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As noted Atlanta historian Franklin Garrett wrote in Atlanta and Environs, Oakland Cemetery is "Atlanta's most tangible link between the past and the present." Helen Davis (M.Ed '80) and her husband, Ren, have produced a clear and concise guide to Atlanta's historic Oakland Cemetery with the publishing of their recent book, Atlanta's Oakland Cemetery: An Illustrated History and Guide. Opened in 1850 as Atlanta's first municipal burial ground, "Historic Oakland is a Victorian treasure," Helen Davis says. Among the many notable Atlantans interred here are author Margaret Mitchell and golfer Bobby Jones.
Interview by Dave Cohen (B.A. '94)
What is it about Oakland Cemetery that prompted you and Ren to take on this project?
In 2009 when we had just finished being characters in the annual Spirits of Oakland Halloween Candlelight Tour, and we had talked to the director of volunteer services about a poster that we wanted to do of Oakland and she said, "Well, what we really need is a coffee table book." Ren and I both retired in 2009 and we had written a number of books before together and he chirped up and said, "Oh, that would be great! Let's do it." So, out of that late evening conversation we talked with a number of people and it led us to a contact with the University of Georgia Press and they said, "Oakland? We want a book on Oakland." We had the opportunity to work with a number of people that were authorities on Oakland; different aspects, restoration, history, gardening, symbolism… and so we thought it was more an idea that we would pull together the expertise of so many people and put it into a book form. Two and a half years after we started the project the book was on the market.
Have you always had an interest in the history of Atlanta?
Well, no. I became interested in the history of the city when I met my husband, who was a history major and a third-generation native Atlantan. He opened my eyes to Georgia history and specifically Atlanta history but especially the fact that we would go out and see the sites. You know, when you walk through Oakland one of the things that's fascinating is so many names you see that are names of streets in Atlanta. Then you see how some of the familiar family names have often married other well-known family groups. Atlanta was a very small town when Oakland was the first public cemetery and to see some of these names marrying one group after another over and over again was just fascinating.
Are you and Ren working on another book?
Yes, we have another one we are working on right now. While we were working on the book Our Mark on this Land: A Guide to the Legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps in America's Parks, we were in the National Park Service archives looking at photographs of men who were in the CCC and there were some photographs that just kept popping up and we said, "The work of this person was extraordinary," and we came to learn that it was George Grant, who was the first chief photographer for the National Parks Service from 1929 to 1954. As we searched more to find out about George Grant we came to realize that he was one of those great landscape photographers that very few people know about because all of his work always had the byline of U.S. Parks Service, never George Grant. In our opinion his work is equal to that of Ansel Adams and he was a contemporary of Ansel Adams. As we did more and more research we realized that there was a need for a book about George Grant, and we're doing a retrospective of his works and including a biography of the man and all the things that he went through when he worked for the Parks Service. We expect to have it out in the fall of 2015 and that will then coincide with the National Parks Service centennial celebration of 2016.
Your book's introduction has a Georgia State connection as it was penned by (professor of history and Director of the The Center for Neighborhood and Metropolitan Studies) Tim Crimmins. How did that come about?
This was an opportunity that came to us through the University of Georgia Press. They had asked Dr. Crimmins to review the book and, in so doing, he was very interested in it and they asked him if he would write the introduction. His knowledge and expertise was a great addition. So, I think it's exciting that this book has two Georgia State connections.


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Made another 425 miles today and have reached the wide open west of Kansas. We found a great corps of engineers campground called Minooka park and are perched on site e16 overlooking Wilson lake.The temperature was 100 today and now has dropped to 80 due to a big storm coming through the area. We had refueled in Wilson KS and found out it was the Czech capital of the US (according to them). They have the largest Czech egg in the world on main St. Sitting here watching the storm coming in over the lake, supper will be delayed until this...Jump to full entry
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Apr 29, 2016 - Russell, Kansas
We leave our RV Park and get on the interstate. It starts to rain. We are in the Flint Hills section of Kansas. It continues to rain. We stop for gas in Junction City. Shortly thereafter, we get off the Interstate. We choose Route 18 today. It is a straight road with little traffic. It is our kind of road. Our only problem is the rain. We never turn the windshield wipers off. Around noon, we find an historical marker. It is the perfect place to pull off the road for a lunch break. I get my only picture for the day. I am able to take the...Jump to full entry
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Oct 5, 2014 - I Like Ike
Today we pretty much stuck to I-70, except for a stop at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum and a little excursion onto old US 40 to see the World's Largest Czech Egg. It's in Wilson,, KS, the Czech Capital of Kansas. It's a 20 ft.long black egg. The Czech do intricate decoration of eggs for Easter. The actual name of these eggs is Kraslice, a Czech egg. Using a variety of different techniques, real hen's eggs are blown and decorated using a batik, and a handful of special drills & tools. They come from the Moravian...Jump to full entry
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Aug 16, 2013 - Russell, KS
Russell, Kansas is a one night stopover and the hometown of Bob Dole and Arlan Spector. We are still on I-70 so we had an easy day of interstate driving. And I think we still have 2 more days on I-70to get to Kansas City. We have entered the Central Time Zone!! I was not surprised that the land stayed very flat, but I did not know that we would see many oil wells spread over the countryside. Pump jacks and oil storage tanks were spread among the crop fields. We had some fun trying to figure out what the crops were. We saw lots of fields...Jump to full entry
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Jul 16, 2013 - As corny as Kansas in July
Today the plan was to go across Kansas. We saw signs for Eisenhower's birthplace and memorial in Abilene, and both started singing the song "Abilene, Abilene, prettiest town that I've ever seen…" Kansas was getting greener and greener and we knew we were headed home. We decided that we have actually really enjoyed this camping trip. And so we looked up Good Sam Clubs on the internet and decided to go to one of their events in September. We joined the Space Coast Club, tentatively. Their September gathering is at a campground off US 1 in...Jump to full entry
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Jul 15, 2013 - Foggy start
Following our modified itinerary, we are setting our sights on Russell, KS. Originally, we had planned to drive from Colorado Springs to St. Louis in only two days. Those days would have been way too hard for me to drive. And, we are not staying extra days now, either. We are ready to get home. It is about 7 weeks and we are finished. My daughter-in-law, Kerri, has posted a saying that I think sums up how we feel..."Stick a fork in me, I am done!" Well, stick away. Today's plan is to go through Colorado to west Kansas. We started off...Jump to full entry
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Aug 12, 2011 - Russell, Kansas.....1575 miles to home....!!!
Day of pure traveling down the road...putting on miles....getting closer to home!!!! Flat farm land far as the eye can see after we got east of the Denver area. Coming through Vail and that area was pretty in the mountains. Lots of up and down twisty highway...with lots of traffic. Glad to get away from it.... Now in "Triple J RV Park" in Russell, Kansas. Hopefully, tomorrow we won't be in Kansas anymore....Jump to full entry
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Jul 31, 2011 - What? Again?
Each year Sharon and I try to select a theme song that best exemplifies that year's experience. For example, 2007 was no problem because we spent the summer in Alaska and of course, chose, "North to Alaska" as its theme song. This year's theme song was also pretty easy to choose and with all do respects to "Hee Haw" and its two stars, Buck Owens and Roy Clark, we selected and partially modified: "Gloom, despair, and agony on us Deep, dark depression, excessive misery If it weren't for bad luck, we'd have no luck at all Gloom, despair, and...Jump to full entry
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Jun 20, 2011 - Russell, Kansas
Boy did we have a very unsettling drive today from Seibert, Colorado to Russell, Kansas. It started last night with a tornado warning at our campground in Colorado and then it started raining hard around 2:00am this morning. When we left today, the rain was coming down and the wind was blowing 30-40 mph. The next four hours was constant rain and wind. We listened to the radio all the way and were constantly being told of tornado warnings and flooding along our route. We finally made it to Russell, Kansas around 4:30. The wind is still...Jump to full entry
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Apr 7, 2011 - A Really Good Salesman
Today is a 265 mile drive up to Russell, Kansas. Mary got in a couple hours behind the wheel today driving through small towns and fairly narrow two lane highways. Even though I practice on the banjo when Mary drives to keep myself occupied, I still can't help but be a back seat driver. The country side here is mostly agriculture with quite a bit of cattle and some horses also a lot of oil quite possibly a fairly new oil field because almost all of the pumpers are operating and most of the equipment is still nicely painted. I think we've...Jump to full entry
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Jul 10, 2010 - Leaving Monument
This trip to Colorado found us coming and going differently then last year, so it has not been boring. The only thing that is baffeling is that eastern Colorado is brown and somewhat unattractive. We traveled on CO-24 northwest for approximately 80 miles until we came to I-70. Other then the small strecth Of I-70 in Green River, Utah I had never driven this interstate. Anyway, it is pretty lousy! As we entered into Kansas, the highway improved and the Rest Areas were abundant. We stopped and walked Benji and had some lunch. The terrain had...Jump to full entry
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Jul 7, 2010 - West across Kansas
Between the drips and dribbles, and sometimes heavy rains, we trudged on across Kansas. The ride was short and uneventful. We made our customary rest stops for Foxy; it was pouring rain at the first stop but I got her out anyway. She seems to need this reinforcement about 50 miles down the road that the world is still out there; then, she settles right in and goes to sleep. We fueled up at Flying J in Salina; the last of the sub-$3/gallon diesel for a while. We were in no hurry so we had lunch there too, or breakfast food, which is what we...Jump to full entry
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Rio Tinto boss Tom Albanese shocked the City today by announcing a further $14 billion (£8.7 billion) of writedowns, relinquishing more than £12.3 million worth of bonuses and resigning from the FTSE miner after two decades of service.
Shares in Rio Tinto tumbled by more than 4% after it wrote down its beleaguered Alcan aluminium business by another $10 billion to $11 billion, less than a year after cutting its value by $8.9 billion.
Rio also revealed a $3 billion charge against Riversdale, the fledgling Mozambique-focused coal business it bought in 2011, after the cost of developing supporting infrastructure spiraled and estimates of its recoverable reserves had to be written down.
"The Rio Tinto board fully acknowledges that a writedown of this scale in relation to the relatively recent Mozambique acquisition is unacceptable," said chairman Jan du Plessis.
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Export Opportunities Await the Bold
August 1, 2013
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Although the United States is a major worldwide player in the importing and exporting of doors and windows, the actual percentage of product involved in international trade is quite small compared to overall production. A look at trade data shows that of the value of total production, only about 2 percent of doors and windows produced are exported, and about 4 percent of those consumed are imported.
Collectively, these percentages are admittedly small, and might even be considered as insignificant, unless one examines the potential opportunity awaiting producers that are willing to brave wading into the murky waters of foreign trade. Unless your company is actually involved in the export process, the fact that the United States exports a fairly small portion of its domestic door and window production has little, if any, effect on your day-to-day operation. On the other hand, considering the actual dollar value in international door and window trade, your company may be missing out on a sizeable opportunity.
To see how the business of foreign trade may affect a company, let's begin by looking at international commerce in general. Table 1 indicates that 72 percent of total United States trade in goods is exchanged between the United States and our top 15 trading partners. By far, with the exception of China, most of the exchange takes place between the United States, Mexico and Canada.
Note that, with the exception of Brazil and the Netherlands, we import substantially more from our top 15 partners than we export. It is only with the United Kingdom that we approach parity in the exchange of goods. The ratio of imports to exports is about 1.47 to 1 for total U.S. trade and 1.62 to 1 for U.S. trade with our top 15 partners. The ratios are even higher for U.S. trade in doors and windows. Door and window imports exceeded exports by well over 2 to 1 from 2008 through 2010, but then dropped to about 1.8 to 1 for both 2011 and 2012 (Fig. 1).
What is remarkable here is that while the 2008 Great Recession had a marked downward effect on imports through 2011, the trend was upward for exports starting as early as 2010. Notably, the drop in exports was 11 percentage points less than for imports between 2008 and 2009. Could this indicate an important directional change in the flow of product, and possibly even a reversal in the export-toimport ratio for the near future?
Domestic Door and Window Consumption
To see how exports and imports affect the U.S. fenestration market, we need a method of quantifying how doors and windows are consumed—a measurement that we will define as Domestic Consumption. Because not all doors and windows produced in the United States remain here for consumption, we need to deduct the value exported from the total produced. Conversely, of the total consumed, a substantial quantity is imported. Accordingly, those imported products must be added to the quantity produced in order to arrive at our figure for Domestic Consumption.
Expressed as a formula:
Domestic Door/Window Consumption = Domestic Production – Exports + Imports
Table 2 is arranged to demonstrate this relationship. Although export and import data are available through 2012, production figures are only available through 2011. Consequently, we are limited to showing consumption only through 2011.
Export Opportunities
With a better idea of how domestic door and window consumption is affected by trade, we can get a clearer vision of what potential opportunities exist in export. Even though exports are dwarfed by production, it is possible to see how a small-to-medium sized manufacturer could increase sales by cutting even a few percentage points out of the $368 million export pie.
If we extrapolate the growth of exports into 2013, that pie becomes a bit tastier. Exports for 2012 grew to nearly $420 million (Table 3). We can therefore make a conservative prediction that U.S. door and window exports will increase by about 3.8 percent, to $436 million during 2013. That estimate may be understated, however, because it includes the down year 2009. The average percentage increase in exports for the last three years is 8 percent. If exports increase by the last three-year average, the amount projected would equal $453 million, exceeding exports for 2008. If exports increase by another 14 percent, as they did last year, door and window exports by U.S. manufacturers would amount to nearly $479 million.
My own personal experience can illustrate the possibilities that lie in international trade. Some time ago, I was contacted by a U.S. wholesaler representing a client who had been to my company's website and seen our Austrian Collection line of iron hardware. The client was a builder in the Caribbean who was doing a sizable design-build condo project. Of course, I was more than happy to accommodate the wholesaler but could not resist asking, since the client had found us, why did they not contact us directly, thereby eliminating the middleman. "Oh, that all of my customers were that loyal," I exclaimed. "Not necessarily," he replied. "In order to save on shipping expenses, the building supplies required for the entire project are shipped by our suppliers to our warehouse. They are then containerized, loaded and shipped by ocean freight directly to the project."
The point of the anecdote is that, although opportunities for export certainly do exist, one must look for them in places that are not the usual suspects. As an illustration, Table 3 lists the top five countries to which the United States exports doors and windows.
Note that the top three destinations for U.S. doors and windows in 2012 are identical to those for total exports of goods shown in Table 1. The difference is the position of Hong Kong and Bahamas in the rankings. Neither country appears in the top 15 in Table 1. It is also particularly interesting to note that door and window exports in 2012 to both Hong Kong and China show a dramatic increase over 2008, the year where U.S. exports worldwide were at the high point. Again, it must be admitted that the numbers are relatively small compared to domestic consumption, but then opportunity is where you find it.
Foreign trade, to be sure, is fraught with difficulties. Exporting, in particular, requires a dedication and commitment to learning the ropes, and a willingness to accept some bumps during the learning process. Unless there is someone on board with high-level training in international commerce, competence in foreign trade must generally be gained by day-to-day, hands-on experience.
The learning curve can be softened by doing the required homework; the process can begin by simply placing a phone call to one of the many businesses that engage in logistics. A simple web search will produce a plethora of firms, both domestic and international, that can explain the intricacies of the export business.


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According to a statement from the Anchorage Police Department, Jessye Potts was arrested in connection with the Jan. 1 assault in Anchorage's Ocean View neighborhood.
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According to a statement from the Anchorage Police Department, Jessye Potts was arrested in connection with the Jan. 1 assault in Anchorage's Ocean View neighborhood. The call came in around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, after the 17-year-old victim was able to escape and seek help at a residence nearby.
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We usually rant about the idiocy, the selfishness and the flat-out dangerous behaviour on our roads. It's too easy, actually. There is a never-ending merry-go-round of gripes that could fuel an entire section, not just an article.
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I think it's lovely that you want to provide assistance to someone exiting a parking lot to join the flow of traffic. But you can't just screech to a halt for a reason unknown to all the cars around you, especially on a green light. A child on the road requires a life-or-death stop. Someone stuck in the Timmies driveway does not.
You are interfering with the safety of many other vehicles. If you're trying to help someone make a left turn, you're counting on way too much kindness from way too many strangers. Just so you know: if you wave someone out, and they get hit, you can be charged. I was informed of this by a police officer who told me it was too bad the person who waved us out didn't stick around.
Maybe I'm the person you're trying to help. Unless we're in stop-and-go traffic, I'd prefer to choose my own safe entry point, thank you. You don't know if I'm waiting for two lanes of traffic to clear to make a left turn, and you also don't know if people in multiple lanes are in on the plan. I appreciate the thought, but it's just too dangerous.
Streets with on-street parking can present their own special fun. When parked cars have reduced a street to a single lane, please know that, if the cars are parked on your side, you must wait. Even if it doesn't seem fair. That's the rule. Sometimes, when the congestion is obviously going to require some cooperation, I think it's polite to flash your lights if you are letting the other person proceed. This lets them know it's their turn. And yes, when you've done this, people should say thank you.
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Momentum now is on UNC's side
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What is the best book for SCWCD? We recommend that you review the stories of the folks that already passed. There is a great list of stories on the ScwcdHallOfFame where passers of the exam share what study materials they used and what they thought of those resources. This is a great way to find out what book and other study resources will be best for your style of learning and level of experience.
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While other automakers push the technological edge with their top sedans, Acura remains strangely resistant to change. The 2011 Acura RL shows some improvement in its drivetrain and driver assistance features, but the company installs more advanced cabin tech features in its TL and TSX models. And the RL falls far short of top sedans from European manufacturers.
Of course, the RL has never exuded the prestige of the Audi A8 or the Mercedes-Benz S-class. And it keeps a comparatively low price tag, suggesting Acura does not really want to compete in that big, executive sedan segment. The RL keeps its aspirations lower, offering reasonable comfort rather than plush luxury.
In the cabin, the RL sports as much plastic as it does wood trim, and thin strips of metal coexist with leather seats. Luxury tech touches include heated and cooled seats and a smart-key system that unlocks the doors with a touch of the handle. But instead of a push-button start, the RL uses a sort of fake key handle on the steering column, as if the company merely retrofitted a standard ignition lock.
Add-on tech
Similarly, and a consistent problem with Acura, is the way some of the cabin tech features feel shoehorned into the car. With the Technology package, the RL gets a navigation system with an interface that does not feel well-integrated with the rest of the cabin electronics. And the voice command system for navigation and other car functions is grafted on, sitting side-by-side with a separate voice command system for the phone.
The RL's button-covered center stack will appeal more to tech aficionados than luxury buyers, with a functional but protruding primary control dial that also acts as a joystick. This controller manipulates an onscreen interface that is uniquely Acura, intuitively laid out but in need of a graphic makeover, saddled as it is with ugly gray buttons.
The car's navigation system only shows maps in 2D, but integrates traffic data, making it about average among the competition. Of course, the RL has had the same feature set for years, up to and including the Zagat restaurant listings in the points-of-interest database. The system includes weather forecast data, its most modern feature.
Standing out as a more up-to-date feature is the Bluetooth phone system, which easily downloads contact lists from paired phones to make them available on the car's LCD. The car includes a search function for those with overly full contact lists. The call quality is very good, aided by the active noise cancellation in the cabin.
Audio orphan
Although Acura has installed its ELS audio system in just about every other model, the RL remains neglected in this regard, carrying on with its 10-speaker Bose system. This system produces good audio quality, but it doesn't shine with the kind of audiophile goodness found in other cars.
Acura has upgraded the audio sources with Bluetooth streaming audio and iPod integration, adding those on to the existing satellite radio and DVD changer. But unlike the TL and TSX models, there is no internal hard-drive storage for music, another instance where Acura's lesser models beat the RL in tech.
Browsing an iPod library on the car's main screen is a little slow, as it takes a moment to refresh artist, song, and album lists. Acura puts a pigtail with a USB port in the console, convenient for plugging in an iPod cable or USB drive. The console itself is a good place to hide an attached iPod.
The RL gets a couple of driver assistance features using its forward-facing radar, such as adaptive cruise control and what Acura calls its Collision Mitigation Braking System, or CMBS. The adaptive cruise control offers the usual three following distances, and worked without fault during highway testing.
CMBS works in a few different stages. When the car is rolling toward stopped traffic, it will first sound off an audible beep if the driver doesn't touch the brakes. If the brakes remain untouched it flashes a bright message on the instrument cluster reading, "Brake!" If these warnings have been given and the driver still hasn't touched the brakes, the car will initiate its own emergency braking. CMBS won't stop in time to prevent a collision, but its automatic braking should lessen the effects of an accident.
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As a drivetrain improvement, Acura fits the 2011 RL with a six-speed automatic transmission, a long overdue update. This transmission offers sport and manual modes along with its standard drive mode. Paddles on the steering wheel make manual shifts easy, but this transmission shows the usual torque converter sluggishness during gear changes.
The sport mode for the transmission keeps the average engine speed high, around 3,000rpm, but it doesn't aggressively downshift during hard braking. It does its best work holding a low gear when you're giving it gas coming out of a turn.
But the RL isn't really a high-stepping sports car. Acura's 3.7-liter V-6 gives it 300 horsepower and 271 pound-feet of torque, numbers appropriate for the engine's variable valve timed tuning. But it lacks direct injection, engine technology rapidly coming into vogue as a way of improving efficiency. Transmission and engine do a good job of making the power available, offering easy acceleration and contributing to drivability.
The result of this engine tech is an EPA rating of 17 mpg city and 24 mpg highway. In our testing over mountain highways, freeways, and in city traffic, the 2011 RL turned in an average of 18 mpg. Those numbers are not particularly impressive.
Also to improve efficiency, Acura equips the RL with an electric power steering unit, one of the highlights of its performance tech. The steering feels responsive and offers decent road feedback.
Another of the car's advanced features is the all-wheel-drive system, Acura's Super Handling All Wheel Drive, or SH-AWD. This system actively distributes torque between the front and rear wheels and vectors it across the rear axle to aid in cornering. SH-AWD inspires handling confidence in the RL, letting you take corners at speed. However, the suspension is tuned more for comfort, allowing a lot of travel in the dampers. The car doesn't bounce over bumps, but you can feel it stretch when pulled through a fast corner.


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The Pines Lodge, A RockResort, provides a unique blend of European Alpine charm and modern luxury. Guests—and their pooches—are greeted by relaxation and rejuvenation from the moment they enter. A diner's delight, the AAA Four Diamond Grouse Mountain Grill attracts guests and non-guests alike, and four-legged guests will enjoy noshing on the Pines' homemade dog treats.
Sixty cozy guest rooms feature rich pine touches, oversized beds and luxurious linens. Guest room amenities include boot warmers, flat-screen TVs, high-speed Wi-Fi, refrigerators, coffee makers, docking stats for iPods and RockResort Spa bath amenities. Those with a large brood will enjoy staying the Pines' 3 bedroom condominiums complete with spacious common areas, gourmet kitchens, Jacuzzi tubs, onsite washer/dryer and fireplaces.
One of the Pines' best features is its view. From one side of the property, guests are treated to scenes of the slopes and the other treats onlookers to Gore Mountain vistas.
Luxurious 5 bedroom, 5 bath spacious townhome residence in Beaver Creek. Incredible ski in/out access directly from the back door to the Elkhorn Chairlift. This home is perfectly suited for larger groups or corporate retreats. Relax and unwind in the spacious great room with fireplace or in the large hot tub off the back of the home. There is even an elevator to assist you in going from floor to floor. Other amenities include 2 fireplaces, private hot tub, 2 car garage, gas grill, washer and dryer, jacuzzi tub and steam shower in the master bathroom.
All village and slopeside residences have easy access to the Bachelor Gulch Express™ Lift, where guests will begin their European-style Village-to-Village™ ski experience between Beaver Creek®, Bachelor Gulch® and Arrowhead. Our Bachelor Gulch properties include Bear Paw Lodge, Snowcloud Lodge, Hummingbird Lodge and Horizon Pass.Bachelor Gulch Village guests enjoy the convenience of a short walk to the lifts, unparalleled service and resort amenities. All residences feature balconies and/or patios, fireplaces, spacious living and kitchen areas, washers and dryers. Year-round activities include skiing, snowmobiling, snow shoeing, golf, white water rafting, fly fishing, swimming, shopping, fine dining, hot air ballooning and more.
Located just up the hill from the Ritz-Carlton Bachelor Gulch, the Buckhorn Townhomes allow guests to ski down the base of the Bachelor Gulch Express Lift in a matter of a minute or two. Buckhorn Townhomes offer 3 to 5 bedroom accommodations. Spectacular views and great ski access give guests the real feeling that they are on a mountain getaway. With vaulted ceilings, stone fire places, rustic log walls, gourmet kitchens and large outdoor spaces, guests at Buckhorn will experience the best combination of comfort and luxury. The residences are all superbly decorated with direct ski in ski out access. Village Transportation provides complimentary door-to-door service anywhere within Beaver Creek and Bachelor Gulch. Guests also enjoy the pool and hot tubs, complimentary Wi-Fi, onsite check-in with the property manager and full concierge services.
Spectacular townhomes located in the beautiful Bachelor Gulch Village. Enjoy a unique village to village skiing experience with easy ski access to Beaver Creek or Arrowhead. Only short walk from the Ritz-Carlton hotel to access the hot tubs and pools and just a short walk to the lift.Additional amenities include a large living room and dining area for up to ten, vaulted ceilings, granite countertops in kitchen, TV/VCR, stereo system and mountain views.
Highlands Townhome offers spectacular views of Beaver Creek Mountain, all the comforts of home and ski in, ski out access. Conveniently located, Centennial Chairlift is a short ski down and all the village shops and restaurants are just steps away. Inside, the home spans two levels of cozy and comfortable living space. Just off the main entry, the kitchen has everything needed to whip up a delicious family meal and the breakfast bar and dining table combine to seat nine. Down a few steps, the sunken living room has contemporary furnishings around a stone fireplace, floor to ceiling windows and walk-out access to the back patio.Upstairs, three bedrooms offer guests a choice of sleep space. Two guest rooms include king beds and the third two full beds. Each room is impeccably appointed with plush bedding and flat screen TVs and additional bedding is offered by the queen sleeper sofa in the living room. All guests also enjoy complimentary Wi-Fi, covered parking and an outdoor pool and hot tub within the complex.
For those who prefer the added privacy and spaciousness of a townhome, The Meadows offers an ideal location just steps from the ski lifts and village shops of Beaver Creek Resort. You'll enjoy beautiful views of the ski slopes from a spacious living room with dramatic vaulted ceilings. Families and larger groups will appreciate the extra privacy of multi-level floor plans.Discover each season as winter sports give way to river rafting, fishing, biking, hiking, tennis, golf, horseback riding and so much more! In addition to those listed below key features include views of mountain and slopes, off street parking, spa and health club privileges, championship golf courses, tennis courts, ski lockers, a fully equipped kitchen, free resort shuttle service, ski storage, overnight tuning and daily housekeeping in winter.
True ski-in/ski-out townhouse in Beaver Creek. Superior 4 bedroom plus den, 4.5 bath townhouse. Full kitchen, wood fireplace, free wifi, washer/dryer, split level floor plan with private garage parking, common area hot tub, family room with pool table, view of Beaver Creek Village.
Overlooking the championship fairways of Beaver Creek Golf Course, the townhomes at Ridgepoint are situated among peaceful rolling foothills. Convenient access to the ski slopes and village is provided by the resort's free shuttle service. Ridgepoint guests enjoy an outdoor hot tub year round and an outdoor pool in the summer months.


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There will be no hearing for John Carlson, despite his head shot on Matt Cooke yesterday.
From the Washington Times:
Look at the replay, especially in slow motion, and it's clear John Carlson caught Matt Cooke's head with his arm. It was late in the Capitals' 2-1 loss to the Penguins, and many thought it could lead to a suspension or maybe just a fine.
But Carlson will not even have a hearing with NHL VP of player safety Brendan Shanahan, league spokesman John Dellapina confirmed in an email to The Washington Times.
It appeared that Cooke's head was the principle point of contact, something that has led to hearings and supplemental discipline this season. But Cooke was not injured on the play, and it did not look like a malicious play by Carlson.
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Faculty currently resident in the UAE and employed in any of the Federal or CAA institutions are eligible to apply. The maximum award size is expected to be one million AED over three years, although the average award will likely be closer to 750,000 AED. There must be at most 3 co-Principal Investigators (PIs) for each proposal and one of these must be designated as the spokesperson (PI) for the proposal. An individual may only be the PI on one proposal, and a co-PI on at most one more proposal. The competition is expected to be a two-stage process with a pre-proposal due around the middle of February, 2009. More details of the competition are available in the Call for Proposals document that will be available on the NRF web site www.nrf.ae within a few days.
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Favorable Signals for Stocks
By Paul Cherney
Technically, both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq are overbought on short-term price momentum based measures, but strong bull runs can post consistently overbought readings on a short-term basis for days and days.
Longer-term momentum measures for both the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 remain positive.
Downside appears limited because momentum measures have registered levels which usually mean residual positive momentum is in place. When this is the case, the first pullback in price, even a decline of two or three trading days, is usually viewed by the markets as a buying opportunity.
Near the close on Thursday, Jan. 8, the 10-day exponential moving average of the VXO close was 15.91; if the VXO moves back above 15.91, that would probably be coincident with weaker stock prices that might last more than just intraday. Until that happens, the trend is for higher prices. A low VIX or a low VXO is not a danger in and of itself. The only danger comes when the VIX or the VXO starts to rise and exceeds resistance levels. That has not happened in this market and until the VXO starts a move above its 10-day exponential moving average, assume a positive market.
Immediate intraday supports for the S&P 500 are a stacked staircase beginning with 1,128-1,125, then 1,124-1,119.90. Additional supports are 1,118.48-1,113.69, then 1,106-1,100; the broad support is 1,106-1,068 and 1,083-1,053, which makes a focus of support 1,083-1,068. Price support thickens with prints of 1,096 and lower.
Immediate resistance for the S&P 500 is still 1,116-1,133, then 1,151-1,176. Sometimes, when an index makes its first break above the top of immediate resistance (daily bars), it can attract sellers for a retracement and prices often move back below the breakout point. For the S&P 500, the 1,133 level might see a price reaction like this.
Immediate support for the Nasdaq is 2,089-2,078, then 2,062-2,047, then 2,037-2,027, then 2,022-2,010. Considerable support exists at 2,001-1,986 then 1,974-1,960.
The Nasdaq is at the upper edge of an old band of resistance on the daily charts which runs 2,026-2,105. Quite often, the first move above a level like this (a move above Nasdaq 2,105) can bring some sellers to the market for a short-term, one- or two-day retracement. Based on recent measures of price momentum and price combined with volume for both the Nasdaq and the S&P 500, I would expect any short-term pullbacks in price to be shallow and another short-term move higher would be expected.
There is virtually no competition for an investment dollar. Downside appears limited, but after the earnings reports for the fourth quarter, the upside might be limited, too, as the markets digest some of the gains of the past 15 months.
Cherney is chief market analyst for Standard & Poor's


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Miklos Gaál's work was first brought to you by Aperture in reGeneration: 50 Photographers of Tomorrow (Aperture, 2005) and in the traveling exhibition of the same name. A member of the Helsinki School, Gaál's work involves of selecting the position of his camera at a long distance from the scene being captured. By playing with focal distances, Gaál turns scenes from everyday life into strange cardboard cut-outs. City traffic, sporting events, and parades are all transformed into scale models.
His photographs, always taken from a distant and elevated viewpoint, are disturbing to look at: the fuzziness of some areas of the image creates the curious effect of miniaturization, giving viewers the impression of looking at an artificial, toy world. Only by continuing to look carefully at the image, orientated by the clearly focused areas of the picture, can viewers pass beyond this first impression and re-establish the truth. Gaál uses distance and blurriness as ways of making the represented scenes more remote and turning the tangible world into an unreal universe. These images skirt the realms of fiction, like the stories that children construct when they simulate the real world in miniature.
Miklos Gaál (born in Espoo, Finland, 1974) graduated from University of Art & Design Helsinki in 2004. He has participated in numerous solo and group shows in Finland, Germany, France, Canada, and Brazil, among others. His work is held in the collections of Helsinki City Art Museum; the Musée d'Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland; the Calder Foundation, and others.


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Camper Miami: A Case Study In Retail Design Simplicity
Martí Guixé designs a new Camper shop in Miami using mostly sofas.
While we were visiting Design Miami, PSFK had a chance to stop by the new Camper TOÐER boutique on Lincoln Road in South Beach for the grand opening. The new space was designed by frequent Camper collaborator Martí Guixé who specified only a few elements to create the shop. Guixé lined the interior walls of the space with his Scala sofas which serve double duty as display platforms as well as seating for customers. Guixe's large wall drawings are a dynamic and eye-catching addition to the design.
Camper has created a way of walking and a foot-lifestyle group, almost like a Footbook, a network of Camper walkers, and the graphics in this shop are the visual representation of that Footbook.
Camper prides itself as a brand which is one of the first to engage in design collaborations – these began back in 1981. Since then Camper has brought in industrial designers to work on both shoe designs and the design of their stores. They formalized these collaborations by referring to them under the TOÐER label.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – New UAB Assistant Director of Sports Enhancement Cory Schlesinger is already making an impact for the UAB men's basketball team, using non-traditional methods to improve the Blazers' strength training.
This past week, UAB went out to the UAB Sand Volleyball Courts, where the team went through rigorous workouts in the sand. For a complete photo gallery from this week's workout follow the link above. You can also watch a video of the Blazers' sand workout below.


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"We feel really good about the acquisition of Kevin Gregg," Hendry told reporters on a conference call Thursday. "Obviously, he's a quality late-inning reliever and he brings a lot to the table in our continued pursuit to get better."
In virtually the same breath, Hendry said he told Wood and his agents that the Cubs would be going in a different direction with their closing situation. Wood, whom the Cubs drafted in 1995, came up in 1998, set the baseball world on fire with a 20-strikeout game that May and was the NL Rookie of the Year.
"We're just in a situation – as Kerry full understands – that that length of deal for the kind of salary that he would command right now is not our first priority," Hendry said.
"We certainly have to finish our rotation. We have offensive situations to address and by having the prominence that (Carlos) Marmol now brings to the table, it certainly doesn't come before the other needs that we have.
"We felt that it was time that Kerry goes out and does what's best for him and his family and gets a huge multi-year deal, if possible."
Wood battled elbow and shoulder problems over the years, but he came back in 2008 to convert 34 saves in 40 chances.
The crux of the problem is that the Cubs did not want to give Wood more than a one-year contract or a one-year deal with an option. But Wood probably can get a three- or a four-year deal on the open market, and Hendry said he didn't want other clubs to feel Wood simply would return to Chicago for a lesser deal, as he has in the past.
Behind the scenes, the Cubs are still skittish over Wood's health situation, which included time off for a finger blister this year.
"He's certainly done everything that this organization has asked in the last 14 years. He's been a warrior," Hendry said of Wood. "The last couple of years, he's come back and health-wise, he's stood the test of time taking the ball every day when needed and had no hang-up's except for his blister situation."
Hendry was not ready to say whether Gregg or Marmol would be the closer in 2009. Marmol was an ace setup man and an All-Star this year, and he saved seven games. Gregg had 29 saves and a 3.41 ERA for the Marlins this year, and he gives the Cubs an option either for the eighth or ninth inning.
"I don't know how it'll shake down," said Hendry. "That'll be up to Lou (Piniella) and Larry (Rothschild) who pitches what inning. We're not crowning people in certain roles in November."
Losing Ceda could hurt the Cubs on down the road. The hard-throwing right-hander, acquired at the trade deadline from San Diego in 2006 for INF Todd Walker, was considered one of the club's top pitching prospects and was 2-1 with a 2.08 ERA in 22 games (30 1/3 innings) in relief at Class AA Tennessee this season. He began the year at Class Advanced-A Daytona, where he had a 4.80 ERA in 15 appearances.
"The bottom line is that we're here to serve the major league club," Cubs Vice President of Player Personnel Oneri Fleita said of losing Ceda. "But I'd be lying if I did not say that every trade is difficult because we get so close to the player and they become like an extended family."
Ceda was ranked the Cubs fourth best prospect by Baseball America entering 2008.
--Catcher Geovany Soto won the NL Rookie of the Year award this week, becoming the fifth Cub to do so. During a chat with reporters, Soto also revealed that the irritation in his left hand is still bothering him. Soto had problems with the hand, particularly while batting, at various times during the season. It flared up at the end of the season but did not keep him out of the playoffs. He said he is still taking painkillers and that he hopes the hand will be 100 percent by the middle of December.
--Piniella won the Manager of the Year Award, and more important for the Cubs, all of Piniella's coaching staff will be back for 2009. The most intriguing case is that of Rothschild, who has been with the Cubs since 2002, when Don Baylor was manager. Since then Rothschild has worked under interim manager Bruce Kimm (2002), Dusty Baker (2003-06) and Piniella.
Moreover, the Cubs wanted all of their coaches back. Piniella, who will be entering his third year with the Cubs, has been known to be impatient with both pitchers and pitching coaches. However, the pitchers like and respect Rothschild, and Piniella has given him a fair amount of leeway.
--OF Kosuke Fukudome is a good bet to platoon with Reed Johnson in center field in 2009, especially if Piniella gets his way. The Cubs are trying to obtain a power-hitting left-handed-swinging outfielder this offseason. Fukudome bats left-handed, and Johnson hits from the right side. Fukudome was a huge disappointment in the second half, forcing Hendry to scurry for offensive help this offseason.
--OF Tyler Colvin, the Cubs' first-round pick in the 2006 draft, will miss at least parts of the first half of the 2009 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery on his left elbow. Colvin batted .256 with 11 homers this year at Class AA Tennessee, and the Cubs feel the elbow affected his performance.
"Everything went well. (He is) in great spirits," Fleita said of Colvin last week. "He's already entered the rehab, and we've got a great track record now for rehabbing guys and not missing any of the target dates."
--C Henry Blanco, whose $3 million option was not picked up this fall, will get a lower offer from the Cubs. Blanco was a valuable backup to Soto, who frequently credited Blanco for helping him call games and handle pitchers. Interestingly, Blanco also singled out RHP Ryan Dempster for his help. Like Blanco, Dempster is a free agent, and there's no guarantee he'll be back, either.
Hendry said Thursday that contract negotiations with Dempster are ongoing.
--RHP Carlos Zambrano won his second Silver Slugger award as the top-hitting pitcher in the NL (he also won in 2006). Zambrano is the only Cubs pitcher to win a Silver Slugger. He batted .337 (28-for-83) with four homers, four doubles, one triple, 14 RBIs and a .554 slugging percentage this year.
INSIDE THE NUMB3RS: 1,407 -- Strikeouts Wood amassed in his career with the Cubs, beginning in 1998. That ranks third in club history behind Fergie Jenkins and Charlie Root.
HE SAID IT: "It felt like we got run over by a semi-truck. I was really, really, really disappointed." -- Piniella, on the Cubs getting swept out of the NL Division Series by the Dodgers.
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Target: North Zealand Police
Goal: Drop charges against a Danish Police officer who saved a German Shepherd from being euthanized
Danish Police officer Lars Bo Lomholt is facing charges and a possible termination from the police force because he prevented the euthanization of German Shepard, Thor. Please sign this petition if you believe Officer Lomholt should be rewarded for his good deed, not punished.
Thor is a 7-year-old German Shepard. While on a walk with his owner, Jette, a small dog startled him, spurring him to nip the small dog in retaliation. The owner of the small dog and Jette exchanged apologies, then they went on their way. Some time later, Jette received a fine and she payed it, thinking the issue was resolved.
Unfortunately, it wasn't. Ten weeks later, the dog was seized by three police officers, taken to a kennel, and scheduled to be euthanized. Lars, a twenty year veteran of the police force, decided that the police had made a grievous mistake.
By deciding Thor had exhibited "unnatural" behavior, police not only made a bad call, as it is natural for dogs to bite when startled, but they then overstepped their bounds by stripping that dog away from its owner and condemning that dog to death despite the fact the smaller dog only suffered superficial wounds and will undoubtedly recover.
Lars was off duty when he rescued Thor from the kennel the night before his scheduled euthanasion. He has been sentence by a judge to a sixty day suspension and a two year probation for fraud, posing as an on duty police officer, and misconduct, and he is likely to be dismissed by the North Zealand Police.
In response to his conviction, Lars had stated that will "never regret" what he did. Please sign the petition if you believe the charges should be dropped and that Lars should not lose his position in the North Zealand police force.
Dear North Zealand Police,
Lars Bo Lomholt saw an injustice and sought to correct it. His actions spared an innocent life, and it is those same actions that dictate that he is exactly the sort of man the Danish police force should want to consist of. He risked his career and possibly even his reputation for the sake of a dog he felt was wrongfully being put to death.
The police force is called upon to decide whether or not a dog is behaving naturally. It is not called upon to sentence a family pet to death. In this case, the police force crossed the line. Please understand that righting an injustice, even if that means going against fellow comrades in the police force, and doing so at no benefit to himself, is exactly what Lars did. There shouldn't be a punishment for that.
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Soundproofing Apartment Ceiling
Hello All,
My current ceiling is like a drum, if you tap it ever so slightly it creates a boom noise that echoes. My biggest issue is the impact noise coming from the neighbors above- I can even hear the footsteps of the cat above me. I need to do something, anything, so I'm thinking of slapping another layer of plain drywall to the existing ceiling with green glue in between the 2. I know it's been discussed over and over- but does anyone have any post-renovation results they could share? I know it's probably the cheapest soundproof option, and perhaps the least effective, but if my ceilings are so bad I can hear a cat walk- anything will help- right?
I've read that insulation has minimal effect on noise, particularly impact noise. The ceiling is clearly hollow based on the sound it makes when I tap it, but since I'm planning on leaving the existing in place, my only option would be blown in insulation and I'm not sure it would be worth the hassle.
On the flip side, I wouldn't have to worry about the appearance of drilling small holes since i plan on adding a layer of drywall anyway.
What is the ceiling now if your going to add drywall? If your going to add drywall anyway look at quiet rock. It is the same as adding 7 layers of drywall.
To be honest- I'm not sure, but I assume its just drywall. I heard about quietrock- I wasn't sure if the cost will be worth the difference. Part of that is I'm afraid the entire concept won't make a bit of a difference and the ceiling needs to be displaced. If that's the case, I'd rather tear down drywall at a later date as opposed to expensive quietrock.
This may be something to look into http://www.roxul.com/stone+wool/sound-absorbent . Really hard to totally answer your question without knowing what is behind the ceiling.
Since it is an apartment, there is really nothing you can do, unless you 1) Own the apartment, 2) The Owner will allow you to hire your own licensed contractor to decouple the ceiling, by ripping down the old, then install the new with decoupling clips, a layer of 5/8" OSB, then a layer of 5/8" drywall Green Glued to the OSB, or 3) You just move out and find a better building that was not so cheaply built.
Thanks for posting. Are you suggesting using their version of drywall instead of quietrock? Do you happen to know if its less expensive than quiet rock?
Regarding the posting from gregzoll- I should've clarified- it is a condo apt that I own. The building was constructed in the late 1800s and then converted to condos in the 70s. I am really trying to avoid tearing down the ceiling. The bass drum effect on the existing ceiling makes me think that green glue will have some sort of sound impact without breaking the bank.
With out tearing out the ceiling green glue seems like it may be the way to go. I have never used it so I really can't comment on it's effectiveness.
There is no other way around it, but pulling down the old ceilings. Even if you blow up insulation in there, there is no way of telling without first inspecting the ceiling area, that there is no knob & tube, now much gap is between the old ceiling and the one they put up when the refurbed the building some time back.
On the plus side- my bedroom is only 12ft by 10ft, so whatever I test out on the 1 room it should hopefully be inexpensive. It sounds like i just have drywall screwed directly into joists with an empty air cavity in between my ceiling and my neighbors floor.
Most old places of that age, usually had at least 9 to 10 foot ceilings, on the lower floors, some had 12 foot ceilings. So I bet you have a floating ceiling, not just one where they tore off the plaster & lathe & replaced with gypsum board. Because if they did, it would not sound like a drum.
There is recessed lighting in some rooms, and the ceiling height is the same throughout. The fixtures are recessed about 5inches into the ceiling. Based on that, I'm hoping that there is more than 4 inches of space between my ceiling and whatever's behind it.
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Extension's unique role in Minnesota is reflected in our name. Extension, extending the University into all parts of the state to address the most pressing issues with research and education that changes lives.
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We engage. We collaborate. We partner. Together, we create a better Minnesota.
This issue of Source highlights many ways we extend the University into communities and bring the knowledge of Minnesota back into our laboratories and classrooms.
Learn how Extension climatologist Mark Seeley helps Minnesotans respond and adapt to challenges brought by a changing climate.
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This scene would have taken me 1/4 of the time to draw it if it hadn't been set in a restaurant. Trying to set up "camera angles" with all these characters around a table. Ugh. Never again. I am not joking when I tell you that the restaurant thing is the entire reason it took me so long to update this comic.
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Oh boy. Moira got the "exotic" catchphrase too. (I have to thank you for that, Megan. That sounds too right for not be taken out from real life!)
And… Gotta love little "What's her name" fan. Some fans are freaks, others are just plain cute, and she belongs to the second category!
Aww, the fan kinda reminds me of Sparkle from "Shadoweyes"! The cuteness and enthusiasm.
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What Happens When CEOs Have Skin In The Game?
The following blog was originally posted on Yahoo Finance.
Those who make investment decisions based on gut or instinct should always keep in mind that common sense tells us the world is flat. So, upon closer inspection, things that seem sort of obvious often aren't. Indeed, one of the most profound academic insights of the past half-century, established by efficient markets pioneer Eugene Fama, is that much of active management outperformance historically had been attributable to an over-allocation to small-cap and value stocks; thus it was a systematic bias, not skill per se, that drove the observed "alpha."
However, sometimes intuitive ideas actually do hold out in practice. To wit, the Wall Street Journal the other day had an interesting piece about one such anomaly. It referred to academic research demonstrating the outperformance of publicly-listed stocks run by owner-operators, meaning CEOs who own at least 5% to 10% of the company. Those with skin in the game were big winners.
At first cut, this does seem to support the bigger-picture idea that contrary to Fama and his acolytes, there are opportunities to exploit persistent market anomalies. They aren't everywhere, but can be found from time to time. The trick, mind you, is to make sure they are grounded in well-tested evidence, not self-serving anecdote.
I checked out the source research and the intuition does seem to be compellingly borne out by the evidence. In a paper published by the Journal of Finance, European scholars Ulf Von Lilienfeld-Toal and Stefan Ruenzi point to "large positive abnormal returns" for such companies. How large? Where the CEO owned more than 5% of the shares, about 5.7% per year compared to similar companies not run by an owner-operator; where he or she owned at least 10%, the stock outperformed by 6.2% on an annual basis. (Importantly, the authors of the paper control for—and dismiss—some of the other potential explanatory factors, such as small size or price momentum.)
Assuming the statistical analysis is robust, the question is why? Why are the likes of Warren Buffett or Jeff Bezos associated with better performing stock prices? One possibility is "asymmetric information," meaning that they know something about their companies' prospects that most others don't. Another possibility is incentives, meaning there's a win-win scenario for making smart capital allocation decisions (and conversely, lose-lose if they don't).
The authors vote in favor of the latter. I find this quite interesting because it suggests that CEOs don't have a crystal ball into the future of their companies' fortunes, but possibly do have the elbow grease to keep pushing for better results in light of the enrichening consequences of doing so. Indeed, Lilienfeld-Toal and Ruenzi see their research as further highlighting the strong relationship between corporate governance and asset prices.
While such anomalies tend to receive intense scrutiny–and I'm sure this one will continue to get vetted–there does seem to be, for now, some compelling evidence that when owners act like true owners, good things–known to academics as large positive abnormal returns–happen.


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A presentation entitled Update on ITU Cybersecurity and Countering Spam Activities (PDF), was made by Robert Shaw, Deputy Head, ITU Strategy and Policy Unit, at the 2nd Joint London Action Plan (LAP) - EU Contact Network of Spam Authorities (CNSA) meeting on 13-14 December in Brussels.
At the same event, Mark Sunner of MessageLabs gave a presentation entitled Security Landscape Update describing the latest kinds of security threats, including the emergence of a new peer-to-peer 'SpamThru' zombie botnet (Slide 7).
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