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Princeton University students and recent graduates presented entrepreneurial projects they developed over the summer in the Keller Center's third annual eLab Demo Day on Aug. 11-12. Above, Mung Chiang, the Arthur LeGrand Doty Professor of Electrical Engineering and director of the Keller Center, gives opening remarks at the eLab Demo Day at the Manhattan headquarters of AppNexus on Aug. 12. Activities also were held on the Princeton campus.
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Student startups: Demo Day shows off entrepreneurial ventures
Posted August 21, 2014; 12:00 p.m.
Wearing a sharp business suit and a big smile, John Wolfe looked out at the crowd gathered at AppNexus' Manhattan headquarters and asked to borrow someone's credit card.
Silence. Followed by nervous laughter. Finally, someone raised a credit card above their head. Wolfe politely took the card and walked back on stage.
"I promise we won't take too much money," said the 2014 Princeton University graduate in psychology, drawing a laugh from the crowd. Wolfe handed the brave volunteer's plastic to his colleague and classmate Eric Rehe, an economics major, who whipped it through a card reader attached to his laptop. In less than a minute, the two men showed it was possible to create a perfect duplicate of the card — and launched into their pitch for a new business aimed at upgrading credit card security.
Wolfe's team, using the CryptoCard security system developed by fellow Princeton students, was one of seven that presented their ideas at the Keller Center's annual Demo Day last week. This year's presentations marked a first for eLab, Princeton's student business accelerator — in addition to demonstrations on campus Aug. 11, the teams traveled to Manhattan the next day to pitch their ideas before an audience and an expert panel. The teams gathered at the headquarters of the online advertising firm AppNexus, which was founded by Brian O'Kelley, a member of the Class of 1999.
"The Princeton Tiger has woken up in the jungle of entrepreneurship," Mung Chiang, director of the Keller Center and the Arthur LeGrand Doty Professor of Electrical Engineering, told a capacity audience at AppNexus' headquarters on West 23rd Street. Over 500 people watched the presentations in person and online over the two days; watch a video of some of the event.
This year's teams ranged from a high-tech effort to produce a gesture interface for consumer electronics to an innovative method to teach American Sign Language online. Each team delivered a brief presentation sketching the highlights of the startups. In the New York session, they also faced questions, often quite pointed, from the experts, who sought further details about potential revenues, management challenges and the ability to adapt plans to changing markets. None of the questions stumped the teams, but they definitely made them think on their feet.
"They really don't pull any punches," Evan Corden, a rising junior majoring in economics and a member of the SignSchool team, said after the event. "It definitely makes us motivated to prepare even more for future presentations."
The panel of experts included Nic Poulos, a 2008 alumnus and principal at Bowery Capital; Daniel Ciporin, a 1980 alumnus and partner at Canaan Partners; Charlie O'Donnell, partner and founder of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures; Sheryl WuDunn, a Princeton trustee who earned a master's in public affairs in 1988 and is senior managing director at Mid-Market Securities; and Nadia Gil, finance director at Cognizant and angel investor with 37Angels.
This was the first year that the teams demonstrated their work at a session in Manhattan, which was hosted by eLab associates Neeta Patel, left, and Hannah Miller, right, both members of the Class of 2016. (Photo by Denise Applewhite, Office of Communications)
This was the third year that the Keller Center has presented its Demo Day, which is the culmination of the center's eLab program. The 10-week summer accelerator provides housing and funding, without taking equity, to teams of student entrepreneurs, who are selected after a competitive application process. The students work with mentors, who are veteran entrepreneurs, and attend workshops and training sessions with specialists who coach them in different aspects of launching a startup.
The keynote address at this year's Demo Day was delivered by Chris Kuenne, the founder of the Rosetta marketing group. Kuenne, a 1985 alumnus who teaches the course "High-Tech Entrepreneurship" at Princeton, told the audience that he was amazed at the drive and dedication shown by the eLab teams.
"What on earth could I tell such an inspiring group of people that might further inspire them?" Kuenne said.
The eLab summer is a hectic time for the student teams, who work to shape their ideas into working ventures. The participants, who often have relatively little business experience, follow a program based on a syllabus developed specifically for the eLab by Lorraine Marchand, the former James Wei Visiting Professor in Entrepreneurship at the Keller Center. The instruction emphasizes strategy and leadership and continual review of a team's plans. The teams learn to focus on meeting potential customers' needs and develop an ability to quickly pivot their business plan to respond to the market.
"The housing, the support, the office space made it easier to focus on the project because we did not have to worry about anything else," Corden said. "We definitely made a lot of progress."
Friendsy provides college undergraduates with a safe and friendly method to make social connections. Members of the team include, from left: Dylan Sewell, a rising senior at Dartmouth College; and Princeton 2014 graduate Anand Shah and rising seniors Kevin Bruccoleri, Vaidhy Murti and Michael Pinsky. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski for the Office of Engineering Communications)
Michael Pinsky's and Vaidhy Murti's startup idea was inspired by a chance meeting: the two sat down on adjacent couches to watch a New York Yankees baseball game. They quickly became good friends.
But Murti, a rising senior majoring in computer science, said that too few people have the good luck to make friends through chance meetings around campus.
"We realized it usually doesn't happen that way," Pinsky, a rising senior majoring in psychology, told the audience during his presentation.
Friendsy offers a chance for similar meetings in college settings. The college-based social media system limits membership to undergraduates of a given school, providing a greater level of security than other systems. Their system allows users to send compliments and make new connections with their fellow students. The sender can remain anonymous and reveal only certain details about themselves. The recipient learns the person's identity if they independently indicate they that would like to become acquainted.
The system is also monitored to prevent harassing or negative messages and to allow members to begin friendships and romances in a safe environment.
Friendsy has already enrolled 10,000 users at seven colleges, and the team plans to expand to 50 more schools this fall.
"It's a win-win way of putting yourself out there," Pinsky said.
Music is Medicine connects critically ill children with musicians who create songs to inspire the children during their treatment. The team includes, from left: Elen Miteva, a member of the Class of 2014; Hope Lorah, a rising sophomore; Leora Friedman, a member of the Class of 2014; and Dong Hun Yi, a rising junior. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski for the Office of Engineering Communications)
Music is medicine
Music can often inspire people in ways that nothing else can, and the Music is Medicine team hopes to harness that power to help seriously ill children.
In her Demo Day presentation, team member Leora Friedman told the audience about Brooke, a 13-year-old girl with bone cancer. Music is Medicine linked Brooke with Drew Seeley, a recording artist, and Seeley wrote a song especially for the girl. Her mother later said Brooke's time speaking on Skype with Seeley was a bright moment in a terribly difficult time.
"Children battling life-threatening illnesses don't always have access to programs to cater to their emotional needs," said Friedman, who graduated this spring with a degree in politics.
Before coming to Princeton, Friedman started Music is Medicine with her sister as a community service project in Baltimore. The siblings recorded music for pediatric cancer patients. Friedman later told an interviewer for MTV that the project "showed me the incredible impact music can have on a hospitalized child."
Music is Medicine, a nonprofit organization, arranges contact between children and artists, and uses donations and grants to pay for the production of songs and videos. Currently, the program is available in Los Angeles and Nashville, because of their proximity to the recording industry, but the team plans to expand to other cities. The team members expect to produce 24 videos in the next year and expand to 36 the following year.
Jack Hudson, a rising junior majoring in computer science, describes the SignSchool system after a presentation in the Friend Center at Princeton.(Photo by Frank Wojciechowski for the Office of Engineering Communications)
The idea for SignSchool was born when Corden and Jack Hudson met fellow student Colin Lualdi in their dorm. Lualdi is deaf, and Corden and Hudson, now rising juniors majoring in economics and computer science, respectively, found communication to be difficult.
"We had to write our messages on a piece of paper or a laptop," Corden said.
The students had trouble finding a method to learn American Sign Language that was easy and effective.
"Our solution is SignSchool," Corden told the audience. "We intend to be the first e-textbook for American Sign Language."
The team, which includes Lualdi, a rising sophomore, has designed a modular lesson plan involving online videos and interactive instruction for online use. The system uses short lectures and self-quizzes to allow users to progress at their own pace. Its curriculum is split into sections tailored to a specific use: speaking with friends, business colleagues or relatives. The SignSchool team plans to launch the initial version in September.
"We set out to create an online resource that would be just as effective as an in-person class," Corden said.
CryptoCard team representatives speak with audience members after their presentation. The team members shown, who all graduated this year, are from left, Josh Chen, Eric Rehe and John Wolfe. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski for the Office of Engineering Communications)
After his demonstration with the audience member's credit card, Wolfe threw out a few other numbers: it takes six seconds to duplicate a card; credit card fraud costs the nation $8 billion per year; 69 percent of consumers in the United States have had their card replaced because of fraud.
"If you are feeling some uneasiness after hearing all of this and seeing all of this then you are not alone," Wolfe said. In 2014, "more Americans reported feeling serious concerns about credit card fraud than war and terrorism."
CryptoCard protects against fraud by generating a unique number on each card that changes every minute. The number, which is linked to a CryptoCard server, is checked against the server number for every transaction; so even if a card is duplicated, it can't be used. The protection also works for online and telephone transactions.
"Not only can we prevent fraud, but we can tell you exactly when and where fraud is attempted," Wolfe said.
Another advantage of the system is that it does not require merchants or banks to install new equipment: CryptoCard servers would handle the verification and charge banks based on the amount of fraud the system prevents. The company is working to secure funding to begin a 10,000-card pilot program in January 2015, and is in discussions with card issuers about future plans.
"You will not be able to operate in the 21st century without this type of technology," Wolfe said.
Brenton Partridge, second from left, a member of the Class of 2012, and Meg Partridge, a member of the Class of 2014, center, speak with audience members about their team's fashion line, Deià, which creates socially conscious fashion by linking consumers and artisans around the world. (Photo by Denise Applewhite, Office of Communications)
Deià is a new clothing line that makes connections between women of different social and economic backgrounds by linking high fashion with social consciousness. The company has enlisted groups of local artisans to create clothing that reflects the craftsmanship of handmade elements from cultures around the world.
"Everything we wear tells a story," Meg Partridge told the audience. "But what is the story that we want our clothes to tell?"
Partridge said that production work in developing countries is too often dehumanizing and dangerous for workers, with terrible working conditions and frequent industrial accidents. But it does not have to be this way. A company can use its product to improve the lives of its workers — and use this commitment as a selling point for its product.
"Fashion can be an incredible medium for empowerment," said Partridge, who graduated this year with a degree in civil and environmental engineering.
Deià has brought together a team of designers who work with artisans around the world to create textiles and materials for the clothing line. The products are shipped to the United States, where they are assembled into garments. The first collection, based on a Mediterranean theme, is scheduled for release next summer.
"We are pioneering a vision of modern luxury that helps people to connect to their humanity," Partridge said.
Graduate students Aoxiang Tang, left, and Liechao Huang, right, members of the SpaceTouch team, present their innovative system for a gesture interface for consumer electronics. (Photo by Denise Applewhite, Office of Communications)
Imagine controlling electronics by waving a hand over a coffee table or gesturing to a wall screen television. It is a staple of science fiction but true gesture control is difficult to achieve with current technology.
SpaceTouch, created by three Princeton electrical engineering graduate students, is a way to link scifi screens with today's technology. Unlike most attempts at gesture interfaces, which rely on cameras, the SpaceTouch system uses a special microchip and a sensor that detects and interprets minute electrical variations in air caused by a person's gesture. The system allows user to interact directly with the display.
"SpaceTouch is the only solution that allows you to directly gesture to displays," said Yingzhe (Dylan) Hu, a member of the team.
SpaceTouch also allows users to gesture at a wide range of distances, from far way to right up to the screen. "There is no gap between gesture and touch," Hu said.
The technology can be integrated into a variety of applications from education to gaming to medical systems. The team members, who are in discussion with large electronics manufacturers, said that SpaceTouch has proven highly popular with testing groups.
"Eighty percent of the consumers love this so much that they would recommend it to their friends," Hu said.
The Solstice Initiative plans to help corporations bring the benefits of solar power to their employees. (Photo by Denise Applewhite, Office of Communications)
Solstice Initiative
One of the puzzles of solar power in the United States is that most of the people who could really benefit from a reduction of their monthly power bill are locked out of the solar market because they don't own their home or can't afford to install a solar array.
Solstice Initiative plans to solve that problem by encouraging corporations to build solar arrays and offer clean electric power as a benefit to their employees.
"What if solar power for your home could be bought where you work?" said Steve Moilanen, a team member. "Take, for example, an IKEA store. IKEA can now build an array on the roof at its store ... IKEA can take a portion of that array and dedicate it to its workforce."
"Solar power can be transformed into a benefit," Moilanen said.
Solstice Initiative works as a benefits manager for solar power, creating a solar program and enrolling employees. Not only does the company offer a new benefit that would help retain employees, it also would advertise is commitment to the environment at the same time.
"This is more clean energy going to more people, helping people save more dollars," said Moilanen, who received his master's degree in public policy this year from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. "That is a win."
Solistice Initiative is a nonprofit that plans to support its operations through benefits administration fees and by generating leads for solar installation companies.
"We believe that over the next five years we can positively impact hundreds of thousands of workers who are presently shut out of the marketplace," Moilanen said.
Cornelia Huellstrunk, associate director of the Keller Center, introduces presentations at the Demo Day in New York City. (Photo by Denise Applewhite, Office of Communications)


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Kindergarten is a wake-up moment for many kids with ADHD. Suddenly, they run into demands to "sit still and listen." Many encounter rules for the first time. Not only do they need to learn the rules, they also need to make new friends, learn new skills, get along with students from other backgrounds, and work in large groups.
Parents are shocked by that first phone call from school. At home, their child is manageable, but children with ADHD often lag behind their peers by as much as 30 percent in mastering life and social skills. Structure and support will prevent them from stumbling.
Bring out your child's friendship gene.
What Teachers Can Do
REACH OUT TO PARENTS. Send them a letter at the beginning of the year explaining the class routine, homework schedule, and behavioral expectations. Set up a class website or newsletter. Be sure to mention student names and home activities they share to spark conversation.
GIVE GOOD NEWS. If you have a student who demonstrates challenging behaviors, consider setting up a school-to-home note system to let parents know when their child has had a good day. Use e-mail or texts to save time.
GREET EACH STUDENT. This strategy alone has been shown to improve time on task without any other intervention. Students respond when they feel recognized and respected for who they are. Greet each student at the door every day with one of the Four H's: "Hello," "How are you?," high five, or a handshake.
USE PHYSICAL EXERCISE TO BREAK THE ICE. Help children make friends by taking playground breaks from the classroom routine whenever possible. Children relax when they play games that everyone knows -- and they forget their differences. Weakness that may show up in the classroom may disappear on the playground. Choose noncompetitive games, like "Amoeba Tag." In this game, two children are "It." When they tag another, that child joins the "amoeba." The game is over when everyone is "It."
USE COLOR AND SHAPE to mark individual spaces during group time or to line up. Giving each student her own space avoids the tendency of ADDers to communicate physically.
What Parents Can Do
HELP YOUR CHILD DISCOVER HER STRENGTHS AND INTERESTS. Many children don't excel in school, but have what Robert Brooks calls "islands of competence" in music, drama, or sports. Friendships are based on mutual interests. Get your child involved in small groups that share her interests. Avoid being the "stage mother," and let your child have fun.
Game On! 10 Best Sports and Activities for Impulsive Children with ADHD
TEACH YOUR CHILD TO REFRAME NEGATIVE THOUGHTS. When your child cries out, "I can't do this!" teach her to tell herself, "This is hard. I can ask for help."
DESIGN A PERSONAL STORYBOARD, and include your child's interests, artwork, and photos of him when he was young. Share this with the teacher before school starts, early in the year, or at a conference. Seeing your child as a part of the family and community helps to erase the stigma of being "ADHD."
CREATE SPECIAL MOMENTS. Plan 15 minutes of quality time with your child several times each week. Let your child choose what he wants to do with you during this time. Avoid using this as a time to talk about problems, unless your child brings them up. Your relationship with your child is more fundamental to his happiness than school grades are.
PUT HOMEWORK IN PERSPECTIVE. If you don't already have a provision in your child's Individualized Education Program or 504 Plan limiting homework per night, talk with the teacher about doing this. Explain how ADHD affects your child's attention at home. Tell your child, "School and homework are important, but they're not the only parts of your education. Doing tae kwan do, playing with kids in the neighborhood, visiting the elderly lady down the street -- these are important parts of your education, too."


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What will Rodman wear to Hall of Fame?
April 4th, 2011, 8:48 am by JANIS CARR, OCREGISTER.COMWonder what Dennis Rodman will wear to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame induction ceremonies?
Back in the day, the former Pistons/Bulls/Spurs/Lakers power forward was known around the league for his flashy hair and dress as he was for his devastating rebounding numbers. His hair color was as predictable as his rebounding total, although fans knew both would be entertaining.
He added tattoos and piercings to his "bad boy" image followed by wacky costumes (remember the wedding gown?) but it was his rebounding that stood out. In his 14 NBA seasons, Rodman averaged 13.1 boards -- 15.1 in his final 10 years in the league.
Although Rodman can still be unpredictable, he seemingly has settled down one month shy of his 50th birthday. He He now has a wife, a 10-year-old son and a spot reserved among the game's best.
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The U.S. and Britain are both charging the man with breaking into computer systems the military runs. His apparent motive: stealing confidential and disrupting operations, according to authorities. Lauri Love, 28, allegedly penetrated computer systems belonging to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The hacks resulted in millions of dollars of losses, the FBI said.
"According to the indictment, Lauri Love and conspirators hacked into thousands of networks, including many belonging to the United States military and other government agencies," said U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman. "As part of their alleged scheme, they stole military data and personal identifying information belonging to servicemen and women. Such conduct endangers the security of our country and is an affront to those who serve."
Setting Up Back Doors
Law enforcement authorities in the United Kingdom, including investigators with the Cyber Crime Unit of the National Crime Agency, arrested Love at his residence on Oct. 25, 2013, in connection with an ongoing NCA investigation. Love was previously charged in New Jersey by federal complaint, also unsealed in connection with his arrest. He also is charged in a criminal complaint in the Eastern District of Virginia with alleged conduct related to other intrusions.
According to the indictment unsealed in Newark federal court, between October 2012 and October 2013, Love and fellow conspirators sought out and hacked into thousands of computer systems. Once inside the compromised networks, Love and his conspirators placed hidden "shells" or "back doors" within the networks, which allowed them to return to the compromised computer systems at a later date and steal confidential data. The stolen data included the personally identifying information of thousands of individuals, some of whom were military servicemen and servicewomen, as well as other non-public material.
Love and his conspirators planned and executed the attacks in secure online chat forums known as Internet relay chats, or IRC, the FBI reported. They communicated in these chats about identifying and locating computer networks vulnerable to cyberattacks and gaining access to and stealing massive amounts of data from those networks. According to the FBI, they also discussed the object of the conspiracy, which was to hack into the computer networks of the government victims and steal large quantities of non-public data, including personally identifying information to disrupt the operations and infrastructure of the United States government.
Leveraging SQL Injections
Love and conspirators often deployed what is known as an SQL injection attack to gain entry to the government victims' computer servers, the FBI said. SQL, or Structured Query Language, is a type of programing language designed to manage data held in particular types of databases; the hackers identified vulnerabilities in SQL databases and used those vulnerabilities to infiltrate a computer network.
According to the FBI, they also exploited vulnerabilities in a Web application platform that some of the targeted agencies used known as Cold Fusion. Like SQL Injection attacks, this method of hacking allowed the conspirators to gain unauthorized access to secure databases of the victims. Once the network was infiltrated, Love and his conspirators placed malicious code, or malware, on the system, the FBI reported. This malware created a back door or shell, leaving the system vulnerable and helping Love and the conspirators maintain access to the network.
Love and his conspirators took steps to conceal their identities and illegal hacking activities. To mask their IP addresses, the conspirators used proxy and Tor servers to launch the attacks. They also frequently changed their nicknames in online chat rooms, using multiple identities to communicate with each other.
If convicted, Love faces a maximum potential penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine, or twice the gross gain or loss from the offense, on each of the two counts with which he is charged.


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When you were in your 1st year of life, you could say that was year "0". Things get confusing (for many people) when numbers start to get bigger: The 20th century were the years 19xx (mostly). Did the 2nd millenium end on New Year's Eve 1999 or 2000? For mathematicans or sientists in general (as mathematics is nowadays a big part of every sience) it is quite natural to count from zero. Programming languages were developed by sientists mostly. So there is the historic background. About the only language coming to my mind with 1-based arrays is BASIC. But looking at the BASIC mainline nowadays (VB.NET that is), Microsoft has also evened that out. While you have the possibility to declare arrays with arbitrary lower and upper bounds, a standard array will index its elements from zero. Also going for the "natural" argument again. As an example in Perl look at the possibility to access the last array element via $array[-1]. This seems just right, concidering that the first element is $array[0]. Conversely with $array[1] as the first element. By allowing round-robin-indexing you end up with $array[0] as the last element. Which looks weird, in my eyes at least. Update: Some minor typoes fixed.
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Viewer Army: Adult Entertainment Expo
Posted: January 14, 2010
Being a member of the Viewer Army has some pretty cool perks, like...being in the AOTS Viewer Army! And going to the Adult Entertainment Expo! Check out what our latest soldier found in the sultry depths of Las Vegas.
Want to join our Viewer Army? Check out our calendar of events here.


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Asiana crash survivor says pilot tried to 'lift plane back up'
8 July 2013 Last updated at 15:54 BST
A passenger from the Asiana Airlines flight which crashed at San Francisco International Airport said the pilot attempted to power the aircraft's engines and "lift the plane back up" before it hit the ground.
Eugene Rah survived the accident on Saturday, which killed two passengers, but admitted that at one stage he thought he was going to die.
Mr Rah said he believed the captain tried to send more power to the engine to keep it airborne and out of danger.
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- Off road parking
- Ground floor accommodation
- Ground floor bedroom
- Smoke-free
- Garden / Patio
- Washing machine
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Strathpeffer 3 miles.
This well-equipped, detached Strathpeffer cottage stands on the shores of beautiful Loch Achilty, in the magical Scottish Highlands.
One of a small and exclusive group of holiday properties, this Strathpeffer cottage occupies a truly spectacular location, boasting beautiful loch views.
This Highland cottage is ideal for a couple, a small family group or a group of friends who will embrace the outdoor adventures available on their doorstep, whilst appreciating the peaceful atmosphere.
There are two comfortable bedrooms and a bright open plan living area with a well-equipped kitchen and doors leading out to the patio, an ideal place for a quiet read, or simply enjoying each other's company whilst gazing across the water's edge.
The pretty spa town of Strathpeffer is close by and well worth a visit, especially in the summer months when the local pipe band often offers traditional entertainment.
Further afield, the Highlands are home to spectacular locations, and this Strathpeffer cottage is ideally situated to visit Skye, Plockton, Inverness and Loch Ness to mention but a few.
Why not stay closer to home and explore the wonderful cycle paths, walking routes and wildlife that the area has in abundance, or spend a peaceful afternoon casting a line into the loch?
A great location and a delightful Highlands cottage to be enjoyed throughout the year.
Note: This cottage is next to Refs. 904200 and 921861, together they sleep 14.
All ground floor. Two bedrooms: 1 x double, 1 x twin. Bathroom with bath, shower over, basin and WC. Open plan living area with kitchen, dining area and sitting area.
- Electric storage heaters
- Electric oven and hob, microwave, fridge, washing machine, TV with Freeview, DVD, WiFi, selection of books and games
- Fuel and power inc. in rent
- Bed linen and towels inc. in rent
- Cot and highchair on request
- Ample off road parking
- Private front patio garden with furniture, shared lawned garden
- One well-behaved pet welcome
- Sorry, no smoking
- Shop 1 mile, pub with restaurant 2 miles
- Note: Cottage is close to lakeside, children to be supervised
- Note Fly fishing available by arrangement with owner.
About the location
Inverness 20 miles.
Often compared to a Bavarian Mountain resort, the picturesque spa village of Strathpeffer owes its growth to the discovery of water springs during the 1700s, and was declared in 1819 to be the healthiest drinking water in Britain! The original Spa Pavilion has been magnificently restored after a period of disuse and now serves as a venue for a variety of events, including concerts, dances, dramas and exhibitions. The former Victorian railway station, which in times past brought many visitors from near and far, has now been beautifully restored to house craft workers and their shops, and is also home to the Highland Museum of Childhood. Visit the restored Pump house (also a Tourist Information point), take a walk along a forest track, or enjoy the views from the nearby pictish hill fort at Knockfarrel. Whatever you decide there's plenty on offer for all the family.


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I've been really bad about getting out of the house to see galleries and shows this year. I could try to make a million excuses, but instead I'm planning on just breaking the cycle and walking around more to see what's going on in some of the incredible spaces around town. One show I'm incredible excited to check out is WOOD & PULP at Colab Project Space in Brooklyn. WOOD & PULP showcases the work of artists Scotty Albrecht and Damion Silver and was just extended for another week, ending this Sunday, June 30th. In addition to collage work, the show will highlight assemblages and works on paper using found objects and carefully wrought wood and paper. The pieces above and below are my favorites, but you can check out more online right here or visit the show in person through this Sunday right here. Thanks to Scotty for the heads up! xo, grace
Love the hands. A pair of those would look great in my office!
Really love the first image of the hands together, plus the bottom shot of the hands. Would look so cool on my wall back home! Real fan of these designs so keep them coming :)
I have to agree with the loving the hands. My vision for them is a series of trivets running down a dining table ready to "hold" those hot pots of food. Wouldn't that just make an awesome predinner story!
These are so great! They remind me a little bit of some of Bondé Prang's work with House Industries (though I am totally biased there, haha)! Way into that modern Hamsa.
Great design!
Lovely as always!
I really enjoy Scott Albrecht's work. I received a big box of his postcards for Christmas this year, and friends and family have enjoyed receiving them. They're funky and inspirational.
cool design !
Like the hands…cool design.
Cool design!
We recently visited an exhibition of Scotty's in Oregon and were thrilled to see his ENTIRE collection there. His masterpieces are works of art you definitely have to see to believe. So much detail and care taken for each individual piece. Huge fan.


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Autonomous Robots Fight to the Death in Cambridge
Well, they sort of fought to the death, at least. The Middle East night club in Cambridge hosted the second Autonomous Fighting Robot Challenge on Sunday, in which eight robots built over the course of two weeks battled against each other without any human control. Instead, the robots relied on sensors and software developed by Mathworks and Autodesk, according to WBUR.
Basically they're little rudimentary Terminators. That said, the matches were often mild as some of the bots barely moved and others spent most of their time carefully avoiding each other. So when the robots actually clashed it sent a charge through the crowd. In the end, a robot with a rhino horn, googly eyes and a penchant for circling around the ring defeated all challengers. It was built by the Somervillians team: Jason Chrisos, James Cascarano, Cris Cervantes, Aron Levy and Sean Murray.
"The competition for me is a celebration of the great complexity of systems that people can build today with such ease and speed," [event organizer Paul] Kassebaum says. "The idea that these things can be built in two weeks would have been unheard of just a few years ago."
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Dino Anagnost, Little Orchestra Society Conductor Has Died
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Dino Anagnost, a conductor who served as music director of The Little Orchestra Society since 1979, died in Manhattan on Thursday after a long illness. His death was confirmed by Joanne Bernstein-Cohen, the executive director of the New York-based orchestra.
Anagnost took over the directorship of the 60-member professional chamber orchestra after its founder, conductor Thomas Scherman, died in 1979. Under Anagnost's direction, the ensemble presented an annual series of concerts at Alice Tully Hall, Zankel Hall and the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New York, as well as two longstanding children's series, "Happy Concerts" and "Lolli-pops."
Anagnost was especially known for building creative and sometimes offbeat programs like "Music Takes Flight," an aviation-themed concert that ranged from Samuel Barber to Glenn Miller (co-produced with WQXR's Elliott Forrest); and "The Two Annas: Vivaldi's Muses," which looked at the composer's relationships with young women at an orphanage where he worked. Vivaldi was a longstanding interest and the Society presented an annual Vivaldi program for 20 years.
Born and raised in Manchester, N.H., Anagnost graduated from Boston University. He moved to New York to receive master's in conducting from the Juilliard School and a PhD in music from Columbia University.
A Greek-American with an ongoing interest in Greek music, Anagnost founded several choral groups in the 1980s including the Orpheon Chorale and the Metropolitan Singers/The Greek Choral Society, based at Teacher's College, Columbia University. He was also dean of music at the Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan Cathedral of North and South America on East 74th Street.
Anagnost also had an interest in vocal music, leading operas by Mozart, Strauss, Bizet, Puccini and Vivaldi and the operettas of Sousa, Herbert, Strauss and Sullivan. He gave the Asian premieres of Menotti's The Medium and Amelia Goes to the Ball; and Poulenc's La Voix humaine for PBS's "Great Performances."
In an age when many conductors move from post to post, the majority of Anagnost's career was devoted to his work with The Little Orchestra Society, which was founded in 1957. Known as a gregarious personality and public speaker, Anagnost frequently spoke to audiences from the stage and narrated concerts.
Anagnost is survived by a brother, sister, sister-in-law and three nephews.
Bernstein-Cohen said the Society has lined up guest conductors to lead its remaining concerts this season, including four concerts this weekend. The orchestra plans a leadership search later this spring. "It's a huge loss personally and professionally for the orchestra but it is and was his wish that the orchestra continue as his legacy for everyone in New York City," said Bernstein-Cohen.
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It was my pleasure to sing with the Metropolitan Singers/Greek Choral Society while a graduate student at CU Teachers College from 1984-1986. During that time, I studied voice with the Maestro. Among the highlights was to sing with a small group at the Cathedral for Greek Easter followed by breakfast at 4am; and a special concert at Alice Tully Hall where Mozart met Handel on Stage. We sang Handel's Theodora for the 4 hours duration and I believe that performance at the Cathedral in 1985 was the first in the east coast in 25 years at that time. The Maestro set many standards for so many people. You will be missed. Rest in peace dear friend!
Everyone fiercely loved Dino, you couldn't help it. In a concert hall full of admirers,loyal fans and performers whenever your eyes met he knew you, whatever his mood or state of mind he always had a moment reserved just for you. A truly beautiful person whose life experiences shaped him in to an engaging, musical magic man, you had to be there to know what I mean. Dino was an other worldly experience. I was a member of the Metropolitan Singers I was friends with Dino and Alice. I am proud and honored to have been in his presence. See you in another life Maestro....
As a Canadian studying at Columbia in 1979, I had the privilege of having voice lessons with Dr. Anagnost, and in singing with his choir. He was an excellent teacher, a consummate professional. May he rest in peace.
Antoinette Taddeo
What a lovely man....who knew exactly what he wanted from performers and was able to gently coax us into the good work he so rightly required. He had a sparkle in his eye which was enervating and nurturing. I will always remember his kindness and his brilliance.
Dino taught me how to sing! Each week in the 70's I had a lesson in his beautiful apartment on 103rd street. He was a generous teacher.....he gave so much of himself with music. I received wonderful singing jobs because of his teaching!! He introduced me and taught me vocal works I would have never known if it weren't for his knowledge. A big piece of me goes with Dino and stays with me as well. My prayers go out to his family.
I was very saddened when i heard about the news. I was Dr. Anagnost's teaching assistant for his Choral Conducting class at Teachers College, CU. He was one of the best Conducting instructors/teacher one could have ever had. He will be greatly missed.
I sang with Dino for more than 20 years with the Metropolitan Singers and they were some of the best years of my life. He was an extraordinary talent and I deeply lament his passing. Rest In Peace good friend.
Mr. Anagnost will be greatly missed, but never forgotten. He was one of the first people to give me the gift of music, and for that I will always be grateful.
Dino was a great vocal coach. I'll always remember him for that.
I was Orchestra Manager and Artistic Administrator of LOS for almost five years. Dino had a great and imaginative musical mind. His concerts were truly one-of-a-kind. The last time I spoke with him was ten years ago, when I was living in San Antonio. I called to tell him that I had found a secret source for Cuban cigars. I knew he'd want to buy a box, too!
God needed a conductor. That's why he took Dino. I'm sure he'll be conducting Lolli-Pops concerts up there very soon.
I can't begin to express the sense of loss so many of us feel at Dino's passing. His generosity and heart were as big as his beaming smile. His spirit and boundless energy were infectious. Nineteen years of working with Dino have passed much too quickly and I am ever grateful for having known and learned from him.
Dino was not only a wonderful and stimulating maestro of the Little Orchestra Society and his choral groups, but he was a devoted church musician as well. As a member of the Board of the Direct Archdiocesan Federation of Greek Orthodox Church Musicians, I can say that he and his musical guidance will be greatly missed.
Another correction: The Little Orchestra Society was founded in 1947.
I worked for Maestro in the mid-nineties. I am so sad to hear of his passing. He was such a vibrant, warm and loving man. My heart goes out to his family.
Robert - My apologies! You are correct. Thank you for pointing that out.
Every year my husband and I look forward to the concert Maestro Anagnost had put together the last one was "Music Takes Flight," with Elliot Forrest who did the film/video clips.
That was most enjoyable as were all other concerts he had presented. They were mostly whimsical, made us feel light and glad we chose his concert among other offerings for that day in NYC concert halls.
We don't know him personally but through his performances we felt he was a nice, sweet and kind man.
We will miss him terribly.
This is for Midge......why do I think that Thomas Scherman was the founder of The Little Orchestra Society? Just curious.
I am so sad to hear of the death of the Maestro. My daughter, son and now my grandchild were privelegd to have enjoyed and learned to love music from their experiences witht the little Orchestra Society.
I have been a member since 2004 with the chorus, under the direction of the Maestro. I myself, and all of us will miss him with the Greatest Immensity. Those who had the privilege to work with the Maestro, knew the kind person he was. Words are not enough to express the LOVE WE ALL had for him. If it wasn't for him, I would have never advance as a singer. As I am today, as I am today soever grateful to him. I hold a special place in my heart for him. We have learned much from him. Yes, a Great Light, has gone out, and the likes of him can never be replace nor come close to his likeness. He was Unique in so many ways. The patience, devotion, and time that he devoted into his work. I had never experience this with such a man like the Maestro. He always amazed me, how he would jump to and fro, through music scores, and put everything
together so perfectly. This indeed was a Gifted man. You had to be among us to grasp this
amazing man. I will miss him, and he will be missed by "ALL" of us. Now he's lay to rest, until
until then, when he is called out, to rise again. ..... Addio, Caro mio, Maestro!
A light has gone out & there will never be another one quite like Dino. I was a member of the Metropolitan Greek Chorale & learned so much from him. We remained close friends for 40 years & I will always miss him. Rest in Peace my friend.
Dino and I were good friends for 25+ years and I will miss him dearly. Dino was a kind and generous man, he gave so much to so many children over his many years with the Little Orchestra Society. May his passing be a blessing.
It's been my great pleasure and joy to be have been a member of the Little Orchestra Society for many years. I am deeply saddened by the loss of our Maestro, Dino Anagnost. His warmth, tireless dedication and love for his musicians, performers and staff made the organization truly special. His children's programming, in the form of the famed Lolli-Pops and Happy concerts, have provided an invaluable and first-rate service to the community; his memory will live on through these concerts, a great legacy for an exceptional man and musician. I will miss him.
That's very sad. I remember Mr. Anagnost as a client from the 1970's when he was the very knowledgeable, congenial and enthusiastic young conductor of the Metropolitan Greek Chorale.
The music world is diminished.
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JEFFERSON CITY (AP) - State lawmakers are hoping that new incentives can help Missouri compete for big-time sports events.
The House gave final approval Wednesday to legislation authorizing up to $3 million annually in subsidies for cities, counties and nonprofit groups that host amateur sports events such as college basketball tournaments.
The bill is the first one of the 2013 session to make it to Gov. Jay Nixon.
Missouri has a long history of hosting sports events. Kansas City, for example, is hosting the Big 12 basketball tournament this week and games for the NCAA men's basketball tournament next week.
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In a game marred by imperfection, all Tim DiGiorgio had to do was be perfect to ensure Frankford High School's biggest regular-season football victory in years.
Mission accomplished.
DiGiorgio, the Pioneers' junior quarterback, completed all eight of his passes — including a 14-yard touchdown strike to Renz Compton with 31 seconds to go on the game's final scoring drive — to give his team a dramatic 21-20 win over league rival George Washington on Saturday night at Northeast High School.
The win pushed Frankford to a perfect 6-0 mark in the Public League's AAAA Gold Division — good enough for the Pioneers to win the regular-season title and put themselves in the driver's seat as they gear up for the postseason.
In a first half that featured five total turnovers, it appeared that neither of these supremely balanced, talented teams wanted to walk out of Charles Martin Stadium with a victory. But then a star was born in DiGiorgio, who looked a lot like Tom Brady or Peyton Manning in a do-or-die, fourth-quarter clutch situation.
ldquo;I mean, it was the last chance we had," DiGiorgio said after the game as his teammates celebrated raucously around him. "Everything was right there in front of us. It really was do-or-die, and we didn't really want to die."
In a tightly contested battle throughout, neither squad ever had a lead larger than seven points. The score was deadlocked 7-7 at halftime, and the teams' traded third-quarter touchdowns (Washington struck first on a 39-yard run by senior Hakeem Sillman to make it 13-7 before DiGiorgio put Frankford back on top less than two minutes later with a 21-yard toss to senior Mike Brown).
The Eagles' missed extra point on the Sillman touchdown turned out to be critical, as did head coach Ron Cohen's decision to kick an extra point on Washington's next touchdown with 10:30 to go. Sillman scored on his second run of the game, but instead of trying for two to take a seven-point lead, Washington opted for an extra point and thus cost themselves a shot at overtime after DiGiorgio's pass to Compton later in the quarter.
With the door left so wide open, it was time for DiGiorgio to finish painting his masterpiece. With 3:50 remaining and the Pioneers buried at their own 20, DiGiorgio calmly led his team down the field in an absolutely surgical drive. He hit four receivers to set up the winning touchdown, the biggest plays being a 21-yard completion to Compton to move the ball to their own 45 on a third-and-six, and a 28-yard bomb that senior tight end Aaron Allison caught in stride at the Washington 14.
Things got a bit dicey for the Pioneers before they could celebrate. A holding penalty pushed them back to the 20, and a low snap that led to a DiGiorgio sacking set up a fourth-and-10 at the 14. In the biggest play of his life, DiGiorgio calmly dropped back, picked up the defensive coverage and protection from his offensive line, and found Compton on a post route across the middle for the decisive score. It produced a deafening roar from the large contingent of Frankford supporters in the stands.
"With everything that had happened in the game, I knew it was on me to stay calm in that moment," DiGiorgio said. "On the play, the safety came up and I read one-on-one on the outside. My man ran a post and I knew exactly where he was going to be the whole time."
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"When he caught that ball … it was crazy. Best feeling I've ever had in my life," DiGiorgio said.
Junior kicker Eric Salguero put the finishing touches on the win by nailing the extra point. Washington, out of timeouts, got as far as their own 48 on the final drive but never threatened to score. For the Eagles, Sillman led the way with 140 yards on 26 carries, plus the two rushing scores. It was the seventh game (out of eight) that he rushed for at least 120 yards, and he also grabbed an interception on defense.
For Frankford, it was difficult to identify what was more impressive: DiGiorgio's eight-for-eight showing on the final drive, or his overall numbers, which checked in at 21-for-26 for 304 yards and two touchdowns. He has thrown for 1,645 yards and 22 touchdowns on the season. Allison (seven catches, 77 yards), Compton (three for 69) and senior Marquan Scott (four for 97) served as DiGiorgio's top targets.
As his Pioneer players chanted "SIX-AND-OH, SIX-AND-OH!" following the victory, head coach Will Doggett's address to his team was simple.
"This tall, skinny kid showed a ton of heart," Doggett said of DiGiorgio. "And the rest of you … that's the way you tough out a win."
As for DiGiorgio himself, he was slightly perturbed that the game came down to the wire, but he was just fine with the win.
"I honestly thought we would have held a bigger margin of victory," he said. "The way we turned the ball over in the first half … I know we're better than that. But whether we won by one or twenty-one, I just knew walking out of here with a loss was not an option."
While his teammates and coaches walked toward the stands to socialize and thank the fans who have supported the Pioneers all season, DiGiorgio stood near the middle of the field and allowed what he had just done to sink in just a little bit.
"That was by far the biggest game I've ever played in my entire life," he said. "You saw it out there tonight, that the sky is the limit for this team if we play to our ability and cut down on our turnovers. We turned the ball over quite a bit tonight and still were able to beat a very good football team, so imagine how good we can be down the road if we hold on to the ball.
"It's like our coach tells us … play hard and play smart on every down. If we do that, then nobody is going to beat us."
And certainly nobody is going to beat the Pioneers if DiGiorgio exhibits anything near the perfection that he displayed in a magical fourth quarter on Saturday night. ••
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Wall Street's lucrative commodities businesses came to the fore Tuesday as a Senate panel questioned whether banks should be allowed to control warehouses, pipelines and other infrastructure used to store and transport essential goods.
The hearing, convened by the Senate Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection subcommittee, came as Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and others face growing scrutiny over their role in the commodities markets and the extent to which their activities can inflate prices paid by manufacturers and consumers. The Federal Reserve is reviewing the potential risks posed by the operations, which have generated many billions of dollars in profits for the banks.
The hearing followed an article in The New York Times on Sunday that explored the operations of warehouses controlled in part by Goldman Sachs. The bank's tactics, along with those of other financial players, have inflated the price of aluminum and ultimately cost consumers billions of dollars, an investigation by The Times found. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is gathering information on the warehouse operations.
Several witnesses at Tuesday's hearings warned that letting the country's largest financial institutions own commodities units that store and ship vast quantities of metals, oil and the other basic building blocks of the economy could pose grave risks to the financial system. The ability of those bank subsidiaries to gather nonpublic information on commodities stores and shipping also could give the banks an unfair advantage in the markets and cost consumers billions of dollars, the witnesses said.
Representatives from the financial industry did not testify on Tuesday, but Goldman Sachs for the first time addressed its role in the aluminum market. In a statement posted on its website, Goldman said that its ownership of aluminum warehouses did not affect prices of the metal, in part because only 5 percent of the aluminum that is used in manufacturing passes through the warehouses owned by Goldman and others. Goldman controls 27 warehouses in the Detroit area that are used to store aluminum for customers.
In addition, Goldman said, delivered aluminum prices are nearly 40 percent lower than they were in 2006. During the financial crisis, warehoused inventories of aluminum more than tripled, the company said, because of weakened consumer demand.
The Times investigation found that Goldman's warehouse subsidiary moved large amounts of aluminum among its warehouses daily, a process that lengthened the storage time and increased the premium that was added to the basic price of aluminum. The London Metal Exchange, which sets the rules under which the metals warehouses operate, said in a separate statement that it was working with the industry to amend the delivery obligations of warehouse companies with long waiting periods.
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They lock up and Sting hits a shoulder knock-down. They lock up again and Magnus has a side-headlock in and he hits a shoulder block of his own. Sting hits a high elbow and Magnus is into the corner. They square up again and Magnus locks in an armbar, but Sting reverses it. Magnus switches it around a gain nicely, but Sting takes him down by the arm. They back off again and Magnus scores with a kick in the guy and puts the boots to Sting on the mat. Sting fights abck and htis some right hands. Sting hits another high elbow and they both charge in and hit stereo clotheslines.
EC3 comes down the ramp, but Joe stops him and gets in his face. We then go to ads. When we come back and Sting locks in the Scorpion Deathlock on Magnus. Bad Influence come down and brawl with Samoa Joe. EC3 comes in and breaks up the hold. Magnus and EC3 double team Sting, but Sting fights them off and clears the ring. Joe hits the suicide dive and takes them all out. Magnus goes for the suplex, but STing counters and hits the Scorpion Deathdrop. The ref starts counting, but Zema Ion drags the ref out of the ring.
The BroMans come down and beat down Joe. Sting is in the ring and all the heels come in and beat down Sting. Bad Influence and The BroMans are choking Sting, but Kurt Angle comes down and takes out all the men with suplexes. He hits an angle slam on each member of Bad Influence and clears the ring. Magnus climbs the turnbuckle, but Sting cuts him off and hits a superplex. Sting has the cover but the ref is late sliding in and Magnus kicks out at two.
Sting misses the Stinger splash, and gets the referee. Sting cathces Magnus coming off the top and locks in the Deathlock. Magnus is tapping, but there is no ref. Roode runs down and hits the lariat to the back of Sting's head. Magnus hits a really crappy Emerald Flowsion and goes for the cover. Dixie Carter drags Earl Hebner into the ring and he slowly counts the three count.
Winner and Still TNA World Champion: Magnus
Magnus and Dixie celebrate in the ring and Dixie has Sting's contract. Magnus takes it and rips it up and throws it on Sting's body and Impact goes off the air.
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UPDATE 1-German lawmaker warns U.S. exchanges against Deutsche Boerse bids
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By Tim Kelly
TOKYO May 22 Few foreign activist investors have made much headway in forcing change in Japan, where a conservative corporate culture favours long-standing ties with banks, business partners and workers rather than shareholders seeking value.
Struggling electronics giant Sony Corp, though, with more foreign and fewer bank shareholders, may prove something of an exception. That's the hope, at least, of Californian billionaire Daniel Loeb, whose Third Point hedge fund has built up a more than 6 percent stake in Sony, making it the group's biggest stockholder.
Loeb wants CEO Kazuo Hirai to sell as much as a fifth of the group's money-making entertainment arm - movies, TV and music - to free up cash to revive an electronics business that has been battered by competition from Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics. He reckons the shake-up could increase Sony's market value by 60 percent.
The target and timing of his polite hand-delivered overture are not accidental.
Sony earns two-thirds of its revenue overseas and, for corporate Japan, appears more westernized. Hirai, who spent most of his childhood in the United States, was picked by former CEO Howard Stringer, a Welshman, in part for his ability to be both a Japanese boss in Sony's domestic electronics hub and a western CEO in the U.S.-centred entertainment business.
Also, investors are clamouring to get back into the world's third-biggest economy where Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's promise of deflation-busting policies has triggered a share bonanza.
"He (Hirai) is very accessible to a western person," Loeb told Reuters in Tokyo the day after announcing that his hedge fund had built up a $1.1 billion stake in Sony. "And we wouldn't be here if we didn't think there was a tailwind from the economic policies in Japan."
Sony shareholders will be able to gauge Hirai's response to Loeb's proposals when the CEO gives an update on his revival strategy - with a focus to date on growing sales of smartphones, digital cameras and PlayStation game consoles - at a press briefing on Wednesday.
The Nikkei Japanese daily newspaper reported that Sony was considering evaluating Loeb's proposal. Sony's U.S. listed shares rose more than 9 percent.
Sony's share registry could work in Loeb's favour.
The $21.2 billion electronics group has a large pool of foreign shareholders, who could be more easily tempted by the lure of a near-term valuation gain. Before Third Point amassed its stake, 35 percent of Sony stock was held overseas, compared with 22 percent at rival Panasonic Corp.
Sony's foreign ownership peaked at 53 percent six years ago, but has been whittled down as the group's losses ballooned and investors exited deflation-snarled Japan.
Sony also stands out among its Japanese peers by having less of its stock held by conservative banks and insurance companies. Prior to Third Point's arrival, Sony's top 20 shareholders held around 13 percent of its shares, with Japan's big banks accounting for about half of that. At Panasonic, with an ownership structure similar to most Japanese blue chips, banks and insurers hold more than half of the 22 percent owned by the top 20 investors.
While driving change in Japan can be tough - foreign activist investors are often stigmatised as asset stripping sharks - Loeb may be in the vanguard of a new wave of activism attracted by 'Abenomics'.
"Westernized companies are in the minority among large caps, for sure. Boards tend to focus on stakeholder management at the expense of shareholder value," said Oscar Veldhuijzen, a London-based fund manager at The Children's Investment Fund Management (UK) LLP. "The background of activism is very negative as it used to be a sort of Mafioso involved with a very different type of activism involving a lot of violence."
A preoccupation by Japanese companies in the 1980s and 1990s to keep shareholder meetings benign created a niche for sokaiya - gangsters who extorted money by threatening to disrupt carefully orchestrated annual meetings.
Veldhuijzen can boast a rare success for foreign activist shareholders. Rebuffed in a 2007 bid to raise dividend payouts at Japan's Electrical Power Development Co, or J-Power, The Children's Investment Fund Management bought a stake in former state-run monopoly Japan Tobacco in 2011, and called for higher dividends, management changes and a share buyback.
At the time, the government was looking for cash to help the reconstruction effort after the devastation of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. It agreed to increased dividends and this year sold a third of its stake in Japan Tobacco for more than $10 billion. At the same time, Japan Tobacco bought back stock worth more than $2 billion.
"They needed the money and the popularity of the government was very low. It was a very unique activist situation in that respect," said Veldhuijzen, who says his fund's return on its Japan Tobacco stake is "close to half a billion dollars."
Veldhuijzen said 'Abenomics' could spur foreign activists to seek out Japanese targets, though he warned there are few big-name companies where their attentions would be welcome.
"When I look at Japan, I struggle to find large caps with attractive business models," he said, though he noted that Central Japan Railway Co, which operates the country's most lucrative bullet train lines, could be a "phenomenal" company if management could be persuaded to raise prices and ditch plans to spend $50 billion on a high-speed magnetic levitation rail line from Tokyo to Osaka in western Japan.
To tap into the 'Abenomics' effect, Veldhuijzen said his fund recently raised its stake in Japan Tobacco - which now accounts for 15 percent of the fund - hoping a return to inflation will push up cigarette prices, which at around $4 a pack are far cheaper than in other developed markets.
Josh Schechter is another investor who has succeeded where others have failed in Japan. Schechter is a partner at activist fund Steel Partners Holdings, which forced the removal in 2008 of management at Japanese wig maker Aderans Co. A year later Steel Partners wrested control of the board, and still owns 28 percent of the company.
"It's important you have a credible plan," said Schechter, who sits on the Aderans board. He said his fund aligned itself with local shareholders unhappy with the board and with managers wary of where the company was heading. The fund, though, could not repeat its success in 2010, failing to place its candidates on the board of brewer Sapporo Holdings. It later sold its 18 percent stake in the company.
Schechter declined to say whether his fund would chase new Japanese targets in the current climate, but noted Japan could spur investors if it tweaked its tax code to let companies turn business units into separate entities and offer their shares to existing stockholders free of a capital gains levy - the type of corporate rejigging at the core of Loeb's proposal for Sony.
Loeb needs to convince other Sony shareholders that selling part of the entertainment business would both generate cash to help the struggling maker of Bravia TVs and Vaio laptops and improve profitability at Sony Entertainment, which would remain under Sony's control.
"I think the proposal will be welcomed by foreign shareholders, but won't be 100 percent acceptable to Japanese ones," said Yuuki Sakurai, CEO at Fukoku Capital Management, the investment arm of Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance, which owns Sony stock. Although Sony looks westernized, its "culture is heavily rooted in Japan," he noted.
"The American way of focusing on efficiency is not the only way to raise profits," Atsushi Osanai, associate professor at Waseda Business School, told Reuters Insider television. Osanai worked at Sony from 1997 to 2007. "Japanese companies are not very efficient, but they make very good products and have the ability to create new things. That's more valuable on the long-term scale. Chasing after short-term benefits isn't necessarily good for shareholders," he said.
An investment banker in Tokyo, who has worked on projects for Sony, said the risk of Loeb's plan would be that it could deliver a $2 billion gain, but depress the share price by putting at arm's length one of its few stable profit centres.
Sony considered, and dismissed, such a plan over a decade ago, said the banker, who didn't want to be named because he was not authorised to speak to the media.


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brad dufton of color theory and his wife kendra amin-dufton, woman's dept. manager for urban outfitters, were kind enough to share a peek into their boston home last march, and today they're sharing an updated peek into their new apartment in boston's south end! brad shared his insight into their decorating process below, so i hope you'll enjoy his guided tour through their new apartment. thanks so much to brad and kendra for sharing their home with us! click here for additional, full-sized photos on flickr!
[Our new home is a 740 sq ft, 1 bedroom apt., located in Boston's South End neighborhood. The building was designed and built in 2009 by Hacin + Associates, a reputable and exploding local Architecture firm, known for their modern design aesthetic and ability to blend their facades naturally within historic neighborhoods. When we knew that we would be moving into our new "Open Living" apt, we began our design process immediately. Inspired by art & culture from the 1930's and the 1970's, my wife Kendra, (Woman's Dept. Mgr. for Urban Outfitters, Harvard Sq.) coined the description for our new home, as "deco/disco". Now that we had a vision for our new home, the detailing process became focused and efficient.]
[Inspired by Tropical Asian islands and interiors, Kendra and I wanted to create our own oasis, and feel our bedroom offers us both warmth and relaxation, during Boston's 7 months of winter. Most of the decorative items in our bedroom are antiques or vintage finds and we especially adore the hanging Sculptures of the Man and Woman w/ the orange background, because we like to think they look like us, even though they were made in
Thailand 50 years ago.]
[I am proud to say that we used Benjamin Moore's Aura Paint line, for our entire residence. Aura takes just 1 coat of paint, so long as the walls were white prior, which ours were, saving me hours of work. Our chosen paint colors are also ALL from Benjamin Moore's Affinity Color collection; the idea is that no matter how many and which colors you select from the Affinty Color Wheel,that all the colors will compliment perfectly. Living Room: "Cinder", Kitchen: "Azores", Bathroom: "Batik", Bedroom: "Tranquility",
All Doors: "Silhouette".]
[We found the perfect wallpaper, from the Ink Collection by Brewster, which runs along a 26′ long wall, connecting our dining room to our living room, on decoratetoday.com for a total of $280 !!! That's a steal.]
CLICK HERE for the rest of Brad and Kendra's sneak peek after the jump!
[We also reupholstered our 2 dining chairs in a designer fabric, made out of Teflon, which essentially makes the chairs indestructible against all moisture and food stains. The chairs' new fabric was also purchased from newtoto.com, 3 yards for $18. We have plans to reupholster our sectional sofa in the coming weeks, we're just still searching for the perfect fabric. I LOVE newtoto.com, but you have to be willing to sift through 100's of junk fabrics to find the diamond in the rough, and I encourage anyone to do it twice a month, for the best results.]
[And probably our favorite room in our new home, would have to be our kitchen. In the 11+ years of living in Boston, never before have we had such a large kitchen, and especially one with brand new full msize appliances. We both love kitch items and diners from the golden era, and we decided to choose a classic pale green/blue for the walls, w/ pops of playful decorative items, such as the red birdcage, gold mirrors, and mounted longhorns above the stove.]
[It's a blessing to have such a talented upholsterer, John Vasquez, on our colorTHEORY team, because he reupholstered our formerly all white microfiber living room chair, to a graphic patterned fabric by Henry Calvin. But I purchased the fabric from my "top secret" website for significantly discounted designer fabrics, www.newtoto.com. This Henry Calvin fabric, available through U.S. Design Centers, retails for $145/yd as we speak, and yet I paid a total of $45 for the needed 4 yards!]
[In the entry way, I experimented with a painting technique referred to as "Shadow Striping". Using painter's tape, I free styled a geometric pattern, and simply applied the same color paint in a Semi Gloss finish over the Matte Finish. Once you peel the tape from the wall, you are then left with a pattern that takes on a life of its' own, depending upon where you stand and how the light shines on it.]
Wow that is gorgeous! They have done such a great job making a small space seem huge. I love the colors they picked.
Love the wallpaper and the over all glam-retro-moder mix. Not so sure about the light switch in the middle of the clocks. Hmmmmm?
So the question is, do you buy apartments? Or is this rented? And how did you find a landlord willing to let you make all those changes! :)
The shadow striping effect is wonderful – I've never seen that before.
that is the perfect wallpaper, i'm loving it! i also adore the collection of clocks… so quirky
xo katherine aka. urban flea :)
Nice! I love the geometric wallpaper, and the contrast of the red birdcase with the blue-gray kitchen walls.
LOVE the bed, where is it from?
brad and kendra, you have made your mother so proud again. beautiful place. I have 3300 sq. ft. just think what you could accomplish here.
love you both. stay beautiful. -
oh the bedroom looks so relaxing. and i'm loving the wallpaper – just gorgeous. and the pop of red in the kitchen…i think i'm going to have to steal that idea!
i'm a huge fan of grey – can't get enough of it in our house – thanks for the ideas!
gorgeous start to the new year! Love the sectional is it custom?
Know what will kick the winter blues? Giant palm fronds. I need to get me some giant palm fronds.
i LOVE your bed. where is it from?
lovely space brad and kendra. -
love your place. Warm and personal and with nice arrangements.
Lots of concepts I really love here…
Are those little silver clocks? I love it!
This is my dream home…dead on guys. Good job!!!
:O i LOVE that idea of shadow striping! will definitely do that in the future!!
and that red birdcage is so cute. i wish it were mine heehee
beautiful home. ^_^
LOVE that idea of shadow striping! i will definitely do that in the future.. and that red birdcage is cute! wish it were mine :)
ok i posted similar comments cause i thought the first one didn't go through… hmmm
Hi there,
Can you please tell me where you got your bathroom wallpaper?
We moved into a home with the same paper in the living room. Unfortunately, the guys we hired to refinish the wood floors ripped it. We love it and have looked everywhere in hopes of replacing the parts that were destroyed. The home was a foreclosure so asking the previous owner where they got it really isn't an option.
Any help you can offer would be appreciated
Thank you!
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I love the bed, and I want one just like it, where is it from?
Love the colors, wallpaper and dramatic feel of this space!
Wow! What a pretty home. Love that black hallway table under the mirror. Beautiful!
Congrats to Brad and Kendra on their beautiful new home. It looks marvelous and very warm and cozy. Loved the mellow colors.
I want to go to there…
I want to go to there…
I want to own those clocks… -
Fabulous! you have a great sense of color, space and style!
The text didn't mention anything about the adorable little cuckoo clocks. Where are those from? -
Love everything about your space…especially the eclectic mix of vintage and modern. Just my style!!
So nice! Where did you find the red birdcage in the kitchen?
Love the cuckoo clocks, and curious as to what an 'exploding' architecture firm is…!
Wow…what a gorgeous and inspiring space!
I'd like to know if I could print out any of these photos for my inspiration wall. Is there someone specific I need to ask!
Thank you for sharing your space with us!
Beautiful. I love the wall color in your bedroom. I've been searching for something similar. Do you happen to know what paint color that is?
Beautiful home. Where did you get the entry table. I have been looking for a narrow one for my entry way. I noticed the bottle of aquardiente ; )
I'm loving the bed too. Does anyone know where it's from?
I never comment on anything in the two years I've been reading this blog but HOLY CRAP; this is SO incredibly gorgeous. Absolutely fantastic & very inspiring :)))
Where did you get the cuckoo clocks? they're GREAT! Thx!
Thank you to everyone who has left such positive comments about our home!
To answer a couple of questions, the Koo Koo Clock are by Kikkerland, but I believe have been discontinued?
The bed is called the "Limo" and is from BoConcept.
And the name of our bedroom color is called Tranquility by Ben Moore. -
for some reason, everytime I comment it says Its a duplicate comment…
but I know its not, and then I rewrite it, add something extra and then two comments show up…hmm -
I really like the vibe in this room. Calm and neutral, with nice bright highlights.
Thanks for sharing.
Hi Brad:
What a beautiful place–and I love your website also. But I'm writing because I especially love your sectional couch–can you tell me where you bought it? -
Love your apartment, enough to prompt me to comment for the very first time on site! I didn't see another comment about your beautiful teapot with the bird on it. Could you please tell me where you found it?
I have also not ever commented before, but this home is absolutely stunning!
I would also like to know where they purchased the wallpaper for their bathroom. I have done my bathroom in all black and white and would LOVE to copy them in their choice of wallpaper! (And just about everything else, too!)
Where is that great hand towel in the bathroom from???
I love everything about your designs! The house looks beautiful and calm. May I ask where the sofa if from? I have been looking everywhere for one very similar. thank you!
so the bed in the photo doesn't look like walnut veneer- did you do a custom finish? Love it!!!!
Hi, I really liked the sofa, where I can find it out to buy, or what is the name of this model? thanks
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Thank you for sharing. I have blue paint in my room as well with southeast asian/hawaiian accent pieces and I always thought of putting in a splash of red, but thought it wouldn't match. thank you for showing me that it does work. It looks beautiful!!!
Nice wallpaper, but consecutive rainy days will be wet.


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In 1963, I moved to Houston with my wife Hiroko and my two children. One day, about three months later, a Japanese neighbour asked us to babysit his daughter. She was the same age as my three-year-old son and the two of them played together.
Later that evening, I noticed a blister-like rash on the girl's head. I recognised it as chickenpox and feared she would have passed it on to my son. I knew the symptoms could be severe and that there were no effective treatments for chickenpox.
Two weeks after we had babysat the girl, my son developed a rash on his face that quickly spread across his body. His symptoms progressed quickly and severely. His temperature shot up and he began to have trouble breathing. He was in a terrible way and all my wife and I could do was to watch him day and night. We didn't sleep. He seemed so ill that I remember worrying about what would happen to him.
But gradually the symptoms lessened and my son recovered. I realised then that I should use my knowledge of viruses to develop a chickenpox vaccine – at that point, I was in my early thirties and had spent most of my working life studying the measles and polio viruses. I had gone to Houston on a one-year fellowship with the Rockefeller Foundation to study the link between viruses and cancer at Baylor Medical College.
I moved back to Japan in 1965. At that time, there was a fear that the chickenpox virus might be linked to cancer so a vaccine could end up being carcinogenic. Some researchers also feared that while a vaccine might stop chickenpox, it could lead to the development of shingles later in life. If I was to develop the vaccine, I needed to prove that neither of these fears was true.
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I started to work on the chickenpox vaccine in 1970. At the time, live measles, rubella and mumps vaccines had been developed. The B-type hepatitis vaccine was in progress, using genetic engineering, and our field seemed to be ever‑expanding. It was an exciting time for vaccinologists.
By 1972, almost nine years after my son first developed chickenpox, I was ready to start clinical studies on the vaccine. Chickenpox usually spreads quickly through children's hospitals but in the hospital where we conducted our trial, the spread of chickenpox was prevented. For me, it felt like a breakthrough moment.
I realised I had created an effective vaccine.
Today, the price of the chickenpox vaccine is high compared with other vaccines such as measles, rubella and polio. However, many countries, including Japan, the US and Germany, now have universal vaccination programmes. In 2009 the UK immunisation body decided against universal vaccination, first because of the cost and second because of a fear, still, that it could increase the likelihood of developing shingles later on in life. I think that fear is overstated because after the chickenpox vaccination there have only ever been very rare appearances of a mild rash. I believe that the vaccine will stop severe chickenpox symptoms in children and make it less likely that old people will get shingles. I am very proud of my and my colleagues' work.


text: Weezer: Island in the SunRoberto Baldwin10/10/11 9:15pmFiled to: SoundtrackweezerGreen AlbumIsland In The Sun52EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink The album is actually called Weezer, but, because of its lime green cover, it's known as the Green Album. It marked the return of the band after a five-year hiatus.AdvertisementIt also marked the introduction of bass player Mikey Welsh who passed away this past weekend. In fact, this is the only album Mikey played on. His time with Weezer was fleeting, but he played on one of my favorite Weezer songs, Island in the Sun.The label wasn't keen on the wedding music video above and director Spike Jonze was called in to shoot the now famous wild animals video. By that time, Welsh was no longer with the band.This is the song that plays in my head whenever I encounter the warmth of the sun, which can be a momentous occasion in chilly San Francisco. It reminds me to hold on to those moments when everything is perfect. They don't happen very often, but when they do, it's magical. [iTunes, Amazon]


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