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L.A. brother-sister, dark wavy-ish duo Io Echo made a cool video for its song "When the Lilies Die." Watch it here.
King Tuff
King Tuff's eponymous second album (his first on Sub Pop) has all of my new favorite songs. I missed the spooky rock and roll record when it was released back in May. Stream in full here, or at right. The band plays at the Launchpad on Aug. 20.
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Walmart on the Rio Grande
New website aids campaign against proposed development
The fluorescently-lit caverns of despair known as Walmart Stores aims to build another one at Coors and Montaño. This is a particularly troubling notion due to the site's proximity to the bucolic Bosque at Rio Grande Valley State Park, the Bosque School and master designer Antoine Predock's first major project, La Luz. A big box store is inappropriate for the location for many reasons—aside from land use, traffic and crime are also concerns—and if the development comes to pass it represents a gut-wrenching lack of foresight and self-respect on the part of the city. Residents in the area don't want the Walmart and have been fighting the retail behemoth for months. The Taylor Ranch Neighborhood Association, which has the support of dozens of other neighborhood associations from around the city, created againstthewal-
The end is near
This week Clifford Grindstaff wrote about sister rap pop duo the Millionaires, whose self-indulgent, hedonistic music is the perfect soundtrack for a zombie apocalypse. Hear the vapidity live tomorrow night at the Launchpad.
Musical Stew
Today marks the celebratory release of Ocho, the new album from Felix y los Gatos. Mel Minter wrote about the band's South Valley gris-gris in this week's music section.
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Boogie Jams
Local blues rock guitar hero Ryan McGarvey—who's shared stages with legends of the genre and toured Europe multiple times in the past year—revels in the release of his second album, Redefined, at Santa Fe Sol (37 Fire Place, Santa Fe) tonight at 8 p.m. Go to the show—admission only $10—so you can say you saw the globe-trotting musician before he was super famous.
In Memoriam
Reflections on the Aztec Motel a year after its demolition
The third of three pieces about the life and death of the famed, doomed Aztec Motel, demolished in June 2011.
Albuquerque rose to prominence among New Mexico towns for myriad reasons: access to the Rio Grande, its location on El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (the Royal Road to the Interior), the acquisition of the railroads in the 19th century and an Air Force base in 20th century.
Route 66 tourism also helped the city grow in the last century. One of the oldest landmarks of that era was the Aztec Motel, located on Central Avenue in Upper Nob Hill. A year ago it was demolished, the owner claiming its restoration would cost too much money. The neon sign still stands (among preservationists there are discussions about nominating Nob Hill's neon for historic designation). Although shops and condos were proposed for development in its place, the dirt lot next to the 7-Eleven where the motel once stood remains empty.
There were, and still are, mixed feelings about the property, a repository of folk art that oozed character. Those that understood it to be a landmark—the nostalgic and history buff types—tend to lament its absence. The less sentimental (such as a friend who owns a home near the site and wrote, "if you miss it so much I can come over to your house and throw trash and bottles on your lawn") seem to celebrate the removal of the old Route 66 motels. Some call for saving the neon, and removing the buildings.
As we mover further from that mid-century golden age where these places resided, and as the properties fall further into disrepair, there will be more reflection on their value. Younger generations will likely be more captivated by them than older generations. At the same time, the environmentally-
Welcome back to the De Anza
For the feature in the May 30 issue, I explored the adaptive reuse of a city-owned Route 66 motel in Upper Nob Hill. Read about why it's a landmark, and how it's being preserved here: The comeback of the De Anza Motor Lodge. Ty Bannerman supplemented the piece by writing about El Vado, another city-owned motel further down Route 66.
The transit of Venus today!
A rare crossing of Venus between the Earth and our sun begins in about an hour. The New Mexico Philharmonic Orchestra is having a watch party out at Balloon Fiesta Park beginning at 4 p.m.—there will be a performance of Holst's "The Planets" suite and other spacy compositions. Read Clifford Grindstaff's article about it here.
Welcome to Rumble Seat Music Southwest
This week Margaret Wright wrote about Rumble Seat Music Southwest, an Upper Nob Hill music store that specializes in vintage guitars and motorcycles.


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Windows Phone Central has begun to receive reports from users that their HTC 8X (UK Virgin Mobile and non-branded) are receiving updates today. The update, most likely a combo of firmware and the coveted GDR2 OS update (build 10327), will enable things like FM Radio, Data Sense (carrier dependent) and other improvements. This update follows Samsung's recent ATIV S update for unlocked devices.
We have not found an update for our AT&T-branded 8X, though we'll update this article as more information comes in.
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We are a collective of award-winning Chicago theatre creators who have started a new non-profit theatre company. The mission of Glass Onion Theatre is to look through a multi-colored lens at neglected stories that reveal the idiosyncrasies that define cultures, lifestyles and individuals.
Our logo must appeal to the general theater-going public (young professionals), the theatre industry and money-donating foundations. The logo will be used on brochures, billboards, web and print media. Our theatre audiences will be immersed in hip, trendy decor and will experience relevant and inventive theatrical productions.
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One of my favorite web pages (free) is Chronicling America at the Library of Congress web site. Yesterday they added over 600,000 newspaper pages. First timers are from the states of Iowa, Michigan and West Virginia. They have made additions to those of Hawaii, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. Can I skip the Expo and just "play" with the newspapers? Don't think I had better do that.
At 2 a.m. this morning I was unable to sleep. That's when I start checking for Dick Eastman's newsletter in my e-mail box. I think this is becoming a 2 a.m. habit. If you subscribe, check it out. One of his posts is about Elephinbd.com and yes, it's free. If you love looking for ancestors and relatives in the press, check it out. They have 1,205,603 individual newspapers and 1,141 titles. I checked it out at 2:15 a.m. and discovered some interesting news about ancestors.
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Wofford (4-14, 1-8) took a 65-64 lead on a Brie Bradshaw free throw with two minutes to play. Just four seconds later, East Tennessee State (6-12, 3-6 SoCon) gained a one-point advantage as Misty Copas (Kingsport, Tenn.) sank a layup. The Lady Terriers missed a pair of 3 pointers during their two ensuing possessions, and sent Tiffani Mayes (Sumter, S.C.) to the line with 17 seconds remaining in an attempt to regain the ball. Mayes converted both free throws for a 68-65 lead. Kiya Verdell (Hartwell, Ga.) hit two free throws with one second left to give East Tennessee State its 70-65 final margin.
The lead changed hands 19 times in the course of the exciting contest, and neither team saw an advantage of more than seven points. The Lady Bucs had a 37-35 halftime advantage.
Verdell led East Tennessee State by tallying her second double-double of the season. She scored 17 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in the contest. Mayes added 11 points, three blocks and seven boards, while Lauren Trantham (Asheville, N.C.) had eight points, 11 rebounds and three blocks for the Lady Bucs.
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Online-education provider Coursera has reached agreements with 29 universities from around the world -- including UC San Diego -- to bring more courses online for free to anyone with a computer and an Internet connection.
The Mountain View-based company on Thursday said the 29 universities covered under the agreement join 33 other institutions already on its roster that offer massive open online courses or MOOCs.
Since it launched in April 2012, the company has registered more than 1.7 million students, with 1.45 million course enrollments each month.
A spokeswoman for the University of California San Diego said the university's involvement with Coursera initially will consist of a single course developed by The Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and will be offered in the summer or fall. A second course on Artificial Intelligence is expected to be offered from the university's Department of Cognitive Science. The timing of when that course will be available wasn't known.
The free courses through Coursera cannot be taken for course credit but rather are available for anyone to take who wants an education for free.
The schools that will be partnering with Coursera include a mix of foreign and U.S. Institutions, including Northwestern University, UC Santa Cruz and Penn State. Also on the list is the National Taiwan University, the University of Tokyo and the University of Geneva, Switzerland.
"We have been humbled by how quickly Coursera has grown in less than a year, and we're working hard to continue to build our network of university partners to offer a high quality learning experience to anyone who wants it," Coursera co-founder Daphne Koller said in a statement. "One of our top priorities is to reach the people who need education the most, including those who would not otherwise have access to the type of courses offered by the institutions that we have the honor of working with."
There has been a recent push for MOOC courses to be counted as transfer credit for college degree programs. To that end, the American Council of Education began reviewing a handful of select Coursera courses under a pilot program late last year to be recommended for credit.
Coursera already offers in some courses the opportunity to receive verified certificates, for a fee, that prove students met the passing criteria of their online course.
Also this week a nonprofit MOOC founded by Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology known as edX announced it had added six schools to its partner roster. Edx has more than 675,000 users signed up and now is partnering with a dozen universities.
In a separate development, UC San Diego also announced Thursday it would be offering its own free online course, which is supported through a $50,000 grant from Google.
The course, called "Our Energy Future" will use Google's web-based tools to allow students to interact inside and outside the course. The course will be taught by biology professor Stephen Mayfield, who is co-director of UC San Diego's Center for Food and Fuel for the 21st Century. The class will address challenges and potential solutions for meeting global demands for food and fuel and can be taken for credit through UC San Diego's Extension program, university officials said.
UC San Diego officials said the university will not be spending any state dollars on the online efforts and faculty will be doing it on a volunteer basis.
"No state dollars and no student fees will be used to develop the Coursera or Google courses, and faculty will do this on their own time," said Jeffrey Elman, Dean of Social Sciences. "Why would faculty do this? UC San Diego has a very strong interest in exploring the use of new technologies to enhance and augment the educational experience for our on-campus students.
"Working with the MOOCs will give our faculty an opportunity to evaluate what works and what doesn't. This in turn positions us to lead in the development of new technologies that can be integrated into our existing classes—not replacing them, but improving them."


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See Photos of Lady Gaga Before She Was Famous
A slew of sexy, black and white photos of Lady Gaga before she was famous (and not of the "She was young and needed the money" sort) have surfaced online. It's safe to see that these photos mark the genesis of Stefani Germanotta transforming into her Gaga alter ego. Here, long, dark brown locks tumble down her back and she's much less descript with her natural hair hue. Once she embraced blonde ambition, she stood out more. But one thing has not changed during the transition from Stefani to Gaga, as evidenced by the photos: her love of heels!
In these images, which were taken in 2005 and are sexy in a subtle way since they forsake the cheesecake factor, Gaga wears heels. No, they're not the six inch platform pairs she usually favors and towers over everyone in, but it's clear that Gaga loved heels in the early phase of her career. She's also only 19 in these shots.
Wearing little more than a white slip dress, Gaga looks very much like her baby sister Natali. She also drapes her body over a piano, her instrument of choice. That come hither stare is striking and beguiling.
According to CNN, the shots were taking by Polish photographer Malgorzata Saniewska, who knew Gaga when she was still Stefani and they both worked at the same West Village eatery. This was one of Saniewska's first posed photo shoots that involved a live person instead of a static landscape. The shoot took place at Casa Germanotta aka Gaga's family's home, on the Upper East Side.
"We were colleagues, we didn't hang out really heavily, but she's the nicest girl ever. She's down-to-earth," Saniewska said. "At that time, she gave me a CD of her first single, and I listened to it and I was really impressed. And she's a beautiful girl. Based on her looks and her personality I thought (a photo shoot) would be great fun."
The snapper recalled the shoot, saying, "The house was empty, it was just the two of us. I knew she was a singer, so our focus was her and her very first piano. We just hung out in her parents' living room, and the piano was right by the window."
The ladies had no formal plan in advance and embarked on a course of point and shoot. Gaga did her own makeup and Saniewska snapped away in natural light.
At the end of the day, 200 shots were taken, and Gaga even used some for promotional purposes.
If you like the photos of pre-fame -actually, pre-'The Fame'- Gaga, then check out this footage of her early days as a performer, too.


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16,000 S.A. voters' districts shifting
Somewhere in the cyber world, it's moving day for legions of San Antonio voters.
Because of redistricting, 16,000 city voters are being reassigned to new precincts — and different council districts — before the May 11 elections.
New voter registration certificates for them will be issued next month, Bexar County election officials said Wednesday.
Fifty-one precincts were created when the city's electoral "pie," with 10 districts, was resliced a few months ago, increasing the total to 712 precincts.
On Tuesday, Commissioners Court adopted the city's lines.
Shifting precinct boundaries mainly reflect lopsided population growth in the past decade.
Some of the changes target precincts that were split by city annexation several years ago, Elections Administrator Jacque Callanen said.
"We had a bunch of precincts that had been split when the city had robust annexation ... but once every 10 years, you have that whole cleansing, cleanup period. And that's what we just accomplished," Callanen said.
Population growth was greater in some areas than others, so some districts gained voters in redistricting. Details on which districts gained the most voters weren't immediately available.
"It has to be as close to even as you can possibly have it," Callanen said. "The growth in Districts 8, 9 and 10 was astronomical, so they've been way out of synch with everybody else. The redistricting allows them to cut that pie in 10 pretty equal seats," Callanen said.
Affected voters should get new registration certificates in the mail by March 1, she said.
Polling sites will not be changed, she added.
"We're just dividing up the pie in a different way. They still live in the same place, which is near that same school," she explained.
With the new lines approved by the city and county, the elections department will now begin relocating the 16,000 voters in the database.
"We have to pick up all the voters and move them," she said, and that will take several weeks.
Cost of the changes mainly is for postage that amounts to 50 cents per voter notification. Some postal rates just went up Monday, Callanen noted.
No county elections are on the May ballot, and Callanen expects inquiries from people living in unincorporated areas who want to vote in San Antonio's election.
"They see all the (city election) brouhaha and call and say, 'Well, my poll's not open,'" she said.
Council candidates began filing for office on Wednesday. Early voting starts April 29.


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"Touch" shows many brilliant ideas of Rubber Band Magic. All the tricks are impromptu and can be done with borrowed rubber bands. No-talk teaching also makes everything easy to learn in any language.
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That's an overstatement -- most hedge funds don't need the guy watching the Super Bowl. But Monday marks a milestone of sorts. It's the first day firms covered under the Jumpstart Our Business Start-ups Act are allowed to solicit the general public in their fundraising efforts.
Here's a press release from a company called PeoplesVC -- "crowd powered venture capital" -- which believes it's the first to launch a general solicitation offering under the new rules.
Startups are only part of this story. This law puts hedge funds, private equity and a variety of private investments up to bat, freed to use the public airwaves as they see fit. The Financial Times this weekend ran a story predicting the rule change will spark an "advertising war":
The introduction of liberal standards on the promotion of alternative funds lifts a ban dating back to the Securities Act of 1933, which bars alternative fund managers from "general solicitation" in connection with investment offerings.
It is expected that the changes will prompt large houses with well-heeled marketing departments and large stables of investment products, such as BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management, to engage in aggressive advertising campaigns to widen their audiences.
My colleague Beverly Goodman back in April previewed how smallish hedge funds are the likeliest to dive in:
The ability to reach a wider audience will have a much bigger impact on smaller funds, particularly those with less than $250 million in assets that allow accredited investors. (Most household-name hedge funds permit only qualified purchasers.) Because they're still appealing to a fairly wealthy crowd, though, advertising likely won't be too mass-market. Some have speculated we'll see golf or tennis tournaments sponsored by hedge funds, and an increase in advertising in, ahem, publications that speak to a more sophisticated and wealthy audience.
"A fair number of smaller to mid-sized firms are eager to see less onerous restrictions in marketing to investors," says Ken Heinz, president of Hedge Fund Research, which compiles and analyzes data on hedge funds. "I don't expect this to have a meaningful impact on larger funds, especially those with more than $5 billion in assets."
Whether the idea is most attractive to small funds or otherwise, marketing gurus are here to remind fund managers: It's awfully tough to make your case. The S&P 500 is flying, the phrase "risk-adjusted returns" is nowhere to be heard, and the turn of the calendar to five years plus since the financial crisis makes one of this group's best arguments a tougher sell.
From Andrew Corn, CEO of E5A Integrated Marketing, this morning:
With performance advertising being placed into a level playing field for hedge funds, come April 1, 2014 the devastation of 2008/9 will be wiped out of general and traditional reporting, hurting the performance delta of down side protection offered by most hedge funds. Perhaps institutional investors and hedge funds will shout, "We see your five years numbers look great but show us how you performed in 2008!" This "out of sample" timeframe will remain critical for years for hedge funds, tactical managers and others offering hedged strategies, trying to include their strategies in the asset allocations of all types of investors.
Simply put, if we measure the performance of SPY beginning January 4, 2008 through the close of market Friday, its return is 15.9%, but when we start April 1, 2009 its 102.61%. The calendar is truly the enemy of hedge funds and frankly their potential clients; consultants, advisors and investors of all types.


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Perhaps the only one fort, which is not visible from a long
distance. The Fort is a massive enclave and quite high. Mughal Emperor Shah Alam gifted it
to Sawai Madho Singh I of Jaipur in 1754 AD and since then it was maintained as the private
hunting preserve. Much later, Queen Elizabeth II and Duke of Edinburgh were part of the Royal
Hunting, who stayed here too. It's a unique Rajput Fort.
Archeological Department took over the fort in 1954 and area of the fort is 4½ square kilometres. It is 1578 feet from the sea
level and 750 feet from ground. Total area of the fort is about 7 miles. There is no drive way up to the fort, just the
stairs. There are three big artificial lakes up in the Fort.
Distance from the Hotel: 9 kilometres
Driving time: 30 minutes
The lake of Surwal is situated next to a small village, also called Surwal. This place is frequented by bird watchers as it attracts
a lot of winter migratory birds. Different types of herons, egrets, ducks and waders can
be seen in large flocks here. The lake is used for fishery by some locals. The fish also
attract some large fishing birds like the Brown Fish Owl and the Osprey. It takes almost
half-a-day to explore Surwal, and the evening return drive can yield sightings of Jackals
and Jungle Cats as they have been often spotted in the area.
Distance from the Hotel: 17 kilometres
Driving time: 45 minutes
Dastakar : Dastakar is a nationwide organization, which helps local artisans make various
handicraft products and then sell them. In Ranthambhore, Dastakar works with many women
from the villages situated on the outskirts of the park. Most of the families from these
villages were displaced when their old villages were shifted outside the forest. Today
Dastakar helps provide income-support for these families. They have a workshop and a
showroom to display and sell these handicrafts. This showroom is situated 10kms from the
hotel. Dastkar's distinctive tiger motif & use of trees, birds and animal imagery
demonstrates the communities concern for the natural environment, in particular, the
endangered tiger.
Dhonk : Dhonk is an offset of Tiger Watch, a NGO working in Ranthambhore to
protect tigers and other wildlife through research and conservation with the participation
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Geoff, 3 Jul 2007 @ 7:11am
Wears my money....My cuzzin Skeeter's boss is a computer feller who uzzes illeagle software. Skeeter reportd his baws to the BSA and got'sed himself a reward of $1,00000,0.00. So now that wee no this is a fact – can ewe send me my $1,0000,00.00 now please
James (profile), 3 Jul 2007 @ 7:16am
BSAI cannot believe that anybody would even entertain the concept of cooperating with an entity with absolutely no rights of enforcement. the RIAA is more legitimate.
AC, 3 Jul 2007 @ 7:47am
Re: BSAThat depends on who you hate more; the BSA, or your (former) boss.
Matthew, 3 Jul 2007 @ 7:17am
BSA run by Dr.Evil?A million dollars! *puts pinky to corner of mouth*
Whatever. Any business that is too small to pay that much in fines has employees too faithful to "snitch" (probably just the 'owner' him or herself), and any business large enough is already paying for, or moved on.
All this does is advertise the paranoia of the IP industry.
Overcast, 3 Jul 2007 @ 7:20amYeah, maybe they'll pay a million bucks of you find a Fortune 100 company running ALL illegal software - otherwise, you can forget that, lol
Anonymous Coward, 3 Jul 2007 @ 7:22amStartup companies/bands benefit from having their work "pirated". This makes sense. They want to get the word out about their product/album. But, as soon as that stage is over, having their work pirated is no longer beneficial. It is a stretch to say that Microsoft benefits from piracy now (in the US).
Did they go about it the wrong way by initially overlooking piracy then coming down hard on it? Does that make them hypocrites? Maybe. However, I do agree that every unauthorized copy is not a sale. But, at the same time, it would be hard to put a percentage on those that were.
ehrichweiss, 3 Jul 2007 @ 8:16am
Re:I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure that Micro$oft stated recently that they actually do benefit from piracy since many pirated copies eventually convert to fully paid copies thanks to students becoming valuable members of the workforce.
Anonymous Coward, 3 Jul 2007 @ 7:57amfriggin morons! I'm gonna start a group that sues idiotic companies that sue just to sue
Alan, 3 Jul 2007 @ 8:00am
Startup CompaniesMaybe we should start a company using bogus software, snitch on our selves, collect the reward, have the company file for bankruptcy, and repeat?
This could be a lucrative living.
Anonymous Coward, 3 Jul 2007 @ 8:07am
Re: Startup CompaniesDon't forget that you can use your reward as proof for Tech Dirt, collect another "up to $1 million" and double your profits!
Rational Beaver, 3 Jul 2007 @ 8:07amI'm willing to pay up to $12.50 for a working copy of Adobe Photoshop.
Anonymous Coward, 3 Jul 2007 @ 2:17pm
Re:There you go:
That's the one I'm using ;-0
Daniel Morritt (profile), 3 Jul 2007 @ 8:09am
Clause 15 is just great ..."BSA reserves its right to deny the payment of a Reward or to revoke the Reward Program at any time and without notice and for any reason."
wow, what a getout! how about "meh, we dont feel like it today" as a reason?
Jack Sombra, 3 Jul 2007 @ 8:13am"It is a stretch to say that Microsoft benefits from piracy now (in the US)."
Not really a strech because it makes it less likely for people to turn to open source (or other cheaper paid for software) in their home enviornment.
And as they don't take that route the less people experience (and become experienced in) alternatives to MS, thus keeping MS's domination in the buisness world
The only place it is a strech is to say MS benefit from piracy is in the workplace.
Rachel, 3 Jul 2007 @ 8:14amActually, as long as your market share is growing, piracy DOES have an unintended benefit, even to Microsoft: Expanded Market Dominance.
If everyone is using Word (even the pirates), then when the next version of Word comes out people will continue to use it, and some of those pirates might even pay. If nothing else, every pirate who uses Word is one less pirate pushing Open Source alternatives... which I imagine is still in Microsoft's interest in maintaining dominance.
Nasty Old Geezer, 3 Jul 2007 @ 8:31am
Re:Exactly! Althoug I would have said "as long as no one else's market share is growing" since holding 100% of the market is perfection.
How else does M$ sell a basic office set of programs for upwards of $400 at retail? The aim of any unregulated monopoly is to set prices at the level of maximum profits. Competition always reduces the selling price, and therefore profits.
Even the potential of competition may reduce prices, since the lower price point makes it more difficult for a competitor to raise sufficient capital to create a viable product. That is why M$ is so aggressive about the "cancer" of open source software.
Andrew, 3 Jul 2007 @ 8:29am
$1million dollars!?!I'll up the bounty and pay up to fifty cents if anybody proves to Techdirt that they got a million. Then that person with their "up to" $2 million dollars can buy me some Taco Bell.
I get it!, 3 Jul 2007 @ 9:02amIt's really fun to sit here and watch everyone find ways to convince themselves and everyone else that stealing is a benefit to the copyright holder(s) of what was stolen.
They get more PLAY
More people learn the benefits about the Software
When some A$$hole breaks into your house and steals your computer, tell me how that's going to benefit you and society.
Buzz, 3 Jul 2007 @ 9:22am
Re:Except... in piracy, no theft is taking place. Stealing implies that the original product was removed from the owner's possession. In other words, the original owner doesn't HAVE it anymore. Judges in court have made it abundantly clear that piracy is a form of copyright infringement, not stealing. It is ludicrous to compare the stealing of information to the stealing of materialistic things in the real world.
No one is suggesting that piracy is OK. Piracy is illegal and should be punished accordingly. However, whether people like it or not, it is indeed beneficial to society. When people read that, they make the mistake of adding the line, "... therefore, piracy is good, and we should all take part in it." Think back to the American Revolution. By signing the Declaration of Independence, we essentially were committing high treason. I doubt they wanted to send the message that treason is an acceptable act, but no one can deny that this one instance was particularly beneficial.
I know it is not a perfect comparison, but we are living in a similar scenario. Piracy is not good, but it sends a message that corporations are overly protective of information and ideas. We are experiencing an information revolution. Companies like the RIAA and BSA have decided to FIGHT the inevitable changes rather than adapt to them. Their actions are as radical as those of the pirates!
SailorRipley, 3 Jul 2007 @ 12:47pm
Re:you know what would be really fun? idiots like you stopping calling copyright infringement theft...
although, granted, watching shills try to find ways to convince themselves and everyone else that copyright infringement is stealing is really fun too
Chris, 3 Jul 2007 @ 9:12amIf somebody steals your computer, you are being denied use of the computer - a real loss.
If somebody enters your house, copies your MS Office CD, and leaves without causing any damage to your property, what harm have you endured?
I get it!, 3 Jul 2007 @ 9:25am
Re:Take your finger out of your ear. You kids just aren't getting it. Stealing is "Stealing". Point Blank.
If someone came into your house and said, "I'm going to steal your computer because I don't want to buy it"...would you let them? Would stealing your goods/services be in your best interest?
No, it wouldn't. But I'm sure you'll reply back with a snappy half-baked reason why it's good for society...you guys always do.
So given everyones thoughts about how laws are meant to be broken, let's allow everyone to blow thru Stop Signs "Because they need to get somewhere faster and if they do, they will get their work done faster and people will be more productive thereby moving society along faster"....ooohhh, that's a good one for you guys to use when you steal software and mp3's!!!
Buzz, 3 Jul 2007 @ 9:27am
Re: Re:You're right. Stealing is "Stealing", but piracy is not. Read my post. :)
Faceless Minion, 3 Jul 2007 @ 9:34am
Re: Re:Take your fingers out of YOUR ears sir. Copyright infringement is not stealing. Considering how desperately you cling to the letter of the law, one would think that the supreme court saying so would make you realize it. But, apparently not.
Again, you keep using the "steal your computer" example. A more apt one would be someone, somehow, making a full copy of your computer, without you ever truly hearing about it. How, sir, do you suffer?
I Get it!, 3 Jul 2007 @ 10:04am
Re: Re: Re:Ok Buzz and Chris, we'll forget the computer stealing scenario...but I find that the comment about "Piracy is not good, but it sends a message that corporations are overly protective of information and ideas"....I guess you could call that "Intellectual Property". And if I have an idea, everyone should be able to use that idea to whatever extent they can.
You start up your own Game Development Company called L33t R00lz. You hire 20 guys to make a game for XBox. You get venture capital of about 20MM to make the game. You start selling the game for $60 per CD.
Some guy in Russia finds a way to copy your CD and is now giving cracked copies away for free.
So, given this logic, it's ok for Sergey to give away your game which you and your team developed because he's sending a message that you're too over-protective of your coding??? Is it anymore justified if you already re-couped your $20MM in venture capital and now you're making money on any sale over that $20MM??
Re: Re: Re: Re:
You start up your own Game Development Company called L33t R00lz. You hire 20 guys to make a game for XBox. You get venture capital of about 20MM to make the game. You start selling the game for $60 per CD.
Well, there's your first problem. You set up this specific scenario. What if I set up the following scenario:
You start up your own super high end restaurant called IGETIT EATS. You hire 20 top chefs to make the best food around. You get venture funding for about $20 million to handle startups costs. You start selling meals at $100/dish.
Then, some guy down the street figures out your recipes and opens up YOUGOTIT MEALS and charges $20 for the similar meals.
In the normal world, that's called competition. Just because you took a bad investment, it doesn't mean you get extra protection from the government.
So, given this logic, it's ok for Sergey to give away your game which you and your team developed because he's sending a message that you're too over-protective of your coding???
I'm not sure how many times this needs to be repeated, but NO ONE has said it's okay for someone to give away your stuff. What they're saying is that it's NOT THEFT and it's NOT as bad as folks make it out to be. In fact, it can be quite beneficial. Only focusing on the negative side makes you look like you don't even understand your own market.
Buzz, 3 Jul 2007 @ 11:22am
Re: Re: Re: Re:I just wanted to add one thing to Mike's response:
We accept piracy the same way we accept banks being robbed, cars speeding on the highway, people lying to one another, etc. We resist these events to the best of our ability, but we accept it as part of the world we live in. We do NOT accept it in the sense that we find these behaviors individually "acceptable". We simply want to point out that the "protections" instantiated by these annoying companies is like putting bars, metal detectors, and police scans at the front of every bank. It basically harms only the honest customers by forcing them to waste hours just trying to withdraw their own hard-earned $50 while the robber just breaks into an unprotected window in the back and takes it all for free COMPLETELY BYPASSING THE PROTECTION. Piracy is the same way. The legitimate customers waste hours of their day dealing with serial keys, online activations, etc. while the pirate whips out a software crack and has a happy day.
This is why we seem to "support" piracy. We do not encourage the practice at all, but the pirates help support our point of how worthless "protections" are and how harmful they are to legitimate customers (especially in situations where software providers refuse to replace lost keys because we are not trustworthy, apparently).
Comicfan, 3 Jul 2007 @ 11:56am
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:You bring up a good point. How often does software backup the ones who go out and buy it honestly? Well let me say, I have bought my share of software, a lot of it to be exact. A return policy where I live states, once you open a software package, it cannot be returned if it fails to function. So that meaning, I buy a 70 dollar game, it fails to work, I'm out and Sony just made 70 dollars and they don't give a damn. Same with all software. I believe the reasoning is this, someone can open it, copy it, and return it. So, this in fact turns people away and into piracy along with high prices. Who wants to get ripped off, pay for something that won't be replaced? Look at MS windows, certain licenses, after so many activations, you have to BUY a new key, or if you lost yours, no matter if you have the original disk or not. Another big problem, Software vendors mainly state, they are NOT responsible for damage done to or by the software and can change the software or agreement at ANY time. We have no rights with software at ALL. The law is supposed to be this, when you buy an item that does not function as supposed to, you have so many days to return it by law. Now, software vendors seem to overstep this law, no? So isn't it illegal if you buy a cd, it won't work and you cannot return it? I'm not saying it's everywhere but where I live, it sure as hell is like this. Once again, this type of scenario...
Software vendors and RIAA, MPAA etc...: Outrageous pricing, no liability in any way for their product damage or otherwise, over step any return law, tell other countries what to do, can begin a nation wide lawsuit, investigations, court claims, at a whim, more power it seems than the F.B.I.
People: Hard working, getting price raped, can't return bad software product, have no rights with software, made to look worse than murderers or rapists for copying software.
Tell me why piracy happens. See, while piracy is illegal, there was also supposed to be a balance against monopolizing and other means of ripping people off. They have over stepped this by a looonnggg shot. If no one will stop price raping, it's going to lead more people to stand up and say, no more. I'll copy the damn thing instead and who can blame them?
Where are the defenders against piracy to stand up against the RIAA? Remember when they knowingly stiffed people for BILLIONS in the 70s? YES, THEY STOLE FROM PEOPLE,I think they were fined but money was worth more then, so what they paid back was laughable.
If our government can't balance our national pricing and allow us to get ripped off, someone has to.
Buzz, 3 Jul 2007 @ 12:07pm
Agreed.What fascinates me is, given the choice to fight piracy or help customers, these companies would rather fight piracy. Microsoft could never live with itself knowing it may have given a free Windows key to a lying pirate, but it has no problem telling an honest customer he or she has to blow another $400 on another key since they do not believe the key was lost.
Comicfan, 3 Jul 2007 @ 12:46pm
Re: Agreed.Exactly. The whole issue is greed really. I guess coming from the poorer side of things, I have seen how many kids get left without proper educations, without something as simple as an OS to keep up, not just at home but schools as well. Remember when MS attacked the schools who had multiple OS installed without each being a license? What those asses should have done was donate to our schools so kids have the resources, this just pisses me off. They could afford to not only donate an OS or multiple, but computers as well but never will. This is the greed that has stormed the nation. That's when Linux began being installed. Sure it's an option but regardless and as much as many of us don't like it, Windows is still top dog and kids deserve a chance in my opinion. It's gone from piracy to control which is very dangerous and some can't see this.
Shalkar, 3 Jul 2007 @ 1:36pm
My Rant:Let me explain it this way to you. Just as stealing $50 is a much lesser crime than stealing $500, so is "illegally copying" a lesser crime than going in to a store and stealing the software off of the store shelf. In most cases people who download an "illegal" copy of something, whether it be a game, music and/or otherwise, are either just doing it to see if it's worth buying or they have no intention of ever buying it.
I'm the first scenario. I download something and quickly try it out to see if I like it enough to buy it. If I like it enough, I buy it. If I don't, I delete it and regret wasting my time.
The second scenario means nothing. These people, if an "illegal" copy were not available, would never have tried whatever the product is.
So, at the benefit of having people never play your game, try out your software to see if it meets their needs and etcetera or listen to your music, (which how that's a benefit I don't know), you would have the negative impact of people never buying your game, software or music because they were never able to try it.
It's like saying, "I'm not going to let rental companies buy my game. I'm also going to make it so that once a game is registered to a device, it can't be played on any other device no matter what. No previews either. Maybe screen shots and a short description. If people want to know what my game is like, they have to buy it!".
How much sense does that make? More importantly, how much money does it make? In both cases, very little.
On the side of, "It's the law!". Consider this: If a law took a ride on the coat tails of a bill. A law that basically said, "Whoever is sheriff may have sex with the wife and/or husband of any couple getting married within their jurisdiction on their first wedding night.", would you adhere to this law? I sure as hell hope not! Not if you consider yourself a human being anyways!
This is the most extreme example I could think of. Of course. It makes my point though: The law is the law, but human morality should take precedent over any law. This means that through law we will have consequence's for our actoins, but the morals of the individual and of society itself will always be more important by an ummeasureable amount than law. Law must change to accommodate these morals.
So is stealing wrong? By Morality and Law: Yes. Is making an exact copy of something and then selling it wrong? By law(in this case): Yes. By Morality: Yes and No.
Ultimately, it is the intention of the one making the copy, the person sharing the copy and the person receiving the copy that is what be wrong or right. Moraly and/or Legally.
RIAA, BSA and MPAA all want to treat a $50 theft as a $500 theft. This is wrong in every way. Let it be that they are punished for what they have done and continue to do. May the punishment be just and swift. These organizations should be made to immediately pay compensation and then desolved. We have more important things to worry about in the world than, "He copied my stuff! GIMME GIMME GIMME!!!".
Nasty Old Geezer, 3 Jul 2007 @ 10:03am
Re: Re:No, you don't get it.
No one is making a case that piracy or copyright infringement is somehow 'right'.
If someone DID steal your compute -- would you have the right to personally ransack everyone's residence that *might* have your computer, or one like it? Are you ready to privatize the Constituion?
THe discussion here is about the behaviors of monopolies, and the inevitable responses to acquire a good (computer program) at something less than the prioce set by the monopolist. The point being made is this -- the BSA and similar orgaizations are being allowed to usurp a great deal of power on the basis of false claims regarding losses.
To stay with the stolen computer metaphor: if you have an old Pentium 4 laptop taken, but you said it was a new COre 2 Duo on the insurance claim form, then you are committing fraud.
I don't copy software, music, or movies -- it is wrong, regardless of law. It is equally wrong to lie to lawmakers and the public in order to acquire special privelege.
Comicfan, 3 Jul 2007 @ 10:36am
All about moneyI think if everyone took a good hard look at what drives piracy, "in my opinion". People are being raped by companies like MS, Sony, etc... Outrageous amounts for an OS or a video game, or CD. They strive to take every red cent they can, leaving many in the dust. If prices were fair, that alone would cut down on piracy by a good 70% in my opinion. 15 bucks for a barf bag CD? Hundreds for non secure targeted Win OS? Come on! Up to near 100 bucks for a PS3 game??? Notice I said "up to", I heard some were 80. Then people wonder why so many engage in piracy? Unfair prices and people know they are getting ripped off.
Tell me how Linux still functions being free? I don't give a rat's ass about donations, etc...that is nowhere near what MS brings in and yet, the Penguin lives on. When you can have free OSs and such, how is it MS needs to charge soooo much? I say screw BSA. By the way, who funds this? Is it tax payers?
Jason Buck, 3 Jul 2007 @ 10:37am
License to a person, not a machineSoftware should be licensed to a person not a machine.
If you want to reduce the amount of Piracy, that is how it has to be. You paid for it, you should be able to use it whenever you want.
For instance, when I am working at a client's location, and they don't have a piece of software I need, I download the free trial. Each time I go to a new client's office, I just download the software and use the trial version. Not pirating there... just installing free versions everywhere I go. So, is that a lost sale for the various Software Companies.
Secondly, I will RDP into my home computer and use anything that is not available for download. So again, I am one individual, using multiple pieces of software without ever pirating.
Thirdly, I could install a make an image of my machine prior to my installation of said product. Then install said product, do what I need to do with it, save my work to CD or other media, then restore my machine to the state it was prior to ever installing said software. Now I am free to install the trial as many times as I like.
Not Piracy.... but should be... and I do all of this, because I am not authorized to use a piece of software that is licensed to me on one machine, but not another.
Thanks for reading my rant
GoblinJuice, 3 Jul 2007 @ 12:05pm
"Up to".Every businessman worth his salt knows what those two little words mean. =)
Trouble Maker, 3 Jul 2007 @ 1:08pm
two cents worthI know where the OFF switch is. I am at my loudest when I quietly close my wallet with my money still in it. I respect other's Intellectual Property and I expect that I be given the same consideration. Are you willing to kill me to take what is mine? Because, I am willing to kill you to prevent my loss of it.
outlaw, 3 Jul 2007 @ 3:39pm
John Doe, 4 Jul 2007 @ 1:16am
LOL ... $5,000 is not enough when you are offeringDude 5k is not enough to ruin your reputation, sad....
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From now on school cafeteria workers will be putting fewer potatoes on kids' plates as per the US Agriculture Department and federal guidelines.
The spud is getting the cuts as the government plans to have more fruits, vegetables, and whole grains in the kids meals and less sodium, fats, and starches.
The US Agriculture Department is currently formulating a proposal, according to Georgia Public Broadcasting, that will take effect next summer. The plan is to banish potatoes from school breakfasts and reduce them greatly in school lunches.
Mashed potatoes the perfect diet - the Irish had it right all along
New research finds potatoes are more popular than pasta in Ireland
Spokesman for coastal Glynn County schools, Jim Weidhass said that although the proposal isn't final, potatoes are now only being served once a week.
He said, "We're just looking to phase them out and replace them with things like whole grain macaroni and cheese, knowing this will be the type of stuff that comes down from the federal guidelines. You have to try to put something that kids actually will eat on the table."
Of course, potato lobbyist and potato-state Senators are fighting. Critics are saying that the spud is being targeted unfairly.
In defiance of these restrictions on the much loved spud here's two of our favorite Irish potato recipes – Colcannon and Boxty.
Colcannon Recipe
4 lbs (1.8kg) potatoes, or about 7-8 large potatoes ('old' potatoes or russet potatoes are best, waxy potatoes won't do)
1 green cabbage or Kale
1 cup ( 7 fl oz, 240 ml) milk (or cream)
1 stick (4oz, 120g) butter, divided into three parts
4-5 scallions (green onions), chopped
Salt and Pepper
Fresh Parsley or chives
*Not everyone adds scallions to colcannon, but they do add something worth having in my opinion.
Peel and boil the potatoes. Remove the core from the cabbage, slice it thinly, and put into a large saucepan.
Cover with boiling water from the kettle and keep at a slow rolling boil until the cabbage is just wilted and has turned a darker green. This can take anything from 3-5 minutes depending on the cabbage. Test it and don't let it overcook, if anything it should be slightly undercooked.
When the cabbage is cooked, drain it well, squeeze to get any excess moisture out, then return to the saucepan. Add one third of the butter and cover. Leave it covered and in a warm place, but not on a burner, with the butter melting gently into it while you continue.
When the potatoes are soft, drain and return the saucepan with the drained potatoes in, to a low burner, leaving the lid off so that any excess moisture can evaporate. When they are perfectly dry, add the milk to the saucepan along with a third of the butter and the chopped scallions if you are using them.
Allow the milk to warm but not boil – it is about right when the butter has fully melted into it and it's starting to steam.
With a potato masher or a fork, mash the potatoes thoroughly into the butter/milk mixture. Do NOT pass through a ricer or, worse, beat in a mixer as it will make the potatoes gluey and disgusting.
Mix the cabbage thoroughly through the mashed potato.
Before serving, season with a little salt and sprinkle with fresh parsley or chives. Most importantly, make a well in the centre of the mound of potato and put the last third of the butter in there to melt.
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1 cup raw, grated potatoes
1 cup leftover mashed potatoes
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp salt
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1/4 cup (about) milk to mix
Butter or oil for frying
Sugar (optional)
Place the grated raw potatoes in a clean cloth and twist to remove excess moisture.
Whisk together flour, salt, and baking powder. Combine flour mixture into raw potatoes, mashed potatoes, and eggs. Add enough mix to make a batter.
Heat a heavy skillet over medium heat and add butter or oil. Drop potato batter by the tablespoon into the hot pan. Brown on both sides (about 4 minutes per side).
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Chris Lawrence [7] was scoreless with 2 penalty minutes in Mississauga's 4-2 win at Erie.
Marek Bartanus [8] was scoreless in Owen Sound's 4-3 overtime win against Toronto. Bartanus has just 1 goal and 1 point in his last 10 games. He's also -6 over that span.
Vladimir Mihalik [9] had a pair of power play assists in Prince George's 5-4 shootout loss to expansion Chilliwack. The 2 helpers give Mihalik 3 goals and 12 points in 20 games this season, matching the 3 goals and 12 points he put up all of last season in 62 games with Red Deer.
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Ha, funny name Yom Kippur! What does it mean?
Quote from: Mon Ami Gabi on October 07, 2005, 01:23:45 PMHa, funny name Yom Kippur! What does it mean?You don't know what "Yom Kippur" is?! It's the Jewish holiday of the Day of Atonement. The Bible calls the day Yom Hakippurim. It is one of the Yamim Noraim (Hebrew, "Days of Awe"). The Yamim Noraim consist of Rosh Hashanah, which is the first two days of the Ten Days of Repentance, and Yom Kippur, which is the last of the ten days.In the Hebrew calendar Yom Kippur begins at nightfall starting the tenth day of the Hebrew month of Tishri (which falls in September/October), and continues until the next nightfall.Yom Kippur will occur on the following dates in the next few years:2005: October 13 2006: October 2 2007: September 22 2008: October 9 2009: September 28 2010: September 18 Yom Kippur is the Jewish day of repentance, considered to be the holiest and most solemn day of the year. Its central theme is atonement and reconciliation. Eating, drinking, bathing, cosmetics, wearing leather (including shoes), and conjugal relations are prohibited. Fasting begins a bit before sundown (called 'tosephet' Yom Kippur, the 'addition' of fasting a bit of the previous day is required by Jewish law), and ends after nightfall the following day.In recognition of Yom Kippur, law schools will cancel all evening classes on Wednesday, October 12th, and both day and evening classes on Thursday, October 13th.
Strange, der, does not US set Old Rome as an example to follow (although not openly)? Are you suggesting that US is the antithesis of Old Rome? Then, which one is/was the very embodiment of it, the short-sighted, short-lived Nazi Germany?
Well, it's not that I would like to continue to lead this thread astray -- as I can't see how Jews' mentality and evil ways can be linked to the legal reasoning method and the like {...}
Quote Well, it's not that I would like to continue to lead this thread astray -- as I can't see how Jews' mentality and evil ways can be linked to the legal reasoning method and the like {...}The Jewish mentality is very much in line with that of a typical lawyer ... They say, e.g., 'The Jewish Lawyer Has no feeling for Justice. He only goes to Court Because of the prospect of money.Whether brave and good people Wear themselves out and bleed, Leaves the Jew completely cold. Never go to a Jewish lawyer.'"Here's what happened in Germany to Jewish lawyers, http://www.brak.de/anwalt-ohne-recht/Panels_neu_1_12.pdf


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THe C is the fugly ist little B-otch who once made love to her best friend Shwanger. IT is crazy and wants to love anything even resenbling a male human. The C is really more of a concept...
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The c is a fugly slut who likes to sit at lunch tables, ring bells outside schools, play your bassoon, is in EVERY can of whipped cream. The C is a concept and can be used to decribe a person. There is ONE the C, averyone else is just fugly.
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The C: Can I play your bassoon?
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Goldman Sachs, citing resurgent demand for basketball shoes and the appetite for brands with international appeal, is giving its top rating to Crocs Inc. and Foot Locker Inc. Fashion company Steve Madden, however, gets hit with a sell rating.
In a 63-page sector report Tuesday, Goldman Sachs analyst Taposh Bari rated clogs maker Crocs CROX, -1.12% and Foot Locker FL, +0.37% the biggest U.S. athletic-specialty retailer, as buys. Ugg boot maker Deckers Outdoor Corp. DECK, -1.26% ; Merrill and Payless parent Wolverine Worldwide Inc. WWW, -10.60% ; and Foot Locker rival Finish Line Inc. US:FINL were all rated neutral. Steve Madden SHOO, -3.20% was the only stock with a sell rating.
"We think the easiest gains in the domestic footwear cycle have been made," Bari wrote. "Entering Year 4 of the cycle, we anticipate greater dispersion among domestic-product trends and see value in global brands that are currently out of favor. Domestically, we think the athletic-product trend proves more durable than nonathletic/fashion."
The recent round of demand for fashionable shoes began in late 2009 with the popularity of tall-shafted footwear silhouettes that made boot-inspired brands like Ugg, Hunter, and Frye a hit, according to Bari. On the athletic side, lightweight innovations in running shoes had been driving sales.
Crocs jumped 7% to $13.22 Tuesday. Foot Locker was up 1% while Wolverine fell 1% and Finish Line dipped 0.5%. Deckers rose 4.3%; Steve Madden inched up 0.6% after an earlier decline.
For Crocs and Deckers, Bari said he likes Crocs because of its "near-term earnings visibility and potential share-repurchase catalyst."
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Crocs "is healthier than the stock price implies," the analyst wrote, adding that the company's global expansion can translate to 15% per-share profit growth over the next three to five years. Its strong orders for peak spring season also offer visibility into profit for at least the next three quarters.
Shares of Crocs have slumped 42% since reaching a 52-week high partly on concerns about slowing demand in Asia.
Bari also said investors have misinterpreted both Crocs and Uggs maker Deckers as "broken fads."
Under a new management team, Crocs was able to restore inventory control, reinvest in brand building and expand a profitable retail channel that showcased the breadth of its offerings.
Deckers Chief Executive Angel Martinez, for his part, has transformed the Ugg shoe from its classic sheepskin style to a global brand portfolio. He said the company faced some near-term headwinds, including unseasonably mild winter last year, as well as sheepskin inflation and mistiming expansion in Europe and Asia.
"We believe in the structural longevity of the Ugg brand, and think that the market is devaluing its long-term growth opportunity," Bari wrote in his report. "However, the company is in the midst of a cyclical decline without a visible catalyst for an inflection. Recent commentary around price resistance and store-traffic declines are particularly concerning (regardless of the weather) and may take time to stabilize."
The Goldman analyst said he likes Foot Locker because of its "exposure to a resilient athletic-product trend and a shareholder-friendly cash deployment." He also favors athletic-focused stocks over fashion-shoe stocks because of the former's "stickier male customer base."
"History has shown that male fashion trends move slower and last longer than female fashion trends," he commented.
Shares of Foot Locker, which have tripled since 2010 under Chief Executive Ken Hicks, are expected to benefit from the company's heavier exposure to basketball shoes than rival Finish Line, which is more concentrated in running footwear, according to Bari.
He also expects demand for athletic shoes to continue because of introductions from the likes of Nike Inc. NKE, +0.32% Adidas AG and Under Armour Inc. UA, -1.08% While retailers across the board are known for their deep discounts during the Black Friday weekend, Foot Locker has been able to drive full-priced demand through such introductions as Nike's retro Jordan shoe launch. See related Black Friday story.
Black Friday may not save November sales.
What's more, Bari pointed out that he expects Foot Locker to increase its dividend by 10% over the next two years.
With Steve Madden, the analyst said the company — one of the biggest beneficiaries of the fashion-footwear trend of skinny-cut pants boosting demand for boots — is "the most at risk to a deceleration in the cycle."
"The nonathletic/fashion-footwear product cycle is near a cyclical peak," he wrote. Steve Madden's "margins have the greatest downside risk in footwear."


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Hacking Education
I spent a lot of time on this blog in the past month exhorting everyone to give teaching tools to the neediest public schools. I did that because education is possibly the most important thing we can do for our world and our children.
But I also believe the the public school system in this country is badly broken. And it's not just the public school system in the US. It's the entire education system that's stuck in the past. I've been thinking a lot about it lately, and I've come to believe that we need to completely reinvent the way we educate ourselves. And, of course, I believe that the Internet is the tool we can use to do that.
Yesterday, in an AFP article, Jimmy Wales told a story about:
a recent trip to a slum in India where he "met this young man on the
street who told me that he had used Wikipedia to pass his 11th grade
I've been helping my kids learn Chemistry, Physics, Calculus, and Advanced Algebra the past few years. These are all subjects I loved in high school and excelled at. And yet, I cannot remember much of what I learned 30 years ago. But a visit to wikipedia is all I need to refresh my mind and help my kids. Wikipedia is an amazing resource and yet the teachers in my kids' school deride it as "not reliable". Well I'll tell you this much, Wikipedia is more reliable than some of my kids' teachers.
One of the problems with the traditional school model of education is that the teachers are so uneven. My kids have amazing teachers who inspire them and push them to go beyond their perceived limits. I am so thankful for them. But they also have lazy teachers who bore them to death. We've all experienced this problem. I even had it at MIT and Wharton, two of the top schools in this country. We need some way for the kids and their parents to take control of who educates them.
My partner Albert wrote an important post that touched on this subject on the Union Square Ventures weblog called Power To The People. In it he said:
To us, this appears to be one of the great constants of the
web. It is taking power away from
existing large institutions and pushing it out to smaller entities and often
all the way to individuals. In the
process it is building up new institutions (such as Google), but the net result
appears to be a distinct shift of "power to the people."
The existing large institutions in the world of education are the public and private schools, the colleges and universities, the testing institutions that inform them, and the unions and political system that support them. I want to help take all of them down and build something better in its place. I am not a fan of home schooling, but I understand it's appeal. I do not think I can teach my kids better than others. But I do think my kids and my wife and I need more choice of who educates them.
The tools to do this are right in front of us; peer production, collaboration, social networking, web video, voip, open source, even game play. I think we can look at what has happened to the big media institutions over the past ten years as a guide to how to do this. We will use a "revolution of the ants" to take down our education institutions and replace them with something better. We all have to start participating and engaging in educating each other. I try to do this at times on this blog. If I know something about how to calculate a burn rate, read a term sheet, or manage a portfolio in a down market, I write about it on this blog. In turn, someone reads it and education happens. Ideally, all of this content, and the content being created by my colleagues in the venture capital business will get indexed, rated, and made available in something akin to a curriculum on venture capital. It will be peer produced, open sourced, and it will be better than any class in any MBA school in the country.
The big educational institutions can fight this trend or they can embrace it. MIT, my favorite education institution, has embraced it. They have open sourced over 1800 of their courses. You can study an MIT class for free on the Internet. I'd like to see all of the education institutions in this country contribute curriculum to such a system. And of course, get curriculum from such a system.
You can commoditize curriculum but you cannot do that to teachers. I owe most of what I know to about a dozen amazing teachers I had over the 20 or so years between first grade and grad school. I remember most of them by name and I remember what they taught me. My high school calculus teacher inspired me to go MIT. My MIT Systems Design teacher inspired me to think about complexity differently. My Wharton Speculative Markets teacher got my head wrapped around markets and why and how they work. I would not be who I am without these special people. We need to massively increase the number of students these special people can reach and teach every day.
Again, we can look to the lessons of the media business to think about how to do that. These amazing teachers are superstars who should be available online, via web video, to millions of people. They should not be stuck in a lecture hall teaching less than a hundred kids at a time. We must move away from an economy based on scarcity and embrace an economy based on ubiquity in the age of the Internet. The leading online education companies have been playing this game for years now. And they are good at it. My friend Jimmy runs several lines of business for Kaplan, one of the top online education companies. He told me about a teacher who runs one of his online CFA courses. This guy is a superstar. His courses are fun and engaging. Taking his course is like reading a great columnist or a wonderful book. You want to get back to it because its so engaging. These teachers can make a lot of money and they should. They are the best at what they do. But our education system is not set up like a star system. It should be.
We also need to allow creativity to reign and walk away from the standardized model of education that we are stuck in. Sir Ken Robinson gave an amazing talk at Ted on this topic. It's 19 mins long so I can't imagine that everyone has time to watch it, but if you care about this issue, find some time in your day or week and watch this.
We also need to rethink educational testing. I've watched my oldest daughter go through the craziness of preparing for and taking the SATs, ACTs, and SAT2s. If you have access to the best test prep talent, you can max these tests. Money can buy scores. That's wrong. We need some kind of more organic, more authentic system for determining aptitude. I think games can play a big role here.
In fact, I think games can play a big role in a new better form of education. The first time I really thought about this was when I read my friend Steven Johnson's book Everything Bad Is Good For You. Steven points out that game play is teaching our children skills they could never get in school. Another friend, Bing Gordon, formerly Chief Creative Officer of Electronic Arts, points out that math geeks, economists, and statisticians used to get their first taste of math as kids reading baseball cards, they now get it playing Madden Football. And the amount of math they can get to is at least an order of magnitude more challenging.
As Albert said in the Power To The People post, my partners and I are seeking to make investments around this thesis.
The shift away from existing institutions in education, the
environment and other areas up for change will not be brought about
magically by the web alone, but by companies that use the web to create
the right kind of platform. We believe that these represent tremendous
startup opportunities over years to come and look forward to meeting
with entrepreneurs and teams working to give "power to the people."
We are also going to convene one of our Union Square Sessions events this winter to bring some of the leading thinkers and entrepreneurs who are already hacking education together to talk about where we should be concentrating our efforts right now. This is a big deal, and if we can do it right, it can and should pave the way for a better, more educated society in the coming years. I am excited about the possibilities.


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SquadronLeader needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 74 designs submitted by 27 freelance designers.
Squadron Leader
http://www.squadronleader.com is the UK's premier reseller of ParkZone, HobbyZone and E-flite radio controlled planes with a strong market presence in Europe.
Squadron Leader is not just a shop selling electric radio controlled planes, but a community that is dedicated to introducing and maintaining your interest in flying quality electric radio controlled planes with the minimum fuss and techie nonsense! We know from experience that crashing is part of flying and encourage our pilots to accept this fact and laugh at each others inevitable misfortune. We love WWII warplanes and just want to fly anywhere, anyplace, anytime!
From 14 till death! Squadron Leader has something to suit every skill level from the absolute beginner through to experienced pilots. Whilst a majority of customers are 20-45yrs we do cater for the very young and old.
We are looking for a modern logo that can be easily transferable to merchandise (t-shirts, mugs etc).
The logo design should be sympathetic to the 1940's/World War 2/RAF theme that is ever present on the website.
Whilst we will maintain the historic theme in a new website, we will also be introducing more contemporary planes to the range and this will be subsequently reflected in the website design.
The file needs to be in a fully scalable format.
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skrypachka needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 111 designs submitted by 27 freelance designers.
Sleek, mod but minimalist, web 2.0 design for stylish, new-school educational tutoring and college counseling service. IvySage is a play on words: Ivy as in Ivy League University, Sage as in smart person
IvySage Education
This is a company targeted to up-market, sophisticated teens and young adults, and logo needs to reflect that style. Sleek, graphic, not too loud or busy are key.
We will need to be able to insert/exctract the following phrases from design depending on whether it is on website, corp letterhead, b-cards, etc:
IvySage Education LLC
IvySage Education
Possibility of follow-on work exists for winner.
- Interchangeability of above names (all will begin IvySage, so beginning of word could possibly be worked into design).
- Sleek style: clean, ultra-modern, web 2.0+
- Logo that is not 'herbal' - reference to Ivy is university, and to sage is wisdom (cute double-entendre, but don't want to look earthy or organic
- A possible thought (though please please let your creative juices flow any direction): A mortar-board with the tassel a sage leaf (or something like that)
- Cartoonish
- Busy
- Fluorescent
- Rainbows, elves, ponies (you know, make it mod and cool)
- Thanks!!
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