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The wealth management industry is rapidly changing and has entered into the mature stages of its evolution. The average wealth management firm is not only much larger, but is also a more prominent competitor with a well-established brand, presence and reach into the very top levels of the high-net-worth market.
Many firms are owned by institutional investors, such as private equity and publicly owned firms. New structures of ownership and branding are emerging, providing new resources and capabilities while altering the competitive landscape. Finally, the patient efforts of organically grown firms have paid off in building large, competitive organizations.
The criteria for being a top firm are rising, the expectations of clients are growing and the competition is intensifying. Our industry is changing, and the top wealth management firms find opportunity in that change.
Results From the 2012 Top Wealth Manager Survey
This is the 12th year that AdvisorOne and Investment Advisor (and its predecessor publications) have surveyed the wealth management industry, which we define as registered investment advisory firms that provide wealth management services to individuals. (The average participant in the 2012 Top Wealth Manager Survey has $978 million in assets under management (AUM), employs a team of 52 people and works with an average client with $4.7 million in assets. In contrast, nine years ago the average participant had $371 million AUM and a staff of 13. This tremendous growth has resulted in the emergence of new local, regional and even national brands that are in contention for the most desirable clients and are achieving high levels of awareness in their target markets.
(Data for the 2012 Top Wealth Managers was self reported by the firms themselves online at AdvisorOne this summer, with firm data as of 12/31/2011; each participant firm was given the opportunity to confirm their submissions. See the About the Top Wealth Managers Survey sidebar and the 2012 Top Wealth Manager home page at AdvisorOne.com for additional information and findings from the survey, along with profiles of the top 10 firms.)
However, while assets are growing steadily, management challenges persist:
Growth, net of market, is relatively slow
We may be seeing early signs of fee pressure
Many firms may be adding smaller clients to supplement their growth
There are no significant productivity gains in the last three years; the only way to grow further is to hire more people
Still, 2012 is another year of growth and change for the top wealth managers in the country. It is a year to make a difference. In an industry that is rapidly consolidating and becoming more competitive, the top firms are distancing themselves from the pack by combining a well thought-out, competitive strategy with a careful, internal cultivation of culture and people. We will see their plans in the financial information and other data provided in this survey.
Please visit the 2012 Top Wealth Managers home page for additional data and analysis.
What It Takes to Be at the Top
The size of a firm is by no means an absolute measure of business success, but being one of the largest firms in any industry is a high recognition. The largest firms usually enjoy a competitive advantage in resources, brand recognition, negotiating leverage, and have more opportunities to attract top talent and form alliances with other premier brands.
Every year, the Top Wealth Manager Survey lists the top 100 participating firms by AUM size and average AUM per client. This prestigious list includes the top firms in the country and is widely followed by the industry, media and clients. The bar to be considered a top wealth manager is being raised higher and higher each year.
While, on average, the top 100 firms had $634 million in AUM in 2008, the average for this year's top firms in the survey was $2.457 billion in AUM. The cut-off point for this year's survey was $590 million, meaning that the number 100 firm on the list this year was almost as big as the average firm just three years ago (2008).
The top 100 firms displayed remarkable results—their average assets per client are $10,778,253, significantly greater than the survey's average asset per client of $4,697,614. These large firms have revenues per professional of $544,447 compared to $459,698 for the survey's average firm. They also employ an average of 47 people in the firm, 24 of whom are professionals, compared to the average firm which has a total staff of 22 employees, of whom 12 are professionals.
This level of success seems to come from a variety ofvstrategies, but most of the top 100 group appears to fall in three categories of firms:
- National or Regional Brands Tthere are a number of firms that market nationally and service a very high number of clients with a high number of professionals. Such firms include Edelman Financial, The Mutual Fund Store, Ronald Blue & Co., United Capital and Brookestone Capital. Built through acquisitions or gradual expansion into new markets, these firms have hundreds of advisors and a desire to expand their brand recognition in order to reach a broader audience. While their average client size many not be the highest, they record some of the best financial results in productivity and growth.
- Ultra-HNW Firms (multi-family offices) Many top firms in the survey follow a strategy of pursuing the very top clients and providing them with exclusive services. They do not have thousands of clients or hundreds of advisors but rather serve as a well-kept secret for an exclusive clientele. Firms such as Treasury Partners, Athena Capital and SCS Financial maintain average assets per client over $100 million and achieve remarkable success in their selective strategy.
- Regional Super Ensembles This group of firms is experiencing strong organic growth. They are patiently adding assets and professionals year after year while achieving excellent client retention. They do not work only with the super-rich, and their average AUM is not as high as that of multi-family offices.
Their results in terms of growth and sustainability, however, are very impressive and many of them are expanding regionally by opening multiple offices. This category includes some of the longest standing and most prestigious firms in the independent wealth management industry—Aspirant, Dowling and Yahnke, Hewins Financial, Blue Ocean, Bingham Osborn and many others. Also included in this category are accounting firms such as Plante Moran, Moss Adams, HBK, Wipfli and others.
There are many strategies for success, but all firms in the survey have exhibited tremendous growth over the last ten years, seizing the opportunities in our changing industry. Still, profitable growth continues to be the highest priority for wealth management firms.
Read part two of our analysis here, and please visit the 2012 Top Wealth Managers home page for additional data and analysis.
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How much do you really know about First Eagle Funds? Sure, it's racked up fantastic performance and given us legendary investors like Jean-Marie Eveillard, but its history is just as fascinating, and the tradition in which it's steeped is a big part of its success.
John Arnhold (left), First Eagle Investment Management's chairman and CIO, is a scion of the family that started the firm in Dresden, Germany, in 1864. It's quite a tale, and Arnhold took time to explain it to AdvisorOne, along with the firm's interest in Japan (post-natural disaster as well as long before) and why alpha is simply a Greek letter.
Q: There's much to be said for longevity. The firm got its start in 1864, but actually traces its roots back to 1803. Can you explain?
A: Our predecessor name was Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder, which is a firm that traces its history back to Germany where my family started its banking business in 1864. The Bleichroeder part of the firm was acquired in 1931, but it actually started in 1803. So we trace our history back over 200 years and we had a very successful bank in Dresden and Berlin. During the Nazi regime we were forced to sell the bank and, thankfully, the family fled the country. A number of family members came to the United States and began the business anew. During the subsequent decade my great granduncle focused the firm on the investment banking and global securities brokerage businesses.
Q: And today?
A: Our only business today is our asset management business, which began in fund form in 1967. It was called First Eagle Funds N.V. and the name was derived from a bank that we had owned in Switzerland called Adler Bank. Adler is German for Eagle. The name Eagle Funds had already been taken in the United States, so used the name First Eagle. In 1987, we started our first mutual fund called First Eagle Fund of America. In 2002, we sold our investment banking and broker-dealer business to a large French bank. We think of ourselves as investment managers rather than asset gatherers. We focus on long-term capital preservation and preserving purchasing power overtime. And we serve over two million shareholders globally.
Q: How does this history influence First Eagle's investment philosophy?
A: It's actually a result of what happened almost 100 years ago. When Germany went through a period of hyper-inflation in the 1920s, the family had substantial industrial interests in a number of different industries, including brewing and ceramics. It was by owning the actual companies that we managed to preserve capital and purchasing power during that time. So our philosophy has always been that the best way to preserve long-term purchasing power is to own good businesses, but at prices that reflect a margin of safety. The future is uncertain; we can't predict macro events nor can we predict with accuracy cash flows going out a year, five years and 10 years. But we try to determine what we think a business is worth today. If we can buy that business at a substantial discount from intrinsic value, we believe we have a margin of safety which will protect us to some extent if things don't turn out as we hoped or anticipated.
Q: Fantastic. So where are you finding alpha as a firm?
A: Not to be particularly controversial, but we don't look for alpha. As far as I can tell, alpha is a Greek letter. It really means relative performance. So we're not looking at relative performance. What we're trying to find are great businesses that we can own at prices that afford us a margin of safety. If you look at our portfolio, we have a large presence in the United States and a particularly large presence in Japan. In the United States in the last two years, there have been pockets where multiples and prices have become more reasonable. And we've been able to add some excellent names, particularly in technology, which we would have loved to have owned in 2000, had they been trading at multiples which afforded us a margin of safety.
Q: What is attractive about Japan after the earthquake, Tsunami and resulting nuclear mess?
A: If you look at Japan, it's a market and economy that has been a relatively uninteresting place to be an investor. But because the macro picture is less than desirable there has been very little money flowing into Japanese equities. But there are world-class businesses in Japan that actually operate around the world and have traded at very reasonable prices. We're taking advantage of those opportunities.

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NEW YORK (CNN) -- It was 1993 and Kelli Conlin remembers her excitement as a member of Mayor-elect Rudy Giuliani's transition team.
Rudy Giuliani expresses more anti-abortion statements now than when he was the mayor of New York.
"It's always exciting to have a new mayor coming in but this was a moderate Republican and moderate Republicans are hard to find," Conlin said in an interview at her New York office.
Conlin is president of New York's largest abortion rights organization and was appointed by Giuliani to the city's Human Rights Commission. She still calls Giuliani a friend, but bristles at much of what she hears from him on abortion lately.
For example, a staple Giuliani campaign line is: "I would appoint judges that are strict constructionists."
"It is code for judges who will overturn Roe v. Wade," says Conlin.
As mayor, Giuliani personally signed a proclamation designating "Roe v. Wade Anniversary Day" on the 25th anniversary of the landmark abortion rights ruling.
Now, as a presidential candidate, Giuliani has said, "I'm against abortion -- I hate it."
Conlin said she never heard anything like that when Giuliani was in office.
"He never seemed to have a struggle with the issue as mayor," she said.
"He was very proudly pro-choice."
But looking back at Giuliani statements and policy positions over the past 20 years, there is clearly an evolution in some of his positions, or in his emphasis, especially when it comes to abortion restrictions.
Some, like Conlin, label these flip-flops and accuse Giuliani of political calculation. But Giuliani aides reject the flip-flop label, and say any evolution in his thinking is the result of life experience and the very different policy calculations facing a president versus a mayor.
When he ran for mayor, Giuliani made clear he viewed his oath as an obligation to uphold the right to an abortion, but also said that doing so was at odds with values learned in his Catholic upbringing.
"I have personal views and religious views that are contrary to some of these areas," Giuliani said back then.
As mayor, he offered no such reservations: "I am pro-choice and pro-gay rights."
Now, as a presidential candidate, he embraces abortion restrictions he opposed as mayor.
Some think the abortion position he came to later in life will overcome questions about his earlier positions.
"I think Rudy Giuliani's current positions make his pro-choice stand acceptable for a lot of Republicans -- not all Republicans, of course, but a lot of Republicans," GOP pollster Whit Ayres said.
As mayor, Giuliani supported taxpayer-financed abortions for poor women, a position he reiterated in a 1997 National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League candidate questionnaire and again in an interview with CNN seven months ago.
"If it would deprive someone of a constitutional right, yes -- I mean, if that's the status of the law, then I would, yes," he told CNN.
But a day later, as Christian conservatives spread word of the CNN interview, the Giuliani campaign scrambled to clarify its position.
"I'd want to see it decided on a state-by-state basis," Giuliani said of the taxpayer-funding issue.
In the 1997 NARAL questionnaire, Giuliani also opposed restrictions on minors receiving abortions.
But now he says he backs parental notification as long as a judge can waive the requirement in some circumstances.
Whether to ban late-term abortions is another issue on which Giuliani has evolved. He opposed legislation during Bill Clinton's presidency that sought to outlaw the procedure.
"I have not supported [a ban] and I do not see my position on that changing," Giuliani told CNN at the time.
But it has changed.
After an April Supreme Court ruling upholding such a ban, Giuliani said, "I must say, Justice [Anthony] Kennedy's opinion convinced me even more that my support for the ban is a correct one."
Kelli Conlin shakes her head at that.
"He spoke at one of our events one time about that legislation and he was very intelligent about it," she said, recalling Giuliani talking about how in those rare cases where life of the mother was in jeopardy that doctors needed the authority to make quick decisions.
"He owes the American people an explanation of why he's flip flopped so dramatically," Conlin said. E-mail to a friend
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Five Island Restoration Faces Budget Slash
The ongoing efforts to continue the restoration of Five Island Lake, including the resumption of dredging operations, may take a huge hit if Governor Terry Branstad gets his wish. The Governor announced late last week that he wants to sharply slash funding for lake restoration projects across the state for fiscal year 2014, even though several studies show restoration programs are boosting both jobs and tourism in Iowa.
In his proposed budget for fiscal year 2014, the Governor proposed $1 million for lake improvements. Unfortunately, that figure is roughly a sixth of what the Iowa Department of Natural Resources had been advised to plan on for such work – $8.6 million which Governor Branstad had promoted when he took office in 2011.
Under Branstad's latest budget proposal, funding for lake restoration would increase to $6 million for the fiscal year 2015 budget.
For the Five Island Lake Restoration project, the Governor's proposal could put a severe crimp on the efforts. Currently, the project has a budget of $400,000 for the dredging and watershed improvement work. The Iowa DNR had budgeted $400,000 for Five Island Lake in the fiscal year 2014 budget, but under Branstad's budget proposal, the funding for Five Island Lake would be cut in half to $200,000.
Residents of Silver Lake at Ayrshire will also feel the effects of the Governor's budget proposal. Originally, the DNR proposed construction of a fish barrier, along with watershed and in-lake work for Silver Lake, located west of Ayrshire. The DNR had budgeted $200,000 for the work in fiscal year 2014, but Governor Branstad's budget proposal allows no funding for the Silver Lake project.
Restoration efforts for Lost Island Lake north of Ruthven are the only plans unaffected by the Governor's proposed budget. The DNR plans to continue the removal of rough fish from the lake, with a budget of $50,000 for fiscal year 2014, and the Governor's budget proposal funds the entire $50,000 amount.
Another area lake that could take a massive hit in its restoration efforts is Storm Lake, which has also been engaged in an ongoing dredging project. The DNR had budgeted $1 million for fiscal year 2014, but under the Governor's proposed budget, only $250,000 would be allotted to the project.
Several state lawmakers are mounting a concerted effort to restore funding to the DNR for the continuation of lake restoration efforts, citing studies that show lake recreation is a $1.6 billion business in Iowa, accounting for thousands of jobs. Sixty percent of Iowans report visiting lakes each year and many lakes, such as the Iowa Great Lakes, are major tourism destinations that have significant impact on the local economy.


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Why, oh why, does Oscar winner Nicolas Cage choose the film projects that he does? We have our theories, of course, but we decided to just flat-out ask the "Drive Angry" star for an anwer.
How exactly does one turn an Academy Award into, well, "Season of the Witch" and "Ghost Rider" and "Drive Angry"?
"It was a great experience and I felt very thankful for it but it's not the sort of thing I think about on a daily basis," Cage tells PopcornBiz, regarding his Best Actor win for 1995's "Leaving Los Vegas." "It's in my past and, as you might've guessed, I don't really use it as a criteria to choose my movies. My interests are a pretty acquired taste that I have. The movies that I enjoy watching personally are movies that really frustrate my wife and that you can't really get on Amazon. So it's an interest in Roger Corman movies and the midnight movies. I like Ray Harryhausen. I like fantasy, horror and science fiction because I can get avant-garde with those performances in those movies."
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"Inherently, I'm able to be abstract and 'modern art,' if you will, because the movies are inherently out there and I can still connect with audiences," he explains, "I can't do that in down-and-dirty dramas. I can't do that unless I go outside the box. If I'm playing a character who's on drugs, like 'Bad Lieutenant,' then I can get pretty out there. Otherwise I have to look at supernatural movies or science fiction movies to get more avant-garde."
That doesn't mean Cage might not come up with an Oscar contender once again, he says. "I am excited that science fiction movies have been included in the Oscars now because they've opened the Best Picture category up to 10 movies. So now movies which have every right to be there – like "District 9," which was arguably the best movie in my opinion of that year; it was like Apartheid told through the eyes of science-fiction – are now included. I think that some of the most inventive, creative and imaginative filmmaking out there is science fiction when it's done intelligently, and horror when it's done intelligently."
Cage also reveals that merely fulfilling a bizarre whim can lure him to sign on to a project, as was the case for "Drive Angry." "Initially what I was attracted to was the idea that I was going to get my eye shot out. The movie 'Season of the Witch,' I wanted to get my eye shot out with a bow and arrow, and the producers didn't go for it. We never really got there. So when [director] Patrick Lussier said to me, just handed to me on a silver platter, 'You're going to get your eye shot out,' I don't know why but I just immediately said 'Yes, I'm in,' because it was something that I wanted to do. It's as simple as that."
The actor says that while he started acting without real formal training and subscribed to the DeNiro-esque "living the part" philosophy for many years, he eventually bowed to a more Olivier-like "from the outside in" approach. "I had realized that I'd developed my own style and process and school of acting which is called Nouveau Shamanic," he says. "That's the new style of acting and at some point I'll have to write a book."
And maybe start his own acting school? "I'm working on it!"


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Beat the Streak contenders share thrill of chase
All-time leader Karatzia, season leader Bryan meet in interview with MLB.com
As lifelong Braves fan Will Bryan was closing in on the $5.6 million grand prize in MLB.com's Beat the Streak contest earlier this summer, at least one of his fellow competitors was silently rooting against him.
Mike Karatzia, who holds the game's all-time record with a 49-game streak in 2007, admitted in an interview at MLB.com headquarters on Thursday that he "100 percent" does not pull for participants as they close in on his record. Bryan, whose season-long streak was ultimately snapped at 47 games last month, joined the interview, as well, via video stream.
"I am conscious [of other lengthy streaks]," Karatzia said. "I still play, so I stay up with the game and I see who's getting close. I watch who they're picking and -- well, no offense, Will -- but I was rooting against you."
In Beat the Streak, participants try to establish a virtual "hitting streak" by picking one or two players per day, with their runs continuing as long as their selections record at least one hit. In 13 seasons of BTS play, no one has matched Joe DiMaggio's magic number of 56, set in 1941. To win the $5.6 million prize, a participant must top DiMaggio's run by one game.
Bryan's attempt to break Karatzia's record -- and then surpass DiMaggio's 56-game streak -- came to an end against the Marlins on Aug. 10, when Braves outfielder Justin Upton went 0-for-4. Though Bryan's streak ended at 47 games, the 30-year-old police officer still collected the $10,000 consolation prize for finishing the season with the longest streak this summer.
Aside from the financial reward, Bryan also had the opportunity to meet Upton after the Atlanta outfielder learned that he was responsible for ending Bryan's streak. Shortly after his streak ended, the South Metro Atlanta resident received an email from Upton's agent and -- less than a week later -- Bryan met Upton in the home dugout at Turner Field prior to the Braves' Aug. 16 game against the Nationals.
Bryan, along with his wife, Kelli, and son, Grant, watched batting practice from the top step of the dugout, and Upton gave them signed baseballs and a bat before playing catch with Grant and chatting baseball with Will.
"[His agent] was just initially going to get me some signed merchandise, and then he said Justin just felt really bad about it, so he invited me out to a game and I brought my wife and oldest son," Bryan said. "It was such an amazing experience that my friends keep asking about, and I can't even explain how awesome it was to get to meet Justin and the rest of the Braves."
Karatzia said he didn't get any similar treatment from then-Tiger Placido Polanco when Polanco went hitless to snap Karatzia's '07 record streak at 49. Polanco, ironically, was playing third base for the Marlins on the night Upton failed to extend Bryan's streak last month.
Though Karatzia admitted he was not cheering for Bryan on that night, the two do share a similar approach to the game. Each participant said he always picks a player that hits near the top of a team's lineup to maximize his at-bat opportunities on a given night. Both Karatzia and Bryan said they also focus more on a player's lifetime numbers against that night's starting pitcher as opposed to the hitter's overall season numbers.
The hardest part for both participants was dealing with the pressure once their streaks surpassed the 40-game plateau and they started getting more attention from outsiders. Their friends and family members quickly took notice at that point and wasted no time interjecting with their suggestions.
"When you start getting recognition, you start getting a lot of cooks in the kitchen," Karatzia said. "Everyone is kind of telling you what they would do. They weren't there in the beginning with you, so you've got to kind of just trust your gut and go with who you want to go with."
Though there is not enough time left in the season for anyone to reach the 57-game milestone under normal circumstances, all fans will have one more chance on Friday to win the $5.6 million prize via this year's final installment of Beat the Streak in a Day.
Beat the Streak in a Day works the same way as the normal game, with one exception -- fans can make 57 picks in a single day. If all 57 of your selections record a hit in Friday's action, you win the coveted grand prize. Those who wish to participate can either show off their knowledge and manually select 57 players or submit an entry with one push of a button, selecting a "Quick Pick" option that will choose 57 out of the top 150 big leaguers for you, based on their Beat the Streak success rates.
Just don't look to Karatzia for any help with your selections on Friday -- or when the game returns in 2014.
"You're not going to beat me, just give up now," Karatzia joked. "But no, it's a fun game and, like I said, it's all about matchups. It's baseball. You want to pick guys at the top of the lineup -- they get a lot of at-bats -- and look for lefty-righty matchups. In the end, though, just trust your instincts."
They just might be worth $5.6 million.


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YANKEES: Alfonso Soriano makes season debut, New York Yankees rally late but fall to Tampa Bay Rays
NEW YORK >> Jeremy Hellickson retired Yankees newcomer Alfonso Soriano with the bases loaded to preserve an early lead and the streaking Tampa Bay Rays tagged CC Sabathia once again, beating New York 10-6 Friday night.
The Rays have won 20 of 23 and took sole possession of the AL East lead for the first time since June 10, 2012. Tampa Bay moved a half-game ahead of Boston.
Ben Zobrist, Yunel Escobar and Evan Longoria doubled during a six-run burst in the second inning, and James Loney later homered and drove in four runs.
Well supported all season, Hellickson (10-3) won his sixth straight decision. Fernando Rodney, the Rays' fourth pitcher in a three-run ninth, got the last out for his 25th save.
Trying to add power, the Yankees acquired Soriano from the Chicago Cubs before the game, trading a minor league pitcher to get the seven-time All-Star and lots of cash to cover much of his contract.
Soriano got his chance to make a sudden impact, batting with the bases loaded, two outs in the third and the Yankees trailing 6-1. With Tampa Bay's infield overshifted to the left side, he ran the count full before lofting a routine fly to right that ended the inning.
The 37-year-old Soriano, who began his career with the Yankees in 1999 and drew a big ovation in his return, went 0 for 5, scored once and drove in a run. He got an RBI with a bases-loaded forceout in the ninth.
Soriano did more on defense, catching a fly to start the game, making a throw that helped nail a runner and running down a foul ball.
Hellickson gave up one run and four hits in six innings, retiring his last nine batters and sending the Yankees to their seventh loss in 10 games. He also flashed a fast glove, snaring Ichiro Suzuki's liner right in front of his face.
Sabathia (9-9) was booed early and was hit hard for the third straight start, allowing 22 runs over 14 innings in that span. He got a true Bronx cheer when he struck out Loney while escaping a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the third.
The Rays have been particularly prickly for Sabathia. He is just 4-11 in 23 starts against them, including four this season, since joining the Yankees.
A two-out walk to eighth-place hitter Jose Lobaton set up Sam Fuld's RBI single in the second and Desmond Jennings followed with a bunt single that catcher Austin Romine threw away for another run. Longoria delivered a two-run double and scored on Wil Myers' single.
Loney had an RBI single in the fifth and hit a three-run homer in the seventh off Adam Warren that made it 10-1.
NOTES: Rays LHP David Price will start Monday's makeup game at Boston. He won Wednesday night at Fenway Park, pitching a five-hitter. ... Rays rookie RHP Chris Archer (5-3, 2.76) starts Saturday vs. RHP Ivan Nova (4-3, 3.66). ... Rays RHP Alex Cobb has a bullpen session Saturday in Port Charlotte, Fla. Hit in the head by a line drive last month, he threw two pitches in his first rehab start before being pulled because of a blister. ... Yankees star Curtis Granderson (broken left pinkie) played LF and went 0 for 3 with Class A Tampa. 3B Jayson Nix (strained right hamstring) hit an RBI double in four at-bats. Rays RHP Brandon Gomes (strained right lat) pitched 1 2-3 scoreless innings in the game. ... The Yankees have signed minor league INF Brendan Harris.


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Women's Rights in India: 'Home of Bollywood...'
For the e-book release of "Crimes Against Women: Three Tragedies and the Call for Reform in India," Global Dir. of 'Equality Now,' Yasmeen Hassan, and WSJ reporter, Tripti Lahiri, discuss the influence of Bollywood and the media on Indian culture.
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Funny business: Yuks and yucks from the Film Fest
The projectors have stopped running, the popcorn has been swept up and bleary-eyed moviegoers have emerged back into the daylight. The 22nd Virginia Film Festival is a wrap.
This year's fest was the debut of director Jody Kielbasa, who inherited the "Funny Business" theme when he was hired five months ago, and reports record attendance and near-record ticket sales at this year's fest.
More than once, we heard moviegoers say, "I thought this was supposed to be funny." Screening films that have zilch to do with the theme is nothing new for this festival, and Kielbasa expanded the yuk-fest theme to take in the funny business of politics and business. Some of the movies made us both laugh and cry.
Instead of the usual star-studded opening night of a Virginia-made film, UVA's marching band was the star in the star-less documentary Marching Band.
Another festival first: Some of the headliner shows had reserved seating, disrupting seating arrangements for those who didn't purchase tickets together.
Traditionally, Sunday has been a slow day as the festival winds down. This year, events with True Blood creator Alan Ball and actor Matthew Broderick made it a not-to-be missed day.
The down side to such a wealth of guests is that festival goers were stuck at Culbreth Theatre, the worst venue for a daylong movie marathon because of its lack of food options and uncomfortable seating. And the back-to-back programming of events barely left time for bathroom breaks, much less time for foraging food and beverages.
Okay, the lack of sleep, the hunger headaches and the paralyzed spines were worth it. The Hook offers its sampling of the November 5-8 cinematic smorgasbord.
Why didn't we go to His Girl Friday? Traditionalists that we are, we went to the opening night screening at Culbreth Theatre of the documentary Marching Band, which follows the Obama election through the eyes of a few students in the Virginia State University and UVA marching bands. The Virginia State band rocked outside the theater beforehand. For those who are band members or students at either school, or who like movies with no conflict or story, this is the perfect film.
Norman Jewison is a god: We'd worried that the 1965 Cold War comedy, The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming would be dated. Instead, it captures the fears of the era with humor and an all-star cast that includes Carl Reiner, Jonathan Winters, Brian Keith, Eva Marie Saint, and, in his film debut, Alan Arkin.
"Canadian pinko": Making a movie about detente two years after the Cuban Missile crisis wasn't a popular idea at the time, says Jewison. Once it was released, he got invited to Moscow when no one went behind the Iron Curtain. "Those were strange times and showed you the fear one country can have for another," says Jewison.
Home grown... in Uruguay: Former local resident and documentary filmmaker Ricardo Preve debuts his first fiction feature film, Jose Ignacio, shot in his home, where he also housed the cast, in the resort town of Jose Ignacio. "Everybody in town was in the movie," says Preve. "The butcher in the movie was actually the butcher."
"The university is embracing the arts in a new way": Vice Provost Beth Turner introduces John Waters, and hey, no kidding. His sold-out, one-man show at Culbreth November 6 had the audience laughing, and feeling deliciously filthy.
John Waters' advice to parents: Be glad your kids get in trouble. Be glad they're a bad influence ("I was," he says) and understand the tough choices in life. "Wouldn't you rather your child be a drug dealer than a drug addict?" he asks.
It was an educational experience, as well: Womb raiders, sploshing, and upper decker are new terms we learned from Waters. Oh, and you can freeze poppers.
Notice–- John Waters will not introduce Hairspray: Some audience grumbling was reported when the filmmaker did not appear as promised in the festival program.
Sometimes, memory is better than the real thing: Pink Flamingos debuted in 1972. The Hook went to see it for the last time in 2009.
"I forgot the chicken sex scene": Audience comment post-Pink Flamingos.
Silent movies are not silent: Nor did they have sex scenes with chickens. Matthew Marshall and the Reel Ensemble provide musical accompaniment to Harold Lloyd's 1923 Safety Last!, the movie with the iconic image of him hanging off a clock, and Buster Keaton's 1924 Sherlock, Jr., real funny business and a virtually extinct movie-going experience.
"If this movie doesn't move you, you can't be moved": Larry Sabato introduces Locked Out: The Fall of Massive Resistance at the sold-out screening of the WCVE documentary about Virginia closing its schools 50 years ago to prevent black children from attending, what Sabato calls one of America's "primary examples of misguided leadership." Governor Douglas Wilder attends the screening on the 20th anniversary of his election as the first African-American governor in the United States.
Everyone else has to wait until Mother's Day to see this: UVA alum/producer Julie Lynn brings a sneak preview of Mother and Child, another Rodrigo Garcia-written and directed masterpiece to screen at the Paramount. The top-notch cast includes Annette Bening, Naomi Watts, and Cherry Jones.
"It was like an act-off all day": Lynn relays a comment from her buddy, Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner, who was on the set one day watching Bening and Jones.
The inevitable Jack Bauer question: Shakespeare-trained actress Cherry Jones describes working on the TV series 24: "It's real easy, a lot easier than stage." And when Kiefer Sutherland is on the set, "The temperature does drop in the room," she says.
Guess who never wants to see Police Academy again? The writer and director of the 1984 movie, Hugh Wilson, who lives in Charlottesville and still likes movies geared toward 18- to 24-year-old males, like that one with McLovin, Rick Sincere reports.
Remember Mystery Science Theater 3000? True Blood creator Alan Ball provides stream-of-consciousness commentary on an episode of his hit HBO series to a packed Culbreth house Sunday morning.
Sneak preview of True Blood's next season– only some details are lies: Werewolves, somebody will die, Bill and Eric will sleep together, a musical episode, and one in which a tornado comes through and destroys the town are some of the tantalizing clues dropped by Ball.
"What if it's dated and stupid?" Ball confesses his fears about watching 1999 best picture American Beauty 10 years later. It's not. Ball reveals that the screenplay, for which he won an Academy Award, was a reaction to being a "serous sitcom hack" for Cybill.
We've always wanted to hear an actor say this: "The performances made it all better–- mine in particular," quips Matthew Broderick after a 10th anniversary screening of Election.
How Broderick captured the character of civics teacher Jim McAllister: "Something about a short-sleeve button-down shirt with tie seemed to do most of the work."
Please don't let this be a film festival trend: "Will you sign my copy of Ferris Bueller?" asks audience member "Matt" during the Q&A. "Yes, if you bring it here," replies Broderick. "I'm not coming there."
Most welcome words: "This is number 85 of 85 films shown this weekend," says festival director Jody Kielbasa before the screening of Broderick's new movie, Wonderful World, in which he plays a failed kiddie folk singer with a really bad attitude.
Updated November 10 at 1:15pm.
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I totally agree with the assessment! I've gone to every festival since I moved here in '06, and while I want to be forgiving to Kielbasa and crew for this being a freshman effort on his part, there were some things that did not jive.
1) Rushing audiences out of theaters (ahem, Culbreth) because you packed the schedule a little too tightly - not cool. Doubly not cool - charging $15 for said experience.
2) Implementing Family Day - fair enough and a great idea. Failing to give families notice of how politely enjoy a movie-going experience was really disappointing. Not only were the Pixar Shorts impossible to hear over all the crying and chatter (and popping balloons), but the family constantly getting up for snacks and blocking my view/stepping on my toes during the Little Mermaid kinda ruined the nostalgia trip for me. Notes to Kielbasa and company: Please have theater staff make an announcement at the beginning of family-friendly offerings to let everyone know that other patrons will be trying to enjoy the show!
3)WTF was the deal with not offering swag on the ticketing website as in years past? I tried to get my usual t-shirt, but was informed at the Visitor Suite that a) that was the only place to purchase souvenirs and b) they only had size small.
4)If you're trying to tie in a random assortment of films under one cohesive theme, have some intro at the beginning of each film explaining its place under that theme. Rashomon was fantastic, but really, really out of place.
5) Kielbasa - whatever it was that you were yelling at the box office people about on Friday night before Pippa Lee - not cool to do it in public! Also, if you're going to pack the schedule as tight as you did, it'd be a good idea to start films on time and start letting people into theaters "a half hour before the show" as promised. Starting The Private Lives of Pippa Lee half an hour late...really not cool.
And not a word about Family Day. Mayor Dave was there and everything...
OK now...I have just read Jen's post for the third time and am more amazed each time I do. Let me get this straight. You are COMPLAINING that the FAMILIES at FAMILY DAY were too loud and compromised your movie watching expderience of FAMILY movies? And you are suggesting there should have been a speech prior to the film that told kids how to behave at a kids movie?
Perhaps you should petition someone to get your ONE DOLLAR back.
Here's another perspective. I had my two kids there for both of those films and all of the other activities and they were still talking about it at the bus stop this morning. Makes me think....I dunno...that maybe the event was more geared towards THEM than it was YOU? Just a guess.
I for one applaud the festival for a huge success with this event and already look forward to next year.
It's not about the money, obviously - it's about common courtesy. Part of the whole ethos of going to the movies is the opportunity to become totally absorbed and yet part of a group experience. If kids (and parents constantly checking their phones, going to get snacks, etc.) aren't taught that, then what's the point of going to a theater?! Rent the DVD if you can drag yourself away from your busy life long enough to appreciate it.
As I understand it, Family Day is meant to foster an appreciation for films in the younger generations, and thus open up the festival to a wider demographic. It's not my job - or the Paramount's, or the festival staff's - to babysit your kids! I applaud Jody Kielbasa's efforts to engender a love in film in kids, and hope the tradition continues, but with better guidelines.


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Audio update from Tom
I stepped out of the oral argument to provide this audio report (at bottom of page).
For those who prefer reading, here is a summary of the report:
Based on the questions posed to Paul Clement, the lead attorney for the state challengers to the individual mandate, it appears that the mandate is in trouble. It is not clear whether it will be struck down, but the questions that the conservative Justices posed to Clement were not nearly as pressing as the ones they asked to Solicitor General Verrilli. On top of that, Clement delivered a superb presentation in response to the more liberal Justices' questions. Perhaps the most interesting point to emerge so far is that Justice Kennedy's questions suggest that he believes that the mandate has profound implications for individual liberty: he asked multiple times whether the mandate fundamentally changes the relationship between the government and individuals, so that it must surpass a special burden. At this point, the best hope for a fifth or sixth vote may be from the Chief Justice or Justice Alito, who asked hard questions to the government, but did not appear to be dismissive of the statute's constitutionality.
Recommended Citation: Tom Goldstein, Audio update from Tom, SCOTUSblog (Mar. 27, 2012, 11:44 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2012/03/audio-update-from-tom/


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The dependence of Internet Explorer on other Windows components has allowed online attackers to work around the shored-up security of Microsoft's latest browser.
Last weekend, security researchers discovered a website using an previously unknown, or zero-day, vulnerability in a relatively unused ActiveX component of Windows to infect visitors' systems.
ActiveX components act as a common way to exchange data between various components of Windows. While the flawed ActiveX component - a part of Microsoft's XML Core Services 4.0 - is not shipped with Internet Explorer, attackers can use the browser to trigger the flaw and compromise any system on which the ActiveX control is installed.
The vulnerability underscores that the improvements in security in the latest version of Microsoft's browser, Internet Explorer 7, do not eliminate the threats of older components of Windows, said Gunter Ollmann, director of IBM Internet Security Systems' X-Force vulnerability research team.
"IE7 has made it a little bit harder for the attackers to do this," he said. "But once someone figures out how to bypass the security, they tell everyone else about it, and it it becomes the new standard."
The discovery of an exploit attacking a previously unknown vulnerability underscores the difficulty in closing down attacks on ActiveX components through the browser. ActiveX allows websites to add interactivity and greater functionality to a visitor's browsing experience. However, because the technology allows a website to affect changes on a visitor's PCs, the software components can also pose a danger.
ActiveX has been serious sore spot for Microsoft in its quest for hardening its operating system and applications against attacks. The technology evolved from the Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) features created in 1990 to allow Windows applications to exchange data. The general framework became the Component Object Model in 1993 - now known as the Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) - while Microsoft renamed OLE 2.0 as ActiveX and pushed web developers to add more interactivity to their sites using the technology. As such, Internet Explorer became a common way of accessing a variety of the ActiveX components installed on a Windows computer.
Online criminals frequently use flaws in ActiveX to install malicious code on victims' PCs via their browsers. One tool - known as WebAttacker and sold from a Russian website for about $20 - has had great success in compromising the security of victims' computers.
In one case, a flaw in the Windows Data Access Components, an ActiveX control fixed in April by Microsoft, the attack tool successfully infected the visitor's PC between 12 per cent and 15 per cent, according to web security firm Websense.
Many of the ActiveX controls resident on consumers' PCs can no longer be accessed from Internet Explorer 7, under the browser's enhanced security model. However, the flawed XMLHTTP 4.0 ActiveX control, used in some corporate applications to access sites based on the extensible markup language (XML), escaped Microsoft's crackdown on dangerous components.
"There are loads of (ActiveX controls) that come with Windows and other applications that are disabled by default - this particular one is not," said Gary Schare, director of IE product management for Microsoft.
The ActiveX component made it onto Microsoft's list of preapproved controls, which are components that are frequently accessed by Windows users and that the company feels have had a solid level of security testing. The security audit obviously missed a vulnerability, but the threat model for reducing the risk of attack has worked well, Schare said.
"In general, the attack surface area for ActiveX has gone down dramatically," he said.


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An LGBTQ Adventure in Cartagena, Colombia
It's a little surreal, taking in an intensely frantic, loud flamenco dance while downing a personal-sized pan of delectable paella with chorizo, chicken, and pork at El Burlador Gatrobar. Why surreal? Because I'm not in Cartagena, Spain. I'm in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.
With its Spanish colonial history, walled Old Town architecture (a port city founded in 1533), and dark-skinned Afro-Caribbean population borne of the slave trade, Cartagena stands almost entirely apart from its country's other best-known cities, Bogota and Medellin. Further distinguished by sun-kissed, balmy weather and a cuisine incorporating local Caribbean coastal ingredients like the cranberry-hued corozo fruit, there is one significant commonality worth noting, however: LGBTQ-friendliness.
Homosexuality has been legal all across Colombia since 1981, and civil partnerships were approved by the constitutional court in 2011 and instituted during 2013. Same-sex marriage equality followed, and the first full-fledged, legal wedding took place in May 2016. Cartagena certainly makes for a picturesque and romantic marriage and honeymoon setting, with elements that draw favorable comparisons to San Juan, Puerto Rico and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
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Hi to all, I am a new member and new to creating walkaround videos. Would anyone be willing to share their advice and direction on the best camera to use for shooting walkaround videos. How about video editing software?
Thanks for your help,
Carolyn Steffen
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Aj, Ken, James - thanks for your advice.
Ken, I'll lol with you, I realize what it takes to make these videos and I greatly respect the time and trial-and-error involved in producing a great product. I appreciate all of you sharing your wealth of information with someone new.
Wireless mic, or no wireless mic? If you're filming outdoors I've noticed wind and background noise are an issue. The dealers I'll be working with are on very noisy corners as I'm sure you are too. While it appears night or evening filming works best, noise will still be an issue.
Camera software is often lousy . . . thanks Aj for that tip. Has anyone ever used PowerDirector? Doesn't look like it's used much for car videos. I'll look into Avid.
Thanks again. This is a whole new world! I'll continue exploring!
Ok........ Sooooooooooooooo you want cut a clip but it`s rainy & windy right?????
I think you need to take a look at this to learn how I combat the elements. Watch closely and really think about how & where this is being shot;
Carolyn, I've been a fan of Ken Beam's since he was taking pictures and writing comments at Bernardsville VW (before anyone used video). He's a great guy to emulate.
My all time walk-around king however, is Bernard Majeau from eBags - yep, a luggage guy. Watch how he hits on features AND benefits (something missing from a few of the videos on this post)
Any small "flip" type camera that shoots in 1080p and 16:9 aspect ratio, works great. They are easier to maneuver in and around the vehicle and it's components. Make sure you pick one that has an auto focus feature and SD card capability. That pretty much wraps up the ideal camera for walkarounds. I use this one:
...for videos like this one that has received over one million views in just over a year:
There are many more facets to shooting videos. Just make sure you are targeting one or all three of the most important areas which are: 1. Informative 2. Educational or 3. Entertaining (pretty much just captivating at the very least). When I created my videos, I ignored the automotive consultants pushing this style or that style, this length or that length. My results were astonishingly higher. I encourage you to raise the bar with more trial and error.
Good luck!
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Thanks to all you guys for taking time to respond with advice. You're all a wealth of information, and I appreciate your help. I will do some experimenting to see what works well for me and for the dealers I'll be working with. Aside from cameras and software there's the critical issue of whether anyone "appears" in the video or whether we use a voice over . . . if anyone participates, do they get a piece of the sale. All sticky questions to be weeded out as well.
I am anxious to move out of the study phase and into practice. Again, many thanks for your advice and links to your work. There are some great videos out there, you guys are masters.
There are some great new DSLR Cameras that hit the market that have improved video capability and even mic jacks so you can use a Sennheiser or Sony wireless mic set: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/talkingtech/story/2012-06-13...
One of the benefits of using a higher end camera instead of just a point and shoot is that you can use a U/V filter or Lens Flower Hood if shooting conditions call for it. And of course they just provide superior optics, chips, stabilization and overall performance. All the cameras mentioned in the article will do the job, but Sony cameras as a rule encode in MP4 which cuts down substantially on file sizes which is a consideration when moving and ultimately uploading your videos. Another plus is that you can use the same camera for stills and video. Here is an example of Video and Stills that were captured with the same Sony camera: http://www.iwantamini.com/VehicleDetails/new-2012-MINI-Cooper_Hardt...
The IOS platform is very convenient and depending on your environment, it can be ideal. However, you are limited when it comes to mitigating lens-flare and artifacts when lighting is too bright. Apparently Apple is looking at possible solutions: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/06/14/apple_interested_in_s... I wouldn't hold my breath on this one as aesthetics are so important to the brand and this is anathema to the folks from Cupertino and their customers.
Thanks Tom. Great information. I like the Mini video - the camera person's hat looks cool. I have been using a borrowed Sony camera and it's doing a great job . . . I'm sure it will be even better when I get more experience.
Thanks again! Carolyn
Everyone does get better in time. One thing I say to our DIY customers and our partner Lot Service subscribers is that aside from some pioneers like Ken and others, is that they are setting the standard and they need to find what works best for their enterprise, workforce skill set, time constraints, physical environment, brand and ultimately the video viewers. Below are two examples of people doing new things. The one from Sunrise is a HD video captured with a camcorder and the second from Cavender is one where they are using a tablet with our software, wireless mics and an automatic music feature. That's Rick Cavender himself in the video. Both those stores are just starting out so you will see marked improvement as the progress.
Hi again Tom, as I look at more videos I see dealers establish their own "identity" - whether they walk around the car, pan the camera, use music in the background, drive the car . . . lots of options. Part of the process is discovering what works best for you, like you said.
Thank you for sharing the videos . . . I enjoy seeing what other creative minds are doing.
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Hard-nosed Victorino a key piece for Sox again
Outfielder unconcerned with spot in batting order or status as switch-hitter
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Shane Victorino might lead off. He will probably go back to switch-hitting, though he's being coy about it. And, yes, the walk-up song ("Three Little Birds" by Bob Marley) that 35,000 fans sung in chorus at Fenway on a nightly basis will return.
But those things are all just window dressing when it comes to the energetic right fielder, who is entering his second season in Boston.
The key is Victorino's presence in the lineup and in right field, where he gives every ounce of himself for an entire season.
"Winning player" is probably the best way to describe Victorino.
Victorino's Phillies won the World Series in 2008 and came just two wins shy of repeating the following year. He hopes this year he can taste the repeat.
"You know, there's one thing that you shoot for, and every year the goal is to be in the World Series," Victorino said. "Or to be in a Super Bowl, to be in the NBA Finals, whatever sport it may be. But if you think that way, it's good. I want kids to think that way.
"That's the only way that you know, and that means you want to work hard and you want to get there at the end of every single season. Is it hard to do? Absolutely. I've been blessed with the opportunity to make the postseason six out of seven years in my career, so I think that's a positive. But at the end of the day, my thing to the young kids is just to go out there and have fun and enjoy the ride, work hard, continue to work hard and buy into what we've got here."
If there were those who wondered why the Red Sox invested three years and $39 million into Victorino in December 2012, they got their answers throughout a World Series championship season in '13.
It was Victorino's grand slam that propelled the Red Sox to victory in the clinching Game 6 of the American League Championship Series vs. the Tigers. And it was Victorino's three-run double that was the spark in the ultimate clincher -- Game 6 against the Cardinals.
Did those hits -- which will live on in Red Sox lore -- cross his mind as he roamed the beach in his native Hawaii or spent time at his offseason home in Las Vegas?
"You think about it every day, and that's the kind of stuff that you live for, the opportunities you look forward to when you get that opportunity," Victorino said. "You know, as I said, those are things you kind of look back upon. When it's all said and done, maybe I'll understand the magnitude of that moment. But you know, right now, I'm just living in the moment and enjoying myself and happy to be back in the clubhouse with these guys."
After undergoing surgery to release a nerve in his right thumb, Victorino is getting back up to speed. He might be a little behind schedule in Spring Training, but he has no doubt he'll be in right field on March 31, when the Red Sox open their title defense in Baltimore.
The downtime in the winter was nice, but Victorino is ready to start getting after it again.
"You enjoy your kids, you enjoy your family in the offseason, but you know, you get itchy and antsy as it gets closer to coming here," Victorino said. "I'm excited, I'm happy. Coming in this morning, I was the first one here, but seeing everyone come in now, seeing all of you guys, this is what it's all about. This is what you live for. This is what you work hard for all offseason and you prepare for, is this kind of moment."
Though there has been a lot of speculation that he could be part of the solution to replace Jacoby Ellsbury in the leadoff spot, that type of stuff doesn't concern Victorino.
"I never say where I want to be. I don't care where I hit," Victorino said. "I've said that all along. Whatever opportunity presents itself, I'm ready for it, whether it be leadoff, whether it be down in the lineup. I'm not really focused on all that. It's all about getting myself prepared. Wherever I'm put in the batting order, I'll be ready to go."
Thanks in large part for his penchant to banging into walls, Victorino played through a barrage of injuries last season that led to him hitting only right-handed for the stretch run. He was red-hot for most of the time he hit right on right.
Any thought to giving up hitting from the left side?
"I'll let you guys watch and learn," Victorino said.
However, it seems likely Victorino will go back to switch-hitting.
"Everything I know is he will switch-hit," manager John Farrell said. "But I've come to learn that he can change on the fly."
Where is Victorino at in his recovery from thumb surgery?
"I'm 100 percent, full go," quipped Victorino. "No, no, I'm not. I've started doing some activities. I took some dry hacks, I haven't really hit in regards to making contact and stuff like that. It's going to be a work in progress, like I said. I want to make sure I'm ready for Game 1 of 162."


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Disc One: Sefer Yonah: Painting your masterpiece
In the waning hours of Yom Kippur we read the dramatic story of Yonah HaNavi. Our sages revealed that this small sefer contains a fundamental message not only for this one holy day, but for life in general. Listen as Rabbi Frand uncovers the potent lesson which every Jew should use in charting his unique path in life.
Disc Two: Ahavas Yisroel: Do you really love your neighbor?
"Love thy Neighbor" is one of the most well-known tenets of Judaism. But what exactly is love? And how do we perform this deceptively simple-sounding principle? Discover how this pivotal mitzvah impacts our daily lives and helps us prepare for the Yomim Noraim.


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Drug supplier for 'Monsignor Meth' gets 5 years
HARTFORD (AP) -- A woman who authorities say helped supply nearly 10 pounds of methamphetamine to a drug operation in Connecticut run by a Catholic priest dubbed Monsignor Meth has been sentenced to five years in prison.
The Connecticut Post reports that 49-year-old Kristen Laschober of Laguna Niguel, California, was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Hartford. She and her boyfriend, Chad McCluskey of San Clemente, California, pleaded guilty last year to drug conspiracy charges connected to their meth business with now-suspended Monsignor Kevin Wallin.
McCluskey was sentenced to more than five years in prison in June.
Wallin has been nicknamed Monsignor Meth in some media reports. He pleaded guilty to a federal drug charge and awaits sentencing for selling large quantities of meth out of his apartment in Waterbury.


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[REACTION: USA-China] A 1-1 tie was not the result the USA was looking for from its second match at the Under-20 Women's World Cup, but Coach Steve Swanson and his players took away a lot of positives from the game. For what they had to say ...
U.S. head coach STEVE SWANSON
On the match:
"It was a better performance than our first game in terms of our possession and ball movement. Obviously it was tough to give up that goal early, but I thought our team responded very well and we played some good soccer. During the last 20 minutes, I thought we got a bit impatient, but China was organized and defended very well and we knew it was going to be that kind of game. It was a good education for our players. It was not the result we wanted, but the positives are that while we didn't create as many chances as we wanted, it was a better performance for us, and now we have to turn our thoughts to the next game."
On facing Germany in the Group D finale:
"They are very good. We played them once in Spain earlier in the year and we have a lot of respect for them. They have good players at every position, are well organized, well-coached and it should be another great test for us. This is what we expected from this group."
On if Germany already being through to the quarterfinals is an advantage for the USA:
"We're concentrating on winning the game. I don't know if it's advantage. I am not looking at it from their point of view, we're approaching the game from our point of view and we'll look at what we can do to get a result. I think the group is still up for grabs, this made it a bit tighter, but we are focusing on ourselves and getting ourselves ready for this next game."
On the final 20 minutes:
"We started to go for things that weren't there. We kind of played into their tactics a little bit. The space was in front of them, and we had to move it quickly to try to get around them on the flanks and kind of lost our patience. They are pretty good with the ball so once we lost it a few times we had to chase to get it back ... that last 20 minutes we just needed to be a little more patient, be a little sharper and keep our rhythm a little more."
On the match and looking forward to the final group game:
"China was organized, give them credit, but I thought there were a lot of good things in the game and the group is still out there. We have to respond and this team has responded in the past."
U.S. forward MAYA HAYES
On improving from the first game:
"Especially after their goal, we picked it up tremendously, especially in our possession. It's not the result we wanted, but we have to be happy with the way that we played even though we didn't finish the chances that we possibly could have, but from the Ghana game to the China game we definitely improved."
On taking over the game after the China goal:
"Our movement, especially right after their goal, got a lot better off the ball. The forwards were checking back to the midfielders and laying balls off and getting them caught in transition and not letting them get their shape. That's what we improved and had success and we could have got another goal."
On looking forward to the final group game:
"Our goal is to get better. Right now we are doing anything we can. We are controlling the controllables, as [team captain] Julie Johnston said after the game. Right now, it's regen[eration] and its preparation and as soon as we step on the field against Germany, giving everything we have at that very moment and taking it one game at a time. "
U.S. midfielder MORGAN BRIAN
On the match:
"We possessed the ball a lot better than we did in the first game and we are headed in the right direction, we just couldn't finish. We kept the ball really well, we switched the point of attack and used the flanks. Our goal came from the flanks, but we needed more of that."
On the World Cup experience:
"The World Cup is definitely a learning process. There's up and downs in every game and in the whole tournament. We just want to move forward and play our best."
U.S. defender MOLLY PATHMAN
On the match:
"I think China played a good game and they had a good goal, but I am really proud of us in how we came back, got the goal and we were unlucky not to get another one. But that's how soccer is and we are looking forward now to Germany."
On coming back from a goal down to tie:
"To go down a goal gives us some encouragement moving forward seeing that we can come back and we can deal with the adversity. We haven't been down in a while."
U.S. defender CRYSTAL DUNN
On the match:
"We kept the ball, and China definitely made it hard for us. Getting around them was a little bit difficult and I think that's where we struggled. But possession-wise, we have the ball the most of the time."
On looking forward to the Germany game:
"Honestly, we are in great spirits right now. I would say, yeah, we didn't get the result we wanted, but a tie is definitely better than a loss and we have to move forward with the next game. We can still control this so we have to focus and go after it."


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Michael Caine is a badass. We're all aware of that. But the 79-year-old actor revealed this week that he's such a badass, he was even doing Christopher Nolan's job for him on the set of the Dark Knight trilogy.
You see, Alfred, stoic butler to the Wayne household, didn't have a backstory in Nolan's take on the caped crusader's saga. So Caine made one up for him, and Nolan liked it so much that he made it canon—in his universe, at least.
Caine describes Alfred's backstory in the above clip from an interview released by Warner Bros. UK. It's much better than the story I made up for him in my head—in my version he became a butler because he just really liked cleaning up after rich people.
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Tie one end of the resistance band to a safe place. Get on all fours and grab the other end of the resistance band with the hand furthest from the tied end. Keep resistance band on the inside of your closest arm.
Take resistance band and extend away from your body out to your side, a little above shoulder level, keeping the arm as straight as possible. Slowly bring back to the starting position. Try to do 2 sets of 10-12 repetitions for each arm.
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From time to time all of us have faced heartbreaking circumstances. A crisis or tragedy comes suddenly and unexpectedly into our lives, and in a moment we find ourselves in the white water of life from which there seems no escape.
Being a pastor, I encounter these situations with people almost on a daily basis. The week of Oct. 9, 2011, was particularly heartwrenching. After our Sunday service, a couple approached me. The wife explained that two years ago she had breast cancer and by God's goodness it had gone into remission. But recently the cancer had come back with a vengeance: it was in stage 4. The couple stood beside me, weeping.
Then on Thursday, we held a funeral for one of our members. He was in his late 50s, was married and had a 17-year-old daughter. The preceding Friday afternoon, he was on his motorcycle and was suddenly killed. Finally, on Saturday afternoon, I gathered in our chapel with a young couple and their family in a private service for a baby that was stillborn.
Life comes with all of its joys, but it also comes with its tragedies, and those tragedies can threaten to swamp us. Let's look at how the disciples responded to a storm, and see how Jesus wants us to respond when we are in the white water of life. Our text is Mark 4:35-41.
Verse 35 says: "On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, 'Let us go across to the other side.'" When Jesus says to His followers, "Let's go across to the other side," is there any doubt that they're going to reach the other side? Of course not! They will reach the opposite shore, but between this side and that side, they will face the storm of their life.
Sometimes we may think that because Jesus says, "This is what I want you to do," no problems will arise. A new believer sometimes feels, "Well, now that my life is committed to Christ, it's going to be wonderful." It is wonderful, but those who follow Jesus Christ are not exempt from the crises and white water of life—even when obeying Christ.
"Leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was" (verse 36). These experienced fishermen no doubt thought that crossing the sea was something they could handle: You want to go to the other side? We can get over to the other side. We've done this before. This is our area of expertise. We must constantly fight the urge to follow and serve Christ in our own strength. It is essential that we constantly rely on His grace and power.
Now the storm comes in all its fury (verses 37-41). "A great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling. But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke him and said to him, 'Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?' And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, 'Peace! Be still!' And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. He said to them, 'Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?' And they were filled with great fear and said to one another, 'Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?'"
Isn't that a brilliant story? As we follow and obey Jesus Christ, crises, tragedies and unexpected situations will blow into our homes, our ministries, our churches and our relationships. In a split second, our lives can be turned upside down: one phone call; one visit to the doctor; one situation with a child, spouse, mother or father. When the crisis comes, we—like the disciples—are often frantic and fearful and feel helpless to deal with the situation. For the disciples, in the middle of their storm, what is Jesus doing? He is asleep! He seems unconcerned and uncaring.
When we find ourselves in the white water of life, it sometimes feels that Jesus has not only abandoned us, but that He doesn't care about us. But what does Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, do? In the storm He stands supreme, majestic over His creation, and with a word calms the howling wind and the raging sea: "Peace! Be still."
The Psalmist writes, "By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host. He gathers the waters of the sea as a heap; he puts the deeps in storehouses. Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him! For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm" (Psalm 33:6-9).
In this storm Jesus "spoke and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm." Here is God in action. By His spoken word Jesus brings peace: "Peace! Be still!" And immediately there's a great calm.
I'm not an experienced sailor or fisherman, but I've been in boats in the North Sea between Scotland and the Faroe Islands, where Gudny, my wife, comes from. I know that even when a storm is over, it takes a very long time for the sea to become calm.
But in this storm, Jesus speaks and there is a great calm: instant peace. The disciples ask the same question we ask, "Do You not care?" Jesus doesn't answer the question directly. He does something better. He stands and says, "Peace! Be still!"
Where was Jesus during this storm? Exactly where He always is. With His people. Jesus never abandons us in the white water of life. He is Emmanuel, God with us. "Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand" (Isaiah 41:10). In the middle of the crisis, the disciples obtain a fresh revelation of the power and majesty of Jesus. Mark is writing this Gospel so that we may know that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God (Mark 1:1).
Jesus asks the disciples, "Why are you so afraid?" Are you afraid today? Afraid of that impending medical report? Afraid of a situation in your home? Afraid of an employment situation? Afraid of tomorrow?
Today may be the worst storm of your life, but be assured that the Lord Jesus Christ will be with you. You are not alone. Jesus is God and is totally in control. He has authority over the demons, every disease and the very creation. Even when your life seems out of control, you can thank Him. He is the sovereign God, and He "works all things according to the counsel of his will" (Ephesians 1:11). Therefore you can trust Him completely.
So in the white water of life, don't keep looking down at the waves. Don't keep looking at the difficult circumstances. Look up to Jesus, the Christ, the Son of God.
Robert Murray McCheyne, a godly Scottish minister, said, "For every look at self, take 10 looks at Christ." For every time you look down at your problem, at your crisis or tragedy, take 10 looks at Christ. Peter, one of the disciples in the boat, later writes, "Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you" (1 Peter 5:7). Jesus cares for you.
Have you ever approached somebody about a problem, and while you're talking about the problem, you suddenly realize that person couldn't really care less? It's a very disillusioning experience. In fact, the person may start talking about his or her own problem when we want to talk about our problem!
That never happens with our Lord. He cares. He loves us with an everlasting love. Paul writes, "He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?" (Romans 8:32). If Christ has already done the hard thing by dying for our sins, how much more is He able to take care of our present situations in life?
When I was in elementary school in Scotland, my life revolved around a soccer ball—or should I say a football, as we say in Europe. Now, I thought I was quite a good player, but there was one boy at our school by the name of Alan Campbell who was far superior. One day he would play for Scotland's Under 21 Team and become a professional soccer player. We didn't know that at the time, but we did know that if Alan Campbell was on our side, we were almost certain to win.
We are always on the winning side because God is for us. In fact, not only is God for us, He is with us. Therefore, whatever crisis you may be facing, whatever you fear, know today that the Lord Jesus is saying, "Peace, be still."
So keep your eyes on Jesus. He is with you. He loves you. He will not fail you. He will not leave you. And He will take you safely to the other side. ©2012 John H. Munro
Adapted from a BGEA Chapel message on Oct. 13, 2011, by Dr. John H. Munro, senior pastor of Calvary Church, Charlotte, N.C.
Scripture Quotations are taken by permission from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers.


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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a comprehensive civil rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability. The ADA requires that newly constructed and altered state and local government facilities, places of public accommodation, and commercial facilities be readily accessible to, and usable by, individuals with disabilities. The ADA Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) is the standard applied to buildings and facilities. Recreational facilities, including miniature golf courses, are among the facilities required to comply with the ADA.
The Access Board issued accessibility guidelines for newly constructed and altered recreation facilities in 2002. The recreation facility guidelines are a supplement to ADAAG. As a supplement, they must be used in conjunction with ADAAG. References to ADAAG are mentioned throughout this summary. Once these guidelines are adopted by the Department of Justice (DOJ), all newly designed, constructed and altered recreation facilities covered by the ADA will be required to comply.
The recreation facility guidelines cover the following facilities and elements:
- Amusement rides
- Boating facilities
- Fishing piers and platforms
- Miniature golf courses
- Golf courses
- Exercise equipment
- Bowling lanes
- Shooting facilities
- Swimming pools, wading pools, and spas
This guide is intended to help designers and operators in using the accessibility guidelines for miniature golf courses. These guidelines establish minimum accessibility requirements for newly designed or newly constructed and altered miniature golf courses. This guide is not a collection of miniature golf course designs. Rather, it provides specifications for elements within a miniature golf course to create a general level of usability for individuals with disabilities. Emphasis is placed on ensuring that individuals with disabilities are generally able to access the miniature golf course and use a variety of elements. Designers and operators are encouraged to exceed the guidelines where possible to provide increased accessibility and opportunities. Incorporating accessibility into the design of a miniature golf course should begin early in the planning process with careful consideration to accessible holes and accessible routes.
The recreation facility guidelines were developed with significant public participation. In 1993, the Access Board established an advisory committee of 27 members to recommend accessibility guidelines for recreation facilities. The Recreation Access Advisory Committee represented the following groups and associations:
- American Ski Federation
- American Society for Testing and Materials (Public Playground Safety Committee)
- American Society of Landscape Architects
- Beneficial Designs
- City and County of San Francisco, California, Department of Public Works
- Disabled American Veterans
- Environmental Access
- Golf Course Superintendents Association of America
- Hawaii Disability and Communication Access Board
- International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions
- Katherine McGuinness and Associates
- Lehman, Smith, and Wiseman Associates
- Michigan Department of Natural Resources
- National Council on Independent Living
- National Park Service
- National Recreation and Park Association
- New Jersey Department of Community Affairs
- Outdoor Amusement Business Association
- Paralyzed Veterans of America
- Professional Golfer's Association
- Self Help for Hard of Hearing People
- States Organization for Boating Access
- Universal Studios
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- U.S. Forest Service
- Y.M.C.A. of the U.S.A.
- Walt Disney Imagineering
The public was given an opportunity to comment on the recommended accessibility guidelines, and the Access Board made changes to the recommended guidelines based on the public comments. A notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) was published in the Federal Register in July 1999, followed by a five-month public comment period. Further input from the public was sought in July 2000 when the Access Board published a draft final rule soliciting comment. A final rule was published in September 2002.


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Razorbacks Set Attendance Record For Red-White Game
Fans top 50,000 to watch Hogs' spring football game
The 2013 Razorback football team had one last chance to make a good first impression in front of their fans, and they did just that in front of a record crowd for a spring football game.
An unprecedented 51,088 fans came to Razorback Stadium to watch the Red Team defeat the White Team, 34-27.
"I was blown away to see over 51,000 fans support us today," Arkansas head coach Bret Bielema said. "It's a steady process. I like the progress we've made. The team responded very positively, with success on both sides of the ball. We're in a great position and that gets me very excited."
The previous attendance record for a spring game was 45,520 which was set last season, but the players were excited to see the fans shatter that mark.
"We were going for 50,000," said center Travis Swanson. "We got 51, which was good to see. It's good to finally get back in the stadium in a game atmosphere. It was fun to show everyone what we've been working on."
In the first quarter quarterback Brandon Allen led the Red Team to their first touchdown with a 26-yard toss to Demetrius Wilson for a score, capping off a nine-play, 75-yard drive. Allen finished the day with 158 yards passing on 11 completions.
Brandon Mitchell completed 12 of 17 passes for 138 yards, and his 26-yard touchdown pass to Jeremy Sprinkle late in the second quarter gave the Red Team a 17-12 halftime lead.
Nate Holmes picked up the lone rushing touchdown of the day, running 18 yards untouched into the end zone late in the third quarter, to put the Red Team ahead by 15.
AJ Derby capped off the scoring in the fourth quarter on a 35-yard touchdown pass to D'Arthur Cowan that was eventually the game-winner.
There was a strong showing defensively as well. Both safety Tiquention Coleman and cornerback Will Hines intercepted a pass, while Taiwan Johnson (two), Trey Flowers, Deatrich Wise and Brandon Lewis each recorded sacks.
The Razorbacks are now done with practice for the spring, and will reunite for fall camp in August. They open the season on August 31 against Louisiana-Lafayette at Razorback Stadium.


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Last year, while walking down the memory lane, we made an almost clairvoyant comment. We said,
"we can't wait to start working on everything that we have planned for 2016 – we are certain that the new year is going to be even more exciting for us."
And boy, has it been exciting! We have done so much – been to so many places! Between creating brilliant new features, researching the next level of technology innovation, accepting awards, making new partnerships, raising money for charity and attending trade fairs, shows and seminars, the team here at KantanMT has been busier than Santa's little elves this year! Continue reading