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Are there any tools available that can make better presentations ? I am looking for
- Cleaner and richer animation effects
- Better look and feel to the presentation slides
- Ease of use
Are there any tools available that can make better presentations ? I am looking for
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I wouldn't spend too much time on the bells and whistles. What makes a presentation great is great content as well as great visuals (not visual effects).
For example, if you look at Steve Jobs' presentations, which are one of the most viewed presentations out there, he doesn't use any fancy effects.
Some keys are:
The worst presentations I've seen are the ones that focused too much on flash and not enough on substance.
If you've got a Mac, try Apple's Keynote. It's the only real competitor, as OpenOffice.org is just...not there yet.
This question sounds to me like "how do I make a slick presentation", to which my answer is based on giving plenty of talks and presentations, and teaching speech techniques for several years...
Put PowerPoint down, and don't pick any of its competitors up. Give your talk with a minimum of visual aids.
You will make a much more effective presentation if you can effectively communicate your meaning without resorting to bullet points on slides. The strange desire for animations in presentations makes you think your presentation is effective, but in fact draws your audience's attention away from your words.
If I do need to have visual aids (like diagrams, but not like cartoons, boring definitions, or long quotations), I generally employ the S5 slideshow system, which allows me to write my presentations as a single webpage and run them on virtually any computer that has a web browser.
i'd definitely suggest using LaTeX Beamer -- see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beamer_(LaTeX)
If you've worked with LaTeX before, i cannot think of a better or more convenient tool for this kind of task. If you haven't used LaTeX before, there's a steep learning curve but it's worth it.
You won't find any "special effects", and the slides are usually rendered into a PDF file when compiling the presentation. But like other users have pointed out, a brilliant presentation should be focused on delivering valuable contents.
I could add another example to the one given by Adam. Take a look at Tom Peters' presentations, one of the most famous lecturers in the management field. They are (or at least used to be) based on a single font, with just a plain color as background.
On the other hand, please don't get me wrong, but i think that this isn't a question that belongs to Server Fault. Like Evgeny said, you could probably get more relevant answers through Superuser.com or similar web sites.
Best regards, Marcelo
Keynote for Mac is the only other big player.
Most often the downfall of PowerPoint is the design. PowerPoint will actually do some amazing things and can offer an amazing presentation, but "which wipe do I use for this slide" doesn't make a presentation great, it's about the whole design of it. Make sure you look through the Office Online Templates for really nice templates other people have submitted.
If you already have great design and you need to go further, then you're looking at video editing. :)
What about pen and paper?
Sliderocket is great.
It works well and is an online service. Especially good if you want to use different computers to build the presentation.
Get OneNote and do the slides live while presenting - draw stick figures and simple diagrams illustrating/enforcing the concepts you're talking about, while you're talking about them. Then do live demos if possible/suitable.
Or perhaps, use a whiteboard instead? If drawing skills aren't up to stuff, try the whiteboard approach a few times and record or document the resulting content - and touch it up Powerpoint or whatever - without adding anything else besides what you wrote or drew on the whiteboard?
All things aside, I must agree with the question in that Powerpoint and most modern presentation software really sucks on one thing: smoothness.
I've seen some great custom digital signage stuff using accelerated graphics to do very simple effects like a slide or a cross fade, or play back a video without any stuttering or slide change delays - and they look awesome. Powerpoint and most "modern" software doesn't seem to even be focusing on this aspect anymore!
Digital signage in big stores these days lag, stutter and flicker and no one even seems to care or see this anymore! Argh! I want my quarter-pixel scrolling from the Amiga Info Channel days back! ;)
So there you have it, get Scala or Info Channel and an original Amiga... but then you're limited to completely different resolutions and screen technologies ^^
This is a very good tool, but more importantly it's really all about content. It's just nice to get away from ppt.


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AN AREA of Friarn Street in Bridgwater has been cordoned off by police following a serious assault which has left a man in a critical condition in hospital.
A police spokesman said this morning: "At around 11.30pm yesterday a man was assaulted in Friarn Lawn.
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Gazette.com Broncos Live Report — Broncos 52, Eagles 20 — Sports Authority Field — FINAL
—The Broncos set a franchise record, clearing 50 points in a game for the first time.
—Peyton Manning set new records, too. That's a weekly thing.
—The Chiefs, we're told, are for real. The Chiefs slipped past these low-flying Eagles. What does that make these Broncos?
—The Broncos scored two touchdowns on special teams, an area of concern during the preseason. It's not an area of concern anymore, at least for now.
—The Eagles fans in attendance, at least in Sections 314-318, have been mighty friendly to their Broncos neighbors. One Philly fanatic even brought a beer back for his Bronco buddy.
—The Broncos have scored 49, 41, 37 and 52 points. The 2007 Patriots, my measuring stick for the ultimate offense, opened their season by scoring 38, 38, 38 and 34 points.
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Gazette.com Broncos Live Report — Broncos 49, Eagles 13 — Sports Authority Field — 13:54 left in third quarter
—Real question: How does anyone beat these Broncos? It definitely, surely, probably happens. But how? Read tomorrow's Gazette for the answer. If I can find one.
—Today's attendance: 76,368. Big, jazzed crowd.
—Pac-12 coaches aren't crying for Chip Kelly.
—Maybe Chip Kelly should have played this game in a parking lot.
—Not to NFL owners and GMs: Unless it's Pete Carroll with a bang-up personnel department, the college-to-pros jump doesn't work.
—Peyton Manning just set an NFL record with his 24th four-touchdown game.
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Gazette.com Broncos Live Report — Broncos 35, Eagles 13 — Sports Authority Field — 5:10 left in third quarter
—Manning's halftime stats: 13-for-18 for 169 yards and a touchdown.
—Vick's halftime stats: 10-for-16 for 170 yards. He also ran for 39 yards.
—This Eagles defense is wearing down, as we wrote in today's Gazette.
—Another sign that Broncos fans take this team for granted: Peyton Manning and the offense goes 80 yards for a touchdown to open the second half. Klee and Ramsey wondered if the crowd at Mile High even noticed. Quiet reaction.
—Von Miller isn't playing. Did notice that.
—Cheerleaders are cheerleading. Did notice that.
—Randall Cunningham jersey in Section 316. Definitely noticed that.
—How's your fantasy team today?
—Tom Nalen's halftime speech ended in, "Such as."
—Welker (shown above, courtesy Mr. Reis) has scored in all four games as a Bronco.
—The videoboard just showed Cowboys-Chargers highlights, with Dallas leading, 21-20. Cheers went up around the stadium.
—If Twitter says the Chiefs are "for real"…. what are the Broncos?
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Gazette.com Broncos Live Report — Broncos 21, Eagles 13 — Sports Authority Field — Halftime
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—The big, bad Philly media is… cheering? Now it's just odd. David Ramsey says: "It's like being in the Navy press box."
—Ryan Bonner, who is sitting in Section 354, just changed his Chicago flight to tomorrow. He's enjoying himself.
—There's never been another Michael Vick. And no, RGIII is no Michael Vick.
—The late Sgt. Liam Nevins, who was killed in action last week in Afghanistan, was just honored on the video board. Bless you, sir. And your family.
—Chip Kelly knows about the thin air at altitude, right? Strange the Eagles didn't attempt a 54-yard field goal before half.
—At least today, the Broncos admitted their mistake on Sylvester Williams. (Repeated: At least for today.) Is it time to do the same for running Ronnie Hillman over and over?
—So. This is about what we expected, right?
—Swift, mobile quarterback. Southpaw quarterback. Green-ish/blue-ish uniform. Running wild at Mile High. What does this remind you of?
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Gazette.com Broncos Live Report — Broncos 14, Eagles 6 — Sports Authority Field — 11:53 left in the second quarter
—Poor Trindon. Now the Eagles won't kick to him.
—AFC West turning NFC East into turtle soup today. (Will ESPN take note?) Chiefs thumped Giants. Chargers beating Cowboys. Raiders up two touchdowns on Redskins. And here.
—Strange to hear rooting in the press box. Is that the feared Philadelphia media?
—This was a shocking stat: Seahawks are 4-0. For the first time. Ever.
—From this viewpoint, it sure looked like the Broncos made the right challenge. Thought the ball hit the ground.
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Gazette.com Broncos Live Report — Broncos 7, Eagles 3 — Sports Authority Field — 2:00 left in the first quarter
—With three kickoff returns for touchdowns, Trindon Holliday now has the franchise record. That includes the playoffs. He also hasn't lost a regular-season game the past two seasons. He has three punt returns for touchdowns.
—Michael Vick still got it. His legs, at least.
—Vick running wild, a southpaw, wearing a shade of green/blue, reminds of Mark Brunell. Sorry. It does.
—This game is being played in hyper-speed. No wonder Trindon Holliday scored already.
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Gazette.com Broncos Live Report — Broncos 7, Eagles 0 — Sports Authority Field — 7:43 left in the first quarter
—On their first possession, that three-and-out by the Eagles was only their second of this season.
—Wes Welker with three catches, including a touchdown, on the first drive for the Broncos. Does it seem like he's always open?
—Broncos might score 50 today. That was the prediction.
—Photos above courtesy Mark Reis and Mike Ciaglo.
—Going back to that inactive-list question: It's never good when a first-round pick is a healthy scratch. Sylvester Williams has left much to be desired. So does the 2013 draft class for the Broncos, minus Kayvon Webster. Bad draft.
—In his prime, Michael Vick was my other Allen Iverson.
—If a stadium can be extra full, this stadium is extra full.
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Gazette.com Broncos Live Report — Eagles (1-2) vs. Broncos (3-0) — Sports Authority Field at Mile High — 20 minutes until kickoff (2:25 p.m.)
—Peyton Manning (above, courtesy Gazette photographer Mark Reis) has finished his pregame warmups and returned to the locker room. It's a brief warmup. PFM wakes up warmed up.
—The parachutists have landed. Never gets old.
—The Eagles have landed (on the east sideline). Lots of boos.
—Ryan Bonner is sitting in Section 235. Found a ticket on Craigslist. Got a good deal, too. Looking for Broncos tickets? Wait 'til the last minute, if you can.
—The Fox has landed. John, the coach, is putting on his headset.
—Eli Manning's Giants are about to fall to 0-4.
—The AFC West's Chiefs are about to be 4-0. I'm not a buyer. Think they punt too often. But I understand why you would be.
—That said, if the Chiefs are, in fact, for real, as everyone else says, they should be 9-0 or 8-1 heading into their first game vs. the Broncos. Snazzy schedule in the first half of the season.
—Klee's prediction: Broncos 50, Eagles 26.
—The national anthem is coming up.
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Gazette.com Broncos Live Report — Eagles (1-2) vs. Broncos (3-0) — Sports Authority Field at Mile High — 45 minutes until kickoff (2:25 p.m.)
—Broncos inactives today (and guess which one shouldn't be there): Zac Dysert, C.J. Anderson, Champ Bailey, Paris Lenon, Chris Kuper, Winston Justice, Sylvester Williams.
—Broncos great Tom Nalen will be honored as the 24th member of the Ring of Fame today. Here's the weird part about Tom's induction.
—Matt Barkley is inactive for the Eagles. Maybe he can talk Jack Del Rio out of the USC job.
—Even more fans on the sideline than usual right now. The north endzone is three-deep with Manning jerseys.
—The Broncos are stretching. Eric Decker is skiing in place. Chris Harris is dancing. Peyton Manning is swinging his legs to prevent a hip injury.
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Gazette.com Broncos Live Report — Eagles (1-2) vs. Broncos (3-0) — Sports Authority Field at Mile High — 90 minutes until kickoff (2:25 p.m.)
—It figures that after we raved about Jack Del Rio's handiwork with this Broncos defense… something would threaten to pull Jack Del Rio away from this Broncos defense. Bye, bye, Lane Kiffin. Hello, Jack Del Rio? The USC job must be appealing to the former Trojan. If he leaves the Broncos, that leaves a big hole for the Broncos.
—Another undefeated team, the Bears, is trailing big today. The Lions are up, 30-16.
—Looks like the quarterback change in Tamp Bay is working out so far. The Bucs lead the Cardinals, 10-0.
—Kevin Vickerson and Ronnie Hillman are now on the field for the Broncos. No sign of the Big Three for the Eagles — Shady McCoy, Michael Vick or DeSean Jackson.
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Temporal range: 80–0Ma citation needed]Cretaceous - Recent
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Subfamily Magnolioideae
Subfamily Liriodendroidae
The Magnoliaceae /mæɡˌnoʊliˈeɪsiː/, or Magnolia Family, is a flowering plant family in the order Magnoliales. It consists of two subfamilies:
- Magnolioideae, of which Magnolia is the most well-known genus.
- Liriodendroidae, a monogeneric subfamily, of which Liriodendron (Tulip trees) is the only genus.
Unlike most angiosperms, whose flower parts are in whorls (rings), the Magnoliaceae have their stamens and pistils in spirals on a conical receptacle.[2] This arrangement is found in some fossil plants and is believed to be a basal or early condition for angiosperms. The flowers also have parts not distinctly differentiated into sepals and petals, while angiosperms that evolved later tend to have distinctly differentiated sepals and petals. The poorly differentiated perianth parts that occupy both positions are known as tepals.
The family has approximately 219 species in 7 genera, although some classification systems include all of subfamily Magnoioideae in genus Magnolia. The family ranges across subtropical eastern North America, Mexico and Central America, the West Indies, tropical South America, southern and eastern India, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Malesia, China, Japan, and Korea.
Lirianthe, Liriodendron, Magnolia, Michelia, Yulania
The monophyly of Magnoliaceae is supported by a number of shared morphological characters among the various genera included in the family. Most have flowers that are bisexual (with the exception of Kmeria and some species of Magnolia section Gynopodium), showy, fragrant, radial, and with an elongate receptacle. Leaves are alternate, simple, and sometimes lobed. The inflorescence is a solitary, showy flower with indistinguishable petals and sepals. Sepals range from six to many; stamens are numerous and feature short filaments which are poorly differentiated from the anthers. Carpels are usually numerous, distinct, and on an elongate receptacle or torus.[2] The fruit is an etario of follicles which usually become closely appressed as they mature and open along the abaxial surface. Seeds have a fleshy coat and color that ranges from red to orange (except Liriodendron). Magnoliaceae flowers are beetle pollinated, except for Liriodendron, which is bee pollinated. The carpels of Magnolia flowers are especially thick to avoid damage by beetles that land, crawl, and feast on them. The seeds of Magnolioideae are bird dispersed while the seeds of Liriodendron are wind dispersed.
Due to its great age, the geographical distribution of Magnoliaceae has become disjunct or fragmented as a result of major geologic events such as ice ages, continental drift, and mountain formation. This distribution pattern has isolated some species while keeping others in close contact. Extant species of Magnoliaceae are widely distributed in temperate and tropical Asia from the Himalayas to Japan and southwest through Malaysia and New Guinea. Asia is home to approximately two thirds of the species in Magnoliaceae, with the remainder of the family spread across the Americas with temperate species extending into southern Canada and tropical elements extending into Brazil and the West Indies.
Due to this great deal of family wide morphological similarity, no consensus has yet emerged on the number of genera in the family. The development of DNA sequencing at the end of the twentieth century had a profound impact on the research of phylogenetic relationships within the family. The employment of ndhF and cpDNA sequences has refuted many of the traditionally accepted phylogenetic relationships within Magnoliaceae. For example, it has shown the genera Magnolia and Michelia to be paraphyletic when the remaining four genera of Magnolioideae are split out. In fact, even many of the subgenera (Magnolia subg. Magnolia, Magnolia subg. Talauma) have been found to be paraphyletic. Although no completely resolved phylogeny for the family has yet been determined, these technological advances have allowed systematists to broadly circumscribe major lineages.[3]
Economic Significance[edit]
As a whole, Magnoliaceae is not an economically significant family. With the exception of a great deal of ornamental cultivation, the economic significance of Magnolias is generally confined to the use of wood from certain timber species and the use of bark and flowers from several species believed to possess medicinal qualities. Magnolias have a rich cultural tradition in China where references to their healing qualities go back thousands of years. The Chinese have long used the bark of Magnolia officinalis, a magnolia native to the mountains of China with large leaves and fragrant white flowers, as a remedy for cramps, abdominal pain, nausea, diarrhea, and indigestion. Certain magnolia flowers, such as the buds of Magnolia liliiflora, have been used to treat chronic respiratory infections, sinus infections, and lung congestion. Recently, magnolia bark has become incorporated into alternative medicine in the west where tablets made from the bark of M. officinalis have been marketed as an aid for anxiety, allergies, asthma, and weight-loss. Preliminary studies have suggested that compounds found in magnolia bark might have antibacterial and antifungal properties. To this day, however, there has never been a large scale study on the health effects of magnolia bark or flowers.
- ^ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III" (PDF). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
- ^ a b Zomlefer, Wndy B. (1994). Guide to Flowering Plant Families. The University of North Carolina Press. p. 430. ISBN 978-0-8078-4470-0.
- ^ Azuma, H., García-Franco, J. G., Rico-Gray, V., and Thien, L. B. (2001). "Molecular phylogeny of the Magnoliaceae: the biogeography of tropical and temperate disjunctions". American Journal of Botany (Botanical Society of America) 88 (12): 2275–2285. doi:10.2307/3558389. JSTOR 3558389. PMID 21669660.
- Hunt, D. (ed). 1998. Magnolias and their allies. International Dendrology Society & Magnolia Society. ISBN 0-9517234-8-0
Further reading[edit]
- Cicuzza, D., Newton, A. and Oldfield, S. 2007. The Red List of Magnoliaceae Flora & Fauna International (FFI) and Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) report. ISBN 978-1-903703-23-6


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LAST GAME: Valpo lost to Loyola 80-62 on Saturday in Chicago. Wisconsin-Milwaukee defeated Southwest Missouri 86-77 on Saturday to win the Pizza Hut Classic Championship in Springfield, Missouri.
NEXT UP: Valpo hosts Samford on Saturday at 7:05 p.m.
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Wisconsin-Milwaukee has been on a roll lately, winning four straight games. The Panthers captured the Pizza Hut Classic in Springfield, Mo. over the weekend, defeating host Southwest Missouri 86-77 on Saturday for the championship. Clay Tucker, one of eight seniors on the roster, led UWM with 25 points. A 6'3" forward, Tucker leads the Panthers with 17.4 ppg.
GRAFS 2ND IN MID-CON IN BLOCKED SHOTS: Raitis Grafs stands 2nd in the Mid-Con in blocked shots (1.6 pg.), 3rd in field goal percentage (.574), 4th in rebounding (7.6) and 6th in scoring (18.2 ppg.). Kikas Gomes is 4th in field goal percentage (.553) and 5th in free throw percentage (.812), Greg Tonagel ranks 4th in assist/turnover ratio (1.6), and Stalin Ortiz and Ali Berdiel are tied for 4th in steals (2.2 pg.).
HOME COOKIN' AWAITS: Following Wednesday's game, Valpo will begin a three-game homestand Saturday against Samford at 7:05 p.m.
CLEANING THE GLASS: Valpo has outrebounded four of its first five opponents (tied Loyola with 38) and holds a 38.2 to 33.0 advantage on the glass.
GRAFS, GOMES SHINE: Through the first five games, Valpo's frontcourt has been a bright spot. Raitis Grafs and Kikas Gomes have combined to average 30.4 ppg. and 13.8 rpg. A 6'11" senior, Grafs (18.2 ppg.) has scored in double-figures in all five games and has recorded a .574 field goal percentage. He scored a season-high 25 points in a win over Indiana State. Gomes (12.2 ppg., 6.2 rpg.) recorded a double-double (14 points, 14 rebounds) against Syracuse. A 6'9" junior, Gomes tallied a career-high 16 points against Northern Illinois.
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I grew up spending summers tenting along the banks of the Boardman, canoeing and trout fishing on the land my father bought more than 50 years ago. He built a small family cabin. It's not fancy or large, but this is my second home. It's been placed at risk by those who thought to "save a buck" by eliminating the river-regulating dams.
As I'm sure you have already done the calculations, would the county Treasurer, Ms. Heidi Scheppe or the Commission Chairman, Mr. Larry Inman, be our public servants and publish the decrease in property values of those along the Boardman and the dam ponds and also the decrease in property tax revenues?
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The CME Group on November 2: "CME completed its on-site review last week. [Reportedly Monday.] At that time, the results of our review indicated that MF Global was in compliance with its segregation requirements. It now appears that the firm made subsequent transfers of customer segregated funds in a manner that may have been designed to avoid detection insofar as MF Global did not disclose or report such transfers to the CFTC or CME until early morning on Monday, October 31, 2011."
Jon Corzine, who admitted to being the architect of MF Global's fateful proprietary trading strategy, neglected to manage some fundamental risks when making the speculative bets on European bonds for the "house" account, according to an industry veteran who prefers to remain anonymous given ongoing business ties to some of the firms affected. The first risk Corzine ignored is liquidity risk – you have to stay flush long enough to see the trade to profitable maturity. It doesn't matter if Corzine made a good trade, just whether he can live to see it make a profit.
The second risk he ignored is over-concentration.
From the bankruptcy filing: MFGI held a long position of $6.3 billion in a short-duration European sovereign portfolio financed to maturity, including Belgium, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Ireland. MF Holdings made such announcement on October 25, 2011. These countries have some of the most troubled economies that use the euro. Concerns over euro-zone sovereign debt have caused global market fluctuations in the past months and, in particular, in the past week. These concerns ultimately led last week to downgrades by various ratings agencies of MF Global's ratings to "junk" status. This sparked an increase in margin calls against MFGI, threatening overall liquidity.
According to the CFTC, MF Global held $7.3 billion of customer segregated assets as of Aug. 31. Segregated accounts are supposed to protect customers in the event the broker files for bankruptcy protection.
During the days leading up to the bankruptcy filing on October 31, several things happened that may have led to a desperation move. Matthew Goldstein at Reuters reported that MF Global started issuing paper checks back on October 21 rather than wiring funds when non strategically important customer requested account transfers. Those checks have bounced. MF Global executives were driven to use customer assets to provide liquidity and stave off cash demands from the counterparties to the repurchase agreements backed by the European sovereign portfolio and from large clients seeking to close accounts.
You are of course describing a monumental crime. Conversion of trust assets by a fiduciary and particularly conspiracy to liquidate those assets by the other party describe so many felonies I cant even count.
I think they might try the "Rogue Computer programmer" defense. An unknown third world programmer made a programming mistake that diverted all the customers segregated money to the firms margin account in the Cayman islands without anyone knowing it , and it was all claimed and distributed by unknown and unknowable parties before anyone caught the computer error.
Or of course that the Fairies came and took the pot of gold
more truth needs to come out as to the nature of repo transactions that were on the books of mf global with subsidiary companies such as MF Global UK and MF Australia.CFTC Mr B Chilton believes so
Again it is perfectly legitimate under CFTC rules to repo internally client segregated funds and assets
it is possible that such repos were used to mask the true notional value and exposure of sovereign debt investments on prop and client segregated funds at Mf around reporting dates, perhaps to move positions away from regulatory eye,or to avoid true marked to market value or enquiry about original purchase price etc because the repo reset can adjust the purchase price and roll the loses to forward dates
Getting to the bottom of these truths can then go some way to establishing the size they were playing with
The issues of what and how big the positions at MF global were go to the heart of very uncomfortable questions for the regulators and the crony capitalism that exists on each side of the pond(i am a uk trader),and the leverage that still exists and is accepted and encouraged in the financial system,and as such are very likely to be swept under the carpet by all concerned and at risk of losing their lucrative jobs or franchises.
Whether they were investments on behalf perfectly legitimately but not morally or sensibly, of client segregated funds,or as prop needs screaming about and not enough people,journalists and regulators are asking that simple question.All the regulators know.They admit to have been discussing it since july but as usual lobbying won the day
The positions were huge,and i think the admitted or discovered 6.3 billion is the tip of the iceberg,and have been built over a fair time.We know at a sep filing and return they had 11.1 billion of european sovereign debt(it was mostly italy) and some government shorts, possibly 4.9 billion. You need serious notional exposure to burn everything you have on 2 year securities even ones as volatile as italy,spain and portugal .Burning all that equity and revolving or overdraft credit,and debt,(in total that lot is roughly 3,6 billion) and then half a billion or so give or take of client segregated funds is a serious hit by any punter oh sorry i mean trader,but then you don't become another Goldman Sachs by taking small bets oh i mean trades.
"Investment" of segregated funds and "permitted asset classes" is a shadowy grey world providing huge sources of trades and income streams and profits to many many Wall St and City of London firms.If it was not "regulatory cash management services" at firms like J P Morgan (the providers of some of MF Global banking services) would not be such a big business
Clients are in the dark about the true nature of the risk their segregated funds are being put under and as more and more OTC markets go "centrally cleared" this shadow banking world just gets bigger and bigger
Please scream and expose and use Mf Global as a poster boy
Then my losses will not be totally in vain
The repo law naked talks about should never have been allowed for the simple reason that it legitimizes a transaction that could be used to track fraud, thereby robbing internal and external tracking mechanisms from one of their most effective tools. It is gobsmacking that heads of regulatory organizations would even consider it.
These folks are either too naive to hold a fiduciary position, or they have successfully punted on all questions of career morality. I'm going with the idea they are punters.
Let's begin by suggesting these guys all look for another job as well. They are obviously not up to the task of this one.
Thanks for your article. I had two separate theories about the missing money. (1) A few articles in the media have indicated that it was legal for MF to purchase repo's with customer money. Is it possible that an internal repo (or hold-in-custody repo) was created between parts of MF, but as things got ugly at the end the repo assets were pledged as collateral? It would seem easier to for the company to delete/destroy documents on internal repo's than to transfer customer assets. (2) If the money was managed legally is it possible that the money was being managed similar to a money market fund. As customer money was drawn out of the company the remaining customers were left with the long dated Euro Bonds which had lost value. In this case, I would think that the CME owns the failure to properly audit customer positions and values.
Thank you freelance financial writer Francine for explaining how things work in the big city. Us country boys on the "supply side" of the wealth of the Earth —other than big oil, as wheat, pork bellies, timber, fish, copper, gold, and especially silver found on my silver mining claims— really do not have the time and energy after being beat-up by NYC school yard bullies to really comprehend what has happened to MF Global customer assets — when all they seemed to be were worthless pieces of paper.
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MT. VERNON, Ill. — This time it wasn't just the tree that came tumbling down when a crane was brought in to remove a 100-foot Ash that hovered over a house.
No one was hurt when the front end of a 56,000-ton vehicle was lifted off the ground and stood nearly upright, coming to rest against the garage, which sustained some damage.
Randy and Yvette Marlow were having tree work done on their property and were outside when the crane flipped. "They started to cut the tree and then lift it up," Randy Marlow said. "Then the truck started to bobble and in slow motion it went backwards."
Power lines were also pulled down by the crane but electricity had been turned off to the residential area prior to starting work.
He said his home's roof did buckle and part of the tree did break through it but it seemed to be holding up against the weight of the tree and crane. No damage estimates to the home were immediately available.
The crane operator was able to escape the cab before it came to a rest nearly two-stories in the air.
Tree service owner Denny Davis said he was thankful no one was hurt, including his son who was working on the Marlow's roof when the tree and crane came down.
"I've never seen anything like this in 30 years," he said
Additional cranes were being brought to the site to remove the one that had flipped.
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Ask a curator day
Wednesday 1 September 2010 was international Ask a curator day on twitter. On this unique worldwide question and answer session everyone could ask questions to museum and gallery curators.
Below a selection of questions from followers of www.twitter.com/vangoghmuseum. The questions were answered by researcher Nienke Bakker and curator of paintings Leo Jansen.
Thank you all for participating!
Is anything known about the family portrayed in The Potato Eaters?
Do you have the first names of the De Groots? Love to see if I can trace a connection to my grandmother, who was a De Groot
Questions by mcmvanbree
They're believed to be the De Groot family (at least some of them). VG painted them in their home.
Antonie ('Toon') de Groot (1829-1909) and Gordina ('Sien') de Groot (1855-1927) are mentioned by Van Gogh. For information about the family, see http://vangoghletters.org/vg/letters/let574/letter.html#n-15
Did Van Gogh use any underpainting technique in his paintings?
Question by JellyYarns
Van Gogh did use underdrawing techniques, though not always
How would you categorize Vincent's personality if we met him in the modern world?
Question by john_a_karr
Difficult but fascinating!
Do you have a specific item in your collection that you're most proud of?
Question asked by MarDixon
Researcher Nienke Bakker's personal favorites: Van Gogh's painting The Harvest, and posters by Toulouse-Lautrec.
What was Vincent van Gogh's favourite breakfast?
Question by GustonArt
Lots of coffee and a piece of bread: 'I apart from that I had only bread and coffee' he wrote on 08.10.1888
Are there also exhibions curated by externals?
Question by JPBrunotte
There are often curators from outside the VGM, i.e. Picasso specialist Marilyn McCully for our Picasso show in 2011.
Will you exhibit The Van Gogh Letters Project that won the EU/Europa Nostra Awards again? Will it tour?
Question by europanostra
Due to fragility the letters can't be exhibited for a while. But shows at VGM & Royal Academy were a success!
How much have the colors of Van Gogh's work been muted through time?
Question by PeterJochems
Colours have changed considerably, especially some of the red pigments Van Gogh was using
How does the museum keep exhibitions fresh + exciting when showing the work of a single artist?
Question by emilyjmeyer
A lot of research leads to new findings and consequently new ideas. Still a lot to dicsover about VG!
What is your biggest painting measuring?
Question by MuseumSheffield
That would be a painting by Lhermitte, Haymaking, measuring 251 x 302 cm http://bit.ly/aPPIFp.
Why do people whisper in museums, why's there no sound, music.. vincent had fun as well.. does humour belong in à museum?
Question by hvdk
Museums are places for contemplation, so people tend to be quiet. We do have music and other activities on Friday nights
Do communication and pressoffice take part in planning exhibitions?
Question by jbrunotte
Communication and pressoffice just communicate the exhibitions. Exhibitions dept, directors &c plan the exhibits
Which importance has Social Media for Your museum?
Question by jbrunotte
That's very important because of the low treshold, direct responses & enthousiastic community both on twitter & FB
Has it already a relevance concerning the planning of exhibitions?
Question by jbrunotte
The planning of exhibitions is not web 2.0 yet ;-)
In the VanGoghhuis, Zundert is an interesting exhibit, showing works of Anna and Eugene Boch. Something for your museum?
Question by PeterJochems
Anna & Eugène Boch: interesting, perhaps as part of a larger exhibition about Van Gogh's friends
How many paintings do you have, and how often do you circulate them? Assume you can't display them all.
Question by AKsArtCorner
201 paintings by Van Gogh and around 450 by other artists including Museum Mesdag in The Hague. We're often lending works to other museums, which implies changes in the hanging of permanent collection
How is it to curate for a museum thats focused on one artist? (how is it different)
Question by Aodt
It is not so different, because we do not focus on just Van Gogh. Our collection also contains a lot of works by and we make exhibitions on Van Gogh and 19th century art.
What is the most difficult challenge for a curator? How do new technologies influence the curatorship task?
Question by Museodata
The challenge: taking the best possible care of the art works and allowing as many people as possible to see them.
New technologies can help us to learn more about the art works and facilitate the research. See for example http://bit.ly/d37iJC
Is kneeling figure Vincent in this photo? He holds palette/brushes like him
Photo: http://bit.ly/9R6gGA. Question by John A Karr
According to Frédéric Destremau who wrote a study on Cormon's studio in 1996 the figure is Géraud Culan.


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I travel, I look for good food when I do, and I write about both.
Mention Long Island to most people and shoreline McMansions and celebrity-studded soirees in the Hamptons may come to mind, or acres of suburban tract housing dotted by strip malls.
But hidden away at the tip of the North Fork, far from the famous and the fatuous, is a town that perfectly mixes unpretentious Americana with the trappings of the modern food and wine scene. Landing a spot on our list of prettiest places, Greenport is perhaps Long Island's most attractive locale–quaint summer cottages push up against old-school seafood shacks and fancy restaurants (the inventive seafood options at The Frisky Oyster never disappoint), with beach and boating options never more than ten minutes away.
In Pictures: America's Prettiest Towns
"Things are much more low-key along the Peconic Bay on the North Fork," says Jason Clampet, online editor at Frommer's.com. "Although Manhattanites have brought art galleries and coffeeshops with them, Greenport's small inns, pebbly beaches, and fishing heritage still cater to visitors who'd rather relax than star-gaze."
Working with travel experts from Frommer's, Rough Guides and Midwestern Living magazine, we've pulled together a list of some of America's prettiest, most enchanting towns. We looked for places that offer not only aesthetic bounty, but memorable activities and destinations nearby.
Day-trippers from New York City who aren't in the mood for a sun-and-surf-drenched weekend might prefer Cooperstown in upstate New York. "There's lots of period architecture, there's a little bustle trolley that runs around the town, and you've got the whole natural vista of the Catskills," says Nick Edwards, an author for Rough Guides who has written about nearly every U.S. state. "It's not touristic in any sort of tacky way."
All of those places were beautiful BUT people often overlook Lake Michigan. Charlevoix is pretty but it has nothing on St. Joseph, New Buffalo or South Haven Michigan. I wish someone would do a piece on Chicago's Hamptons….Southwest Michigan.
Thanks for featuring Ferndale. It's a great little town surrounded by the redwood coast. Want to see more? Go to www.redwoods.info.
The author is spot on about Ferndale, it's a beautiful town with a unique "lost in time" type of character. In fact it's been used in a number of movies as a location set. Some other beautiful locations in Humboldt County are the towns of Arcata and Trinidad.
Arcata is a hip college town filled with authentic Victorian architecture while Trinidad is tiny town next to the sea. Both are great places to visit or stay while in Humboldt County with great food, easy access to the Redwood forests and beautiful beaches.
As an added bonus Arcata has dozens of innovative businesses producing unique products. Just a few examples are Fire and Light which produces dinnerware from recycled glass, Hilliard which makes custom cast bronze lighting fixtures and Marimba One which makes world class marimbas. Check it out!
Nice to see my tiny hometown of Hermann, MO included in this list.
Having lived down the road from Greenport, NY, I would hardly put it on the list of prettiest towns in America.
Granted, they have been doing a good job at fixing up the main street, they have the carousel, and they are surrounded by the sea; but this, by know means, makes it one of the prettiest. I have seen far more towns in my travels that beat out Greenport, NY hands down.
Also, behind the veneer of the main street, you will find the other side of Greenport, NY most do not see, the alcoholics, drug addicts, and a slew of other ugly problems.
Greenport, NY is far from being one of the prettiest towns in America.
Hey Forbes! You missed the boat. On the first and title page of your slide show, before you get to naming the "prettiest towns", you have an unidentified photo of the plaza at the center the small town of Healdsburg, California. Why put that in there if you're not going to give it credit? Having lived there for 54 of my 60 years, and operated a business facing that photographed plaza, I know it when I see it.
John…appreciated your story on America's Prettiest Towns. I must say, though, I was disappointed in your identification of the townsquare of Healdsburg, CA as Sonoma, CA. As I live on 3 acres just outside of Healdsburg, I know the area very well. Well, maybe your readers will head to Sonoma and leave Healdsburg to the Locals.
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UPDATE: Pastor Erik Loza says that he visited Violet Phillips today in the hospital. She is still in critical condition, with burns on her face. See how you can donate to Violet through the church below.
Hi Mike,
I saw Violet tonight. The nurse on duty said she could not tell me anything about her condition though. Violet's face is burned, but it's not black, just a dark brown, like the color of a deep sun tan. She opened her eyes when I said her name and moved her arms around for a bit. Then she closed her eyes and I just spoke to her, read to her from the Bible and prayed for her.
Thank you for all your work. I pray that many people find it in their hearts to help Violet.
Violet Phillips, the 67-year-old homeless woman who was lit on fire while sleeping on a bus bench in Van Nuys early Thursday morning, remains in critical condition at a local hospital, suffering burns on her face and third-degree burns on other parts of her body.
"She does not have the third-degree burns on her face, but she did suffer some burns on her face," said Rev. Erik Loza of the First Lutheran Church of Van Nuys, who has known Phillips for the past four years. "And thankfully, she is not in the risk of dying at this point."
On Friday afternoon, dozens of people congregated around the bus bench adding flowers and signs, asking each other for any news about the victim.
Phillips is about 5 feet tall with gray-blond, short-cropped hair. She always bundled herself up in layers of jackets and sweaters, and she sometimes used newspapers as added insulation inside her clothing and shoes, friends said.
Phillips was sleeping on the bus bench at Sherman Way and Van Nuys Boulevard at about 1 a.m. Thursday when the attack occurred.
Erickson Ipina, an eyewitness to the attack, said he saw a man walk out of the nearby Walgreens with a bottle that looked like rubbing alcohol. "He just poured it all over the old lady," Ipina said. "Then he threw the match on her and started running."
Ipana ran after the suspect and called 9-1-1. The suspect pulled a knife and threatened him, Ipina said, but police soon arrived and took the suspect into custody.
Police said they arrested Dennis Petillo, 24, on suspicion of attempted murder, and he was being held on $500,000 bail.
Petillo served a two-year prison sentence for car theft and pleaded guilty to a similar crime in 2008, according to the Los Angeles Daily News. On Dec. 22, Petillo was arrested by Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies who patrol Metro trains and booked on suspicion of "blocking free movement" on the light-rail lines.
After Thursday's attack, Phillips was transported to two burn units. The First Lutheran Church was notified of her condition, Rev. Loza said, but neither hospital allowed him to visit her. Later, she was allowed one visitor, and it was Pastor Loza.
A spokeswoman from the University of Southern California Burn Unit said on Friday that Phillips was in the intensive care section of the hospital. Police are still trying to locate her relatives. (Other media outlets have reported her name as Flo Parker, which Loza said is incorrect.)
"We know that she has two grown children: a son in Arizona who is a police officer, and a daughter who lives somewhere in California," Rev. Loza said.
Loza has known Phillips ever since she came to a program for homeless people that he began several months after moving to the area five years ago. She is highly suspicious of strangers and normally refuses to speak to people she doesn't know, he said.
Ulmira Loza, the pastor's wife who also befriended Phillips, said, "She didn't like it when we pressed her for personal information. She would not come to the church for a few weeks if we asked too much about her past."
Pastor Joe Small of the Church of the Way in Santa Clarita attended to Phillips on Thursday when she was first admitted to Providence Holy Cross Hospital in Mission Hills. He said he spoke and prayed with her, but she would only say "God bless you" in reply to people's questons. She was then transferred to the USC Burn Unit.
At First Lutheran Church's community breakfast at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Loza said, he planned to ask Phillips' other friends and homeless people if they know more about her. They will also pray for her and collect items for her, he said.
The congregation is collecting blankets and clothing for Phillips. Loza said anyone wishing to donate money could bring it or mail it to the church at 6952 Van Nuys Blvd., Van Nuys, CA 91405. Checks should be made out to "First Lutheran Church-Violet Fund," he said. The church's phone number is (818) 989-5844.
"There have been a few other people who have contacted me about starting a fund, but I don't know them," Loza said. "The church will make sure that all the money and items get to Violet."
When Loza and his family moved to Van Nuys five years ago, they started the community breakfast outreach for homeless people, and Violet was among the original dozen or so who regularly attended.
"She loved coffee," Ulmira Loza said. "She would come with us to read the Bible. She would sometimes go out for a cigarette break and then she would come back in. Sometimes she helped us set up the chairs around the table."
Then Phillips started coming to the Spanish language services on Sunday afternoons.
"She didn't speak Spanish, but she came to the services and sang with us even though she didn't know the language," Ulmira Loza said. "We would point to the pages that we were on, and she would thank us and say 'God bless you' and join along. I thought maybe she was trying to learn Spanish on her own."
Congregants said they thought Phillips enjoyed the smaller attendance of the Spanish services, and she often stayed to have dinner with the pastor's family afterward.
"This has really touched the community," Rev. Loza said. "There are so many things to say, but I don't want to cheapen the gravity of the situation by talking about it.
"We have known Violet for years, and it took us a while to get near her—it took a lot of work. She had a sweet smile and always said, 'God bless you.' … And although we didn't know the person who did this, we pray for him, too. He is in our prayers."
Also see:
* Vigil Held for Homeless Woman Set on Fire
* Homeless Woman Set Afire on Bus Bench Is Well Known [Photos & Video]
* Man Booked for Setting Homeless Woman on Fire in Van Nuys


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