DOCSLIB.ORG

Buying Into Innovation 30

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Buying Into Innovation 30 aop editoriaL team of the year 22 JUL 2015 modern marKeting £7.50 or Bitcoin eqUivaLent BUying into innovation 30 What’s in store for retaiL? 9 772046 063011 TD_36_15_JUL22_COVER.indd 1 17/07/2015 15:44 Returning for its second year, the IAB is proud to present the premier showcase for the UK digital advertising industry. Check out the schedule of free events www.iabuk.net/upfronts @IABUK #IABUKupfronts ® Media Partner iabuk.net/upfronts FullSinglePage.indd 1 17/07/2015 10:35 THE DRUM 22.JUL.15 www.thedrum.com insiDE03 VOLUME #36 22 July 2015 issUE #15 33 Returning for its second year, the IAB is proud to present the THE RETAiL issUE From Apple Pay to Amazon’s premier showcase for the UK Prime Day, we take a look at the latest innovations in the retail space. digital advertising industry. 12 22 Buy button battle Can e-commerce on social networks ever rival Amazon? 18 Agile adaptors Why the surge in retailers Check out the schedule of free events investing in innovation hubs? www.iabuk.net/upfronts 22 What is luxury? 06 An exploration of changing @IABUK Trending 37 notions of luxury retail. The latest trends and brilliant ideas shaping our space, as chosen by our enviable panel of Trend Setters, #IABUKupfronts including WGSN global chief content officer Carla Buzasi. 27 Paying it forward How forward-thinking payment innovation is changing shopping. 30 Primed for purchase A look at the increasing 46 popularity of major retail events. ® Back Chat Media Partner Chewing the fat this issue is design icon Wayne Hemingway, who waxes lyrical about 33 rebuilding the UK’s oldest I will what I want amusement park. Why sports retailer Under Armour iabuk.net/upfronts chose a model to represent it. FullSinglePage.indd 1 17/07/2015 10:35 TD_36_15_JUL22_CONTENTS.indd 3 17/07/2015 15:45 Jason-advert-FINAL.pdf 1 14/07/2015 11:49 Rewardingly hard to win dma.org.uk/awards Pushed. Pulled. Prodded. Poked. Mulled over. Fought over. Won over. Winner. RAPP - ‘Barclays Personalised Video’ 2014 Golds: Best Use of Technology, Best Digital Performance, Best Use of Email Marketing Headline sponsors Media partner Print partner FullSinglePage.indd 1 17/07/2015 10:35 Jason-advert-FINAL.pdf 1 14/07/2015 11:49 THE DRUM 22.JUL.15 www.thedrum.com LEADER05 MEET THE TEAM RETAIL’S gORDON yOUNg EDITOR-IN-CHIEF [email protected] RENAISSANCE? Thanks to either good fortune or stunning foresight (let’s call it the latter), this special retail issue of The Drum arrives on the back of an especially STEPHEN LEPITAk noteworthy week for the retail industry. EDITOR Within the space of a few days we’ve seen Apple Pay finally arrive on UK shores, [email protected] Amazon’s Prime Day extravaganza exceed its executives’ wildest expectations and Marks & Spencer clothing boss John Dixon quit the firm he’s served for 26 years after yet another sales slump. The contrasting fortunes of Amazon and M&S’s clothing and homewares division could be interpreted as symbolic of the way online stores are deemed to be THOMAS O’NEILL stampeding all over bricks and mortar retailers. But to blame the changing retail MAGAZINE EDITOR [email protected] landscape for M&S’s repeated category failings would be to let it off the hook. Its beige clothing department has seldom been in fashion, and it only has itself to blame for not moving with the times. To survive today – let alone thrive – retailers must innovate, either in their marketing, use of technology or ideally a combination of the two. Few have kATIE MCQUATER grasped this better than Amazon. The numbers it has released for its Prime Day FEATURES EDITOR [email protected] spectacular – on which it claims to have sold more units “than the biggest Black Friday ever” – are staggering. Some 398 items were ordered per second, with 34.4m sold in total in just 24 hours. These included 47,000 televisions, 51,000 Bose headphones and 14,000 iRobot Roomba vacuum-cleaning robots that no one ever knew they wanted. The Wednesday prior, just one was sold. CAMERON CLARkE “Going into this, we weren’t sure whether Prime Day would be a one-time thing COMMISSIONING EDITOR or if it would become an annual event,” Greg Greeley, vice-president of Amazon [email protected] Prime said. “After [these] results, we’ll definitely be doing this again.” No kidding. This was a triumph of marketing and PR. Where lesser retailers would see just another Wednesday in the week, Amazon spotted opportunity. And it is the Amazons of this world, the success stories, that we focus on JESSICA DAVIES throughout this issue – not the retailers feeling sorry for themselves because NEWS EDITOR consumers have moved on and they haven’t. Too often when we talk about retail [email protected] we labour on the doom and gloom of the high street when in fact this is one of the most exciting and innovative sectors in business right now. The speed at which retail is moving is incredible – occasionally, perhaps, even Association of Online Publishers Rewardingly • Digital Publishing Company of the Year too quickly for its own good. The much touted Apple Pay has been causing some • Editorial Team of the Year 2014 & 2015 confusion on the London Underground: it is worth noting that you’ll be penalised PPA hard to win • Publishing Innovator of the Year if your Apple Watch battery runs out before you complete a journey, you’ll get • Business Magazine of the Year 2013 dma.org.uk/awards charged twice if you switch between iPhone and watch to tap in and out even if PPA Digital Awards • Content Team of the Year they’re linked to the same card and, perhaps most amusingly, the payment reader PPA Independent Publishers Network • Media Brand of the Year is on the wrong side of the turnstiles for all those of us who wear our watches on Pushed. Pulled. Prodded. Poked. • Editor of the Year the left wrist. Mulled over. Fought over. Won over. Winner. PPA Scotland • Scottish Magazine of the Year But despite those teething problems, Apple Pay is a big step towards the kind of • Business & Professional Magazine of the Year RAPP - ‘Barclays Personalised Video’ • Business & Professional Magazine Design of the Year cashless society we envision later in this issue. For retailers that can’t keep up… • Business & Professional Magazine Editor of the Year 2014 Golds: well, they’ll be left cashless altogether. Best Use of Technology, Best Digital Performance, Best Use of Email Marketing Editor-in-Chief: Gordon Young Associate Editor & Managing Director, The Drum Network: Richard Draycott Editor-at-Large & Head of TV: Dave Birss Editor: Stephen Lepitak Magazine Editor: Thomas O’Neill Features Editor: Katie McQuater Commissioning Editor: Cameron Clarke News Editor: Jessica Davies Senior Reporter: Seb Joseph Reporters: Gillian West, Jen Faull, Natalie Mortimer, John McCarthy, Minda Smiley, Tony Connelly Editorial Assistant: Rebecca Stewart Design & Production Director: Nick Creed Design/Production: Amanda Dewar, Ross Lesley-Bayne, Gillian Durham Producer: Sam Scott Group Commercial Director: Liz Hamilton Key Account Director: James McGowan Senior Key Account Manager: Georgie Ripley Key Account Manager: Flannan Hasset Profile Hub Sales: Stephen Young Recruitment Sales: Victoria Swan Subscription Sales: Laura Bradley Managing Director of Events: Lynn Lester Events Director: Katy Thomson Managing Director: Diane Young Managing Director, The Drum & thedrum.com: Andy Oakes Printed by: Stephens & George Magazines Head Office: 4th Floor, Mercat Building, 26 Gallowgate, Glasgow G1 5AB London Office: First Floor, 23 Curtain Road, Shoreditch, London, EC2A 3LT Tel: +44 (0)141 552 5858 Fax: +44 (0)141 559 6050 Headline sponsors Media partner Print partner SUBSCRIPTIONS To subscribe to The Drum magazine go to thedrum.com/subscribe where one year’s print subscription costs £172 (£197 outside the UK) or the equivalent in Bitcoin (via thedrum.com/bitcoin). For all enquiries please contact Jordon Geary, [email protected], +44 (0) 141 559 6060. A year’s subscription includes 25 print issues; excerpts from the Digital, Design and Advertising Censuses; Mobile Top 50; Social Top 50; 50 Under 30 Women in Digital; The Designerati; The Digerati; The Adverati; plus various sector specific supplements. THE DRUM is published by Carnyx Group Limited. The publishers, authors and printers cannot accept liability for any errors or omissions. Any artwork will be accepted at owner’s risk. All rights reserved. On no account may any part of this publication be reproduced in any form without the written permission of the copyright holder and publisher, application for which should be made to the publisher.© carnyx group limited 2015 iSSn 2046-0635 FullSinglePage.indd 1 17/07/2015 10:35 TD_36_15_JUL22_LEADER.indd 5 17/07/2015 15:52 06TREnDing www.thedrum.com 22.JUL.15 THE DRUM PERSONALISATION THE DRUM’S TREnD THE POWER SETTERS Each issue we ask members OF CHOiCE of our enviable panel of magnificent minds from the industry and beyond to identify the latest trends and brilliant ideas shaping our space. Here we meet this issue’s contributors. Gideon Karmiloff (p.9) is managing director at Vivid Brand Carla Buzasi (p.7) is global chief content officer at The Woolworths pic ‘n’ mix might no longer be a fixture of our high streets, but shoppers still WGSN overwhelmingly want choice, explains Vivid Brand managing director Gideon Karmiloff. The last bag of Woolworths that consumers are often more able Shoppers want choice, but not so Richard Danks pic ‘n’ mix sold for £14,500 on to design ideal products that meet much of it that it becomes a chore.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Voices of Children
    VOICES OF CHILDREN SURVEY OF THE OPINION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN BULGARIA, 2017 SURVEY OF THE OPINION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN BULGARIA 01 2017 This report was prepared as per UNICEF Bulgaria assignment. The opinions expressed in this report are those of the contributors, and do not necessarily reflect the policies or views of UNICEF. This report should be quoted in any reprint, in whole or in part. VOICES OF CHILDREN Survey of the Opinion of Children and Young People in Bulgaria, 2017 © 2018 United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Permission is required to reproduce the text of this publication. Please contact the Communication section of UNICEF in Bulgaria, tel.: +359 2/ 9696 208. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Blvd Dondukov 87, fl oor 2 Sofia 1054, Bulgaria For further information, please visit the UNICEF Bulgaria website at www.unicef.org/bulgaria SURVEY OF THE OPINION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN BULGARIA 02 2017 CONTENTS 1. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................2 2. Methodological Note .....................................................................................................................5 3. How happy are Bulgarian children? ............................................................................................10 3.1. Self-Assessment .................................................................................................................12 3.2. Moments when children feel
    [Show full text]
  • No Song to Sing
    c/ Enrique Granados, 49, SP. 08008 Barcelona T. (+34) 93 451 0064, [email protected] http://www.adngaleria.com No song to sing A project curated by David Armengol and Martí Manen ADN Platform. November 2015 – April 2016 Johanna Billing / Bradien + Eduard Escoffet / Lucía C. Pino / Carles Congost / Laia Estruch / Antoni Hervàs / Pepo Salazar / Tris Vonna-Michell / Richard T. Walker / Franziska Windisch Carles Congost, Mystical Drummer, 2013 The point of departure for No Song to Sing starts with two songs belonging to pop culture: a homonymous theme composed by the English musician Michael Chapman for Rainwater (1969), his first album; and one of Stevie Wonder’s most celebrated hits, I Just Called to Say I Love You (1984). In both cases, the songs opposing relation between absence and presence produces a conceptual ambiguity that relates, in a poetic way, with the sound productions of contemporary art. Initially, a big table equipped with several listening devices makes the audio pieces available to the user. This allows us to recreate and assume some domestic musical consumption habits: a record player, a CD player, a computer and headphones. Then, each of the sound proposals expands into other special and visual productions. In some situations, they are closely related to the pieces on the table; at others, however, all linkage gets severed in order to show new work sensitive to sound and adapted to art exhibition practices. Orfeo y la Montaña Sumergida [Orpheus and the Sunken Mountain] (2014) is a project by Antoni Hervàs (Barcelona, 1981) which is dedicated to one of his fetish subjects: the reenactment of the mermaid myth through performance and the staging power of drawing.
    [Show full text]
  • Higher Education Reform in the Balkans: Using the Bologna Process
    23 The AVCC data also include valuable information on mode of delivery. For example, the data show that Higher Education Reform in less than 17 percent of Australian offshore programs in the Balkans: Using the China included a period of study in Australia. Just over 25 percent include at least some study by distance Bologna Process learning, while only 15 percent are offered wholly at a Anthony W. Morgan distance. The AVCC data give no details on enrollments. Anthony Morgan is professor of educational leadership and policy and In the second Observatory report, 20 Sino-foreign special assistant to the president at the University of Utah. Address: education partnerships were selected for analysis, Dept. of Educ. Leaadership, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, covering nine countries and six categories of activity. As USA. Email: [email protected]. would be expected, almost all activity began following the 1995 regulations, and there is evidence over time of ike many other regions in transition, countries in the more ambition and greater commitment on the part of LBalkans are struggling with higher education reform joint ventures—moving from joint centers and programs due at least in part to academic cultural traditions and to branch campuses. Both the University of Nottingham organizational structures. Change comes hard here de- in the United Kingdom and Oklahoma City University spite very difficult financial circumstances that some- from the United States were expressly invited by the times provide opportunities for reform. But national authorities to set up operations in China, governmental and institutional aspirations for change marking the first official push in this direction.
    [Show full text]
  • Roma As Alien Music and Identity of the Roma in Romania
    Roma as Alien Music and Identity of the Roma in Romania A thesis submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy 2018 Roderick Charles Lawford DECLARATION This work has not been submitted in substance for any other degree or award at this or any other university or place of learning, nor is being submitted concurrently in candidature for any degree or other award. Signed ………………………………………… Date ………………………… STATEMENT 1 This thesis is being submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of PhD. Signed ………………………………………… Date ………………………… STATEMENT 2 This thesis is the result of my own independent work/investigation, except where otherwise stated, and the thesis has not been edited by a third party beyond what is permitted by Cardiff University’s Policy on the Use of Third Party Editors by Research Degree Students. Other sources are acknowledged by explicit references. The views expressed are my own. Signed ………………………………………… Date ………………………… STATEMENT 3 I hereby give consent for my thesis, if accepted, to be available online in the University’s Open Access repository and for inter-library loan, and for the title and summary to be made available to outside organisations. Signed ………………………………………… Date ………………………… ii To Sue Lawford and In Memory of Marion Ethel Lawford (1924-1977) and Charles Alfred Lawford (1925-2010) iii Table of Contents List of Figures vi List of Plates vii List of Tables ix Conventions x Acknowledgements xii Abstract xiii Introduction 1 Chapter 1 - Theory and Method
    [Show full text]
  • Trouble Followed Winamp\2 Pac - Trouble Followed.Mp3 #Extinf:241,2Pac/Dr
    #extm3u #extinf:207,morandi - beijo (uh-la-la) winamp\18 18 track 18.wma #extinf:153,2 pac - trouble followed winamp\2 pac - trouble followed.mp3 #extinf:241,2pac/dr. dre/roger troutman - california love winamp\2pac & dr dre - california love.mp3 #extinf:302,2pac, nas & obie trice - 3 messages winamp\2pac & nas and obie trice - 3 messages.mp3 #extinf:243,2pac - thugs get lonely too winamp\2pac - thugs get lonely too.mp3 #extinf:113,2pac vs limp bizkit, meth, redman, dmx - all about u (skylar johnson remix) winamp\2pac vs limp bizkit, meth, redman, dmx - all about u (skylar johnson remix).mp3 #extinf:238,2pac - ghetto gospel feat. elton john winamp\2pac-ghetto_gospel_feat._elton_john_(prod_by_eminem)-mob.mp3 #extinf:197,2pac - hennessey feat. e.d.i. of the winamp\2pac-hennessey_feat._e.d.i._of_the_outlawz_and_sleepy_bro.mp3 #extinf:16,50cent eminem cashis and lloyd banks-you dont know winamp\50cent_eminem_cashis_and_lloyd_banks-you_dont_know.mp3 #extinf:230,abba - dancing queen winamp\abba - dancing queen.mp3 #extinf:241,abba - knowing me knowing you winamp\abba - knowing me knowing you.mp3 #extinf:210,abba - mamma mia winamp\abba - mamma mia.mp3 #extinf:185,abba - money, money, money winamp\abba - money, money, money.mp3 #extinf:250,abba - super trouper winamp\abba - super trouper.mp3 #extinf:349,abba - the day before you came winamp\abba - the day before you came.mp3 #extinf:294,abba - the winner takes it all winamp\abba - the winner takes it all.mp3 #extinf:289,abba - gimme gimme gimme winamp\abba_-_gimme_gimme_gimme.mp3 #extinf:220,abba
    [Show full text]
  • “Perverting the Taste of the People”: Lăutari and the Balkan Question in Romania ______
    DOI https://doi.org/10.2298/MUZ2029085L UDC 784.4(=214.58)(498) “Perverting the Taste of the People”: Lăutari and the Balkan Question in Romania ___________________________ Roderick Charles Lawford1 Cardiff University, United Kingdom „Извитоперење укуса људи“: Lăutari и балканско питање у Румунији __________________________ Родерик Чарлс Лофорд Универзитет у Кардифу, Уједињено Краљевство Received: 1 September 2020 Accepted: 9 November 2020 Original scientific article. Abstract “’Perverting the Taste of the People’: Lăutari and the Balkan Question in Ro- mania” considers the term “Balkan” in the context of Romanian Romani mu- sic-making. The expression can be used pejoratively to describe something “bar- baric” or fractured. In the “world music” era, “gypsy-inspired” music from the Balkans has become highly regarded. From this perspective “Balkan” is seen as something desirable. The article uses the case of the Romanian “gypsy” band Taraf de Haïdouks in illustration. Romania’s cultural and physical position with- in Europe can be difficult to locate, a discourse reflected in Romanian society itself, where many reject the description of Romania as a “Balkan” country. This conflict has been contested throughmanele , a Romanian popular musical genre. In contrast, manele is seen by its detractors as too “eastern” in character, an unwel- come reminder of earlier Balkan and Ottoman influences on Romanian culture. Keywords: Balkan(s), Romania, alterity, exotic, oriental, Ottoman, manele, lăutari, “gypsy”, Turkish, Roma, Romani, “world music”, subaltern. 1 [email protected] 86 МУЗИКОЛОГИЈА / MUSICOLOGY 29-2020 Апстракт „’Извитоперење укуса људи’: Lăutari и балканско питање у Румунији“ студија је у којој се разматра појам „Балкан“ у контексту музичке продукције румунских Рома.
    [Show full text]
  • New Folk: the Phenomenon of Chalga in Modern Bulgarian Folk
    New Folk: The phenomenon of chalga in modern Bulgarian folk “Edno ferari s zviat cherven, edno za teb, edno za men…” Slavi Trifonov, chalga (One red Ferrari, one for me, one for you) ©2004 Milena Droumeva Milena Droumeva Term Paper, page 1 They were silly, kitsch, synthesized tunes, which started appearing in Bulgarian media, and in the general Bulgarian cultural life in the early 1990s. Now, chalga has successfully found a niche in the Bulgarian music scene with a new image and a new name: pop folk. Initially characterized by simplistic lyrics and ‘oriental’ street sound, chalga tunes have become more popular in a few short years than any other developing music genre in Bulgaria. It is no coincidence that some of the first and most popular chalga singers and musicians were Roma 1 or ethnic Turks. These two minority groups have distinct musical roots, very different from Bulgarian folk, which were suppressed by the state for over 45 years during the communist regime. Today, in a seemingly democratic environment, music styles in Bulgaria are thriving and folk music is reclaiming new ground after years of state control. I have to admit, I, too, was one of the skeptic connoisseurs of classical and Western popular music, who thought chalga was a low-culture Gypsy genre unworthy of attention. Having now been away from Bulgaria for four years and being immersed in Vancouver’s diverse music scene, I have gained a more rounded cosmopolitan perspective on music. I don’t see chalga or even Bulgarian folk as sporadic unrelated music genres anymore , but as interdependent events, richly influenced by each other, as well as by the music of Turkey, Greece and the rest of the Balkans.
    [Show full text]
  • Ottoman Intimacies, Balkan Musical Realities. Edited by Risto Pekka
    198 MUSICultures 41/2 Ottoman Intimacies, Balkan Musical way; indeed, the discourse here, and in Realities. Edited by Risto Pekka some later chapters, seems almost as lab- Pennanen, Panagiotis C. Poulos and yrinthine and contradictory as the topics Aspasia Theodosiou. 2013. Helsinki: themselves. Nevertheless, there is never Foundation of the Finnish Institute at any lack of information to process and Athens. xxx+173 pp. ideas to consider. The chapters are grouped into JUDITH COHEN three sections: “Imperial Musical Worlds York University and their Peripheries,” “Ottoman Pasts, Representations and the Performing Arts” The musical world of the former and “Ottoman Echoes and the Current Ottoman Empire and the Balkans is a Mediaspace.” One might quibble about complex one, inextricably linked to such whether “performing arts” and “medias- different phenomena as the intricacies of pace” should be in different sections, but, Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian history, then again, one can always argue for re- and the current appropriation of “Gypsy arranging sections and chapters—or for music.” The essays in this volume, which not having any sections at all. originated in a conference held in Athens Cem Behar opens the first section in 2010, explore aspects of the edgy re- with a discussion of how orality and lit- lationships among Ottoman and Balkan eracy are interwoven in sometimes unex- musical worlds, and the “intimacies” of pected contexts, reflecting on the absence the authors with their topics often offer of “original” or “global” versions. Perhaps valuable insights into these and many Maureen Jackson’s fine volume (Jackson other issues. 2013) on Jewish paraliturgical singing Walter Zev Feldman opens the in Turkey had not yet appeared when he volume with a brief, thoughtful fore- wrote his chapter; several issues that he word, drawing on his expertise in discusses also appear there, though in dif- Ottoman and Balkan musical traditions, ferent contexts, and one can imagine a as well as political, historical and social fruitful dialogue.
    [Show full text]
  • Ally Hand Weapons Designed for Use Against Armor
    University of Massachusetts Boston The University Mace Symbols of authority and power, maces were originally hand weapons designed for use against armor. Topped by the flame of knowledge, the University mace has the University seal as a focal point and unifying element. Tassels of maroon and white hang from the shaft of fourteen rods of black walnut, symbolizing the fourteen counties of the Commonwealth. The head of the mace is gold plate over highly polished brass. Complex curves radiating from the hub in which the seal is centered reflect light in constantly changing patterns, symbolic of the many-faceted environment of the university life. Academic Costume and Regalia The academic regalia worn by faculty and students at this ceremony repre­ sent traditions which come down from the Middle Ages, when European universities were institutions of the church. At that time, robes were a common form of dress, particularly for officials of church and state. The cut of the robe, its adornment, and the colors used comprised a specialized heraldry that conveyed the rank and station of the wearer. At the universities, both faculty and students were considered to be part of the church hierarchy and were expected to wear the prescribed gowns. As society moved toward more modern forms of dress, only royalty, clergy, judges, and academics retained the traditional regalia, reserving it only for ceremonial use. Modern academic regalia retain some of the symbols of the earlier forms of ceremonial dress. The gown tends to be fullest, longest, and heaviest for the doctoral degree. The sleeves for the bachelor's and master's gowns are typi­ cally open at the wrist.
    [Show full text]
  • RMIT University List of Graduates 2010 B.Xlsx
    RMIT University List of Graduates - 2010 Family Name Testamur Name Program Conferral date , Cindy Bachelor of Science (Food Technology and Nutrition) 15 December 2010 . Liana Sofiani Bachelor of Business (Economics and Finance) 26 August 2010 . Roshini Arasu Bachelor of Business (Economics and Finance) 26 August 2010 . S Vidhya Bachelor of Business (Economics and Finance) 26 August 2010 . Siti Ahshida Binte Razali Bachelor of Business (Marketing) 26 August 2010 . Noor Farihah Zainal Abidin Bachelor of Communication (Mass Communication) 26 August 2010 . Silvia Bachelor of Applied Science (Construction Management) 20 September 2010 . Ferry Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical Engineering) 15 December 2010 . Jenifer Bachelor of Science (Food Technology and Nutrition) 15 December 2010 . Lovepreet Kaur Master of Biotechnology 15 December 2010 . Manjunath Palani Master of Computer Science 15 December 2010 A Abualhamail Badr Abduljalil A Abualhamail Master of Engineering (Telecommunication Engineering) 31 August 2010 Aapro Robert Aapro Certificate I in Vocational Preparation 31 August 2010 Aaron Cherian Poothicote S-O Varkey Aaron Cherian Poothicote S-O Varkey Bachelor of Design (Communication Design) 26 August 2010 Ab Aziz Aimi Ab Aziz Master of Architecture 15 December 2010 Ab Wahab Anis Alyana Ab Wahab Bachelor of Business (Accountancy) 15 December 2010 Abanilla Eugene Francis Abanilla Advanced Diploma of Computer Science 15 December 2010 Abano Leny Abano Diploma of Financial Services 29 October 2010 Abas Nagam Abas Master of Education 15
    [Show full text]
  • Xerox University Microfilms
    INFORMATION TO USERS This material was produced from a microfilm copy of the original document. While the most advanced technological means to photograph and reproduce this document have been used, the quality is heavily dependent upon the quality of the original submitted. The following explanation of techniques is provided to help you understand markings or patterns which may appear on this reproduction. 1. The sign or “target" for pages apparently lacking from the document photographed is “Missing Page(s)“. If it was possible to obtain the missing page(s) or section, they are spliced into the film along with adjacent pages. This may have necessitated cutting thru an image and duplicating adjacent pages to insure you complete continuity. 2. When an image on the film is obliterated with a large round black mark, it is an indication that the photograi^er suspected that the copy may have moved during exposure and thus cause a blurred image. You will find a good image of the page in the adjacent frame. 3. When a map, drawing or chart, etc., was part of the material being photographed the photographer followed a definite method in “sectioning" the material. It is customary to begin photoing at the upper left hand corner of a large sheet and to continue photoing from left to right in equal sections with a small overlap. If necessary, sectioning is continued again — beginning below the first row and continuing on until complete. 4. The majority of users indicate that the textual content is of greatest value, however, a somewhat higher quality reproduction could be made from “photographs" if essential to the understanding of the dissertation.
    [Show full text]
  • Beyond Nation? a Thrice-Told Tale from Bulgaria's Postsocialist
    Beyond Nation? A Thrice-Told Tale from Bulgaria’s Postsocialist Soundstage Donna A. Buchanan, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Abstract: This article juxtaposes musical and dramatic productions popularized by three prominent Bulgarian national folkloric ensembles during the 2000s to illuminate the perspectival dialogues on nation at play within Bulgarian artistic communities. While presentations by the National Folkloric Ensemble “Bŭlgare” traffic in timeworn but disturbingly powerful primordialist appeals to ethnonationalist sentiment, those of rhythmic gymnast Neshka Robeva’s company “Neshanŭl Art” sidestep and extend the concept of nation by resituating local choreography and movement in a diaspora of international venues and transnational genres. Most strikingly, through strategically composed and choreographed works that call upon diverse regional and international folkloric and popular culture styles, including those of minority populations, the National Folkloric Ensemble “Philip Kutev” is deliberately performing against gender and ethnonationalist stereotypes in favor of productions cosmopolitan in form and postnationalist in content. In so doing, they are redefining the very essence of “national” folklore in direct defiance of a lingering socialist-era cultural policy legacy, while simultaneously parrying market tensions, touristic expectations, and dwindling governmental support. Keywords: Bulgaria, folkloric ensembles, morality, music, nationalism, performance, postsocialism, representation, reterritorialization, subjunctivity
    [Show full text]