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On the heels of Kirsten's excellent post summarizing the state of venture investing for education startups, I had a few thoughts. (OK, I actually had many thoughts.)
In Kirsten's post, she provides four main reasons why educational technology investments aren't happening at the same pace as investments for other kinds of startups:
The cost of doing a startup is low and continues to decline. I agree with this; however, this factor isn't unique to education startups. And in some respects education may have higher costs than advertising-driven products, particularly once the business matures (see below for an example). Also, the cost of entrepreneurs' time remains fixed, which suggests an obvious optimization for entrepreneurs: don't waste your time by meeting with VCs.
Edtech founder teams tend to work on "small ideas." Sure, although there's certainly no shortage of small ideas in social or ecommerce, and very often the ideas that seem smallest turn out to be the biggest businesses. I think the "small ideas" notion is really a bias against the fundability of a content-driven business; it misjudges the effort required to develop a minimum viable product versus the amount of time it takes to develop a minimum viable curriculum. The amount of effort it takes to develop a minimum viable product is necessarily limited. The amount of time it takes to develop a minimum viable curriculum is potentially unlimited.
The rise of edtech incubators. I actually think it's too soon to see much of an impact here. It's true there are certainly a lot of incubators now, but we may be confusing activity with results; I don't know of any incubated companies that have gone on to raise a Series A (although I'm sure Kirsten will correct me here). Also, the vast majority of edtech incubators seem to be focusing on K-12, which is a much tougher row to hoe from a business and traction perspective. Like most incubators I think that 90% of the effort here will (unfortunately) go nowhere.
Investors moving into their child-rearing years and prioritizing education (at least K-12 education) as a result of this. Maybe, sure, although you don't see investors invest in nursing homes and catheter factories just because they're starting to get old.
One of the ironies that I noticed when I was taking meetings with investors is that a typical venture investor who lists "education" as one of the industry categories he'll invest in will actually invest in between zero and one actual education companies. I talked to several investors who wouldn't invest in more than one education company because of the perception that the two companies would be competitive or otherwise conflict. This situation persists even though investors who fund ecommerce or social companies will add dozens of ecommerce and social companies to their portfolios.
(Related: more than 90% of the VCs I spoke with when I was doing VC meetings reacted with surprise when I told them that education is the #2 industry in the US. Really? You have an MBA from an elite school and you don't know what the #2 industry is? Hmm.)
The cost issue is an interesting one, although it affects every tech startup. The cost of doing an education startup may be lower than the cost of other kinds of startups, at least in the beginning, but I'm not sure that will continue to be case for the life of the business. At their core, most education startups (including my own, CodeLesson) encapsulate some kind of custom content management system. These aren't too difficult to build (we didn't even build our own — to get to market quickly we used an existing open-source learning management system). We are currently in the process of replacing this with our own system (or, to use the Sand Hill Road catch phrase, some "original intellectual property").
But there are costs, particularly in K-12 and higher education sectors, that other startups don't have to incur. For example, it's very challenging to rely upon traditional web-based distribution models (either organic or paid) for K-12 or higher-ed products. Teachers adopt products based mostly on recommendations from other teachers, and students adopt products that are given to them by teachers.
One way for ed-tech companies to get around this is to act like a traditional enterprise software company and hire a national sales team. Sales teams are expensive to start up, which is one reason why the cost of running an education startup could diverge greatly from other kinds of startups.
It may seem like insanity to spin up a national sales team for a company that essentially sells content, but the fact remains that there is one and only one home-run success in venture funding for professional education this year, and it's Lynda.com, which took a $103 million investment earlier this year. Outside observers of the company credit its simple, subscription-based business model and high-quality video content, but I'm not sure these are actually the main factors in Lynda's success. Just from looking at Lynda's penetration into higher ed (which is substantial, and almost certainly did not occur organically), I have no doubt that a large part of Lynda's traction came because they spent the last decade using feet on the street to sell their product on a site-license basis to hundreds (if not thousands) of universities and businesses across North America.
For us, there are a lot of risks to dealing with unqualified prospective investors. This can be expressed in terms of wasted time and opportunity costs, but also in terms of psychic costs; getting up at 4am to have some dick on a conference call tell me my business can't possibly scale is not what I'd call life-affirming. CodeLesson has been bootstrapped (and ramen-profitable-ish) since we launched it. We have big plans for expanding the service, adding new subject areas, and growing over time. But it's my expectation that we won't pursue any meetings with investors for CodeLesson through the end of this year, at least. If we can't quickly attract an investment that's 1) greater than what we can earn bootstrapping or 2) at least as big as investments that comparable companies in our space are attracting, there's no sensible investment deal to be made, at least from our perspective. It would be insane for us to bring a plastic knife to a bazooka fight; much better to live under a rock for a while until our better-heeled competitors with wayward business models run out of money.
(I should mention that the other reason we won't talk to investors this year is that the work we're doing on the site now should make a material difference in our traction and it wouldn't make sense for us to deal with investors until we can demonstrate that traction. But even then, since we're a paid service, if we do achieve greater traction, we still may not need investors, because to us, more traction equals more money, and it's far more appealing to fund business operations from recurring customer revenues rather than one-time investments.)
So, to Kristen's four reasons for lack of investment in ed-tech, I'd add two more:
There simply hasn't been a Google-esque home run in the educational technology space yet. If lack of past large exits is indeed a deterrent to ed-tech investment as I suspect it is, that means that investors are actually more concerned about potential returns than startup costs. And this seems natural to me, particularly if you're forced to invest on a 3-5 year timeline. It's easy for an investor to see why Contextual Advertising Network #945 is worth funding because other contextual advertising networks have done well in the past. But it's not easy to see how Video-Based Learning Site #945 is going to do since there haven't been any billion-dollar exits in video-based learning yet. (The word "yet" at the end of the sentence is key.)
The perception that education startups can't get to an exit on a timeline that venture investors are comfortable with (which is to say, 5-10 years). The gold standard here is, once again, Lynda.com, which took 12 years just to go from bootstrap to series A. That means that their current investors will be waiting another 5-10 years (at least) to see a return their $103 million. The number of venture investors who have the patience to bet on this situation is, unfortunately, small, particularly when they feel they could do as well or better in a 3-5 year timeline betting on Contextual Advertising Network #945.
So. We aren't looking for venture money right now and we won't be pursuing any anytime soon. We're more or less content to bootstrap indefinitely. I've been coding since I was a teenager and teaching professionals to code for 20 years. It's my expectation that I'll continue to do this for another 20 years, with CodeLesson as my vehicle. You can follow us on AngelList if you want, but don't expect us to post another up-and-to-the-right chart there until next year at the earliest.
In closing I should mention that I've used Lynda.com is an example for a number of points I've made here. I'm not critical of them at all; I'm a great admirer of their business and their success, and I think they're worth emulating (particularly the part where they didn't take an investment until they'd been around for 12 years). I also consider their business to be complimentary, rather than competitive, to that of CodeLesson (since Lynda sells pre-recorded videos while we sell access to expert instructors who interact with students).


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Mr. Harry Edward Monahan, of Matamoras, PA, died Sunday, May 19, 2013, at Bon Secours Community Hospital. He was 82.
He was born June 23, 1930 in Teaneck, NJ, the son of the late Harry and the late Lillian Moore Monahan.
Harry married Theresa C. Kiernan 46 years ago on January 21, 1967, in Fort Lee, NJ.
He proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy during the Occupation of Japan.
Harry was the Director of Human Resources for Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy, NJ.
He was a member of St. Joseph's R.C. Church, Matamoras, PA and the Knights of Columbus, Milford, PA.
A family statement read: "Harry was a loving and caring husband who lived life to the fullest."
Surviving are his loving wife, Theresa C. Monahan, at home; loving sister, Ann Driscoll and her husband, Harold of Toms River, NJ; four loving sisters-in-law and two brothers-in-law, also several nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at the Gray-Parker Funeral Home, 100 E. Main St., Port Jervis on Wednesday, May 22nd, from 3 to 7 p.m. Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, May 23rd, with a 10:15 a.m. Prayer at the funeral home, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. in St. Joseph's R.C. Church, 307 Ave. F., Matamoras, PA, with Rev. August A. Ricciardi officiating. Burial, with Military Honors, will be at St. Mary's Cemetery, Port Jervis, NY.
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Adapted from the play by Eugene ONeill
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ONeills Marco Millions is still on the money
By Scott Harrah
Marco Millions, a poetic, floridly written satire of the 13th century Asian travels of Italian explorer Marco Polo, is one of Eugene ONeills lesser known, misunderstood, and perhaps most controversial plays. It was originally produced on Broadway in 1928 with lavish costumes and a cast of 19, including the legendary Alfred Lunt. It was revived again two years later and then didnt appear on the New York stage until 1964, with a pared-down cast in a production at Lincoln Center that received tepid reviews. Although it was never a critical or commercial sensation in New York, Marco Millions was still an immensely popular American staple in countless regional productions nationwideas intellectually engaging to audiences and reviewers in Middle America as Strange Interlude and Long Days Journey Into Night. Although the material is obscure indeed, Marco Millions is nonetheless a perfect play with which the talented experimental New York theater troupe Waterwell works its avant-garde magic.
With a live orchestra, a minimal set and a small but very competent cast, Marco Millions confronts the misunderstandings about race, class, anti-Semitism in the Middle East, Western imperialism and religious intoleranceall topics that seem ripped out of todays headlines. Five actors Rodney Gardner, Hanna Cheek, Arian Moayed, Tom Ridgley and Kevin Townley bring to resonant life ONeills string of stories about Marco Polo with a sense of excoriating irony and sarcastic verve about Western greed and materialism. There are various references to 21st century terms such as politically correct that obviously werent in the original 1928 script. But this is a play that remains relevant. Marco Millions is a parody of Western attitudes in both the Far East and the Arab world, places where Christian moral attitudes and the European way of life and colonialism were never quite embraced, either in 1271, 1928 or even the new millennium.
Through several clever vignettes delivered vaudeville-style, with rhyming songs, amusing dance steps and baroque monologues, ONeill stabs the satirical needle into Marco Polos journeys to China, ancient Persia and India, and demonstrates how he introduced paper currency and European ideology to a reluctant and skeptical public in far-away lands along the Silk Road. Polo promised to marry a beautiful Venetian woman, but after traveling to Mongolia, he was asked to escort Princess Koekecin to Persia to marry a man shed never met, Arghun Khan of Persia, and during the journey to the Middle East she began to fall in love with the Italian explorer. When they finally arrive in the ancient kingdom, the princess is shattered when she learns the tragic truth about her royal betrothed and the fact that Polo is already engaged.
Theatrical historians have contended that Marco Millions was ONeills irreverent reaction to Americas post-World War I prosperity and sense of global domination, but if anything, this is a story about Marco Polos misguided sensibilities in regions of the world he never quite understood. Today it almost seems like a thinly veiled account of George W. Bush and Tony Blairs quest to force-feed democracy to war-torn nations that are content to maintain their traditions and governments without American and British intervention.
The historical accuracy of Marco Polos infamous autobiography has been debated throughout the ages, and Waterwell pokes much fun at the explorers outrageous claims, such as his anecdote about seeing Asians whose faces resembled surrealistic dogs. Despite the many send-ups of whats fact and merely Marco Polos alleged speculation about Eastern myths, Marco Millions is essentially a tragedy about the disintegration of ideals and the unethical quest for commerce.
Since Marco Millions has not been performed in New York in more than 40 years and there are few copies of the original script available, it is difficult indeed to know how much of ONeills original script remains intact in this production. However, the cast is outstanding, most notably narrator Kevin Townley and the marvelous Hanna Cheek, the companys only female member. With her lush singing voice and a sense of heartbreaking vulnerability, the eloquent Cheek gives Marco Millions the poignancy and veracity that seems true to ONeills dramatic intentions.
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For the sixth year in a row, the Dakar Rally will race in South America, though the iconic rally race is mixing things up, and is dropping its route through Peru for one that includes Bolivia instead. The Dakar will keep Argentina and Chile on its 2014 course schedule, and the two countries will comprise the majority of the race's torturous test of its competitors.
The 2014 Dakar Rally will have longer special stages, as well as several marathon stages (stages where only the competitor can do mechanical work on his/her machine, not the mechanics). Taking riders and drivers though Argentina's northwest canyons and sandy valleys, it should be an especially grueling edition of the historic race.


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June 2013 US Auto Sales Forecast: Overall Unit Sales Will Decline From May, But Expect The Best June Since 2007; Ford Up By As Much As 14.8%; GM Reels In Incentives, But Still Spends The Most
[UPDATE June 2, 2013] Here are the June 2013 U.S. sales results for Chrysler, Ford and General Motors. Here are the June 2013 U.S. sales results for Volkswagen.
Here is a first-half 2013 summary of U.S. sales by the Detroit Three.
Here is a first-half summary of U.S. sales from Japan's top automakers.
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The world's Big 8 automakers will release their U.S. June sales numbers on Tuesday, and industry watchers expect them to collectively report the best June since 2007, before the 18-month economic recession that sent car sales plummeting.
"The first half of 2013 was every bit as strong as the auto industry could expect at the beginning of the year, and there's no reason why the next six months can't maintain the same momentum," said Jessica Caldwell, senior analyst at automotive-information provider Edmunds.com.
Improvements in U.S. housing, employment and consumer confidence amount to a trifecta win for the auto industry in the first six months of the year. Most automakers are expected to report year-over-year sales growth in June. The Ford Motor Co. (NYSE:F) is expected to see growth of between 13 percent and 14.8 percent, while the Hyundai Motor Co. (KRX:005380) and Kia Motors Corp. (KRX:000270) could be the only carmakers to see sales contract in low single digits.
The country's top auto-market watchers estimate that the seasonally adjusted annual rate, or SAAR, of auto sales -- an important metric that gauges the health of the auto industry from month to month -- to be about 15.6 million units. Overall U.S. unit sales of cars and light trucks in June could be about 1.36 million, including government and company fleet sales, down from 1.44 million in May. Typically, auto sales are lower in June than they are in May because of the temporary sales pickup associated with passage of the April 15 U.S. income-tax filing deadline.
The last time the June SAAR of auto sales was higher than 15.6 million was in 2007, when it hit 15.8 million. Both figures are still considerably lower than the 16 million to 17 million seen in the early 2000s, but much higher than the 10.4 million seen in 2009 amid the auto-industry crisis that sent the General Motors Co. (NYSE:GM) and Chrysler Group LLC into reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, as they sought bailout money from U.S. taxpayers.
Americans are currently buying new vehicles at a pre-recession pace despite lackluster macroeconomic indicators, such as 1.8 percent growth in gross domestic product in the first quarter and about 175,000 jobs a month being created, which is just enough to maintain the current unemployment rate at around 7.6 percent but not enough to push it down.
Nevertheless, purchases of cars and light trucks are continuing at a pace that could push the U.S. auto market into full recovery mode by next year, when annual new-car-sales numbers could approach pre-recession levels.
Fueling that demand is the strong American appetite for pickup trucks, especially the Ford F-150 and the Dodge Ram, and the recently upgraded swath of crossover SUVs.
"Compact crossovers will capture more market share than ever before at 13 percent, fueled by recent redesigns of the Ford Escape, Honda CR-V and Toyota RAV4," said Alec Gutierrez of the automotive-valuation company Kelley Blue Book, or KBB. "Sales of the midsize segment are expected to be relatively flat year-over-year."
Midsize sedans are traditionally the most popular style -- more than 200,000 were probably sold in the U.S. in June -- but only the demand for pickup trucks is higher than the demand for crossovers right now. KBB expects truck sales to climb in June by 18.9 percent, to about 164,000, and crossover sales to rise by 18 percent, to roughly 177,000. As IBTimes reported this month, subprime auto lending -- i.e., loans to comparatively high-risk borrowers who pay extra because of their increased repo risk -- has ticked up, but it is not at a level that appears to have raised any red flags.
The auto industry is also still creating new jobs and bringing back previously laid-off workers for extra hours this summer to meet demand, but the job-creation rate has passed its peak in this cycle of the industry. It doesn't mean demand is declining, but it does suggest the industry is approaching the capacity needed to meet demand.
Of the eight largest automakers, all but Volkswagen AG (ETR:VOW3) have reeled in incentive spending from May to June. Five of these companies -- Volkswagen, Chrysler, Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE:TM), Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (NYSE:HMC) and Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. (TYO:7201) -- have also dropped incentive spending in June from last year to this year.
Incentive spending -- encompassing what car companies offer as rebates on purchases -- eats into profit, so the higher they spend to lure customers, the lower their margins.
"Incentive spending will reach its lowest level in the month of June since 2002, with the exception of 2011, when inventories were affected by the [Tohoku earthquake and tsunami] natural disaster in Japan," said Kristen Anderson, analyst for auto-information provider TrueCar.com.
The Detroit Three automakers continue their trend of spending more than the overall average of $2,537 per sale to get people to buy. GM tops the list of TrueCar's June estimate on incentive spending with $3,513 per sale, 3.8 percent below May but 8.4 percent above June of last year.
Honda, typically ranked low on offering incentives, reeled in what it was offering before by the most, to $1,690 per sale, a 26.5 percent drop from June of last year.
Since May, GM is expected to see its market share rise by 1 percentage point, to 18.5 percent, while Toyota is expected to have lost the most ground in June, seeing its share of the U.S. market fall 0.5 percentage point, to 13.9 percent, according to Edmunds.com.
Jeep sales were likely hit by the spat between Chrysler and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: Chrysler first said it would not issue a voluntary recall covering 2.7 million Jeep Grand Cherokees and Jeep Libertys going back as far as 1993, but later relented due to concerns about its reputation. Nevertheless, strong pickup-truck sales by the group's Dodge and Ram brands could push company sales in June higher by 10 percent compared with the same month last year.
Check back with IBTimes on Tuesday to see how these estimates fared against the actual numbers.


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Fibre up, broadband up, IPTV up in Europe
Fibre-to-home numbers up 43 per cent
Broadband World Forum Numbers announced at the Broadband World Forum point to a continued rise in fibre deployments, with the dual conclusions that Lithuania and Norway are the most fibred up countries and that both Hungary and the Ukraine are joining the world's leading 'fibre to the home' (FTTH) economies, with a sudden burst of pace.
The report came from French researcher iDate and showed that Europe enjoyed a 24 per cent rise in the number of fibre-to-the-home subscribers in the first half of 2011. The work was carried out on behalf of the FTTH Council Europe.
The report excluded the prodigious Russia, which is laying fibre like there is no tomorrow, and showed that there are now 5 million fibre-to-the-home or fibre-to-the-building broadband subscribers to June 2011. Fibre deployments now pass 28 million homes.
If you add Russia, which added 964,000 new fibre subs in the first half, taking the country to a total of 5.15 million, then Europe has 10.2 million customers and passes 39.8 million homes. No one else ever includes Russia in their European figures, but a curious preference for fibre, driven as much by low labour costs, and the green field nature of many sites and a complete lack of copper in some parts of the country, makes it a hotbed of fibre.
Baltic countries and Europe's new member states are beginning to copy Russia because of some similar circumstances, which is why Hungary and the Ukraine are now ranked 11th and 16th in fibre percentage penetration respectively with 235,055 and 450,000 subs.
The report points out that each of the top 10 FTTH nations has a penetration rate of at least 6 per cent, with countries like the UK, Germany and Spain not featured in the ranking. The FTTH Council Europe may think this is a disaster, we think that is because of the infrastructure is already in place in those countries, and shows that ISPs are going through the gears of DSL, with resulting lower cost deployments.
Meanwhile Point Topic, which collects data for the Broadband Forum, announced that IPTV has now passed 50 million subscribers globally in its latest report.
It says that broadband growth is steady with 558 million homes, up 29 million in first six months of 2011 and that France remains the largest IPTV country with 50 per cent of its broadband customers now subscribing to IPTV.
It also makes some noises about FTTH and FTTx technologies which it says are now 14.8 per cent of the global broadband market share, which when taken with the iDate figures really shows how far behind Western Europe is, and will continue to be.
Point Topic said that service providers are pushing for more PON (passive optical network) product interoperability, to help drive out testing overhead and stimulate more competitive pricing for fibre.
In broadband generally the Asian markets have put on 55.5 per cent of the total net additions in the year to end of June 2011, and 61 per cent of the net additions in the quarter. China continues to dominate the world rankings for broadband, accounting for over 45.7 per cent of all subscriptions added in the quarter and 39.9 per cent in the 12 months to June 2011. In terms of percentage growth during the year, Brazil and Russia in fact outpaced the top 10 countries, with increases of over 20 per cent for the 12 months to June 2011.
"India, currently at number 11, is likely to break into the top 10 by the end of the year at the latest," predicts Point Topic's Oliver Johnson. "Given the growth rates in India and Mexico currently and the headroom they have left to expand they could well force their way into one of the top spots soon," says Johnson.
Finally it says that IPTV will reach 60 million subscriptions just in the EU by 2020, about three times the number it has now, with Europe also growing to 160 million broadband subscribers by 2020.
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As you may recall, back in July a rabid bat was discovered at Madison Park. It was scary stuff, leading at least one intrepid reporter to wonder if zombie bats would be soon to follow.
So far, no zombie bats. But that may soon change, as yet another rabid bad was discovered clinging to the bottom of a tree on the playground at Madison Park last Saturday, according to the King County Public Health department.
Whoa, you're surely saying. Two rabid bats at the same park in one summer? Surely, something must be afoot ...
Not so fast, according to one local veterinarian and medical epidemiologist.
"This bat was from a different, more solitary species than the rabid bat found at Madison Park beach earlier this summer," Dr. Meagan Kay informs in an official Public Health department press release. "This tells us that the two cases were an unusual coincidence, not suggestive of an outbreak among local bat colonies."
That's not to say precautions weren't taken - and shouldn't still be taken. According to the Public Health department, after the rabid bat was discovered a grounds crew taped off the area and called animal control. Meanwhile, anyone who touched or had contact of any kind with the bat is urged to call the Public Health department ASAP, as, according to the press release, "Anyone who touched or had contact with the bat or its saliva could be at risk to develop rabies, which is almost always fatal once symptoms begin." Luckily, the release continues, "Rabies can be prevented if treatment is given before symptoms appear."


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Shelonda Stokes has a vision for this year's African American Festival — and it's a whopper.
In her second year producing the festival, she's already excited about one of its new features: a fitness-craving flashmob, with enough people to earn a place in the Guinness Book of World Records, bopping and gyrating to the tune of Beyonce singing "Move Your Body." That part's all planned and ready to go.
Now here's the dream part: One of those dancers leading the way is first lady Michelle Obama.
"We've asked everybody see what they can do to get her here," she said. "We haven't gotten a yes, but haven't gotten a no, either."
Yes, getting the first lady to bring her campaign against childhood obesity to Baltimore would be huge. But even without her, this year's musical lineup, which includes Musiq Soulchild, Chante Moore, Salt-N-Pepa and Kurtis Blow, should be enough to energize the hundreds of thousands expected to make their way to the 16-acre fairgrounds, set up on the parking lot between M&T Bank Stadium and Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
Fire Department officials estimated last year's crowd at 540,000, Stokes said.
"For this community, this festival is truly a celebration of our life, our music and our culture," she said. And the diverse nature of that culture, with so many groups adding something to the mix, makes a festival like this even more of a cause for celebration.
"Within the African-American community, quite often you have people who will say, 'We're Africans in America,' or people who will say, 'We're Africans.' There are so many different aspects of the African-American people — to have a celebration of them means that we're kind of pulling all of those strands together. This is an opportunity for all of us to really show and celebrate together."
The African-American Festival, a successor to the fabled City Fair of old, has been a Baltimore mainstay for 34 years. This year's edition continues its latter-day tradition of strong musical lineups, with Saturday devoted to R&B and Sunday to "The Legends of Hip-Hop."
Saturday's headliners include Musiq Soulchild, Chante Moore and Elle Varner, while Sunday's lineup features Salt-N-Pepa, MC Lyte, Big Daddy Kane, Slick Rick and Kurtis Blow. Other acts will be taking to the festival's three stages throughout the weekend, Stokes promises.
"Everybody wants to perform at this festival," she said. "Everybody wants to get in, and there's only so much space."
But as powerful as the music promises to be, Stokes said she's most excited by several new features of this year's festival, including areas devoted to fashion, fitness and even a Ferris wheel.
The festival's Fashion Alley will feature boutiques devoted to hair and skin care, with experts on hand to offer tips — "a chance for people to come down and learn how," Stokes said. For those who like to look and dream, the festival's first-ever fashion show is set for 6 p.m. Saturday on the main stage.
Also new this year is the "Get Moving" complex. Even if Stokes' dream fizzles and the first lady doesn't make an appearance, plenty of other people will. And with activities that include rock climbing and basketball, they should all get quite a workout.
The festival will also feature a Morgan State University-sponsored "Be What I Want To Be" section, with career guidance and interviews with prospective employers, as well as health testing.
Stokes sounds especially excited about the expanded kids' area, which will include a bobsled ride and that 50-foot Ferris wheel.
"We want to bring back all of those rides that we think about from the days of the old City Fair," she said.
Of course, there's exciting, and then there's exciting. Sure, the Ferris wheel is cool, but Stokes really becomes animated at the prospect of Michelle Obama showing up. In the deluxe version of Stokes' dream, even Beyonce herself makes an appearance.
"Oh man, then we'd shut down Baltimore," she said with a hearty laugh. "Then we probably couldn't produce the festival anymore, because there's no way we could ever top that."
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(Reuters) - Data storage equipment maker NetApp Inc reported third-quarter results that beat market estimates on growth in its services business, and forecast current-quarter adjusted earnings above expectations.
The company expects adjusted earnings of 65 cents to 70 cents per share on revenue of between $1.70 billion and $1.80 billion for the fourth quarter.
Analysts were expecting adjusted earnings of 65 cents per share on revenue of $1.75 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Revenue from services rose 14 percent to $340.8 million in the third quarter, while sales in its core equipment business, which contributes about 70 percent to revenue, was marginally lower at $1.06 billion.
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Georgens also flagged concerns on the debt crisis in Europe and U.S. federal spending.
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Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) contributed about 30 percent to total sales of $6.23 billion for the year ended April 27, 2012.
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Analysts had expected adjusted earnings of 56 cents per share on revenue of $1.62 billion.
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Cosby's eyesight will have an effect on the cases of sexual abuse filed against him because he will be unable to recognize his accusers, lawyers said. They also mentioned that a doctor's report will be provided that the pretrial that is scheduled to begin Tuesday. In Massachusetts, where Cosby registered, legal blindness is defined as 20/200 or less while wearing glasses.
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Governor's race: Is our hair on fire?
copyright the Chronicle 10-31-2012
by Bethany M. Dunbar
"When your hair is on fire, you don't call for a moratorium while you go put your hair out," said Governor Peter Shumlin.
Mr. Shumlin's point is that the planet is facing a global crisis, and with oil going regularly up to $4 a gallon and the effects of climate change being felt everywhere including Vermont, "We can't get off oil quickly enough."
In the Northeast Kingdom two major wind turbine projects are — depending on your point of view — either a tribute to his efforts to make renewable energy happen quickly, or a symbol of top-down government that allows little local control.
One can't say there is no local control involved because host towns have had an opportunity to vote on whether or not they want these projects.
"I happen to think they're beautiful," said Mr. Shumlin. "I am sympathetic and empathetic to those who are not in favor."
He said any town that votes a project down should not have to host it, and he's made that opinion clear to the three-member Public Service Board (appointed by the Governor) that makes decisions on wind projects.
"I think the Public Service Board process works," he said.
All that doesn't stop neighbors in towns that suffer equal or more effects from wind projects and don't have a vote, and don't get property tax benefits, from getting frustrated.
That frustration is part of the platform of two of the Governor's opponents. Republican Randy Brock, formerly the state's auditor and currently a state senator, supports a moratorium and says Vermont's already got the cleanest energy portfolio of any state.
"The whole industrial wind thing is an issue for so many people," he said. He was one of the co-sponsors of the moratorium. "I don't think we've really done the homework."
"When we blow off the mountaintops it has an impact on all the surrounding towns and all of Vermont," he said. "I'm concerned about the effect on the aesthetics and the ecosystems," he said. "I'm also concerned about the economic issues."
He said Vermont does not actually use much coal or oil. Mainly our electric power comes from nuclear power, natural gas, and hydroelectricity. Coal and oil account for only 3.3 percent of Vermont's electrical energy, he said.
He said while he supports renewables for the future, "the technology isn't here." For one thing, it's still too expensive, he said. That means by building it now, poor and working class Vermonters are footing the bill for corporations to get into renewables.
"What I see here is Robin Hood in reverse."
He said building renewables in Vermont could cost the state jobs as the cost of electricity goes up too high, and companies like IBM start taking a closer look at their expenses. IBM pays 25 percent less for electricity in one nearby state and 50 percent less in Canada.
Annette Smith is the executive director of Vermonters for a Clean Environment. She got into the race for governor late — reluctantly at first, and mainly because people asked her to. She was narrowly defeated in the Primary for a Progressive nomination, which means her name is not on the ballot. But she is continuing as a write-in. The winner of the Progressive nomination, Martha Abbott, stepped down, saying the party agrees with Governor Shumlin on two of the issues most important to the party — closing the aging, dangerous Vermont Yankee nuclear plant and health care. Yet the party stopped short of endorsing Mr. Shumlin.
Ms. Smith said voters who want more local control should write in her name. She has a history of figuring out strategies for fighting back against corporations that seem to want to roll over the regular people at times.
"I do have a process that has worked and made me very effective," she said. She said her preference is not to "break the rules but redefine the rules."
"This campaign is not just about wind. It's about local control."
Asked her position on the jobs and the economy, she said, "I see nothing but opportunities in Vermont. We have a tremendously intellectual population and skilled people."
She said a lot of people look at economic development as an effort to bring in large manufacturing companies, but she would like to see more new small ones starting up.
"I see the capital we have right here in Vermont being put to use," she said.
On that she and Mr. Brock agree. He said jobs and the economy are the number one issue for him.
"We've got to grow our economic pie instead of figuring out how to cut it up," he said. He said his first task as Governor will be to go around to all the welcome centers and where the signs say, "Welcome to Vermont" he will add one underneath it: "Open for business."
"We need to change the perception that Vermont isn't open for business," he said. He said Vermont is open, and the permits that developers need to obtain are not unnecessary. "Our environment is really important. We don't want Vermont to look like New Jersey." He said sometimes it's a matter of changing the emphasis of people who handle the permit process. He said when a developer comes in the door, the state permit workers should adopt an attitude that the permits are important but "my job is to help you be successful."
He would like to set up a micro loan program for people who are unemployed and want to start a business instead of just getting a job.
"We have a lot of talented people that are unemployed," he said.
Mr. Shumlin gives high priority to job creation as well, and he points out that he's had considerable success in that area. He said Vermont has the fifth lowest unemployment rate in the country, and is the only state that saw income growth in the past two years.
"I promised that I would focus on job creation like a laser," he said. In Newport to celebrate a contract for helmets at the Revision Military helmet plant earlier this month, Governor Shumlin said, in an interview after the press conference, the recent announcement by Bill Stenger and others about 5,000 to 10,000 jobs for the area is wonderful news.
To those who are nervous about possible consequences from the development, Mr. Shumlin said fear of change is always going to be a factor for people, but this is good news. Put in perspective, 5,000 people is not a huge number, he said — Jay Peak might have that many on the slopes on a busy day in the winter.
"Let's rejoice in the simple fact," he said. Issues of infrastructure for those jobs can certainly be solved, he said.
Mr. Shumlin worked on a bill that changed the wording of state law to make Vermont government documents more open and accessible to the press and the public, and he said if re-elected he will continue those efforts.
There are currently over 200 exceptions to a state law that says government records should be open to the public. Instead of trying to comb through them all at once and get rid of unnecessary exceptions, the Governor said he wants to take one area at a time, starting with the courts and police.
Governor Shumlin might be best known for his support of a single-payer government health care plan that would make sure all Vermonters have access to affordable health care. It is a lofty goal, and the Legislature has passed a law to move in that direction. But that next step is dependent on federal funds that are most likely dependent on the re-election of President Barack Obama.
Meanwhile, Mr. Shumlin's challengers both say they are not convinced it's the way to go, or maybe not exactly as proposed.
Ms. Smith said she is in favor of single-payer, but believes the state must get a handle on costs and offer choices to patients.
"I would like us to move much more toward consumer-driven health care," said Mr. Brock. He said there are steps that can be taken right away to address many of the concerns Vermonters have about health care, including making the costs of every procedure transparent. At a gut level, he believes competition would drive the costs down and increase the quality better than a government plan would do.
Health care is one-sixth of Vermont's economy at $5-billion, he said, and a board of five unelected people should not be the ones making all the decisions. He'd like to look at what some other states are doing, including Maine, he said.
"Is there a reason that 49 other states are not doing what we are doing?" he asked.
Emily Peyton, who is running for Governor as an independent, made a campaign swing through Barton, but efforts to arrange a time for an interview were not successful. Ms. Peyton is from Putney. She has a background in videography and supports organics, industrial hemp, and holistic health. Cris Ericson is a candidate under the United States Marijuana Party in Vermont. Dave Eagle is the Liberty Union Party candidate and calls himself an information technology refugee.
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"I wanted to go to Sacramento to advocate on behalf of UC Hastings students because I believe deeply in the public service mission of UC Hastings." - 2L Jessie Cassella, Local Government Chair of the Hastings Advocacy Committee (HAC), President of the Hastings Government Law Organization (GLO), and one of the organizers of the recent Day in Sacramento.
The "Day in Sacramento," now an annual event, has three goals: 1) to engage legislators in discussing UC Hastings and its mission as a public law school, 2) educate lawyers who will serve the legal needs of all Californians, and 3) to continue UC Hastings' venerable legacy of producing leaders of the bar, the private sector, and government.
"UC Hastings students who are committed to public service and public interest are extremely passionate about the work that they do," said Cassella, "and it is vital that we ensure a sound financial future for them and many others who will dedicate their lives to improving the lives of others."
UC Hastings advocacy teams spent the day meeting with legislators and staff.
UC Hastings Board of Director Mary Noel Pepys joined this year's event and participated in several of the meetings. "This is what's great about UC Hastings," said Pepys. "Two words: public interest."
"It's great what you guys are doing," agreed one Senate Fellow who met with students. "I really like the focus on public service."
Advocates kicked off the event in the State Capitol meeting over a continental breakfast in the café in the basement level of the restored building. Chancellor & Dean Frank H. Wu then provided an overview briefing and assignments were given to the UC Hastings advocacy teams who spent the day meeting with legislators and staff. At day's end, students had conducted more than thirty meetings.
UC Hastings sponsored this event in collaboration with partner student organizations ASUCH and the Hastings Advocacy Committee. The Hastings Government Law Organization also provided support, and Joseph J. Babich '80 hosted a lively reception and debriefing at the Sutter Club.
"It was an amazing experience to advocate in Sacramento on behalf of UC Hastings students and educate legislators and their staff about the great public interest work that UC Hastings students do," said Cassella. "We received a lot of positive feedback because they know that UC Hastings is the law school for those who want to pursue careers in public service and public interest."


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You've started dating, but aren't ready to get engaged. What might your relationship look like during this "in between" time?
Before continuing with this article, please review the preamble included at the beginning of this series, "Biblical Dating: How It's Different From Modern Dating."
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PART 5: Navigating the Early Stages of a Relationship »
My last article, "Biblical Dating: Navigating the Early Stages of a Relationship," sought to apply some of the principles we've discussed in this series to the early stages of a dating relationship.
We talked about how to establish intentions for the early stages, appropriate topics of conversation, types of dates and level of emotional investment. The idea in all of that was not to establish a level of emotional (or certainly physical) intimacy that would imply marriage (defrauding one another), and result in a de facto emotional divorce if things don't work out. Our goal in dating as Christians is to save marital levels of interaction for marriage itself; to care well for the other person's soul, to be different from the world and so to bring glory to God.
This time, I want to apply some of the same principles we've been thinking about to a relationship that moves beyond the "early stages" and gets serious.
The essential line to walk here is to get to know one another better so that you can make a responsible and informed decision about marriage, but without acting married in the process and without violating 1 Thessalonians 4's admonition not to defraud and mistreat one another. Let's look at how this stage might play out by considering some of the same issues we looked at for the early stage.
Clarity and intentions should be established when things move from "testing the waters" to "yeah, the water's fine." Don't assume that because you agreed to start dating or courting (presumably with the intention to determine whether marriage was the right thing) you (or your partner) will "just know" when things begin to progress. In the design of a relationship that we're carving out here, caring well for one another means we can't place too high a premium on being clear.
Guys, again the brunt of the work falls to you here. If you've gone through the early stage of the relationship and truly feel before God (to whom you will give account for your decision) that you should begin to get more intimately involved with this woman because you think marriage to her is a good possibility, you have to tell her.
Tell her that you have loved getting to know her, that you find her a godly woman, that you are interested in pursuing a more serious relationship with her for a finite period of time, basically to see if there are any clear obstacles (in terms of beliefs or affections or goals or personalities) to the two of you getting married.
Finally, you should tell her that if she does not find herself in the same place in terms of her feelings about the relationship (or if she becomes certain at any point moving forward that she is not interested in marriage to you), she should break up with you immediately.
Be clear. Be honest. Be deliberate. Is this scary? Sure. Will it feel a little forced or awkward? Maybe, but being deliberate and clear about where the relationship is need not suck all the fun, spontaneity and feeling out of the whole affair. In fact, many women tell me they deeply appreciate such clarity. Let me also reiterate that, like asking someone to date initially, this conversation is not a proposal, and neither person is committing to marry the other at this point. It's just a marker to say things are going well, and as far as you're concerned, the game is changing. If done well, it should actually put you both at ease moving forward.
Obviously, as your relationship progresses, the two of you will probably spend more time together than in the early stage, and more of that time will be spent alone together. That's OK to a point, as you will need to have some more serious discussions about major issues.
That said, it is still dangerous to spend time together alone in a private setting. Temptation in this area is easily underestimated, and it is very difficult to regain discipline and backtrack once you have sinned physically. Spend time in public. Remember those long candle-light dinners in restaurants I suggested were unadvisable in the early stages of a relationship? They can actually be good at this stage — especially when compared to long nights "chatting" on the couch at one of your apartments. Even at this stage in the relationship, there is still no reason or need for the two of you to be alone in one of your apartments together. For the sake of purity, be very careful about how and where you spend time together.
In getting to know one another more intimately, there will also be some changes in some of the topics that are appropriate to discuss. You may, at this point, begin to get to know your potential partner at a more deeply spiritual level. You can share testimonies, talk more deeply about who you are, goals, hopes for your life's ministry (should the Lord tarry and give you many more years). As I've mentioned before, you should also discuss things like important theological issues and where you're comfortable going to church — to make sure the two of you are basically on the same page.
You should find one of two things as you have this these conversations regarding goals and anticipated ministries; there should either be a good deal of commonality between your goals and visions, or there should be significant flexibility on the part of the woman (who would one day be called to submit to her husband's headship with regard to career, direction of the family, etc.). Things will likely be very difficult down the road if one of you feels strongly called to a particular life or ministry that the other would absolutely dread.
You can also discuss things like interests, family, emotional issues, etc. in greater detail if it looks like things could be headed toward marriage, but caution is always in order as you get more deeply involved.
Also, do clearly discuss limits on your physical involvement (in other words, reiterate that there will not be one) and put methods of adhering to those limits in place. That said, don't make physical involvement — even a lack thereof — a frequent topic of conversation. That in and of itself can become a temptation — and the more you go over it and over it in your mind, the stronger the desire becomes and the less egregious the sin becomes (in your own mind, that is).
Finally, keep in mind that it is still not advisable to have long, intimate prayer times together at this stage. The situation has obviously changed somewhat, but that is still too tempting and too intimate. Pray with the people that are watching over your relationship. For that matter, go back over the list of topics I just talked about. Feel free to have any of those discussions in the presence of people you both trust or who are counseling you about the relationship.
Obviously, I've talked about this stage as being more emotionally intimate than the early days of a relationship, and I realize that in this day and age, many people feel that they must know the person they marry better than any other human being on the planet before they marry him or her. I generally think that is a wrong assumption and that such an approach leads to a lot of emotional "marriages" outside of actual marriage that are not biblical or healthy. Remember that in Scripture, we don't see deeply intimate romantic relationships outside of marriage — or if we do, they're described as sinful.
Because of that, let me suggest, even as you assess at this heightened level whether marriage is right, that you limit your emotional (and, of course, physical) intimacy. Put that person on your list of confidants, but do not make that person your primary emotional outlet. As I wrote last month, that will be incredibly hard to do, but trust me when I say that that discipline and care for the other person will serve you well, whether you end up married or not.
This later, more intimate stage should not be used by either person to "drink deeply" of a level of companionship that feels good for its own sake. It's not intended to give you a forum to "play married" and see how it works. It should not be drawn out. I cannot, as a biblical matter, give you a specific timeline here. As a practical matter, I think we're talking a matter of several months, not a year or two.
Guys, the woman you're dating can and should end the relationship if she realizes she doesn't want to marry you. But you are the guiding force in the relationship. It's incumbent upon you to move the relationship deliberately. This stage should be short, deliberate and limited.
Accountability is even more important as the relationship deepens than it was in the early stages. It should still be frequent, personal, local and tough. At this point though, more questions need to be added to the list. Not just "are you staying pure physically?" and all the emotionally equivalent questions, but "what are you doing?" "Where is this going?" "What kind of time frame are we talking about before some clear action is taken?" should be a regular part of conversations.
So those are a few suggestions for handling a relationship as things progress. Again, these are practical suggestions about how to apply biblical principles we've discussed before. It will certainly look different from relationship to relationship, and that's OK — even good. Keep the underlying biblical principles in mind, seek to live them out faithfully, and the Lord will be glorified.
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Believers constantly live their lives according to what the All-Merciful and Most Merciful has revealed in the Qur'an. No matter where they are, they display a moral character that pleases Allah and avoid any behavior that displeases Him. In His mercy, Allah gave Islam to humanity, a religion that is easy to follow and results in a good and contented way of life. From the Qur'an, we can see that Islam's requirements are extremely easy, because "Allah desires ease for you; He does not desire difficulty for you" (Surat al-Baqara, 185).
Due to His compassion and mercy, all true religions contain rules that are very easy to obey. The various attempts made throughout history to deviate from the essence of religion and to prevent people from living according to it have added several enforced practices and myths to it. When such distortions become firmly established and self-generating traditions, people, either with or without their knowledge, become far removed from the religious morality. One of the most dangerous of these distorted beliefs is that it is hard to live according to the religious morality. However, both Allah and our Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) state that it is very easy for believers to follow this morality.
As with everything else that exists, Allah has created human beings from nothing. With full knowledge of them, as well as being closer to them than their jugular veins, He created religion in such a way that it fully corresponds with each person's inherent human nature:
So set your face firmly toward the Religion, as a pure natural believer, Allah's natural pattern on which He made humanity. There is no changing Allah's creation. That is the true Religion – but most people do not know it. (Surat ar-Rum, 30)
The Qur'an is a clear teaching that anyone, regardless of age and culture, can understand. The oft-heard assertion that this is not true is based mainly on people's ignorance of Islam's essence. Today, many people are unaware of the truths revealed in the Qur'an, the existence of the Afterlife, the pangs of Hell, the incomparable blessings of Paradise, and of what He has revealed concerning various matters. However, the Qur'an was sent down so that people could read it, know its wisdom, and learn the purpose of life:
It's revealed in the Qur'an that: "And [I have been ordered] to recite the Qur'an." (Surat an-Naml, 92)
A Muslim's greatest responsibility is to read the Qur'an and live according to It. The Qur'an is clear, and everyone who reads It can understand It. But only those whom Allah guides to the straight path can apply Its morality to their lives. Allah promises to guide everyone who turns to Him in complete sincerity. Those who assert that the Qur'an is hard to understand seek to prevent others from reading it, turning toward Allah, and living according to its moral teachings. However, Allah says in many verses that the Qur'an is clear and understandable:
We have sent down Clear Signs to you, and no one rejects them except the deviators. (Surat al-Baqara, 99)
O humanity! A clear proof has come to you from your Lord. We have sent down a Clear Light to you. (Surat an-Nisa, 174)
Allah has been pleased to choose the religion of Islam for humanity; moreover, the rules and practice of the Qur'an are very simple. In its verses, Allah says of the Qur'an:
We did not send down the Qur'an to you to make you miserable, but only as a reminder for those who fear [and respect Allah]. (Surah Ta Ha, 2-3)
In His endless mercy and compassion, Allah has detailed in the Qur'an the kind of life that will ensure our happiness and contentment. Allah states this in the Qur'an as follows:
But as for him [or her] who believes and acts rightly, he [or she] will receive the best of rewards, and We will issue a command, making things easy for him [or her]. (Surat al-Kahf, 88)
He has selected you and not placed any constraint upon you in the religion – the religion of your forefather Abraham. (Surat al-Hajj,78)
One of the most important features of the hadiths of our Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), who made the Qur'an his guide, is that they are very easy to follow. Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), who made the Qur'an his guide gave this advice to his people: "Make things easy for the people, and do not make it difficult for them. Make them calm (with glad tidings), and do not repulse (them)" (Sahih Bukhari).
It is important for every Muslim to show that religion, in its essence, is easy in order to kindle the people's hearts with the Qur'an and Islamic morality, teach them the Qur'an and our Prophet's (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) Sunnah as the only guides for their lives. Many people are unaware of this truth and think that their lives will be more comfortable if they disregard the Qur'an's morality out of concern that it will restrict their enjoyment of life's pleasures. However, such great errors and deceptions obscure the fact that such morality is easy to follow, for Allah, Who created humanity, is fully aware of what system of morality is best for His creation. Actually, what is difficult is to live in a society composed of individuals who do not know the boundaries that Allah has set.
Those who sincerely submit to Allah, fear and respect Him, and observe the Qur'an's morality will enjoy success in both worlds. Above all, they experience the spiritual enjoyment and clear conscience that come from obeying Him, for Allah gives glad tidings to those who do His will and keep within the boundaries:
Those who repent, those who worship, those who praise, those who fast, those who bow, those who prostrate, those who command the right, those who forbid the wrong, and those who preserve the limits of Allah: give good news to the believers. (Surat at-Tawba, 112)
Some people who cannot understand the essence of religion can easily become fanatical by prohibiting what Allah has not prohibited, and thereby assume that they are superior to others. Allah has warned believers about this danger:
Say: "O People of the Book. Do not go to extremes in your religion, asserting other than the truth, and do not follow the whims and desires of people who were misguided previously and have misguided many others, and are far from the right way." (Surat al-Ma'ida, 77)