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Small-Business Answer Book
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Hoping to pull out of a sales slump? Looking to launch your first website, but don't know where to start? Ready to overhaul your company image? Over the next three months, we'll give you the answers to these and other crucial business questions.
Q:I'm seeing a slump in my company's sales. How can I give them a boost?
A: Every company, at one point or another, experiences a sales slump. But the sooner you take action, the easier it will be to increase revenue. Here are four steps to follow to get out of a sales slump.
1. Call on satisfied customers. These are the people you know best; presumably, they're the ones with whom you have the best relationships. Are there additional ways to satisfy their needs, or do they have new needs you can meet? Ask how their business is doing. Is there a way you can help them serve their existing customers or find potential new ones? Once you learn about their problems and challenges, you can come back to them with fresh solutions.
2. Analyze your existing accounts. Different accounts have different sales cycles. Sales may take a week, a month or two years. Sometimes, you get so caught up in landing the big one that you forget about the smaller accounts with shorter sales cycles that can bring money in now. In business, you have to look ahead and think long term. But you also have to take care of day-to-day responsibilities. It's important to keep those factors balanced; don't get so focused on one that you lose sight of the other.
3. Stay on top of business and world news. Always keep in mind how current events might affect your customers. Look for sources that will give you new ideas on how to fine-tune your activities and target your customers more efficiently. Read materials that will help you speak to your customers in their business language. Learn more about how other people grew their businesses. There's always a lot to learn from the successes-and failures-of others.
4. Don't waste time. Be selective about your customers. Don't keep doing business with someone just to keep them in your client base. Some customers are simply not worth the trouble for the amount of business they give you. If an opportunity doesn't meet your expectations, move on.
The best way to pull out of a slump is to keep moving forward. Remember: See the people, sell the people, serve the people. Don't let a temporary slump turn into a slippery slope.
Q:I'm thinking about taking my business online. How do I set up a website?
A: Begin by creating an e-commerce plan. Since you're exploring new territory, including making decisions about technology and marketing, and establishing a new set of vendor relationships, you need a well-thought-out plan to guide you.
First, make a list of possible website names. Type "domain registration" into your favorite search engine, and you'll find a list of companies like Network Solutions and Register.com that can guide you through the proc-ess. For a modest fee ($15 to $70), you can register a domain for two years.
Before getting enmeshed in design details, get the big picture by writing a site outline. A thorough site outline includes five elements: content, structure, design, navigation and credibility.
A variety of hosting companies and website solution companies offer combination web-hosting/website-building packages. Most of them have tools that allow you to build a professional-looking website as part of an all-in-one package sold alongside their hosting services.
When it comes to online sales, your web host can handle your transactions. It can collect orders, handle credit card transactions, send an automatic e-mail to customers thanking them for their orders, and forward the orders to you for handling and shipping. Another option is to buy an electronic shopping cart program so site visitors can complete transactions online.
Here's a checklist to keep you on track as you develop your site.
- Keep your e-commerce strategy in focus.
- Ensure your website loads quickly.
- Put full contact information on your home page.
- Make sure your online message is clear.
- Keep graphics clean and eye-catching.
- Check that your website is free of glitches and dead ends that frustrate visitors.
- Make sure your website meshes with the rest of your business.
Customer Service and Relocation
Q:My repeat business is not what I think it should be, and my customer service may be at fault. How can I measure the effectiveness of my customer service?
A: The key to doing more business with your existing customers, as well as attracting new ones through viral marketing and word-of-mouth, is customer service. Customer service means different things to different companies and in different industries. In some instances, good customer service may consist of no more than a friendly smile and a wave goodbye after the sale. In others, it may involve years of follow-up, technical support, parts and repair service, training, updates and more. Here are some suggestions for finding out what your customers want and what they think about your customer service.
1. Attend trade shows and industry events that are important to your customers. You'll find out what the competition is doing and what kinds of products and services customers are looking for.
2. In some industries, nurturing a social relationship with customers and prospects is effective. Take them out to lunch, dinner, a ballgame, the opera or for a round of golf. In a relaxed social atmosphere, you'll learn the secrets that will allow you to go above and beyond your competition.
3. Stay abreast of trends, then respond to them. Read industry trade publications, be active in trade organizations, and pay attention to what your customers are doing and what they need.
4. Most important, ask for feedback. Survey your customers regularly to find out how you're doing. Send postage-paid questionnaire cards or letters, call them on the phone, or set up focus groups or online surveys. Ask for suggestions, and then fix the trouble areas revealed.
Whatever you do, don't rest on your laurels. Regularly evaluate your product or service to be sure it is still priced, packaged and delivered correctly.
Q:I'm thinking about moving my business to another part of the country. How can I be sure this decision is right for my business?
A: Every year, the grass looks greener on the other side of the fence to many entrepreneurs, so they pull up stakes and move to a new city.
Chief among current reasons for relocation is the need for a suitable work force. Unemployment rates are lower than they've been in decades, and the shortage of workers in some occupations is acute. For firms that need specialized employees, it may be well worth it to relocate to an area where they can easily find these kinds of employees.
When a company is in outmoded or undersized facilities, that's another reason to consider moving. Most businesses start in a small facility and then move to bigger quarters in the same city. On the other hand, cost is a concern in any business decision, and a move can cure-or create-many cost issues. Companies often must compromise between staying close to target markets and choosing the lowest-cost facility.
Depending on circumstances, you may have other financial issues to consider. Large companies often land well-publicized tax concessions worth billions of dollars. Growing businesses rarely receive such perks because incentives are based on the number of jobs the business will create. An entrepreneur, however, may be able to tap a cash-flow windfall by selling a building or land that has appreciated in value, then purchasing or renting lower-cost space.
Quality of life is another issue to consider. Companies evaluating relocation often look at recreational opportunities, education facilities, crime rates, health care, climate and other factors when evaluating a city's quality of life.
In business, as in your personal life, not every move works out. But by looking closely at your reasons for moving and making sure the chosen spot addresses your needs, you'll increase the odds that the new location is the best choice for your business.
Cash Flow and Company Image
Q: My business has some financial leaks. How do I improve my cash-flow management?
A: Top-line sales growth can conceal a lot of problems-sometimes too well. When you are managing a growing company, you have to watch expenses carefully. Don't be lulled into complacency by expanding sales. Any time and place you see expenses growing faster than sales, examine costs closely to find places to cut or control them. The key to managing cash shortfalls is to become fully aware of the problem as early as possible. Here are some tips for using cash wisely.
Take full advantage of creditor payment terms. If a payment is due in 30 days, don't pay it in 15.
Use electronic funds transfer to make payments on the due date. You will remain current with suppliers while retaining use of your funds as long as possible.
Communicate with suppliers so they know your financial situation. If you ever need to delay a payment, you'll need their trust and understanding.
Carefully consider vendors' offers of discounts for earlier payments. These can amount to expensive loans to your suppliers, or they may provide you with a chance to reduce overall costs. The devil is in the details.
Don't always focus on the lowest price when choosing suppliers. Sometimes flexible payment terms can improve your cash flow more than a bargain-basement price.
Prepare cash-flow projections for next year, next quarter and, if you're on shaky ground, next week. An accurate cash-flow projection can alert you to trouble well before it strikes.
Q:My business could use a new look. How do I build a great company image?
A: Establishing a new image starts with a few major moves that need to be replicated throughout your company. They range from the really monumental, such as changing your company's name, to the less significant, such as adopting a new corporate slogan or motto.
If you're in business, your company name is probably one of your most valuable assets. An effective name establishes a strong identity and describes the type of business you're conducting. Name changes can reflect a change in the focus of your company or a change in the market. But you shouldn't change your name on a whim. A name change can cause, at least temporarily, confusion among customers, vendors and suppliers.
To build an image for your business, your company name should become a visual symbol. A logo is a symbol that expresses the company's image and identity. A trademark, on the other hand, is a symbol that's used to stamp the company's identity on its products.
A trademark is a corporate symbol that contributes to the image the company is trying to build. Like a logo, a trademark can be a combination of color, type style and shape, or it can just be shape and color, like the McDonald's golden arches.
There is also a legal side to the term trademark. In the legal sense, a trademark is a form of protection of your corporate symbols from use by unauthorized parties and is filed through the United States Patent and Trademark Office, part of the Department of Commerce.
Using corporate slogans to spur growth is common among America's giant companies. When carefully crafted, they can effectively convey a company's key characteristics to a variety of audiences, from investors and customers to suppliers and job applicants.
The bottom line: Your company's image should be simple and straightforward. Making these basic decisions about your new image and then implementing them carefully in everything you do will go a long way toward establishing a new image for a growing company.
New Technology and Business Structure
Q:My business technology could use an upgrade. Is it time to set up a computer network?
A: It likely is. Many businesses are used to spending as little as possible on technology, but it's important for entrepreneurs to make sure the technology they invest in today can support their needs tomorrow. A solid network foundation that ties all your technologies together cost-effectively supports your company's business processes, increases operational efficiencies, lowers costs, increases security and makes it possible to easily add more advanced technologies as needs arise. A consistent, secure and reliable network foundation can provide many benefits, including:
Anytime, anywhere information access: Employees can securely access company databases from home or on the road, turning what might be "dead" time into productive time.
Flexibility: A solid network foundation allows growing companies to be flexible in their future plans. It can be scaled up as a business grows and new employees are added.
Faster information exchange: A single network foundation provides the opportunity to easily and securely exchange information among employees, partners and clients. Enhanced collaboration can lead to faster decision making, better customer service and, ultimately, increased profits.
The ability to add newer, emerging technologies: A secure network foundation provides the platform your business needs to add VoIP, video teleconferencing from your PC, webcasting and other cost-saving and productivity-enhancing technologies. Your business applications can evolve from simple printer sharing to complex B2B data exchanges and supply-chain management using the same network infrastructure.
Enhanced security: Without a common network foundation, a business may have multiple internet connections and various types of hardware devices-an environment that's extremely difficult to secure. In contrast, a single network foundation is streamlined and consistent, making it much easier to secure. Map your short- and long-term business goals to the network-enabled technologies that can help your business realize those goals. If you weigh the many competitive and financial advantages of a secure network foundation against the costs over time, you'll quickly see the return on investment.
Q:What's the difference between an S corporation and an LLC? How do I select the proper business structure?
A: Of all the decisions you make when starting a business, the most important one is probably the type of legal structure you select for your company. Not only will this decision have an impact on how much you pay in taxes, but it will also affect the amount of paperwork your business is required to do, the personal liability you face and your ability to raise money. Let's take a look at two common forms of business structures, a subchapter S corporation and a limited liability company, to see how they stack up against each other.
Subchapter S corporations, also known as just S corporations, and LLCs possess several similarities: They offer their owners limited liability protection, and both are pass-through tax entities. Pass-through taxation allows the income or loss generated by the business to be reflected on the personal income tax returns of the owners. This special tax status eliminates any possibility of double taxation for S corporations and LLCs.
That's where the similarities end. The ownership of an S corporation is restricted to no more than 75 shareholders, whereas an LLC can have an unlimited number of members (or owners). And an S corporation can't have non-U.S. citizens as shareholders, but an LLC can. In addition, S corporations cannot be owned by C corporations, other S corporations, many trusts, LLCs or partnerships. LLCs, on the other hand, are not subject to these ownership restrictions.
S corporations aren't without their advantages, however. One person can form an S corporation, while in a few states at least two people are required to form an LLC. Existence is perpetual for S corporations. Conversely, LLCs typically have limited life spans.
A few other advantages of S corporations: Their stock is freely transferable, but the interest (ownership) of LLCs is not. This free transferability of interest means the shareholders of S corporations are able to sell their interest without obtaining the approval of the other shareholders. In contrast, LLC members would need the approval of the other members to sell their interest. Lastly, in comparison to LLCs, S corporations may be beneficial in terms of self-employment taxes.
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I've been debating asking this question for some time. Based several of the comments I read in this question I decided I had to ask.
This feels like I'm stating the obvious, but I believe that regular reading (of books, blogs, StackOverflow, whatever) and/or practice are required just to stay current (let alone excel) in whichever stack you use to pay the bills, not to mention playing with things outside your comfort zone to learn new ways of doing things.
Yet, I virtually never see this from many of my peers. Even when I go out of my way to point out useful (and almost always free) learning material, I quite often get a sense of total apathy from those I'm speaking to.
I'd even go so far as to say that if someone doesn't try to improve (or at least stay current), they'll atrophy as technology advances and actually become less useful to the company.
I don't expect people to spend hours a day studying or practicing. I have two young kids and hours of practice simply aren't feasible. Still, I find some time; perhaps on the train, at lunch, in bed for a few minutes, whatever.
I'm willing to believe this is arrogance or naivete on my part, but I'd like to hear what the community has to say.
So here's my question: Should I expect (and encourage) the same from my peers, or just keep my mouth shut and do my own thing?

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ABIDJAN (Reuters) - French companies must go on the offensive and fight the growing influence of rival China for a stake in Africa's increasingly competitive markets, France's Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici said on Saturday.
France, which once ruled over much of West Africa as colonial master, continued to exert direct and indirect influence over its ex-colonies for decades through a murky system of patronage known as "Francafrique".
However, that regional reach is now being challenged by a new Chinese investment blitz.
"It's evident that China is more and more present in Africa...(French) companies that have the means must go on the offensive. They must be more present on the ground. They have to fight," Moscovici told journalists during a trip to Ivory Coast.
France's Socialist President Francois Hollande has promised to break with his conservative predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy's business-focused policy towards Africa and root out the last vestiges of Francafrique.
However that does not mean France will back away from competition with China for economic influence in Africa, Moscovici said.
"Africa is booming. Sub-Saharan Africa will have the second highest regional growth after Asia in 2012 with a rate of 5.5 percent," he said.
"The new phenomenon is that African growth has the potential to stimulate growth in France. We want to be present there."
French firms including infrastructure group Bouygues and energy company Areva are on the front lines in the race for markets in former colonial nations from Ivory Coast to Cameroon.
But working in sub-Saharan Africa carries risks that some firms are loath to take, as demonstrated by the kidnapping of seven Areva employees in Niger in 2010.
At the same time China's trade with Africa reached $166.3 billion in 2011, according to Chinese statistics, and African exports to China - primarily resources to fuel Chinese industries - rose to $93.2 billion from $5.6 billion over the past decade.
China in July offered African countries $20 billion in loans over the next three years, double the amount pledged in the previous three-year period.
Moscovici said the creation of a new Public Investment Bank would boost the competitiveness of French companies on the world stage.
The fund of around 40 billion euros ($52.02 billion) is intended to ease lending to small and medium-sized businesses and inject capital directly into selected companies. The law creating it passed the lower chamber of France's parliament last week and will go to the Senate later this month.
"It will be the bank for the SMEs. It will be the bank of...the regions. It will also be the bank for exports," Moscovici said.
"And it's on this basis that our businesses will head out with more confidence to conquer new markets and be more present in our traditional markets," he said.
Moscovici was due to sign a debt conversion contract with the Ivorian government on Saturday that will see 630 million euros of the west African nation's debt to France transformed into poverty reduction projects.
Initial projects will target areas, including infrastructure construction and rural development, aimed at stimulating Ivory Coast's economic growth. ($1 = 0.7689 euros)
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WINNIPEG — Ondrej Pavelec is a no-go for Monday's next biggest-game-of-the-year for the Winnipeg Jets.
Their No. 1 goalie was on the ice again today at the MTS Iceplex before the team left for Dallas but won't be a participant in the opener to the five-game road trip.
Pavelec's absence began as just a two-game pause to recover from a lower-body injury suffered in a game March 14, but will now be extended to five games with no certainty to its end.
"Inching forward," was what Jets coach Paul Maurice said this morning. "He's not playing tomorrow."
Also uncertain for Monday is defenceman Zach Bogosian, who couldn't complete Saturday's 3-2 loss to Carolina. He missed last Wednesday's game against Colorado because of the same upper-body injury.
"He's better than he was yesterday and we'll see tomorrow," Maurice said. "It's one of those deals. It's just one of those injuries on feel. We'll see how he feels."
The Jets were without as many as eight regulars last Wednesday (Pavelec, Bogosian, Dustin Byfuglien (lower body), Jim Slater (lower), James Wright (lower), Mark Scheifele (knee), Chris Thorburn (ankle) and Grant Clitsome (back). Wright, Scheifele, Thorburn and Clitsome are gone long-term.
Slater and Byfuglien also returned Saturday and Slater had his first goal of the season.
"We've got question marks," the coach said. "We'll see when they get off the plane how they feel and how they get through the morning skate."
Today, just nine skaters plus Pavelec and goalie Michael Hutchinson were on the ice before the team left for Dallas.
The coach said he chose to have the rest of the team stay off and recharge batteries and try to get past Saturday's defeat, which contained more than enough opportunities for victory.
"Sometimes you've just got to suffer through the day and focus on tomorrow," Maurice said. "That's a big part of staying in the fight and surviving the challenges. No different than Phoenix is trying to do in their building today."
The Coyotes blew a lead and lost Saturday at home to Boston. The Jets couldn't gain ground, though, staying six points back of the eighth-place Coyotes with just 10 games to play.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 121 diseños de 23 diseñadores freelance.
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We are the Parents Association of an independent High School hosting an annual scholarship fundraiser gala. Scholarships are provided to 30% of our low income students. A diverse student body is very important to us.
The gala will take a "Behind the Scenes" look at our students, faculty, and school, and celebrate what makes our high school (Lawrence Academy) such a special place.
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Oneida man's Model A dragster on display at Albany museum
ONEIDA >> When Oneida resident Bob Myers received a letter recently from Geoffrey N. Stein, senior historian (emeritus) of the New York State Cultural Education Center in Albany, tears came to his eyes.
Several years ago, Myers donated his 1931 Model A dragster to the museum. At the time, Myers was told that it could be 40 years before it was put on display. To his amazement, Myers was told his car is being featured with other race cars in the main concourse of the Empire State Plaza for the month of June.
Myers bought the Model A in 1957 for $30. He was only 14 years old at the time and had saved up his money from his Oneida Dispatch paper route to make the purchase. Although too young to even drive it, Myers knew instantly that it was the car of his dreams. "When I saw the body line, I immediately fell in love with it and knew the potential that it would have as a dragster," he said.
He recalled many days when he would come home from school, deliver his papers and then head right to the garage to tinker on the car. "My father was a used car dealer, but had no real interest in race cars. My friends would come over and help me with the overhaul, but they were more interested in Chevy engines," he said. All of Myers' race cars have a 429 cubic inch Cadillac engine.
The 1931 Model A Myers turned into a race car has won numerous races in more than five states. He first raced the car when he was 16 at the Esta Dragway in Cicero.
During its heyday, the car was pushed to its limits with at least 10 engines and four transmission blows from racing. His most memorable race, however, was not one he actually won. "During on of my races at Fulton Speedway, I broke a rear axle and still managed to come in second place. I will never forget it," he said.
Sharon is one of his most loyal fans. The couple have been marred for 11 years. "I had no interest or knowledge of racing before I met Bob," Sharon said.
"You can find her in the pit, in the stands and taking pictures at all of the races," Myers said. He still races his 1978 AMC station wagon.
The Model A dragster pulled a rocking chair wheelie where the front wheels go up in the air. This situation caused the frame to bow and the bell housing to break off the transmission. Its racing days were over.
"I have a lot of great memories from this car," he said, explaining that aside from racing, he enjoyed taking the Model A for relaxing drives down favorite roads at 35 mph, or driving it to church or pancake breakfasts.
A co-worker suggested rather than junk it he give it to a museum. "I really wanted to preserve this car for future generations to enjoy," Myers said. He wrote a letter to the New York State Museum inquiring about other museums that might have an interest in the car. After a few months, they told him they would have an interest in the car and in 2009 Myers turned it over to them.
Myers previously donated a 1947 Crosley to the Hines Museum of Motor Racing Nostalgia in Bay Shore, N.Y.
On Myers' cars, you can find the words "ideas, craftsmanship and life." He hopes his journey with cars might be an inspiration to those who have fallen under tough times, as well as children and young adults that "you don't need to have a lot of money to succeed or fulfill your dreams."
"If you use your God-given talents and creativity, you can do almost anything that you set your mind to," Myers said.
Over the summer, race fans will continue to see Myers around the racing circuit and at car shows. He and his wife have already made plans to be at Lebanon Valley Speedway, the Texaco Talent Show, the AMC Show, Esta Dragstrip, and Spencer Speedway in Williamson. He is also generally a participant in the Wampsville Car show. His proudest moment, however, will be his trip to Albany on Father's Day to see his Model A on display in the concourse of the Empire State Plaza.


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Pos: M | LA Galaxy | Age: 22
Is he the most important player for LA? In just his second season in MLS, the 22-year-old Juninho has become the lynchpin of the LA Galaxy, responsible for maintaining the perfect balance in the team's midfield. Contrary to the stereotype attached to Brazilian players, Juninho leaves the flashiness to others. Aside from the occasional bomb from distance, the São Paulo product mainly concerns himself with helping dictate the tempo of matches through simple passing and intelligent positioning. Together with David Beckham, he's formed an effective central midfield pairing that may not be the quickest in the league but they are savvy and always tough.
What the TDs and coaches say: "Crafty. Good technical player and he has some bite … As with other international players, in his second year in the league he's been better … Pleasant addition for the Galaxy because he's a two-way player … He has good finishing ability and has a good long-range shot and good distribution of the ball … What he brings to the team is vision, possession, defending and he also gives them the ability to have Donovan and Beckham on the field playing their best soccer. He makes other players better … Right now the role LA have him in is to free up Beckham and Donovan and win the ball back. There's going to come a day when he's going to have to become more of a playmaker."


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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Fake Gamers
Heh, this topic reminds me of Ferraro, the fake female paladin from a couple years ago. She was a popular blogger and forum poster who was later revealed to be using pics of someone completely different. Kind of a pity, actually, as whoever was writing as Ferraro had some interesting points and insights. In any case, I'm pretty sure that Ferraro was a fake gamer.
Back on topic, I think a lot of the animus comes from certain male producers of secondary content like blogs and podcasts. They see female content producers zoom past them in terms of audience. These men feel that the work the women are producing is of lower quality. Thus the feel that the audience is entirely a result of being female. These men then label the women as "fake" gamers, implying that their audience is disproportionate to their skill or insight as gamers, and instead inflated by their gender.
And to bend over backwards to be fair, there is a point. A number of female bloggers/podcasters make the fact that they are female a central point in their blog/podcast identity. Think of how many female blogs use "grrl" or similar in their title. A lot of men see this as the women trading on the fact that they are female in order to attract an audience.
Personally, I think it is just that being female seems to be central to some women's identity in a way that being male just isn't for men. Male identity seems to be less about what you are, and more about what you do. This is better in some ways, and worse in others. Something like losing your job ends up cutting at the core identity for a lot of men.
In any case, I think that a lot of this issue isn't really about game players. It is really about the relationship between secondary content providers and their audience.
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I think this is fundamentally about male insecurity. It is not restricted to bloggers.ReplyDelete
If we look back over the last 30 years, we see that "gaming" (incl. pen & paper and video games) has traditionally been a male-dominated hobby, associated with lots of negative stereotypes.
It is much more mainstream today than it was when I was a kid and like any sub-culture, its proponents are feeling resentful that it is 'cool' and that people who didn't play games in the past are 'jumping on the bandwagon'.
Perhaps there is also some repressed teenage anxiety there too. "Where were these female gamers when I was being made fun of in high school??"
This sort of behavior isn't new to me. In fact, back in the 80s when I got to college and discovered that girls played RPGs too, I first encountered this sort of reaction to girl gamers.ReplyDelete
To me it was mystifying, since having girls interested in RPGs would have been incredible when I was in grade/high school. And it's not like I'm talking about the subset of girls who are playing merely because their boyfriend played, either, but girls who were interested in playing in their own right. Sometimes it was they who dragged a reluctant boyfriend into playing.
But still, the reaction among a certain subset of RPGer was an almost violent revulsion to the concept of the girl gamer. Unfortunately in this day and age, that reaction is still seen as if being a gamer is either a) an exclusive club or b) a trendy, popular activity. For the record, both are incorrect assumptions, judging from reactions in my kids' middle school.
- unnullifier6:41 AM, February 27, 2013
"Personally, I think it is just that being female seems to be central to some women's identity in a way that being male just isn't for men. Male identity seems to be less about what you are, and more about what you do. This is better in some ways, and worse in others. Something like losing your job ends up cutting at the core identity for a lot of men."ReplyDelete
In western society there is a huge amount of "background radiation" that pushes the idea on females that their "femaleness" is the most important thing about them.
Being male actually is a strong component of males' identity, which you can observe whenever you see anything in social interactions or media where a male's masculinity is called into question. If it wasn't, then this sort of policing of behavior would have no effect. However males are not flooded with socialization that tells them that being male is the most important thing about them.
I have mixed feelings on the Penny Arcade take on it. Mainly because what Tycho says is true, but then the whole message gets chopped off at the legs for the sake of the punchline.
Hmm, I think you're right! "Fake girl gamer" seems entirely driven by fans and players, and not something the industry supports at all. And jealousy on some front quite likely comes into play.ReplyDelete
At some point in the last 5 years internet culture became obsessed with "authenticity", and we've been pointing out how people aren't real Xs ever since. It's pretty silly.
I don't think the interest in authenticity is all that strange. Anything that looks profitable or popular is going to get posers. Identifying them isn't merely a matter of jealousy, but of practicality. If someone presents a false face, then that person is being untrustworthy. In cooperative games, being tricked by such a person can mean risking one's own success.ReplyDelete
Though that's a different issue than the mystifying sexism I sometimes encounter.
- Forreststump8:07 AM, March 01, 2013
"A lot of men see this as the women trading on the fact that they are female in order to attract an audience."ReplyDelete
In other words, it is effective marketing, particularly in an industry with a disproportionately high population of basement-dwelling virgin neckbeards.
- Anonymous12:43 PM, March 03, 2013
I still miss the Paladin Schmaladin site. I got a wealth of knowledge when I first started down my path into the light.ReplyDelete
@unnullifier, I agree with the identity part. I believe it's because being male is probably still seen as default. If you have characters of both genders, consider how often were you assumed male on the female ones and how often were assumed to be female on the male ones. So my guess would be male bloggers do not put their gender as central point of their Internet identity because they probably think so is nearly everyone else.ReplyDelete


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- Driver.cab updating issue reported by YumeYao. (Need confirmation with a Chinese Windows XP source.)
- New bug tracker link.
- 1.6 - Current release. (5eraph)
- "Optimize System Files Now" changes:
- "Use Cached driver.cab" changes:
- (bug 8) - Now distinguishes between 18 different OS types instead of just "Home", "Pro" and "2k3"; not including service pack levels which bumps the possible variants to 64.
- This enhancement should allow for addons and update packs that are more flexible in the future.
- This is a bugfix for those who want to cache driver.cab for both the x86 and x64 varieties XP Pro SP2.
- As a consequence, unless you use the workarounds below, this will invalidate all cached driver.cab files created by previous versions of the Integrator. Sorry.
- Workarounds to preserve your caches in ".\Plugins\CACHED\":
- "HomeSP?" should be renamed "icSP?", where "?" is the service pack level.
- "ProSP3" should be renamed "ipSP3".
- "ProSP2" for XP x86 should be renamed "ipSP2".
- "ProSP2" for XP x64 should be renamed "apSP2".
- "2k3SP?" should be deleted. Too many possibilities exist to properly advise.
- Workarounds to preserve your caches in ".\Plugins\CACHED\":
- Fixed code responsible for recording Name and Version information in DriverCab.ini.
- Should now recognize INF files from all update packs known to me. Would previously only read RVMUpPck.inf.
- Removed quadruplicate code.
- (bug 8) - Now distinguishes between 18 different OS types instead of just "Home", "Pro" and "2k3"; not including service pack levels which bumps the possible variants to 64.
- When RVMi acts upon a [FileCopy] directive, it now writes "Copying Files Found In..." instead of "Moving Files Found In..." to the log.
- Reorganized log startup and shutdown InfoStrings for clarity.
- 1.5.4 beta 12 - (5eraph)
- Localization files need updating again.
- Added $LNG_2324 variable.
- Significant changes to the service pack slipstreaming routine:
- Now handles service pack network installation files with spaces (issue 9, as reported by Stimpy), for those who rename Microsoft's files.
- Eliminated duplicate/triplicate code.
- Much improved logging.
- SystemAsterisk sound added for when user interaction is required during integration.
- Further refined source detection code for efficiency and readability.
- Fixed Windows 2000 detection code... hopefully. I don't have a Windows 2000 source to test against.
- Removed checks for "Upgrade" license sources since the checks were specific to XP x86 SP2, and no addon or update pack is built specifically to cater to such sources.
- Removed the old source checking code completely in favor of the newly refactored code.
- Localization files need updating again.
- 1.5.4 beta 11 - (5eraph)
- Completely rewrote the OS detection routine to (hopefully) correct problems detecting localized sources.
- The Integrator now reads cdtagfile and spcdtagfile from Layout.inf to detect most OSes.
- Should now be able to detect Windows NT4 sources, even though NT4 is not supported for integration.
- Completely rewrote the OS detection routine to (hopefully) correct problems detecting localized sources.
- 1.5.4 beta 10.1 - Limited release. (code65536)
- Diagnostic information is written to the log for cabinet extractions.
- Info is always written to the log for cabinets containing multiple files or when zero files are extracted.
- Info is not written for cabinets containing one file if successful.
- The Integrator now gives an audible signal (SystemAsterisk) at the end of integration.
- Diagnostic information is written to the log for cabinet extractions.
- 1.5.4 beta 10 - (5eraph)
- Source and update pack service pack levels are now properly compared using numbers instead of strings.
- DrvIndex.inf building routine now adds driver32.cab information for x64 sources, making the RVMi fix addon for the XPx64SP2 update pack unnecessary.
- The easiest way to get the file list is to expand driver32.cab. Auto-update code has not yet been implemented. [FileMove] must be used to update driver32.cab until then.
- Updated and adjusted formatting of About tab for consistency.
- 1.5.4 beta 9 - (YumeYao)
- [CreateCab] now cleans up after itself again.
- Typographical error with $LNG_0803 corrected.
- 1.5.4 beta 8.5 - (5eraph)
- Localization files need updating.
- Updated $LNG_0800 and $LNG_0801 variables.
- Added $LNG_0802, $LNG_0803 and $LNG_2350 variables.
- Updated RyanVM Update Pack version checking code.
- File name checks updated for new names with SP numbers.
- INF %NAME% string check updated for new names with SP numbers.
- Service pack level check routine changes:
- Changed some language written to log for clarity.
- Removed checks for which no actions were defined.
- RVMi now terminates with exit code 1 when service pack slipstream attempt fails.
- Added a check for when source service pack level was too high for chosen update pack.
- RVMi terminates with exit code 1 when source service pack level is too high for chosen update pack.
- Changed behavior of [obsolete] section to be more predictable.
- For example, suppose we specify "KB960000"...
- Old behavior: Removes "KB960000*", including KB960000-IE7.cat and KB960000-v2.cat.
- New behavior: Removes only "KB960000.cat", "KB960000.ca_", "KB960000.exe" and "KB960000.ex_".
- For example, suppose we specify "KB960000"...
- "Browse for Source" window is now resizable.
- Source detection function Windows($RootDir) now looks in the proper place for x64 files SetupP.ini and PIDGen.dll.
- Long file name warnings are no longer thrown in the log file for x64 sources.
- Localization files need updating.
- 1.5.4 beta 8.4 - (ENU_user)
- Issued fileflags fix (Support for HD base installs)
- 1.5.4 beta 8.3
- Avoided UPX compression to reduce possible false positive reactions by AV software.
- ReadDirectoryAsArray (1.5.4 beta 8.2: over-fix )
- OSIdent on Log's Startup (1.5.4 beta 8.2: over-fix)
- 1.5.4 beta 8.1 - (code65536)
- Improved CabLite's logging
- Replaced PEChecksum.exe with a direct call
- Fixed two minor typos
- Updated the El Torito boot sector with the one from the latest AIK
- Fixed a few intermittent bugs caused by unreliable STDOUT scraping
- 1.5.4 beta 8 - (code65536, Siginet)
- Major update to replace MakeCab.exe from Vista with code65536's CabLite.dll.
- Fixes for stability and UI cleanup.
- 1.5.4 beta 7.1 - (Siginet)
- Correction for @WININFO macro variable when used with the [RunFile] directive.
- 1.5.4 beta 7 - (Siginet)
- Bugfixes:
- Files that are moved into Driver.cab when caching is enabled are now deleted when the cache is validated and used.
- CMPNENTS folder is now copied to the destination directory by the Integrator if found in the source directory.
- Stopped the use of UPX compression to prevent false positives by antivirus software.
- More files are automatically given entries for [FileFlags] in TxtSetup.sif to help with installations started with WinNT32.exe.
- [Obsolete_Files] and [Obsolete_Entries] directives no longer mistakenly remove files similar to those specified for removal.
- More Sleep delays used in file processing loops to help prevent random crashes.
- Enhancements:
- The Integrator now automatically checks for certain files at the root of the source before looking in the I386 and AMD64 folders for the following directives: [DeleteLinesWith], [EditFile], [ExtraFileEdits] and [KeyDelete].
- More macro variables are now available for use with the [RunFile] directive by update pack and addon creators:
- @RVMiLog - Returns the path to the Integrator's current log file. This should make it easy for addon creators to have their addons write directly to the log file.
- @WIN - (enhancement) - Returns the Windows type located at the destination directory (Pro, Home, 2k3, 2000 or OTHER) and now places "-64" at the end if it is an x64 source.
- @WININFO - Returns the full Windows information of the path being integrated. This is the same info you see on the main GUI of the Integrator when you select a source.
- The @DESTINATION macro variable can now be used with many more directives in Entries*.ini: [CreateCab], [DeleteLinesWith], [EditFile], [ExpandCab], [ExtraFileEdits], [HexEdit] and [KeyDelete].
- Bugfixes:
- 1.5.4 beta 6 - (Siginet)
- Bugfixes:
- More files are automatically given entries for [FileFlags] in TxtSetup.sif to help with installations started with WinNT32.exe.
- More Sleep delays used in file processing loops to help prevent random crashes.
- The Integrator will now automatically add the following code to DOSNet.inf, if missing, if a SVCPACK directory is found in the working destination or in an addon/update pack.
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- Macro variables are now available for use with the [RunFile] directive by update pack and addon creators:
- @DESTINATION - The path to the main working directory: I386 for x86 or AMD64 for x64.
- @LANG - Returns the localized language of the destination as defined in ProdSpec.ini.
- @ROOT - The path where the working I386 directory and the CD tagfiles can be found (the root of the CD/DVD).
- @SP - Returns the service pack level of the working directory: SP1, SP2, etc.
- @WIN - Returns the Windows type located at the destination directory: Pro, Home, 2k3, 2000 or OTHER.
- Bugfixes:
- 1.5.4 beta 5.1 - (Siginet)
- Fixed the issue with [FileFlags] for troublesome files.
- 1.5.4 beta 5 - (Siginet)
- Stopped adding files specified in the [txtsetup_files] directive to [FileFlags] in TxtSetup.sif since it wasn't working as expected.
- Some troublesome files are now automatically given entries for [FileFlags] in TxtSetup.sif to help with installations started with WinNT32.exe.
- Thanks to ENU_user and YumeYao for their help!
- Changed the method used to fix the WBEMOC.inf issue for SP3 integrations.
- Thanks to ENU_user for his help!
- CD tagfiles are now copied to the destination earlier in the integration process.
- Fixed the issue with the [obsolete_files] directive where specified files with file extensions of two characters were not being removed properly.
- 1.5.4 beta 4 - (Siginet)
- All files added with the [txtsetup_files] directive are now also placed in the [FileFlags] section of TxtSetup.sif and given the value of 16.
- Hopefully fixed the memory leak issue.
- Unicode support should be much better.
- A [HexEdit] directive issue was fixed where the PEChecksum of an edited file was sometimes not automatically corrected.
- Kal of RyanVM.net is brought onboard as an assistant developer.
- Thanks, Kal!!!
- 1.5.4 beta 3 - (Siginet)
- Now using MakeCab.exe from Windows Vista x86 to hopefully fix instability present in earlier betas.
- 1.5.4 beta 2.1 - (Siginet)
- Recompiled beta 2 source due to a memory leak which was causing instability.
- 1.5.4 beta 2 - (Siginet)
- WBEMOC.inf fix should be working 100% now.
- Fixed an issue that was causing some CAB files to be compressed as CA_ files.
- Files inside the x64_I386 directory will now be automatically shifted into I386. (Not tested.)
- TxtSetup files that are marked with an underscore ( _ ) which indicates a non-compressible file will now automatically increment the dircode if the dircode is already in use.
- 1.5.4 beta 1 - (Siginet)
- Unspecified changes.


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|Former seventh-round draft pick Ryan Fitzpatrick has led the Bills to six wins in his last nine starts, including two straight to open this season. (David Duprey/Associated Press)
Smart choice was made
Harvard's Fitzpatrick fits the bill in Buffalo
FOXBOROUGH - Years later, Mike Frey can't forget the sight, or the sound. The former left tackle at Harvard was watching his quarterback, Ryan Fitzpatrick, race toward the sideline with the ball in a 2004 game against Princeton.
Zak Keasey, an All-America middle linebacker, was closing fast. But instead of taking the safe route and running out of bounds - the decision most quarterbacks would make - Fitzpatrick lowered his shoulder and charged the oncoming defender, helmets and pads colliding violently.
"He took him on, and made Keasey's head snap back,'' Frey said earlier this week in a telephone interview from Philadelphia, where he's now a corporate bond analyst. "I remember thinking that if he's going to do that against their All-American, I better pick up my game. We all saw it. Something like that lifts everybody up.
"He's got a competitive fire within him.''
Competitive fire? The player who never lost an in-season gasser or an offseason 6 a.m. conditioning sprint while at Harvard, despite being joined by his supposedly faster skill position teammates, seems to finally have found a home as a starting quarterback in the National Football League, six years after being a seventh-round draft pick. He's led the Buffalo Bills to six wins in his last nine starts, including two straight to open this season.
Directing an offense that has scored 41 and 38 points in wins over Kansas City and Oakland, Fitzpatrick has pumped new life into a franchise that's had just one winning season since 2000. Others are starting to take note, but if he can lead the Bills to a 3-0 start, it'll be historic, because that will mean beating the visiting Patriots on Sunday. Buffalo hasn't celebrated a win over New England since the 2003 season opener, collecting 15 consecutive losses since.
"I think the Patriots, in general, they always present a tough challenge for us,'' Fitzpatrick said. "Obviously, [with] the streak, the number of games that we've played without beating them. We really respect them here.''
Respect is something Fitzpatrick has earned wherever he's been, either during his four years leading the Crimson, or in St. Louis, Cincinnati, and now Buffalo as a professional, trying to change any preconceived notions that a Harvard graduate belongs in a board room, not the NFL. Smarts, though, is one of Fitzpatrick's most impressive calling cards. The son of a rocket scientist, he scored 48 (out of 50) on the Wonderlic test, completing it in record time.
"He's smart,'' Bills coach Chan Gailey said. "He's obviously highly intelligent when it comes to protections and coverages and what defenses are trying to do.''
Said Fitzpatrick: "I'm the Harvard guy everywhere, every day, but you know what, there's worse things to be called, worse things to be known by. I know that sometimes people use it as a kind of a joke or sarcastic comment, but I take a tremendous amount of pride in the fact that I went to school there.''
He arrived in Cambridge with no expectations of playing in the NFL. It wasn't until after his junior season, in fact, that playing at the next level was even discussed, and that came at the urging of Harvard coach Tim Murphy.
"I mentioned to him that I thought he could play in the NFL, and he kind of looked at me funny, like I had two heads,'' said Murphy, who sent Fitzpatrick to Peyton Manning's summer camp, where he competed against bigger names, holding his own. "I can't for a second say that I thought he was going to be an NFL quarterback when we were recruiting him out of high school. But he just has a tremendous, understated football charisma, the kind of leadership that really goes the farthest.
"He's a very confident guy in a very low-key way, and boy, that has an effect on his teammates. When something needed to be said he would say it, but he doesn't talk just to hear himself talk.''
Fitzpatrick's play this season is speaking quite loudly. He has seven touchdown passes (tied for the league lead with Tom Brady and Detroit's Matthew Stafford) and 472 yards, with just one interception. His 109.6 passer rating ranks sixth.
"He's smart, he sees defenses, he reads coverages, he gets rid of the ball quickly, he's got good skill players to work with, he's got a good offensive team,'' said Patriots coach Bill Belichick. "He's done a good job of managing it and of executing it, he's made a lot of good throws. He's an athletic guy, he can escape and run out of some pressures. But the biggest thing for any quarterback is accuracy and decision-making, and he's done a real good job of that.''
Fitzpatrick's targets are largely unknown. David Nelson leads the Bills in receptions (14), Steve Johnson in receiving yards (162), Scott Chandler in touchdown catches (three). Individually, none would be considered elite. Collectively, they've been perfect complements to their hard-working quarterback.
"We're a team full of guys that are looking to make a name for themselves, we're looking to make a name for our team,'' Fitzpatrick said. "Although most of us are unheralded and nobody really knows us, we think that we're pretty good and we've got a lot of talent on the roster. A lot of our guys are so young, they don't realize that they're not supposed to go out and score 39 1/2 points a game. They feel like that's normal, so for us, it's keeping that confidence, just keeping the swagger that we have.''
To those who know him, Fitzpatrick and swagger don't often occupy the same sentence.
"He's never been a spotlight guy, he just kind of works hard behind the scenes and people trust him,'' said Will Johnson, who played center and guard on Fitzpatrick's Harvard teams and is now a professional rugby player living predominantly in London. "Fitz is the kind of guy who just puts everything of himself into everything that he's doing. The things that he says are inspiring, and he backs it up with work ethic and ability. I think he empowers other people around him to do the same.''
Added Murphy, who recruited Fitzpatrick as a high school senior in Gilbert, Ariz.: "For all his physical skills, he had the best intangibles I've ever seen in a college football player. He was at his best when things were at their worst, and he had this incredible poise that was just palpable when he was out there. I never saw him, even once, flustered in any situation, and that's something that's served him particularly well in the NFL.''
Fitzpatrick was taken in the seventh round of the 2005 draft by the Rams, the 14th and final quarterback drafted that year. Twenty picks earlier, the Patriots chose Matt Cassel, denying Fitzpatrick the opportunity to stay in Boston, and sending him on a three-team journey that has now touched nearly every corner: third string, second string, spot starter, full-time starter. A Buffalo radio station reported this week that the Bills are discussing a contract extension with Fitzpatrick, but when asked about it yesterday, he said his only focus is on beating the Patriots.
Sunday's game is in Orchard Park, N.Y., though, which means Fitzpatrick will have to wait until the Jan. 1 return game to partake in his favorite culinary ritual in the Boston area. Any time Fitzpatrick visits with his wife and three children (he's married to Liza Barber, who was an All-America soccer player at Harvard), he makes it a point to stop at Pinocchio's, a Cambridge pizzeria, where he'll order two slices of pizza and a cheeseburger sub.
"That's one meal, and I think I put on about 25 pounds in college from that one meal,'' Fitzpatrick said.
He put the extra weight to good use, though, creating indelible memories (10-0, the Ivy League title, and one flattened Princeton linebacker as a senior) for his teammates.
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New Jamba Juice Fruit & Veggie Smoothies
Jamba Juice launched a new smoothie line this week that features vegetables. Is it a dirty veggie-disguising trick or a delicious new way to drink your salads? We grabbed two of them to find out.
The green option, called Apple 'n Greens, tasted mostly like bananas, and if it weren't such a vivid green color you probably wouldn't guess that it contains "juices of dark leafy green vegetables, carrots and lettuce, along with spirulina." It has a distinct apple juice flavor and sweetness; when added to the banana, we found it pretty cloying. Tone done the sweetness and give us more greens, we say!
The intensely magenta-tinted Berry UpBEET smoothie looks much more appetizing, and has a pop of frozen-strawberry and blueberry flavor up front. But there's a vague vegetal aftertaste that only fades a little after a few tongue-freezing sips. Don't worry if you're not a beet fan; we couldn't really detect them. But we won't be racing back to get a refill.
Have you tried Jamba's veggie smoothies?
Each 24-ounce Original size smoothie was $5.70 at our local Jamba Juice, though prices may vary.
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Briscoe has been argued and submitted. A few quick impressions:
1) Justice Sotomayor owns this case. The general sentiment among those in the know who were standing out in the cold this morning was that this case would be decided by Justice Sotomayor. If there was any doubt, Sotomayor herself put it to rest at argument. She came out swinging as the first justice to question the advocates for the petitioners and respondent. She appeared to be carving a middle path between the majority and dissent in Melendez-Diaz. To Briscoe's lawyer, she emphatically stated, "I trust the trial process," signaling her former prosecutor/trial judge's sympathy to Virginia; yet she asked Virginia's lawyer how the Court could articulate a rule that would satisfy Briscoe and seemed bothered by Virginia's assertion that a trial by affidavit would satisfy the Confrontation Clause.
2) Justice Scalia isn't budging. It took until the end of the argument, but Scalia made his displeasure clear to the entire courtroom, interrupting Virginia's counsel to ask, "Why is this case here?" That question, he noted, wasn't directed towards the Commonwealth; it was for the Court. Melendez-Diaz made Briscoe redundant, so the only reason Briscoe was before the Court was to overturn Melendez-Diaz on a "spite cert" (my term, not Nino's) by Melendez-Diaz's four dissenters.
3) Breyer is budging. Justice Breyer was in the dissent in Melendez-Diaz, but seemed receptive to Sotomayor's difference-splitting as a way to limit Melendez-Diaz without overturning it. Indeed, he tipped his hat to stare decisis, demanding Virginia justify its statute under Melendez-Diaz even after he "laid his cards out on the table" that he didn't agree with the case.
4) The case may not be a simple 5-4. Sotomayor's difference-splitting may be enough to get a broad majority to affirm the core of Melendez-Diaz, which held that if the prosecution seeks to introduce a forensic report, the lab technicians must be made available as live witnesses for defendants to cross-examine. Such a majority would discard Scalia's formalistic requirement that the witness must be the prosecution's. At argument, justices from both sides of the Melendez-Diaz divide seemed to accept that Virginia may construct an efficiency-oriented statute that allows for the defendant to call a lab technician to the stand as an adverse witness, provided that Virginia not only bear the costs of presenting the witness, but also suffer the consequences if the witness no-shows. Up to seven justices could be satisfied by such a scheme, as Scalia (and probably Thomas) will likely refuse to modify Melendez-Diaz.
5) Alito and Ginsburg agree: GVR. At the end of the argument, both Justices Alito and Ginsburg asked Richard Friedman, counsel for petitioner-defendant Briscoe, why the Court shouldn't just Grant, Vacate, and Remand the case back to the Virginia Supreme Court to test whether its former statutory scheme adequately protected Briscoe's right to confrontation. If these two, who were on opposite sides in Melendez-Diaz, can agree, then perhaps the rest of the Court could, too. Even Scalia would be happy to do so: the Court would avoid chipping away at Melendez-Diaz, and he would not have to waste his time firebombing his colleagues on Briscoe's merits.
6) Orthogotive? Richard Friedman busted out a word that none of the Court had ever heard. He repeated it several times, but I remain unclear what the word was. I will wait for the Court's official transcript. Until then, I will relish the memory of a Supreme Court lit up with the excitement of learning a new word.
More later: I've been up since 3am!
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the essence of Orthogonal is "as different as can be." 90 degrees separate the lines (of argument) thus they will NEVER converge.
Of course this assumes linearity, which seldom obtains. Lines can and usually do bend.
You are my judicial hero.
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I like your idea and you are probably spending your time better than any 3L I ever knew (including myself). One suggestion- your posts indicate the date on which they are added to your website, but the time is noticeably absent. I think it would be entertaining and awe inspiring for you to time stamp the posts so we know just how early you actually get there.
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That's Mikey Neumann, writer on Gearbox's megahit Borderlands, smashing up living room furniture for the debut episode of "Anthony Saves The World." His mom did not actually give him that table. It's from IKEA - it's got cardboard in it.
But they are in fact filming in Mikey's home. "Anthony" is Anthony Burch, another Gearbox writer. And the episode's director of photography is Brian Thomas, Gearbox's cinematic director. The music, also, is done by Danny Baranowsky, who composed the soundtrack for Super Meat Boy.
Mikey promises more episodes are coming, so be sure to check back at his YouTube page.


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International real estate funds, particularly emerging-market portfolios, had a fantastic run in 2012, on the back of the diminishing threat of global inflation and improved prospects for global growth fueled by the domestic consumption dynamic in many emerging-market nations. And the run is continuing.
Even today, real estate is looking to be the best way to capture the upside of these consumer-driven economies around the world, according to Jason Yablon, vice president and portfolio manager at the investment management firm Cohen & Steers, whose emerging-markets real estate fund was up 40% in 2012.
"The continued securitization of real estate in many emerging-market countries is still in its early stages, and we really think real estate, compared to other sectors, is a much better way to play on the domestic consumption theme, particularly with economic fundamentals continuing to improve worldwide," Yablon said. "Assuming that inflation doesn't get out of hand this year, emerging-market real estate stocks have a chance to continue their outperformance."
The stocks of real estate companies in many emerging-market countries are also attractive because unlike companies in the U.S., they are not highly levered, said Jeremy Schwartz, director of research at WisdomTree Investments. Stacking that up against current valuations, and factoring in PE ratios and cashflow, many real estate companies look good, he says, provided that investors can properly manage the currency risk that comes with investing in emerging markets.
The emerging-market world is also extremely fragmented when it comes to real estate stocks, and with different countries at different points in the economic cycle, investors will need to be extremely vigilant in making their choices this year, according to Yablon, "because in emerging market real estate, you can create a lot of value easily, but you can destroy it just as easily."
The most important factor to consider in real estate is the progress countries have made in terms of securitization, Yablon said. In Mexico, for instance, REIT rules were only established in the past year and thus far, just four companies have come out with public issues, which means there's a lot of potential going forward, he said.
From a price point, too, a country such as Mexico is far more attractive than China. While China is an obvious choice for both real estate and the overall consumption dynamic, it is actually too expensive for many investors. And as a result of recent news reports suggesting that overinvestment in China's real estate sector may have created the largest bubble ever, the country is looking even less attractive to investors such as Michael McGowan, portfolio manager at Forward Management. The greater opportunities lie elsewhere in Southeast Asia, notably in countries such as Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand, in both commercial and residential real estate, McGowan said.
"In both Malaysia and the Philippines, we see property companies that have invested in nice sites that are producing income and can build in the future, and because they have small market cap, we own a lot of names," McGowan said. "Both countries also have programs to get people into houses, and on the commercial side, the cost of a square foot is low, particularly in the Philippines. From a macro standpoint, too, we like these countries because they have a younger population, stable politics and in the case of the Philippines, worker remittances from overseas help boost the sale of both condos as well as shopping centers."
But it isn't only emerging-market real estate that's attractive right now. For Wilson Magee, portfolio manager at Franklin Templeton Real Asset Advisors, Europe also offers some good prospects, many of which are looking even better as the overall macro environment continues to improve. Companies such as Unibail-Rodamco, Europe's leading commercial real estate developer, make for excellent investments and remained strong even at the height of the European crisis, he said.
"Unibail-Rodamco has reasonably strong sales and has managed its balance sheet very conservatively," Magee said. "The company has also had tremendous access to debt capital in tough times. In fact, the last €750 million bond issue they did had a seven-year maturity and came with a coupon of 2.45%, which is pretty tight."
To boot, Unibail's Spanish portfolio is of top quality and has continued to perform well despite the continued slump in the Spanish real estate market, he said.


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Lecture by Nicolas Tackett, UC Berkeley
Thursday, May 15, 2014
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How does one account for the long-term survival of the medieval Chinese aristocratic clans despite important institutional developments, including the expanded use of the civil service examinations and the creation of a new system of provincial bureaucracies? How does one then explain the dramatic disappearance of these families at the turn of the tenth century? By exploiting a large prosopographic database, this paper will explore how a better understanding of the geographic distribution of political power and of the Tang political elite's social networks can help resolve these questions.
Nicolas Tackett received his PhD from Columbia University in 2006. After postdoctoral fellowships at the Getty Research Institute and Stanford University, he joined the U.C. Berkeley History Department in 2009. He has just completed a monograph on The Destruction of the Medieval Chinese Aristocracy. He is now working on a second monograph that will look at how unusual social, political, and geopolitical factors during the eleventh century spurred Chinese intellectuals into developing a new sense of their place in the world.
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