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|Dec 13, 2012, 09:26 AM
Getting past the "iMovie on Steroids" whines
I teach video production in a high school. I was able upgrade a lab that was running Windows machines running Sony Vegas and WMM and could only really handle SD video, so I upgraded to Mac. However, due to Apple being... Apple... I could not get FCP 7. I went with Final Cut X instead of other software.
Which in the minds of the students is a HUGE mistake.
Teens are good at cherry picking what they want to see. For example... The ones that download cracked versions of Premiere at home are always telling me about how the movie industry is moving like a hurricane to Premiere because of some blog they read. So of course, all the negative feedback on the release of Final Cut X is what sticks out in their minds. Plus, there are quite a few visual similarities to iMovie, which to the kids is negative.
Cracking Premiere apparently seems to be easier than a drunk blonde cheerleader at a party, because many of them seem to have done it, and many of them swear by premiere. I have a couple stubborn kids who long for the days of Vegas, as well as the Windows lab they could bring their little exe files in that could run administrative stuff under student security settings and the like.....
In any event, its not my first rodeo, but even I grow tired of the kids whining for anything other than Final Cut X. I have talked to other teachers in my area at the HS level, and FCX has a hugely poor rep among kids. Students respected Final Cut 7, but have no love for X. Any ideas on how I can reason with the less than reasonable and get them to be more open minded about X, or is using Final Cut X like pissing into the wind in terms of preparing kids for industry and perhaps I should jump ship to AVID or something along those lines?
Any thoughts or feedback, because I am out of ideas in my room.
|Dec 13, 2012, 09:53 AM
I understand school budgets so I know money is extremely tight. Is there any chance you could get a budget to add Premiere to the editing environment? Assign the students a short and have them edit it in both apps. It would be a great learning experience for them. I happen to agree with them that Premiere is a better option than X but only because it more closely conforms with everything I've learned over the years.
If they hate X so much then challenge them to raise the funds to buy Premiere for the lab? Just another thought.
|Dec 13, 2012, 12:51 PM
I'm really happy to hear that a bunch of younger people dislike FCPX.
It means FCPX won't sell later on* and Apple would have regretted making it such a POS, or otherwise Apple will be quicker to fixing it up.
I suggest you attempt to get a refund on FCPX (It's possible) and get hold of Premiere Pro (You can get the student & teacher edition* and stuff) or at least Premiere Elements (Not sure if there's student & teacher, but it's cheap regardless).
Trying to get people onto FCPX seems like a bad idea right now. I don't think (And hope) that it will last long in the future of professional video editing.
*Idea is, you get students onto your product, students get used to it, and will buy it in the future.
|Dec 13, 2012, 01:18 PM
I think Premiere Pro is the one for the future, but I'm biased.
I like the idea of teaching multiple tools so that the students will be prepared for the future. I learned on Avid Media Composer, but I became an expert in Final Cut Pro. Now I work at Adobe, but even if I didn't work here, I'd be looking at it pretty seriously as my editor of choice.
Learning After Effects was probably the tool that has taken me the farthest, though.
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|Dec 13, 2012, 01:40 PM
With that being said have you tried stressing to the kids that learning the fundamentals of editing and video production translate to any brand of camera and editing software? If you are worried about stunting their 'professional growth' I wouldn't. They are HS kids and by the time they enter the professional market who knows what it will look like. Also, many of them seem adapt at getting other software which they are free to use and learn outside of the classroom. When I was in college our media lab was all Avid but some students had FCP at home and chose to cut on that instead (and this was with FCP 1 & 2 which no one used).
If the complaining doesn't lessen and starts turning into a hurdle to learning I'd do what pigbat suggested and try to get a refund from Apple. Off the top of my head I don't know what EDU versions of PPro or the Adobe Creative suite go for but the EDU version of Avid Media Composer is $295. For editing in major markets Avid is the name to beat but it's not like your students are going to roll out of HS (or even college) and right into a big editing gig. Learning the fundamentals of editing and production is key as that knowledge will always be applicable where as specific hardware and software will come and go.
Many editors that are in their 50's or 60's probably started their careers (and certainly their student projects) handling actual film. Then video tape came along and they learned lindear editing. Avid then came onto the scene with the first broadly successful NLE systems which were much different than the linear systems they replaced. Apple and it's upstart FCP rose to prominence and then got shuttered. I guess my point is that no matter what the students learn on today the editing world will be a different place by the time they enter the professional world. It might be a lot different, it might be a little different, but it will certainly be different.
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|Dec 29, 2012, 02:39 PM
I admit I miss premiere 6 and the transition track. I like drag and drop too....
In any event, we are trying to raise money for a new audio mixer. The old mackie finally gave up the ghost and to me audio is 1/2 the video story and matters more than the editing software.
I have worked with kids stressing the need to be able to adapt to different software. A few listen, many do not. Teenagers.... My post originally came from frustration with a kid who was using terminal (schools IT staff wants to manage the macs, not let me do it, but its a windows shop and thus they don't know all the things to limit.....) to try to install premiere, and the "discussion" we had as I resurrected the machine. I am feeling much better now.
I get the feeling that teens are much like the stubborn old farts in the industry who learn one way and thus that's the only way. For example: I asked a kid what would they do if the only job they could find in the industry was in an avid house and the boss would not get them premiere or allow them to bring their own machine in. Kids response was he would turn down the job and work fast food instead.
I was just fed up when I posted this. Next semester starts the heroes quest and telling a story in 30 seconds. I will have the kids appreciate commercials as mini stories yet. Hopefully
Thanks for all the feedback. Sticking with final cut x for now.....
|Dec 29, 2012, 06:50 PM
Stop teaching. Make the kids important. Tell them here it is and if you want my help......... YOU KNOW WERE TO FIND ME.
|Dec 29, 2012, 07:27 PM
Honestly, if the students hate FCP X but don't have a good reason then they should at least give it a try first. Claiming all the studios are moving to Premiere based on what a website says isn't a legitimate reason to prefer one over the other ... how about base that decision on the quality of their productions? I think people focus too much on the editor (NLE) and not the actual production. If your production can't be made without Premiere, then that's a reason to switch. If they haven't learned how to use FCP X (or any NLE for that matter) to it's fullest then switching to Premiere won't help their productions, and they will look sub par whether they were made in FCP X, Premiere, Avid, or Final Cut 7 catch my drift?
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|Dec 30, 2012, 05:24 AM
I started on adobe, then on to FCP7 and then to FCPx.
I think that people have seen one to many blogs about FCPx and have formed bad opinions of it with out truly using it, a problem it sounds like that you are having with your students.
I think a good way of getting out of this situation is to have an "edit-off" get two machines, one running adobe and the other on FCPx, give them both the same raw footage and an hour to make something. do it on projectors in front of the whole class so everyone can see the work flows.
That way the differences can been clearly demonstrated and pros and cons worked out.
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|Dec 30, 2012, 10:37 AM
I think you just need to emphasize that knowing how to use software doesn't necessarily equate to being a good editor.
For example, I know some people that know every button in Photoshop, but they're terrible designers, and would be much less favored for a position over someone less experienced, but with a good sense of design.
Knowing where to cut and how to maintain a rhythm and feeling in a film is pretty much independent of software, and I think that it should be at the core of what is taught to these kids. After all, it was originally done on film. Any old fool can cut film up and splice it back together. It's where and how those cuts are made that makes someone talented.
"I know how to use Premiere/AVID/FCPX" isn't synonymous with "I'm a good editor."
I might start the class with that.
|Dec 30, 2012, 04:32 PM
I also love the idea of an edit contest, but I'm sure I'd lose that contest if I had to use FCP X. I bought FCP X when it came out, and I've updated it all along, but the times I've tried to use it have been discouraging. I spend too much time trying to figure out how to get the results I want. I tell myself that one day, when I have free time away from work for clients, I'll "erase my brain" and learn how to use FCP X from the ground up... but that day has not come, yet.
It was easier to learn to drive on the left in a right-hand-drive car in Britain than use FCP X after editing on other systems for over a decade. I feel like I've been told to fly a plane without knowing what any of the controls are for. I can manage to get airborne, but the landing is going to blow chunks!
Wait a second... So you're telling me anything that happens in the sky is legal, and there's a giant crime-blimp flying around this place? I don't know how I missed that.
|Dec 30, 2012, 08:08 PM
I personally like FCPX (am I allowed to say that out loud?), and the new version of Premiere (and friends, because Prelude and the others are a big part of it) are growing on me as well. I've never bee na fan of strict allegiance to one product: the best editor would be able to survive whether they're on the world's most tricked out $30K Avid setup or they've somehow taken a DeLorean ride to 1990 (we won't go back much further) where they have to use tape machines to put together an edit.
|Dec 30, 2012, 10:51 PM
Depending on the purpose of the class a platform might make more sense than another. If it's general video making and you're teaching the kids about scripts, acting, lighting, camera operating and finally editing. You might as well use FCPX, you can diss the platform all you want but it's dead simple and isn't fussy, you can pump out a decent video very fast. However if it's concentrated on advanced editing or intended for people who'll be working in the industry, Premiere or Avid might make more sense.
I think you just need to drive the point home that they can learn something from you and the actual software you use doesn't matter.
|Jan 4, 2013, 08:22 AM
I am a student for a video production class at a technical high school. I personally love Final Cut Pro X, and switched from CS5 to FCPX because of my teacher. My teacher is in his early 40's, and was a FCP7 user, and he loved it. He moved to CS6 due to the negative reputation when FCPX was released, but he gave FCPX a try. He loved it, and he thinks that Apple did something very bold and different and rather than targeting the professionals that are already in the business, he thinks that they are targeting the young professionals who are coming into the industry. He edits all of his projects on FCPX and he totally fell in love with it.
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|Jan 15, 2013, 06:07 PM
Sounds like your students read too many blogs and don't think for themselves ? In any case, it's always better not to put all your eggs in one basket as my grandmother used to say, so the argument you can bring up is that they have Premiere at home and can therefore learn another NLE at school. All the better for their professional lives. I ****ing hate Premiere but that doesn't stop me from being at least a bit proficient with it in case I need it for work, and FCP 7, and Avid...
|Jan 15, 2013, 06:20 PM
The way FCPX handles sound is annoying to me, not that it can't do it but it annoys me. I honestly don't see what Premier can do that FCPX can't in an environment like highschool
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|Jan 16, 2013, 03:00 AM
I work in education and encounter those exact same types of students all the time. They do get their opinions from blogs and tech articles, and don't tend to think for themselves or give anything an actual chance. This is just a new version of the Mac VS PC arguments that were big a few years ago. You'd get students coming in refusing to use Macs because they're for 'fanboys' and PCs are better. Even to the point where they would deliberately try to break the machine or make it crash just to prove a point. Now of course these same types of kids love Macs because they're popular. I wouldn't take it to heart. Such comments would really annoy me, because you take it personally as you set it up. So you almost feel as if they're insulting you directly. But i've since learnt to realise that these teenagers are just kids who can't think for themselves at this point in their live and hopefully they'll get better
As it happens, we've had the opposite problem in this case. Our students desperately want us to get FCPX, but we're still on FCP7. At this point we can't afford to get FCPX, and students complain about it on a daily basis No pleasing some people.
|Jan 16, 2013, 06:40 AM
I think you give the kids a bad wrap, they are right about FCPX. And what's wrong with them reading industry blogs? You are apparently content to defer to forums for your opinions.
Sounds like the problem is your school's budget (or the way it was spent), not the students.
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7/8/14 Sofia Vergara Off the Market
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Tuesday, July 08, 2014
ZAC EFRON and MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ were spotted KISSING on a yacht off the coast of Italy this past Sunday. We don't know what's going on . . . but we do know that Michelle is a confirmed bisexual whose last relationship was with a woman, model Cara Delevingne.
JOE MANGANIELLO from "True Blood" was JUST named "People" magazine's Hottest Bachelor last week . . . and he's already off the market. Because he's dating SOFIA VERGARA. Joe recently revealed his crush on Sofia when he said, "She's got the curves, she's got a beautiful face, beautiful hair, just gorgeous. Naturally beautiful. She's feisty!"
Marriage was NEVER in the cards for MILA KUNIS . . . until things happened with ASHTON KUTCHER. Mila tells the new issue of "W" magazine, quote, "I never wanted to get married. From the age of 12, I prepared my parents for no marriage. Then things changed . . . I found the love of my life. Now my theory on weddings is: Don't invite anyone. Do it privately and secretly. My parents are okay with that. They're just excited that I said yes." She added, quote, "We all get movie star crushes. I'm marrying mine." And also said that she's excited about being a full-time mom.
So your daughter becomes the woman who finally locks down GEORGE CLOONEY. You've hit the jackpot, right? Maybe not. Sources say AMAL ALAMUDDIN'S mother is upset that she's marrying outside their religion. Amal's parents are members of an offshoot of Islam called the Druze sect. A source says, "She thinks Amal can do better. She has been telling anyone that will listen, 'There are five hundred thousand Druze. Are none of them good enough for her?'"
7/7/14 Jessica Simpson Marries
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Monday, July 7, 2014
JESSICA SIMPSON and her fiancé, former NFL player ERIC JOHNSON, got married Saturday at the San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara, California on Saturday. Their 1-year-old son Ace was the ring bearer, and their 2-year-old daughter Maxwell was the flower girl. Celebrities in attendance included Jessica's sister Ashlee, Jessica Alba, Topher Grace and Donald Faison.
ASHTON KUTCHER and MILA KUNIS attended a wedding in Italy on Saturday. Ashton wore Indian garb . . . including a RED TURBAN. He was also apparently part of the evening's entertainment, because he and another woman performed a Bollywood-style dance.
Sherri Shepherd apparently wants nothing to do with unborn surrogate baby now that she and her husband are getting divorced. The baby was conceived through IVF with an egg donor and her estranged husband's sperm. The baby is due in just a few weeks. Sources say Sherri believes Lamar Sally defrauded her into having a child so he could get child support knowing full well he was planning to file for divorce. And the sources say Shepherd now does not want to be considered a parent because she does not want to take financially responsibility.
7/3/14 Jewel Divorcing
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Thursday, July 3, 2014
Yesterday, JEWEL and her husband TY MURRAY announced that they're getting divorced. And no, Jewel didn't refer to it as a "conscious uncoupling." Her description was EVEN WORSE. On her blog, she said, quote, "For some time we have been engaged in private and difficult, but THOUGHTFUL AND TENDER UNDOING OF OURSELVES. Allowing ourselves the time and space to redefine what we are to each other with love rather than with malice."
On "Good Morning America" yesterday, ROBIN THICKE admitted he's just, quote, "flying by the seat of my pants" when it comes to trying to get his wife PAULA PATTON back. He added, quote, "I actually have no idea what I'm doing." Meanwhile, in a radio interview on Tuesday Robin admitted he hasn't seen Paula in FOUR MONTHS.
LINDSAY LOHAN filed a lawsuit against the makers of "Grand Theft Auto 5" yesterday, claiming they used her likeness for a character named Lacey Jones . . . who DOES kind of look like her. No word on how much she's suing for.
KATHERINE HEIGL says she almost quit acting at one point . . . because she felt betrayed by her CAREER. Quote, "The thing that was my best friend for a long time [my career] suddenly turned on me, and I didn't expect it. I was taken by surprise and angry at it for betraying me."
7/2/14 Celebs in Rehab
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Wednesday, July 2, 2014
CAMERON DIAZ claims she lets it all hang out in her new movie "Sex Tape" . . . quote, "I mean you see everything." She also talks about not being a mom at 41 . . . quote, "I like protecting people, but I was never drawn to being a mother. I have it much easier than any of them. That's just what it is. Doesn't mean life isn't sometimes hard. I'm just what I am."
JULIANNE HOUGH spoke with "Redbook" about why her relationship with RYAN SEACREST didn't work. She said, quote, "There was nothing wrong or bad, but there was nothing right. I had one foot out because I didn't want to get hurt. And I didn't say what was on my mind because I didn't want to ruffle any feathers. I needed to be perfect."
ROBIN WILLIAMS checked into rehab, but his people say he did NOT fall off the wagon. A rep says, quote, "After working back-to-back projects, Robin is simply taking the opportunity to fine-tune and focus on his continued commitment, of which he remains extremely proud."
SHIA LABEOUF isn't in rehab after all, but his rep says he is, quote, "voluntarily receiving treatment for alcohol addiction." He adds, quote, "Shia understands that these recent actions are a symptom of a larger health problem and he has taken the first of many necessary steps towards recovery."
"In Touch Weekly" says PORTIA DE ROSSI went to rehab back in May for an addiction to drugs and alcohol . . . which she turned to because of ELLEN DEGENERES and her controlling ways. A source claims, quote, "She went from sipping white wine occasionally to drinking at least a bottle or more a day and topping it off with a pill. It got to the point where she was out of it four nights a week."
JUSTIN BIEBER was partying at his house early Tuesday morning with newly-drafted Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Tyrese Gibson and rapper Tyga. But neighbors called the cops because the music was too loud. They turned it down and everything was cool. Until police had to come back because there were screaming female fans outside.
7/1/14 Shia Labeouf Enters Rehab
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Tuesday, July 1, 2014
According to "People" magazine, JOE MANGANIELLO from "True Blood" and "Magic Mike" is the hottest SINGLE GUY in Hollywood. He's on the cover of their new issue featuring "Hollywood's Hottest Bachelors". This year's other hot bachelors include Jared Leto, Sam Smith, Ian Somerhalder, and Usher.
Did JUSTIN BIEBER hook back up with SELENA GOMEZ, just so he could start messing around on her again? Justin went to a skating party thrown by CHRIS BROWN the other night, and he appeared to be getting close to a woman. At one point it even looked like he was getting her number. He also posted some pictures of himself with two women. One of them was Chantal Jeffries, the woman who was with him when he got his DUI earlier this year. Yesterday, Selena posted an emo-looking selfie in which her hair was covering most of her face. It was captioned, "Class never runs scared. It is sure-footed and confident, and it can handle whatever comes along. Class has a sense of humor. It knows that a good laugh is the best lubricant for oiling the machinery of human relations." We don't know if it had anything to do with Justin.
BEYONCÉ tops this year's Forbes Celebrity 100 list . . . a ranking of the 100 most powerful celebrities. LEBRON JAMES is second, with earnings of $72 million. DR. DRE finished third, thanks to his sale of Beats to Apple for $3 billion. Beyoncé's husband JAY Z only made it to sixth.
ROBERY DOWNEY JR.'S 20-year-old son Indio was arrested for DRUGS on Sunday. Cops pulled him over in L.A., and found cocaine in his car. His father released a statement yesterday saying that, quote, "there's a genetic component to addiction, and Indio has likely inherited it," adding that his family is standing by him.
A celebrity gossip website followed SHIA LABEOUF yesterday from his house to a private REHAB facility. They said, quote, "Shia was nervous; he didn't look good all morning. He was looking down and wasn't even talking to his driver. It looked like he didn't want to do it, but he knew he had to."


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- Check out Cargo from SVN into a
CARGOHOMEdirectory (wherever you want on your machine).
- In case your SVN client needs to go through a proxy, have a look at What if I'm behind a proxy?
- Install Maven 2. Verify your installation works by typing "
mvn --version" at a command prompt.
- CARGO requires Maven 2.0.5 or greater to run
- CARGO requires Maven 2.1 or greater to compile; in particular the
core/samplesbuilds require that version of Maven
- Go to
CARGOHOMEand type "
mvn install". This will build the full Cargo project.
- If you wish to clean all build-generated files, cd to
CARGOHOMEand type "
mvn clean".
Selecting containers
The default list of containers to run on depends a property cargo.containers defined in CARGOHOME/core/samples/pom.xml. It can also be supplied at the commandline by using profiles (-P<containerId>).
For example if you only want to run on Tomcat 5.x you'd write:
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There are also some multi-container profiles, for example
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- Type
mvn -oto work offline. This improves the build speed as Maven 2 does not check for updates on the remote repository for SNAPSHOTs.
Proxy settings
If you need to build cargo from behind a proxy, proceed as follows:
- edit the
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GSA further details plans to consolidate back-office functions
Monday - 12/10/2012, 3:53pm EST
The General Services Administration is looking for some help to consolidate its administrative functions.
GSA issued a request for quote on the Mission Oriented Business Integrated Services (MOBIS) schedule Dec. 5 asking for consultation, facilitation and program-management support to assist with the consolidation of its chief financial officer, chief information officer, chief people officer and the Administrative Services offices.
"As a result of the acting Administrator [Dan Tangherlini's] Top-to-Bottom reviews of GSA's offices, these four staff offices were asked to each develop a plan to consolidate and transform their respective GSA functions so to strengthen accountability with the expected outcomes of greater efficiency and enhanced service delivery," the RFQ's statement of work stated. "The scope of the consolidation is GSA enterprisewide, and may take up to three years to achieve full implementation. The intent is to ensure that other GSA components can focus on their missions and streamline internal service delivery operations, eliminating duplication of efforts and apply functional and service delivery best practices and policies."
The RFQ wants vendors to provide services to help reach several goals, including optimizing the workforce's size, skills and competencies, improving internal management controls, providing greater customer service across the agency and saving money and increasing efficiency of each of the offices.
Ambiguity in the RFQ
The solicitation is unclear about several areas of the statement of work.
For instance, the deal is a one-year contract that includes two one-year options, but GSA contradicts itself about whether it's a firm fixed-price contract or a labor-hours contract.
GSA said in one part (Section 3.0) that the contract shall be a firm fixed-price type of contract. But in several other sections, the description sounds more like a labor-hours or time-and-materials contract. For instance, under section 9.2 titled Procedures for Payment, GSA said the vendor "may invoice only for hours and/or unique services ordered by GSA and actually used in direct support of the program office."
Additionally, GSA wants the vendor to "identify each category of labor proposed for performance mapped to the applicable GSA Schedule labor category, provide the GSA Schedule price, show the proposed discounts for the rate, and the rate proposed for the particular labor category inclusive of the discount."
The RFQ also is confusing regarding what exactly the vendor will be doing. In Section 1.1, GSA stated each of the CXO offices developed a plan to consolidate their functions. In Section 5 of the statement of work, however, GSA said the vendor will "work with each CXO Organization to develop a future-state concept of operations for all functions consolidated."
The contract focuses heavily on the CIO's office with requirements to create an inventory of current services and a service consolidation plan, as well as both a portfolio inventory and consolidation plan.
The vendor also will help GSA set up a vendor-management organization and develop workplace standards, policies, procedures and processes.
Questions to GSA about the RFQ were due today, and proposals are due by Jan. 2. GSA said it expects to make an award on or about Jan. 23.
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I can t give a rational explanation as to why something as valuable as hemp which other countries are making so much money off and importing to us why we re not growing this by the millions of acres, said Fine.
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We are located just in the city centre, on the Marszalkowska street (the main street of Warsaw), 100 metres from the metro Swietokrzyska.
From the Central Train Station
You can reach us on foot, it will take you 10 minutes. Walk out of the station in direction of Emilii Plater St. Next walk along the street keeping the Palace of Culture on your right, on the left you will pass by Intercontinental Hotel. After 5 min you will be in Swietokrzyska St.Turn right in Swietokrzyska St and walk for 4 min, as far as Marszalkowska St..Cross it and walk to the left. After 60 meters behind Bajka/Kwadrat Theatre turn right into the first cross-street, Rysia St. You are entering Dabrowskiego Square. Cross Szkolna St and you will find yourself in front of our door. Look up for our neon sign.
From the Chopin Airport
By bus 175 go to Centrum bus stop. Walk through the underground passage, take metro to Metro Swietokrzyska station. Leave the station in Swietokrzyska St. direction. When you walk out cross Marszalkowska St. passing metro entrance walk left. Then as above.
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Take a bus to local Modlin train stop, take a train to Warsaw Centre. There are a few different trains routes. If train goes via the Central Train Station, direction Chopin Airport, (check it on the schedule. We belive it should be clearly marked at the platform) leave a train at Warsaw Central Train Station The station is called Warszawa Centralna or Warszawa Srodmiescie). Continue then as from the station like above.
Second Modlin option if the train goes to Warszawa Zachodnia. In this case, leave your train at the Warszawa Gdanska station, find the metro entrance, take metro direction Kabaty, take two stops to Metro Swietokrzyska station. When you walk out cross Marszalkowska Street passing metro entrance walk left. After 100 meters behind Bajka (Kwadrat) Theatre turn right into the first cross-street (Rysia street). You�re entering Dabrowskiego Square.
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Companies that manage for the short term present their investors with more risk, according to a new working paper from Harvard Business School.
Short-Termism, Investor Clientele, and Firm Risk, by Francois Brochet, Maria Loumioti, and George Serafeim finds that for one thing, short-term firms have share prices that are more volatile than companies managing to a longer time horizon.
Firms focused on near-term results are characterized by "high absolute discretionary accruals, high likelihood of just beating analyst forecasts, reporting very small positive earnings, and just avoiding violating loan covenants.
"From Using conference call transcripts, we measure the time horizon that senior executives emphasize when they communicate with investors. We show that firms focusing more on the short-term have a more short-term oriented investor base. Moreover, we find that short-term oriented firms have higher stock price volatility, and that this effect is mitigated for firms with more long-term investors. We also find that short-term oriented firms have higher equity betas and as a result higher cost of capital. However, this result is not mitigated by the presence of long-term investors, consistent with these investors requiring a risk premium for holding the stock of short-term oriented firms. Overall, our evidence suggests that corporate short-termism is associated with greater risk and thus affects resource allocation."
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From NEHJ: Region gets frozen out of Frozen Four
By Mike Zhe
Editor's note: This article originally appeared in the April 2011 issue of New England Hockey Journal.
They were knockout punches that neither team saw coming. Nor did just about anyone who pays attention at this time of year.
Separated by one day and half a country, top seeds Boston College and Yale both suffered one-sided upset losses in the NCAA tournament. And it was the way they were ousted — with arguably each team's top player off the ice by game's end — that upped the shock factor even more.
When Notre Dame single-handedly took care of the region's other two NCAA representatives — Merrimack and New Hampshire, in that order at the Northeast Regional in Manchester, N.H. — the Frozen Four was set to take place without a New England participant for the first time since 2005.
"Obviously disappointed," said Yale forward Denny Kearney (Hanover, N.H.), after his team fell to Minnesota-Duluth, 5-3, in the East Regional final in Bridgeport, Conn. "Not the way we pictured our season ending."
Nobody pictured it. The Bulldogs, who'd needed overtime to get past Air Force, 2-1, in the regional semifinals a night earlier, found themselves in a 3-0 hole in the second period against Duluth after some shaky play. And then things got worse.
Brian O'Neill, Yale's leading scorer, had pumped a little life into a deflating team with his goal midway through the second. But just eight seconds later, after a hit on Jake Hendrickson, he was slapped with a five-minute major penalty for contact to the head and a game misconduct, ending his night. The other Bulldogs turned the five-minute power play into two goals and took a 5-1 lead.
"In hindsight, the game was over then," said Yale coach Keith Allain (Worcester, Mass.). "We don't feel that way in the middle of the game because we're fighting our tails off until the final buzzer. But you look back on it, I think we had momentum, they took one of our top players out of the game and put him in the penalty box for five minutes … that's a huge moment."
The loss ended the best season in program history one step short of the Frozen Four, the second consecutive year the Bulldogs have bowed out in this round.
By the time Yale and Duluth took the ice Saturday evening, the college hockey world was still buzzing from top-seeded BC's loss to fourth-seeded Colorado College, 8-4, in the West Regional semifinals in St. Louis.
The Eagles, champions of the Beanpot, Hockey East regular-season and Hockey East tournament titles, seemed to have all the pieces in place to make a run at their third national championship in four years. Against Colorado College, it took them just 19 seconds to grab a 1-0 lead when Jimmy Hayes (Dorchester, Mass.) scored his 21st goal of the season.
And then? Four straight CC goals before the period was up, one on the power play and a critical shorthanded one late, the first of two the Eagles would allow in the game. Goalie John Muse (East Falmouth, Mass.), who brought an NCAA record of 8-0 into the game, as well as an earned reputation as a big-game goalie, was pulled after two periods with the Eagles almost surreally down 7-2.
"It's difficult," Muse said afterward. "We've been up here (on the interview platform) a lot of times after big wins, but CC played well. We came out and scored after 19 seconds. They took it from there."
"They were much better than we were in a lot of facets of the game," said BC coach Jerry York (Watertown, Mass.).
Hockey fans weren't done watching the Eagles, though. Two days after the game, junior leading scorer Cam Atkinson of Greenwich, Conn. (30-21-51 totals) signed a pro contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets. As New England Hockey Journal went to press, other members of the talented club were also facing decisions about their future.
Merrimack became the third team from the region to fall when Notre Dame ended its dream season in overtime, 4-3, when freshman Anders Lee squibbed the game-winner past goalie Joe Cannata (Wakefield, Mass.), capping an OT that, to that point, had been carried by the Warriors.
The Warriors, who arrived in Manchester as the new kids on the NCAA block — "We're working very hard not to get caught up in the bright lights," said coach Mark Dennehy (Dorchester, Mass.) — had a 3-1 lead in the second period. But the program's first NCAA game in 23 years lacked a finish, even with all the shots they peppered goalie Mike Johnson with in the OT.
"Even winning the national championship, I would have been sad to see these seniors go," Dennehy said. "The school's in debt to them and the sacrifices they made."
That left UNH. By the time the Wildcats took the ice in front of their home fans at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester to play Notre Dame, three of the Frozen Four spots had been sewn up — by Duluth, Michigan and North Dakota — and only one remained to be decided
The fourth-seeded 'Cats had played a masterful defensive game in their 3-1 upset of top-seeded Miami in the first round, holding the explosive RedHawks to 22 shots on net and blocking some 20 shots.
But after an early burst against the Irish, they sputtered, never giving the crowd at the Verizon a reason to get raucous. The back-breaker was a goal by Billy Maday with just five seconds left in the second period, turning a one-goal game into a 2-0 hole.
UNH's punch line of seniors Paul Thompson (Derry, N.H.), Phil DeSimone and Mike Sislo, which had been ultra-productive all season, couldn't really get untracked, though Sislo did manage a goal in each regional game.
"It's a lot of disappointment," said UNH coach Dick Umile (Melrose, Mass.). "Once again, we had a great group of players and the senior class was tremendous. Two, three times, we've lost in the regional finals. I feel for them; they've done everything to get to the Frozen Four. It's disappointing."
Taken all around, not a memorable three days in these parts. Sure, there were moments: Yale's Chad Ziegler beating Air Force in overtime. DiGirolamo and freshman forward Kevin Goumas introducing themselves in the upset of Miami. Merrimack's presence in the national tournament.
But, for most, it ended too quickly. Much too quickly.
"I don't know how well I'll do summing it up," said Yale senior defenseman Jimmy Martin, "but I can tell you, I don't want to take the jersey off for the last time."
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The federal government is on a quest to provide high-quality agency data to the public through a variety of digital avenues. But standing in the path of agencies' ability to provide government data "anytime, anywhere and on any device" are a number of potential roadblocks, according to a series of new reports from the Federal Chief Information Officers' Council.
Chief among them is the need for stronger security and privacy policies, according to the council's reports.
Last May, Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel launched the Digital Government Strategy to spur the government's move to mobile technology.
And according to the CIO Council's report, "Government Use of Mobile Technology: Barriers, Opportunities, and Gap Analysis," agencies have heeded the call. The council, which surveyed federal employees and managers, found all but one of the agencies queried were planning to expand their mobile footprint — often with newer devices, such as smartphones and tablet computers.
The report identified three broad areas agency CIOs should examine before adopting new technology.
While mobile devices offer the promise of new and innovative capabilities, the development of programs and software to manage the deployment of such devivces — mobile-device management solutions — has lagged, the report noted.
Spotty network connectivity could also be a barrier for Web-based applications and virtualized desktop solutions, the report said, because they require a continous connection to function properly.
Agencies also told the council that a lack of comprehensive Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies would hinder further adoption of mobile technologies. Agencies told the council they're hungry for general guidance on when and how employees should use their mobile devices in the line of work as well as more specific reimbursement policies for when employees use their own devices to conduct official business.
"There is a cost associated with the deployment of any new technology," the report stated. "Exploratory or planning efforts should include a cost-benefit analysis to determine if the costs to acquire, operate and maintain the technology are outweighed by the benefits projected to be realized from the technology."
But agencies said conducting these analyses are difficult because mobile-technology investments are often difficult to measure, and the mobile market is very dynamic.
"The rapidly changing maturity of the mobile marketplace and the relative immaturity of support-infrastructure products may drive up costs as agencies have to support an increasing number of devices and products," the report stated.
Agencies also noted the lack of a governmentwide acquisition contract for mobile devices and data plans as a hindrance to wider adoption.
The biggest security barriers to wider mobile adoption are the lack of strong authentication and data-encryption methods, the report said, which calls into question the ability of agencies to use commercial mobile devices to store sensitive information.
Two-factor authentication remains difficult to realize on mobile devices, the report said. And with a diverse set of devices and operating systems, the problems compound.
"Currently, it is challenging to configure mobile devices to meet security requirements across multiple platforms and operating systems," the report stated. "The lack of consistent configuration guidance for mobile devices and their rapid refresh cycle make it difficult to develop operating system hardening configurations for mobile devices."
Privacy also a key concern
However, it isn't only the government's need to secure agency data that potentially hinders the development of mobile and digital initiatives. Agencies also must nail down ways to protect the personal information of citizens that take part in those projects.
"Federal agencies, as good data stewards, must adopt strong privacy, confidentiality and security safeguards to prevent the improper collection, use, retention or disclosure of personally identifiable information... when developing and delivering such digital services and programs," the council's second report stated.
That report, "Recommendations for Standardized Implementation of Digital Privacy Controls," provided agencies with high-level guidance for ensuring privacy controls and a risk-management process are baked into the development phase of their digital programs.
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- Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA). Agencies must conduct a review early in the development phase, detailing what privacy risks a program may entail and how information will be handled.
- Privacy Notice. Federal agencies are already required to provide notice on the purpose and uses of personal information when collecting it from individuals. However, the digital realm brings into focus a whole host of new considerations.
"Over time, agencies, digital developers and data users may also create, discover or propose new and innovative ways to combine, share or otherwise leverage the power of the digital data and content collected or disseminated by their digital services or programs." And, in such cases, agencies must consider whether they need to provide users with an updated privacy notice, the report stated.
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On Sunday, the Kings released a statement in reaction to an article published earlier that day in Rapport. The article said that Saru would not allow the Kings to field all five of their foreigners in Super Rugby, and that the Eastern Cape franchise would be restricted to two.
EP president Cheeky Watson did, however, state that while the franchise had accepted Saru's decision, they would not be releasing their foreign players. 'There are still ample opportunities within our structures for them to contribute,' Watson said at the time.
Four of these players, namely Daniel Adongo (Kenya), Hadleigh Parkes (New Zealand), Tomas Leonardi (Argentina), and Virgil Lacombe (France), have been picked to play in a warm-up fixture this Friday. A statement released by the Kings on Wednesday revealed how much game time each player will enjoy in this match.
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Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development: Genetics and Genomics
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Center for RNA Science and Medicine, Yale
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- B.A., Wesleyan University, 1980
- Ph.D., Harvard University, 1986
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- Abraham MC, Metheetrairut C, Irish VF. 2013. Natural variation identifies multiple loci controlling petal shape and size in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS One. 8:e56743
- Huang T, López-Giráldez F, Townsend JP, Irish VF. 2012. RBE controls microRNA164 expression to effect floral organogenesis. Development. 139:2161-9.
- Irish VF. 2010. The flowering of Arabidopsis flower development. Plant Journal 61: 1014-1028


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Erosion of press freedom
On Monday, the Associated Press reported that the U.S. Justice Department had snared phone records from AP bureaus in New York, Hartford and Washington. The records are part of an ongoing criminal investigation into leaks that informed a 2012 AP story on the CIA's successful operation to thwart an al Qaeda plot to blow up a U.S.-bound jetliner.
The breadth of the records seized is just one troublesome component.
"There can be no possible justification for such an overbroad collection of the telephone communications of The Associated Press and its reporters," AP Chief Executive Gary Pruitt said in a letter posted on its website.
The investigation also telegraphs the perils of a leak-obsessed administration. Nixonian paranoia is, well, just that. The U.S. Attorney's office for the District of Columbia issued an underwhelming statement that it's always "careful and deliberative" when it comes to freedom of the press. The administration might consult Seattle attorney Egil "Bud" Krogh, the former head of the Nixon White House plumbers (the crew that plugged press leaks), for a tutorial on right action and what happens when hubris swells into overreach, or worse.
"I worry that this appears to be an intrusion on the freedom of the press protected by the Constitution," said 1st District Rep. Suzan DelBene, a member of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee. "These are very serious actions taken by DOJ that could have broader First Amendment implications and we must make sure that government strikes the right balance between ensuring the free flow of information through the press and the fair enforcement of our laws."
One remedy is an overdue update of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 to prevent warrantless access to private emails and other electronic communications. DelBene, along with California Rep. Rep. Zoe Lofgren, is co-sponsoring legislation to align the old law with the 21st Century reality of Facebook and instant messaging.
On Wednesday, during Judiciary Committee questioning by DelBene and others, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder acknowledged the need for reform. "The more general notion of having a warrant to obtain the content of communications from a service provider is something that we support." Good. An email must receive the same privacy protection as a letter (however much we prefer the printed word.)
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