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After delivering her report to President Obama last Friday, Melissa Hathaway, the Acting Senior Director for Cybersecurity for the National Security and Homeland Security Councils, today gave RSA Conference attendees in San Francisco a glimpse – what she called a "movie trailer" – into the state of U.S cybersecurity.
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YORK, Maine — Home sales in York County were up nearly 22 percent this summer, driven by robust activity at the low and high ends of the market and a burst of August sales.
YORK, Maine — Home sales in York County were up nearly 22 percent this summer, driven by robust activity at the low and high ends of the market and a burst of August sales.
Buyers also are paying a bit more for their new homes, a sign that demand is returning and the market is continuing to heal after six challenging years.
"What we are finding is a steady improvement in the housing cycle," said Chris Masiello, chief executive officer of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate-The Masiello Group, which has offices in Kennebunk, Wells and York. "A lot of that is fueled by an economy (that) is certainly getting better, interest rates that are very favorable ... and housing prices that are still modest, comparatively speaking."
Between June 1 and Aug. 31 of this year, 726 homes were sold in York County compared with 596 during the same three months last year, according to data from the Maine Association of Realtors. The median sale price also rose this summer to $229,000, up slightly from $227,500 last year, according to that same data.
Home sales across Maine surged in August, with 1,506 properties closing, a 20 percent increase. Median prices statewide were $182,000 last month, compared with $170,000 last August. Sales data for individual towns within York County is not available, according to Suzanne Guild, chief executive officer of the Maine Association of Realtors.
Randal Simon, managing director of Prudential Prime Properties in Kennebunk, agreed the market is healing. However, he said the recovery has not been even across the price spectrum. The center of the market, which includes homes priced between about $400,000 and $900,000, remains sluggish, he said. Properties in this category are priced too high for first-time buyers and often lack amenities sought by wealthier buyers.
"While it's better, it's not better across the board," Simon said. "The high and low end we are seeing a lot of activity, but the middle has gotten bigger and ... kind of erratic."
There are many theories why, although none of the Realtors offered a concrete explanation. Masiello suggested fewer middle-aged buyers were trading up to larger homes.
Coastal properties and second homes continued an upward trend that began about two years ago as investors returned to the real estate market.
"We noticed an uptick in our oceanfront and lakefront properties," Simon said. "Some of it was because people with wealth looked at the housing market and said, 'This is the bottom and it would be a pretty good time to park some money in real estate.'"
Gail Arnold, owner of Kennebunk Beach Realty and Maine's Realtor of the Year, has seen a similar trend. With yields so low in CDs and other safe investments, many are putting a chunk of their savings into real estate, she said.
"The sales have been quite brisk, and I think there is great momentum going and I see it going through the fall," she said.

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It's official: the coolest, baddest station wagon money can buy in North America is on its way in the form of the Cadillac CTS-V Sport Wagon. The Sport Wagon rounds out the CTS-V family, which is also available in sedan and coupe form. The heart of the CTS-V is the engine, of course-a 6.2L supercharged V-8 belting out a healthy 556hp. Buyers can choose between a 6-speed manual or automatic transmission. Other V-Series goodies like Magnetic Ride Control and Brembo brakes are present and accounted for.
The CTS-V Sport Wagon is expected to hit the showroom floor late 2010 in North America, and later on in Europe and the Middle East. In North America, the CTS-V Sport Wagon is in a class of its own-overseas is where the V's competition awaits, as the BMW M5 Touring, Audi RS6 Avant and Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Estate are not available here. Kudos to Cadillac for delivering one sadistic grocery getter.


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Long-simmering tensions between Google and Apple have resulted in the YouTube app disappearing from the latest betas of iOS 6, the forthcoming update to system software for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
Developers who downloaded the latest beta version of the software Monday noted that the YouTube app, which has been part of iOS from the beginning, no longer appeared on the home screen. In response to queries, an Apple rep told the Verge that:
Our license to include the YouTube app in iOS has ended, customers can use YouTube in the Safari browser and Google is working on a new YouTube app to be on the App Store.
The app will continue to exist inside iOS 5, the software's current version, according to Engadget.
The end of the pre-installed YouTube app marks Apple's latest move to reduce its reliance on the Mountain View search giant inside its software. It comes in the wake of Apple's decision to build its own maps application to replace Google Maps in iOS 6.
Why now? Matthew Panzarino at The Next Web argues Apple simply didn't need a standalone YouTube app inside iOS any more:
The native YouTube app was an effort to legitimize HTML5 encoded video. Apple used it as leverage, got the entire YouTube catalog converted over to iPhone-friendly video and everyone else followed suit. If you were an iPhone user in the early days, you'll remember that the entire catalog wasn't available at launch. Google, who had recently purchased YouTube, started crunching through all of the videos, converting them over to HTML containers and caught up some months afterwards. This was a huge factor in the sidelining of Flash video. Now, HTML5 is the standard so Apple doesn't need a native YouTube presence built into iOS any more.
And there may be something in it for Google as well. The company's Android app for YouTube is far more fully featured than its iOS counterpart, and it may be able to develop for the Apple platform more quickly now that it isn't tied to the iOS release cycle. More important, from a revenue perspective — Google would be free to show ads inside the new app, something that wasn't possible in the Apple partnership.
iOS 6 is due to arrive as a free update for Apple devices this fall.


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David Letterman, during a sometimes borderline contentious interview broadcast Friday, asked Herman Cain if he really wanted to be president.
"Dave, did you think I was doing this for fun?" Cain replied with a smile, apparently referring to his sitdown with the sharp-tongued late night host.
Cain's quip got some laughs, perhaps because it struck at the truth.
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Sure, presidential candidates come to the trail these days knowing that displaying a sense of humor on late night comedy shows is part of the campaign game. But with recent appearances by Republican hopefuls Cain, Rick Perry and Jon Huntsman and even one by President Obama, that aspect of the contest seems to be off to an early and unusually competitive start.
The flurry of activity suggests that over the next year late night TV could become a key battleground — if not for the hearts of the voters, then for their laughs.
We can credit or blame Richard Nixon, who famously played piano for Jack Paar on "The Tonight Show" in 1963 — an image-softening prelude to a comeback that culminated with him winning the presidency five years later. In September 2003, John Edwards announced his presidential campaign on "The Daily Show," long before the Democrat's personal travails became fodder for the late-night comedic set.
As candidates, Barack Obama and John McCain worked the entertainment TV circuit hard four years ago. But their biggest splashes — think McCain and Sarah Palin on "Saturday Night Live" — didn't come until the homestretch.
Part of the reason for the difference this election cycle could be the flood of Republican debates, which are doing well in the ratings more than halfway through the planned 21 verbal slugfests. Former Reagan administration chief of staff Kenneth Duberstein, in a recent interview with The New York Times, derisively likened the ongoing debates to a "reality show." As with the reality show genre, there's an eagerness among the players to stand out amid a crowded field.
During the "Weekend Update" segment on the latest "SNL," Huntsman poked fun at his do-or-die approach to the upcoming January primary in New Hampshire, where the former Utah governor already has made 100 appearances. When Seth Meyers asked about his single-digit poll numbers, Huntsman cracked, "It is true, Seth. But only a few months ago I was polling at margin of error."
Such appearances give the candidates an opportunity not only for exposure but for humanizing themselves through self-effacing humor — and, in some cases, for downplaying problems. But there are risks to the strategy — and not just overexposure or an apparently lack of gravitas. Letterman pressed Cain hard on the accusations of sexual harassment leveled against the candidate. Perry did better on the damage control front on Letterman's show, presenting a Top 10 List of "Rick Perry Excuses" following the Texas governor's much-mocked debate memory-loss gaffe.
Excuse No. 8: "Hey, I was up late last night watching 'Dancing With the Stars.'"
Obama, who has come under some criticism for making too many TV show appearances (including a spot on "Mythbusters") as president, also oddly invoked a reality TV competition program during an interview late last month on "The Tonight Show." When asked by Jay Leno whether he'd been watching the GOP debates, the president referenced "Survivor": "I'm going to wait until everybody is voted off the island."
If the presidential thing doesn't work out, perhaps some of these candidates will have a future in TV comedy — or, like Palin, in an actual reality show. As we brace for more late-night political comedy from the politicians, check out some recent clips below:
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992. Follow him on Twitter.


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All states and the federal government have passed laws to establish a set of victims' rights. In general, these laws require that victims have certain information, protections, and a limited role in the criminal justice process. Victims' rights depend on the laws of the jurisdiction where the crime is investigated and prosecuted: state, federal or tribal government, or military installation.
A victim is usually defined as a person who has been directly harmed by a crime that was committed by another person. In some states, victims' rights apply only to victims of felonies (more serious crimes) while other states also grant legal rights to victims of misdemeanors (less serious crimes). Some states allow a family member of a homicide victim or the parent or guardian of a minor, incompetent person, or person with a disability to exercise these rights on behalf of the victims.
Below is a list of basic victims' rights provided by law in most jurisdictions. These rights vary, depending on federal, state, or tribal law.
Victims generally have the right to be treated with courtesy, fairness, and care by law enforcement and other officials throughout the entire criminal justice process. This right is included in the constitutions of most states that have victims' rights amendments and in the statutes of more than half the states.2 Victim impact statements allow crime victims, during the decision-making process on sentencing or parole, to describe to the court or parole board the impact of the crime on their lives. The victim impact statement may include a description of psychological, financial, physical, or emotional harm the victim experienced as a result of the crime. A judge may use information from these statements to help determine an offender's sentence; a parole board may use such information to help decide whether to grant a parole and what conditions to impose in releasing an offender. Many victims have reported that making victim impact statements improved their satisfaction with the criminal justice process and helped them recover from the crime.
In some states, the prosecutor is required to confer with the victim before making important decisions. In all states, however, the prosecutor (and not the victim) makes decisions about the case.
The purpose of this right is to make sure that victims have the information they need to exercise their rights and to seek services and resources that are available to them. Victims generally have the right to receive information about victims' rights, victim compensation (see "Right to Apply for Compensation," below), available services and resources, how to contact criminal justice officials, and what to expect in the criminal justice system. Victims also usually have the right to receive notification of important events in their cases. Although state laws vary, most states require that victims receive notice of the following events:
States have different ways of providing such information to victims. Usually, information about court proceedings is mailed to the victim. Some states have an automated victim notification system that automatically calls or e-mails the victim with updates on the status of the offender, while others require the victim to telephone the authorities to receive such updates.
In many states, victims have the right to protection from threats, intimidation, or retaliation during criminal proceedings. Depending on the jurisdiction, victims may receive the following types of protection:
Some states also have laws to protect the employment of victims who are attending criminal proceedings (see "Right to Attend Criminal Proceedings," above).
All states provide crime victim compensation to reimburse victims of violent crime for some of the out-of-pocket expenses that resulted from the crime. The purpose of compensation is to recognize victims' financial losses and to help them recover some of these costs.
All states have a cap on the total compensation award for each crime, and not all crime-related expenses are covered. To be eligible for compensation, victims must submit an application, usually within a certain period of time, and show that the losses they are claiming occurred through no fault of their own. Some types of losses that are usually covered include:
Compensation programs seldom cover property loss or pain and suffering. Also, victim compensation is a payer of last resort; compensation programs will not cover expenses that can be paid by some other program, such as health insurance or workman's compensation.
In many states, victims of crime have the right to restitution, which means the offender must pay to repair some of the damage that resulted from the crime. The purpose of this right is to hold offenders directly responsible to victims for the financial harm they caused. The court orders the offender to pay a specific amount of restitution either in a lump sum or a series of payments. Some types of losses covered by restitution include:
Crime investigators must often seize some of the victim's property as evidence for a criminal case. In most states, authorities must return such property to the victim when it is no longer needed. To speed up the return of property, some states allow law enforcement to use photographs of the item, rather than the item itself, as evidence. The prompt return of personal property reduces inconvenience to victims and helps restore their sense of security.
To be meaningful, legal rights must be enforced. States are beginning to pass laws to enforce victims' rights, and several states have created offices to receive and investigate reports of violations of victims' rights. Other states have laws that permit victims to assert their rights in court.
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I've never been all that enthusiastic about eating tofu. But sitting on a gigantic piece of the stuff sounds just delicious.
No, Yu-Ying Wu's "breathing chair" is not really a giant chunk of tasteless protein, but it will automatically form to your body as you sit, turning from tofu to armchair with the weight of your body. But beyond intriguing design, the chair is built from a springy plastic compound with enough resistance that it will actually help lift you out of the chair when standing, relieving some pressure from your knees.
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Sanchez pitching beyond his years
The 17-year-old right-hander took a one-hit shutout into the ninth inning as the AquaSox held on for a 4-2 victory over the Eugene Emeralds.
Making his fifth start since signing with the Mariners last summer, Sanchez (3-0) ended up allowing two runs on two hits and two walks while striking out five over eight-plus frames.
AquaSox manager Rob Mummau and pitching coach Rich Dorman agreed the youngster had earned a shot at a complete game after limiting the Emeralds to a single over eight innings. Sanchez threw 93 pitches before giving way to Grady Woods.
"The way he pitched tonight was above and beyond what a 17-year-old is capable of," said Dorman, who pitched in the Minor Leagues for nine years with the Rays, Mariners and Marlins organizations. "We were very confident with him going into the ninth. That's why we gave him the ball."
Sanchez (3-0) was considered one of the top Venezuelan pitching prospects and one of the best prospects in all of Latin America when the Mariners signed him to a deal that included a reported $2.5 million bonus.
Even at his young age, he's been able to produce in the Northwest League. In his debut on June 15, he allowed one run on two hits and two walks while striking out four over six innings in a win over Tri-City.
Dorman was effusive in his praise of the 6-foot-1, 205-pound teenager. He said Sanchez had both the emotional and physical maturity to be face 21- and 22-year-olds.
"I almost forget he's 17 watching him pitch," said Dorman, "that's how impressive he looks. It looks normal, it looks natural with what he's doing -- his ability to repeat his delivery as well as he does and to compete as well as he does. And the thing that makes him so good is he controls his emotions so well, pitches within himself."
In five starts with Everett, Sanchez has compiled a 2.76 ERA over 32 2/3 innings, striking out 25 batters and walking 11. Perhaps more impressively, he's showed impressive durability, logging at least six innings in each outing.
"He pitched against this club back-to-back starts, they just saw him. And he made his adjustments the second time through," Dorman noted. "He was better. The kid's a competitor, he's fierce. Before the game, he said, 'We're winning today.' You don't hear that from a 17-year-old kid.
"I just looked him in the eye and I believed him."
With Sanchez off to such a stellar start at such a young age, it's easy to envision a rapid ascent. According to Dorman, he has the potential to be a front-line starter in the big leagues.
"He's got a big upside. With his age and where he's going, he can hopefully be a front-end starter for our Major League team," Dorman said. "Whether that's going to happen is up to him and, obviously, everybody involved with keeping him on the right track.
"He'll continue to work hard and good things are going to happen for him. He's very respectful, he listens. He's a joy to coach, I'll tell you that much."
Sanchez exited after allowing a single to Ronnie Richardson and walking Corey Adamson. Wood gave up a single to Dane Phillips that loaded the bases, then walked Alexi Colon to force in a run. After Jeremy Baltz struck out, Alberth Martinez grounded out to plate Adamson, but Wood retired River Stevens on a bouncer to third to nail down his second save.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The Philadelphia gym where former heavyweight champ Joe Frazier lived and trained has been named to the National Register of Historic Places.
Preservation officials say they were notified Tuesday of the designation by the National Park Service. They say it will help protect the building and commemorate Frazier's legacy.
Frazier converted the three-story north Philadelphia building into a gym in 1968. He lived upstairs and trained downstairs.
For decades after his retirement, the space served as a neighborhood anchor. But Frazier sold the building in 2008, and it's now partially occupied by a furniture store. The gym sign is still visible.
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Great Falls The Great Falls Farmers Market's Guest Chef program began last Saturday with a visit by The Old Brogue's Master Chef John Conway. Mike Kearney, owner of The Old Brogue, came to the farmers market early Saturday morning to check out the fresh produce. After planning the recipes to be prepared with Conway, Kearney returned to purchase the market items they would prepare for their visit at 11 a.m. Conway prepared an Irish Beef Stew with beef, potatoes and vegetables, seasoned to perfection; Sweet Potato Pie, a sweet-potato puree with five secret seasonings and a topping of tomato, garlic, goat cheese and other fine herbs; and a delicate and elegant apple turnover. Guests expressed their sheer delight as they enjoyed these exquisite "tastes."
On Saturday, Oct. 27, the chef and owner of Dante Ristorante will be offering his gourmet interpretations of farmers market food from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (The market opens at 9 a.m).
Mediterranee Restaurant will visit on Nov. 3 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and the Tavern at Great Falls (9 to 10 a.m.) and Brix American Bistro (from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.) will be visiting on Nov. 10. (The Serbian Crown and L'Auberge Chez Francoise will be visiting in the spring.)
The Great Falls Farmers Market was formed in responses to the Great Falls community's 2020 Vision Project's focus groups and survey in which residents expressed their desire to have a local farmers market as a way to eat fresh and local while enjoying a vibrant semi-rural village center. Great Falls is fortunate to have a number of locally-owned, one-of-a-kind restaurants completely dedicated to serving the local community and guests from surrounding villages, offering fresh seasonal dining experiences, imaginatively prepared, including The Old Brogue, Dante Ristorante, Serbian Crown Restaurant, Mediterranee Restaurant, The Tavern at Great Falls, Brix American Bistro and L'Auberge Chez Francoise.
This area is surrounded by local sources of fresh produce and fine dining possibilities. Choosing "local" strengthens our sense of community and enhances our family's experience of what it means to live in a small community and thrive as a semi-rural village. We invite you to come by and enjoy these local "tastes."


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FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Watch TV just like back home (or die trying) Goto page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Next Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Technology Forum View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message mindmetooJoined: 02 Feb 2004 Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 10:20 pm Post subject: Watch TV just like back home (or die trying) removed by OPLast edited by mindmetoo on Wed Feb 25, 2009 2:31 pm; edited 4 times in total Back to top plattwazJoined: 08 Apr 2005Location: <Write something dumb here> Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 3:02 am Post subject: When Bundang lost AFN we decided to get SKYLife put in, but according to the school secretary who called for us, they will not give it to foreigners -- you need to have it put under a Korean registration number. ie/ your (foreigner) ARC number is not good enough. The box costs about 100,000 and then your monthly fees on top of that. Perhaps others have had a different experience, I wouldn't be surprised. It could even be that it is a new thing. But regardless, this is what we were told. And the secretary had no reason whatsoever to lie to us.... Back to top mishlertJoined: 13 Mar 2003Location: On the 3rd rock from the sun Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 3:51 am Post subject: I got Skylife and never had any problems. I was asked for my ARC, and my installation and dish fees were added to my first 3 bills Form the Skylife site: Download and fill in the order form below and send with other required documents via e-mail or fax. - Required Documents : Copy of foreigner�s registration card and passport. - FAX : 82-31-264-8666 - e-mail : [email protected] Back to top AntrughaJoined: 05 Jan 2006Location: On a 2-wheeled engine Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 6:29 pm Post subject: Have you guys tried TVUPlayer? I just tried it and was watching baseball and WC in English on ESPN and ESPN2 or Wheel of Fortune on ABC or CNN for some crappy biased news. This network works like bittorrent so the more people the better. Definitely download it, it's awesome... AND FREE! Back to top bluelakeJoined: 01 Dec 2005 Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 7:31 pm Post subject: Great program! I was just watching HBO http://www.tvunetworks.com/downloads/index.htm Back to top DCJamesJoined: 27 Jul 2006 Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 4:55 am Post subject: TVU Player is wonderful... I can't wait to watch Monday Night Football and College Football games on ABC and ESPN... Last edited by DCJames on Sat Aug 05, 2006 11:40 pm; edited 1 time in total Back to top mmstyleJoined: 17 Apr 2006Location: wherever Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 11:19 pm Post subject: Macintosh pros ut there? For any mac savvy people out there, can you please help? Ok, so last night I downloaded bittorrent and the player from videolan. Sometimes bittorrent seems to work. First, it took 4 hours to download something that then seemed not to exist. I tried again. It seemed to be there, but I could not open it in the VLC player (it tried once, but no sound, the picture was less than spectacular-is it based on the file?). My mac tries to open it with Quickplayer, but I just have the preinstalled one that seems to do nothing but sit there and tell you that if you spend more money, it will download an ACTUAL application. It doesn't seem to do anything but look pretty. Anything else I tried just would open, period, end of story. So, I tried another show. Nothing would open. If I pay for Quicktime pro, will it work? It said that it can't read the codec (this is unfamiliar territory to me. I am more of a PC person, bought mac for to learn art programs, and I knew PCs inside and out about, oh 10 years ago....doesn't mean jack now. Before you bash me for buying an unfamiliar computer, I just want to say I need to learn this system if I want to go back for a masters or a PhD. in dxarts). Quicktime pointed me to some of their 3rd party components, but the only one that mentioned tv viewing and codecs only mentioned Quicktime 5 and the program (according to the site notes) is about 2 years old. I tried it, and it gave install directions that don't make sense. Probably pre-macbook, and it mentioned file directories that aren't there when I follow the recommended path. Anyway, the long and short of it is, I am confused as hell, and my very helpful neighbor is a pc guy and can't help me despite his best efforts. So, any thoughts and ideas would be greatly appreciated. I just arrived in Korea and would really like to watch my tv shows...a little English goes a long way. Thanks in advance. mmStyle ps, I tried DivX from the isohunt site, but it doesn't actually download anything, despite what I do. It doesn't seem to think it is a real application and tries to open it with Qtime.(?) Back to top wormholes101Joined: 11 Mar 2003 Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 11:41 pm Post subject: Which bit torrent client are you using? The official one? I would try this one: http://transmission.m0k.org/ It's free and good for downloading. To watch the stuff you download, you are on the right track. VLC is the one for you. Make sure you have the latest version. You should be able to right click the download and "open with VLC" or something like that. If you're still having trouble, sign up here www.demonoid.com and join the forums. Plenty of mac people there who are into torrents. Forget about quicktime~ That won't help you at all. Back to top mmstyleJoined: 17 Apr 2006Location: wherever Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 2:37 am Post subject: I'm using bit torrent from bitorrent.com. When I try to open w/ VLC I get the error: an error has occurred which probably prevented the execution of the program. it mentions the download then syas report it if you think it is a bug. Do you think that this is the bittorrent or VLC? Back to top wormholes101Joined: 11 Mar 2003 Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 2:50 am Post subject: Sounds like VLC is having some trouble. Have you got the right version for your OS? Try playing some mp3s to see if VLC is functioning. Or it could be that your download is just a format which VLC doesn't support like .rmvb Please give me the link to the torrent and i'll check it out... Back to top mmstyleJoined: 17 Apr 2006Location: wherever Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 5:35 am Post subject: http://www.bittorrent.com/index.html is the bit torrent I used. I just went to the right hand side where is says OSX, then http://www.videolan.org/ where it says download now for Mac OS X. Thanks for your help wormholes! I have been making sure that the files I download say .avi I'm just going to isohunt.com and typing the show (in my csse, the 4400) and pulling up what I am looking for. I download, click on the icon created desktop to do the actual download. Then, because it keeps trying to use QT, I click on the file and use file:open wiuth:VLC. That's when I get the error. Or I go to VLC and open fila and then browse to where I have put the download. I know therre is a way to get it to do it automatically, but I will figure that out when I know it is working properly. Back to top mmstyleJoined: 17 Apr 2006Location: wherever Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 5:39 am Post subject: ps, regarding demonoid, can I get an invite? Back to top wormholes101Joined: 11 Mar 2003 Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 6:32 am Post subject: Sorry, invites are down at the moment. I'll try again tomorrow and see if they are up again. It's very strange.. not sure what the problem is. Please try playing an mp3 to see if that works. If it doesn't work, then surely VLC is busted. Need to download it again and be absolutely sure you got the right one for the right version of MAC OS. Look at this page. http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html There are three different versions. One for Mac OS X package for 10.3.9 up to 10.4, another for Mac OS X package for 10.2, 10.3 up to 10.3.8 and finally one for Mac OS X package for 10.1 It's possible but unlikely that you've got a codec like h264 which sometimes has problems with VLC, again please give me a link to the particular torrent and I'll take a look. Back to top mmstyleJoined: 17 Apr 2006Location: wherever Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 2:24 pm Post subject: Thanks wormholes. I will try a different ersion of vlc when I get home from school. I tried at least 4 torrents, all of which had the problem, so it seems more likely that I am using the wrong program. Back to top EdInsteadJoined: 20 Jul 2006 Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 3:37 am Post subject: Re: Watch TV just like back home (or die trying) mindmetoo wrote: Slingbox is the new kid on the block and it will destroy cable TV and the Internet as we know it. What it is is an ugly hunk of plastic that shoots out a person's incoming cable signal over his outgoing broadband connection. You, the remote user, uses some special software to tap into that broadband broadcast. As long as your friend back at home has his cable TV box and Slingbox powered on, you can watch any channel coming over his cable wire. Naturally, you need someone back at home to set up a Slingbox and give you access to it. See a discussions here: http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=54344&sid=b32a636ec9208bd85c9cdd73bb0ca5cf http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=53266 Why do you encourage people to buy one of these things? Maybe you're just discussing it. Caught up in the excitement. Sure, they're great, but they'll be outlawed very soon. Think they'll bring about the death of cable TV? They will never get the chance, as a free item. At best, they'll be embraced by cable TV companies, who will charge you extra for the service (a lot extra). I have family members working for one of the largest cable companies in the USA. This was part of dinner-table discussion recently. Free-use Slingbox will be dead in under a year. The major cable guys are dotting the i's and crossing the t's on the lawsuit as we speak. Then, they'll probably have their own versions online soon afterward; at a price. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060427-6691.html You think Korea will not follow suit? They're already outlawing use of internet phones. 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In its 23rd year as the anchor art fair for the city of Miami, Art Miami, the premiere international contemporary and modern art fair, continues to respond to the interests of serious collectors and this year will debut CONTEXT Art Miami, its new sister art fair featuring emerging and cutting edge artists. While Art Miami will continue to present the most important contemporary and modern artworks from over 125 of the world's most prominent art galleries, CONTEXT Art Miami, will highlight works by emerging and mid-career cutting-edge artists from 65 hand-selected galleries. Art Miami and CONTEXT Art Miami will kick off Miami Art Week with an exclusive VIP Preview on Tuesday, Dec. 4 benefiting the Miami Art Museum and continue through Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012, in the Wynwood Arts District. Art Miami & CONTEXT Art Miami are pleased to share their highlight featured galleries and artists:
Featured Art Miami galleries will include the following:
CONNERSMITH., a Washington-based gallery that maintains long-term representation of internationally influential artists, will feature the works of Leo Villareal, who has introduced temporal actions of light into traditional abstract imaging using LEDs, custom software and sequencing.
BARRY FRIEDMAN, a New York-based gallery, will showcase the most recent collection of self-portraits by contemporary artist Ian Ingram, whose pieces portray a wide range of techniques with realistic yet dreamlike canvases.
ALAN CRISTEA GALLERY, a London-based gallery presenting Michael Craig-Martin's Art & Design, 2012, a set of 10 screen prints on paper, and Howard Hodgkin's Stormy Weather, 2012, a hand-painted carborundum relief from two aluminum plates, printed with a vivid spectrum of blue and green washes on two sheets of paper.
GALERIE FORSBLOM, a Helsinki-based gallery, will showcase the works of artists Ola Kholehmainen, Joel Shapiro and Jacob Hashimoto. One of the most eye-catching pieces presented will be Hashimoto's Antihero, 2012, in paper, wood and acrylics.
GALERIE TERMINUS, a Munich-based gallery, will showcase a combination of painting and sculptures. The sculpture portion of the exhibition will be led by Tony Cragg and Roy Lichtenstein. Cragg will present Portrait, 2008, a red marble sculpture, and Wild Relatives, 2005, a bronze sculpture. Lichtenstein will present Metallic Brushstroke Head, 1994, a painted and nickel-plated bronze sculpture, in addition to his oil on canvas, Reflections Red Frame, 1990.
HOLLIS TAGGART GALLERY, a New York-based gallery, will present the works of Willem de Kooning and David Smith among its exhibiting artists. The gallery will present Kooning's Woman in Motion, 1962, a charcoal and oil on vellum mounted on canvas, and Smith's Untitled, 1958.
SIMON CAPSTICK-DALE FINE ART, based in New York, will present Jean Dubuffet's Donnée (H52), 1984, an acrylic on paper laid down on canvas, as well as Kenneth Noland's Gravimetric, 1981, an acrylic on canvas.
WILLIAM SHEARBURN GALLERY, based in St. Louis, will display the work of Mel Bochner, including Head Honcho, 2012, a monoprint engraved and embossed on hand-dyed and handmade paper.
SOUL OF SEOUL, Curated by Bernice Steinbaum, is an exhibition which explores the essence of Korean artistic sensibility – the commingling of daily life and nature. The exhibition features an extraordinary range of works that include contemporary art, ceramics, traditional silver services, hand carved chests and informal modeling of the traditional Korean dress, the "Hanbok". An intuitive and innate wisdom and serenity flows from the natural world to the Korean people and this relationship prominently translates into the work of Korea's most accomplished artists.
For the inaugural edition of CONTEXT Art Miami, notable galleries will include:
LYONS WIER GALLERY will feature the Auto Erotic solo presentation by artist James Rieck, whose newest painting series creates black-and-white compositions that evoke vintage 1960s advertisements and old movie stills. Drive 2012, a grayscale oil on canvas, recalls a sense of nostalgia, and will be among his showcased pieces. Lyons Wier Gallery will also be participating in Art Miami.
CURATOR'S OFFICE, a Washington-based gallery, will present some of the most relevant paintings, photography, video installations, sculptures and works on paper the market has to offer. The gallery's most prominent pieces include: Kathryn Cornelius's No. 179 (action painting), a playful match between the history of performance art and abstract expressionism; Korean artist Jiha Moon's new works on Hanji paper, which explode with visual turbulence, color and density; and Nicolas & Sheila Pye, who performs in front of the camera to create tableaux reflecting transitions from union to separation.
GERING & LOPEZ, one of the most anticipated galleries, will present the collections of artists Michael Bevilacqua, Todd James, Ryan McGuinness and Steve Powers. Bevilacqua's Dark Side of the Spoon, 2010, an acrylic and spray paint on linen, and James's Feel The Magic, 2012, an acrylic on canvas, will be featured as two of the strongest artworks.
Swiss Licht Feld Gallery will feature the works of artists such as MARCK, Daniel Karrer, Maurice Calanca and Tiffany Trenda. MARCK's unique video sculpture titled NeueFreiheit, 2011 will be part of body of work presented by the artist. Also featured will be Maurice Calanca's100-USD bill Slave of Debts, a characteristic piece of the artist's politically charged works. Tiffany Trenda will present her live performance named BODY CODE, where she will stand still, raising the question as to whether she is a sculpture or human being.
NINA MENOCAL, a prominent Mexican gallery, will be presenting the works of Latin American artists Carlos Aguirre, Carlos Ranc, Omar Torres, Sandra Ramos and Eric Perez.
THE PROPOSITION, a New York-based gallery, will be showcasing Lee Vanderpool's Everyone in One Direction, 2012, an acrylic on canvas, along with the works from artists BalintZsako and Dane Patterson.
The following are among the most anticipated exhibitions for the 23rd edition of Art Miami and debut edition of CONTEXT Art Miami:
Art Miami, in conjunction with new-photo sharing platform I PXL U (www.ipxlu.com), have come together to present one of the most anticipated exhibitions of the year. BANKSY OUT of CONTEXT, which consists of five wall reliefs equaling six-and-a-half tons in weight, each one showcasing one of the most iconic stencils by the most relevant street artist in the world, encourages the debate about 'site-specific' street art outside of its original context; a very divisive issue within the art community. At the same time, it presents an arena for the public to enter the debate and participate in the discussion. Although the five walls are privately owned and not for sale, I PXL U, and BANKROBBER who will be exhibiting in CONTEXT Art Miami, have come together to offer collectors, artists, connoisseurs and VIP fair guests the rare opportunity to acquire works from a limited showing of a selection of the artists most iconic editioned works, including a rare 'Kate Moss AP' and a unique hand-decorated example of the artist's first ever 'Rude Copper' print. BANKROBBER also specializes in salvaging, sourcing and restoring original works by the artist known as BANKSY. The wall reliefs will be kept secret until the grand VIP Preview taking place on December 4 from 5:30 to 10 p.m. when they will be unveiled.
"Girls or Boys? Who Cares?!"
The Art Video | New Media Lounge, located in the CONTEXT Art Miami Pavilion, will present a hand-picked selection of video art sourced from museums, private collections and art institutions around the globe, specially curated by Julia Draganovic, and Claudia Loffelholz, founders of LaRete Art Projects. The video art works will address the polemic gender issues in modern society, and question the ongoing debate about the current roles of men and women. Highlighted art works include: Said Atabekov's Battle for the Square, courtesy of Video insight, Turin; Gerald Byrne's Homme à Femmes (Michel Debrane), courtesy of Mudam Musèe d'Art Moderne du Grand-Duc Jean, Luxemburg; Eli Cortiñas's Dial M for Mother, courtesy of Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf; Oded Hirsch's 50 Blue, courtesy of Collection Robert Bielecki, New York; Janet Biggs' Brightness All Around, Courtesy of Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa (FL), and Carlson/Strom's Sloss, Kerr, Rosenberg & Moore, courtesy of Contemporary Collection of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
"Sugar & Gomorrah"
Peter Anton's "Sugar & Gomorrah" is the world's first art installation where the viewer can ride from beginning to end of the exhibition in a carnival ride car while viewing a Sodom and Gomorrah-like world created entirely by the artist. "Sugar & Gomorrah" is a traditional carnival ride reworked into an art experience, showcasing the juxtaposition between a sense of doom and the magical world of giant treats. The one-minute ride will be a visually stimulating experience, challenging the viewer to fall into temptations of food and the flesh.
Art from Berlin will be Miami's first showcase of some of the most celebrated Berlin galleries, which will showcase the best of contemporary, international and innovative works specific to the state of Berlin. The exhibition is sponsored by the European Union and supported by BERLIN LOUNGE, in cooperation with Haus am Waldsee, and will be located in the CONTEXT Art Miami Pavilion. Highlight pieces include Christine Rusche's Snatch, 2012 PVAC wall paint as well as works by Gosbert Adler, Matteo Bergamasco, Eva Bertram, John Breed, Eb Broner, Dawid, Pia Dehne, Inka and Niclas, Gal-la Uriol Jané, Christiane Klatt, Franziska Klotz, Levke Leiss, Wiebke Loeper, Knut Wolfgang Maron, Rex Ray, Susanne Ring, Susanne Roewer, Christine Rusche, Eric Schmidt and Björn Wallbaum.
Art Miami, CONTEXT Art Miami and The Buoniconti Fund will present internationally acclaimed Chinese artist Ma Desheng in a VIP Reception to benefit The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis. Already afflicted by polio, Ma tragically lost his wife and both his legs in a car accident in Miami in 1992. After a long and arduous process of rehabilitation, he began painting again, depicting stones in his paintings as part of his recovery and renewed artistic awakening. Art Miami LLC partners will make a generous donation to the Fund in Ma Desheng's name. A generous portion of the proceeds from the sale of Desheng's artwork will be donated to the fund.
Born in Beijing in 1952, Ma worked as a draughtsman during the Cultural Revolution. He was a leading proponent of the Stars (Xingxing) group of artists who first exhibited in Beijing in 1979, the year China started its open-door policy. This art group pioneered individualistic and expressionist art forms leading to China's modernist art movement. As the leader of The Stars, Ma organized two exhibitions that broke the stranglehold of Communist Party orthodoxy and set the stage for future freedom of artistic expression in China.
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How does one do it? How does one prepare to teach park and recreation professionals generally already considered at the top of their game? It might be something you've wondered yourself or thought about as you considered professional development opportunities.
Jan Geden, former Director of the City of Boulder Parks and Recreation and current faculty at Directors School writes about her experiences getting ready to teach the "Top Guns" of the field of parks and recreation.
I had no clue what to expect when I was asked to be an instructor at NRPA's Directors School. I never attended a school at the National Training Center and had only heard about Oglebay in passing. I remember thinking this was certainly going to be an adventure. It turned out to be the experience of a lifetime. And every year I think back on that experience as I prepare for the upcoming school.
What does it take to be on the faculty of Directors School?
To begin with, months and months of preparation – reviewing CAPRA standards, researching best practices, determining the most relevant elements of topics that usually are taught over several semesters, developing meaningful learning objectives, and determining the appropriate delivery methods to ensure maximum training impact for adult learners. Not a small task…
Adult learners – people like you reading this blog – are unique. You are motivated to learn especially when you need to solve a problem or capitalize on an opportunity. You want to know why the information is important and how you can immediately apply it at work. Sound familiar?
Adult learners only retain a certain degree of information making it important to focus content on what they need to do versus what they need to know. Adult learners bring experience to the table and as a training professional I would be remiss not to recognize, acknowledge and incorporate that asset into the learning process. And finally, the adult learner can only take in what their bodies can endure so a relaxed atmosphere must be created and planned breaks incorporated. These are the things I consider as I work on my presentations for Directors School.
But for me the most important element in my preparation is determining the best possible activities to facilitate learning. Adults are audial, visual or kinesthetic learners. They remember 10 percent of what they hear, 65 percent of what they hear and see, and 80 percent of what they hear, see and do. So off the bat I know I will lose them if I lecture for three straight hours. I also know that Directors School participants have made a significant financial investment to attend so I must include time to talk about their expectations. Then I carefully plan activities that relate to all three adult learning styles and encourage active participation, self-discovery and fun. There's a lot to think about in the planning process but it's all worth it when you see heads nod and light bulbs illuminate.
Finally the last part of my preparation is practice, practice, practice. Practicing helps determine if my content logically flows and my transitions make sense. I practice out loud in my office, my car, my hotel room, in front of my dog (my best critic), any place or time I get the chance.
Ultimately I know at Directors School I am teaching the "Top Gun" of park and recreation professionals. They are the best of the best! And the last thing they need from me is to crash and burn.
What are some expectations you have when taking education sessions or professional development learning opportunities? What qualities do you think make a great learning experience for a professional already in the field? What kind of adult learner are you - audial, visual, kinesthetic or all three?
Editor's Note: There is still time to apply for the NRPA Directors School and experience a great learning environment centered around your learning styles and dedicated faculty you can learn from. Have questions? Email the team!


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I am so excited I could burst! Today I get to introduce you to my first ever Deign team for Lindsay's Stamp Stuff Digital Stamps! But first here is a little card I whipped up Last night:
I used my Thinking of Ewe digi-stamp and colored it with watercolor crayons. The base is Groovy Grape Doublemates cardstock from Creative Cuts and More and the pattern paper is K&Co. I used my Creative memories wavy edge cutter (don't we all have this tool along with the circle and oval cutters?) to shape the edges of all my elements. I like to use the doublemates cardstock because one side is light so your writing in the card is easy to read and you get a nice two-toned effect, nice texture too!
And now what you have been waiting for….Lets meet the designers! Sit back, relax, grab your favorite beverage and check out these designers:
I'm sure you will be as inspired as I am by their talent! Stop by their blogs and leave them some love! Thank you for stopping by and till next time Happy crafting!
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Are deeper budget cuts coming for struggling state and local governments? After a year filled with tough news regarding furlough days and more belt ...
Are deeper budget cuts coming for struggling state and local governments? After a year filled with tough news regarding furlough days and more belt tightening, technology executives across the nation are pondering that question. Even as good news was announced yesterday regarding the unemployment rate falling to 10% in November, the holiday season remains focused on plans for 2010.
Stateline.org ran an article entitled: After furloughs, states mull permanent cuts. Here's an excerpt:
"Moving from furloughs of state employees to more permanent downsizing, states are girding for the deepest workforce cuts yet when they hammer out their fiscal 2011 budgets next year. In preparation, many are taking stock of every position in state government to determine what effect job cuts and the possible elimination of whole departments will have on revenues, expenses and the quality of government services."
The report goes on to list state by state cuts already implemented in 2009 (fiscal year 2010).
We all know that tax revenues lag economic recovery, so how long will the budget cutting last? Some are predicting that state revenues will be down for several more years, leading to significant changes ahead for government IT departments. Cutting corners will no longer do. We need to be transforming state technology workforces.
What is Michigan doing? One activity has been offsite scenario planning - based on various budget levels and assumptions. The February 2010 issue of Public CIO Magazine will have an article by me that describes this activity in detail.
So what are you doing in your state or local government regarding budget cuts and/or resource allocation? How are you setting technology priorities and determining core business functions and services in these tough times? I'd love to hear some stories that you can share.
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[Produced by Timbaland]
[Verse 1]
I just want a Picasso
In my casa, no, my castle
I'm a hassa, no, I'm an asshole
I'm never satisfied, can't knock my hustle
I want a Rothko, no I want a brothel
No, I want a wife that fuck me like a prostitute
Let's make love on a million
In a dirty hotel with the fan on the ceiling
All for the love of drug dealing
Marble floors, gold ceilings
Oh, what a feeling, fuck it, I want a billion
Jeff Koons balloons, I just wanna blow up
Condos in my condos, I wanna row of
Christie's with my missy, live at the MoMA
Bacons and turkey bacons, smell the aroma
Oh, what a feeling
Picasso baby
Picasso baby
Oh, what a feeling
Picasso baby
Picasso baby
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It ain't hard to tell, I'm the new Jean Michel
Surrounded by Warhols, my whole team ball
Twin Bugattis outside the Art Basel
I just wanna live life colossal
Leonardo Da Vinci flows
Riccardo Tisci Givenchy clothes
See me throning at the Met
Vogueing on these niggas, champagne on my breath, yes
House like the Louvre or the Tate Modern
Cause I be going ape at the auction
Oh what a feeling, aw, fuck it, I want a trillion
Sleeping every night next to Mona Lisa
The modern day version with better features
Yellow Basquiat in my kitchen corner
Go 'head, lean on that shit Blue, you own it
Oh, what a feeling
Picasso baby
Picasso baby
Oh, what a feeling
Picasso baby
Picasso baby
Woman: Et là je t'ai tout donné, montré, rien à cacher, tu es là Ivy, comme le nombre d'or
Jay, comment tu dis nombre d'or?
Jay-Z: The golden number
Woman: Touché
[Verse 3]
I never stuck my cock in the fox's box but
Damned if I ain't open Pandora's box
They try to slander your man on CNN and Fox
My Mirandas don't stand a chance with cops
Even my old fans like, "Old man, just stop"
I could if I would, but I can't, I'm hot
And you blow, I'm still the man to watch
Hublot on my left hand or not
Soon I step out the booth, the cameras pops
Niggas is cool with it 'til the canons pop
Now my hand on the Bible on the stand
Got your man in a jam again, got my hands in cuff
I'm like goddamn enough
I put down the cans and they ran amok
My hairpin pierce skin, ruptures spleens
Cracks ribs, go through cribs, and other things
No sympathy for the king, huh?
Niggas even talk about your baby crazy
Eventually the pendulum swings
Don't forget America this how you made me
Come through with the 'Ye mask on
Spray everything like SAMO, I won't scratch the Lambo
What's it gon take for me to go
For you to see, I'm the modern day Pablo, Picasso baby
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On June 10th, Jay-Z spent 6 hours filming for a video at the Pace Gallery – see Verse 3 for more.
Jay enlisted the help of performance artist Marina Abramović for the video. She claimed that Jay promised to help her Marina Abramovic Institute, but once the video was released, he disowned this promise.
She went on to issue an apology to Jay for her remarks.
The story goes that whilst Timbaland was working on Beyoncé's self-titled 2013 record, he played Jay the beat to "Picasso Baby." Jay told Zane Lowe:
That pretty much built the sound of it. If you listen to this album, there's a lot of 90's references and sounds.
Jay mentions 10 well-known artists on this track. Pablo Picasso, Mark Rothko, Jeff Koons, Andy Warhol, Jean Michel Basquiat, Leonardo Da Vinci, Riccardo Tisci, Al Diaz, Francis Bacon, and recording artist Foxy Brown.


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Bloomberg View editors propose a list of ways President Obama can "remake the world" in 2013. Among them, they say: offer Iran a deal that would allow it to conduct 3.5% enrichment for energy purposes, in exchange for tighter IAEA monitoring and verification:
On Iran, the U.S. should continue to lead the global sanctions effort. Yet it should simultaneously reopen the door to a deal under which Iran complies with International Atomic Energy Agency demands on monitoring, access and information, and halts nuclear fuel production — with the exception of enriching uranium to the maximum 3.5 percent level that is required to fuel civilian power stations, a level of enrichment that's a red line for Iran. A fully monitored Iranian low-enrichment program entails risks and may not satisfy the government in Israel. But it has as good a chance of blocking Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon as airstrikes, with fewer risks and unintended consequences.
The emerging consensus?
Earlier this month, Jean-David Levitte, the former diplomatic advisor to France's hawkish former Prime Minister Nicolas Sarkozky, also proposed offering Iran a last-ditch, take it or leave it deal that would allow it to enrich to 3.5%, Jim Hoagland reported at the Washington Post last week (Dec. 28): Continue reading


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With help from Conor Oberst's well-trained ear, the Saddle Creek band Now It's Overhead caught wind of Azure Ray's plaintive pop sound and asked the girls to join their band as well. As half of that group, Taylor and Fink signed to the Saddle Creek label while continuing to issue their Azure Ray projects via the independent Warm Recordings. In 2001, both Azure Ray and Now It's Overhead released scantly received self-titled debuts; a year later, Taylor and Fink took up full-time residence in Omaha and released Burn and Shiver, their second full-length project under the Azure Ray moniker. The pair's third effort, 2003's Hold on Love, found a warm reception from the indie scene on the merits of the singles "The Drinks We Drank Last Night" and "New Resolution." Fall Back Open, a Now It's Overhead set, was released in 2004 amid heavy touring, and Azure Ray disbanded that same year, with both members continuing to work together on various projects.
Having paid her dues by singing backup for various albums by Moby, Bright Eyes, and Crooked Fingers, Taylor struck out on her own with 2005's 11:11. The solo debut found her mixing melancholy songs ("Birmingham 1982") with more upbeat material ("One for the Shareholder"), a combination that also owed a small debt to the carefully crafted music of Carole King and Laura Nyro. Two years later, Taylor's second solo record, Lynn Teeter Flower, featured more exploration of the 1970s singer/songwriter sound, while 2008's Savannah Drive featured her acoustic collaborations with Andy LeMaster. Maintaining her prolific pace, Taylor returned the following year with LadyLuck and began working on another Azure Ray album, Drawing Down the Moon, which appeared in 2010. Despite Azure Ray's reunion, both members continued working on their own material, too, and Taylor released her fourth album, Overlook, in 2011, followed by Something About Knowing in 2013.
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Morningstar is embroiled in a dispute with two professors at Pace University over the effectiveness of its stewardship grade ratings system. Morningstar developed stewardship grades in order to evaluate the mutual funds it tracks by corporate culture and responsibility, in addition to its performance-based star rating system, believing stewardship has predictive value of future returns.
Aron Gottesman and Matthew Morey, finance professors at Pace University's Lubin School of Business, released a study, "Mutual Fund Corporate Culture and Performance," on Wednesday that tested the theory. Gottesman and Morey examined the ability of corporate culture ratings to predict risk-adjusted performance of domestic equity funds from 2005 to 2010.
"We find there is little significant evidence that corporate culture predicts better fund performance," the researchers write. "Indeed, we find that no individual component of the Morningstar stewardship rating including board quality, fees, manager incentives and regulatory issues is able to consistently predict fund performance.
"Arguably the most important component of the Morningstar stewardship rating is fund corporate culture as it sets the tone for the entire operation of the fund," they add. "Indeed, the culture of the fund conveys how well employees are treated, how the fund treats its own investors, and how well the fund communicates with its shareholders."
As the authors note, in the wake of the late-trading and market-timing scandals in 2003, there has been a great deal of interest in the governance of mutual fund companies, the reason Morningstar developed the grades.
Unlike the star ratings, which focus only on past fund performance, the stewardship ratings examine five governance factors of the fund company itself: board quality, corporate culture, fees, manager incentives and regulatory issues. The stewardship ratings essentially allow an investor to determine how well the fund company is taking care of its fiduciary responsibilities, Gottesman and Morey say.
Morningstar reacted strongly to the Gottesman-Morey study in a detailed response, claiming it had "serious flaws."
"First, we're skeptical of any study that finds that fund expenses have no predictive value," Morningstar said. "Expenses have been shown time and again to be predictive of performance. We think it's also important to point out that Gottesman and Morey did find that a high culture score was strongly associated with low fees, long manager tenure, low turnover and fund survival. These are all very positive qualities in a mutual fund."
Second, the company says the Gottesman-Morey study only examined domestic equity funds, which represent about half of Morningstar's stewardship grade coverage, over a single five-year time period.
"While we generally wouldn't recommend drawing conclusions from such a short period, it's worth pointing out that the study did find predictive power over that full five-year period, just not the shorter periods," Morningstar said. "Given the long-term nature of stewardship this makes sense. We wouldn't necessarily expect the predictive power of corporate culture to show up in the one- and three-year periods because culture affects things such as how good the next manager is when the current one departs, long-term fee policies (see Vanguard Admiral), not allowing a fund to get too big, etc."
Third, Gottesman-Morey's method for addressing survivorship bias actually inflates the performance of funds with poor culture grades, Morningstar says. They replace dead funds' track records after the death date with the performance of other funds with the same category, culture grade, expenses and turnover, but not the same performance history.
"I think it's safe to say that most funds that were merged or liquidated in the periods they study did so because of poor performance," the Morningstar statement said. "As a result, any surviving funds in the lowest culture group would have had much better performance than the ones that didn't survive. Additionally, our stewardship coverage is biased toward larger, better-performing funds to begin with, so selecting any fund with stewardship coverage biases performance upward."
The statement continued: "Fourth, one of Gottesman-Morey's primary measures of 'success' is the Sharpe ratio, which does not take a fund's category into account. This will muddle the results. For example, the differences in Sharpe ratio between large value funds and small growth funds are so big that they overshadow the differences between A Stewards and C Stewards.
"Finally, we conducted our own study last year that found that culture grades are predictive of fund performance. We examined how funds have performed since Morningstar first issued its stewardship grades in 2004 and again after we revised our Stewardship methodology in 2007. We concluded that funds with high stewardship grades (those receiving grades of 'A' or 'B') are very likely to survive in the long term, and more likely to provide competitive risk-adjusted returns in the ensuing period."


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LawNow is a bi-monthly digital public legal education magazine which has been published by the Centre for Public Legal Education Alberta for almost 40 years. Its articles and columns are written in plain language and take a practical look at how the law relates to the every day lives of Canadians.In each issue, LawNow's family law column takes a look at a specific topic in this area of law and explains it clearly and concisely.
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Policy experts officials confront Common Core
MARIETTA — Residents, elected state and local leaders, and policy experts from around the country spent Saturday morning "Confronting the Common Core."
A local coalition dedicated to preventing Common Core national education standards from being implemented sponsored a panel discussion Saturday in the Roswell Street Baptist Church gymnasium.
On May 15, Gov. Nathan Deal signed an executive order saying the federal government could not force a set of standards upon local school districts, and a coalition that has formed to block the standards is hoping to get the state Legislature to take up the issue during its upcoming session.
The leader of the backlash against Common Core is Sen. William Ligon (R-Brunswick), who was one of the speakers at Saturday's rally in Marietta.
Two rounds of presentations, the first Friday in Gwinnett County and the second Saturday in Cobb, focused on giving the public more information in hopes of furthering a grassroots initiative to keep Georgia from implementing Common Core.
Other states, such as Indiana, Texas and Alabama, also have seen grassroots movements against Common Core in recent months.
Jamie Gass, from the Boston-based Pioneer Institute, warned the audience that teaching uniform standards, and more specifically the requirement to test that students have learned the dictated material, comes with a heavy price tag.
He said Common Core will cost $16 billion nationally, and $685 million in Georgia.
The federal government "doesn't do things on the cheap," Gass said.
Not in session
Ligon, the only elected official on the panel, is the sponsor of legislation to withdraw Georgia from participation in Common Core and national testing tied to the program.
Ligon, rallying the crowd of at least 75 to its feet, said he lives on St. Simons Island with his five children and wife, Kim, who is a former educator.
He told the crowd that Common Core is one of greatest shifts in education policy and was pushed forward with little review in the public arena.
Fellow panelist Emmett McGroarty, director of Preserve Innocence Project, an organization that defends parental rights, said the dramatic change was done without much public knowledge.
He said there was a stunning lack of input from parents, who "are the real bosses" of the education industry.
Each of the speakers emphasized that the uniform education standards were forced onto Georgia by former Gov. Sonny Perdue and his successor, Deal, along with special interest groups in order for the state to receive federal "Race to the Top" grants.
"We sold our children for a pocket full of change," Ligon said.
Ligon said his proposed legislation will be more transparent and have greater accountability by reaching out to teachers, businesses and area universities.
"We don't want a seat at the table, we want to own the table," Ligon said.
Top of the class
Bill Evers of the Hoover Institute, a conservative thinktank, cited evidence that he said show a lack of rigor in the Common Core standards.
He said the curriculum does a poor job of teaching percentages, fractions and decimals, as well as how these fundamentals are interconnected.
"They are missing topics," Evers said about the benchmarks that are outlined at various stages in a child's progression from kindergarten to graduation.
Evers said that high school English classes will cut lessons on classical literature in half, and devote that time to reading "informational texts and technical manuals."
Before the first speaker took to the lectern, local elected and appointed officials were asked to stand.
Representatives from the State Board of Education, Cobb and Cherokee County school boards, and Marietta School Board were sitting in the audience at Saturday's event.
Tony Fasola, who has served on the Marietta School Board for eight years, said he attended the meeting to gain perspective.
Fasola said he has taken no hard stance, but that if he felt the federal government was jeopardizing the district's successful history of educating students he would be campaigning against Common Core.
The new national standards are very close to the state-wide performance standards Georgia approved in 2010, according to Fasola.
In fact, Fasola said heads of the Marietta School System's math departments have told him the new curriculum is rigorous, and matches 90 percent of what is currently being taught.
English is at 81 percent, Fasola said.
"Student achievement is everything we live for," Fasola said about the Marietta School Board.
Problem solving
Emmett told opponents of Common Core that Georgia does not need to accept the mandate by the federal government, and there is always a chance to overturn the former commitment to the program.
"Senator Ligon has raised the shield and sword against this fight," Emmett said.
He said the effort will require a citizen movement to stop the federalization of education and preserve local control.
"We have to push to victory," Emmett said.
Organizers of Saturday's discussion encouraged everyone to attend Thursday's Cobb County Board of Education meeting to show support for the board's vote against purchasing Common Core teaching materials.
via The Marietta Daily Journal – Policy experts officials confront Common Core.