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Chinese entrepreneur Joe Chen could claim title to the next hot Chinese tech IPO when his Beijing-based social networking brand Renren goes for a $500 million public listing on NASDAQ this spring.
Chen won't match the stratospheric $63 billion market valuation for Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook. But that's not taking anything away from Chen. Renren should reach an estimated market cap of $2 billion to $3 billion when investment bankers Morgan Stanley, Credit-Suisse and Deutsche Bank take the startup public – significantly, the first Chinese lookalike brand to go IPO ahead of its American counterpart – putting its IPO on par with two recent China hits on Wall Street, YouTube lookalike Youku and Amazon replica Dangdang.
Aside from an opportunity to capitalize on China Internet fever before the bubble bursts, Chen has some natural advantages over several other Chinese entrepreneurs who are cueing up startups to go public in the U.S. soon. Last year, China accounted for 22 of 61 venture-backed startups that went public in the U.S. Many more such as video sharing site Tudou are in the pipeline this year.
One upside? Chen long ago realized that cash is king in building a successful Chinese business. His social networking powerhouse Oak Pacific Interactive has raised the record sum of nearly $500 million in venture capital for a Chinese startup, anchored by $430 million in 2008 from Japan's technology conglomerate Softbank Corp. (an investor in online gamer Zynga and B2B marketplace Alibaba) for a 35% share. Chen owns a sizeable 30% stake in the company he started in 2002. His additional backers have included well-known U.S. venture capitalists DCM, General Atlantic and Accel Partners (a financier of Facebook).
Oak Pacific's lead brand Renren has rocketed to China's lead in social networking while three big Chinese Internet giants, Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent (Chen calls them the BAT) have conquered search, e-commerce and instant messaging.
Avoiding such crowded areas as video sharing, Renren claims 160 million registered users, according to Analysys International. (IDC pegs China's social networking market at 100 million subscribers, expanding to 140 million by 2014). Renren ranks 16th among China's sites, according to Alexa, trailing Baidu, Tencent's popular instant messaging service QQ, e-commerce site Taobao, and video sharing sites Youku and Tudou.
If Facebook enters China now—as Zuckerberg has been eyeing—chances of unseating Renren are slim. And anyhow, Facebook, Twitter and other international social networking sites are blocked in China. The go-to-China route by American Internet brands is littered with several ill-fated efforts, MySpace and eBay among them and more recently, Google, which withdrew its censored search engine from China last year.
I profiled Chen (and prominent Chinese entrepreneurs Peggy YuYu of Dangdang, Jack Ma of Alibaba and Robin Li of Baidu) in my book, Silicon Dragon. OPI's founder, chairman and CEO Chen declined to comment for this post.
He has that entrepreneurial spark – creativity, independence and drive. A ferocious competitor, he – like many founders of China's leading startups – was schooled in capitalism from education at America's finest universities and Silicon Valley experience. One of Chen's heroes is Warren Buffett.
Chen relies on folksy metaphors to describe, for instance, how his Oak Pacific has grown tall by having strong roots away from the shadow of larger trees that soak up nutrients in the soil.
Unlike some other founders of Chinese startups now trading on Wall Street, he's fluent in English – having moved from the central Chinese city of Wuhan to the U.S. with his family as a teen. That language ability alone should serve him well on the road show and subsequent investor conferences.


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File shares can be a vital exchange point for collaborative user files that are too large to send as email attachments. Aside from the convenience of easy user access, these shares typically exist on a server with redundant storage solutions, which minimizes the potential of losing data through disk failure because you can back up data centrally rather than having to back up each user's client PC. (Anyone who has paid a data-recovery service $1000 to $3000 to pull crucial data from a failed desktop PC hard disk can appreciate the value of file-server storage redundancy.)
For these reasons, file shares are a commonly used resource. However, file sharing is also a highly vulnerable practice, and if you don't know what you're doing, you can put corporate data at risk. I've discovered that many systems administrators don't really understand how share and NTFS permissions interact and don't have a solid overall plan for their shared-folder resources. To help you analyze your current shared-folder environment and perhaps pick up a few new best practices, I've put together the following 12 commandments of file sharing.
1. Develop Standard Permissions
Although each share owner will eventually grant customized permissions to particular groups on that share, you need to develop a standard group of permissions to put on all shared folders when you create them. Typically, this set of permissions will be Administrators and System-Full Control. Also, consider using a Global Deny group that specifies Deny for all permissions settings. (See commandment 9 for an explanation of this group.)
2. Keep the Permissions Simple
A simple permissions structure is easier to manage. Yes, you can create 47 groups to manage a file share and assign permissions at a number of different levels, but is doing so a good idea? If you don't help share owners think through the initial structural requirements for their file-share permissions, you're doing them a disservice. Often, the requirements that share owners start out with are actually an unrealistic wish list that will make managing the share point difficult for both IT and the share's owner.
When a share owner outlines an elaborate permissions structure, try to see whether you can achieve similar results with a simpler approach. In some cases, the owner will be a manager who will explain that he or she needs to protect data from employees. Statements such as "We need to keep Jim from seeing this data because he might misuse it" or "We can't give Sally Change permissions because last year she accidentally dragged one of our key data folders off the server onto her desktop" indicate that some past training problems or departmental politics are driving the requirements for overly complex share permissions. Perhaps a better solution is for Jim to take an ethics course or for Sally to get some basic computer-etiquette training.
3. Use Security Groups
The Microsoft certification training courses encourage the use of security groups instead of individual user accounts for assigning permissions. Most of you start out diligently following that advice, but things can quickly deteriorate into a permissions free-for-all, and you begin assigning permissions to individual users. After you begin the slide down this slippery slope, administrative overhead can become a nightmare. If additional users require similar permissions, you have to duplicate or clone user permissions with a third-party tool such as Small Wonders Software's Security Explorer. If the file share is large, flowing down the cloned permissions can take hours. Unless you keep detailed documentation, you might lose track of which permissions a user actually has and you'll need to use your third-party tool to create reports that contain that information. To avoid these pitfalls, the best approach is to always assign permissions at the group level.
4. Give Groups Succinct and Intuitive Names
Give your security groups names that identify the permissions that group members have and which file shares those permissions apply to. This naming approach gives you a direct mapping of groups to file-share locations and makes life easier for the security or Help desk team that will populate the group with new employees after the initial group and share are set up. Try to keep the names to fewer than 20 characters and avoid spaces and ampersands (&). These steps will make command-shell scripting operations to assign or capture share permissions easier because some commands, such as the Net Localgroup command, don't support names longer than 20 characters. Table 1 shows how you can make a relatively short security group name communicate the share and subfolder location and the permissions the group has on that folder.
5. Define Permissions Sets That Reflect Department or Job
After you determine your share and folder permissions strategy and create the first-level groups that you developed in commandments 3 and 4, you could directly populate these groups with usernames. However, if you're running in Windows native mode and can support local group nesting, you can simplify your permissions assignment by creating a second level of local groups that contain the user accounts. Name these groups according to department or job role (e.g., SalesManagers), then add them to the top-level security groups. For example, add the local SalesManagers group, containing the user accounts of all sales managers, to the SalesAircraft-C security group (listed in Table 1) to grant any sales manager Change access to the Aircraft subfolder in the \\FileServerA\Sales share. Of course, the sales managers will need to access other resources—which brings up the concept of a permissions set.
A permissions set is the entire package or set of permissions that a user in a given department and job assignment requires to perform his or her job. The resources that the user needs to access might exist across many servers and diverse shares. The permissions set can change as new resources are added and resource-access needs change. For example, management could determine that the sales consultants who previously needed only Read permissions on an area now require Change permissions. The end goal of a permissions set is to make permissions assignment simple and accurate.
Department- or job-based permissions sets are useful when a new employee is hired to fill a specific department and job role that requires access to appropriate share areas. For example, when the company hires a new sales consultant, you add the person to the SalesConsultants group, and he or she instantly has all the permissions that a sales consultant needs. When the sales consultant is promoted to sales manager, you can change the person's permissions by adding the user to the SalesManagers group and removing him or her from the SalesConsultants group. Table 2 shows a sample permissions set. Simply adding users to the SalesManagers group instantly gives the users the permissions they need and removes the potential for access to sensitive areas that they shouldn't access. If someone creates a new share and associated security group (e.g., HRreporting-C) that needs to be added to the SalesManager permissions set, simply add the SalesManager group to the HRreporting-C group, and all the sales managers will have the correct permissions without you needing to add individual sales manager IDs to the HRreporting-C group.
6. Know How to Determine Effective Permissions
Creating effective share-level, NTFS, and overall permissions can be confusing and can result in excessively loose access or, on the other extreme, the dreaded Access Denied message for users that require share access. The rule of thumb for determining effective permissions is "loose, loose, tight."
The first loose is for the folder permissions. When, because of group membership, a user has different permissions at the NTFS file and folder levels, the actual file or folder permission is the least restrictive permission of all the permissions assigned to a user or to groups to which the user belongs. For example, a user who has List file and folder permissions because of membership in one group and Read permissions because of membership in another group will actually have the more loose of these two permissions settings (i.e., Read permissions).
Note: When you create a shared folder, you must grant users at least NTFS List or Read permissions on the root folder that you used to create the share. If you neglect to grant List or Read permissions, users will get an Access Denied message even if the share permissions and other subfolder NTFS permissions look correct because the users don't have permission to drill down through the shared folder to their final destination.
The second loose is for the share permissions. When a user has different share permissions because of group membership, the actual share-level permission is the least-restrictive permission of all the permissions assigned to a user or to groups to which the user belongs. For example, a user with Read and Change permissions on a certain share will have Change permissions on that share because it's the least restrictive of the two settings.
The tight is for the effective permissions that are the result of combining the folder permissions and the share permissions. Our sample user has Read permissions at the NTFS level and Change permissions at the share level. The effective overall permission is the more restrictive of the two settings—in our example, Read.
7. Don't Use the Everyone Group
Often the Everyone group is granted Full Control on share and NTFS permissions by default. The Everyone group combined with Full Control is a big security hole and should be removed on both share and NTFS permissions. If you need a general user access group, use the Authenticated Users group instead.
8. Avoid Folder Spread
On The Outer Limits science-fiction series, the announcer claimed, "We control the vertical. We control the horizontal." If only we administrators had as easy a time controlling the vertical and horizontal spread of our shared folders. On the horizontal side of the problem, you've probably all created public shares for which you granted users Change permissions at the share root level to let users organize their own data. The next time you accessed the share, you discovered that it contained 100 folders and 50 files at the root level. This folder overload can make it difficult for users to find the files and folders they're looking for.
A better approach is to use NTFS permissions to limit root-level folder creation to Administrators. Inside the Read-only root-level folder, create 3 to 10 logical folders for user data and grant users Change permissions on and below the logical folders. You'll need to work with the departmental point of contact to define the top-level folder names.
The vertical-spread problem is a bit tougher to control because over time, users tend to deepen the folder structure and exceed the 255-character path limit that Windows supports. This deep folder structure can result in files that users can't easily access and that might not be backed up properly. This problem is best controlled by careful monitoring and appropriate user notifications when a file path grows close to the 255-character limit. For more information about long pathnames, see Real-World Scripting, "Locating Long Paths in a Directory," January 2000, InstantDoc ID 7828.
9. Create a Global Deny Group
Sometimes you need to quickly deny a particular user access permissions across all shared resources in your environment. However, doing so can be difficult if you have multiple servers and multiple shares and can be further complicated if individual users have been granted access apart from groups. Identifying and changing a user's access permissions and removing the user from groups in which permissions flow down can take time. If an employee is being discharged or the object of some type of investigation, management might request instant removal of a user's access abilities. The simplest way to accomplish this is to create a Global Deny group that has only Deny permissions on all shares and in all NTFS permissions. Note that I don't use the term Global to define a group type (as in a local or a global group) but instead to describe a group that will be used across all your servers and all the shares in your environment.
Pick a descriptive name such as GlobalDeny-NA, which makes the group's purpose—to grant No Access—obvious. The population of this group usually will be empty. When the request comes to deny a certain user access, simply place that user's account in the group. Because Deny always takes precedence over other permissions, the user will be denied access. You can later take appropriate steps to remove the user's access from any directly granted permissions areas or permissions groups.
10. Actively Police Permissions Degradation
Often, administrators start with a well-designed permissions structure, which, over time, is modified by various individuals. Granting too many users Full Control at the NTFS file and folder or share level opens up the potential for users to modify the permissions structure and open up security holes or lock out authorized users. On more than one occasion, I've had well-meaning users who insisted they needed Full Control actually remove the Administrators group from the permissions structure and lock the other administrators and me out.
To help keep track of your permissions, maintain a spreadsheet, such as the one that Web Figure 1 (http://www.winnetmag.com, InstantDoc ID 42277) shows, that documents your shares' Security groups and permissions structure. You can use this information to explain share organization to management, and it's extremely valuable when reorganizations occur. Regular spot checks of permissions can ensure that the current permissions structure matches the design specifications on your spreadsheet. You can use scripts to help capture existing permissions and be better prepared to reconstruct the permissions in the event of a major disaster or emergency response to a short-term problem.
11. Develop an Emergency Response Strategy
Unfortunately, an all too frequent situation these days is to find your file shares becoming targets of viruses that can delete data not only from users' local disks but also from mapped drives. An unchecked virus operating in a user's context with Change permissions on a shared folder can result in mass infections or catastrophic data deletions. If a new virus attack gets past the corporate firewall and begins to affect your users and threaten your shares, which steps do you need to take to protect the data? Do you shut down all the servers? Isolate them from the network? Or perhaps take all your shares temporarily to Read-only so that at least some user work can continue? Now is the time to work out your response strategy, which will require close coordination and buy-in from management so that everyone understands the risks to shared data and how your plan will address this area of vulnerability.
12. Give Users Centrally Managed Shortcuts to Shared Resources
One clever way to grant users greater accessibility to shared resources is to give your user community a set of desktop shortcuts that point to shared resource locations. This setup can also reduce the risk that a virus will affect users' mapped drives on their desktop machines. You can customize these shortcuts according to the user's department or job function and deploy the shortcuts through Group Policy.
One trick to make resource management easier is to create a shortcut on the user's desktop that points to a Read-Only folder on a publicly available share. Inside this server-located folder, place shortcuts to all the shared resources you want the user to see. This setup lets you modify the shortcuts on a single central server location and have the changes take effect immediately. If changes occur in resource locations or if additional resources become available, you can make these changes on the server-located shortcuts without having to recreate any shortcuts on the user's desktop. If you deploy a desktop shortcut that gives different departments their own shared-resource views, simply create additional server-located folders as needed that contain shortcuts customized for each department. You can also add shortcuts to intranet or Internet Web resources.
Keep the Commandments
Your shared folders can be secure and a breeze to administer if you properly plan and manage your permissions structure. Just follow the 12 commandments of file sharing to stay on course in this important area.

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It is the first tapir discovery since 1865 and the first time in 100 years that a new species has been found in the order Perissodactyla which includes tapirs, rhinos, and horses.
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A new species of tapir, an animal considered worldwide to be endangered or vulnerable, has recently been discovered by scientists in the Amazon rain forest in parts of Brazil and Colombia. It is the first tapir discovery since 1865 and the first time in 100 years that a new species has been found in the order Perissodactyla which includes tapirs, rhinos, and horses.
An article in the current issue of the Journal of Mammalogy reports on this discovery. Using the largest geographic sample to date of a related species, the authors provide physical and DNA evidence to support their proposal that the tapirs be classified as a new species, Tapirus kabomani.
To determine the uniqueness of T. kabomani, the authors examined skull, tissue, and DNA samples and measurements. Its skull differs in shape and features from those of all other living tapirs. T. kabomani differs from the other tapir species found in its range, having darker hair, a lower mane, and a broader forehead than Tapirus terrestris. It is the smallest living tapir, weighing about 240 pounds. It measures just over 4 feet in length and 3 feet high at the shoulder, and it has shorter limbs than all other living, and several extinct, tapir species. Genetic studies also showed distinct results for T. kabomani.
It is interesting that the first known specimen collected for this species of tapir remained unidentified for almost 100 years. The collector (Theodore Roosevelt) remarked that this specimen "…was a bull, full grown but very much smaller than the animal I had killed. The hunters said that this was a distinct kind." (Roosevelt 1914:76). Roosevelt sent the specimen to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City for analysis, but it was considered just a variation of T. terrestris (Allen 1914).
Tapirs currently live in Southeast Asia and Central and South America. Historically, these mammals roamed a wide geographic range, but today's tapir species are isolated from one another and are suffering from overhunting and habitat destruction. The discovery of T. kabomani means that there are now five known living species of tapirs. Although this is the first time T. kabomani has been named scientifically, local people have long known of the species' existence. They rely on the animals for food and give them a place in their cultural traditions.
The authors report that they and locals have seen significant evidence of this species in habitats typified by grasslands and forests. However, few tapirs have been seen in areas of pure forest or open ground. They speculate that increasing human population, decreasing forested land, and widespread development in the Amazon could affect the new species. "It is thus urgent," the authors write, "to determine the conservation status, geographic range, and environmental requirements of this species, to understand how it is affected by human activities."
Full text of the article "A new species of tapir from the Amazon," Journal of Mammalogy, Vol. 94, No. 6, 2013, is now available.
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Museum Role Fits A Former Art Dealer
By RANDY KENNEDY
Published: July 4, 2010
''HERE we go, folks. Page 133. And -- action!''
Midnight had come and gone in a huge, light-flooded plaza near the West Hollywood branch of the Museum of Contemporary Art, a place that on this crisp June night was filled, quite surreally, with open-air sets for ''General Hospital.''
In the middle of one set Jeffrey Deitch, a small, trim man in a double-breasted navy suit with a little makeup dabbed on his cheeks and forehead, stood encircled by television cameras, preparing to play a character called ''Jeffrey Deitch, director of MOCA'' -- a role he had just taken on in real life as well after a decades-long career as a high-profile New York art dealer.
The sprawling soap-at-the-museum operation was Mr. Deitch's idea, the first public art event he had overseen since taking the helm at the Museum of Contemporary Art three weeks earlier. It involved filming a series of scenes set there, starring Mr. Deitch's friend James Franco, the actor and budding artist who strangely took a part on ''General Hospital'' last year in what he has described as a guerilla performance-art piece. The new scenes are his return to the show and renew his efforts to smuggle a little conceptual-art contraband into middle-American living rooms (where, if he does his job right, the art aspect might go unnoticed).
That the museum had become a soap opera set was pure Deitch, for better or worse: stuntlike, crazily experimental, scrambling high and low culture, risking ridicule and seeming not to care much when it rains down on his head.
And the shoot was a perfect emblem of the issues and anxieties raised by the choice of Mr. Deitch last January as the institution was emerging from deep financial turmoil and surprised the art world by picking a gallery owner to join the museum leadership ranks, which generally elevate from within.
No mega-dealer like Mr. Deitch, 57, had ever made the transition to running a nonprofit museum, and his selection has been parsed endlessly for what it says about the boundary between museums and art selling, a once-bright line that is becoming increasingly difficult to see. (In the 1950s James J. Rorimer, the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, warned a young Thomas Hoving, who would later succeed him, ''If you become an art dealer, you'll never be able to work in a museum.'')
Mr. Deitch agreed to close his gallery, Deitch Projects, and cease all commercial activity before taking the job, a switch that will mean a considerable loss of income for him. But his selection nonetheless set off alarm bells about possibilities for conflicts of interest and cronyism. He made headlines almost immediately by saying that he would not rule out the possibility of selling works from his own huge personal art collection or his former gallery's inventory during his directorship, in order to meet financial obligations in New York, where he still owns two buildings in SoHo and rents art-storage warehouses. He has also dismissed as childish the notion that he pledge not to show artists whom he promoted and befriended at his gallery.
So the ''General Hospital'' event was as much a political statement as it was a performance piece. Mr. Franco had originally approached Mr. Deitch with the idea of staging the soap in New York at his gallery. When it became clear the gallery would be closing, Mr. Deitch simply proposed doing it at the museum instead (where an exhibition based on the project will be mounted this year). Like many of his projects through the years, this one would not have had much profit-making potential in a gallery. But Mr. Deitch knew that the very idea of shuttling a show so readily between his two worlds would not sit well with some people, including a few of his new employees.
''There are, naturally, people on the staff who are not comfortable with what I'm doing,'' he said, driving down Melrose Avenue to his soap-opera star turn.
Even before officially taking the job, he began looking for ways to attract new audiences and support for a museum still trying to right its finances. He conceived and fast-tracked a retrospective on the work of Dennis Hopper, who died on May 29, organized by Mr. Deitch's friend Julian Schnabel and opening next Sunday. He canceled a show that curators were already working on but that he believed to be redundant. And he is working to put together a major exhibition about the influence of street art, a movement that was central to the identity of Deitch Projects in recent years.
''I think it's kind of unprecedented,'' he said of his flurry of plans. ''I've hit the ground running. And there's no time to lose here. We've got to make an impact.''
During more than three months after his selection by the museum, Mr. Deitch allowed a reporter to tag along and observe, at least to an extent, as he prepared to assume the new role and wound down his 14-year-old gallery, a process that involved consolidating art-storage warehouses (six at one point), finding new spaces for artists working in studios he had rented, and dealing with complex real-estate litigation. (His gallery building on Grand Street in SoHo was destabilized after its next-door neighbor began sagging.)


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PUBLIC ENEMY RIPS IN BKLN; Public fever for the Flavor's going strong
It's a big reflection of Flavor Flav's celebrity that Public Enemy gives him his own personalized entrance. "Say what you want, but we all got one of these in our family," explained front man Chuck D, as he affectionately introduced the clown prince of hip-hop to a thrilled crowd in Wingate Park in Brooklyn on Monday night. "The key is not to have two of 'em!"
Not everyone can see Flavor's appeal. Public Enemy purists have long been perplexed at Chuck D's decision to stick with him through arrests, drug addictions and, perhaps worst of all, shamelessly skeezing with Brigitte Nielsen in the cringe-worthy reality show "Flavor of Love."
But Chuck's foresight has paid off because, after 25 years of gradually dwindling musical exposure, Flavor's antics have helped to ensure that Public Enemy still have an audience of their own. And as the thousands in attendance in East Flatbush showed, it's sizable.
The bulk of their set (part of the ongoing series of free park concerts in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.) came from the group's two crowning achievements: 1988's "It Takes a Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back" and the 1990 follow-up, "Fear of a Black Planet."
Those albums have aged far better than much of the hip-hop of the same period, but Public Enemy certainly didn't resort to producing simple facsimiles of their golden era. Cuts such as "Bring the Noise" and "Welcome to the Terrordome" were spliced with some rock 'n' roll DNA thanks to the band. The myth that the Long Islanders are merely a heritage act was further dispelled by "I Shall Not Be Moved," a typically righteous screed from their impressive (but almost entirely ignored) new album, "Most of My Heroes Still Don't Appear on No Stamp."
When the various messages got lost in the blur of their music, Chuck was more than happy to provide snappy sermons about the dumbing-down effect of technology, the futility of chasing youth and the banality of radio.
But Chuck will be the first to admit that it's Flavor most people want. At one juncture, Flavor strapped on a bass guitar and began slapping out a funk riff while Chuck dished out a whip-smart freestyle rap. A little later, he turned his attention to the drum kit, tapping out a tight beat as Chuck performed the early classic "Timebomb." Not only were these moments successful in reaffirming Flavor's musical ability, they also shed some light on the bond that has kept Public Enemy's twin focal points united through a quarter of a century of insurgency and insanity.
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In the ranking of the most common first names Rohan is on position 1303.
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Charlotte favored by 2.5 against Duquesne on Wednesday
Charlotte 49ers vs Duquesne Dukes Odds
A.J. Palumbo Center will host Duquesne Dukes vs. Charlotte 49ers action on Wednesday as both teams try to pay off for bettors in NCAA basketball betting action.
The 49ers will try to spoil to the party on Wednesday; they are 12-11 ATS against the number this season, while the Dukes are 6-18 ATS. Charlotte is 13-9 on the totals; Duquesne is 9-12.
View Charlotte vs Duquesne Odds and Stats.
Betting Line:
The Dukes were listed as 2.5-point underdogs at most sportsbooks tracked by Odds Shark earlier in the day. It opened first at BetOnline, where the total was expected shortly.
Power Rankings / Prediction:
This game puts the Dukes, most recently No. 264 in the Odds Shark power rankings, up against the 49ers, who rate No. 132 in the latest survey. Meanwhile, math and computer-based handicapping simulations run on this game predict a potential 70-62 victory for the 49ers.
How They Match Up:
Offensively, the game matches up Duquesne's No. 177 nationally ranked offense (67.4 points per game) against a 49ers defense that sits as the No. 202 at 67.6 PPG. The Dukes have been averaging 40.7% from the field, less than the 49ers have managed so far this season (44.4% on average).
Defensively, Charlotte features the nation's No. 276-rated defense on the road, allowing 73.7 points per game. Duquesne, meanwhile, comes in at No. 199 nationally in scoring at home.
Last time out for Charlotte, they were a 104-83 loser as they battled St. Bonaventure on the road. They failed to cover in the match as a 5-point underdog. Charlotte was run off the court by the Bonnies on Saturday as St. Bonaventure routed them 104-83 at Reilly Center.
Duquesne lost its last outing, a 97-64 result against La Salle on March 2. They failed to cover in that game as a 16-point underdog. Duquesne was crushed on Saturday, getting blown out by La Salle and falling by a 97-64 score at Tom Gola Arena.
Charlotte 49ers Trends:
When playing on Wednesday are 5-5
Before playing Saint Joseph's are 2-7
After playing St. Bonaventure are 5-5
After a loss are 5-5
Duquesne Dukes Trends:
When playing on Wednesday are 4-6
Before playing Richmond are 7-3
After playing La Salle are 5-5
After a loss are 1-9
A few 49ers at Dukes trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Charlotte's last 5 games on the road
Charlotte is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Charlotte is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Duquesne's last 7 games when playing Charlotte
Duquesne is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Charlotte
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Duquesne's last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Duquesne's last 6 games at home
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Charlotte at Saint Joseph's, Saturday, March 9
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The Norwest Giants have finally broken through for their first win of the 2016 Dooley's Ultimate Basketball League (UBL) competition, defeating the Central Bulls 112-96 in a high-scoring contest.
Life has been tough for the Giants this season and with the Bulls playing better each week, Saturday's game was expected to be tight.
The Giants made a great start, surging to a 26-11 first quarter lead and extending the margin to 22 points (61-39) at the half time break.
The Giants continued to dominate in the third term, taking a 91-61 lead into the final quarter and looking unbeatable.
Not content to lie down in submission, the Bulls rallied in the final term, closing the final margin to to just 16 points.
Harman Josan led the Giants with 33 points and 27 boards, ahead of Daniel Eyre-Thompson 25 points and 14 boards, Pratik Keskare 25 points and Andrew Joven 11 points and 10 boards.
The much-anticipated clash between reigning premiers the Sydney City Cobras and the competition-leading Western Sydney Vikings turned out to be a conclusive victory for the Cobras.
Led by centre Sam McCorkindale (34 points, 16 boards) and German National League forward Paul Brotherson (38 points, 12 boards), the Cobras out-ran the Vikings for a convincing 127-79 victory.
The Sydney Warriors bounced back into form with an 87-63 win over the Sydney Basketball Institute, while the Parramatta Wildcats defeated the St George Dragons 83-74.


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Proving that recipes are timeless, this 1941 recipe comes from my grandmother's collection. I love this cake warm from the oven. Nan
2 1/4 cups sifted all purpose flour
1 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 1/2 teaspoon ginger
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup dark molasses
1/2 cup boiling water
1/2 cup melted butter
Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease and flour an 8-inch round cake pan.
Combine dry ingredients and sift. Mix molasses, boiling water and butter, then blend into dry ingredients. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake in preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes. Cool on wire rack. Frost.
1 cup powdered sugar
6 tablespoons cocoa
2 or 3 tablespoons warm evaporated milk.
Sift together dry ingredients. Add enough milk to make spreading consistency. Frost cake.
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For the Filling
2 lb. fresh spinach (about 3 bunches), washed, dried, trimmed, and coarsely chopped
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 bunch scallions (about 3 ounces or 10 small), white and light green parts only, trimmed and finely chopped
2 cups crumbled feta cheese (10 ounces)
1/2 cup finely grated Greek kefalotyri cheese or Parmigiano-Reggiano
1 tablespoon dill
1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
For Assembly
18 sheets of phyllo dough, thawed
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
Heat a large saute pan over medium high heat. Add a few large handfuls of the spinach and cook, tossing gently with tongs. As the spinach starts to wilt, continue adding the rest a few handfuls at a time. Cook until all the spinach is wilted and bright green, about 4 minutes. With a slotted spoon, transfer the spinach to a colander set in a sink. Let cool slightly and squeeze with your hands to extract as much of the remaining liquid as you can.
Wipe the pan dry with a paper towel. Heat the oil in the pan over medium heat. Add the scallions and cook until soft and fragrant, about 4 minutes. Stir in the spinach, turn off the heat, and let cool for 5 minutes. Then stir in the cheeses, dill and nutmeg and mix thoroughly.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a small bowl, mix the butter and olive oil. Separate out 3 sheets of phyllo and keep rest covered to avoid drying out. Brush each sheet with butter mixture and lay on top of the another (buttered side up).
Cut into equal thirds lengthwise. Spoon a little filling, about 2 tablespoons, on the end and fold at an angle to form a triangle. Continue folding to enclose the filling until you reach the end (like how you would fold a flag). Assemble on a baking sheet and brush the tops lightly with butter mixture. Bake triangles for 20-25 minutes or until the pastry is golden brown.


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Discussion in 'Off Topic Chat' started by ferny, Aug 28, 2008.
hi ferny
Here we go again.
Uh, oh! What's up?
I don't know....but I don't like it.
Uh-oh. Ferny-Ferny. That sounds way too bad this time!
My real name is Fernando. And the only one that calls me ferny is my mom. Weird.
I think, Ferny's mom calls him Peter.
lol, why's his username ferny?
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Mother-of-pearl and rosewood caviar spoon
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Caviar is particularly sought after because of its finesse and its unique taste. It is an extremely sensitive and fragile product, which is spoilt when it comes into contact with stainless steel. A normal spoon will, therefore, damage it. It is highly recommended that you use instead a mother of pearl spoon both to serve and taste caviar. This spoon is made of mother of pearl with a rosewood handle. The rosewood is extremely precious and rare, and the combination of the materials used give this spoon a finesse that will add elegance to your caviar.
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This is a quick and simple three bean salad. This is not a pickled bean recipe because the vinegar is relatively low-acid. The mustard vinaigrette used in my other recipes can be used here or if you want to sweeten it more you can. I cooked a mess of beans yesterday and have been using them in all sorts of recipes. Enjoy the recipe!
Simple 3-Bean Salad
1 cup black beans
1 cups lentils
1 cup dark red kidney beans
8 asparagus spears, ends trimmed and chopped into 1/2 inch segments
3 green onions, chopped
1 small shallot, minced
3 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 – 1 cup cilantro or parsley, rinsed and chopped
2 tbsp Dijon mustard (brown mustard is OK)
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
2 tbsp maple syrup or agave nectar
salt and pepper to taste
If you are using canned beans, rinse them well through a strainer then proceed with the recipe.
Set harder asparagus pieces in the bottom of a steamer basket or bottom of a shallow bowl with a little bit of water in it in the microwave. Set the softer pieces on top and cover. Steam for 2-3 minutes, just until asparagus is bright green. Pull out immediately and rinse in a strainer under cold water.
In a medium bowl, combine last six ingredients (beginning with garlic). If you wish to add a little oil, olive or safflower would not hurt. Taste and remember that this flavor will be diluted a bit over the beans.
Once you are satisfied with this, add the beans and herbs. You can add thyme or chives, if you wish.
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The staff at Dr. Hu's dental clinic are friendly, caring professionals committed to unconditional excellence and to providing the highest quality dental care. They are Alaskans serving Alaskans and making a difference.
t used to be the only time you went to the dentist was when you had a painful problem. The visit usually resulted in extractions, fillings, bridges, crowns, or root canals, all requiring painful, invasive procedures. You looked forward to going to the dentist about as much as you looked forward to a visit from the in-laws.
But now all of that has changed. Now people can look forward to going to the dentist. Through a variety of non-invasive, non-painful procedures, you can walk out the door with a smile fit for a Hollywood star. No needles, no bleeding, just a beautiful smile.
When you're ready to work on your smile, someone you might want to call on is Dr. Jerry Hu, DDS at Dr. Hu Family Dentistry. Dr. Hu is a "hometown boy," raised in Soldotna. He attended Redoubt Elementary, Soldotna Middle School, and graduated from SoHi in 1991. After high school, he attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, receiving a Bachelor of Science in Biology. He then attended Michigan School of Dentistry. In 1998 Dr. Hu returned to Soldotna and bought the practice of long-time local dentist Dr. Calvin Fair.
Dr. Hu demonstrates the use of his Biolase Waterlase machine, one of the many cutting edge procedures available at Dr. Hu Family Dentistry.
Dr. Hu offers traditional dentistry, as well as cutting edge procedures at his Binkley Street office. The office itself is a far cry from the foreboding dental offices of yore. In 2002, Dr. Hu, his family and office team designed the dental clinic under the direction of a local Alaskan architect. Feng Shui principles were used in all aspects of the office design to reflect peace, nature and tranquility with the surrounding environment. Dr. Hu likes to make his patients as comfortable as possible, whether you're in the waiting room chairs, or the dental chairs.
Dr. Hu is a neuromuscular dentist. He explains that "Neuromuscular dentistry looks at the patient as a whole your bite [the way your upper and lower teeth fit together], your posture, your muscles the whole system, not just your teeth." Neuromuscular dentistry identifies how dental problems can lead to many physical problems including back pain, shoulder pain, even migraines. The practice of neuromuscular dentistry aims to provide you with healthy muscles and joints, as well as a beautiful smile. Through the use of a battery operated electrical muscle stimulator, called TENS, muscles in the face, jaw, even neck and shoulder areas, can be relaxed to give you the optimum bite. This process is virtually painless and provides the dentist information as to whether your bite needs to be adjusted to a more optimal position before beginning any other dental procedures.
A dental patient with the TENS jaw tracking device used to relax muscles around the jaw. The information is then used in the dentist's diagnosis in determining the precise point that your jaw should be in relation to your upper teeth.
Dr. Hu is also one of only two dentists is the state to utilize the Biolase Waterlase MD treatment. Biolase Waterlase MD uses a laser and water to perform a variety of procedures from fillings for children and adults without anesthesia, to removing cold sores and canker sores in and around the mouth. This noninvasive procedure is usually painless and bloodless, and decontaminates the site faster to provide a safer healing environment.
If you're looking for a spectacular new smile and the inner confidence that brings, Dr. Hu's practice has many options for you, including Macveneers. Macveneers can enhance your smile through the use of pressed ceramics. These veneers, placed over your own teeth, are long lasting and completely stain resistant. Shows like "Extreme Makeover" often feature Macveneers in their dental makeovers, which serve to raise public awareness of the availability of this aesthetic dental option. With regular cleaning and maintenance, Macveneers can last 20 years or longer and the procedure itself usually takes just two visits to your dentist. And best of all, the lab gives an outstanding warranty on Macveneers.
Lumineers are another method of achieving that sparkling movie star smile. These thin porcelain shields can be used to correct a wide variety of dental conditions including but not limited to tooth discoloration, noticeable gaps, permanent stains, and broken or misshapen teeth. They are as thin as contact lenses and provide both beauty and strength. Lumineers can even bond to existing crowns and bridgework. In most cases, the dental process is virtually painless and requires no shots, drilling, pain, or removal of tooth structure. They can last 20 years or longer. Dr. Hu is the only Lumineer certified dentist in Alaska. As he puts it, "I'm still learning and progressing."
Other state of the art procedures offered by Dr. Hu include the Dexis computer aided x-rays. These x-rays provide lower dose radiation and the results are available immediately. Dr. Hu also utilizes the Tomogram which provides 3D imaging. This system facilitates a more accurate picture of the mouth, making dental procedures, including implants and root canals, more exact. Oh, and for those requiring longer dental procedures, there's a screen installed in the ceiling above one of the chairs so you can watch Spiderman to take your mind off what's going on in your mouth!
"We are unconditionally committed to excellence and to providing the highest quality of dental care anywhere," says Dr. Hu.
For more detailed information on any of these dental procedures, contact your dentist or Dr. Hu Family Dentistry for a consultation. For more information on Macveneers, check out the "smile gallery" on their website at www.macveneers.com. Dr. Hu is the only featured dentist from Alaska on that website. You can also check out Dr. Hu's own website at www.smilesofalaska.com.
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What would an ichthyologist say to Wilkins' definition of a salmon?
Some ichthyologist may show a distinction without a difference.
There were at least fifteen different species which nothing short of an ichthyologist could enumerate correctly.
Your replacement, who calls himself an ichthyologist, has only one talent that pertains to fish—he drinks like one.
It was first described by the Cuban ichthyologist Poey, in 1860, from Cuban waters.
In general, the writer has drawn on his own experience as an ichthyologist, and with this on all the literature of the science.
From his description the ichthyologist Walbaum, in 1792, named it probatocephalus, which being translated means "sheep head."
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``We are thrilled to be here,'' Rep. Nick Lampson, a Democrat who supports pending legislation to lift the trade embargo on food and medicine sales to Cuba, said as the group arrived Monday.
``With commodity prices as they are we are doing everything we can to expand our markets,'' said Steve Pringle, legislative director of the Texas Farm Bureau who accompanied the lawmaker on the nine-person trade mission.
Just a few miles away, Rep. Danny Davis, D-Ill., was learning about Cuba's public health care system. ``I am interested philosophically and practically in normalizing relations with Cuba.
Lampson and Pringle are among more than a dozen U.S. lawmakers who have visited Cuba since the Clinton administration announced measures to increase personal contacts between Americans and Cubans while leaving the embargo intact.
But more often than not, the visiting lawmakers have said they support at least a partial lifting of the U.S. trade sanctions directed at Cuba since the early 1960s.
Two weeks ago, the Senate's Democratic leader and a fellow farm-state senator spoke strongly for easing restrictions on food and drug sales to Cuba after returning from a weekend visit that included a seven-hour meeting with President Fidel Castro.
Senate Minority Leader Thomas Daschle of South Dakota and Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., went to Cuba just nine days after the Senate voted to allow essentially unrestricted food and drug sales to the island.
Efforts over the years by congressional opponents of the embargo normally have been easily defeated. But the Aug. 4 vote reflected that lawmakers are more eager now to open markets for American farmers.
The Texas' delegation's five-day visit, which will include meetings with Cuban farmers, officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Agriculture and the chief of the U.S. Interest Section in Havana.
``We hope to make contacts and develop relationships with Cuban officials so that Southeast Texas rice farmers can export their fine products into this country in the future,'' Lampson said from Washington in announcing the trip.
``I do not believe that the United States should ever use sanctions on food and medical sales as a foreign policy tool,'' Lampson said in the earlier announcement.
Not all of Lampson's congressional colleagues agree.
Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., who was born in Cuba, criticized Daschle and Dorgan after their trip. In a news release he said they were ``feasting with Cuban dictator Fidel Castro while the Cuban people are condemned to misery and oppression by the dictatorship.''
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For Red Sox, redemption and hope
Perhaps the anticipation for the new baseball season truly has been altered by the animosity – that is, from the fans to the Red Sox themselves, who have worn a greasy stench of disappointment since September 2011. A fresh start doesn't instantly delete the old frustrations, especially when they are not particularly old and not yet forgotten.
If the aggravation-turned-apathy of Bobby Valentine's Summer of Self-Made Brushfires carried through the winter, well, that's understandable, and reparations are going to require more than a few $5 beers and a tribute song by a crooner whose style teeters on parody to make it feel all better again.
Once the – insert air quotes here – sellout streak ends inevitably in the immediate days after the April 8 home opener, I half expect chief operating office Sam Kennedy to show up beneath former season ticket holders' bedroom window, wearing a trench coat and holding a boom box in the air in an attempt to win back their adoration and cash. Let's just hope the song he's playing is "In Your Eyes" and not "At Fenway." That would be one more awkward miscalculation by this franchise, though certainly more forgivable than thinking Valentine was any kind of solution to what ailed them. But as tone-deaf as they sometimes may seem, at least they recognize many of you need to be won back. That's progress.
In a smaller way, perhaps there's also a shrunken animosity for that familiar opponent on this Opening Day in the Bronx, one that has dulled that anticipation. An aging and battered roster has left the Yankees in the most unfamiliar of positions: As an underdog within the division they've ruled. Maybe that eagerness for the start of baseball season is dulled and tempered by that new conventional wisdom – that it's more likely that the Red Sox and Yankees spend the summer battling to stay out of last place than trading three-run homers (and maybe even a few right jabs, Fisk-Munson style) as they duke it out for first.
There is no Derek Jeter on the lineup card for the Yankees Monday, no David Ortiz for the Red Sox for who knows how long, and the only pinstriped reminder of that most perfect Opening Day of 2005 is Mariano Rivera, the regal closer who happens to be the last active player born in the 1960s.
Rivera is looking for a personal redemption as he returns from a knee injury and attempts to close out his career on his own terms. He wants one more final scene, one more ninth inning to dominate, and while his quest is born from a different desire, it's not entirely different from what the Red Sox are searching for collectively and individually in 2013.
Who requires or is searching for redemption on this year's Red Sox? It might be easier to name the few who aren't, though we will take the longer route.
Foremost, there's Dustin Pedroia, who is trying to prove that his now-infamous "That's not how we do things around here" comment last April is not an indication that he's part of the problem. And he is not – it was disheartening how easily so many dismissed all that he had done the previous five seasons, that he requires redemption at all. I can't reprimand him for recognizing the ship was going to sink before they hit the iceberg. Don't we know what this guy is all about by now, that he's a great ballplayer and teammate?
There is Ortiz, who had more years added to his contract (two) than games played (one) since July 16. Jacoby Ellsbury needs to avoid high-impact collisions and overcome the impression that he won't play unless he's 100 percent. Jon Lester wouldn't be blamed for petitioning to remove his 2012 stat line from the back of his baseball card. Clay Buchholz is still searching for the consistency that would make him a top-tier starter.
Andrew Bailey was injured and lost in '12 to the point that he almost seems like a newcomer to the roster. And virtually all of the actual newcomers – Mike Napoli, Shane Victorino, and Stephen Drew most notably – are trying to overcome the perception that they are aging or injury prone, a perception that follows them here from their last baseball home. Even manager John Farrell, whose departure made him a public enemy in Toronto, a city not recently known for holding passionate baseball grudges, has plenty to prove.
If the majority of question marks end up having suitable answers – not an unreasonable request – this team does have a chance to be a pleasant surprise, not only a likable, rootable team but a good team.
Lester and Buchholz must justify their top-of-the-rotation status, and the spring was encouraging in that regard – they combined to give up four earned runs in 46.2 innings. The lineup lacks star power in Ortiz's absence, though it should be remembered Ellsbury and Pedroia both finished in the top 10 in the AL MVP balloting just two seasons ago (the same season Victorino was 13th in the NL voting), and they were fifth in the league in runs last season despite the junior varsity lineup the final six weeks.
The defense will be excellent on days that Jackie Bradley Jr., Jose Iglesias, and David Ross are in the lineup, the bullpen is deep and versatile, and the rotation, while hardly reminiscent of the 1993 Atlanta Braves, has no Aaron Cooks and Daisuke Matsuzakas among them. At the least they'll be competent, with wild-card contention a reasonable wish.
Still, the Sox are 76-113 since September 1, 2011, Fenway has not hosted a playoff game since 2009, and so the buzz around the Red Sox is that there really isn't much buzz at all by usual standards, save for the Florida ascent of the prospect Bradley, an irresistibly likable 22-year-old outfielder who has somehow become part of the bridge year rather than its destination. He'll be fun, though I fear his skill-set beyond his spectacular defense may be too subtle to meet the massive expectations brought on by his .419 spring batting average and the desire to discover something, anything exciting and new about this Red Sox team.
Bradley is poised to be the center fielder and a center piece on that "next great Red Sox team," as Ben Cherington sometimes puts it. He's arrived sooner than expected. On Opening Day, it shouldn't be too much to hope that redemption for the franchise will too. It's a long road, but the end of the bridge isn't too far away. For now, until the Red Sox are formidable again, a redemption song is a much more appealing theme than chicken-and-beer or the managerial misadventures of Bobby V.
About Touching All The Bases
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by Jon Dahl
Programming is writing. A programmer's job is to express abstract ideas in a specific language - just like the poet, the essayist, and the composer. But while writers and composers spend years improving their style, many programmers think style stops with "two-space indentation". This needs to change.
This presentation will discuss style in music, writing, and software. We'll look at such diverse sources as George Orwell, Mozart, and punk music, and will find that much of art revolves around complexity and minimalism - just like software. Finally, we'll look at specific patterns and tools for writing software that is not just effective and efficient, but stylistically beautiful.
LEVEL: Advanced
by Ge Wang
The mobile landscape as we know it is focused heavily on gaming, productivity and social media applications. But as mobile technology continues to advance and phones become smarter, people will search for even more intimate, immersive and interactive ways of expressing themselves. Today, mobile technologies have made music creation easy, affordable and accessible to the masses, enabling users of all ages, abilities and backgrounds, to create and share music, regardless of previous musical knowledge.
Whether you're a fan of hip hop, classic, pop or video game theme music, there is an app for everyone. And the entertainment industry has taken notice – almost every big name artist or brand has an app for mobile devices. Most of them are just fancy message boards providing information, but some are pushing the limits of what it means to interact with the artist or brand. From the palm of your hand you can Auto-Tune your voice to sound like your favorite hip hop star, play an instrument designed by Jorden Ruddess of Dream Theater or join a virtual Glee club. Each of these artists and brands are building communities thru mobile apps that provide anyone the ability to explore their inner star.
This presentation will discuss how advances in mobile technology have opened up a new world of expression to everyone and enabled users to broadcast their own musical talents across the globe.
LEVEL: Intermediate
by Fred Jacobs
by Tal Zubalsky and Yoni Bloch
by James Box and Cennydd Bowles
While both music and design have theoretical underpinnings, they also share a certain ineffability. A musical masterpiece and an exceptionally crafted experience demand more than the simple application of theory. They also demand virtuosity. Designers must skilfully bring together clicks and gestures — the building blocks of interaction design — to form a meaningful experience. Although it's simple to describe these components, we often resort to vague shorthands like 'look & feel' to explain what happens at the experiential layer. Similarly, composers rely on formalised technique to write music; yet ask what makes a piece remarkable and the answer will be similarly nebulous. In this session, we will examine parallels between music and interaction design, including harmony, genre, rhythm, fashion and emotion. Along the way, we will learn how that which defies easy definition can elevate digital and musical works from good to miraculous.
1. Why do some interactions and some pieces of music—even when they seemingly 'obey' all the rules—still feel wrong?
2. What is it about music that provokes such a profound emotional response and how can designers learn from it?
3. Why, despite all expectations, the overflow of information can actually be a rather lovely experience.
4. Why does innovation actually feel bad?
5. And finally, just what is 'The Brown Noise'?
by Paul Lamere
With so much music available, finding new music that you like can
be like finding a needle in a haystack. We need new tools to help
us to explore the world of music, tools that can help us separate
the wheat from the chaff.
In this panel we will look at how visualizations can be used to
help people explore the music space and discover new, interesting
music that they will like. We will look at a wide range of
visualizations, from hand drawn artist maps, to highly interactive,
immersive 3D environments. We'll explore a number of different
visualization techniques including graphs, trees, maps, timelines
and flow diagrams and we'll examine different types of music data
that can contribute to a visualization.
Using numerous examples drawn from commercial and research systems
we'll show how visualizations are being used now to enhance music
discovery and we'll demonstrate some new visualization techniques
coming out of the labs that we'll find in tomorrow's music
discovery applications.
LEVEL: Advanced
by Mehan Jayasuriya and Michael Weinberg
Have you ever received a takedown notice for an MP3 or video you posted on your blog? Did you get clearance from a publicist only to have the label accuse you of illicitly distributing their content? Did Google delete your Blogspot blog? Are you scared to post MP3s on your blog at all for fear of being sued?
There's a lot of confusion and disinformation out there when it comes to bloggers' rights--especially where the nuances of copyright law are concerned. In this workshop, we'll teach you how to make sure you're in the clear when posting content on your blog, exactly what your responsibilities are as a blogger and how to fight back if you're wrongfully accused. The presenters--both of whom work for the Washington D.C.-based digital rights non-profit Public Knowledge--will bring a wealth of expertise from both sides of the issue to the table. In addition to overseeing Public Knowledge's outreach and new media efforts, Mehan Jayasuriya is a freelance music blogger and photographer who has worked with publications like PopMatters, Stereogum and DCist. Michael Weinberg is a staff attorney at Public Knowledge, where he focuses on telecommunications policy, in addition to copyright reform and entertainment law.
LEVEL: Intermediate
by Brian Jennings
Technology has radically altered the face of the music industry; the marketing platforms of yesteryear are no longer sufficient for audience development and distribution. As a result, the industry must rely on new platforms - Internet, mobile, on-demand, social networks - to drive demand. The proposed presentation will examine how professional sports has emerged as another powerful new platform for the music industry to help drive demand, engagement, distribution and revenue. Attendees of this presentation will learn about:
LEVEL: Intermediate
by Sam Howard-Spink, Alex Seago, Heitor Alvelos, Pat Aufderheide and Jeff Ferrell
The debate surrounding music piracy versus the so-called collapse of the music industry has largely been bipolar, and yet so many other processes of music distribution have been developing. From online "sharity" communities that digitize obscure vinyl never released in digital format (a network of cultural preservation, one could argue), all the way to netlabels that could not care less about making money out of their releases, as well as "grime" networks made up of bedroom musicians constantly remixing each other, there is a vast wealth of possibilities driving music in the digital world. This panel will present key examples emerging from this "grey area", and discuss future scenarios for music production and consumption that stand proudly outside the bipolar box.
LEVEL: Beginner
by Matthew Ogle and Dave Haynes
In the old days it was DJs, A&R folks, labels and record store owners that were the gatekeepers to music. Today, we are seeing a new music gatekeeper emerge... the developer. Using open APIs, developers are creating new apps that change how people explore, discover, create and interact with music. But developers can't do it alone. They need data like gig listings, lyrics, recommendation tools and, of course, music! And they need it from reliable, structured and legitimate sources.
In this presentation we'll discuss and explore what is happening right now in the thriving music developer ecosystem. We'll describe some of the novel APIs that are making this happen and what sort of building blocks are being put into place from a variety of different sources. We'll demonstrate how companies within this ecosystem are working closely together in a spirit of co-operation. Each providing their own pieces to an expanding pool of resources from which developers can play, develop and create new music apps across different mediums - web, mobile, software and hardware. We'll highlight some of the next-generation of music apps that are being created in this thriving ecosystem.
Finally we'll take a look at how music developers are coming together at events like Music Hack Day, where participants have just 24 hours to build the next generation of music apps. Someone once said, "APIs are the sex organs of software. Data is the DNA." If this is true, then Music Hack Days are orgies.
LEVEL: Intermediate
As the SXSW Interactive Festival continues to grow, it often becomes harder to discover /network with the specific type of people you want to network with. Hence a full slate of daytime Meet Ups are scheduled for the 2011 event. This time slot if for music fans to get together talk shop, talk records, talk shows, talk bands…basically just talk about music. If you're sticking around for SXSW Music it's a great good head start to finding out what bands to see and parties to hit. Cash bar onsite.
by Larisa Mann, Jess Hemerly and Jason Schultz
Metadata may be an afterthought when it comes to most people's digital music collections, but when it comes to finding, buying, selling, rating, sharing, or describing music, little matters more. Metadata defines how we interact and talk about music—from discreet bits like titles, styles, artists, genres to its broader context and history. Metadata builds communities and industries, from the local fan base to the online social network. Its value is immense. But who owns it? Some sources are open, peer-produced and free. Others are proprietary and come with a hefty fee. And who determines its accuracy? From CDDB to MusicBrainz and Music Genome Project to AllMusic, our panel will explore the importance of metadata and information about music from three angles. First, production, where we'll talk about the quality and accuracy of peer-produced sources for metatdata and music information, like MusicBrainz and Wikipedia, versus proprietary sources, like CDDB. Second, we'll look at the social importance of music data, like how we use it to discuss music and how we tag it to enhance music description and discovery. Finally, we'll look at some legal issues, specifically how patent, copyright, and click-through agreements affect portability and ownership of data and how metadata plays into or out of the battles over "walled garden" systems like Facebook and Apple's iEmpire. We'll also play a meta-game with metadata during the panel to demonstrate how it works and why it is important.
LEVEL: Intermediate
by Kimberly Thompson, David Claassen, Fred Croshal, Bram Bessoff and Bryan Calhoun
Major and indie artists are leveraging new technologies and smart marketing to re-define success in today's music industry. These artists are not only reaching their goals, they are profiting from their success BIGGER & FASTER than ever before; this panel will show you how to do the same. Since new technology start-ups are a dime a dozen, its critical to know which strategies and companies will drive success while making you the most money online, offline and on the road. This panel features representatives of innovative, tech-savvy artists and best-in-class technology providers to discuss recent developments and relevant success stories from tour-centric to online marketing strategies that employ both innovation and technology to improve the bottom line. After this panel, you will walk away knowing how to take immediate action and make career defining decisions.
LEVEL: Intermediate
by Mary Jo Pehl, Heather Gold, Kenyatta Cheese and Allee Willis
Since the web began we've been talking about artists having a career without a label and going to fans direct. We finally have examples of it working. So what does it look like? SXSW Veteran Heather Gold sits down with collaborating songwriters Allee Willis (September, Boogie Wonderland, over 50 million albums sold) and Pomplamoose (over 28 million YouTube views) and you to find out.
Allee and Pomplamoose met online after Pomplamoose covered Allee's September and decided to collaborate together. By SXSW 2011 they will have released 3-10 songs, videosongs, a podcast and an online game together as part of a single project. This is a kind of collaboration, art and business that would not be possible without the web.
Allee has sold 50,000,000 records and yet cannot read or write music. Pomplamoose make all their songs in a tiny room crammed with a piano and instruments. Both are exceptionally accessible and conversational.
In this case study we'll find out how "limitations" and openness serve them in an era of "personal brands." We'll also dig into their collaborative process in making music and visuals together and find out how they've succeeded creatively and in every other way.
LEVEL: Intermediate
by Bill Wilson
Who cares about metadata? You should. In a world where millions of digital music transactions take place on a daily basis, it's more important than ever that music, video, and application content appears correctly in digital storefronts, customers can find them, and that the right songwriter, artist and/or content owner gets paid.
This panel will review the current landscape and make sense of the various identifiers such as ISRC, ISWC, GRID, ISNI as well as XML communications standards such as DDEX ERN and DSR messages. We'll also cover why these common systems are critical as the backbone of digital music commerce from the smallest indie artist to the biggest corporate commerce partners.
LEVEL: Intermediate
by Richard Linklater and Randall Poster
Filmmaker Richard Linklater sits down with prolific Music Supervisor Randall Poster, to talk about the importance of music in film. Poster has worked with the greats, including Martin Scorsese, Wes Anderson, and Jason Reitman.
by Josh Ritter
Named one of the 100 Greatest Living Songwriters by Paste, lauded as "cream of the young singer-songwriter crop" by the New York Times, and hailed by Stephen King for "the most exuberant outburst of energy since Bob Dylan's 'A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall,'" Josh Ritter is a beloved musician whose albums include The Animal Years and So Runs the World Away. Known for the storytelling and literary sophistication of his lyrics, his session at SXSW Interactive marks the launch of his newest method of self-expression: his debut novel BRIGHT'S PASSAGE (on sale June 28). Ritter has written a deeply affecting story about the unlikely journey undertaken by a veteran, his infant son, and their guardian angel in the aftermath of World War I. Joining him on stage to discuss his novel, its genesis and what it represents within his larger body of work is Bob Boilen, creator and host of "All Songs Considered" from NPR Music.
by Adam Randall, Shane Vitarana and Ben Long
Mobile is by far the fastest growing sector of the game industry. The growth of the app market is buoyed by an explosion in hardware. New mobile devices appear almost weekly, each promising heightened user experience. It's no surprise that consumers are expecting better audio in their mobile games. This has created infinite revenue possibilities for composers, bands and sound artists. Join Ben Long as he reveals the technical, creative and business aspects of audio in mobile games. Also, Shane Vitarana and Adam Randall will shed light on the present and future of drum apps and how they relate to mobile games.
LEVEL: Intermediate
As the SXSW Interactive Festival continues to grow, it often becomes harder to discover /network with the specific type of people you want to network with. Hence a full slate of daytime Meet Ups are scheduled for the 2011 event. These Meet Ups are definitely not a panel session -- nor do they offer any kind of formal presentation or AV setup. On the contrary, these sessions are a room where many different conversations and (and will) go on at once. This timeslot is for registrants to network with other SXSW Interactive, Gold and Platinum registrants who are interested in how music is involved in the gaming industry. Cash bar onsite.
by Jonathan Carroll and Cindy Royal
Emerging social media platforms offer musicians unprecedented opportunities to distribute music and engage fans, often circumventing the traditional models of label deals and radio airplay. Today, it is more about creating a community around your music and engaging your fan base than major label deals and platinum sales. For some artists, fan engagement has happened organically, as a result of the quality of their music, years of touring or their innovative sound. Certain bands have always had fans that followed them from city to city, meeting other fans, sharing music and stories. New social media tools, like the location-based social networks Gowalla and Foursquare, can be used as platforms for rewarding fans for desired behaviors.
Currently, these platforms are in their infancy. Their focus is evolving toward event as well as location-based check-ins. Musicians can engage these services by encouraging fans to check-in at shows, offering rewards for multiple check-ins on a tour, providing a space for fans to aggregate photos and videos, and offering a way for fans to develop their own interactions, like organizing meet-ups and creating trips. Once fans are signed up with a location-based service, bands can offer merchandise discounts, meet and greet access, limited edition items and downloads or other incentives. The key is engaging passionate fans wherever they are in the world via mobile devices. Let them help by giving them the tools they need to spread the word. Co-presenting on this panel will be Jonathan Carroll, Community Manager at Gowalla.
LEVEL: Intermediate
Classical musicians have always enjoyed a close relationship with their audience, one that is well understood in the traditional context of performance. However, with the growth of social media and an ever-increasing number of people listening to music online, that relationship is changing. How will this transformation affect classical music artists and their audience?
In a blog post earlier this year, New Yorker music critic Alex Ross wrote of the continuing downward trend in the consumption of classical music by Generation X. While classical music listening in other generations has tended to increase as people approach middle age, Gen Xers are showing a precipitous decline in interest. He writes, "Every classical organization in America should print out this graph, pin it on the bulletin board, and ponder what is to be done."
Could attracting wider participation in classical music from a broader and younger audience online be the key to preserving the genre? The panel discusses this question in the context of several projects, including The YouTube Symphony, The Royal Opera House's "Twitterdammerung," The Greene Space's Battle of the Boroughs and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra's Project 440, with an eye not only to what works and what doesn't, but to how these projects can be adapted to support music and the creative process.
LEVEL: Beginner
by Malthe Sigurdsson, Steve Savoca, Brenna Ehrlich and Travis Bogard
Discovering and listening to music today is a fragmented experience. Most consumers discover in one place, purchase in another, and listen somewhere else. While iTunes remains the dominant way people buy and organize their digital music collections, on-demand music services like Rdio, MOG and Spotify are creating new ways to discover, play, organize, and share music.
The wide-spread adoption of smartphones and connected devices, along with the growing ubiquity of wireless networks, has increased the promise of music-in-the-cloud, but are consumers ready to give up their iTunes and owning their music outright? While, early adopters and music enthusiasts are latching on, what will it take for the mainstream to shift their thinking? This session will explore how connected devices and cloud services will affect the way consumers find and buy music going forward.
by Troy Campbell, Stephen Averill and Gunnar Madsen
The House of Songs is an Austin, TX based project focusing on musical creativity through international collaboration. The House has been operating since September 2009 and has provided the foundation for creative collaboration between some of the strongest Austin and Scandinavian songwriters. Through these experiences, the participating songwriters have created numerous potential relationships and have attained unique experiences benefiting their musical careers. This panel will discuss how digital media influences these collaboration efforts in the present and in the future. The conversation will also cover current trends in this area, challenges artists face in developing and expanding their audience, how artists today can succeed in procuring worldwide digital revenue, and ultimately emphasize the need of having this conversation.
LEVEL: Intermediate
by Noah Dinkin
Many web companies target the musician community for their first (and sometimes only) segment of users. Sometimes this works and the company is a success within the music space. Sometimes early traction with musicians is elusive and the company is forced to pivot to target a different customer base. This panel looks at why targeting musicians might be a good or bad idea, and how to be effective if you decide to do it. Panelists will include companies who have started and stayed within the music space as well as companies who have switched from music to another vertical. Some other important questions to consider: Should you think of selling to musicians more as consumers, prosumers, or small businesses? Is a one-time purchase, subscription, or advertising revenue model better when targeting musicians?
LEVEL: Intermediate
by Justin Noormand and Tony Howlett
From the walkman to the iPod, music has long thrived in the mobile medium and now the merging of music and wireless phones is a reality. Thus far mobile music has been controlled by only a few companies and the creation of music applications has been limited to those with technical resources. But new mobile applications and social networking technology is extending more control and power to musicians and music teachers. These apps are making it easy and profitable for musicians to share their experience and knowledge with consumers, students and the up and coming talent in the music world. This discussion will cover the democratization of learning music via the phone, what this means for the music industry, the issues to overcome and examples of these emerging applications that give more power to the people.
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