with a double, an RBI and a run in a 12-2 win over Bay Path.
MENS VOLLEYBALL
Brian Cook, Stanford sophomore outside hitter [Soquel]: Hit 23 kills with nine digs in a five-set victory over Cal State Northridge. Hit 14 kills in a three-set sweep of Long Beach State.
County Connections appears Thursdays in the Sentinel. Contact sports@santacruzsentinel.com if you know of a former Santa Cruz County prep athlete now playing at the collegiate level.
19 Apr 12 Titantic at 100: Part 1 – The Philadelphia Connections
By Michelle Durham
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) She was billed as the unsinkable ship, but history tells quite a different story about the RMS Titanic.
There are many Philadelphia connections to the ship and the story that has captured the hearts of millions around the world.
