Thursday, January 24, 2013

Business Development Manager ? Japan (m/f) | Goodgame Studios

As of now, we are looking for a Business Development Managers ? Japan (m/f)

with knowledge at native speaker level of the Japanese language.

Goodgame Studios is the fastest-growing games company in Europe, and one of Germany?s most successful technology companies. With more than 350 staff, at our Hamburg offices we develop innovative online games played by over 105 million players in almost 200 countries and more than 20 languages worldwide. Our success is built on our talented and motivated team of experienced e-Business experts and dedicated newcomers. With our quantitative approach fueled by driving ambition, we strive to continually improve our products. We want to set new global standards in technology, product quality, sales and marketing.
We also want to maintain our strong growth ? so we?re looking for entrepreneurial personalities who really want to make things happen. Become part of our impressive success story ? apply now!

As a Business Development Manager ? Japan, you will take on media partner acquisition and communication on the Japanese market. You are extremely customer-focused and persuasive and you have already proved that you have a high level of self-motivation and resilience.

Tasks

  • Acquisition of new media partners for our online games
  • Development and management of sales-related contacts in the Japanese market
  • Negotiation of terms and framework agreements with partners
  • Assist in building a hard-hitting sales team
  • Market and competition monitoring
  • Training and supervision of junior managers and trainees
  • Cooperation measures

Requirements

  • A valid work and residence permit is required prior to commencement of employment
  • Knowledge of the Japanese language at native speaker level, spoken and written
  • Practical experience in business development and ? ideally ? extensive contacts within the publishing environment
  • A strong Internet affinity ? terms such as CPC, revenue share, conversion rate and SEM are familiar to you
  • A positive charisma, creativity in cold calling and a real force in closing
  • Organizational skills and motivation
  • Both independent and teamwork skills are essential
  • Good knowledge of the English language

We offer

  • An exciting, demanding job with fresh challenges to face every day
  • Top development possibilities, further education including reference books, further training
    in-house and language courses
  • A dynamic, success-hungry team with friendly, highly qualified colleagues
  • An outstanding working atmosphere, flat hierarchies and short decision paths
  • Flexible working hours and childcare places available ? right on the company premises
  • Subsidization of bus/train tickets or parking
  • Regular team events and many benefits, such as a swimming pool, sports facilities, fresh
    fruit, many different types of muesli and free drinks
    • Apply now!

Source: http://www.goodgamestudios.com/job-listing/business-development-manager-%E2%80%93-japan-mf/

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Monday, January 21, 2013

Warrior Mind Podcast Episode # 118: Leadership | Warrior Mind ...

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This Warrior Mind Podcast is based on Mental Strength Tip #79 ? Leadership And Personal Success.warrior mind podcast

The purpose to this Warrior Mind Podcast is to help you comprehend and clarify that the primary role of a leader is someone who is there to bring change.

A real leader knows that they are in that role not to bark orders, but to create change.? When you look at ever President, they?re primary role is to change the United Sates.? Take a look a Steve Job, he literally changed the personal computer, personal entrainment world and how we communicate with each other.

Enjoy the podcast below:

People tend to follow leaders who get results, even if they?re unpopular. Leadership is more about creating change then about being popular.

Popularity isn?t necessarily a bad thing, but people want change and will follow the person that can create it.

This virtual mental strength and success coaching session is about helping you get clear about what top leaders do ? and help you to understand that the leader who fails to deliver results ? no matter how popular ? will soon be out of a job.

  • Leaders create (and need) followers
  • Leaders create (and need) followers
  • Leaders create (and need) change
  • Leaders and followers have congruent value systems
  • Leadership is a process not an event

?The task of Leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.? ? John Buchan

To help develop a leader mindset and mental strength to achieve your personal goals pick up a copy of ?Develop the Mental Strength of a Warrior? today.

This is a fantastic e-book that helps you with your personal development, self-improvement and personal power.? You?ll learn to take back control of your thoughts, develop success awareness and helps you tap into the powers of your unconsciousness mind to create the mental strength to succeed at anything!

Stop Struggling and Start Living!

Success in life is not about luck! It?s about managed thoughts, focused attention and deliberate action. Personal success and personal failure all start in the mind. Tap into the power of your unconsciousness mind and eliminate negative beliefs that have been holding back from reaching your personal goals.

Take back control of your thoughts and your life! Grab a copy of Develop the Mental Strength of a Warrior? today so that you can start living the life you?ve always dreamed of.

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Source: http://www.warriormindcoach.com/blog/2013/01/19/warrior-mind-podcast-episode-118-leadership/

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Olympic medalist Michelle Kwan marries in RI

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) ? Olympic medalist figure skater Michelle Kwan and Clay Pell, a grandson of the late Sen. Claiborne Pell, have married in Rhode Island.

The Providence Journal reports (http://bit.ly/VCCver ) that Kwan and Pell married at the First Unitarian Church in Providence. About 250 guests attended, including Gov. Lincoln Chafee (CHAY-'fee) and his wife, Stephanie.

Uniformed police officers stood guard outside the church as the 32-year-old Kwan and her bridesmaid emerged from a club across the street from the church.

Pell, a lawyer and Coast Guard lieutenant, works on the national security staff at the White House.

Kwan is a public policy envoy with the State Department and the most decorated figure skater in American history. She won 43 championships, the silver medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics and bronze at the 2002 Games.

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Information from: The Providence Journal, http://www.providencejournal.com

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Thursday, January 17, 2013

Samsung Launches Interactive Fan Engagement Programs for Orange Africa Cup of Nations, SOUTH AFRICA 2013

GHANA, Accra - January 15, 2013 ? Samsung, an official sponsor of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations, SOUTH AFRICA 2013, has launched its 'Samsung Fan Zone' in seven African countries. Under the theme, 'Our Passion Powers Africa', the company aims to bring the spirit of the games to fans across the continent.

Samsung Fan Zones are at the core of the company's fan engagement program this year. In addition to South Africa there will be Fan Zones in Angola, Ivory Coast, DRC, Ghana, Nigeria, and Zambia. Samsung will leverage its 20 brand stores and 8 shopping malls for more fans to experience interactive activities that will allow them to share their passion for African football.

Inside the Samsung Fan Zone, football fans can show their passion towards their team and players by taking photos and sending them directly to the Samsung Africa SNS site which will become part of the Samsung Ambassador mosaic. They can also write supportive messages for their favourite teams on the smart spirit wall.

Samsung's product displays will allow fans to interactively play football through SMART TV and stay in touch with what's happening during Orange Africa Cup of Nations, SOUTH AFRIA 2013 with the latest Samsung mobile products.

Through these new engagement platforms, Samsung aims to establish 'Passion', a different football 'Experience' and a sense of 'Fan Collaboration'.

Mr.Vishwas Saxena, Business Leader for Exports in Samsung Ghana reiterated Samsung Ghana's commitment to fuelling the passion that underpins soccer in Ghana. ?We believe that one key element to the success of any great team, apart from team work, is the support and encouragement the fans give to the team. We know the passions of our supporters and this is what we are here to ? to fuel the passion of millions of Ghanaian fans to cheer the Black Stars on in their bid to bring the Cup home. That is our ultimate goal and we believe it is achievable?. He added that ?Once we have been able to spur the supporters on, the players will have the bigger support to deliver on our expectations. So share your passion in the Samsung Fan Zone and cheer the Black Stars on to victory.?

Through various platforms such as in-stadium activities, music, and digital engagement platform., Samsung plans to engage a wider audience and collaborative involvement. Understanding the passion that music provokes across the continent, Samsung has also recently collaborated with one of Africa's most popular artists, Don Jazzy, to produce the 'Samsung Football Anthem'. Football fans can sing the song during Fan Zone events and hear it on the radio and during Samsung TV advertisements.

In an attempt to bring the games closer to fans outside the actual stadiums, Samsung will activate 'Mobile Fan Zones'. These interactive sites will tour the surrounding areas whereby the matches are taking place. Fans will receive giveaways and the chance to experience Samsung's latest smart technology products.

Samsung will also leverage its own digital medium, 'Samsung Africa Facebook', whereby fans can participate online in the same events that are happening in Fan Zones. Samsung will supply a special app for people to upload their photos and participate in competitions which will be on Samsung's AFCON Faceboook page (https://apps.facebook.com/samsung_afcon/)

?We are committed to Africa and believe in the vast potential across the continent. Samsung is honoured to have the opportunity to engage our brand and innovative technology during such a prestigious event. Through unique platforms, we hope to bring new and memorable experiences for fans to participate in the games? said Mr. Yung-Kook Lee, Vice President and Head of Global Sports Marketing at Samsung.

For any additional questions or to speak to a Samsung representative please contact:

Ji-Kyung (Claire) Kim
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
+82 (0) 31 277 8029
jikyung.kim@samsung.com
Jill Hamilton
Weber Shandwick South Africa
+ 27 (0) 11 566 6316
jhamilton@webershandwick.com
About Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in consumer electronics and the core components that go into them. Through relentless innovation and discovery, we are transforming the worlds of televisions, smartphones, personal computers, printers, cameras, home appliances, medical devices, semiconductors and LED solutions. We employ 227,000 people across 75 countries with annual sales exceeding US$143 billion. Our goal is opening new possibilities for people everywhere. To discover more, please visit www.samsung.com


MR.VISHWAS SAXENA, BUSINESS LEADER FOR EXPORTS IN SAMSUNG GHANA


MR.VISHWAS SAXENA, BUSINESS LEADER FOR EXPORTS, SAMSUNG GHANA, BRIEFING THE MEDIA DURING THE SAMSUNG FAN ZONE MEDIA LAUNCH

Source: http://www.modernghana.com/sports/439939/2/samsung-launches-interactive-fan-engagement-progra.html

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Golf chain store building first location in the Myrtle Beach area

Golfers soon will have another option in Myrtle Beach for loading up on gear.

Golfsmith, a chain golf retailer, is building its first area store at the intersection of U.S. 501 and U.S. 17 Bypass, near Costco.

Crews recently started working at the site, where a 36,000-square-foot store is in the works. The store sells golf clubs, shoes, apparel, balls and other accessories.

The store aims to open this spring.

Golfsmith, which combined operations with GolfTown last year to create the largest golf specialty retailer in the world, started in 1967 in the Edison, N.J., home of Carl Paul and his wife Barbara, who wanted to fill a niche in the golf industry by designing and distributing custom golf clubs and their components.

Golfsmith operated as mainly a catalog business until 1992, when it moved to its current headquarters in Austin, Texas. It started opening retail stores in other cities three years later.

Source: http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/2013/01/14/3272856/golf-chain-store-building-first.html

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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Armstrong ready as Oprah comes to town

FILE - This combination image made of file photos shows Lance Armstrong, left, on Oct. 7, 2012, and Oprah Winfrey, right, on March 9, 2012. Armstrong plans to admit to doping throughout his career during an upcoming interview with Oprah Winfrey, USA Today reported late Friday, Jan. 11, 2013. (AP Photos/File)

FILE - This combination image made of file photos shows Lance Armstrong, left, on Oct. 7, 2012, and Oprah Winfrey, right, on March 9, 2012. Armstrong plans to admit to doping throughout his career during an upcoming interview with Oprah Winfrey, USA Today reported late Friday, Jan. 11, 2013. (AP Photos/File)

FILE - In this July 10, 2010, file photo, Lance Armstrong throws out his water bottle in the last kilometers of the climb toward Station les Rousses, France, during the seventh stage of the Tour de France cycling race. The New York Times reported Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, that Armstrong, who has strongly denied the doping charges that led to him being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles, has told associates he is considering admitting to the use of performance-enhancing drugs. Armstrong attorney Tim Herman denied that Armstrong has reached out to USADA chief executive Travis Tygart and David Howman, director general of the World Anti-Doping Agency. (AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski, File)

FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2009 file photo, Lance Armstrong speaks during the opening session of the Livestrong Global Cancer Summit in Dublin, Ireland. Local and international news crews are staking out positions in front of Armstrong's lush, Spanish-style villa ahead of the cyclist's interview with Oprah Winfrey later Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, File)

FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2011 file photo, Lance Armstrong pauses during an interview in Austin, Texas. Local and international news crews are staking out positions in front of Armstrong's lush, Spanish-style villa ahead of the cyclist's interview with Oprah Winfrey later Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Thao Nguyen, File)

Mary Grace explores a public art piece recently installed along the Lance Armstrong Bikeway, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013, in Austin, Texas. In what's been billed as a "no-holds barred" session, Lance Armstrong is expected to reverse course after a decade of denials and apologize for doping, as well as offer a limited confession about his role at the head of a long-running scheme to dominate the Tour de France with the aid of performance-enhancing drugs, in an interview Monday with Oprah Winfrey. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)

(AP) ? As days of preparations dwindled to hours before his interview with Oprah Winfrey, Lance Armstrong went out for a training run and then retreated behind the stone walls of his Austin compound to huddle with a handful of close advisers.

After more than a decade of denying that he doped to win the Tour de France seven times, Armstrong was scheduled to sit down Monday for what has been trumpeted as a "no-holds barred," 90-minute, question-and-answer session with Winfrey.

The cyclist will apologize and make a limited confession about his role as the head of a long-running scheme to dominate the prestigious bike race with the aid of performance-enhancing drugs, a person with knowledge of the situation has told The Associated Press.

Winfrey and her crew will film the interview at Armstrong's home and broadcast it Thursday on the Oprah Winfrey Network. Local and international news crews were staking out positions Monday in front of Armstrong's lush, Spanish-style villa. News crews began arriving before dawn, hoping to catch a glimpse of Winfrey or Armstrong.

If he was feeling any pressure, Armstrong hardly showed it during a jog under bright skies Sunday, even as members of his legal team began arriving one-by-one at his home nearby.

"I'm calm, I'm at ease and ready to speak candidly," he told the AP, but declined to reveal how he would answer questions about the scandal that has shadowed his career like an angry storm cloud.

Armstrong was stripped of all seven Tour titles last year in the wake of a voluminous U.S. Anti-Doping Agency report that portrayed him as a ruthless competitor, willing to go to any lengths to win the prestigious race. USADA chief executive Travis Tygart labeled the doping regimen allegedly carried out by the U.S. Postal Service team that Armstrong once led, "The most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen."

Yet Armstrong looked like just another runner getting in his roadwork when he talked to the AP, wearing a red jersey and black shorts, sunglasses and a white baseball cap pulled down to his eyes. Leaning into a reporter's car on the shoulder of a busy Austin road, he seemed unfazed by the attention and the news crews that made stops at his home. He cracked a few jokes about all the reporters vying for his attention, then added, "but now I want to finish my run," and took off down the road.

The interview with Winfrey will be Armstrong's first public response to the USADA report. Armstrong is not expected to provide a detailed account about his involvement, nor address in depth many of the specific allegations in the more than 1,000-page USADA report.

In a text to the AP on Saturday, Armstrong said: "I told her (Winfrey) to go wherever she wants and I'll answer the questions directly, honestly and candidly. That's all I can say."

After a federal investigation of the cyclist was dropped without charges being brought last year, USADA stepped in with an investigation of its own. The agency deposed 11 former teammates and accused Armstrong of masterminding a complex and brazen drug program that included steroids, blood boosters and a range of other performance-enhancers.

After he was stripped of his Tour titles, Armstrong defiantly tweeted a picture of himself on a couch at home with all seven of the yellow leader's jerseys on display in frames behind him. But the preponderance of evidence in the USADA report and pending legal challenges on several fronts apparently forced him to change tactics dramatically. And he still faces legal challenges.

Former teammate Floyd Landis, who was stripped of the 2006 Tour de France title for doping, has filed a federal whistle-blower lawsuit that accused Armstrong of defrauding the U.S. Postal Service. The Justice Department has yet to decide whether it will join the suit as a plaintiff.

The London-based Sunday Times also is suing Armstrong to recover about $500,000 it paid him to settle a libel lawsuit. On Sunday, the newspaper took out a full-page ad in the Chicago Tribune, offering Winfrey suggestions on what questions to ask Armstrong during their talk. Dallas-based SCA Promotions, which tried to deny Armstrong a promised bonus for a Tour de France win, has threatened to bring yet another lawsuit seeking to recover more than $7.5 million an arbitration panel awarded the cyclist in that dispute.

The lawsuit most likely to be influenced by a confession might be the Sunday Times case. Potential perjury charges stemming from Armstrong's sworn testimony in the 2005 arbitration fight would not apply because of the statute of limitations. Armstrong was not deposed during the federal investigation that was closed last year.

Many of his sponsors dropped Armstrong in the wake of the USADA report ? at the cost of tens of millions of dollars ? and soon after, he left the board of the Livestrong cancer-fighting charity he founded in 1997. Armstrong is still said to be worth about $100 million.

Livestrong might be one reason Armstrong has decided to come forward with an apology and limited confession. The charity supports cancer patients and still faces an image problem because of its association with Armstrong. He also may be hoping a confession would allow him to return to competition in the elite triathlon or running events he participated in after his cycling career.

World Anti-Doping Code rules state his lifetime ban cannot be reduced to less than eight years. WADA and U.S. Anti-Doping officials could agree to reduce the ban further depending on what information Armstrong provides and his level of cooperation. USADA officials said in a recent interview that the cyclist's cooperation could well initiate a "pathway to redemption."

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AP Sports Columnist Jim Litke contributed to this report.

Associated Press

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Monday, January 14, 2013

Dot Earth Blog: Charting a Post-Pollution Path for Cities - From London, 1952, through Beijing, 2013

2:57 p.m. | Updated |
On Sunday I posted a 140-character Twitter item containing four links that sketch humanity?s urban pollution challenges and opportunities over the last 60 years. (Link shortening is one of many reasons 140 characters can matter). Here it is:

It?s worth expanding on this haiku a bit to be sure the meaning is clear:

London, 1952. The Guardian package linked above marked the 60th anniversary of London?s terrible killer smog. It?s a reminder that much of what we in the West see as shockingly aberrant in today?s industrializing countries and fast-growing cities was our norm a short two generations ago. The same is true for rivers. As I wrote last year, while Nairobi has foaming floods of pollution now, the Hudson, which is now swimmable, had shores sticky with adhesive and shimmering with automotive paint a few decades ago. Prosperity leads to rising public environmental concern and the wherewithal for governments to change rules and practices.

Beijing, 2013. The extreme pulse of smog this month was wonderfully encapsulated in Ed Wong?s weekend story, titled ?On Scale of 0 to 500, Beijing?s Air Quality Tops ?Crazy Bad? at 755.? The conditions in the last few days were ?beyond index? in the same way that Australia?s heat required new colors to be added to government forecast temperature charts.

Gas shift. Last year, I asked this question: ?Can China Follow U.S. Shift from Coal to Gas?? The country has vast reserves of shale gas but lacks expertise and experience in hydraulic fracturing, also called fracking, the innovative mix of technologies that is poised to transform America?s energy prospects (if drilling is done with communities and the environment in mind). A prompt shift from coal to natural gas in China ? which would have to involve substantial collaboration with the United States ? could potentially be a big near-term step toward stopping growth in greenhouse-gas emissions, and of course clearing the air in crowded, coal-dependent cities. [2:52 p.m. | Insert | Kevin Bullis has a recent piece in Technology Review exploring technical and geological hurdles to large-scale gas development in China.]

The third link in my Twitter item is to a fascinating Financial Times report by Leslie Hook that spells out how, at least in Beijing, such a transition is already under way. Here?s an excerpt:

Every night an old coal train chugs in to central Beijing to deliver its load to the Guohua power plant, one of the city?s oldest power stations now surrounded by glitzy malls and towering apartment blocks. Soon, the trains will no longer be running. In a multibillion dollar effort to reduce air pollution, Beijing is shutting down its coal-fired plants and replacing them with natural gas-fuelled power stations by the end of next year?.

Over the past year, Beijing has unveiled ambitious plans to replace its coal-fired power plants, run more cars and buses on natural gas, clamp down on construction site dust and raise standards for vehicle emissions. If all goes to plan, the capital?s central urban areas will be completely coal-free by 2015. ?Beijing has consistently been ahead of the country and it is pretty clear that?.?.?.?some of the things they do get taken as a national model,? says Deborah Seligsohn, a senior adviser at the World Resources Institute in Beijing. ?Within the next five years things are going to be visibly better.?

The article notes that the shift to gas, so far, is restricted to the city, and some of the pollution from coal combustion will simply be generated elsewhere as plants outside the city pollute to supply electricity to the center of power. But I?ll almost guarantee this can spread well beyond the capital.

Climate win? It?s clear to me that much can be gained, environmentally and economically (in part through reducing the huge health cost of urban pollution), through collaboration between the United States and China, as well as other countries in Asia with similar issues and opportunities. If China can build its capacity to extract natural gas without substantial emissions to the air (and with careful standards for drilling and water pollution ? which is hardly a given!), the resulting shift away from coal (and, through natural gas vehicles, oil) has to be seen as a boon all around.

Wearing my academic hat, I?m currently helping* the new Center for Energy Governance and Security at?Korea?s Hanyang University develop partnerships here to examine how to foster responsible development of shale gas in China as a near-term path away from coal. (Korea, like most industrial powerhouses, is eager for access to gas; the center held a Seoul conference with Chinese participants last year.)

Over the weekend,?Trevor Houser, an analyst of global disruptive trendsand former senior State Department adviser on energy and climate, noted several initiatives that are already under way. These include?the U.S.-China Oil and Gas Industry Forum?and?a?U.S.-China initiative on shale gas that he negotiated while at the State Department, which has broadened into the?Unconventional Gas Technical Engagement Program.

He added: ?These two cover a fair amount of ground but there is always more work to be done.?

Indeed there is. Much has been learned here as the shale-gas boom has unfolded ? troubles and all. And there?s a great opportunity now to see that those lessons don?t have to be re-learned elsewhere. Transferring knowledge efficiently to where it?s needed is all part of what I call ?Knowosphere.?

[*?I'm doing this pro bono.]

Source: http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/14/charting-a-post-pollution-path-for-cities-from-london-1952-through-beijing-2013/?partner=rss&emc=rss

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Sunday, January 13, 2013

Serena Williams enters Australian Open on a roll | Tennis | Other ...

MELBOURNE, Australia ? No woman has come close to rivaling Serena Williams since she finished off her self-titled Serena Slam ? capturing four consecutive major championships ? by winning at Melbourne Park in 2003.

After winning Wimbledon and the U.S. Open last year, Williams appears to be poised for another dominant run, one that has her entertaining thoughts of a calendar-year Grand Slam in 2013, starting with the Australian Open, which begins Sunday.

"I think for me, absolutely," Williams replied when asked if a Grand Slam is possible this year.

Williams cites one stinging loss in Paris as the motivation behind her recent success.

After a shocking setback to Virginie Razzano, then ranked No. 111, at the French Open in May ? her only first-round defeat in a Grand Slam event in 14 seasons on the Tour ? Williams rebounded to win titles at Wimbledon, the London Olympics, the U.S. Open and the season-ending WTA Championships.

She finished 2012 with a 58-4 record, losing once after June.

With a title at the Brisbane International last weekend, she has extended her run to 35 victories in her last 36 matches.

In that time, the American has beaten No. 1-ranked Victoria Azarenka of Belarus four times, including in the U.S. Open final. She was 5-0 against Azarenka in 2012 and is 11-1 against her overall.

"Yeah, but I also lost in the first round of a Grand Slam and she didn't," Williams said. "I think that's what really affected me."

Azarenka is the defending Australian Open champion and Williams said the 23-year-old deserves to have the top ranking because she was the most consistent player last year.

Azarenka withdrew from their semifinal in Brisbane after having part of the nail on her big toe removed after a less-than-perfect pedicure.

No. 2-ranked Maria Sharapova of Russia was entered in the Brisbane International but withdrew because of a sore right collarbone.

Sharapova reached the final here last year, also after pulling out of the tuneup event in Brisbane, and then went on to win the French Open, her first major title in four years.

The pinnacle of Sharapova's 2012 season coincided with the lowest point for Williams, who followed her surprising fourth-round loss to Russian Ekaterina Makarova at Melbourne Park with the loss to Razzano in Paris. That is when she went on the roll that has her confidently looking ahead to this year's majors.

"I think maybe whoever wins the Australian Open will have that same thought (about a calendar-year Grand Slam)," said the 31-year-old Williams, who has won five titles in Melbourne. "There is no way that Victoria or Maria or maybe some other players don't feel the same way.

"So I think I definitely feel that way."

Sharapova has won each of the majors once, giving her a career Grand Slam spread across nine years. She thinks the depth in women's tennis makes it difficult for anyone to win them all in one season, but not impossible for somebody such as Williams.

"Well, she has the last two, so she's a couple steps closer than we are, that's for sure," she said. "Yeah, she had an incredible season. You know, the reason we still go out and play these matches is because we have to start from scratch and from the first round and from the first point. We have to do it again."

In the men's bracket, top-seeded Novak Djokovic of Serbia will be seeking to win the championship for the third year in a row.

Source: http://seattletimes.com/html/othersports/2020121149_tennis13.html

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Robot Waiters Deliver the Goods to China's Diners

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State-of-the-art service delights diners in Harbin - if the canned Muzak doesn't put them off their supper. ...

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Saturday, January 12, 2013

New Report Highlights Recreational Fishing's Broad Economic and ...

Anglers? expenditures have a significant impact on the nation?s economy

Alexandria, VA ? January 10, 2013 - Recreational fishing is more than just a pleasant getaway for millions of Americans. As an industry, it provides a living for countless people in businesses ranging from fishing tackle and boating manufacturing to travel and hospitality to publications, magazines and much more.? As reported in Sportfishing in America: An Economic Force for Conservation, a new fishing statistics report produced by the American Sportfishing Association (ASA), the trade association that represents the sportfishing industry, the number of anglers increased 11 percent over the past five years and fishing tackle sales grew more than 16 percent. When expenditures are multiplied by our nation?s 60 million anglers, their dollars have a significant impact on our nation?s economy.

Sportfishing in America: An Economic Force for Conservation highlights how recreational fishing not only endures as an activity that permeates all social and economic aspects of Americans? lives, but also plays a significant role in the country?s most successful fisheries conservation efforts.

?As an industry, we are keenly aware of the impact that sportfishing has on this nation?s economy,? said ASA President and CEO Mike Nussman. ?Just by enjoying a day on the water, men, women and children across the United States pump billions of dollars into this country?s economy.?

Nussman further said, ?And it?s not just the economy. In many ways, America?s anglers are the nation?s most powerful force for conserving our nation?s fisheries and waters, investing more than $1 billion dollars each year in fisheries management and conservation through taxes on fishing equipment and state fishing license sales.?

According to the new study, America?s nearly 60 million anglers are estimated to spend $48 billion per year on fishing equipment, transportation, lodging and other expenses associated with their sport. With a total annual economic impact of $115 billion, fishing supports more than 828,000 jobs and generates $35 billion in wages and $15 billion in federal and state taxes. Despite the economic difficulties facing the U.S. economy over the past five years; the total amount spent on sportfishing, which encompasses tackle, travel and other equipment, grew five percent.

A number of reports strongly indicate that fishing is identified by American families as one of the best ways to spend quality time together. According to the National Sporting Goods Association, fishing as a leisure-time activity ranks higher than playing basketball or softball, skateboarding, jogging or hiking.

?Despite the uncertain economic conditions that beset all Americas, or because of it, anglers continue to fish and spend even more time outdoors,? said ASA Vice President Gordon Robertson. ?A growing interest in the outdoors helped fuel the growth in angler numbers which we believe will create even more momentum in fishing participation and sales in 2013 and beyond.?
Substantially more than any other groups, anglers support the nation?s conservation efforts through the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund Program. Special taxes on fishing gear and motorboat fuel channel more than $1 billion of anglers? dollars to state fish and wildlife conservation and recreation programs each year.

ASA?s new analysis is based on data from the 2011 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated Recreation, conducted every five years on behalf of the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies by the Census Bureau and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Sportfishing in America was compiled for ASA by Southwick Associates, Fernandina Beach, Fla.

Facts about Recreational Fishing

????????? There are approximately 60 million anglers in the U.S. of which 46 million are estimated to fish in a given year.

????????? One of every four anglers fishes in saltwater.

????????? Fishing tackle sales grew over 16 percent in the past five years.

????????? Since 2006, angler numbers grew 11 percent.

????????? More Americans fish than play golf (21 million) and tennis (13 million) combined.

????????? If fishing were a company, the amount spent by anglers to support fishing-related retail sales would rank number 51 on the Fortune 500? list.

????????? Fishing generated more revenue ($48 billion) than Lockheed Martin ($47 billion), Intel ($44 billion), Chrysler ($42 billion) or Google ($38 billion).

????????? The economic activity generated by sportfishing is greater than the economy, measured in Gross State Product, of 17 states.

????????? At more than 46 million anglers, more than twice the number of people fished in 2011 than attended every NFL game combined.

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School tech continues to evolve - Reporter Newspapers

North Springs Charter High School students Stephen King, left, and Sam Satterfield, center, learn graphic design from teacher Cam Lupiani during an Introduction to Graphics Arts class on Jan. 8 in Sandy Springs.

Technology blends so seamlessly into daily life that it sometimes gets taken for granted.

But the desktops, laptops, tablets and electronic ?smart? boards aren?t cheap and not having them will put a school at a disadvantage.

AdvancED, a national accrediting body that includes the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, recently placed DeKalb County Schools on accreditation probation. A few weeks earlier, Superintendent Cheryl Atkinson pledged that 100 percent of all classrooms would have interactive white boards, technology that some schools have already discarded in favor of personal tablets and computers.

AdvancED?s scathing report on the school system specifically singled out its weaknesses in technology.

?With only approximately 35 percent of the system?s schools equipped with some level of connectivity, the current technology system is woefully inadequate to support the complex needs of a large school system especially in anticipation of future requirements of the state-wide assessments,? the report says.

Local schools reported investing heavily in their technology infrastructure.

Kargil Behl, left, and Patrick Marr, both third graders at Pace Academy in Buckhead, proudly show off their iPads, used during school lessons.

Tony Perez, director of technology and media at Atlanta Girls? School, said the school provides a laptop for every student and was recently recognized as an Apple Distinguished School. The sixth grade students use iPads and seventh through 12th grade use MacBook Pro laptop computers. Seniors also have the option of purchasing the laptops.

Perez said he?s done away with the electronic smart boards. He said the boards weren?t suited to how girls? learn best. They?re a clever bunch, he said. Some have even gotten root access to their computers, allowing them to bypass administrator restrictions.

It?s allowed, Perez said, as long as they follow the rules.

?We know who they are and we always make sure they?re working for good and not evil, and if they?re working for evil we take their laptop away from them,? Perez said.

All of the schools monitor computer use to some degree and have computer conduct policies in place for their students.

Holy Innocents? Episcopal School also is an Apple school, according to spokeswoman Peggy Shaw. She said 100 percent of the classrooms have smart boards.

?Laptop computers are issued to students in fifth through 12th grades, and we have iPad carts available for pre-K through fourth-grade students,? Shaw said.

She said the school has budgeted approximately $200,000 for technology in the current fiscal year.

All of the classrooms at The Galloway School are outfitted with Promethean Boards and all classrooms have at least one computer.

Josh Weeman, Galloway?s director of technology, said the school has a one-to-four computer-to-student ratio and has currently budgeted $280,000 for technology. Weeman said the school would like to implement a one-to-one program to put MacBooks in the hands of all its fifth through 12th grade students.

Alan Preis, head of instructional technology at the Atlanta International School, said there are smart boards in all classrooms.

North Springs Charter High School students use technology in the ?Earth Systems? Computer Lab on Jan. 8.

?Primary classrooms have access to laptop and iPad carts,? Preis said. ?Our secondary laptop program began with grades six and seven this year and will expand to grades six through 10 next year.?

Caitlin Goodrich, spokeswoman for Pace Academy, said the school has a systematic upgrade program. All of the classrooms have computers or smart boards, usually both.

?Each year, 25 percent of the computers on campus are renewed,? Goodrich said. ?Teacher laptops and notebooks are being refreshed this year, with teachers having a choice of a MacBook Air or MacBook Pro. New iPad and laptop and notebook carts are also planned.?

The Lovett School also has an arsenal of technology in the classroom, according to spokeswoman Jen Sarginson.

All middle and upper school students and their teachers have laptops.

Colleen Glaude, Dean of Instructional Technology at The Westminster Schools, said technology makes up 6.6 percent of the school?s budget, and like many of the other schools, the classrooms are outfitted with smart boards. She said the school also has a one-to-one laptop program for students.

Mount Vernon Presbyterian School is a ?completely wireless campus,? and every upper school student has a laptop.

?One of our goals is to keep costs down for our families while expanding the use of technology,? spokeswoman Allison Toller said. ?This includes seeking out more online, web-based textbooks to eliminate the greater expense of printed books.?

Novelette Brown, spokeswoman for Marist School, said the school in 2012 gave all teachers Lenovo X230T tablet laptops. ?During the summer of 2013 all students will be issued the Lenovo X230T for their use,? Brown said. ?This will provide technological equality for all students during their years at Marist.?

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Neon Red

Fifty years since Humanity fell against Zombies, mutations occur, and a group of unnatural humans are sent together to help survivors, and exterminate zombies.

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Interesting. Can you explain the 'sort of' in regards to them changing back from zombies? I do love zombies and adding mutation and abilities sounds fun.

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Thursday, January 10, 2013

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MTNMTN Satellite Communications (MTN) announces new contracts and activities with luxury cruise operators around the world. The continued relationships with these exclusive brands further solidify MTN?s position as the leading communication provider delivering on value, innovation, and service excellence. For more than 30 years, the company has provided maritime customers with very small aperture terminal (VSAT) satellite network solutions as well as voice, data, Internet, news, entertainment, and financial services. These solutions enable MTN?s customers to enhance their overall business operations, as well as ensure passenger satisfaction and crew welfare initiatives.

Recent contract wins and activities in the cruise market include the following brands that look to MTN for VSAT services, television and special events, and Internet and calling solutions for passengers and crew:

  • Windstar Cruises, a sailing luxury small ship cruise line based in Seattle, Wash.
  • Paul Gauguin Cruises, owned by Pacific Beachcomber S.C., French Polynesia?s leading luxury hotel and cruise operator
  • The World, the only residential ship at sea that continuously navigates the globe
  • Freewinds, ?a 440-foot chartered ship based in the Caribbean, with the home port of Cura?ao

?Our team at MTN recognizes that no two customers are alike and it is our job to develop communication solutions that not only meet, but exceed their unique communications requirements,? said Brent Horwitz, senior vice president and general manager for MTN cruise and ferry services. ?The fact that these prestigious cruise lines chose to use MTN for delivery to customers who demand only the best is a testament to our ability to lead market innovation when it comes to high-quality, reliable maritime connectivity solutions.?

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Rakuten's Play.com is Closing its Retail Business

Online retailer Play.com has revealed plans to shut down the core part of its business, selling DVDs, CDs and other goods, and instead focus solely on its online consumer marketplace from March 2013.

The announcement, reported by the BBC earlier today, will mean that 147 staff from the company?s Jersey offices will be made redundant. A further 67 employees from its offices in Cambridge and Bristol will also lose their jobs as part of the closure.

Play.com has reportedly blamed the decision on the removal of Low Value Consignment Relief (LVCR) that allowed products (up until Spring last year) priced ?15 or below to be sold VAT free to the United Kingdom.

In a statement seen by the BBC, the company said: ?Moving forward we are intending to focus exclusively on our successful marketplace, which is our main business area, and to phase out the direct retail part of our business.?

Play.com is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Rakuten Group. Founded in 1998 under the name Play247.com, it was one of the first online retailers to target consumers in the United Kingdom specifically. In 2008, the company re-branded simply as Play.com, expanding from selling just region one and two DVDs to CDs, video games and other electronic hardware. These days, it sells a whole range of goods including clothes, gadgets and outdoor equipment.

The removal of Play.com?s main retail arm will undoubtedly have a large effect on the online retail landscape in the United Kingdom. It was arguably the main rival for Amazon, with the stumbling Zavvi, created from Virgin Megastores, struggling some way behind.

As a result, Amazon.co.uk will likely gain an even greater influence and market share in the region. Time will tell whether Play.com can succeed under its new guise as a consumer-led marketplace, similar to eBay and Amazon?s own, somewhat similar offering online.

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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

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SEOMark.com, one of the webs leading providers of SEO services, recently made improvements to their web design services for eCommerce clients. The eCommerce websites the company develops now have faster loading times, better organization, more effective search engine optimization, and improved user-friendly features.

SEOMark has long been providing SEO web design services for eCommerce clients. They know how important it is to stay up-to-date when it comes to new online selling technology and online shoppers changing preferences.

Todays online shoppers have higher standards when it comes to choosing an eCommerce website to buy from. Online vendors need to ensure their websites are functional and pleasing to look at if they hope to achieve success in their particular niche. Without a careful balance between user-friendly interfaces, good design, and search engine optimization, an eCommerce website can lose customers or fail to attract new customers attention.

SEOMarks new web designs for eCommerce website introduce better user interfaces for account registration and online shopping carts, and improved search filter functions to help customers find exactly what they want in the stores inventory. The company also made improvements to how they write and organize individual product pages to keep customers interested in products and to help search engines index them better.

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Tuesday, January 8, 2013

HGST outs Touro Mobile Pro external hard drive and Travelstar 2.5-inch HDD

Hitachi Storage HGST outs Touro Mobile Pro external hard drive and Travelstar 25inch HDD

Here at CES, HGST (Hitachi Storage) has announced two storage options that look to immediately get cozy in your workflow. First, the "industry's first" 1TB 7,200 RPM 2.5-inch Travelstar HDD measures 9.5mm and looks to boost performance over 5,400 RPM models for $100. If an external storage solution is more your style, the Touro Mobile Pro houses one of the aforementioned 1TB hard drives with USB 3.0 connectivity, two-level protection and 3GB of could storage. The Touro will set you back $109 and like the Travelstar, is available now. Need to check the fine print before committing? Consult the full announcement that follows after the break.

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Monday, January 7, 2013

Paymill, The Samwer Stripe Clone, Raises $13M From Serial Rocket Internet Backer Holtzbrinck Ventures And New Investor Sunstone

paymill rocketPaymill, the Rocket-Internet incubated online payments company that works like developer-friendly?Stripe?by offering users an API to quickly integrate card transactions, is today announcing that it has picked up ?10 million ($13.2 million) in funding. Rocket regular Holtzbrinck Ventures participated, along with new investor Sunstone Capital, a backer of companies like Prezi and Trunk. Rocket has confirmed that this is the first time Sunstone has invested in a Rocket-backed company. The Rocket Internet spokesperson also tells me that to date, Paymill, which is active in 34 countries, has now raised funding in the region of “double digit million euros” — although, as is par for the course with many of the Samwer’s businesses, we don’t have an exact figure yet. Other investors in Paymill are Rocket Internet and RI Digital (another Rocket vehicle). The news comes as other Rocket businesses also continue to grow — among the most recent, fashion site Zalando has created a luxury goods spinoff,?Emeza. I have also had a?tip?(along with others) that the Samwers may be looking to go public, although the company would not to comment on?the report. Paymill says it will be using the new funds to expand its footprint in Europe and elsewhere, as well as further develop its technology. “The investments by Holtzbrinck Ventures and Sunstone Capital reinforce our leading innovative position in the European online payment market and will help us to continue our rapid growth,” said Mark Henkel, CEO of Paymill, in a statement. “Especially, we will use the funds to further improve our technical platform and to enhance our customer care. It?s our goal that everyone can accept online payments fast and easily.” Like Stripe, which has been described as the “Twilio of payments” because integrating the payment service into an app or site is as easy as adding a line of code — making it possible for said app or site to then accept payments using major card networks at the touch of a button — Paymill has been building its service on the back of the rapid rise of native and web apps. Its charges are similar to those of Stripe — in Paymill’s case, a per-transaction fee of 28 euro cents, plus a one-time fee of 2.95% of the transaction amount. So far the two have not butted heads in any single market since Stripe is only in the U.S. and Canada, and Paymill is strongest in

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Obama, Chuck Hagel Forged Bond Over Iraq


* Hagel often clashed with Republicans on foreign policy
* Sought easing of Cuba sanctions, opposed sanctions on Iran, Libya.
* Nomination expected to be announced on Monday
By Susan Cornwell
WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - From his lonely position as an early Republican critic of the Iraq war, former Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel sometimes lectured his more timid Senate colleagues. "If you wanted a safe job, go sell shoes," he told them.
Now Democratic President Barack Obama, putting together his team for his second term, is poised to chose the intensely independent thinker to run the Pentagon. If Hagel is confirmed by the Senate, he will have to oversee the withdrawal of U.S. troops from another war zone - Afghanistan - and grapple with spending cuts.
The formal announcement of Hagel's nomination could come as early as Monday, Democratic Party sources said.
A social conservative and strong internationalist who co-chaired John McCain's failed Republican presidential campaign back in 2000, Hagel might seem an unlikely pick for Obama's Secretary of Defense, were it not for his opposition to the Iraq war launched by former President George W. Bush. That war was the issue on which Obama also rose to national prominence.
Four years ago, Obama said Iraq was not the only matter where he held similar views with Hagel, a decorated Vietnam veteran who was also once touted as presidential material.
"He's a staunch Republican, but Chuck and I agree almost on every item of foreign policy," Obama said in August 2008, a month after taking Hagel with him on a tour of Iraq.
Since his name emerged last year as a candidate for the Pentagon, some Republicans contend that Hagel has at times opposed Israel's interests. His critics note he voted against U.S. sanctions on Iran and made disparaging remarks about the influence of what he called a "Jewish lobby" in Washington.
Hagel has also been critical of the size of the American military, telling the Financial Times in 2011 that the Defense Department was "bloated" and needed "to be pared down."
Hagel served two terms in the Senate, representing the state of Nebraska, and left in 2008. He is now a professor at Georgetown University, but also serves as co-chairman of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board and a member of the Secretary of Defense's Policy Board.
Since he left the Senate, Hagel has been a big critic of his own party. He told the Financial Times in 2011 that he was "disgusted" by the "irresponsible actions" of Republicans during the debt-ceiling debate.
In 2012 he endorsed a Democrat candidate for Senate from Nebraska - former Senator Bob Kerrey - instead of Republican Deb Fischer, who won.
Hagel would not be the first Republican to serve Obama as Pentagon chief. Bob Gates, Obama's first defense secretary, was a holdover from the years of Republican President Bush.

AS A SENATOR, CLASHED WITH OTHER REPUBLICANS
While he was in the Senate as a senior member of the Foreign Relations, Banking, and Intelligence Committees, Hagel often clashed with his party's leaders on foreign and defense policy.
He co-sponsored legislation to ease U.S. trade restrictions with Cuba, and voted against trade sanctions on Iran and Libya.
In 2002 Hagel said the U.S. should try to improve relations with the countries Bush had branded an "axis of evil" - Iraq, Iran, and North Korea.
The same year, when Hagel expressed doubts about the Bush administration's buildup to war in Iraq, the conservative Weekly Standard magazine branded him part of an "axis of appeasement." But Hagel did vote to give the president the authority to carry out the March 2003 invasion.
Later Hagel said he regretted that vote and became a persistent critic of the conflict. In January 2007, he was the only Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to support a non binding measure that criticized Bush's decision to send more troops to Iraq.
Hagel told senators they must take a stand on "the most divisive issue in the country since Vietnam," a war in which he fought, but later decided was wrong. His stance put him at odds with his fellow Republican maverick, McCain, and Hagel was pilloried by other Republicans.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney told Newsweek: "I believe firmly in Ronald Reagan's 11th Commandment: thou shalt not speak ill of a fellow Republican. But it's very hard sometimes to adhere to that where Chuck Hagel is involved."
In 2008, Hagel did not make a public endorsement in the presidential race, but his wife Lilibet endorsed Obama and sat with Obama's wife Michelle during the last presidential debate.
Hagel skipped the 2008 Republican convention to travel to Central and South America. Then he further irked Republicans by telling the Omaha World-Herald newspaper that it was a "stretch" to say McCain's running mate Sarah Palin would be qualified to be president.
He was once considered a contender for the 2008 presidency himself, and there was speculation he would join New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on an independent ticket. Instead he said in September 2007 that he was dropping out of politics and retiring from the Senate when his term ended in 2008.
Born in 1946, Hagel grew up in Nebraska as the oldest of four boys, and made a fortune by launching a cellphone company in the 1980s. His father was also a military man, a World War II veteran who died of a heart attack when Chuck was 16.
Hagel and his younger brother Tom volunteered for Vietnam, and Hagel saved Tom's life there by pulling him out of a burning vehicle.

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Friday, January 4, 2013

NFL Coaching Carousels: Fired Coaches Like Andy Reid in ...

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Seven teams are looking seven coaches, as of right now. That number could get increased, as there are multiple teams without a GM who currently have the incumbent coach still on board (Carolina, NY Jets, Jacksonville, Tennessee). Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, as one team?s trashed coach could prove to be another?s treasure, particularly in the cases of Andy Reid and Lovie Smith. Where will teams look? It is a coaching carousel, and it goes around and around in a circle. No, seriously, it says so in the title to this post?so picture Andy Reid riding on the elephant while Mike Holmgren pleads for the operator to stop it so he can get on. Here?s our completely serious assessment of the situation.

Kansas City: The Andy Reid tour begins here. Clark Hunt did not fire Scott Pioli, but said he would conduct the search himself, and the new coach would be involved in the decision on Pioli. Buyout money may be involved, and the guess here is that Pioli is kept around in some capacity (in charge of picking up wrappers at the stadium?) to earn his keep. Meanwhile, the chances are pretty good that Hunt goes after a big name, from Reid, to retired coaches like Bill Cowher, to at least placing a call to Nick Saban while he prepares for the national championship game. Mike Holmgren would also like Hunt to know he is still alive.

Philadelphia: From Reid?s suitor today to his past employer. The Eagles are rumored to be hot after Chip Kelly, in competition with Cleveland. Kelly will have his choice of running his offense with Nick Foles or Brandon Weeden, a truly enviable position. Doug Marrone is another college coach who will be in the mix, and the Eagles are rumored to be interviewing Atlanta offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter and Atlanta?defensive coordinator Mike Nolan and Atlanta special teams coach Keith Armstrong. Sadly, there have been no rumors surrounding Atlanta assistant strength and conditioning coach Jonas Beauchemin, so we?ll start banging that drum, since Koetter is staying in Atlanta. They should invite them all so the entire Falcons staff can use up those drink coupons.

Arizona: After he stops in Kansas City, Andy Reid is heading to Arizona where some have said he is almost certain to be the next coach. Can he manage changing his clocks, especially when it comes to living in Arizona once daylight savings time hits elsewhere??He promises to fix Kevin Kolb. This means making him look good in a preseason game so the Cardinals can then trade him for draft picks. Ray Horton, here?s who, also did excellent work with the defense in Arizona, and is also a candidate. Presumably he wants to break every quarterback currently on the roster permanently.

Cleveland: New owner Jimmy Haslam and new president Joe Banner also have a GM position to fill, which could impact the coaching search. Earlier rumors of Michael Lombardi linked Josh McDaniels to the job, which would be awesome. The number of names linked to Cleveland is larger than the number of people who actually want to live in Cleveland at this point, from Saban to Chip Kelly to lots of coordinators from Ray Horton to Kyle Shanahan.

Buffalo: The big news out of Buffalo is that they are forming a Moneyball-style analytics department. Buffalo has gone with the retread model in recent years, with Chan Gailey and Dick Jauron. They might find with coaching hires that the perceived riskiest picks, assistant coaches with no coordinator experience, and college coaches, have been most successful (think a younger Andy Reid or John Harbaugh). I fully expect Buffalo?s analytics to settle on recently fired Chicago coach?Lovie Smith to improve their offense.

San Diego: Why would you want to come to San Diego when you never get a fair shake and get canned after missing the playoffs three straight years when you are considered a playoff contender every year? Former Packers GM Ron Wolf is heading the search for a new GM and coach. Norv Turner thinks he got everything out of the talent on the roster, though, so there is no place to go but down.

Chicago: Phil Emery ousted Lovie Smith to get his guy in place, and offered a lengthy press conference setting forth his vision. He?s in charge now, and the new coach will likely be a NFL assistant brought in to work with the offense. Mike McCoy, who made lemonade out of Tim Tebow, and lemon drop martinis out of Peyton Manning, is rumored to be the target.

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Source: http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/01/02/nfl-coaching-carousels-fired-coaches-like-andy-reid-in-demand-and-buffalo-going-all-analytical/

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