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Kevin LaCroix explores some reasons why we're seeing a decline in the number of public corporations and then looks at some of the consequences. A very good analysis of a very important issue. Recommended.
Kevin LaCroix explores some reasons why we're seeing a decline in the number of public corporations and then looks at some of the consequences. A very good analysis of a very important issue. Recommended.
Posted at 08:51 AM in Business, The Stock Market, Wall Street Reform | Permalink
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He observes that:
In the past twenty years [the] U.S. has lost almost 50% of its publicly traded firms [from 6,797 in 1997 to 3,485 in 2013, AT]. This decline has been so dramatic, that the number of firms these days is lower than it has been in the early 1970s, when the real gross domestic product in the U.S. was one third of what it is today. This phenomenon has been a general pattern that has affected over 90% of U.S. industries.
A rather stunning finding from Grullon, Larkin and Michaely.
The total number of firms has dropped far less than the number of publicly traded firms, so in part this is probably due to laws affecting publicly traded firms in particular such as Sarbanes-Oxley. But there has also been a small drop in the total number of firms (depending on year measured) and concentration ratios have increased which suggests that competition might have fallen. (I wish the authors had looked more closely at the entire size distribution). Have international firms risen to offset the decline of publicly-trade firms? The authors discuss but discount the role of globalization. I don't see, however, how their findings of small effects on output competition are consistent with big labor market effects. Nevertheless the bottom line is that as concentration rates have increased so have profits, as a recent CEA report also argues.
Is this all the after-effects of the Great Recession? I hope so but the decline in the number of publicly traded firms is also consistent with the research on long-run declining dynamism (including my own research on regulation and dynamism) which shows that startup and reallocation rates have been trending down for thirty years.
The drop in publicly held firms reported here is consistent with other reports, so let us take it as given. And I agree with Alex that there are multiple factors at work here:
We all have home field biases, of course, but I tend to think the regulatory aspect has had a crushing effect on public corporations. Firms that were public went dark, while privately held firms decided to remain private or to sell to an acquirer rather than go the IPO route:
During the first half of the last decade, evidence accumulated that the U.S. capital markets were becoming less competitive relative to their major competitors. The evidence reviewed herein confirms that it was not corporate governance as such that was the problem, but rather corporate governance regulation. In particular, attention focused on such issues as the massive growth in corporate and securities litigation risk and the increasing complexity and cost of the U.S. regulatory scheme.
Tentative efforts towards deregulation largely fell by the wayside in the wake of the financial crisis of 2007-2008. Instead, massive new regulations came into being, especially in the Dodd Frank Act. The competitive position of U.S. capital markets, however, continues to decline.
This essay argues that litigation and regulatory reform remain essential if U.S. capital markets are to retain their leadership position. Unfortunately, the article concludes that federal corporate governance regulation follows a ratchet effect, in which the regulatory scheme becomes more complex with each financial crisis. If so, significant reform may be difficult to achieve.
Corporate Governance and U.S. Capital Market Competitiveness (October 22, 2010). UCLA School of Law, Law-Econ Research Paper No. 10-13. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1696303
Posted at 07:11 AM in Business, The Stock Market, Wall Street Reform | Permalink
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There was an important article in today's WSJ about the Labor Department's forthcoming rules under ERISA that will dramatically change how investment advising for IRAs and other retirement vehicles works:
The idea of the regulation, which could be released this month by the Labor Department, seems unobjectionable enough—that brokers would follow a "fiduciary" standard when making investment recommendations. Currently, brokers' advice only has to be "suitable," which critics say is a weaker standard that allows the sale of expensive products that eat into returns.
The rule's opponents, including many in the brokerage industry, say it will increase their costs and make providing investment advice to small-balance retirement accounts less profitable. ...
The rule, provisions of which would be phased in over time, could add costs at industry giants such as Morgan Stanley, which has nearly 16,000 brokers, and Bank of America Corp.'s Merrill Lynch, with more than 14,000. But it is expected to weigh far more heavily on small and midsize firms, which make up the bulk of the industry. ...
Brokerage-industry executives and analysts say the rule is likely to accelerate brokerages' shift toward fee-based accounts and away from commissions, a trend in which smaller firms generally lag behind their bigger rivals. Smaller firms also tend to have more small accounts that might be uneconomical to serve in a fee model, and they have fewer clients across whom to spread added compliance costs.
This is a classic example of federal government regulation of the stock market and financial services: It screws small business and the middle class, while benefiting the wealthy and the largest firms. (Which leads one to wonder why people like Lucian Bebchuk are so eager for federal regulation of corporate law, but that's an issue for another day.) Because the costs apparently do not scale, the largest brokerage houses will be better able to bear them and wealthy investors will not lose access to professional advice.
But then it gets worse. Forbes reports that:
Popular financial radio show host Dave Ramsey caused a firestorm on Twitter last week when he weighed in against the "fiduciary rule"—the controversial pending Department of Labor regulation that would impose new restrictions on a vast swath of financial professionals who handle IRAs and 401(k) accounts. Yet, Ramsey was only echoing concerns about the costs of the rule already expressed by Members of Congress from both parties. ...
Fittingly, even before Ramsey came out against the rule, one of his critics called for using the rule against Ramsey, supposedly for providing advice said critic deemed harmful to savers. In an October article in LifeHealthPro, an online trade journal for insurance agents and financial advisers, Michael Markey, an insurance agent and owner of Legacy Financial Network, called for Ramsey to "be regulated and to be held accountable" by the government for the opinions he gives to listeners. Markey hailed the Labor Department rule as ushering a new era in which "entertainers like Dave Ramsey can no longer evade the pursuit of regulatory oversight."
Classic. Markey wants to use regulation to shut down a competitor, which is a primary function of the DC bureaucracy these days.
Experts both for and against the rule I have talked to agree its broad reach could extend to financial media personalities who offer tips to individual audience members, a group that includes not just Ramsey but TV hosts like Suze Orman and Jim Cramer, as well as many other broadcasters who opine on business and investment matters. They would be ensnared by the rule's broad redefinition of a vast swath of financial professionals as "fiduciaries" and its mandate that these "fiduciaries" only serve the "best interest" of IRA and 401(k) holders.
I admit that I am not an expert on First Amendment law--especially the complexities of commercial speech regulation--but this strikes me as a classic infringement on free speech. But as Forbes notes:
Such limits on financial discussion may seem to violate the First Amendment on its face. But a lawsuit against such restrictions would not be a slam dunk, as this is largely uncharted legal territory. Courts have tread lightly on financial regulation that may harm free speech. In Lowe v. SEC, 472 U.S. 181 (1985), the Supreme Court did strike down a ban by the Securities and Exchange Commission on an investment newsletter published by a convicted felon. But the opinion did not touch upon constitutional issues, as the Court ruled that the law itself – different from the Employee Retirement Income Security Act that governs the Labor Department – applied only to person-to-person, rather than general, advice.
It's these sort of issues that make it so essential to have judges and justices committed to liberty as opposed to being enablers of the nanny state.
Posted at 08:04 PM in Business, Securities Regulation, The Stock Market | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Here at PB.com we oppose divestment campaigns (even in those rare cases when we agree with the proponents about the issue at hand), so we were glad to see our friend Todd Henderson take on the issue in the Chicago student newspaper:
No matter what your views are on the climate change debate, no rational person should support divestment. There is no evidence to demonstrate it will do anything to help the climate, and it will ultimately cost the University hundreds of millions of dollars—Swarthmore estimates it would cost their endowment $200 million over 10 years to divest. This is money that could be spent on research, scholarships, or perhaps best of all for the cause, reducing the University's carbon footprint.
Here is why divestment won't work: A central tenet of corporate finance is that demand curves for individual stocks are approximately horizontal. For most things we buy, demand curves slope downward. This means if we demand less, less will be supplied and at lower prices, but stocks are not like other products. The stock price is merely an estimate of the cash flows that ownership of the stock will produce in the future, and therefore is not determined by a "demand" for the stock. Unless the sale of stock conveys information to the market about the future cash flows, no individual sale can move the price.
If the Office of Investments, which manages the University's nearly $9 billion endowment, sells all of the shares it owns in ExxonMobil, the stock price of ExxonMobil should not change. Others will stand ready to buy the shares at the current market price, meaning supply and demand aren't helpful ways to think about stock prices. Unless the money that ExxonMobil is expected to earn in the future goes down, the stock price will stay the same. And nothing about the decision of a few university endowments to sell the shares provides the market information about how much oil or coal will be sold at what prices tomorrow. Undervalued shares in the near term will be bought up until their price more or less reflects the expected gain from holding those shares. In an extreme case, ExxonMobil could simply go private, removing any need to rely on public markets for funding or valuation.
The fact that the stock price of divested companies will not fall means that these firms will not experience a higher cost of capital, and therefore nothing about their capital raising activities, project choice, or other decisions will be affected by divestment. Managers with stock-based compensation won't be affected either nor will other shareholders of these firms. In short, the economic impact of the SJSF demands on the targets of their ire would be nearly zero.
Making matters worse, universities—or rather their employees and students—would bear large costs to achieve no benefits. The endowments already have to spend money defending their investment decisions, and, if it comes to it, will spend more selling shares and accepting lower returns than would otherwise be available. Taking profitable investments off the table also means lower returns for endowments. This means taking money out of the universities' pockets and putting it into the hands of other people, all without actually imposing any cost on the alleged bad actors.
Posted at 02:09 PM in Corporate Social Responsibility, The Stock Market | Permalink | Comments (0)
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The top 25 hedge fund managers reaped $11.62 billion in compensation in 2014, according to an annual rankingpublished on Tuesday by Institutional Investor's Alpha magazine.
That collective payday came even as hedge funds, once high-octane money makers, returned on average low-single digits. In comparison, the benchmark Standard & Poor's 500-stock index posted a gain of 13.68 percent last year when reinvested dividends were included....
For investors, 2014 was the sixth consecutive year that hedge funds have fallen short of stock market performance, returning only 3 percent on average.
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Larry Cunningham reports that:
Warren Buffett's latest letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders is annotated in The Wall Street Journal by 30 professors, authors, and investors.
The post also has a good discussion of the state of Buffett's succession plans.
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Daniel Fischel argues in today's WSJ that the "only ones to suffer [if colleges surrender to the anti-divestment fossil fuels movement] will be colleges that earn less money for research, services and student scholarships":
A new study that I and my colleagues at Compass Lexecon are releasing on Tuesday indicates that fossil-fuel divestment could significantly harm an investment portfolio. ...
Of the 10 major industry sectors in the U.S. equity markets, energy has the lowest correlation with all others—which means it has the largest potential diversification benefit. The sector with the second-lowest correlation with others is utilities, which includes many fossil-fuel divestment targets such as Southern Company and Duke Energy .
How does divestment affect portfolio performance? To get at this question, we constructed a model to track the performance of two hypothetical investment portfolios over a 50-year period: one that included energy-related stocks, and another that did not. What we found is that the optimal portfolio, which included energy stocks, generated average returns 0.7 percentage points greater than portfolios that excluded them on an absolute basis. In other words, the "divested" portfolio lost roughly 70 basis points compared with the optimal one—70 basis points for each and every year over the 50-year period in which the portfolios were active.
They also find that management fees are higher for funds that divest from fossil fuels, presumably due to the added administrative burden of making sure the fund's portfolio really is holier than thou.
This is a damning finding. The people who manage university investment funds are fiduciaries who must consider the long run impact of their decisions. Giving in to today's fossil fuel campaigners demonstrably will reduce future returns, negatively impacting not only current but future stakeholders. And, as we now know, the folks who have caught the divestment bug are unlikely to stop with one victory. It'll just be on to the next moronic cause.
It's time for university fund managers to grow a spine and tell the divestment crowds to take a hike.
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More evidence for indexing.
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In my book, Corporate Governance after the Financial Crisis, I argued that:
... the costs of institutional investor activism likely outweigh any benefits such activism may confer with respect to redressing the principal-agent problem. Even if one assumes that the cost-benefit analysis comes out the other way around, however, institutional investor activism does not solve the principal-agent problem but rather merely relocates its locus.
The vast majority of large institutional investors manage the pooled savings of small individual investors. From a governance perspective, there is little to distinguish such institutions from corporations. The holders of investment company shares, for example, have no more control over the election of company trustees than do retail investors over the election of corporate directors. Accordingly, fund shareholders exhibit the same rational apathy as corporate shareholders. ... Nor do the holders of such shares have any greater access to information about their holdings, or ability to monitor those who manage their holdings, than do corporate shareholders. Although an individual investor can always abide by the Wall Street Rule with respect to corporate stock, moreover, he cannot do so with respect to such investments as an involuntary, contributory pension plan.
For beneficiaries of union and state and local government employee pension funds, the problem is particularly pronounced. As we have seen, those who manage such funds may often put their personal or political agendas ahead of the interests of the fund's beneficiaries. Accordingly, it is not particularly surprising that pension funds subject to direct political control tend to have poor financial results.
As an op-ed by Andrew Biggs in today's WSJ makes clear, public pension funds suffer from agency cost problems that are at least as severe as those of the corporations excoriated by activist funds:
State and local pension plans invest roughly twice as much in risky assets as would a prudent individual saving for retirement. ...
... Calpers holds about 75% of its portfolio in stocks and other risky assets, such as real estate, private equity and, until recently, hedge funds, despite offering benefits that, unlike IRAs or 401(k)s, it guarantees against market risk. Most other states are little different: Illinois holds 75% in risky assets; the Texas teachers' plan holds 81%; the New York state and local plan 72%; Pennsylvania 82%; New Mexico 85%. ...
Public pensions are addicted to risk and, because they are effectively "too big to fail," require an intervention.
In addition to holding excessively risky portfoloios, of course, public pension funds notoriously are too optomistic in their actuarial assumptions:
While Americans are typically earning less than 1 percent interest on their savings accounts and watching their 401(k) balances yo-yo along with the stock market, most public pension funds are still betting they will earn annual returns of 7 to 8 percent over the long haul, a practice that Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg recently called "indefensible." ...
"The actuary is supposedly going to lower the assumed reinvestment rate from an absolutely hysterical, laughable 8 percent to a totally indefensible 7 or 7.5 percent," Mr. Bloomberg said during a trip to Albany in late February. "If I can give you one piece of financial advice: If somebody offers you a guaranteed 7 percent on your money for the rest of your life, you take it and just make sure the guy's name is not Madoff."
It's long past time that publc pension funds take a lead from Matthew 7:3-5, and remove the log from their own eyes before going after corporate splinters.
Posted at 12:39 PM in Shareholder Activism, The Stock Market | Permalink | Comments (0)
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In my essay Corporate Governance and U.S. Capital Market Competitiveness (October 22, 2010), available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1696303, I explained that:
During the first half of the last decade, evidence accumulated that the U.S. capital markets were becoming less competitive relative to their major competitors. The evidence reviewed herein confirms that it was not corporate governance as such that was the problem, but rather corporate governance regulation. In particular, attention focused on such issues as the massive growth in corporate and securities litigation risk and the increasing complexity and cost of the U.S. regulatory scheme.
Tentative efforts towards deregulation largely fell by the wayside in the wake of the financial crisis of 2007-2008. Instead, massive new regulations came into being, especially in the Dodd Frank Act. The competitive position of U.S. capital markets, however, continues to decline.
This essay argues that litigation and regulatory reform remain essential if U.S. capital markets are to retain their leadership position. Unfortunately, the article concludes that federal corporate governance regulation follows a ratchet effect, in which the regulatory scheme becomes more complex with each financial crisis. If so, significant reform may be difficult to achieve.
If you believed the Obama administration and the Democrats' hyoe, the JOBS Act was going to solve the problem. They were wrong, according to a new study by some economists (which I'm more inclined to accept that ones done by law professors masquerading as quants):
We examine the effects of Title I of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS) for a sample of 213 EGC IPOs issued between April 5, 2012 and April 30, 2014. We show no reduction in the direct costs of issuance, accounting, legal, or underwriting fees, for EGC IPOs. Further, the indirect cost of issuance, underpricing, is significantly higher for EGCs than other IPOs. More importantly, greater underpricing is present only for larger firms that were not previously eligible for scaled disclosure under Regulation S-K. EGCs that are more definitive about their intentions to use the provisions of the Act have lower underpricing than those that are ambiguous. Finally, we find no increase in IPO volume after the Act. Overall, we find little evidence that the Act has initially been effective in achieving its main objectives and conclude that there are significant consequences to extending scaled disclosure to larger issuers.
Interestingly, one of the authors - Kathleen Weiss Hanley - was until very recently an economist at the SEC,
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Timothy Spangler teaches the Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds course and the Investment Companies and Investment Advisors course at the UCLA School of Law. He is the author of several books on private funds, a frequent commentator in domestic and foreign press, and the Director of Research for the Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law and Policy. In today's LA Times, he has an insightful article on the future of hedge funds in the wake of CalPERS' decision to pull its hedge fund investments:
Clearly, it is too soon to write the obituary for hedge funds. These highly entrepreneurial firms will certainly need to evolve in the coming years to ensure that they meet the expectations of their investors for high returns. And the question of fees is one that cannot be dismissed out of hand. ...
The most provactive part of the op-ed is his argument in favor of active fund management:
... the state of the hedge fund industry is better grasped by looking at the top quartile of hedge fund managers and seeing how their performance varies over time. All hedge fund managers are not created equal. Simply calling yourself a hedge fund manager is no guarantee that you will actually produce eye-wateringly high returns for your investors.
The most successful investors are backing the most successful managers. Simply put, the case for backing proven investment talent remains strong.
I'm not convinced that's right. There does seem to be some evidence that top returners do persist at least over the medium term (say three years). The trouble, of course, is identifying them ex ante and backing them before their hot streak ends.
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The NYT reports that:
The California Public Employees' Retirement System, the nation's largest pension fund, will eliminate all of its hedge fund investments over the next year on concerns that investments are too complicated and expensive.
Granted, CalPERS itself engages in activism, but it's still an interesting point. As is this bit of news:
Through August, activist investors returned an average 5.9% for the year, according to HFR, compared with a 3.9% gain for hedge funds in general. Still, both trailed the S&P 500's 9.9% gain.
So you'd be better off stashing your money in an S&P 500 index that giving it to activist shareholders. Someone alert Lucian!
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The good news is that the UC has rejected the call by ecomentalist activists to divest from fossil fuel companies, which was the right decision for all the reasons I suggested the other day. The bad news is that:
The University of California will invest $1 billion over five years in companies and researchers coming up with solutions to climate change, part of an overall UC push in sustainability. ... UC also said it will implement a framework for sustainable investment by the end of June and become the first public U.S. university to adhere to United Nations-supported principles for responsible investment.
What's wrong with that, you ask? Well, as the WSJ explained a while back:
... investors tempted by green investing need to choose funds carefully and understand that some of these sectors can be very volatile, as illustrated by the bankruptcy of multiple ethanol and biofuel producers, as well as struggles among small solar-power companies, amid a drop in oil prices over the past year. It is also important to recognize that buying into green businesses and shunning those that are harder on the Earth's resources won't benefit the environment directly.
The thought that "if you are buying stock [in] an oil company, you are somehow giving money to the oil company" is just not true, says Brian Pon, a financial planner with Financial Connections Group Inc. in the San Francisco Bay area. Whether you're investing in a traditional energy company or an alternative-energy player, you are typically buying shares from another investor and not pumping cash into the firm. Further, he says, "an individual doesn't really have the money to affect investment markets. You're buying a hundred shares when hundreds of thousands of shares trade daily."
So you're taking on considerable risk by "greening" your portfolio, as illustrated by the WSJ's summary of the performance of portfolios of alternative energy during the financial crisis:
Among the narrow and volatile green portfolios are two ETFs that focus on solar energy: Claymore/MAC Global Solar Energy Index and Market Vectors Solar Energy.KWT +0.63% They are both down 45% over the past 12 months, while the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index declined 6.9%. ...
PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy, a somewhat broader alternative-energy portfolio, has also taken investors for a bumpy ride. The ETF gives investors exposure to areas including ethanol, solar and wind power, and energy efficiency. Over the past year, the fund—one of the larger green portfolios, with a recent $783 million in assets—returned a negative 27%. Over the past three years, it has declined an average 13.5% a year, trailing the S&P 500 by more than eight percentage points.
Ouch. And the news hasn't gotten any better. The three year annual return on S&P's Global Alternative Energy Index is 7%. Compare that to the S&P 500's three year annual return of 22.7%. The Fidelity Select Environment and Alternative Energy Portfolio has underperformed the S&P 500 consistently.
So pardon me if I can't work up much enthusiasm for this new UC policy.
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Interesting article in the WSJ over the weekend:
Investors are pouring money into Vanguard Group, the epitome of the hands-off approach to investing, flocking to funds that track market indexes and aren't run by stock pickers or star managers. ...
The surge is part of a sea change in the fund business in which investors are increasingly opting for products that track the market rather than relying on managers to pick winners. ...
Traditional stock-fund managers—old-fashioned stock pickers—have been the hardest hit in the wave toward passive investment. Through July, passively managed stock funds have seen a net $128.4 billion in investor inflows, compared with $18 billion for traditional stock funds, according to Morningstar.
Even uber-active investor Warren Buffett has seen the light, recently disclosing how he wants his estate invested: "Mr. Buffett, 83 years old and with a net worth of $66 billion, wrote that he advised his trustee to 'put 10% of the cash in short-term government bonds and 90% in a very low-cost S&P 500 index fund. (I suggest Vanguard's.).'"
If you want to know why index funds are deservedly beating the crap out of actively managed funds, read this post and then go buy Burton Malkiel's book:
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More video from checkpoint: http://youtu.be/GQ4otDktatE
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FRIDAY FUNNY: Rosie The Robot Meets Her Match! | Facility Executive - Creating Intelligent Buildings
Charged with keeping the Jetson household neat and tidy, the fictional Rosie has essentially met her modern day match: Dr. R.E. ("robotic environmentalist") Cycler—an educator AND a machine with a true purpose: to explain the ins and outs of recycling.
FRIDAY FUNNY: Rosie The Robot Meets Her Match!
Most of the time, futuristic projections don't come anywhere close to reality. Written in 1948, George Orwell's fictional novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four, is probably one of the most obvious inaccurate predictions (at least some might argue) of a dystopian society subject to mind control and ruled by a dictatorship. Great literature? Yes. But accurate? Not so much. Also, not terribly funny.
But in the realm of funny (or at least less ominous) and a bit more visionary comes this little tidbit reminiscent of the 1960s hit cartoon, The Jetsons. Anyone familiar with this prime-time animated Hanna-Barbera sitcom will remember Rosie, a humanoid robotic maid and housekeeper. Charged with keeping the Jetson household neat and tidy, the fictional Rosie has essentially met her modern day match: Dr. R.E. ("robotic environmentalist") Cycler.
Designed by Florida Robotics (the same folks who bring you those mobile robots you see at trade shows and at shopping malls), Dr. R.E. Cycler is more than an entertainer. He's an educator AND a machine with a true purpose: to explain the ins and outs of recycling. Morgan Clendanial of Fast Company writes:
The good doctor was first built in May 2011, in response to a request from Waste Management for "something new and different," says Fay Martin, the owner of Florida Robotics. New and different they certainly got. Nowadays, the solar-powered robot is deployed to get schoolchildren excited about recycling. The robot crushes [cans] to an inch thick and stores them in its belly, where they are later taken away for recycling.
The idea is to make recycling fun and more transparent for young people, to instill in them an ethic of recycling later in life. Florida Robotics is up for a Refresh Project grant [sponsored by Pepsi] to build a better robot that will crush plastic bottles as well.
Watch Dr. R.E. Cycler in action here:
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Notes: This drink is also good made with cherry soda instead of root beer. Garnish glasses with maraschino cherries and thin strips of orange peel.
Makes 4 servings
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Calories 477
Caloriesfromfat 43 %
Protein 6.8 g
Fat 23 g
Satfat 14 g
Carbohydrate 67 g
Fiber 0.3 g
Sodium 156 mg
Cholesterol 73 mg
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A Lazy Hummingbird BungalowUnited StatesCaliforniaCarpinteria
About this listing
A 5-minute walk from the beach, this 2BR/1BA bungalow in Lazy Hummingbird, Summerland's hippest destination, has unbeatable panoramic views of the ocean. Features luxury furnishings and appliances. Enjoy the expansive ocean-facing deck.
Space where guests can cook their own meals
Towels, bed sheets, soap, and toilet paper
The Space
You can stay in a home straight from the pages of DWELL magazine! The Lazy Hummingbird is the hippest destination in Summerland.
Decorated in modern, coastal cool with premium no sag sofas and sectionals and high quality designer furnishings that create a super comfortable, funky, beach vibe perfect for your vacation on the American Riviera.
Our expansive 2BR/2BA bungalow has over 725 sq. ft. of living space, a private entrance and large ocean facing deck with modern, luxury lounge furniture and accessories as well as an electric grill.
Our rental is a curated collection of vintage inspired design. Clean lines and simplicity are the theme with a beautiful white on white walls, trim, painted wood floors and crisp solar shade window treatments. The furniture is a study in natural textures, the art, a selection of local photographers and artists carefully combined with masters of modern art and the finishing analog touch...vintage acoustic guitars.
Keep cool thanks to energy efficient heating and cooling HVAC. Large, protective awnings over all south facing windows increase comfort by reducing heat and UV allowing for the $(PHONE NUMBER HIDDEN) ocean breezes.
Three bungalows are available at this resort – bring a crowd and rent them all!
Marvel at 180-degree views of the Pacific from almost every room in this luxury beach bungalow. Lounge in the spacious main living area with both a day bed, couch, grand windows and flat-screen TV in true HD with (SENSITIVE CONTENTS HIDDEN) Chromecast streaming interfaces. This home also offers Bluetooth stereo and lightning fast and reliable internet.
An all-new, European style kitchen features a full-size, built in Bosch stainless refrigerators and dishwashers, ProStyle ranges, cooktops and cookware, dimmable warm LED lighting, full compliment of cooking utensils, premium flatware and tableware.
A designed master suite has fresh décor in white and wood, a queen-size and a flat-screen TV. The private master bath features a spa bath with soaking tub and glass shower. A second, coastal-themed bedroom sleeps two more in matching twins and garden views. Both bedrooms feature 600ct hypo allergenic, boutique hotel bedding as well as luxury hotel mattresses and pillows, and both bathrooms feature thick, luxurious bath sheets.
There is a massive communal front lawn with ocean view Adirondack chairs perfect for the cocktail hour and if your in the mood for a spin...3 speed, French style cruiser bikes!
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Summerland is known for its wonderful sandy beaches and hilltop views overlooking the ocean.. A 5-minute walk gets you to the beach, while you're only a 10-minute drive from downtown Santa Barbara.
Head to Lookout Park for a dip in the Pacific and to catch some rays, or arrange horseback rides nearby at Los Padres Outfitters - just a 12-minute walk from home.
For good eats and boutique shopping, head to Summerland's main street. The top local hot-spots are both burger joints: Tinker's Burgers and Stacky's Seaside.
And if you're heading into Santa Barbara, check out the Old Mission, which offers tours of the religious site and its many artifacts, or spend a day at the Santa Barbara Zoo with the kids. You can also explore the famed Lotusland, a garden teeming with cacti and succulents.
Other Things to Note
Many of our reviews are prior to our recent, stunning and complete renovation and remodel. The new pictures are uploaded and feature our many improvements.
*Guests must be over the age of 25 and will be an occupant of the unit during the entire reserved period.
*No parties, excessive noise, or any illegal activity shall take place at property.
*No pets are allowed unless otherwise noted for specific properties.
* No smoking is allowed in or around any property.
Cleaning: Each property will be cleaned and inspected after your departure. We ask you to help us enable the cleaning crews as much as possible. Simple things like leaving the property tidy, running the dishwasher, starting to wash the towels, and taking out the trash are expected of our guests.
If excessive wear and tear is found on property, or additional cleaning is necessary due to spills, trash left on site, unclean dishes, stains to furniture, carpeting, linens, paint, wallpaper, or flooring, Guest authorizes the property manager to bill them for additional fees. If at any time the maximum number of occupants is exceeded or if the property manager receives information about excessive noise, TurnKey has the right to evict Guest and all occupants immediately and to bill the guest a minimum service fee of $250. If any sign of smoking is discovered Guest authorizes the property manager to charge the guest a minimum $500 cleaning fee. Unless the rental policy specifically allows, if any sign of any pet is discovered Guest authorizes TurnKey to charge the guest an additional minimum $500 cleaning fee.
Properties are fully furnished properties that will include bedspreads, linens, blankets, pillows, towels, a fully equipped kitchen, TV, furnishings unless otherwise specified.
Travel Insurance is highly recommended for any stay.
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My name is Erica with TurnKey Vacation Rentals, a full service property management company based out of Austin, Texas. My team and I strive to make every experience a seamless one, no matter where your trip may take you. We are dedicated to provide superior customer service with attentiveness to inquiries and our guests while they are staying with us. Please let us know how we may help you with your next trip.


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http://www.nonesuch.com/journal/steve-reich-radio-rewrite-alarm-will-sound-jonny-greenwood-vicky-chow-out-now-2014-09-30September 30, 2014|1 comments
Today marks the release of composer Steve Reich's album Radio Rewrite on Nonesuch Records (October 6 in the UK). The album features the first recording of the 2012 title piece, which references two songs by Radiohead and is performed by Alarm Will Sound led by Alan Pierson; Electric Counterpoint (1987), performed by Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood; and Piano Counterpoint, a 2011 transcription by Vincent Corver of Reich's 1973 Six Pianos, performed by pianist Vicky Chow.Read more|Journal Topics:Album Release Artist Newsalarm will soundhttp://www.nonesuch.com/journal/brooklyn-academy-music-bam-launches-nonesuch-records-bam-label-50th-anniversary-2014-09-08September 08, 2014|2 comments
The Brooklyn Academy of Music's wide-ranging series of concerts and events Nonesuch Records at BAM: Celebrating a Label Without Labels, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Nonesuch Records, kicks off Tuesday night with the first of three consecutive nights of concerts from Philip Glass and Steve Reich plus a separate solo set from Brad Mehldau and continues through September 28. The New York Times says the series "reflects the broad curiosity and high standard of a label that has had notable successes ... with no guiding criteria other than instinct and taste." In conjunction with these events, BAMcinématek presents Nonesuch Records on Film, a salute to the label's rich catalogue of movie soundtracks.Read more|Journal Topics:Artist News On Touralarm will soundhttp://www.nonesuch.com/journal/nonesuch-records-releases-steve-reich-radio-rewrite-september-30-2014-08-21August 21, 2014|0 comments
Nonesuch releases composer Steve Reich's album Radio Rewrite on September 30, 2014. The album features the first recording of the 2012 title piece, which references two songs by Radiohead and is performed by Alarm Will Sound led by Alan Pierson; Electric Counterpoint (1987), performed by Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood; and Piano Counterpoint, a 2011 transcription by Vincent Corver of Reich's 1973 Six Pianos, performed by pianist Vicky Chow. Steve Reich and Musicians join Philip Glass and his Ensemble for three performances for the Nonesuch Records at BAM 50th anniversary celebration; Alarm Will Sound also performs two concerts as part of the series, including Radio Rewrite.Read more|Journal Topics:Album Release Artist Newsalarm will soundhttp://www.nonesuch.com/journal/brooklyn-academy-of-music-presents-nonesuch-records-at-bam-50th-anniversary-2014-05-13May 13, 2014|1 commentsBrooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Presents "Nonesuch Records at BAM" for Label's 50th Anniversary, With 23 Evenings of Music
In honor of the 50th anniversary of Nonesuch Records, the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) presents a wide-ranging series of concerts, September 9–28. Part of the 2014 Next Wave Festival, these diverse engagements—featuring 23 evenings of music—underscore the longstanding relationship between Nonesuch artists and BAM. Performs include Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Timo Andres, Brad Mehldau, Chris Thile, Dawn Upshaw, Alarm Will Sound performing works by John Adams, Youssou N'Dour, Rhiannon Giddens, Devendra Banhart, Stephin Merritt, Iron and Wine, Kronos Quartet, Natalie Merchant, Sam Amidon, Olivia Chaney, Laurie Anderson, Rokia Traoré, Toumani & Sidiki Diabaté, Caetano Veloso, and Robert Plant.Read more|Journal Topics:Artist News News On Touralarm will soundhttp://www.nonesuch.com/journal/steve-reich-radio-rewrite-receives-ny-premiere-alarm-will-sound-met-museum-2013-11-15November 15, 2013|0 commentsSteve Reich's "Radio Rewrite" Receives NY Premiere in All-Reich Alarm Will Sound Concert at Metropolitan Museum
Steve Reich's new ensemble work, Radio Rewrite, which draws inspiration from songs by Radiohead, will receive its New York premiere in a concert by Alarm Will Sound at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Saturday. The all-Reich program also features City Life, New York Counterpoint, and new takes on Six Pianos, Four Genesis Settings from The Cave, and Clapping Music, with the composer joining in. The performance will stream live on Q2Music.Read more|Journal Topics:On Tour Artist Newsalarm will soundhttp://www.nonesuch.com/journal/alarm-will-sound-begins-metropolitan-museum-of-art-residency-2013-10-09October 09, 2013|0 comments
Alarm Will Sound begins two important components of its 2013–14 concert season this week: its second "St. Louis season" and its season-long residency at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The latter comprises four concerts, starting this Friday and including the New York premiere of Steve Reich's new piece, Radio Rewrite, on an all-Reich program November 16.Read more|Journal Topics:On Tour Artist Newsalarm will soundhttp://www.nonesuch.com/journal/alarm-will-sound-performs-new-works-steve-reich-donnacha-dennehy-2013-03-20March 19, 2013|0 commentsAlarm Will Sound Performs New Works by Steve Reich, Donnacha Dennehy; Dennehy Named Fort Worth Symphony Composer-in-Residence
Alarm Will Sound will perform a program of new works, featuring Steve Reich's Radio Rewrite and scenes from Donnacha Dennehy's The Hunger, at Sheldon Concert Hall in St. Louis on Wednesday. The group gave the US premiere of Radio Rewrite at Stanford University last Saturday and gives the NY premiere of The Hunger at Carnegie Hall on April 6. Dennehy has been named composer-in-residence for the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra next season, which will include performances of his That the Night Come. Crash Ensemble and Dawn Upshaw will perform the piece at The Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall this May.Read more|Journal Topics:On Tour Artist Newsalarm will soundhttp://www.nonesuch.com/journal/carnegie-hall-announces-2012-2013-season-featuring-performances-works-several-nonesuch-arrtists-2012-01-30January 30, 2012|0 comments
Carnegie Hall has announced its 2012–13 season, and featured among the performers taking the esteemed hall's stages are a number of artists familiar to readers of the Nonesuch Journal, including Kronos Quartet, Richard Goode, Dawn Upshaw, and Alarm Will Sound, as well as world and New York premiere performances of works by Steve Reich, Timothy Andres, and Donnacha Dennehy. In addition, John Adams will lead a Professional Training Workshop for emerging talents through Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute.Read more|Journal Topics:On Tour Artist Newsalarm will soundhttp://www.nonesuch.com/journal/alarm-will-sound-donnacha-dennehy-participate-2012-mizzou-new-music-summer-festival-2011-10-26October 26, 2011|0 commentsAlarm Will Sound, Donnacha Dennehy to Participate in 2012 Mizzou New Music Summer Festival: Artists-in-Residence, Guest Composer
Alarm Will Sound will be the Artists-in-Residence at the third annual Mizzou New Music Summer Music Festival, held in July at the University of Missouri. Eight composers from around the world will be selected through a portfolio application process to compose a work to be performed by Alarm Will Sound. The application deadline is November 1. Donnacha Dennehy will be a guest composer, participating in discussions and master classes.Read more|Journal Topics:On Tour Artist Newsalarm will soundhttp://www.nonesuch.com/journal/alarm-will-sound-alan-pierson-named-artistic-director-brooklyn-philharmonic-2011-01-19January 19, 2011|0 comments
Alan Pierson, the Artistic Director and conductor of Alarm Will Sound, has been named the new Artistic Director of the Brooklyn Philharmonic. Pierson's debut 2011-2012 season will be announced later this spring. "My goal is for the Brooklyn Philharmonic to connect with the Borough's vast, unique population through events that celebrate and reflect its incredibly diverse communities," says Pierson, "and to do so in a way that involves original music-making which will be of interest beyond Brooklyn as well. We will become 'Brooklyn's Orchestra' like never before."Read more|Journal Topics:Artist Newsalarm will sound


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Book your room at Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham Salt Lake City-Fort Union
Get an overview of this hotel3-star Salt Lake City hotel in Cottonwood Heights with free breakfast
Located in Cottonwood Heights, this hotel is 1 mi (1.7 km) from Jungle Jim's Playland and within 3 mi (5 km) of Pebblebrook Golf Links and Fashion Place Mall. Dimple Dell Nature Park and Desert Star Playhouse are also within 6 mi (10 km).
Hotel Features
A fitness center, coffee/tea in a common area, and a business center are available at this smoke-free hotel. Free buffet breakfast is provided, as well as free WiFi in public areas, free self parking, and a free area shuttle. Additionally, dry cleaning, laundry facilities, and a computer station are onsite.
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All 96 rooms feature kitchens with refrigerators, stovetops, microwaves, and dishwashers. Free WiFi and premium bedding are standard, as are LCD TVs with cable channels.Would you like to give us feedback? Share it! Opens in a new window
Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham Salt Lake City-Fort Union6990 South Park Centre Dr Salt Lake City UT 84121
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Hotel Amenities
A computer station is located on site and high-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. A business center is on site at this 3-star property. Guests are offered a complimentary breakfast each morning and a complimentary manager's reception is offered on select days. A complimentary area shuttle within 3 mi is available for guests. This business-friendly hotel also offers a fitness center, a library, and barbecue grills. Complimentary self parking is available on site. A total renovation of this property was completed in September 2013.
Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham Salt Lake City-Fort Union is a smoke-free property.
- Free area shuttle
- Barbecue grill(s)
- Business center
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Free reception
- Computer station
- Designated smoking areas
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Fitness facilities
- Free breakfast
- Free RV, bus, truck parking
- Free self parking
- Free WiFi
- Laundry facilities
- Library
- Multilingual staff
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Number of floors - 3
- Picnic area
- RV, bus, truck parking
- Smoke-free property
- Television in common areas
- Total number of rooms - 96
Family Friendly Amenities
- Area shuttle (complimentary)
- Free Wi-Fi
- Full-sized refrigerator/freezer
- Kitchen
- Laundry facilities
- Microwave
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking, RV, bus, truck parking, Free RV, bus, truck parking
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Cable TV service
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free toiletries
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Cookware, dishware, and utensils
- Daily housekeeping
- Designer toiletries
- Desk
- Dishwasher
- Free local calls
- Free WiFi
- Full-sized refrigerator/freezer
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- Kitchen
- Microwave
- Premium bedding
- Private bathroom
- Shower/tub combination
- Stovetop
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Guests are offered a complimentary hot/cold buffet breakfast each morning. A complimentary manager's reception is offered on select days.
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-in time ends at 4 AM
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is Noon
Payment types
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 50 per pet, per night (maximum USD 75 per stay)
- Dogs and cats only
- Up to 40 lb
- Restrictions apply
- For more information contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Service animals exempt from fees/restrictions
No rollaway/extra beds available
No cribs (infant beds) available
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- Pet fee: USD 50 per pet, per night (maximum USD 75 per stay)
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 10.00 per night
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- Hawthorn Suites Salt Lake
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- Hawthorn Suites Wyndham Salt Lake City-Fort Union Hotel
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The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section).


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Name Change - Frequently Asked Questions
Below are the questions we have received regarding the name change from Lakeland College to Lakeland University. We have combined some questions. If you have any additional questions, please email them to .
Do hiring managers at companies in the region perceive a difference between the terms "college" and "university" when they review candidates?
The employers in the region with whom we work most frequently are familiar with the name Lakeland, and a change from "college" to "university" is not likely to have a significant impact on their generally positive perception of our graduates. We do believe that for employers who are farther away and less familiar with Lakeland, this could have a positive impact.
When Lakeland becomes a university, will you offer more graduate degree programs than you currently offer? Would you add any Ph.D. programs?
One of the reasons Lakeland is changing its name is to showcase the graduate programs we already offer. While we are always exploring ideas for new academic programs, there is no requirement that we add new graduate programs. At this time, however, it is highly unlikely that we would add any Ph.D. level programs.
Does this change mean professors will be required to publish research?
Lakeland's professors are currently required to engage in professional development, which may include publishing research, presenting at conferences, exhibiting work, performing publicly or attending workshops, seminars or other events. These expectations will not change.
Does changing to university require that a certain percentage of the professors have a doctorate degree?
A name change does not create any different obligations in this respect. Best practice requires faculty to hold a degree one level higher than the level they are teaching, and almost all of Lakeland's full-time faculty meet this guideline. More than 82 percent of Lakeland's full-time faculty at the main campus hold credentials that are considered terminal degrees in their fields.
Is the board of trustees or executive structure changing?
No, our administrative leadership structure will continue as it currently exists. However, we have adopted a new academic structure, which is detailed as part of our announcement.
Will Lakeland be changing its logos, colors, seal and/or mascot?
Graphic elements have been updated to incorporate the change to Lakeland University. They have been unveiled here. Our mascot will not change – we will proudly continue to be known as the Muskies.
Will Lakeland change its NCAA Division III status?
No, there are no planned changes in our NCAA status as a Division III institution, or in the athletic conference we participate in currently, the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference.
May/should I use the university designation on my resume and other documents?
The decision would be up to the resume owner; however, you would be free to use Lakeland University, or to indicate "Lakeland University (formerly known as Lakeland College)."
May graduates request a new diploma with the new name?
If there is enough interest from alumni to order new diplomas, we will explore a way to make this happen.
You have listed the positives - what are the downsides to the change?
Obviously there are some costs associated with a change like this. Lakeland has worked to avoid incurring extraordinary costs and we are not immediately changing all signage and other items on which the current name exists. We have developed a timeline to change items like stationery, signage, athletic team apparel, etc., so costs can be controlled within normal budgeting cycles.


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Over-the-Air Digital TV with Linux
The Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1800 is a PCI Express x1 tuner that also supports digital (ATSC), analog (NTSC) and unencrypted cable TV signals. This card has coaxial inputs for analog cable TV, digital ATSC/QAM TV and FM radio. It also has inputs for S-Video/composite and L/R stereo audio. An integrated hardware MPEG-2 encoder offloads the system processor when recording analog TV or cable channels. Accessories include a remote control, USB IR receiver and IR transmitter cable (to control a set-top unit).
Out of the box, this tuner is not supported by Linux. However, you can get the digital (ATSC) tuner to work reliably with Ubuntu 7.10 after you build its driver (see the Building a Device Driver for Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1800 on Ubuntu 7.10 sidebar). The analog TV features for this tuner could not be evaluated under Linux, because the driver does not yet support the analog circuitry.
Building a Device Driver for Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1800 on Ubuntu 7.10
First, enable universe and multiverse package repositories, by selecting System→Administration→Software Sources from the GNOME desktop menu. Click the tab labeled Ubuntu Software, and make sure the boxes are checked for Community-maintained Open Source software (universe) and Software restricted by copyright or legal issues (multiverse). Click Close.
Next, apply all latest updates from Ubuntu by selecting System→Administration→Update Manager from the GNOME desktop menu, and apply all system updates. Then, reboot the system.
Next, launch a terminal and do sudo su (to become the root user). Install the necessary packages to build the latest v4l-dvb drivers:
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Compile the V4L DVB drivers:
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And, reboot the system.
After setting up the tuner in MythTV, I was able to view both HD and SD programs. There was no noticeable difference in picture quality compared to the USB tuners. The remote control worked well and is fully supported by LIRC (Linux Infra-Red Control) using the Windows Media Centre Remotes (new version Philips, et al.) configuration settings in LIRC. If you're a couch potato, a working remote control in MythTV is absolutely essential.
You can experience a great HDTV show on your desktop with the right equipment and some tweaking. If you're looking to build a full-fledged media center based on Linux, MythTV does it all—from program listings, Picture-in-Picture, remote control support, Web administration with MythWeb, programmable recording, to watching your favorite shows. If you're a minimalist and don't want to dedicate an entire system, Me-TV looks promising.
It goes without saying that you should do your homework before buying components for your DTV Linux system. Visit popular on-line forums, such as the MythTV Wiki, LinuxTV Wiki, Ubuntu Forums and Ubuntu Wiki to tap into the wisdom of the crowd.
In summary, my recommendations for a great DTV experience include outdoor antenna, fast multicore processor, medium to high-end video card with at least 256MB video memory and a fast high-capacity hard drive. For your desktop, the pcHDTV HD-5500 works right out of the box. The Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1800 is a close second. For your laptop, the Pinnacle PCTV HD Pro Stick and the Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-950 USB tuners work well.
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I still prefer to watch TV
I still prefer to watch TV on classic TV screens rather than on my laptop
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Skip to comments.New Homeland chief: Agency will be ready for legalization of immigrants
Posted on 02/07/2014 3:13:40 PM PST by moonshinner_09
New Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Friday he has tapped his deputy, Alejandro Mayorkas, to prepare the department for an eventual legalization program that would oversee the processing of millions of illegal immigrants into future citizens.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
So, they're moving ahead with the upcoming imperial edict?
Insanity at work!
And that is how Texas will be turned blue.
They have a Canadian company working on the complex software right now.
What could possibly go wrong?
Do we have yardarms?
Not while Mr. Obama is President, they won't.
What if they want to sign up for Obamacare on healthcare.gov? Can they handle that?
Sounds like a declaration of war to me.
If you think Anglos who currently vote Dem in Texas are going to put up with this, think again
Yup, that makes sense, with the unemployment going down and all... /s
So we'll really have to learn Chinese and Spanish; eventually English will become obsolete, is that the plan?
These folks are going to print Green Cards and Naturalization Certificates just like they print money; just great.
It used to take YEARS to get ready for a Visa just to get here, and then study to become a Citizen after 5 years of a spotless record while working and paying taxes; I guess no more then.
This is tailor made for the Republicans.
This will be implemented as well as Obamacare.
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They put up with Texas trailing only California in sheer numbers of illegals living in the state. Just look at how many border counties and cities are solidly democrat. They'll more than put up with it.
...not to worry, matters can be expedited by scheduling sunrise on an hourly basis 24/7. Push-to-shove, on the half-hour.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
So why do I observe the laws of the land?
What perc do I get for having done so? These folks come in and get freebee after freebee. They haven't worked a day for it here in their lives, except under the table, and yet they get anything they want.
I say no. They say yes. They win.
My government officials think I am the problem.
Washington D.C. is so F'd up it defy's explanation.
Not when it's in their own back yard . . . I hear what they say in private and I'll bet it carries over to the voting booth
Denial flows deep in the heart of Texas.
Won't we need 20 million new illegals to replace the 20 million we legalize?
Mayorkas was born in Cuba. I have yet to find that he is a U.S. citizen. A scandal ridden holdover from Clinton is now in charge of "citizenship". I want to cry/puke/scream/etc.
Appreciate the pessimism
And the guy at the next desk is responsible to interrogate and deport illegals?
Next homeland will open the prison doors... gotta make room for the 'real' enemy - tea party members... and folks who read conservative newspapers....
The Hispanic unemployment rate is sky high. Hispanics who are here don't have jobs.
We don't need MORE Hispanics... companies are lying about needing more illegals. It's an excuse to curry favor with democrat legislators who grant favors... There are plenty of Hispanics here who are unemployed. Who want jobs. Why aren't they being hired?
I know why ...
Our country is being flooded with illegals because they're going to become angry democrats who will be willing to abuse conservative Americans...
Translation: Agency is already involved in legalization of immigrants
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Welcome to the Computer Vision Group at RWTH Aachen University!
The Computer Vision group has been established at RWTH Aachen University in context with the Cluster of Excellence "UMIC - Ultra High-Speed Mobile Information and Communication" and is associated with the Chair Computer Sciences 8 - Computer Graphics, Computer Vision, and Multimedia. The group focuses on computer vision applications for mobile devices and robotic or automotive platforms. Our main research areas are visual object recognition, tracking, self-localization, 3D reconstruction, and in particular combinations between those topics.
We offer lectures and seminars about computer vision and machine learning.
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|2004 - present
|49 cc or 124 cc
|Top speed
|125: approx 90 km/h (56 mph). 50: 32 mph (51 km/h)[1]
|6,4KW(11hp)/7500rpm (125cc)[citation needed]
|8,0Nm(6lb-ft)/5000rpm (125cc)[citation needed]
|Automatic (centrifugal clutch) or 4-speed manual on either 50cc or 125cc
|Telescopic Fork (Front), Directly linked shock strut With monoshock (Rear)
|Single disc (260 Front, 215 Rear)
|90/90-16 (Front), 120/80-16 (Rear)(2004-2006)/90/80-16 (Front), 120/70-16 (Rear)(2007-present)
|1,235 mm
|L: 1,840 mm
W: 760 mm
H: 1,035 mm
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|95 kg (dry)
100 kg (wet)
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The Sachs MadAss is an underbone motorcycle available in a 49 cc (3.0 cu in) or 125 cc (7.6 cu in) made in China and Taiwan and distributed by German automotive company Sachs Motorcycles since 2004. The engine is based on the popular horizontal one cylinder originally used in Honda mopeds and small motorcycles from the late 1960s.
It incorporates the fuel tank into the frame and has no external bodywork or fairings. It has a stainless steel under-seat exhaust, a four-speed manual gearbox or automatic transmission and dual hydraulic disc brake. The front headlights are positioned vertically. In the US, the 49 cc model is limited to 40 mph (64 km/h) to qualify as a moped in some jurisdictions.
The MadAss has been sold in the US as the Xkeleton Trickster, and under the Pierspeed and Tomberlin brands as the MadAss. In Canada, it was also sold as the AMG Nitro.
As of December 2014, the Madass 50 is once again available in the US in 49cc form, via a new distributor, Excalibur Motorsports of Chino, California. It is CARB certified for sale and use in the state of California.
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Confused? No worries. We explain how it came to be--and how to get the song as a free download--after the jump.
Seems the clip's director, Thom Jackson, is a fan of the band's music and commissioned them to write a new song for which eh could create a music video.
"The video director asked us to write a song, so we did," says Morgan. "It was fun. He asked us to write a song for a video test, gave us a concept. We wrote it blindly and he put it to his footage."
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