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These are Friday morning’s top 10 analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen early this morning in Wall Street research calls:

AFLAC (NYSE: AFL) Raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley.
Broadcom Corp. (NASDAQ: BRCM) Started as Outperform at BMO Capital Markets.
Dillard’s (NYSE: DDS) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.
Dominion (NYSE: D) Cut to Sell at Citigroup.
Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) Started as Outperform at BMO Capital Markets.
Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL) Started as Outperform at BMO Capital Markets.
Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) Removed from Conviction Buy List (still Buy rated) at Goldman Sachs.
RioTinto (NYSE: RTP) Cut to Underperform at Credit Suisse.
Suntech Power (NYSE: STP) Raised to Hold at Soleil.
Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) Started as Outperform at BMO Capital Markets.

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JON C. OGG
NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Well.

I’m beginning to get a little bit concerned that I’m becoming one of “those” music fans. The kind I used to make fun of for being to old, to stubborn and to locked into their own era of music, uninterested in expanding their listening experiences to anything beyond the music they know – the music they grew up with. People who still listen to “the Eagles” or “the Doobie Brothers” even though so much music has come out since then, and neither band was very good to begin with anyways. I was always confidant that this then would never be me. I’m young! I’m hip! I’m in the “know!” I keep up with whatever’s young and hip and in the “know!” Right? RIGHT?

Not quite. And Tuesday night proved that when I shelled out actual money to see Stone Temple Pilots at the Kool Haus in Toronto.

That’s right. Stone Temple Pilots. A band that hasn’t had a hit single, or even an album, in god knows how long. A band who’s lead singer I’m sure we all assumed was either dead or arrested. A band that hit it big over fifteen years ago, and who would recieve a collective “who?” from anybody under the age of sixteen today.

THAT band.

And they absolutely rocked. Seriously.

Vindication!

And, while some people would see the complete lack of any new material as a depressing reminder of just how irrelevant a band might be, all it meant for us was an hour and a half of SINGING ALONG TO EVERY DAMN WORD.

Which is always a good time.

The band kicked it into high gear right off the bat, opening with “Silvergun Superman” and then tore threw fan favorites like “Wicked Garden,” “Vasoline” and “Big Empty.” In fact,

This isn't from this show. But it's the best I could find.

during the show they played songs mostly off of their first two records, “Core” (1992) and “Purple” (1994) – which of course, is exactly what the majority of the audience (mostly males under thirty) wanted to hear (myself included).

The band was tight and professional, which was a little surprising to be honest. It was also the band’s only real weakness. At times they were a little “too tight” and “too professional.” I know that sounds horribly nitpicky (had they been sloppy and falling apart, I’m sure I would have bitched about that too) but the fact is that they were clearly just going through the motions at times – and looked it.

Still, when they launched into such crowd favorites as “Crackerman,” “Interstate Love Song” and their signature tune “Plush,” it was hard not to get caught up in the vibe, and be momentarily transported back to 1994. Which is, apparently, exactly where I want to be.

And I’m totally cool with that.

Here’s the full set list:

Main Set –

1. Silvergun Superman

2. Wicked Garden

3. Vasoline

4. Big Empty

5. Lounge Fly

6. Army Ants

7. Sour Girl

8. Creep

9. Crackerman

10. Plush

11. Interstate Love Song

12. Down

13. Sex Type Thing

14. Sin

15. Unglued

Encore -

16. Dead and Bloated

17. Trippin’ On a Hole in a Paper Heart

I remember seeing Stone Temple Pilots in the summer of 1999 when they played with the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. The Chillies had just released the highly (highly!) anticipated Californication and reunited with guitarist John Frusciante, who left some seven years earlier. STP was doing a delayed tour for their album No. 4, which was postponed because front man Scott Wieland was in jail for drug related charges. Needless to say the hype for No. 4 was not as big, even though there were some great tracks like “sour girl” and “down” on it.

The most intriguing thing about this whole line up, which also included Fish Bone, was that everyone, including all the local media, couldn’t stop talking about how amazing STP were, and even more, that they even out-rocked the Chillies, who closed the show. I couldn’t agree with this more, and it is definitely the answer that is always in my head whenever someone asks that question, what is the best concert you’ve ever been to?

But by saying that STP stole the show, what I really mean is that Scott Wieland did, with his skin tight leather pants, Travis Bickle mohawk and a pair of long, white, silky lady’s gloves the only thing covering his naked upper half. After telling the audience that he had been sober for 60 days (perhaps assisted by his time in jail?), he then proceeded to give the audience a performance that only a completely fucked up, stoned out of his mind Wieland can give, really emphasizing the past tense of his previous statement (he never said he was still sober). And it was incredible, with his intense, junkie eyes almost staring through the crowd, snake like dance moves and poses like a street performing contortionist mad out of his mind. They just continued to play hit after hit, with the eccentric Wieland on top of the front speakers doing his thing and utterly captivating the entire audience.

The only reason I mention this concert is because whatever he was on when he played that unforgettable night in ‘99, he was on the opposite last night at Toronto’s Kool Haus. I know this is going to sound bad and wrong in so many ways, but the fresh out of jail, cracked out Wieland is better than the fresh out of rehab, stiff and fragile looking one I saw on the stage last night.

The songs, yes, they sounded great and his voice was exactly what you would expect from a professional singer. But for me STP has always been 50 per cent music, 50 per cent persona, and the stage presence last night was completely non-existent. It almost looked like Wieland was in pain, and rather than bending his body in all sorts of ways it just looked like he had sore knees and forgot to take some Lakota.

There were very brief stints of some of Wieland’s famous dancing when they performed “Plush,” for instance, but it was still a mere shadow of what I have come to expect. During guitarists Dean DeLeo’s solos Weiland would just pick a spot on the ground and stare. When he was spinning in circles it looked less like he was into the music and more just confused, and you could even say cautious. At one point he almost managed to trip over the drum kit.

Right after the show someone I was there with asked me, “I wonder if he has Ozzy Osborne syndrome?” Meaning, has he just done way too many drugs for such a long period of time that he is reduced to a mumbling, incoherent mess. I wouldn’t say it’s that far yet, but there were some definite awkward moments.

In the middle of “sour girl” an extremely off tune duet between Wieland and DeLeo seemed to spring up out of nowhere, like each one was playing a different song (not to mention that Wieland seemed to be making up the words). But then they would play a pitch perfect and intense version of “down”, or have the entire audience chanting “STP, STP, STP” over some twelve bar blues, or even better, singing along to “creep.”

When they came back out for the encore, Wieland up again in his comfort zone, standing on the front speakers with a megaphone to his mouth, you could feel the anticipation in the crowd. It was half is he going to fall over, half what are they going to play? After a moment of silence the familiar lyrics of perhaps one of their best songs, “dead and bloated,” blasted out of the megaphone and for a minute it was just like being back in 1999. Wieland must have felt it too because perhaps for the first time of the night his dance moves seemed to really come back to him, although it was short lived.

Don’t get me wrong. This was still a good show, and if I seem to talk about Wieland a bit too much, it’s because he is essentially STP to people like me; people who like their rock stars gangly and completely fucked up, above any sort of regular societal norms (example: When Wieland did go to jail it was because he was picked up in Manhattan trying to buy drugs, dressed as a pimp no less).  

But when the four band members took to the front of the stage at the end of the show, bowing together and covering their hearts with their hands to show how much the applause meant to them, I couldn’t help but think this was my last chance to ever see this iconic symbol of the ‘90s LA rock scene. While I will always have their ’99 performance etched in my memory, I’m definitely glad I didn’t miss this.

Akhirnya jadi juga posting Media transmisi jaringan, setelah bahan yang akan di posting hilang karena kompie nge hang trus belom di save . trus kompie pake deepfreeze jadi ngga bisa restore .

Media transmisi jaringan atau  media penghubung jaringan dibagi 2

1.      Kabel

Kabel Merupakan media penghubung yang paling banyak digunakan pada Jaringan Komputer saat ini karena biaya nya yang paling murah hanya dengan biaya 3500-5000 rupiah/meter sudah dapat  membangun jaringan.

Topologi Jaringan Jenis kabel yang umum digunakan
Topologi Bus : Coaxial, twisted pair, fiber optic
Topologi Ring : Twisted pair, fiber
Topologi Star : Twisted pair, fiber

Ada beberapa macam kabel yang digunakan dalam membangun jaringan komputer, yaitu :

A.      Coaxial

Kabel Coaxial ini udah jarang dipake kayanya di masa kini karena dengan berbagai problematikanya. mulai dari  kecepatan pengiriman data dan lain-lain.  Coaxial adalah kabel dengan inti tembaga dan dikelilingi oleh anyaman halus kabel tembaga lain, di antaranya terdapat isolator.

Dikenal dua jenis tipe coaxial cable untuk jaringan komputer, yaitu thick coaxial cable (berdiameter lumayan besar) dan thin coaxial cable (berdiameter lebih kecil). Untuk perangkat jaringan, kabel jenis coaxial yang dipakai adalah kabel RG-58. Jenis ini juga dikenal sebagai thin Ethernet. Setiap perangkat dihubungkan dengan konektor BNC.

-  Thick Coaxial (besar) -

Kabel coaxial jenis ini dispesifikasikan berdasarkan standar IEEE 802.3 10BASE5,  dimana kabel ini mempunyai diameter rata-rata 12mm, dan biasanya diberi warna kuning. Kabel jenis ini biasa disebut sebagai standard ethernet atau thick Ethernet, atau hanya disingkat ThickNet, atau bahkan hanya disebut sebagai yellow cable.

Kabel Coaxial ini (RG-6) jika digunakan dalam jaringan mempunyai spesifikasi dan aturan sebagai berikut :

• Setiap ujung harus diterminasi dengan terminator 50-ohm (dianjurkan menggunakan terminator yang sudah dirakit, bukan menggunakan satu buah resistor 50-ohm 1 watt, sebab resistor mempunyai disipasi tegangan yang cukup lebar).
• Maksimum 3 segment dengan peralatan terhubung (attached devices) atau berupa populated segments.
• Setiap kartu jaringan mempunyai pemancar tambahan (external transceiver).
• Setiap segment maksimum berisi 100 perangkat jaringan, termasuk dalam hal ini repeaters.
• Maksimum panjang kabel per segment adalah 1.640 feet (atau sekitar 500 meter).
• Maksimum jarak antar segment adalah 4.920 feet (atau sekitar 1500 meter).
• Setiap segment harus diberi ground.
• Jarak maksimum antara tap atau pencabang dari kabel utama ke perangkat (device) adalah 16 feet (sekitar 5 meter).
• Jarak minimum antar tap adalah 8 feet (sekitar 2,5 meter).

-   Thin Coaxial (kecil)  -

Kabel coaxial jenis ini banyak dipergunakan di kalangan radio amatir, terutama untuk transceiver yang tidak memerlukan output daya yang besar. Untuk digunakan sebagai perangkat jaringan, kabel coaxial jenis ini harus memenuhi standar IEEE 802.3 10BASE2, dimana diameter rata-rata berkisar 5mm dan biasanya berwarna hitam atau warna gelap lainnya. Setiap perangkat (device) dihubungkan dengan BNC T-connector. Kabel jenis ini juga dikenal sebagai thin Ethernet atau ThinNet.

Kabel coaxial jenis ini, misalnya jenis RG-58 A/U atau C/U, jika diimplementasikan dengan Tconnector dan terminator dalam sebuah jaringan, harus mengikuti aturan sebagai berikut :

• Setiap ujung kabel diberi terminator 50-ohm.
• Panjang maksimal kabel adalah 1,000 feet (185 meter) per segment.
• Setiap segment maksimum terkoneksi sebanyak 30 perangkat jaringan (devices).
• Kartu jaringan cukup menggunakan transceiver yang onboard, tidak perlu tambahan transceiver, kecuali untuk repeater.
• Maksimum ada 3 segment terhubung satu sama lain (populated segment).
• Setiap segment sebaiknya dilengkapi dengan satu ground.
• Panjang minimum antar TConnector adalah 1,5 feet (0.5 meter).
• Maksimum panjang kabel dalam satu segment adalah 1,818 feet (555 meter).

B.     Kabel Twisted Pair

Kabel Twisted Pair terbagi dua jenis yaitu Kabel UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair) dan Kabel STP (Shielded Twisted Pair).

• Kabel UTP

Kabel ini sering disebut kabel IBM tipe 3. Kabel ini umum digunakan untuk kabel telepon. Kabel ini sensitive terhadap interferensi. Untuk melindunginya dari interferensi, impedansi dan tahanan konsisten, kabel diputus atau dijalin enam kali per inci. Jenis kabel ini cukup murah, mudah dipasang, dan bias bekerja untuk jaringan yang kecil.

Kabel UTP mempunyai 8 kabel. Dalam penyusunannya mempunyai 2 fungsi, yang pertama digunakan untuk Straight (LaN Card ke Switch/HUB) dan Cross Link (PC ke PC, Switch ke Switch)

Pengkabelan memiliki 2 standard, yaitu : EIA/TIA 568A dan EIA/TIA 568B, Bila ingin menggunakan   straight maka kedua ujung RJ 45 menggunakan susunan EIA568B,  dan jika ingin menggunakan Cross link,  satu RJ 45 menggunakan EIA/TIA 568A dan ujung satunya menggunakan EIA568B.

Straight digunakan apabila hubungan kabel menggunakan Switch/HUB. Untuk aturan secara Internasional  adalah sbb

Sedangkan kabel Cross Link digunakan apabila Kabel UTP tidak menggunakan HUB. atau PC ke PC

Kabel UTP terbagi oleh beberapa tipe kategori

1.   Type CAT 1 UTP Analog

(untuk koneksi suara, biasanya digunakan di perangkat telephone pada umumnya dan pada jalur ISDN –integrated service digital networks. Juga untuk menghubungkan modem dengan line telepon)

2.   Type CAT 2 UTP Up to 1 Mbits

Untuk protocol localtalk (Apple) dengan kecepatan data hingga 4 Mbps, dan sering digunakan pada topologi token ring,

3.   Type CAT 3 UTP, STP 16 Mbits data transfer

Kabel kategori 3 adalah kabel standar yang digunakan dalam industri telekomunikasi. Selama beberapa tahun belakangan tipe kabel ini masih digunakan secara luas di seluruh industri telekomunikasi. Kabel tipe ini bisa membawa data dengan kecepatan lebih dari 10Mbps. Untuk kepentingan transfer data dalam sirkuit audio atau transfer data kecepatan rendah biasanya cukup digunakan tipe kabel CAT3.

Kategori kabel ini banyak diminati karena relatif murah dan tersedia dalam berbagai pilihan dari segi jumlah isi inti kabel dalam 1 unit kabel UTP. Ada beberapa pilihan kabel yang dapat dipilih sesuai kebutuhan. Ada yang berisi 2-pasang, 4-pasang, 6-pasang, 16-pasang, 25-pasang bahkan lebih. Konduktor dalam kabel ini terdiri dari beberapa kawat yang dililit berpasangan dengan isolator kabel yang dilengkapi dengan kode warna. Kode warna dari pasangan kabel yang ada pada CAT3 dimulai dengan “putih/biru” sebagai pasangan pertama dan dilanjutkan dengan urutan kode warna grafik sesuai jumlah pasangan kabel.

4.   Type CAT 4 UTP, STP 20 Mbits data transfer

Untuk protocol ethernet dengan kecepatan data hingga 10 Mbps , biasanya digunakan pada topologi token ring

5. Type CAT 5 100 Mbits data transfer / 22 dbType CAT 5enhanced UTP, STP 1 Gigabit Ethernet up to 100 meters – 4 copper pairs

Kabel kategori 5 dipilih menjadi standar kabel UTP semenjak pertama kali kabel UTP populer dan digunakan untuk aplikasi komunikasi jaringan/data. Kabel CAT5 biasanya terdiri dari empat pasang kabel. Kabel ini diperuntukkan bagi aplikasi data hingga 100MHz. Tapi, meski kabel data UTP umumnya dinamakan “kabel CAT5″, Jangan keliru antara CAT5 dengan CAT5E. Kabel CAT5 sangat identik dengan kabel CAT5E kecuali bahwa kabel CAT5E memiliki standar keseragaman dan kerapatan lilitan pasangan kabel yang lebih tinggi.

CAT5E
Kabel Kategori 5E adalah standar industri baru untuk instalasi kabel data UTP. Kabel ini biasanya juga terdiri dari empat pasang kabel. Rating bandwidth kabel CAT5E adalah 100Mbps, namun bandwith maksimalnya bisa mencapai 1000Mbps jika diinstall dengan standar kualitas yang ketat. Saat ini CAT5E adalah standar baru untuk semua konstruksi kabel UTP. Oleh karenanya saat ini kabel CAT5E sudah tersedia secara luas dengan kualitas yang lebih tinggi daripada CAT5 dengan harga dasar yang hampir sama seperti CAT5. Bahkan beberapa perusahaan sudah menghentikan penggunaan kabel CAT5 dalam instalasi jaringan mereka.

Untuk protocol fast ethernet dengan kecepatan data hingga 100 Mbps, kedua jenis CAT5 sering digunakan pada topologi token ring 16Mbps, Ethernet 10Mbps atau pada Fast Ethernet 100Mbps.

6.   Type CAT 6 Up to 155 MHz or 250 MHz 2,5 Gigabit Ethernet up to 100 meters or 10Gbit/s up to 25 meters . 20,2 db (Gigabit Ethernet)

Kabel ini identik dengan CAT5E namun telah memenuhi standar yang lebih ketat bukan hanya soal kerapatan lilitan tiap pasang kabel namun juga termasuk tingkat penyaluran data, isolator kabel dan pelindung tiap pasang kabel. Dengan lilitan semakin rapat, ditambah semakin baik isolator dan pemisahan tiap pasang kabel maka semakin rendah noise atau berkurangnya sinyal sehingga CAT6 mampu menyalurkan data dengan bandwidth tertinggi di kelasnya. Kabel CAT6 biasanya juga terdiri dari empat pasang kabel tembaga. Jika Anda melakukan instalasi jaringan 1000Mbps atau Gigabit LAN, tak ada pilihan lain, kabel UTP tipe inilah yang harus digunakan.

7.   Type CAT 7 Up to 200 MHz or 700 Mhz Giga-Ethernet / 20.8 db(Gigabit Ethernet)

Kabel kategori 6 adalah standar kabel UTP dengan sertifikasi resmi paling tinggi.

• Kabel STP

Jenis ini lebih besar di bandingkan dengan Jenis Unshielded Twisted Pair dan diselubungi lapisan pelindung isolasi untuk mencegah interferensi. Nama lain dari kabel ini adalah IBM type 1

C.    Kabel Fiber Optic

Kabel Fiber optic ini adalah jenis kabel yang mempunyai kecepatan transmisi data yang sangat tinggi (paling cepat dari semua jenis kabel yang ada sekarang). Hasil pengiriman datanya juga sangat reliable (dapat dipercaya). Kabel optic terbuat dari serat kaca dengan teknologi tinggi. Fiber optic digunakan pada jaringan backbone (tulang punggung) karena dibutuhkan kecepatan yang lebih dalam jaringan ini. Saat sekarang ini sudah banyak yang menggunakan fiber optic untuk jaringan biasa baik LAN, WAN maupun MAN karena dapat memberikan dampak yang lebih pada kecepatan dan bandwith karena fiber optic menggunakan bias Cahaya untuk mentransfer data yang melewatinya makanya udah pasti cepetnya. Tapi yang bikin nangis bomBay itu biayanya yang MuaaHaaalll karena butuh alat khusus dalam pembangunannya.

Untuk penyambungan kabel fiber optik dibutuhkan alat khusus yang bernama FUSION SPLICER alat ini yang digunakan untuk menyambung dua ujung fiber optic dengan menggunakan panas alat ini butuh ketelitian yang sangat tinggi, alat ini dilengkapi dengan alat pengukur karena setiap ingin menyambung dua sisi FO harus diukur terlebih dahulu dan ukurannya harus sama antara ujung A dan ujung B dan kedua ujung FO harus benar2 bersih (biasanya digunakan alcohol 95% dan tisu untuk membersihkan ujung FO yang sudah dikupas) karena apabila ada kotoran sedikit saja maka FUSION SPLICER tidak akan bisa digunakan alias menolak untuk

2.   Non Kabel (Media Komunikasi Non Kabel akan di posting nanti , )

These are the top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen from Wall Street research calls early this Monday:

Cadence Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: CADX) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer.
Coach Inc. (NYSE: COH) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) Started as Buy with $19 target at Goldman Sachs.
Harvest Energy (NYSE: HTE) Cut to Neutral at UBS.
Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) Started as Hold, $66 target, at Auriga.
Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NYSE: STP) Raised to Neutral (from Underweight) at HSBC.
United Rentals (NYSE: URI) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ: VRSK) Started as In-Line at Fox-Pitt; Started as Market Perform at KBW.

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JON C. OGG

1. Kenapa STP perlu dimonitor? (emank kenapa?)

2. Factor penting pada stl:

• keandalan system
• pemeliharaan system
• efisiensi penggunaan bahan bakar pembangkit tenaga lstrik
• permintaan pada event khusus
• pertukaran tenaga listrik antar perusahaan

3. Fungsi super visi dan control pada pada stl (menurut torsten cegral)

• Data acuition
• Monitoring dan even processing
• Control function
• Time tagged data
• Disturbance data colletion and analysis
• Report and calculation

4. Tugas utama system scada

• Pengambilan data dari rtu
• Memonitor data yang terkumpul dari lapangan mel. RTU
• Melaksanakan computasi aritmatik/logical terhadap data yang terkumpul dan dimasukan oleh operator
• Menampilkan data pada VDU(mnitor)dan mimic diagram dan mencetakdata printer pada printer/plotter
• Mengeksekusi perintah dan komando terhadp jaringan listrik yang dikendalikan
• Memonitor dan mengendalikan dirinya sendiri

5. komponen utama HLU SCADA? (emang apaan?)

6. sebutkan 3 komponen yang tergolong dalam subsistem

• front –end sub system (fes)
• communication network
• remote terminal unit

7. komponen-komponen  pada RTU (gambarkan konfigurasinya)

8. fungsi front-end system

• menangani komunikasi dengan RTU
• memonitor dan mengendalikan jaringankomunikasi RTU
• mengurangi beban kerja monitor utama

9. persyaratan yang diminta pengguna RTU

RTU harus diberi fasilitas untuk mencatat perubahan status yang terjadi  pada alat2 penting tertentu secara berurutan

Economic Times (25/05/09) has a very interesting and enlightening article on Indian youth. Written by Mr Rajesh Shukla, the article throws light into some important data regarding the Indian youth market.

Read the article here : Harnessing Indian Youth Power

Some of the important statistics are reproduced below :

The total youth population (13-34) is 390 million which is 38% of the total population and is expected to rise to 440 million by 2020.

70% of the youth reside in over 600,000 villages.
72% of youth are literate.
41% of these literate youth fall in the age group (13-19 years) , 23% fall in 20-24 and 36% are in 25-34 years.

59% of literate youth are male. 7% are graduates and 12% have passed higher secondary.

The article also presents a clear view about the definition of youth. According to Rajesh Shukla , youth refers to a category rather than a group. The difference between category and group is that category has diverse or heterogeneous elements unlike groups which are similar in its composition. Youth relates to an age group that is transiting between childhood and adulthod and may comprise of a conglomeration of sub-groups with differing social roles, expectations and aspirations.

UN defines youth as those in the age group of 15-24 years. UNICEF defines youth in the age bracket of 15-30 years. Indian National Youth Policy considers all individuals in the agegroup of 13-35 years as youth population. NYP divides the youth population into two groups – 13-19 years as adolescent and 20-35 as Youth.

As far as marketers are concerned, the sheer size of this market is a huge opportunity. But no one so far has been able to rightly understand the Indian Youth’s psyche.

As the article points out, the youth market cannot be considered as a group because it is not homogeneous. So does it mean that marketers cannot segment this market on the bases of age alone ? . Segmentation is based on the assumption that the members display homogeneity . So if the members of a specific age group display heterogeneous characteristics, it no longer becomes a segment.
The implication is that marketers should find out variables other than age to segment the Indian youth market.So when age becomes irrelevant, does it mean that the so called Youth Market is a myth just like the much hyped Indian MiddleClass ?
Most of the marketers tend to use Lifestyle as a variable to define segments with in the Youth market. How ever lifestyle segmentation is tricky and highly subjective in nature.

This probably explain the reason why Indian marketers are still finding it difficult to find a formula to tap this huge lucrative market.

What do you think ?

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1. Apart from knowing “what’s real (and) what’s for sale” you should also realize what doesn’t make sense and calling petroleum jelly “vasoline” sounds really stupid, not clever.

2. Don’t do drugs, or else you’ll end up doing stupid things like blowing “a kiss and (try) to take it home.”

3. Again, doing too much drugs and alcohol will cause you to go “blind and out of reach.”

4. Ingesting huge amounts of “vasoline” will likely cause irreversible brain damage. The immediate effects are slurred speech and violent behavior.

5. If getting stuck in “vasoline” sometimes “blows (your) mind” you deserve to “keep getting stuck…all the (fucking) time.”

6. It’s not a stretch to imagine being able to “see the look,” but to “see the lies” is another matter. Should you be able to “see the lies,” the best response would be to “eat the lies” despite how ridiculous it all sounds. (edg)

The buzz for Stone Temple Pilots at Prospera Place in Kelowna, BC, was palpable from 6 blocks away. As I drove in from the main highway, down the waterfront street, and into the venue parking lot, I could see many groups of people hurrying from parked cars towards the arena. As I too walked from my car to the venue, the buzz grew and I could overhear small pockets of excited conversations all around me.

Inside the venue, people scurried to find their seats. The choice spots at the front of the rail had already been scooped up by eager fans standing in line hours before show time. Even with those spots gone, the General Admission floor was filled nearly to capacity by fans anxious to be as close to the band as humanly possible. A group of girls at the front were wearing white t-shirts all with the same hand-lettered message for singer Scott Weiland. Others wore glow in the dark bracelets or necklaces, and many clutched plastic cups of adult beverages, which they readily raised high in exuberant toasts to the band about to hit the stage.

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