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Great Scott! Primal Scream, Glasvegas, and Twilight Sad
Primal Scream: More Light
Primal Scream is one of the bands in a special list in my head. This list is of bands that I know if I don't see them now, I will never get a chance to see them. Bands that were at their height in the 90s, that went all quiet .…
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Primal Scream just announced their 2014 U.S. tour; headling Austin Psych Fest & Play NYC.
Primal Scream at La Zona Rosa, Austin (03/20/09)
photo from Bob
I saw the band at SXSW in 2009 at the annual Scottish Arts Council showcase. Primal Scream were the headliner for that show (even though I had no idea they were Scottish!), and opening up for them were other Scottish favorites: Glasvegas, The Proclaimers, Camera Obscura, Dananananakroyd, and We Were Promised Jetpacks. Cameras were disallowed, so I didn't actually have photos from this show, however a fan sent in his phone photo of Primal Scream for me to use at W♥M.
Anyway, expect Primal Scream to play tracks from their new album More Light, released earlier this year.
04.30.13 - Fitzgerald's - Houston, TX
05.02.13 - Psych Fest - Austin, TX
05.03.13 - Granada Theatre - Dallas, TX
05.04.13 - Beale Street Festival - Memphis, TN
05.06.13 - Atlanta, GA - Centre Stage Theater
05.08.13 - Sixth & I - Washington, DC
05.09.13 - Union Transfer - Philadelphia, PA
05.11.13 - Warsaw - Brooklyn, NY
05.12.13 - Irving Plaza - New York, NY
05.13.13 - Royale - Boston, MA
05.15.13 - Corona Theater - Montreal, QC
05.16.13 - Danforth - Toronto, ON
Glasvegas: Later...When The TV Turns To Static
Glasvegas are a Scottish rock band with a new self-titled debut album coming out in January in the US (the well-received album was already released in Europe). In the US, at some record store, if you pre-order the album .…
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Speaking of Glasvegas, I did also catch them at the same Scottish Showcase at SXSW in Austin.
Glasvegas Setlist at La Zona Rosa, Austin (03/20/09)
As you can see from their setlist, they only had a 30-minute set (as well as all the million of bands at SXSW). At that point in time, they only had a debut album and a Christmas album (A Snowflake Fell (and It Felt Like a Kiss)), so it made sense that they stuck mostly to their self-titled album, including "Geraldine", "Lonesome Swan", "Daddy's Gone".
Anyway, Glasvegas is back in the U.S. in 2014 (their eight U.S. tour!), starting on February 16, 2014 in Washington DC at the Rock n Roll Hotel. It's been nearly three years since their last appearance in the United States, so Glasvegas will be playing some older classic songs, as well as new songs from their new album, "We are really looking forward to returning once again to North America in 2014. We've picked some cool venues this time and we hope to see some old friends again and make some new ones. Rest assured we will be playing the classics from 'Glasvegas' & 'Euphoric Heartbreak' and also playing you tracks from our brand new album 'Later...When The TV Turns To Static'. See you soon. GV x"
Later...When The TV Turns To Static is Glasvegas' third studio album, released in September.
Glasvegas 2014 North American Tour Dates:
February 16 Washington, DC Rock n Roll Hotel
February 17 Philadelphia, PA North Star Bar
February 18 Boston, MA Great Scott
February 19 New York, NY Mercury Lounge
February 20 Brooklyn, NY Rough Trade
February 22 Toronto, ON Mod Club
February 24 Chicago, IL Schubas
February 25 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
February 28 Seattle, WA Columbia City Theater
March 1 Vancouver, BC The Venue
March 2 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge
March 4 Los Angeles, CA The Echo
March 6 San Francisco, CA Popscene / Rickshaw Stop
Tour Poster
Twilight Sad
Instead of bringing their known 'wall of sound', The Twilight Sad was stripped down for this tour, into a more personal threesome of vocalist James Graham, guitarist Andy MacFarlane, and drummer .…
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The Twilight Sad are an indie rock band from Scotland, currently signed to Fat Cat Records.
Twilight Sad at the Varsity Theater, Minneapolis (03/21/13)
photo from John
We've seen the band a few times live, including a recent appearance with fellow Scottish band Frightened Rabbits at the Varsity Theater. John described the show as more stripped down, compared to their usual "wall of sound", but their set was solid.
Anyway, on Record Store Day 2014 (April 19, 2014), Twilight Sad will be reissuing their debut album Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters in a deluxe package. Why the reissue? Apparently, the band agreed to play the entire album in Glasgow recently and realized that no one can buy it on vinyl in over three years. So they've gone back to their vault and decided to put out some demos and oddities from that time period on a deluxe edition.
Tomorrow (Dec 14), Twilight Sad will be playing at The Liquid Rooms in Edinburgh. This is the final gig for their third album campaign, as they have a proper send off for their five-piece band for No One Can Ever Know. Be on the lookout for new material in 2014 when they band head back into the studios to write and record new Twilight Sad songs.
Twilight Sad will be performing Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters at these upcoming 2014 dates:
04/29/14 Leeds - Brudenell Social Club
04/30/14 London - Hoxton Square
05/02/14 Manchester - Deaf Institute
05/03/14 Briston - Exchange
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Posted by W♥M on Friday, 13 December 2013 at 12:13 PM in Glasvegas, Primal Scream, Scotland, Twilight Sad, Vu | Permalink | Comments (0)
SXSW: Summary
(This is a re-post from the archive.)
You know, the festival is only four days, but it really seem like weeks.
While having every band in the world merge at one place might sound like a great idea... sometime their appearance conflicts with other artists that you also want to see. So one of the biggest problem I had was sacrificing who to see.
Music happens from daylight (probably closer to 10am start) until two in the morning, or even later.
I usually started my day around 8am, working out my schedule for the day. Sometime it's logistics, sometime it's time-issues, but usually I have a full day's worth of stuff to do. I don't follow my schedule to a T, but there are certain items that I absolutely cannot miss (scheduled interviews takes priority over shows).
Camera Obscura - Setlist (3-19-09)
The May Fire - Set List (3-18-09)
Proclaimers - Set List (3-19-09)
Glasvegas - Set List, La Zona Rosa, Austin TX (3-20-09) - From Bob
Late of the Pier - Set List, Austin TX (3-21-2009)
Crimea - Set List, Austin TX (3-21-09)
Superdrag - Setlist, Guero's (3-19-09)
Wave Machines - Friends, Austin, TX (3-18-09)
Jay Jay Pistolet - Friends, Austin TX (3-18-09)
May Fire - Havana, Austin, TX (3-18-09)
Meiko - Cedar Door, Austin TX (3-19-2009)
Superdrag - Guero's (3-20-09)
Primal Scream - Austin, TX - Photo from Bob Ed Harcourt - Cedar Door, Austin TX (3-19-2009)
Kate Tucker - Cedar Door, Austin TX (3-19-2009)
Diane Birch - The Garden Party, Austin TX (3-21-09)
The Gin Riots - Rio, Austin TX (3-21-2009)
Goldielocks - Rio, Austin, TX (3-21-2009)
Crimea - Austin TX (3-21-2009)
Babies Loves Jeremy Jay - Austin, TX (3-21-09)
Jeremy Jay - Club de Ville Austin, TX (3-21-09)
Melissa Auf De Maur - The Garden Party, Austin TX (3-21-09)
Camera Obscura - La Zona Rosa, Austin TX (3-20-09)
Solid Gold - Beauty Bar, Austin TX (3-20-09)
Laura Marling - The Garden Party, Austin TX (3-21-09)
- Offline gmail. This worked! I read/did most emails offline and when I was connected, all emails were sent, marked as read, etc.
- iPod Touch, worked like a charm. I was able to grab onto various (free) wifi to receive emails or websurf (maps), etc.
- Austin Convention Center's SXSW wifi stayed up most 99% of the time. Wonderful!
- Cash (ATM) availability
- Blocking off 6th street for pedestrians
WHAT SUCKED
- AT&T Network, apparently everyone in Austin had an iPhone
- Walking......
- Sony Memory Stick not supported on my laptop
- Bands playing 30 minutes or less
- Badges are ridiculously expensive ($600-$700). I think they should make it more affordable, especially since most places don't bother to check for a badge and/or were free. If there was a cover charge, it is usually under $10.
I guess my problems are not really that bad.
DAY ZERO (Tuesday)
Travelling… nothing too exciting. My least favorite state was the one with the road tolls (I think this was in Oklahoma). We did stop in Oklahoma City to see Blackwatch Studios (myspace). We got to hear a few songs from Minneapolis' Cedar Avenue (official/myspace) band from their forth-coming long playing record. The few songs we heard were incomplete, but it sounds really layered with a variety of tracks.
By the way, if the name Cedar Avenue sounds familiar to you, it is because Kristin reviewed their debut album a while back.
DAY ONE (Wednesday)
Getting my barring was hard. I didn't know where any of the streets were. So when people text me: come over to (name of venue), I replied and ask what the cross streets were. Since walking around was my main means of transportation, I ended up crossing out outlier venues immediately.
Wednesday was evening-only, so I mostly went to see some British acts over at Friend's. These guys were all from the London area, with the exception of Liverpool's Wave Machines (official/myspace). These guys creeped me out with their masks that they wore on stage - however, due to heat and comfortableness, they took them off half way into their short set. Also caught a bit of Jay Jay Pistolet (myspace), whose singing voice is very peculiar... it's like he sounds like he's sing out the side of his mouth.
When Mumford & Sons (myspace) took the stage, it was very, very, very crowded. The audience loved them and it's apparent that these guys are going to blow up this year.
The Havana Bar had some Spanish showcase, featuring mostly Mexican bands such as Songs For Eleonor (myspace), Satin Dolls (official), Cosmopolitan (myspace), and Los Fancy Free (myspace). With the exception of The May Fire (official/myspace) and Spain's Capsula (official). We like Spanish acts, so be sure to read more Mexican Summer and my coverage of Los Fancy Free.
DAY TWO (Thursday)
I think this was the big press day, I got to meet & greet Victoria who setup the interview with Solid Gold (myspace). She was kind enough to have me in the Myspace Music event, featuring some artists that I really enjoy: Kate Tucker, Meiko and Ed Harcourt.
To kick off the party was The Real You (myspace), a power-pop band from Seattle, Washington. According to their biography, they've been on constant tour since forming in early 2007 - so I'm sure you'll run into this young band eventually.
I haven't been keeping up with Kate Tucker (official/myspace), but apparently her latest project is with a band called The Honeydove (myspace) - who debuted at SXSW! Unfortunately, I had prior commitments, but I would've liked to have seen her new band play at the Beauty Bar.
Anyway, the nicest bit about her set was that she wanted everyone at the event to get a copy of her last album, "I want to give you my music!"
So if you weren't at the event, you missed out. Hey, maybe you can stop in and say hi to her in Washington:
04/05/09 Sunset Seattle, WA
05/21/09 Chop Suey as honeydove Seattle, WA
Read more Kate Tucker & The Sons of Sweden on W♥M.
Meiko (official/myspace) had a guest trumpet player on for most of her set (she requested him on for the rest of show because I guess she felt more comfortable with having someone else with her). She actually started her set with "Piano Song", which ironically just her and her guitar... She made some funny comments, such as "I've never played to a bunch of porta potties before".
You get the impression that she was happy to be there, and maybe it's yellow-iest dress combined with her orange/red dyed hair, but she looks gorgeous.
Ed Harcourt (official/myspace) was very engaging…. During "Until Tomorrow Then", he got down to the audience and walked around, singing and putting his hands around people while everyone was filming and taking pictures. Enclosed is a video evidence.
Harcourt is releasing a new six-track EP called Russian Roulette out on May 5th, but SXSW audience were privy to some of his new songs courtesy of Dovecote Records and Directv. Pay close attention to "Caterpillar", as this is a personal song about his newborn daughter being placed in an incubator as they helpless sit and wait.
Went to an open-door new talent showcase, this was not an official sanctioned SXSW event (you'll find that there are many, many unofficial events), so I don't have a listing of who played at what time. They were all giving away their CDs, but I couldn't bother to pick them up (this would require me to carry around stuff, and I didn't have a hand bag ready). Reminder for next year: bring a man purse.
Also went over to check The Elevaters (myspace) and Rumspringa (myspace) at the Hi-Lo venue. While Elevaters were fun and energetic, it seems the drums/guitar duo of Rumspringa had a lot of problems with their equipment. They had to cut their southern-sounding melodic set short after four (?) songs, quote from the singer, "my shit ain't working."
DAY THREE (Friday)
The busy day. Walked all over town basically. My only out-of-the-way venue was at 3 o'clock to see Superdrag (official/myspace) at Guero's, which I thought was far walking there. I ran into one of our RV family, who we'll call Rose because she looks like a pint-sized Pippettes, complete with dress and all. We walked back across the river so I can make it to my Asteroids Galaxy Tour (official/myspace) interview (this was delayed because of some miscommunication).
Afterward, headed over to Beauty Bar to see Solid Gold play, mustache and all. I can tell the audience was having a good time, especially the girl at the backstage.
Then snuck over to see this punk(ish) band that MTV was covering. I didn't catch their name, but it sounded something like Dirty____ Something. The singer had bleach blonde hair and eye shadows.... and likes to walk around with no shirts on.
Evening was spent mostly at the Scotland show: We Were Promised Jet Packs (myspace), Dananananaykroyd (official/myspace), Camera Obscura (official/myspace), The Proclaimers (official/myspace), Glasvegas (official/myspace), Primal Scream (official/myspace). I was in-out so I did end up missing Glasvegas & Primal Scream, but thanks to Bob for sending in some pictures.
DAY FOUR (Saturday)
Saw a few bands in the daytime at the Press Here Garden Party at the French Legation Museum across the Freeway (this is actually closer than it sounds). The walk there was interesting, and I discovered a no-seating Wendy's on the right side of 7th Street. Yep, I ended up having dinner there since they were making these chicken things that's not available in Minnesota.
I got to the Garden just in time to see Jeremy Jay (myspace), and enjoyed the most of the day with The Soft Pack (myspace) and Diane Birch* (myspace) before heading over to 900 Red River to see Jeremy Jay again.
Listened to Camera Obscura afterwards with those Peelander-Z, as I previously mentioned.
Headed back to the Garden to see Melissa Auf De Maur (official/myspace), who started her set with three cover songs: Nancy Sinatra's "Bang Bang", Danzig's "Devil's Plaything", and The Smiths "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before". Although the first two went off pretty well, she totally messed up on "Stop Me" - which is understandable because that song has a lot of Morrissey's lyrics and also they had only practiced it the night before in their hotel room.
It wasn't long before people started filling up the seats at the Garden to see Laura Marling (official/myspace). She was joined on stage by Marcus Mumford, I think. He played percussions and sang backup, although I have to say that Marling would've done just fine with her lovely voice and acoustic guitar.
Saw Late of the Pier at the Bat Bar later that night. Since it was being broadcast live on Directv, I think the pressure got to the band and it was just embarrassing to watch. Towards the end, they seem to not be so nervous, and the (rather long) setlist ended with men in death masks coming on stage to carry the band offstage. I don't have Directv, is there a way for non-subscribers to watch this?
Honey Ryder (myspace) was really happy to be Austin, I think this was their first ever US appearance or something. I believe also that their name came from a James Bond girl ? I don't know much about them, but they seem to have a wider audience and following in the UK, where their single "Fly Away" entered the UK Top 40 at #31.
GoldieLocks (myspace) is 75% English and 25% Swedish from Croydon (South London). She raps to DJ Sports (?), who is wearing this Skeletor T-shirt. After the show, she wanted to give everyone in attendance her EP, which actually went pretty fast. As I previously mentioned, keep an eye on this one.
There's no denying that The Gin Riots (myspace) have quite a few hardcore fans here, as evident by a bunch of Gin Riots T-Shirt in the audience.
It's been a few years since The Crimea (official/myspace) toured in the US, so I was happy to be there for them on their second and last SXSW appearance. They were the last band on my list, so it was kind of a relief when it was all over.
And as corrected by superfan Christopher, Tara Blaise shared the stage to sing backup for the band.... Highlight of the show was then Davey Macmanus stepped down and sang in the center of the audience.
* A note on Birch is that she has these incredible legs, but too bad they were well-hidden behind her piano on stage.
Posted by W♥M on Sunday, 29 March 2009 at 07:36 PM in Camera Obscura, Dananananaykroyd, Danzig, Diane Birch, Glasvegas, GoldieLocks, Honey Ryder, Jeremy Jay, Kate Tucker, Laura Marling, Meiko, Melissa Auf De Maur, Primal Scream, Superdrag, SXSW, The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, The Proclaimers, Vu, We Were Promised Jet Packs, We Were Promised Jetpacks | Permalink | Comments (0)
Primal Scream @ The Forum
Sydney, 4th February, 2009 - with Wolf and Cub
Primal Scream is one of the bands in a special list in my head. This list is of bands that I know if I don't see them now, I will never get a chance to see them. Bands that were at their height in the 90s, that went all quiet (or broke up) and have now come back…. just for me (or so I like to think). Dodgy, The Coral, The Jesus and Mary Chain… and now Primal Scream.
I managed to miss the support act Wolf and Cub, which is a bit disappointing, but being a Wednesday night at a venue that really doesn't have the most direct public transport link from my house, meant that I wasn't going to be there early. Plus someone was offering me a lift…. Beggars can't be choosers. Anyway, managed to get a pretty good viewing spot (or so I thought) even turning up as late as I did.
I'm not sure whether I should be ashamed to admit it, but when the band walked on stage I couldn't help myself from smiling like a village idiot and nearly weeing my pants. Bobby Gillespie! Mani!.... and the other ones…. I hadn't really known what to expect.
I must say, and I nearly wish I didn't have this opinion, that I was more excited about seeing them in person than I was impressed by their music. It was very loud (however we were standing in front of the largest speaker stack ever constructed) and bobby wasn't really able to carry a tune, but the tight jeans and overall aura of awesomeness of them cancelled it out.
Bobby swung from wild arm waving to standing in a zombie-like state (I could have sworn he was looking at someone at the side of stage for a signal to begin singing again). Trying to determine whether Bobby was just out of it, or if he just naturally looks like a zombie, did occupy a large chunk of my brain. Not a lot of chit-chat, not coherent chit-chat anyway… but whether that was because he was a completely trollied or just Scottish, who can tell?
Primal Scream - Suicide Sally & Johnny Guitar
They played everything I wanted (except for Loaded, but I won't whine about it)… I even had a bit of a sing-along with Movin' On Up. Most importantly they played Suicide Sally and Johnny Guitar, because I do like a good song with my name in it.
So I can now cross another band off my list... and another member of the Stone Roses (one day I'll see them all, I'm collecting them one by one). Brilliant!
sally@weheartmusic.com
Photos by Greg
Posted by W♥M on Saturday, 07 February 2009 at 08:24 PM in Primal Scream, Sally | Permalink | Comments (2)


Dr Liam Fox MP, Secretary of State for International Trade, is appearing before the European Scrutiny Committee to discuss why the Government did not give MPs the chance to debate CETA (EU-Canada trade deal) before the Council expected to agree its implementation, and explore the wider Brexit implications of a scrutiny override on such an important trade deal.
CETA has been described as one of the most ambitious trade deals ever concluded by the EU and may act as a blueprint for future UK trading arrangements after Brexit.
The Committee recommended that this be debated on the floor of the House of Commons.
This would be the 'only opportunity' for the House of Commons as a whole to scrutinise and have an effective say on the Government's position on CETA before provisional implementation.
5 July 2016: The Commission published its proposals for the signature, provisional application (implementation) and conclusion of the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and its Member States and Canada. This extremely ambitious deal has been viewed by some commentators as a precursor to TTIP and could have implications for future EU trade talks with the US and a 'non-EU' UK (following Brexit). The Government submitted its Explanatory Memoranda over the summer recess.
7 September 2016: The Committee recommended the document for debate on the floor of the House.
6 October 2016: The Minister of State at the Department for International Trade (DIT) wrote to the Committee asking for the documents to be cleared ahead of the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) on 18 October, to allow the Minister to agree to signature of the Agreement.
12 October 2016: The European Scrutiny Committee grants conditional scrutiny waiver for signature only.
17 October 2016: Secretary of State informs the Committee of the Government's intention to override scrutiny, as it also plans to agree to its provisional application and conclusion at the FAC.
18 October 2016: The Government confirms its support for signature, provisional application and conclusion of CETA. The planned approval of signature and provisional application by the Council is deferred, as Belgium cannot agree given Walloon opposition to the deal.
The Agreement is being treated as "mixed"; that is to say some provisions are within EU only competence and others as being shared with the Member States.
The process of entering into the Agreement falls into three distinct stages consisting of (a) signature (signifying the parties' intention to enter into the Agreement), (b) provisional application, which would implement certain provisions ahead of ratification, and (c) conclusion making the Agreement definitively binding. There are three separate proposals authorising the EU to act for each of these stages.
Member States must then ratify the deal (subject to their own internal procedures), which could be several years away.


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'Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan' Teaser: Ayushmann Khurrana Promises a '377' Approved Love Story!
By Jinal Bhatt 8 months, 1 week
Last two years have been tremendous for Ayushmann Khurrana, with his films like Andhadhun, Bareilly Ki Barfi, Shubh Mangal Saavdhan and Badhaai Ho doing phenomenally on the box office, not just in India but even internationally.
Ayushmann's knack for picking movies with social messaging, particularly about love, sex, and relationships in India seems to have made him the unofficial king of Indian rom-coms. And now, he's venturing right into a territory that few mainstream heroes like him would dare to tread.
SEE ALSO: Dear Bollywood, your rom-com genre is finally catching up with modern love
Teaming up yet again with his Shubh Mangal Saavdhan producer, Ayushmann will next be seen in Shubh Mangal Zyaada Saavdhan! The reason there's a 'zyada' needed is because this love story is a little hatke! How? Well, why don't you see for yourself!
Indeed, folks! It is going to be quite amazing to watch an actor of Ayushmann's calibre tackle this role. DNA has quoted him talking about the film:
"Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan is a beautiful story told in the quintessential Aanand Rai style of filmmaking that will touch your hearts and leave a smile on your face. It is one of the most brilliant films that I have read in a long time and it handles the subject of homosexuality really sensitively."
Speaking of working with Aanand Rai again, he said, "It is a pleasure to collaborate again with the master storyteller of our times. It is an out and out entertaining film that will also make you think and that's the hallmark of good cinema."
We'll take your word for it, considering the teaser itself looks rather interesting and promises to be a clever and witty ride on a subject that has always been tiptoed around. The subject was well handled this year in the Sonam Kapoor starrer Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga.
SEE ALSO: 'Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga' manages to gently open the closet door and set love free
The audience now has grown receptive to the idea of same sex relationships on screen as more and more mainstream actors and films are exploring the subject. Here's heaving a lot of expectations from this!
Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan is slated for a Valentine's Day 2020 release.
TOPICS: Entertainment, Movies, Genesis by Mashable India, Movie Trailers, Indian movies, Ayushmann Khurrana, Shubh Mangal Saavdhan, Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan, Aanand L Rai

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Study: Revascularization with PCI or CABG prolongs survival in patients with left main disease
Reviewed by James Ives, M.Psych. (Editor)Sep 30 2019
Patients with left main coronary artery disease (LMCAD) typically have a poor prognosis due to the large amount of myocardium at risk.
Revascularization with either percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) has been shown to prolong survival in patients with left main disease compared with medical therapy alone.
Three-year data from the large-scale randomized ECXEL trial found no significant difference in the composite rate of death, stroke or myocardial infarction (MI) between the two treatments, with a reduction in 30-day major adverse events with PCI. These results were first reported at TCT 2016 and published in NEJM.
Five-year findings were reported today at the 31st annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium. Sponsored by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF), TCT is the world's premier educational meeting specializing in interventional cardiovascular medicine. The study was also published simultaneously in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
Between September 2010 and March 2014, 2,905 patients with LMCAD were recruited at 126 sites in 17 countries. Eligible patients (n=1905) with LMCAD and site-assessed low or intermediate coronary artery disease complexity (SYNTAX score less than or equal to 32) were randomized to revascularization with fluoropolymer-based cobalt-chromium everolimus-eluting stents (EES; n=948) or CABG (n=957).
For the five-year analysis, the primary outcome was the composite of death, stroke or myocardial infarction. Long-term additional secondary outcomes included their components at five years, as well as therapy failure (definite stent thrombosis or symptomatic graft stenosis or occlusion), all revascularizations, and all cerebrovascular events (stroke or transient ischemic attack).
Five-year follow-up was achieved in 93.2% of patients receiving PCI and 90.1% of those who received CABG. The five-year primary composite of death, stroke, or myocardial infarction occurred in 22.0% of patients in the PCI group and 19.2% of patients in the CABG group (difference 2.8%; 95% CI -0.9% to 6.5%; P=0.13).
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The relative risk of PCI vs. CABG for the primary outcome varied between 0 to 30 days (HR 0.61, 95% CI 0.42 to 0.88), 30 days to one year (HR 1.07, 95% CI 0.68 to 1.70) and one year to five years (HR 1.61, 95% CI 1.23 to 2.12).
Additional analyses demonstrated that the early benefit of PCI gradually diminished over time with increased post-procedural risk among patients randomized to PCI. The five-year secondary composite of death, stroke, myocardial infarction, or ischemia-driven revascularization occurred in 31.3% of patients in the PCI group and 24.9% of patients in the CABG group (difference 6.5%; 95% CI 2.4% to 10.6%).
All-cause death occurred in 13.0% of patients in the PCI group and 9.9% of patients in the CABG group (difference 3.1%; 95% CI 0.2% to 6.1%). Eighteen of the 30 excess deaths in the PCI arm were adjudicated as non-cardiovascular deaths, five as definite cardiovascular deaths, and seven as undetermined cause.
In addition, the five-year rates of stroke and myocardial infarction were not significantly different after PCI and CABG. Ischemia-driven revascularization within five years was performed more frequently after PCI than CABG, while the five-year rates of all cerebrovascular events and definite stent thrombosis or symptomatic graft stenosis or occlusion were less frequent with PCI than CABG.
"In patients with left main coronary artery disease and low or intermediate coronary disease complexity, we found no significant difference between PCI and CABG with respect to the composite rate of death, stroke, or myocardial infarction at five years," said lead investigator Gregg W. Stone, MD, Director of Academic Affairs for the Mount Sinai Health System, Professor of Medicine and Professor of Population Health Sciences and Policy at The Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, and Co-Director of Medical Research and Education at the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF).
"Ten-year or longer follow-up is required to characterize the very late safety profile of PCI and CABG as both stents and bypass grafts progressively fail over time."
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Lagos begins verification of Oko Baba saw millers before relocation
By Victor Gbonegun
Lagos State government has begun verification exercise for stakeholders and prospective beneficiaries toward relocating Oko-Baba Saw millers to purpose-built facility, Timberville, Owu in Ikosi early in 2022.
Okobaba sawmill in Ebute Metta, Lagos
Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Idris Salako, who spoke at the forum, stated that the government was resolute about relocating the saw millers and would leave no stone unturned in ensuring smooth execution of the initiative.
The verification exercise, which is to assist the government in updating the list of stakeholders and ascertain their readiness for the planned movement started on Monday and would end on Thursday 16, December 2021.
Salako said the verification exercise is designed to update the list of stakeholders and ascertain their levels of readiness for the intended movement.
He added that to facilitate the move, the government had put in place required basic amenities and the enabling working environment with functional accessibility to the new location as well as adequate power supply and security in and around the Timberville operational area.
According to him, the government embarked on the relocation of the saw millers to protect the environment and create a more conducive and desirable location for the business activity.
"It is incontrovertible that we have since come to terms with the fact that the present location of your Sawmill in the waterfront of Ebute-Metta, popularly called Okobaba is no longer sustainable for the business, given the huge environmental cost which is unimaginable and unpardonable at this time and age," he said.
Salako noted that some of the environmental impacts include water and air pollution, carbon emission, destruction of aquatic resources and creation of blight and others.
The Commissioner further disclosed that the vision of the State Government was to leverage the status of Oko-Baba sawmill as the largest in the country and ultimately turn the Timberville, Agbowa to a major Agriculture Processing Zone and a hub of value addition for timber and construction industry within Ikorodu-Epe sub-region of the State, while leveraging public private collaboration.
On her part, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, Abiola Kosegbe noted that the Government had devised a phased implementation plan for the movement of Oko-baba operation to Timberville, part of which was the introduction of strategic documentation of the sawmillers.
She added that the documentation was aimed at achieving seamless movement from Okobaba to Timberville through a model that would provide an opportunity for the larger sawmillers to be selected in the first instance for immediate allocation of space, including band saw sheds, sales offices and ancillary sheds for displaying of finished wood products.
Special Adviser to the Governor on Urban Development, Ganiyu Adele Ayuba and Special Adviser to the Governor on E-GIS and Physical Planning, Dr. Olajide Babatunde urged the saw millers to cooperate with the government throughout phases of the relocation, particularly the ongoing verification exercise.
Oko Baba saw millers
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Former Presidential Candidate of the defunct National Republican Convention (NRC), Alhaji Bashir Othman Tofa is dead. A family source, who confirmed the death, said Tofa passed in the early hours of Monday at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano after a brief illness. Tofa died 29 years after contesting and losing a presidential election against late…


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 * LiveTest configuration files consist of tags. All these tags can be interpreted
 * and a special operation can be done, when processing this tag. This parser is
 * used to handle these tags and to create the configuration.
 *
 * @author Nils Langner
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class Parser
{
    private $standardNameSpace;

    private static $tags = array();

    private $shortcuts = array();

    /**
     * Sets the standard namespace. The namespace is used to find first level tags. It
     * is also used to differ between user space and kernel space.
     *
     * @param string $standardNameSpace
     */
    public function __construct($standardNameSpace)
    {
        $this->standardNameSpace = $standardNameSpace;
    }

    /**
     * Parses a given array into a config object
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    public function parse(array $configArray, Config $config)
    {
        foreach ($configArray as $configTag => $value) {
            $tagClassName = $this->getTagClassName($configTag);
            if (class_exists($tagClassName)) {
                $tag = new $tagClassName($value, $config, $this);
                $tag->process();
            } else {
                throw new UnknownTagException('Unknown tag (' . $configTag . ')', $configTag);
            }
        }

        return $config;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the class name of a given tag. Differs between user and kernel space.
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    private function getTagClassName($tag)
    {
        if (strpos($tag, '\\') !== false) {
            $className = $tag;
        } else if (array_key_exists($tag, self::$tags)) {
            $className = self::$tags[$tag];
        } else {
            $className = $this->standardNameSpace . $tag;
        }
        return $className;
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    public static function registerTag($tag, $classname)
    {
        self::$tags[$tag] = $classname;
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Q: Wildfly Swarm (Thorntail) cannot start - InvocationTargetException I've got a problem with my JavaEE application, I tried to create app which will be automatically deployed, so I've chosen Thorntail but after launching it with mvn thorntail:run, I've got this error message
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
        at org.wildfly.swarm.bootstrap.MainInvoker.invoke(MainInvoker.java:53)
        at org.wildfly.swarm.bootstrap.MainInvoker.main(MainInvoker.java:106)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: org.jboss.shrinkwrap.api.importer.ArchiveImportException: Could not obtain ZIP File from File
        at org.wildfly.swarm.Swarm.initializeConfigView(Swarm.java:635)
        at org.wildfly.swarm.Swarm.<init>(Swarm.java:254)
        at org.wildfly.swarm.Swarm.<init>(Swarm.java:192)
        at org.wildfly.swarm.Swarm.<init>(Swarm.java:179)
        at org.wildfly.swarm.Swarm.main(Swarm.java:739)
        ... 6 more
Caused by: org.jboss.shrinkwrap.api.importer.ArchiveImportException: Could not obtain ZIP File from File
        at org.jboss.shrinkwrap.impl.base.importer.zip.ZipImporterImpl.importFrom(ZipImporterImpl.java:178)
        at org.jboss.shrinkwrap.impl.base.importer.zip.ZipImporterImpl.importFrom(ZipImporterImpl.java:157)
        at org.jboss.shrinkwrap.impl.base.importer.zip.ZipImporterImpl.importFrom(ZipImporterImpl.java:49)
        at org.wildfly.swarm.Swarm.initializeConfigFiltersClassPath(Swarm.java:693)
        at org.wildfly.swarm.Swarm.initializeConfigFilters(Swarm.java:643)
        at org.wildfly.swarm.Swarm.initializeConfigView(Swarm.java:632)
        ... 10 more
Caused by: java.util.zip.ZipException: error in opening zip file
        at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method)
        at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:225)
        at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:155)
        at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:169)
        at org.jboss.shrinkwrap.impl.base.importer.zip.ZipImporterImpl.importFrom(ZipImporterImpl.java:176)
        ... 15 more

My pom.xml :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <groupId>com.edu</groupId>
    <artifactId>money-transfer-app</artifactId>
    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <packaging>war</packaging>

    <properties>
        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
        <javamoney.version>1.3</javamoney.version>
        <h2.version>1.4.197</h2.version>
        <junit.version>5.1.0</junit.version>
        <junit.surefire.provider>1.3.0</junit.surefire.provider>
        <assertj.version>3.11.1</assertj.version>
        <maven.compiler.plugin.version>3.7.0</maven.compiler.plugin.version>
        <maven.war.plugin.version>3.2.2</maven.war.plugin.version>
        <maven.surefire.plugin.version>2.22.0</maven.surefire.plugin.version>
        <version.thorntail>2.2.0.Final</version.thorntail>
        <failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
    </properties>

    <dependencyManagement>
        <dependencies>
            <dependency>
                <groupId>io.thorntail</groupId>
                <artifactId>bom-all</artifactId>
                <version>${version.thorntail}</version>
                <scope>import</scope>
                <type>pom</type>
            </dependency>
        </dependencies>
    </dependencyManagement>

    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.javamoney</groupId>
            <artifactId>moneta</artifactId>
            <version>${javamoney.version}</version>
            <type>pom</type>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
            <version>${junit.version}</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
            <version>${junit.version}</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>io.thorntail</groupId>
            <artifactId>jaxrs</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>io.thorntail</groupId>
            <artifactId>cdi</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>io.thorntail</groupId>
            <artifactId>ejb</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>io.thorntail</groupId>
            <artifactId>jpa</artifactId>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>

    <build>
        <finalName>money-transfer-app</finalName>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>io.thorntail</groupId>
                <artifactId>thorntail-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>${version.thorntail}</version>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>package</goal>
                        </goals>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>${maven.surefire.plugin.version}</version>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>
</project>

In the beginning, I thought it's caused by Java 10 version, but after downgrade to 8 problems still occurs. Thank you in advance for all your hints
Edit.
After mvn clean package and java -jar target/money-transfer-app-thorntail.jar there is another error
2018-09-10 19:37:05,388 ERROR [stderr] (main) org.wildfly.swarm.container.DeploymentException: org.wildfly.swarm.container.DeploymentException: THORN0004: Deployment failed: {"WFLYCTL0412: Required services that are not installed:" => ["jboss.naming.context.java.undefined"],"WFLYCTL0180: Services with missing/unavailable dependencies" => ["jboss.persistenceunit.\"money-transfer-app.war#h2DataBase\" is missing [jboss.naming.context.java.undefined]","jboss.persistenceunit.\"money-transfer-app.war#h2DataBase\".__FIRST_PHASE__ is missing [jboss.naming.context.java.undefined]"]}

A: The persistence.xml was most likely not the cause of your problem.
If I understand Thorntail correctly, it is pulling dependencies from your maven repository expecting them to already be there. If they for some reason are not already there (for example, your pom is missing the dependencies that Thorntail needs), it will simply fail while reading the jar files. If that is the case, then maybe the error handling could be improved upon.

A: My persistence.xml file was a source of the problem, I've configured my H2 datasource and now application works fine
Previous version of persistence.xml file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<persistence version="2.1" xmlns="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/persistence" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/persistence http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/persistence/persistence_2_1.xsd">
    <persistence-unit name="h2DataBase" transaction-type="JTA">
        <properties>
            <property name="javax.persistence.schema-generation.database.action" value="drop-and-create"/>
        </properties>
    </persistence-unit>
</persistence>

After changes
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<persistence
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
        version="2.1"
        xmlns="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/persistence"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/persistence http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/persistence/persistence_2_1.xsd">

    <persistence-unit name="test" transaction-type="JTA">
        <class>model.Account</class>
        <class>model.Owner</class>
        <class>model.payments.Payment</class>
        <properties>
            <property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.driver" value="org.h2.Driver" />
            <property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.url"    value="jdbc:h2:mem:test;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;DB_CLOSE_ON_EXIT=FALSE" />
            <property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.user" value="sa" />
            <property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.password" value="" />

            <property name="hibernate.dialect" value="org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect"/>
            <property name="hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto" value="create-drop" />
            <property name="show_sql" value="true"/>
            <property name="hibernate.temp.use_jdbc_metadata_defaults" value="false"/>
        </properties>
    </persistence-unit>
</persistence>

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DPSA can't stop public servants from applying for social grants
Thulas Nxesi says the DPSA has no mandate over the management of grants.
By Staff Writer 31st August 2022 Updated: 31st August 2022 Society No Comments2 Mins Read
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The Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) has no measures in place to stop public servants from applying for any of South Africa's social grants.
This is according to Acting Minister Thulas Nxesi, who made the revelation in a written parliamentary reply published this week.
Nxesi was responding to DA MP Mimmy Gondwe who had asked, "What measures and/or interventions has [Nxesi's] department put in place to prevent public servants from unlawfully (a) applying for and/or (b) receiving any grant that they are not entitled to apply for and/or receive?"
'No mandate'
In his reply, Nxesi said the DPSA has no mandate over the management of grants. He added that the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) and other institutions manage grants through systems that run independently of DPSA.
"The DPSA therefore has no mandate to interfere in the operations of any grant-providing government institutions, has no access to their systems, and therefore cannot put measures in place to prevent public servants from applying for and receiving any grants that they are not entitled to," the Minister said.
News of public servants applying for – and receiving – the R350 social relief of distress (SRD) grant emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of them were SASSA and provincial Social Development employees, SASSA revealed in August last year.
Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu further revealed that more than 40,000 public servants had applied for the grant, with about 241 eventually being paid.
Use of PERSAL
However, Nxesi said the DPSA has helped SASSA to identify applicants who are public servants by comparing them against the Personnel Salary System (PERSAL).
"This allows SASSA to identify if applicants are public service employees, which enables them to block such applicants," Nxesi explained.
"The DPSA, through the Technical Assistance Unit, has also compiled the list of public servants that are suspected to have applied and received grants that they were not entitled to, for investigation through the Fusion Centre."
President Cyril Ramaphosa established the Fusion Centre in response to widespread corruption surrounding the procurement of COVID-19 personal protective equipment (PPE). It is a government coordination body that involves the SA Police Service, the National Prosecuting Authority, Financial Intelligence Centre and other departments. It coordinates criminal and disciplinary processes.
"These initiatives serve to discourage and punish unethical behaviour amongst public servants," the Minister concluded.
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Stability of Bose-Einstein Condensates in a Random Potential.
Show moreIn 1924 Bose and Einstein predicted that certain types of atomic gases, when cooled down to almost 0K, tend to condense (while remaining a gas) and form a "super atom" that behaves like a single wave rather than an assembly of particles. This phenomenon, known as Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC), is counterintuitive as gases usually solidify at very low temperatures. Over the years, many scientists have failed trying to directly observe this phenomenon in laboratory experiments until 1995. Using a new experimental technique called laser cooling, two groups led by Wolfgang Ketterle and Eric Cornell (MIT) and Carl Wieman (CU) finally observed the formation of BECs and were awarded the physics Nobel Prize in 2001. BECs are now a very active topic in theoretical and experimental physics, having potential use in dozens of applications. Theoretically, the dynamics of the condensate are accurately modeled by the Gross—Pitaevskii equation (GPE). The analysis of the GPE is formidable due to its nonlinearity and therefore numerical simulations are necessary to survey basic BEC dynamics. As a result, there are many open questions regarding the behavior of BEC's and their dynamics. My research looks to answer the question of stability of the condensate. Given a certain experimental configuration, will the condensate remain stable so that data can be collected? Certain kinds of experimental variations are accurately modeled by a low frequency random potential (i.e. "noise"). By including this noise into mathematical workups of common experimental configurations, we can theoretically test the stability of the condensate. We use a 1D mathematical model with the assumption that the gas is dilute and non-interacting sans infrequent elastic collisions between the particles. The results are non-trivial, and show that the condensate favors periodicity.
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A Luxury Online Shopping Experience with Up to 70% Savings on Intl Brands Like Valentino & L'Agence
Vente-Privee is a members-only online shopping destination that's free to join but that offers an exclusive country club like atmosphere to purchase luxury merchandise. A partnership between subsidiaries of American Express and Vente-Privee, the site has relationships with over 1,200 premium international brands including many European designers. This makes it possible for them to pass on savings of up to 70% off of every day retail prices to members.
Products sold via the site span a wide range of categories from fashion to housewares to sporting goods to electronics, even luxury service providers such as a highly-regarded car service and others.
GF Ferre Patent Leather Pumps, Image from Vente-Privee
From the moment I first visited this site and signed up as a member I was drawn in by the beautifully animated home page with V-P's trademark bumblebee buzzing around a garden of bright pink peonies. This set the stage for a low-stress and relaxing luxe shopping adventure for me for sure.
Each brand's sale lasts for just a few days with a limited supply available so sometimes they sell out before the sale ends. Every luxury item is offered at unbelievably great savings, though, and free shipping is provided for purchases over $100 that are made on your American Express card.
L'Agence One Shoulder Dress, Image from Vente-Privee
In addition to the huge amount of potential savings on your own purchases, there is also a generous referral program. For each friend you refer that signs up and makes their first purchase you will receive a $20 credit toward anything you would like to buy for yourself.
The site is very uncluttered too, when it comes to shopping and searching for what you want because there are just a handful of brand sales going on at any given moment. Sales events start almost daily and you will automatically updated via email to tell you when something new comes into the on-line store. Then when you visit Vente-Privee you'll have the option to see videos or still photos of what is included in each brand's events making it a pleasant not stressful shopping experience.
As this post goes live here are just three examples of what is available on the site
GF Ferre Cognac Red Patent leather ankle strap pumps, $158 (retail $420)
L'Agence One Shoulder Dress, $78 (retail $432)
Valentino Rose Collection Round Watch with Diamonds, $2,275 (retail $7,550)
Valentino Rose Collection Round Watch With Diamonds
With styles, designers and deals like these
why not sign up for Vente-Privee now?
I know I can't wait to find out what designer sales events will be happening next and I eagerly look forward to every update I receive from Vente-Privee. If you like designer merchandise but don't want to have to pay full price I hope you'll join me as member.
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Romney's Foreign Policy Speech: All War All the Time | The Progressive
He denounced "the abrupt withdrawal of our entire troop presence" from Iraq, though he didn't say how long he would have kept our troops there.
And he hinted broadly that he'd keep U.S. troops in Afghanistan beyond 2014. "I will evaluate conditions on the ground and weigh the best advice of our military commanders," he said. "And I will affirm that my duty is not to my political prospects, but to the security of the nation."
On Iran, he also threatened war, aligning himself squarely with Benjamin Netanyahu. "I will put the leaders of Iran on notice that the United States and our friends and allies will prevent them from acquiring nuclear weapons capability," he said.
For more on this story, visit: Romney's Foreign Policy Speech: All War All the Time | The Progressive.
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CRM search»CRM Improvements»The Rise of CRM App Stores
The Rise of CRM App Stores
By Pam Baker
Online CRM Marketplaces Increasing Customer Options and Vendor Reach
SaaS CRM vendors look prophetic at the moment, showing up as they did just ahead of the rise of cloud computing and the demand for everything as a service. Several have even launched their own third-party app stores tapping yet another wildly popular trend. "CRM marketplaces have experienced rapid growth, spurred partially through concerted efforts by Microsoft and Salesforce.com," says Greg Pierce, cloud computing expert at Tribridge, an IT services and business consulting firm.
While Microsoft and Salesforce are indeed pushing ahead of the pack on third-party app marketplaces, they are not the only players in the field. However, nearly all of the players are SaaS CRM vendors, for obvious reasons, and the lineup is relatively small and skewed toward the vendors with cloud platforms, mature APIs and growing customer bases. Besides Microsoft's Dynamics Marketplace and Salesforce.com's AppExchange, online apps stores are available from CRM vendors such as NetSuite's SuiteApp.com, Sage.CRM.com's Partner Solution Source, SAP's Business ByDesign ecosystem, SugarCRM's SugarExchange and Zoho's online Marketplace.
Older CRM technologies, such as those limited to on-premises installations, are challenged to offer third-party app marketplaces simply because their base technology is too old to attract developers and make the jump. Narrow CRM suites or point solutions are simply too light to serve as platforms and therefore can't support apps from third-party developers. Some CRM applications such as Highrise just list apps they integrate with.
On-premise CRM vendors have historically created alliances or even small directories of integration partners. However, a CRM directory of integrated apps doesn't offer the vendor certifications, customer reviews, online trials or upgrade assurances that are typically part of the newer CRM app stores. Now it's almost too late for the on-premise vendors to gain sufficient momentum to lure enough app developers to make the switch work. There is one notable exception: Microsoft's Dynamics CRM 2011. But here too, Microsoft has become a serious cloud player by virtue of Azure, its cloud-platform, and its online CRM application, Dynamics CRM. Even beyond its own CRM app store, third party marketplaces are sprouting up, such as the Dynamics Exchange.
The models of the SaaS CRM vendors that do have third-party app stores vary. Sugar CRM, for example, offers two marketplaces. The first is in keeping with other open source code repositories such as Sourceforge. SugarCRM's open source marketplace is called SugarForge and it allows developers to list their apps for free. "The community supports those apps, not SugarCRM, as is standard for open source in general," explains Martin Schneider, formerly senior director of Marketing at SugarCRM and now vice president of Marketing at Basho Technologies.
The Sugar Exchange online marketplace is SugarCRM's other third-party app store. "The developers pay a fee to be listed and the apps must be by established companies and pass a strict certification process," says Schneider. "However, users are seamlessly directed back to the developer's site for the actual transaction so developer's keep 100% of the app sales price."
By contrast, Schneider says Salesforce.com "takes a percentage of every transaction, that is almost a hosting fee, but developer's get a lot more service from that model." Actual percentages range from 20% to 40% depending on just how much service a developer wants from the AppExchange.
NetSuite, according to published accounts, is shooting for quality over quantity in apps on its SuiteCloud Developer Network (SDN), although at this time it does not have a certification program. It offers three developer network memberships ranging from free to a paid premium and escalating tools and services to match. By comparison, Google Apps sports a long list of CRM apps and requires developers to pay a 20% "revenue share fee" and use Google's Checkout for payments.
While the business models may vary, the issues these app owners run into are strikingly similar. "You're inviting points of failure with every added app," says Schneider. "That's why you need a strong certification process—to ensure flow logic, data security and that upgrade processes don't break the API connection."
The ultimate goal is to attract as many developers around your CRM product as you can. However, that is easier said than done.
"The problem is that even though app stores are kind of exploding, the field of Cloud CRM is very narrow," says Michael Krigsman, president and CEO of IT Failure Analysis firm Asuret.
Beyond that obstacle, developers prefer to work with companies with large app stores and user communities. That's just a matter of pure economics. "CRM vendors attract developers by having lots of customers and a very good API," says Mark Krieger, co-owner of MediaRoost, the maker of TweetRoost, a CRM-like app for enterprises.
The competition for independent software vendors and app makers is intense. Further, for them to invest their time and money, they generally insist on good technology, expansive distribution, a well structured program and a trusted partner. They also resist a single vendor's technology and the over arching threat of vendor lock-in. Despite its challenges, growing a successful ecosystem of developers is critical for SaaS CRM companies to scale. "The trick is in getting people to show up at the party," says Krigsman. "It's very bad if no one comes."
Categories: CRM Improvements
Tags: CRM App Stores
Permalink: www.crmsearch.com/crm-app-stores.php
Author: Pam Baker
Denise Johnson
Google released their online marketplace back in March 2010. I just did a search for "CRM" on the Google marketplace and hundreds of apps were returned, many of them well known CRM players and many of them not so well known. A quick review suggests these cloud CRM apps tend to target SMBs and integrate with Google Apps. I think the Google marketplace is the single largest online ecosystem for CRM systems not run by a CRM vendor.
Zach Kirk
For more than three decades, business applications have sought to provide packaged integration with other business apps in order to make customers lives easier and promote both software products. The results really haven't been very good. Integration quality is mixed, there are few if any standards, upgrades often break the software and trouble-shooting leads to inevitable vendor finger pointing. I think the cloud and online app stores can improve the process, however, again, there seems to be a lack of consistency. On the most cited app store, AppExchange, several products offer tight knit integration to Salesforce. However, many of the app store products, perhaps most of them, did not create the integration with Force, the integration appears extremely minimal, and it really looks like most of the vendors put more effort into the marketing propaganda than the actual integration.
You're inviting points of failure with every added app. That's why you need a strong certification process—to ensure flow logic, data security and that upgrade processes don't break the API connection."
~ Martin Schneider
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Epitaxial graphene boosts photocatalysis in titania nanoparticles
The choice of an interfacial layer of epitaxial graphene to support titania nanoparticles has been revealed as a key ingredient to dramatically increase their capability to split water and produce hydrogen.
D. De Angelis et al., Carbon 157, 350 (2020)
The long-standing seek for efficient, sustainable and naturally-abundant materials for catalysis has recently targeted carbonaceous material as an ideal candidate for several technologically-relevant applications, of which the hydrogen production is the most captivating. In particular, graphene, owing to its unique electronic and transport properties, is a very good candidate to improve the efficiency of photo-absorbers in photocatalysis and photo-electrocatalysis. Since the first titania-graphene nanocomposites have been developed, large efforts have been devoted to employ graphene in photocatalytic materials, since it reduces the electron-hole (e-h) recombination rate, it allows the modification of the band alignment, it reduce overpotentials and the titanium oxide the band gap, thus allowing electrons to be excited into the conduction band by visible light. While most of these graphene-titania hybrids have been obtained by employing graphene oxide or reduced graphene oxide, which are characterized by poorer transport properties than high-quality epitaxial Gr. Moreover, the presence of structural defects and functional groups in GO and RGO, are known to be centers of e-h recombination, thus lowering the photocatalysis efficiency.
In this paper, we discuss the growth, the structural/electronic characterization and the photocatalytic activity trends of a nano-architecture designed with the aim to investigate the role of the substrate below graphene on the electronic band structure and alignment of the supported photoabsorbers. By using epitaxial graphene grown on Ir(111) as a prototype of quasi free-standing system, we have prepared a novel interface consisting of TiO2 nanoparticles supported by a layered structure based on high-quality epitaxial monolayer graphene, two-dimensional titanium-oxide and metal.
Our study has proven that the photocatalytic activity of these architectures in the production of hydrogen via the hydrogen evolution reaction is spectacularly enhanced if a 2D TiO1.5 layer is intercalated between graphene and the metallic substrate. We attribute this enhancement to the different doping level induced in graphene by the TiO1.5 layer and by the shifts of the Ti d band of the titania nanoparticles.
The change in the electronic structure of the layered material is indicative of a reduced probability of recombination of electrons and holes that are produced in the photoexcitation process. Our results are a proof that the use of 2D materials, and in particular of transfer-free epitaxially grown materials and their heterostructures, could be applied for the design of novel energy related materials with greatly improved functionalities.
Interfacial two-dimensional oxide enhances photocatalytic activity of graphene/titania via electronic structure modification
Dario De Angelis, Francesco Presel, Naila Jabeen, Luca Bignardi, Daniel Lizzit, Paolo Lacovig, Silvano Lizzit, Tiziano Montini, Paolo Fornasiero, Dario Alfè, and Alessandro Baraldi
Carbon 157, 350 (2020)