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Windows 8 Gets Off to a Slow Start
Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 8 hasn't perked up the sagging computer market. Sales of Microsoft-powered personal computers in the four weeks through Nov. 17 fell 21% from a year earlier. Dow Jones Newswires' George Stahl reports. Photo: Bloomberg.
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GM Coins New Term to Build Multiple Vehicles on One Platform
"Interbuildability." It's a word GM vice chairman Bob Lutz coined to describe the ability to build a variety of vehicle types off the same platform.
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"Interbuildability." It's a word GM vice chairman Bob Lutz coined to describe the ability to build a variety of vehicle types off the same platform. It's also a description of GM's vehicle road map. Though not a word that easily rolls off the tongue, the concept behind the word will have lasting effects on GM's future product portfolio.
"The next-generation Epsilon platform will be more flexible and able to support a wide variety of vehicles," says Carl-Peter Forster, president of GM Europe. The list includes, but isn't limited to, sedans, wagons, SUVs, and vans spread among the Chevy, Daewoo, Opel, Saab, Pontiac, and Saturn brands. "Interbuildability will free-up resources, allowing us to create more choices for the customer, eliminate the need for double tooling, and allow GM to balance production worldwide." Whether that last item includes things such as building Saabs in China rather than Sweden, Forster wouldn't say. However, he did say that European volume manufacturers will have "to go farther on cost," and this includes "having the right production footprint." Judging from GM Europe's willingness to add Opel Zafira minivan capacity in Poland, not western Germany in order to cut costs, there can be little doubt that Saab's Trollhattan, Sweden plant—which boasts a capacity utilization around 50%—won't have much time to fix things.
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Oddly, the current Epsilon platform shared between the Opel Vectra and Saab 93 in Europe is not quite a world architecture. Says Forster: "It deviated during development to a point where the Opel and Saab models are similar, but different enough to prevent us from producing them in the same plant." He contends the new version—just beginning development at Opel's Rüsselsheim, Germany, headquarters and due in the market before 2010—will let GM build any variant at any plant assembling an Epsilon vehicle anywhere in the world. "You are free to decide where you want to build the vehicle once you have interbuildability," says Forster.
Forster sees no image problems arising out of the move to produce vehicles that are mechanically similar, but stylistically different. "People buy cars, brands and dealers, not architectures." Therefore the next-generation range-toppers at Saab and Opel will share the same architecture and have some overlap in size, but will not compete for the same buyers.* "Look around the industry," he says flatly, "there are amazing similarities among cars in a class in terms of chassis and powertrain. It's the execution, design, tuning and vehicle concept where differentiation increasingly will take place."
* Forster says the next generation Saab 95 could be built on the current Epsilon, Epsilon 2 Epsilon widened, or Sigma architectures. It, however, may not be the top of the line. A production version of the rear-drive Opel Insignia show car may be on the road by 2007, and will include variants from both Saab and Cadillac.

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In celebration of his 70th birthday, ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER UNMASKED: THE PLATINUM COLLECTION was recently released through UMe / Polydor.
As one of the most successful composers of the modern era, Andrew Lloyd Webber's repertoire includes some of the world's most celebrated musicals; Sunset Boulevard, Cats, Aspects Of Love, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Starlight Express, The Phantom of The Opera, School of Rock and Love Never Dies – to name but a few.
Last year, Lloyd Webber became the only person to equal the record set in 1953 by Rodgers & Hammerstein with four shows running concurrently on Broadway (Sunset Boulevard, Cats, The Phantom of the Opera and School of Rock). Two of his shows are currently running in both Broadway and the West End: School Of Rock and The Phantom of the Opera, and his musicals have grossed more than $13.6 billion and have been watched by 302 million people across 44 countries. He has sold more than 40 million albums worldwide.
The collection is personally curated and overseen by Lloyd Webber to include classics from his earliest work starting with Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat through his most recent School of Rock.
Of the new album, Lloyd Webber says: "I owe everyone involved in putting this compilation together a huge thank you. A vast amount of thought has evidently gone into selecting tracks from my almost fifty year old career. This compilation brings back a heap of memories – it has made this ancient composer very happy. I particularly love the new tracks and of course I love the orchestral suites. There's nothing a composer likes more than hearing their melodies played by a cracking orchestra."
Newly recorded songs from superstar artists Lana Del Rey ("You Must Love Me", Evita), Nicole Scherzinger ("Memory", Cats) and Gregory Porter ("Light at the End of the Tunnel", Starlight Express) and add to the collection of his cherished works from the past five decades.
Of Lloyd Webber, Lana Del Rey says, "Andrew Lloyd Webber has been one of my primary inspirations in music, so to do a cover of one of his songs is a dream."
Gregory Porter also expresses his admiration, "Andrew is an icon of not only musical theatre, but he's an icon of music, our culture, and of our human experience."
The Cats classic "Memory" by Nicole Scherzinger is available now as an instant grat track. Of being on the album, Scherzinger says, "Andrew's music absolutely influenced me as an artist… It's hard for me to fathom that I'm a part of one of Andrew's career defining albums. That is in itself career defining for me. It's a dream, and a lifelong accomplishment."
The set also contains recordings by world-class performers such as Barbra Streisand, Madonna, Michael Crawford, Sarah Brightman, Michael Ball, and released for the first time, Beyonce singing "Learn To Be Lonely" from the 2005 Academy Awards with Lloyd Webber accompanying on piano.
UNMASKED: THE PLATINUM COLLECTION is available as 2 CD and 4 CD editions. The 4-disc version contains an exclusive 40-page book with a personally penned introduction from Lloyd Webber and in-depth notes on each track, written by respected theatre critic and Lloyd Webber biographer Michael Coveney, together with tributes from Barbra Streisand and Glenn Close among others.
The fourth disc encompasses a mix of overtures and showstoppers from Lloyd Webber's key works, as well as newly created orchestral suites. The five new orchestral suites have been specially prepared from existing recordings, emphasising the grand orchestral aspects of his work. All CDs were mastered at Abbey Road Studios.
Lloyd Webber's productions have sold more than 330 million tickets worldwide. The Phantom of the Opera is the longest-running
"Andrew Lloyd Webber Tribute to a Superstar" airs TODAY – Wednesday, March 28 on NBC
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE IN CONCERT – airs Sunday, April 1 on NBC
Lloyd Webber's new autobiography UNMASKED, was released by HarperCollins on March 6th.


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Anyone can buy a boat, a quahaug rake and a shellfish permit and go quahaugging. And anyone can use a rod and reel to catch a fish.
But it is a rare person who can scratch a living as a fisherman, from youth through middle age and do it with the spirit and dedication of Robert (Bob) Flanders, who died this past weekend.
Thirty years ago, when I was an aspiring young journalist, I went to Menemsha with my camera trying to take the great picture that would launch my career.
I saw Bob Flanders working on his skiff, tending some gear and I got up close. The scene was quintessential Menemsha. I took out my camera. "Can I take your picture?" I asked.
"No," he said.
I was dumbfounded by the certainty of his answer. I stood by, with my camera ready and tried to persuade him to change his mind. For nearly the next hour, we talked. He told me about inconsiderate photographers he had seen that summer. They annoyed him. He spoke of empty discarded film boxes on the landing to his fish shack. He told me he needed a rake to collect them all. I left without taking his picture.
It was the beginning of a long friendship.
And it took years before he consented to a picture.
But I was persistent. Whenever I was in Menemsha looking for a picture and I saw him, I walked up and asked him the same question.
"No," was his easy reply, every time, over and over again.
Then the old man of the sea and I would sit down and he would talk about the waterfront. Instead of getting a picture, I would get a story. Then the conversation would shift to fishing and fishermen and it would usually end with his asking how the newspaper office was at the other end of the Island.
Many times I pulled out my notebook. A few times I didn't.
"Now, I don't want to see my name in that story," he would say.
Word of our waterfront ritual got around.
When Chilmark townspeople were organizing a harbor festival in 1994 commemorating the town's tricentenniel, I was approached by Bob Flanders' younger sister Bette Carroll. She was a member of the historical committee and a co-organizer of the celebration.
She asked if I would sing a few songs for the event. "How much would you charge?" she asked me.
"Well, I am not sure," I replied. "There is something else I'd like."
"You'd like permission to photograph my brother. I know all about it," she said.
"Yes," I replied.
"I'll work on it," she said.
And that is how I finally got the old fisherman's permission to take his picture.
Today that framed photograph hangs in the Chilmark town hall selectmen's meeting room.
There are other parts to the story. One time I was teaching a class in photography in Menemsha. Bob Flanders was working on his boat at the time. I pointed him out to my students and told them the Flanders story.
I told them that photography is an opportunity to cultivate a relationship with the rest of the world that is bigger and wider than any two-dimensional image.
Nearby, Mr. Flanders overheard what I said. Then unexpectedly, he got out of his boat and sped off in his old red truck. He left us in a cloud of dust.
Minutes later he reappeared and parked his truck in front of the Galley, in full view of my students. Before an audience of aspiring photographers, without getting out of his truck, with his rough hands he handed me a carving he had made of a small coastal bird. Without saying a word, he sped off.
In 1998 author Jane Carpineto wrote a book titled On the Vineyard, a Year in the Life of an Island. She wrote the story I just shared, but to the disappointment of many, she left out Robert's name.
Robert Flanders was a wonderful man. His world was along the shore, in the pond and in Menemsha Bight. He was a waterfront sage. If you ever caught his gaze and his time, it was a precious moment.
Thanks to Robert, I learned a few important lessons that are of far greater value than any of my pictures of him.


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Do you believe falling is increasingly inevitable as you age? It is true that more and more people fall as they get older. But, did you know there are steps you can take to prevent falls?
Impaired balance, a major risk factor for falling, often worsens with age. It may worsen because of decreased strength, agility, and flexibility, or as a result of illness, sensory impairment, or certain medicines. If you have chronic pain, this can also increase your risk of falling. But, certain exercises may improve balance in people of all ages. Read on about balancing acts, which you may want to try at home to minimize falls and remain independent for as long as possible.
Studies have shown that people who perform regular exercises to improve lower body strength and balance can decrease their risk of falls and fall-related injuries. In addition, some research supports the practice of ]]>tai chi]]>, a combination of moving yoga and meditation, to reduce falls.
Keep in mind that although exercise may reduce fall-related ]]>fractures]]> in healthy seniors, it may increase risk in seniors with functional limitations. Therefore, it is important to check with your doctor before beginning any exercise program, including the exercises listed below. Assistance during exercise, or an organized exercise program, may be necessary for some people.
Also, be aware that obstacles in the home may contribute to loss of balance and subsequent falls. For people age 65 or older, most falls occur in or around the home. Start by removing obstacles in your home that may contribute to loss of balance:
But modifying the home environment alone may not reduce fall risk. After checking with your doctor, you may want to try some of these exercises at home—or find out about community exercise programs—that may help you build strength and improve balance. These exercises were adapted from The National Institute on Aging's online Exercise Book.
As your balance improves, you may want to increase the difficulty of these exercises by making the following modifications:
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National Institute on Aging. National Institutes of Health website. Available at: http://www.nia.nih.gov/exercisebook/chapter4_balance.htm . Accessed on March 24, 2003.
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Available at:www.cdc.gov/ncipc/duip/SummaryOfFalls.htm. Accessed on March 24, 2003.
Province MA, Hadley EC, Hornbrook MC, et al. The effects of exercise on falls in elderly patients: a preplanned meta-analysis of the FICSIT trials. JAMA. 1995;273:1341-1347.
Rubenstein LZ, Josephson KR, Trueblood PR, et al. Effects of a group exercise program on strength, mobility, and falls among fall-prone elderly men. J of Gerontology Series A-Biological Sciences & Medical Sciences. 2000;55:M317-M321.
Samelson EJ, Zhang Y, Kiel DP, et al. Effect of birth cohort on risk of hip fracture; age-specific incidence rates in the Framingham Study. Amer J Public Health. 2002;92:858-862.
Taggart HM. Effects of tai chi exercise on balance, functional mobility, and fear of falling among older women. Applied Nursing Research. 2002;15:235-242.
University of Connecticut Health Center on Aging website. Available at: http://www.uchc.edu/ocomm/newsreleases02/feb02/balance.html. Accessed March 17, 2003.
Wolf SL, Barnhart HX, Kutner NG, et al. Reducing frailty and falls in older persons: an investigation of Tai Chi and computerized balance training. Atlanta FICSIT Group. Frailty and Injuries: Cooperative Studies of Intervention Techniques. J of Amer Geri Soc. 1996;44:489-497.
12/11/2009 DynaMed's Systematic Literature Surveillance http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed/what.php: Leveille SG, Jones RN, Kiely DK, et al. Chronic musculoskeletal pain and the occurrence of falls in an older population. JAMA. 2009;302(20):2214-21.
Last reviewed May 2009 by ]]>Robert E. Leach, MD]]>
Please be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. CALL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
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Interested in open learning, open educational resources.
As a Mozillian, my focus is on using the power of open Web to empower people into sharing their knowledge through the most easily accessible way - the Web.
I was part of Mozilla India's Policy and Advocacy Task Force and Documentation Task Force. I was also a member of the participation cohort.
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Samuel Butler (January 30, 1774 - December 4, 1839) was a British cleric, historian, and schoolmaster active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Butler is best known as a classical scholar, in which field he received numerous awards for meritorious achievement. Around 1798 he was assigned the post of headmaster at the prestigious Shrewsbury School. Having attained a Doctorate of Divinity in 1811, Butler became a clergyman in Kenilworth. He later became the Archdeacon of Derby and in 1836 the Bishop of Lichfield. Even as a clergyman Butler retained an interest in education and published several classical and modern geographies most of which went through many editions and were popular in schools across England.
Sidney Hall (1788 - 1831) was an English engraver and map publisher active in London during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. His earliest imprints, dating to about 1814, suggest a partnership with Michael Thomson, another prominent English map engraver. Hall engraved for most of the prominent London map publishers of his day, including Aaron Arrowsmith, William Faden, William Harwood, and John Thomson, among others. Hall is credited as being one of the earliest adopters of steel plate engraving, a technique that allowed for finer detail and larger print runs due to the exceptional hardness of the medium. Upon his early death - he was only in his 40s - Hall's business was inherited by his wife, Selina Hall, who continued to publish under the imprint, "S. Hall", presumably for continuity. The business eventually passed to Sidney and Selina's nephew Edward Weller, who became extremely prominent in his own right.
Longman (fl. c. 1720 - present) is a long lived and venerable British publishing firm initially founded 1720s by Thomas Longman (1699 - 1755). Longman was born in Bristol and in 1716 was apprenticed to John Osborn, a London printer and bookseller. Completing his apprenticeship, Longman requested and was granted the hand of Osborn's daughter. Shortly afterwards Longman acquired the stock of Robinson Crusoe publisher William Taylor and, along with Osborn, established a printing office on Paternoster Row. The two published numerous works including Samuel Johnson's Dictionary. Around the same time that Osborn retired Thomas Longman's nephew, another Thomas Longman (1730 - 1797), joined the firm which was subsequently renamed T. and T. Longman. On the death of the original Thomas Longman, the nephew took over the firm and eventually passed it on to his son, Thomas Norton Longman (1771 - 1842). Thomas Norton seemed to have had a passion for partnering and over the years added Owen Rees (1730 - 1797), Thomas Brown (c. 1777 - 1869), and three more mysterious partners, Hurst, Orme and Green, to the corporation's partner list. For many years the firm published as Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green. Thomas Norton eventually passed the firm to his own sons, Thomas and William, who during their tenure bought out most of the minor partners, renaming the firm Longmans, Green & Co. Later, Thomas Longman's son took control of the firm in full naming it just Longman. During World War II most of their plates and stock were destroyed but the company nonetheless survived and went public in 1948. Longman was eventually acquired by the media conglomerate Pearson and continues to publish as Pearson Longman.
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No whimpers: Rubin orchestrates Phish exit
The revolution will not be televised.
It will, however, be broadcast live over XM satellite radio to over 2.1 million subscribers. August 15 will mark the end of an era, and Nick Rubin gets to write the soundtrack.
In addition to an eclectic weekly slot (called "Local Weather" 1-3am Friday mornings) on Charlottesville indie station WTJU-FM, Rubin sporadically serves as a DJ for "The Bunny," a here-today/gone-tomorrow phantom radio station which periodically materializes to document Phish's annual camping festival performances.
"The first few years, the band would rent a temporary FCC license. It would be real low-powered, we'd set up on the site and broadcast for the week," Rubin recalls with amusement. "The station wouldn't exist before or after. If you went to that frequency on the dial before or after the shows, you wouldn't have heard anything."
As the band grew in stature, so did their fans' quirky displays of dedication. "Last year the signal was picked up by a local radio station and we were broadcasting all over Northeast Maine and New Brunswick," he says.
Now they've upped the ante again. This weekend will mark the final performance of the band which might just have the most fanatical following in the history of rock and roll. Thousands of Phish-heads will converge upon Coventry, Vermont, for two days of music and assorted other revelries. (When they played at Charlottesville's U-Hall in the early '90s, there were several parking lot drug busts.)
XM jumped on the opportunity to reach the thousands more who can't afford to trek across the country or weren't lucky enough to score tickets, offering fans a live broadcast of the show surrounded on either side by several days of Bunny broadcasts– and a temporary subscription option by which to get it to them.
All of a sudden, Rubin has jumped from a low powered, temporary station to a cutting-edge broadcast with a national audience. He's not the least bit fazed, though. In fact, he's already working on the perfect set list.
"I want to be eclectic and surprising– the first minute of Beethoven's first 'Rasumovsky' quartet fading out and right into Yo La Tengo's 'One PM Again'– that kinda stuff," he says.
As a third-year graduate student in UVA's musicology program, the 34-year-old Rubin is schooled for the task, and there's no telling how many such tricks he might have up his sleeve.
With the exception of a retrospective hosted by Phish's overworked archivist, The Bunny won't be ensnared by The String Cheese Trap. "The other DJs at The Bunny pretty much play what they want to play, which is, 'Well, not jam bands,' he says.
Rubin won't just be present when an entire subculture spontaneously combusts this weekend– he'll also get to decide just what the bang will sound like.
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Simon set to make political announcement Wednesday
Illinois Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon is planning to discuss her political future during a series of trips around the state.
The Springfield bureau of Lee Enterprises newspapers says ( http://bit.ly/16ygCQX) the Carbondale Democrat sent an email to supporters late Monday, saying she'd release "very exciting news" about her campaign on Wednesday.
For five months, Simon has kept mum on her plans for next year, saying only that she'll seek another statewide office. She hasn't said what position she might seek, but has touted her background as a former county prosecutor and law professor.
Simon's campaign manager has said she's been interested in comptroller, a position now held by Republican Judy Baar Topinka.
Simon's set to kick off her tour Wednesday in Chicago before visiting Springfield and Carbondale.


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The findings by Switzerland's Institute of Radiation Physics were inconclusive, but revived speculation that Arafat was poisoned.
The legendary Palestinian leader died Nov. 11, 2004 in a French military hospital, a month after falling violently ill at his government compound in the West Bank town of Ramallah.
The Swiss institute has said it would need to examine Arafat's remains for conclusive findings, though a clear-cut outcome is not assured because of the decay of the substance, polonium-210, over the years. Last week, Abbas said he was willing, in principle, to allow an autopsy, provided he receives permission from religious authorities and Arafat's family.
Arafat was buried in a mausoleum that has become the centerpiece of the Ramallah compound where Abbas's headquarters are located. The exhumation would create a huge spectacle that could upset some devout Muslims, though there seems to be a widespread desire among Palestinians to determine the cause of death.
Abbas aide Saeb Erekat said Monday that the Palestinian president has decided to invite the Swiss experts to Ramallah in order to examine the remains. "We are on the way to an autopsy," Erekat told The Associated Press.
Erekat said a Palestinian medical expert would contact the Swiss institute later Monday or Tuesday to offer the invitation. Erekat said an autopsy could be conducted as soon as the Swiss team arrives. There was no immediate comment from the institute.
Arafat's widow, Suha, has repeatedly called for exhuming the remains. She worked closely with the Arab satellite TV station Al-Jazeera, which conducted an investigation into Arafat's death and received permission from her to submit her husband's belongings for testing. The top Muslim cleric in the Palestinian territories has also given his blessing to exhuming the remains.
However, Arafat's nephew, Nasser al-Kidwa, has been cool to the idea of an autopsy but signaled he will not stand in the way.
"Our belief was always that it was an unusual death, and most likely he (Arafat) was poisoned. Now all indications say he was poisoned," al-Kidwa told AP.
It was not immediately clear whether al-Kidwa would or could block attempts to exhume the remains. Al-Kidwa, a former Palestinian envoy to the United Nations, heads the Yasser Arafat Foundation and is the custodian of Arafat's memory.
Erekat suggested that Abbas was firm in his decision to move forward.
© 2010 Ahram Online.


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In the overview of the findings of the 2012 Top Wealth Managers survey, part one of our analysis of the survey, we argued that the wealth management industry is rapidly changing and has entered into the mature stages of its evolution. In this article, we focus on findings from the survey that shed light on the Top Wealth Managers' profits and productivity.
On average, firms in the 2012 Top Wealth Managers survey grew their assets under management by 9.4% in 2011. Considering the Standard & Poor's index was almost perfectly flat (0% growth) for that same year, this result is not entirely disappointing. However, it is far from the annual growth of 25% and more experienced each year from 2004 to 2008. This environment of slower growth and higher levels of competition is likely to be the future of the industry. Slower growth changes the context for management decisions dramatically—investing in the business does not pay off as quickly, valuation of the businesses may decline, and the financial and legal risks to owners increase while their income may stay relatively flat.
It is interesting to note that the fastest growing firms are actually the largest. Firms with more than $3 billion in AUM were the only ones with double-digit growth. Much of that growth came from acquisitions or recruiting of wirehouse teams (several of the firms on the list specialize in such strategies). At the same time, the lower ranges of the client market—the clients with less than $5 million in AUM—also contributed to this growth.
While it is very difficult for wealth management firms to admit they have an interest in working with smaller relationships, there are indications of their willingness to lower their minimum fees and reach down-market.
In fact, the average revenue per client for firms of all sizes declined between 2010 and 2011.
Even the largest firms' revenue per client declined from $35,356 per client to $31,925 per client. In addition to working with smaller relationships, firms may be experiencing more pricing pressure. If we compare the revenue "yield" (the revenue of the firm in a year divided by the average AUM in that year), we find there are some small signs of decline.
The average yield was 76 basis points in 2010 compared with 74 in 2011. Such minor declines are evident in most sizes of firms, and while they are not yet statistically significant, the combination of declining revenue per client and declining yield may be something to watch in the future. Based on recent conversations, most firms tend to report that they are moving upstream and not feeling pricing pressure.
The reality of the market may be different. In order to grow, firms may need to allow some room for compromise.
No Productivity Gains
Growth in itself is of little value if it does not increase profitability. While maintaining margins will certainly add to the bottom line, most firms also hope to increase their productivity as they grow, thus leveraging the results. Unfortunately, we have not seen any significant changes in productivity since 2008, when the economic crisis began.
Productivity gains are critical for wealth management firms since without them, the only way to grow is by continuing to add new professionals and staff at a fixed rate of return. This process of staff additions in concert with revenue growth can be slow, and finding the right people can be challenging.
What is more, existing professionals in the firm have fewer opportunities to grow into owner responsibilities if the professional leverage is limited. Productivity gains made that process much easier in 2006 and 2007 and surveys such as the 2008 Moss Adams Survey of Financial Performance were reporting revenue per professional of more than $780,000.
In today's industry, those numbers seem awfully high, perhaps even out of reach. Instead, we see a continued trend for increases in the level of client service during signs of fee compression—especially at the very high end of the client size range.
Viewing another part of the survey findings, this time by firm size as measured by total assets under management, shows some interesting service characteristics of participants. In the investing arena, the larger the firm, the more active their investing strategy. Also, the larger the firm, the more likely it is to place clients into LPs and hedge funds.
As for the primary investment goal of participants, the smallest firms–those with less than $1 billion in AUM–chose 'Wealth Preservation' as their primary goal (69%), as did their larger wealth manager peers (both at 82%), but the smaller firms also chose 'Capital Appreciation' as a primary goal at a higher percentage (26%) compared to the larger firms (both at 17%).
Please read part three of our analysis here, and please visit the 2012 Top Wealth Managers home page for additional data and analysis.
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Geologists Discover Signs of Volcanoes Blowing their Tops in the Deep Ocean
June 26, 2008
NOTE: Many readers have inquired about whether the Arctic volcanism described here might be a cause of the melting of the polar ice cap. The answer is "no," and you can learn more here.
A research team led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has uncovered evidence of explosive volcanic eruptions deep beneath the ice-covered surface of the Arctic Ocean. Such violent eruptions of splintered, fragmented rock—known as pyroclastic deposits-were not thought possible at great ocean depths because of the intense weight and pressure of water and because of the composition of seafloor magma and rock.
Researchers found jagged, glassy rock fragments spread out over a 10 square kilometer (4 square mile) area around a series of small volcanic craters about 4,000 meters (2.5 miles) below the sea surface. The volcanoes lie along the Gakkel Ridge, a remote and mostly unexplored section of the mid-ocean ridge system that runs through the Arctic Ocean.
"These are the first pyroclastic deposits we've ever found in such deep water, at oppressive pressures that inhibit the formation of steam, and many people thought this was not possible," said WHOI geophysicist Rob Reves-Sohn, lead author and chief scientist for the Arctic Gakkel Vents Expedition (AGAVE) of July 2007. "This means that a tremendous blast of CO2 was released into the water column during the explosive eruption."
The paper, which was co-authored by 22 investigators from nine institutions in four countries, was published in the June 26 issue of the journal Nature.
Seafloor volcanoes usually emit lobes and sheets of lava during an eruption, rather than explosive plumes of gas, steam, and rock that are ejected from land-based volcanoes. Because of the hydrostatic pressure of seawater, ocean eruptions are more likely to resemble those of Kilauea than Mount Saint Helens or Mount Pinatubo.
Making just the third expedition ever launched to the Gakkel Ridge—and the first to visually examine the seafloor–researchers used a combination of survey instruments, cameras, and a seafloor sampling platform to collect samples of rock and sediment, as well as dozens of hours of high-definition video. They saw rough shards and bits of basalt blanketing the seafloor and spread out in all directions from the volcanic craters they discovered and named Loké, Oden, and Thor.
They also found deposits on top of relatively new lavas and high-standing features—such as Duque's Hill and Jessica's Hill–indications that the rock debris had fallen or precipitated out of the water, rather than being moved as part of a lava flow that erupted from the volcanoes.
Closer analysis has shown that the some of the tiny fragments are angular bits of quenched glass known to volcanologists as limu o Pele, or "Pele's seaweed." These fragments are formed when lava is stretched thin around expanding gas bubbles during an explosion. Reves-Sohn and colleagues also found larger blocks of rock—known as talus—that could have been ejected by explosive blasts from the seafloor.
Much of Earth's surface is made up of oceanic crust formed by volcanism along seafloor mid-ocean ridges. These volcanic processes are tied to the rising of magma from Earth's mantle and the spreading of Earth's tectonic plates. Submerged under several kilometers of cold water, the volcanism of mid-ocean ridges tends to be relatively subdued compared to land-based eruptions.
To date, there have been scattered signs of pyroclastic volcanism in the sea, mostly in shallower water depths. Samples of sediment and rock collected on other expeditions have hinted at the possibilities at depths down to 3,000 meters, but the likelihood of explosive eruptions at greater depths seemed slim.
One reason is the tremendous pressure exerted by the weight of seawater, known as hydrostatic pressure. More importantly, it is very difficult to build up the amount of steam and carbon dioxide gas in the magma that would be required to explode a mass of rock up into the water column. (Far less energy is needed to do so in air.) In fact, the buildup of CO2 in magma in the sea crust would have to be ten times higher than anyone has ever observed in seafloor samples.
The findings from the Gakkel Ridge expedition appear to show that deep-sea pyroclastic eruptions can and do happen. "The circulation and plumbing of the Gakkel Ridge might be different," said Reves-Sohn. "There must be a lot more volatiles in the system than we thought." The research team hypothesizes that excess gas may be building up like foam or froth near the ceiling of the magma chambers beneath the crust, waiting to pop like champagne beneath a cork.
"Are pyroclastic eruptions more common than we thought, or is there something special about the conditions along the Gakkel Ridge?" said Reves-Sohn. "That is our next question."
Support for the Arctic Gakkel Vents Expedition and for vehicle development was provided by the National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs; the NSF Division of Ocean Sciences; the Gordon Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems, an NSF Engineering Research Center; the NASA Astrobiology Program; and the WHOI Deep Ocean Exploration Institute.
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is a private, independent organization in Falmouth, Mass., dedicated to marine research, engineering, and higher education. Established in 1930 on a recommendation from the National Academy of Sciences, its primary mission is to understand the oceans and their interaction with the Earth as a whole, and to communicate a basic understanding of the oceans' role in the changing global environment.


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Trial begins for 2 men accused of funding Taliban
An elderly Muslim cleric and his son funneled thousands of dollars to the Pakistani Taliban to fund killings, kidnappings and suicide bombings "in the name of a perverted form of the Muslim faith," a prosecutor said Friday.
That was the characterization of Assistant U.S. Attorney John Shipley Jr. while making his opening statement in the trial of Hafiz Khan, 77, and his 26-year old son, Izhar Khan. The elder Khan was imam at a Miami mosque, and his son held the same post at a mosque in suburban Margate.
Both have pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy and material support to terrorism. Each count carries a maximum prison sentence of 15 years. The trial is expected to last about two months.
A starkly different picture was painted by Khurrum Wahid, the elder Khan's defense attorney, and Joseph Rosenbaum, who is representing the son. They argued prosecutors are misinterpreting thousands of phone conversations, intercepts and the bugged conversations of an informant.
Wahid told the jury that the elderly cleric's words are filled with expressions of love for his madrassa, the school he founded in Pakistan's Swat Valley decades ago.
"He loved that school even more than his own family," Wahid said. The lawyer added that the elderly cleric was lashing out verbally against those who hurt his people.
"He was speaking in words that were not politically correct," Wahid said.
Rosenbaum said the government had little evidence and in this case was "just plain wrong."
Shipley said Hafiz Khan expressed his backing for the Taliban supporter who tried to plant a bomb in New York City's Times Square in summer 2010. The Pakistani Taliban has been linked to al-Qaida, and authorities say the group was connected to the Times Square bombing attempt.
The father and son are accused of sending more than $50,000 to the Pakistani Taliban, which was to be used to help Taliban fighters after a Pakistan army offensive into the Swat Valley in summer 2009.


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Bishop Irinej Extends Sympathy to Coptic Orthodox Christians
In a letter of 16 August 2013, His Grace Bishop Irinej of Australia and New Zealand extended his heartfelt, sincere prayers and the deepest sympathy of his clergy, monastics and faithful to Their Graces, Coptic Orthodox Bishops Suriel of Melbourne and Affiliated Regions and Daniel of Sydney and Affiliated Regions and to their faithful during this Holy Lent of the Virgin Mary, whose intercessions serve as a true source of consolation for those who now mourn.
Bishop Irinej wrote with utter dismay, relative to the tragic events, resulting in the loss of so many innocent lives and rampant destruction in Egypt on Wednesday, 14 August 2013. "Yet again," he noted, "frenzied violence prevails throughout Egypt, offered as a thinly veiled political solution in violation of the free will of the Egyptian people."
"Indigenous, helpless Coptic Orthodox Christians," he stated, "are targeted because of their faith, their churches, schools and institutions devastated. Instead of ushering in democracy – equally for all Egyptians – terror continues to engulf those who profess Christ."
As Serbian Orthodox Christians, "fully empathising with our Coptic Orthodox brethren," the Bishop constituted, "as Kosovo and Metohija, in like manner, continues to bleed at the hands of those who destroy our sacred heritage, intimidate our faithful and would wrench it from the very heart of our nation and people."
In conclusion, Bishop Irinej offered a prayerful salutation, asking that "the Lord continue to guide us in our μαρτυρία – in witness of the Kingdom of Heaven and keep us steadfast in our preaching of His love and the salvation of His Gospel."
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From the kitchen of Barbara Fetter
1 small package red Jell-O (Cherry, Strawberry etc)
1 small package green Jell-O (Lime)
1 package white cake mix (enough for 2 layer cake), plus ingredients to prepare
1 container (16 ounce) Cool Whip
- Make white cake mix per box instructions, using two 9 inch round cake pans.
- After baking, let cakes cool for 10 minutes.
- Remove cake from pans, clean out cake pans and return cakes back to pans.
- Using a fork, poke holes into cakes at various points to receive Jell-O.
- Make up the red Jell-O with hot water only (no cold water) and pour evenly as possible over one of the cakes.
- Then make up the green Jell-O with hot water only and pour over the other round cake.
- Put both cakes into the refrigerator for several hours.
- Place the bottom of the cake pans in hot water to help in removing the cakes from their pans.
- Spread the top of one cake with Cool Whip.
- Place the other cake on top and spread the remaining Cool Whip on top and sides.
- Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.


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Tampico, México – June 14, 2017 – LAVA SoftWorks, a small family company dedicated to IT consulting, announced today that it started raising funds via a rewards crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to finish development of the BardCanvas Content Management System that was previously released as Open Source. Luz Márquez, Finance Manager and head of the company, set out to raise MXN $30,000 (about USD $1,500 to $1,700) to help fulfill the needs of the project, which are:
- Finishing the modules that are still in development.
- Revisit other modules to make improvements.
- Make end user documentation of the engine and all modules, free and premium.
- Make developer documentation for the open source elements.
- Make extra modules for the BardCanvas website so they can sell modules and bundle packs.
- Adapt the BardCanvas website as a marketplace where any developer who wants to develop for BardCanvas can sell their modules/templates.
- Build more modules and templates.
- Replace obsolete hardware and pay subscription fees to app stores.
While the software is set as Open Source, LAVA SoftWorks made a set of modules that aren't yet commercially available and provide advanced capabilities, extend usability and vastly improve the base software. Some of the modules are finished, others are in beta testing, and a few are in alpha development.
In exchange for pledging to the Kickstarter project, backers can gain access to a variety of rewards including:
- Tier 1 (about $1 USD): a mention on the BardCanvas website's Backers Page and a "thank you" letter.
- Tier 2 (about $19 USD): a mention on the Backers Page and receive the Comments Logger and Security modules for BardCanvas in a downloadable bundle package.
- Tier 3 (about $59 USD): this pledge also gives the Comment likes, Polls and Post Ratings modules to backers.
- Tier 4 (about $89 USD): this pledge also gives the User Semaphores, Messaging and Posts Logger modules to backers.
- Tier 5 (about $89 USD): this pledge also gives the Hall of Fame, External User Tags and User Labels modules to backers.
- Tier 6 (about $199 USD): with this, the highest pledge, backers will also receive the Triklet system, a Help Desk solution commercially available on the lavasoftworks.com website and has a retail cost of $399.
On top of that list, websites of backers in tiers 5 and 6 will be featured on an upcoming Mobile Client that is being defined and is expected to become available by the end of September 2017.
The Kickstarter campaign is set to end by July 5th 2017 at 1:06 PM CDT. For more information, please visit the Kickstarter page here or contact the creator below.
About LAVA SoftWorks
"LAVA SoftWorks" is the name both Luz Elena and Alejandro picked to identify their works. Luz Elena is currently registered on the Mexican Tax System as an independent entrepreneur with local registry number MACL720915FN4 and is the financial manager and owner of the lavasoftworks.com domain (registered in 2009) and other online assets. Alejandro, his husband, is the founder and Lead Developer.
LAVA SoftWorks, the couple has other success stories in the IT world, including:
- They got the first Cryptocurrency Tipping Platform officially approved by Facebook causing a sensation in the niche during the first half of 2014. The project ended after a year of service, but the source code was released on GitHub and can be found at github.com/lavacaballero.
- They are the makers of "icomancer", a folder icons composer for MS Windows that is available for free at lavasoftworks.com/icomancer/.
Media Contact
Company Name: LAVA SoftWorks
Contact Person: Luz Márquez & Alejandro Caballero
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone: +52 (833) 270-6423
Country: Mexico
Website: www.lavasoftworks.com


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The right to vote is a cornerstone of American democracy. Every citizen should have a voice in his or her community and in policymaking decisions. This requires a political system in which all voices are heard, and elected leaders listen and respond. If our communities continue to hit barriers to voting, we will continue to elect leaders who focus on the wealthy few. However, if we are able to modernize our election systems and make it more convenient to register and vote, our elected leaders will better reflect the entire community they serve.
Since 2002, states have introduced hundreds of bills making it harder for ordinary citizens to vote, including new photo ID requirements based on model legislation from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). Many state legislatures have cut back on early voting and tried to eliminate same-day registration. Following the 2010 midterm elections, conservative legislators with new majorities passed a wave of regressive bills in states across the country – preventing Americans from voting and dramatically increasing the power of the one percent to buy elections and drown out the people's voices. From 2011 to 2015, legislators introduced 395 new voting restrictions in 49 states. And in 2015, at least 113 restrictive voting and registration laws were proposed, passed, or carried over in 33 states. Alabama – the birthplace of the Voting Rights Act – passed a strict voter ID law and then closed 31 DMV offices in the state in areas that disproportionately affect communities of color.
Democracy is most effective when as many people as possible are involved and actively participate."
And yet there are solutions as well. The past several years have seen a significant increase in election modernization policies throughout the country. Spurred by new technology and new ideas, policies like online voter registration, same-day registration, automatic voter registration, mail ballot delivery, and vote centers have passed in a number of states. Along with removing barriers to registration and expanding early voting and vote-by-mail, states have passed a number of other reforms which expand the electorate, increase participation, and protect the fundamental right to vote. These include registration portability, so that when voters move within a state, their registration automatically follows. Also included are expanded access to mail ballots; pre-registration for 16- and 17-year-olds; a high school civics education that gives all Americans a basic grounding in how their democracy operates; and the restoration of voting rights to nearly 6 million Americans living in our communities who have paid their dues and been released by the justice system, but who are denied a voice in our democracy due to a prior felony conviction.
This should not be a partisan issue, although some would try to make it one. These are common-sense, good government policies that often save taxpayer money and protect the integrity of voters' ballots – which is why they have passed with strong bipartisan majorities in many states. In the spring of 2016, for instance, the Vermont legislature enacted automatic voter registration with near-unanimous support. Online voter registration is now available in one form or another in 34 states, a proliferation that happened nearly overnight by legislative standards.
Individuals, communities, and our American democratic system all benefit when more people are able to participate in the simple yet powerful act of voting. As a country, we should strive to remove barriers and increase access to voting for all Americans – especially for new Americans, young Americans, and historically disenfranchised Americans. States have demonstrated the ways in which we impoverish democracy when we create barriers to the ballot box, but they have also shown how modernizing our systems and increasing voter access can enrich democracy.


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New Worlds: Stranger than Fiction
There's no better way to fire up my imagination than to introduce me to a cool new place, real or imagined. Something about imagining what it's like Elsewhere just captivates me. That's a big part of why I like speculative fiction: fantasy and science fiction are full of exotic new worlds to explore. But it's also a big part of why I study planets for a living. There are plenty of actual exotic new worlds to explore out there in the universe, and I thought I'd share some of my favorites in the hopes of sparking your imagination too.
I'll start here on Earth. You might think earth is a bit, well, mundane, but there are some really weird places hidden away even on our familiar home planet that are just begging to be the setting for some fiction. Take, for instance, la Cueva de los Cristales (the Cave of Crystals) in Mexico. The cave is brutally hot and humid, but it is filled with translucent crystals the size of tree trunks, forming a breathtaking natural cathedral.
Another hellish but spectacular place on earth is the Kawah Ijen sulfur mine in Indonesia. I only recently learned about this place from a feature on The Big Picture photo blog, which showed some surreal photos of this volcanic mine where oozing molten sulfur burns with a blue flame and the air is filled with acidic gases. And of course, the ultimate alien locale on our own planet is the deep sea, where entire ecosystems are still being discovered, with creatures more imaginative and terrifying than any fiction.
But really, that stuff is pretty tame compared to the rest of the universe, so let's take a look at some other awesome places. We'll start off with Mars. What's so special about Mars? It's just a big desert right? Well it has a few claims to fame. You may have heard that it boasts the tallest volcano in the solar system – Olympus Mons – which towers almost three times as high as Mount Everest. Mars is also home to Valles Marineris, the largest canyon in the solar system, which stretches for 4000 km and is 200 km across at its widest point. Ok, so it has a couple planetary tourist traps. To get to the really strange stuff you have to head south. The south polar residual cap on Mars is made of frozen carbon dioxide – a.k.a. dry ice – and it is slowly disappearing. As the cap sublimates, it forms some really bizarre features. Take a look at this picture of the "swiss cheese terrain":
Believe it or not, the smooth, fractured areas in this picture are the high ground (the lighting is from the lower right). The rounded pits are formed as the dry ice turns to gas. Even cooler are the south polar "spiders" – dark splotches that can appear on the ice in a matter of days. One of the leading theories for how these form is that the ice acts like a greenhouse, allowing sunlight to pass through it until it hits a darker layer. As that layer absorbs sunlight, it warms up, vaporizing the ice and creating a high-pressure pocket of gas that erupts, dumping dust onto the surface. How about some fiction set on an unstable landscape of sublimating carbon dioxide, where every step could set off a violent geyser or collapse the roof of an icy greenhouse?
Not impressed by swiss cheese and spiders? Then let's head out to the icy moons of the outer solar system! We'll bypass Io's sulfur-laden volcanoes and Europa's icy ocean because those are pretty well known in sci-fi. Instead I'd like to focus on two of Saturn's moons. The first is Iapetus, a familiar name to anyone who has read the book 2001: A Space Odyssey. (In the movie the obelisk was re-located to Europa because they had trouble making convincing-looking rings for Saturn) Arthur C. Clarke picked a great location in which to hide an alien artifact though, because Iapetus is decidedly weird and artificial-looking. First of all, it is two-faced. One hemisphere is black as coal, while the other is as white as snow. And it's not a smooth transition between the two either: recent photos of the dividing line show splotches of pure black and pure white. It's like looking at a close-up of a dalmation. The leading theory for this abrupt color change is that Iapetus sweeps up debris blasted off the moon Phoebe. Since Iapetus is tidally locked with the same hemisphere facing Saturn at all times, this material always hits the same hemisphere, causing it to darken. Once it darkens a little bit the sun takes over, heating up the darkened areas and causing surface ice there to sublimate away and condense on the brighter areas. Over time this darkens the dark spots and brightens the bright spots.
The other weird thing about Iapetus is that it has a 13 km high ridge of mountains running for 1300 km precisely along its equator, and nobody really knows why it's there! The leading theory is that Iapetus used to rotate much faster and so was fatter at its equator. It has since cooled (and therefore become more rigid) and also has slowed its spin. The ridge might have been formed as Iapetus tried to change shape in response to its new, slower rotation rate. Still, to anyone with a science-fictional bent, that equatorial ridge brings to mind all sorts of more exotic possibilities. As the saying goes, "That's no moon…"
Titan, another one of Saturn's moons, is even more unusual than Iapetus. Titan is strange because it is the only moon with a thick atmosphere. In fact, its atmospheric pressure is greater than the pressure here on Earth despite its lower gravity! Earth is the only other place in the solar system with a significant nitrogen atmosphere. But the similarities with Earth don't stop there. The Cassini mission has also found river beds, lakes, seas and thunderstorms on Titan! That would be interesting enough, but the really wild thing is that the surface temperature of Titan is -180 degrees C (-292 F)! At that temperature, water is frozen so hard you can basically think of it as a mineral. It turns out that instead of a water cycle like the Earth, Titan has a hydrocarbon cycle. Methane and ethane take the place of water, condensing to form violent thunderstorms which rain down forming rivers, lakes and seas. The surface is obscured by a smog of heavier hydrocarbons that also gradually settle out of the atmosphere forming great deserts of coal-like sand. There is 1000 times more hydrocarbon locked up as sand on Titan than there is in all the coal on Earth, not to mention all the liquid natural gas that fills Titan's lakes and seas! What I love about Titan is how it looks so familiar but is so bizarrely different at the same time. Only nature could be creative enough to come up with an icy moon literally drenched in fuel! I'm just waiting for the first interplanetary expedition led by Exxon and BP.
But that's just the tip of the iceberg. We still haven't even left the solar system, but to date there are 500 known exoplanets orbiting 421 stars, and new planets are being discovered all the time. If the most exotic places in our own solar system don't seem science fictional enough for you, then just consider some of the awesome exoplanets that have been discovered:
First of all, we have the "hot jupiters" – gas giants that are so close to their stars they orbit in a matter of hours or days rather than decades. The extreme temperatures drive some pretty crazy weather: Astronomers have detected winds blowing 10,000 km per hour on the hot Jupiter planet HD209458b! Even more mind-blowing is that on some of these planets, instead of clouds made of water and ammonia, there are clouds made of silicate minerals or iron!
Rocky planets close enough to their stars might also have some pretty exotic clouds. Planets orbiting close to their stars are "tidally locked" just like our moon, so the same side always faces the star. That means that on a planet like COROT-7b, a possibly rocky planet with a mass about five times that of earth, the sunlit side gets absurdly hot. Estimates put the sub-solar temperature for COROT-7b at 2600 K (4220 F), which is hot enough to vaporize rock and metal, giving the planet clouds of glowing yellow sodium gas and silicate minerals. If you thought methane rain on Titan was weird, stay clear of the olivine sleet on COROT 7b! Obviously these places wouldn't be very pleasant places for humans to visit, but the great thing about science fiction is that you can bend some rules. Maybe the higher temperatures make silicon-based life more plausible. Or maybe future post-humans scoff in the face of mere high temperatures and visit these planets to mine the clouds.
I've always been fascinated by the idea of these tidally locked worlds because even though the day side can be hellishly hot, the night side temperatures would plummet to nearly absolute zero, and somewhere on the terminator (the transition between day and night) the temperature would be nice and comfortable. But that's only if the planet has no atmosphere. Things get a lot more complicated and more interesting if there is a way to convect heat from the hot side to the cold side. A couple months ago I heard a very cool talk by Ray Peirrehumbert about the climate on the possible earth-like planet Gliese 581g. (As a side note, the Gliese 581 system, with at least six planets, is just crying out to be the setting for some sci-fi!) He described a whole range of possible climates for this tidally-locked world, the coolest and most-habitable of which was the "eyeball earth" scenario. In this case, the planet is mostly ocean with an atmosphere not all that different from our own. Under the sub-solar point the dark open water absorbs enough energy to stay liquid at a cozy 37 degrees C, but as you go farther away, temperatures drop and the ocean freezes. The result is an "iris" of warm open water on an otherwise icy world. You can tweak the amount of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere to vary the size of the open water pool. The only downside is that if the eyeball earth does somehow ice over completely, the ice reflects enough sunlight to prevent the water pool from opening up again. I, for one, would love to read the story of a civilization on Gliese 581g struggling to prevent their world from freezing over. Instead of Martians struggling to survive by building canals, you could have Glieseians building giant CO2 factories!
You can get some even weirder planets if you change their composition. For example, the planet WASP 12b is thought to be a "carbon planet", which as the name suggests, is unusually rich in carbon. WASP 12b is a gas giant, but a carbon-rich rocky planet would be a very interesting place. Instead of normal rocks, you would have mountains made of graphite, diamonds and asphalt. Or if a carbon planet doesn't float your boat, what about an earth-sized planet made mostly of water? (It would, of course, have to be named Sea World) With oceans hundreds of kilometers deep, the pressures at the bottom would grow so high that exotic forms of ice would form even at high temperatures. Considering the alien life in our own oceans, just imagine what might live in the depths of Sea World!
Finally, if diamond mountains, sodium clouds and eyeball earths still aren't good enough for you, then take a trip to the first exoplanets ever discovered, orbiting the pulsar PSR 1257+12. These planets are either the charred cinders left over after their sun went supernova, or they formed from the shrapnel generated by that explosion. They are bathed in deadly radiation from their star, and also are in the interesting position of being much larger than the star they orbit (a neutron star is so dense that it can pack the mass of the sun into a sphere the size of a small city). If these planets did indeed form from the gas produced by the supernova, they are almost surely full of exotic radioactive elements generated in the dying gasps of the star. So not only are they blasted by radiation from the pulsar, but they probably produce plenty of radiation themselves. Probably not a nice place to live, but also a fantastic source of resources for anyone who can survive the harsh environment long enough to mine them.
As you can see, the universe is full of fascinating places that are just begging to be the setting for some speculative fiction. I hope these places have sparked your imagination as much as they do mine. It's fun to imagine other planets, but if there's anything I've learned from studying them, it's that our imagination pales compared to what is really out there waiting for us.


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THE VICISSITUDES OF POSTNATIONAL AFFECTS: VISUALITY, TEMPORALITY, AND CORPOREALITY IN GLOBAL EAST ASIAN FILMS by Jecheol Park _________________________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (CINEMA-TELEVISION: CRITICAL STUDIES) December 2012 Copyright 2012 Jecheol Park
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|One of the salient changes East Asian films have undergone during the past decade of globalization is their increasing tendency to foreground affective intensities that are excessive in relation to their thematic or signifying aspects. My dissertation, The Vicissitudes of Postnational Affects: Visuality, Temporality, and Corporeality in Global East Asian Films, explores political implications of these affective features as expressed in some of the recent East Asian films, focusing on their relationships with the postnational condition that has increasingly swept over East Asia during the past two decades. By the term postnational condition, I mean the recent remarkable change in the mode of socio-political power, which is characterized by the gradual simultaneous processes of the decline of sovereign and disciplinary powers and the rise of global neoliberal governmentality. As such, the postnational condition needs to be understood as a double-edge sword in the sense that it makes it possible for hitherto unrepresentable affective others to emerge at the same time that it prepares for a new condition that makes it possible to manage and rationalize them in such a calculative manner that it may preempt subversive forms of affective otherness from appearing. My dissertation calls attention to how recent East Asian films have responded to this postnational condition in different ways by developing various kinds of narrative and stylistic strategies that can cinematically express, as well as cope with, this affective otherness. ❧ My dissertation focuses on three aspects of film experience—its visual, temporal, and corporeal ones—in which affective otherness is expressed in films. Part I focuses on the phenomenon of global exoticism and discusses and compares different ways East Asian films deploy the aesthetics of the exotic vis-à-vis the dominant neoliberal tactics of valorizing visual alterity or excess. If Kim Ki-duk's recent films such as Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, and Spring (2003) and 3-Iron (2004) show how the exotic can undergo generification, thereby losing its singularity in accordance with the neoliberal governmental management of visual excess, Hou Hsiao-hsien's recent films, such as Flowers of Shanghai (1998) and Flight of the Red Balloon (2007) illustrate the possibility that the residual, unvalorizable exotic can appear in the cinema of the era of neoliberal governmentality. ❧ Part II addresses how affective otherness can be expressed through contingency and temporal heterogeneity. The compulsive repetition characteristic of Hong Sang-soo's Tale of Cinema (2005) serves to turn otherwise singular contingencies into probabilistic, and thus valorizable chances. This examination of Hong's film shows how neoliberal governmentality regularizes these temporal disturbances through the process of the real subsumption of time. Yet, alternative thoughts on time such as Deleuze's notion of the empty form of time and Benjamin-Agamben's notion of the dialectical image indicate the possibility that unvalorizable temporal excess can remain in the form of a potential for becoming other. Kore-eda Hirokazu's Distance (2001) expresses this possibility by employing narrative and formal strategies that fill the time for repetition with immeasurable possibilities and hesitations. ❧ Part III shifts its focus to the dark underside of these seemingly subversive affects. Biopolitical valorization of affects accompanies, as its underside, the thanato-political suppressions of unvalorizable bodies and gestures. Yet, thanato-politics is not simply a matter of processes of suppressing corporeal otherness, but is crucial to maintaining neoliberal biopolitical governmentality because it justifies the need to remove unvalorizable corporeal otherness by negatively regularizing it. Park Chan-wook's Thirst (2009), though performing this thanato-political valorization, discloses how unvalorizable corporeal otherness is already internal rather than external to neoliberal biopolitical valorization, thereby problematizing the call for the thanato-political suppression of others. Part III also examines how unvalorizable corporeal otherness can elude the thanato-political valorization process and subsist in the form of the pure means without ends. Kore-eda Hirokazu's Air Doll and Jia Zhang-ke's Useless illustrate how these films allow audiences to encounter unvalorizable gestures and corporeal residues beyond the Sadean fantasy and thereby enable them to imagine a new community grounded on pure communicability without end.
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|THE VICISSITUDES OF POSTNATIONAL AFFECTS: VISUALITY, TEMPORALITY, AND CORPOREALITY IN GLOBAL EAST ASIAN FILMS by Jecheol Park _________________________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (CINEMA-TELEVISION: CRITICAL STUDIES) December 2012 Copyright 2012 Jecheol Park


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We didn't forget about this. Just, nobody has time to attack the project right now. It's on our list, really, but I'm not sure when it will happen.
Any update on when this might be coming? I'm spending a lot less time in the forums now then I used to - since more of my online time has moved to my mobile device, where I can't access the forums easily TapaTalk would help.
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We're getting organized for the aforementioned humongous software upgrade chore. We didn't forget, it's just going to be a long job. Hopefully, if we do things right, future upgrades and improvements will be a lot less work.
Not to be too much of a pest, but any idea on your timeframe for the upgrade?
I would like to be a pain and vote for this as well.
We might be moving the forum to a new server, to deal with the slowness/freezeup problems we've been having. That's a pretty big job. But we might also take care of our other software issues at the same time. Assuming we get all that to work, then we will install Tapatalk.
It's still on our official DAMMIT WE GOTTA GET THIS DONE list.
Any movement at all or even an estimated month when the forums will be available on Tapatalk?
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Any progress on Tapatalk?
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I am about to set sail on a new venture with my next official whistle stop. This year has been plenty full of whistle stops and I plan on continuing. You can read (in full) about previous whistle stops and why they are called whistle stops here.
Suffice it to say at this point that it all started with a comment about a sailing train a few months back.
Time to sink or sail, so to speak. SQL Saturday 349 in Utah will mark the next attempt at what I hope to be a repeat performance – many times. I will be tag-teaming with Wayne Sheffield in this all day workshop event. The session is one of two all day sessions for the event in Lehi, UT (just south of Salt Lake City).
If you are a DBA or a database developer, this session is for you. If you are managing a database and are experiencing performance issues, this session is a must. We will chat with attendees about a horde of performance killers and other critical issues we have seen in our years working with SQL Server. In short, some of these issues are pure murder on your database, DBA, developer and team in general. We will work through many of these things and show some methods to achieve a higher state of database Zen.
Join Microsoft Certified Masters, Wayne Sheffield and Jason Brimhall, as they examine numerous crazy implementations they have seen over the years, and how these implementations can be murder on SQL Server. No topic is off limits as they cover the effects of these crazy implementations from performance to security, and how the "Default Blame Acceptors" (DBAs) can use alternatives to keep the developers, DBAs, bosses and even the end-users happy.
Presented by:
Wayne Sheffield, a Microsoft Certified Master in SQL Server, started working with xBase databases in the late 80's. With over 20 years in IT, he has worked with SQL Server (since 6.5 in the late 90's) in various dev/admin roles, with an emphasis in performance tuning. He is the author of several articles at www.sqlservercentral.com, a co-author of SQL Server 2012 T-SQL Recipes, and enjoys sharing his knowledge by presenting at SQL PASS events and blogging at http://blog.waynesheffield.com/wayne
Jason Brimhall has 10+ yrs experience and has worked with SQL Server from 6.5 through SQL 2012. He has experience in performance tuning, high transaction environments, as well as large environments. Jason also has 18 years experience in IT working with the hardware, OS, network and even the plunger (ask him sometime about that). He is currently a Consultant and a Microsoft Certified Master(MCM). Jason is the VP of the Las Vegas User Group (SSSOLV).
Course Objectives
- Recognize practices that are performance pitfalls
- Learn how to Remedy the performance pitfalls
- Recognize practices that are security pitfalls
- Learn how to Remedy the security pitfalls
- Demos Demos Demos – scripts to demonstrate pitfalls and their remedies will be provided
- Have fun and discuss
- We might blow up a database
There will be a nice mix of real world examples and some painfully contrived examples. All will have a good and useful point.
If you will be in the area, and you are looking for high quality content with a good mix of enjoyment, come and join us. You can find registration information and event details at the Salt Lake City SQL Saturday site – here. There are only 75 seats available for this murder mystery theater. Reserve yours now.
The cost for the class is $150 (plus fees) up through the day of the event. When you register, be sure to tell your coworkers and friends.
Wait, there's more…
Not only will I be in Utah for this workshop, I will also be presenting as a part of the SQLSaturday event on October 25, 2014 (the day after the workshop which is Oct. 24, 2014). You can view the available sessions here.
Shameless plug time
I present regularly at SQL Saturdays. Wayne also presents regularly at SQL Saturdays. If you are organizing an event and would like to fill some workshop sessions, please contact either Wayne, myself or both of us for this session.


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FunStuff: Charlottesville events February 16 and beyond
Black and white
Obama may be the first African American president, but he's far from the only black man– or woman– to occupy the White House. Historian Clarence Lusane, program director for Comparative and Regional Studies at American University and author of The Black History of the White House, traces the history of race relations in America's most famous residence from the slaves who toiled for past presidents to the high level advisors who have claimed increasingly prominent roles in leading a country still divided over race.
February 17, The Miller Center, 11am, free
Pour some sugar
The big hair, the tight pants, the over-the-top ballads of love and desire. If you miss the '80s– or missed the '80s– the Aquanett concert promises time travel to an era when there was nothing funny about a man with a perm, and women knew that shoulder pads weren't just for football players. And as a bonus, opening act Superunknown will take you back (or forward, as the case may be) to the '90s, when the grunge scene smothered leather and lace in flannel and ennui. Smells like Teen Spirit, indeed.
February 18, The Jefferson Theater, 8pm, $10/$12
Escape February
It might be winter, but in the jungle-like greenhouse of the new Glass House Winery in Free Union, you'll feel like you've stepped out of Central Virginia and into the tropics. Sunday afternoons bring the chance to sip wine and listen to live music in as close to an outdoor setting as possible this time of year. Thanks to winery co-owner Michelle Sanders, you can indulge your sweet tooth, too, with her artisan chocolates in flavors like Earl Grey, red wine cream, and salted caramel. So come out to eat, drink and be merry– really, you can do it all at Glass House. Just don't throw stones.
February 19, Glass House Winery, 2:15-5pm
Leonardo Live
The cryptic gaze of the Mona Lisa. The hidden meaning of The Last Supper. The anatomical sketches. Nearly five centuries after his death, Leonardo da Vinci remains one of the most fascinating figures in history, and the National Gallery, London has gathered eight of the master's 15 fragile paintings from museums around the world. But you don't have to jet across the pond to take a gander. "Leonardo Live," an HD presentation of the exhibition "Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan," will take you there, and a panel discussion by three UVA professors following the screening will help put it all in perspective. And then, bestselling author Dan Brown will show up to crack the code once and for all. (Not really.)
February 19, The Paramount, 2pm, $10-14
God and science
Some would argue that science precludes the existence of a creator, and at the very least, it's hard to imagine, say, Richard Dawkins and Pat Roberts agreeing on anything. But Oxford mathematician John Lennox points out that religion and science might be able to co-exist without undermining the other. Since we're all headed for the abyss no matter what we believe, it might be wise to hear him out, and now's your chance.
February 20, Old Cabell Hall, 8pm, free
Best medicine
You take your vitamins, eat your veggies and exercise. But are you laughing enough? This week, you can go out for a few drinks and claim it's for your health– and maybe even get an extra ab workout! "What the Yuck!" is an open-mic comedy roundtable put on by comic Jim F'n Zarling (pictured right) that invites you to laugh to your heart's content. Think you're funny? You can test out your own material by arriving before 8:30 to sign up for your own five minutes of fame– or infamy– and hope that this time at least, they are laughing at you.
February 21, The Southern, 9pm, free
Nowadays, making romantic matches is predominantly the domain of websites that attempt to pair us off based on algorhythms and the lies we tell about ourselves online. Back in Tevye's time, it was the old crone down the street who did the matchmaking, and– just a guess– she had a better success rate than match.com. Revisit the classic musical that'll have you singing along, and bring the kids so they, too, can find themselves humming "If I were a rich man" and "Tradition!" 25 years after they last saw Fiddler on the Roof. Seriously, those sungs get stuck.
February 21, John Paul Jones Arena, $35-55
Cuba's peak
When you think of Cuba, your first thought might be cigars, Fidel Castro, and refugees in precariously small boats, but the tiny country lying just 90 miles off the coast of Florida has something to teach its giant neighbor about surviving and thriving past the easy availability of petroleum. Head to Staunton for a night of film and fine Cuban-inspired fare (using local ingredients) as the nonprofit Transition Staunton Augusta presents the documentary film The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil. Among the lessons: the importance of developing alternative transportation as oil diminishes and the need to increase small scale organic farming. (Reservations suggested 540-213-8777)
February 21, Mockingbird Cafe, 5:30pm, free
Hip shaking
Tucked away in the Frank Ix complex off Monticello Avenue, Alhamraa Moroccan restaurant isn't a place you stumble upon easily, but it has plenty of appeal– especially when Fire in the Belly dance troupe and Toma Que Toma flamenco band perform an evening of live music and dance. You might even find your own hips shaking.
February 23, Alhamraa, 7pm, $5 cover
Red carpet
What was your favorite film of 2011? But more importantly, what do you think Angelina Jolie is going to wear on the red carpet? And even more importantly, what are you going to wear on the red carpet? Yup, that's right– if you enjoy watching the Oscars at home, chances are you'll enjoy it even more after donning your new Zac Posen gown, grabbing your fave Dior diamond earrings and limo-ing it down to the Paramount to take in the big event on the big screen with a big group of friends. Best book hair and make-up now!
February 26, The Paramount, 7pm, $45
This week's "FunStuff" was compiled by Courteney Stuart, and next week's "FunStuff" will be compiled by another newsroom staffer. To get your event considered, send a press release to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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LS invested in an iCade with the specific intention to support it for our games, as soon as it will arrive we'll do our best to add support for it to our existing ( and future ) games.
So stay tuned for updates, as soon as we'll make them we'll let you know
iCade support soon to be added to LS iOS games.
For a bit of this and that when needed.
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Re: iCade support soon to be added to LS iOS games.
The support been added for Minotaur Rescue, Minotron and Goat Up.
We made news on TouchArcade too
We made news on TouchArcade too
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Lucas di Grassi had the fastest lap
"That was a crazy race," said Lucas di Grassi. "After catching up with the leaders I wasn't far off the lead, but the safety car messed with our strategy a little bit. Seventh place and the fastest lap – we're definitely back in the game."
"I got off to a really good start," said Daniel Abt. "Even thereafter everything felt really good. I'd moved up to seventh place and was just off the leading pack. But after activating Attack Mode the first time, nothing much followed for me after that. We need to look into why that was the case."
Allan McNish, Team Boss of the Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler team: "Lucas was fighting for a place on the podium for practically the entire race. The safety car came out at the wrong time for him. Everyone was experimenting a little with this new attack mode. Unfortunately we didn't have much luck with it. Daniel made his way quickly through the pack at the start. He was also a little unfortunate with the safety car. Most importantly though, today's race has shown that our Audi e-tron FE05 is a fast car."