If you decided to snag the latest Nike+ wristband earlier this year, you're about to get some added functionality thanks to an iOS application update. First, the outfit has added Path integration to the mobile software. Users can now keep track of the sights they've visited while out for a jog or bike ride and share said moments / achievements with their mates. When the day comes to a close, those points-of-interest along the trail will appear on the app's progress graph. You'll also encounter background syncing by holding down the FuelBand's button alongside the ability to check battery status, offline data access and setting the time with your iPhone or iPod touch. For a quick look at what you can expect to see with the refresh, sprint to the gallery below.
For whatever reason, the Nexus 7 tablet lacks a rear-facing camera. This makes Google's tablet incompatible with many Android camera apps including Instagram, a fact Asus recently confirmed to The Inquirer. According to Tim Smalley, digital marketing manager at Asus, Google Play will throw an error if an owner tries to add the app to their Nexus 7.
Quarterbacks
# 8 Zach Mettenberger 6'5 222 Watkinsville, Ga(RSJR)
# 17 Stephen Rivers 6'7 212 Athens, Ala(RSFR) Incorrectly listed as #16 and as Soph.
# 15 Jerrard Randall 6'1 180 Hollywood,Fla(RSFR) Incorrectly listed as a Soph.
The ratings for this group seem fair. 87 may be a point too high for Mettenberger, but I?d want to compare it to other QBs of similar experience before making a final judgement.
Runningbacks
# 11 Spencer Ware 5'11 223 Cincinnati,OH(JR), Short Dreads
# 42 Michael Ford 5'10 215 Leesville,LA(RSJR)
# 4 Alfred Blue 6'2 215 Boutte,LA(JR)
#14 Terrence Magee 5'9 212 Franklinton,LA(SO), Short Dreads, Medium Skin
#20 should actually be # 33 Jeremy Hill 6'2 225 Baton Rouge,LA (FR)
Personally I?d bring Ware down to 88-89. I think that he and Ford are about even in ability (Ford actually was leading rusher) they just have different styles. If #20 is Hill then 72ovr is too low. Hill was a 4 star recruit who greyshirted and who was thought to be better than Hilliard and Magee coming out of high school.
Fullbacks
# 27 Kenny Hilliard 5'11 240 Patterson,LA(SO)
# 44 J.C. Copeland 6'1 280 LaGrange,GA(JR)
Hilliard may end up being the starting TB or he could have a similar role as last year where he played HB/FB so I?d probably leave him at FB in the initial version but consider a move in future versions of the roster file.
Wide Receivers
# 3 Odell Beckham JR 5'11 183 New Orleans,LA(SO) (listed as #33 but should be #3)
#10 Russell Shepard 6'1 185 Houston,TX(SR)
# 80 Jarvis Landry 6'0 190 Lutcher,LA(SO)
# 86 Kadron Boone 6'0 195 Ocala,FL(JR)
#82 James Wright 6'2 201 Belle Chase,LA(JR)
#5 Jarrett Fobbs 5?11 195 Shreveport, LA (RSSoph)
#21 Paul Turner 5?11 186 West Monroe, LA (RSFR) (incorrectly listed as Soph)
#81 should be #2 Avery Johnson 6'2 180 Pompano Beach,FL (FR), Dark Skin
#85 should be #83 Travin Dural 6'2 170 Breaux Bridge,LA (FR), Dark Skin
These ratings need adjusting in my opinion. Shep has lots of natural talent but hasn?t put it together as a WR, I?d probably bump him down to 85ovr. Beckham should be the highest rated guy, I?d probably bump him up to 85-86. The next three in my opinion should be Landry, Wright, Boone in that order. Landry will likely be the starter across from Beckham. Turner will likely be one of the main KR s so he should have decent agility and acceleration but he doesn?t really have gamebreaking speed.
Tight Ends
# 88 Chase Clement 6'5 251 Thibodaux,LA(RSSR)
#47 Tyler Edwards 6'4 235 Monroe,LA(RSSR)
Not sure who the #83 is, his measurables don't match up with the one frosh TE coming in. I would make him into one of the following:
#84 Nic Jacobs 6'5 253 Many,LA(RSSoph), Dark Skin, Short Dreads
# 41 Travis Dickson 6'4 235 Ocean Springs,Miss(RSSoph), Light Skin
After looking at the catching and blocking ratings I can say that Clement and Edwards should have their receiving skills switched. Clement is a guy who can catch and block so he should be balanced. Edwards and Jacobs are blockers, Dickson is mainly a receiver.
Left Tackle
# 76 Chris Faulk 6'6 325 Slidell,LA(JR)
# 73 Chris Davenport 6'4 320 Mansfield,LA(RSJR), Long Dreads
Left Guard
# 70 La'El Collins 6'5 320 Baton Rouge,LA(SO) Was #78 on video should be #70
#79 Matt Branch ?NO LONGER ON ROSTER; Use body to create:
#68 Josh Dworaczyk 6'6 301 New Iberia,LA(RSSR), light skin
I think that #65 is meant to be # 55 Elliot Porter 6'4 278 Waggaman,LA(RSSO) he wore #65 last year but should actually be the backup C. I'd give him #61's rating of 80 overall.
Center
# 64 P.J Lonergan 6'4 305 New Orleans,LA(RSSR)
#61 Ben Dominique-WALKON hasn?t seen the field; Use body to create one of these guys:
# 75 Evan Washington 6'5 326 DeSoto,TX (RSSoph), Dark Skin., Short Dreads, Could be the backup LG if Dworaczyk isn?t healthy or may be the primary backup at one of the tackle spots if he can stay healthy.
Fehoko Fanaika 6'6 340 Sacramento,CA(JR transfer) he likely will be a Guard and will redshirt this year. Medium Skin, Long Dark Hair (Wasn't given a number on June roster). I'd bump him down from 80 overall.
Right Guard
# 74 Josh Williford 6'7 324 Dothan,ALA(RSJR)
#63 is actually # 56 Trai Turner 6'2 332 New Orleans,LA(RSFR) he wore #63 last year. Incorrectly listed as a Soph.
Right Tackle
# 72 Alex Hurst 6'6 340 Barlett,TN(RSSR)
#70 Derek Edinburgh 6'8 325 New Orleans, LA (FR)
# 67 Corey White 6'3 328 Baton Rouge,LA(RSFR) Incorrectly listed as a Soph. Should actually be a Guard and is likely 3rd team. I?d likely make him into one of the following:
# 78 Vadal Alexander 6'6 315 Buford,GA( FR), Dark Skin. Looked to be the 2nd RT coming out of spring
# 71 Jonah Austin 6'6 322 New Orleans,LA(RSFR) Dark Skin, Short Dreads, Battling for the backup RT spot
Only ratings beef is that Hurst probably should be the highest rated lineman and Faulk probably should be the 2nd highest.
Left End
# 49 Barkevious Mingo 6'5 240 West Monroe,LA(JR)
#87 Chancey Aghayere 6'4 279 Garland,TX(RSSR) didn?t participate this spring, not sure what status is for fall.
Not sure about #41. I think that he's supposed to be:
#94 Danielle Hunter 6'5 235 Katy,TX (FR), Dark Skin
Right End
#99 Sam Montgomery 6'4 245 Greenwood,SC(RSJR)
# 89 Lavar Edwards 6'5 264 Gretna,LA(RSSR), Short Dreads
#59 Jermauria Rasco 6'3 255 Shreveport,LA(SO)
#45 Doesn't match any incoming frosh. A couple of guys who could be created with body:
# 54 Justin Maclin 6'4 241 Memphis,TN(RSSoph), Dark Skin
#98 Jordan Allen 6?6 252 West Monroe,LA(RSSoph), Light Skin, Long Brown Hair
Edwards should be the 3rd rated DE behind Montgomery and Mingo. If Aghayere is kept on the roster his rating should be dropped to about where Rasco is.
Defensive Tackle
#93 Bennie Logan 6'3 287 Coushatta,LA(RSJR)
#90 Anthony Johnson 6'3 310 New Orleans,LA(SO) #56 on the video should be #90
#9 Ego Ferguson 6'3 283 Frederick,MD(RSSoph)
# 77 Josh Downs 6'1 287 Bastrop,LA(SR)
# 96 Mickey Johnson 6'1 312 Covinton,LA(RSFR)
I?d even Downs and Johnson out since either could end up starting.
LOLB
# 58 Tahj Jones 6'2 205 Sulphur,LA(RSJR), Long Dreads
Not sure what the deal is with #55 and #51. I think one is a walkon and the other was dismissed. Replace both with these guys who enrolled early this spring:
Turn #51 into # 23 Lamar Louis 6'0 220 Breaux Bridge,LA (FR), Medium Skin
Turn #55 into #22 Ronnie Feist 6'2 225 Edgard,LA (FR) Dark Skin
I?d rate Louis around 78-79 and Feist around 75-76 with Louis having good speed and quickness(former RB) and Feist having the better strength (former DE).
MLB
# 46 Kevin Minter 6'2 242 Suwanee,GA(RSJR)
# 31 D.J. Welter 6'0 226 Crowley,LA(RSSoph)
#48 has no clear match. Create: #35 Lorenzo Phillips 6'2 200 Patterson,LA (FR) medium skin, move to LOLB and bump rating to 73-75
ROLB
#57 Lamin Barrow 6'2 229 Marrero,LA(RSJR), Short Dreads
# 52 Luke Muncie 6'3 220 Klein,TX(JR), Long Blonde Hair
#39 Josh Johns-NO LONGER PLAYING. Replacement:
#37 Kwon Alexander 6'2 220 Oxford,ALA (FR), Dark Skin. Highest rated incoming LB so he could keep Johns? rating.
CBs
# 7 Tyrann Mathieu 5'9 175 New Orleans,LA(JR)
#24 Tharold Simon 6'3 187 Eunice,LA(JR)
# 32 Jalen Collins 6'1 184 Olive Branch,MISS(RSFR), Long Dreads, Incorrectly listed as a Soph.
#34 should be #36 CB Jalen Mills 6? 180 DeSoto,TX(FR), Dark Skin, Short Dreads
#37 should be #19 Derrick Raymond 6'1 175 New Orleans,LA(FR), Dark Skin, Short Dreads
#25 David Jenkins ?TRANSFERRED. Replace with:
#13 Dwayne Thomas 6'0 170 New Orleans,LA (FR) Drop rating to 75-78
Free Safety
#1 Eric Reid 6'2 208 Geismar,LA(JR)
# 28 Ronnie Vinson ?TRANSFERRED. Replace with:
#26 Ronald Martin 6'1 199 White Castle,LA(SO)
#18 Doesn't match true frosh, replace with:
#12 Corey Thompson 6'2 205 Missouri City,TX (FR), Dark Skin. Likely will play with all of the DB transfers. Rating may need to be looked at.
There are 68 players on the base roster. I've listed extras at a lot of positions if you decide to create a player to fill the last spot. Another guy who should get some consideration:
#30 PK James Hairston 6'0 200 Dallas,TX(SO), Light skin. Primary kickoff guy, should be the primary kicker in 2013. Change #
Plasma startup creates high-energy light to make smaller microchipsPublic release date: 28-Jun-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Hannah Hickey hickeyh@uw.edu 206-543-2580 University of Washington
A University of Washington lab has been working for more than a decade on fusion energy, harnessing the energy-generating mechanism of the sun. But in one of the twists of scientific discovery, on the way the researchers found a potential solution to a looming problem in the electronics industry.
To bring their solution to market two UW engineers have launched a startup, Zplasma, that aims to produce the high-energy light needed to etch the next generation of microchips.
"In order to get smaller feature sizes on silicon, the industry has to go to shorter wavelength light," said Uri Shumlak, a UW professor of aeronautics and astronautics. "We're able to produce that light with enough power that it can be used to manufacture microchips."
The UW beam lasts up to 1,000 times longer than competing technologies and provides more control over the million-degree plasma that produces the light.
For more than four decades the technology industry has kept up with Moore's Law, a prediction that the number of transistors on a computer chip will double every two years. This trend has allowed ever-smaller, faster, lighter and less energy-intensive electronics. But it's hit a roadblock: the 193-nanometer ultraviolet light now being used cannot etch circuits any smaller.
The industry has determined that the future standard for making microchips will be 13.5-nanometer light, a wavelength less than 1/14 the current size that should carry the industry for years to come. Such extreme ultraviolet light can be created only from plasmas, which are high-temperature, electrically charged gases in which electrons are stripped from their nuclei.
The electronics industry is trying to produce this extreme ultraviolet light in various ways. One takes a droplet of tin and shoots it with a laser to make plasma that releases a brief spark of light. But so far this spark is too brief. Chip manufacturers use a $100 million machine to bounce light off a series of mirrors and eventually project the light onto a silicon wafer; each step absorbs some of the light's energy.
"Over the past decade, the primary issue with these extreme ultraviolet light sources is they just can't produce enough power," Shumlak said. "It's a stumbling block for the whole semiconductor industry."
Fusion scientists, it turns out, are plasma experts. The hydrogen plasma in the sun is so hot that hydrogen nuclei fuse together and release energy. Scientists around the world, including at the UW, are working to replicate this on Earth. A fusion reactor would use hydrogen as its fuel and emit helium as a waste product, a technically challenging
but clean source of energy.
The UW group's specialty is a lower-cost version of a fusion reactor that uses currents flowing through the material, rather than giant magnets, to contain the million-degree plasma. Their method also produces plasma that is stable and long-lived.
"It's a completely different way to make the plasma that gives you much more control," said Brian Nelson, a UW research associate professor of electrical engineering.
The first time they triggered the experiment in 1999, an engineer looking through the glass said, "That was really bright!" That was when the proverbial light bulb went off, Nelson said, and the team began to explore applications for bright high-energy light.
They may have found that application in the microchip industry. Light produced through techniques now being considered by the chip industry generate a spark that lasts just 20 to 50 nanoseconds. Zplasma's light beam lasts 20 to 50 millionths of a second, about 1,000 times longer.
"That translates directly into more light output, more power depositing on the wafer, such that you can move it through in some reasonable amount of time," Shumlak said.
An initial grant from the UW's Center for Commercialization allowed the team to verify that it could produce 13.5-nanometer light. A gift last fall from the Washington Research Foundation helped the team shrink the equipment from the size of a broomstick to a new version the size of a pin, which can produce a sharp beam.
The company was established last year with help from the UW's Center for Commercialization and Henry Berg, a technology entrepreneur who met the researchers through the center's Entrepreneurs in Residence program. Berg is now CEO of Zplasma.
The company is seeking "smart money" from corporate investors who can integrate the new technology with existing industrial processes.
"I hope this gets implemented into the industry and has an impact," Shumlak said.
The group will continue its fusion research project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. Raymond Golingo, a UW research scientist in aeronautics and astronautics, is co-author of the patent for the technology issued in 2008.
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For more information, contact Shumlak at 206-616-1986 or shumlak@uw.edu; Nelson at 206-543-7143 or nelson@ee.washington.edu; and Berg at henry.berg@zplasma.com.
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Plasma startup creates high-energy light to make smaller microchipsPublic release date: 28-Jun-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Hannah Hickey hickeyh@uw.edu 206-543-2580 University of Washington
A University of Washington lab has been working for more than a decade on fusion energy, harnessing the energy-generating mechanism of the sun. But in one of the twists of scientific discovery, on the way the researchers found a potential solution to a looming problem in the electronics industry.
To bring their solution to market two UW engineers have launched a startup, Zplasma, that aims to produce the high-energy light needed to etch the next generation of microchips.
"In order to get smaller feature sizes on silicon, the industry has to go to shorter wavelength light," said Uri Shumlak, a UW professor of aeronautics and astronautics. "We're able to produce that light with enough power that it can be used to manufacture microchips."
The UW beam lasts up to 1,000 times longer than competing technologies and provides more control over the million-degree plasma that produces the light.
For more than four decades the technology industry has kept up with Moore's Law, a prediction that the number of transistors on a computer chip will double every two years. This trend has allowed ever-smaller, faster, lighter and less energy-intensive electronics. But it's hit a roadblock: the 193-nanometer ultraviolet light now being used cannot etch circuits any smaller.
The industry has determined that the future standard for making microchips will be 13.5-nanometer light, a wavelength less than 1/14 the current size that should carry the industry for years to come. Such extreme ultraviolet light can be created only from plasmas, which are high-temperature, electrically charged gases in which electrons are stripped from their nuclei.
The electronics industry is trying to produce this extreme ultraviolet light in various ways. One takes a droplet of tin and shoots it with a laser to make plasma that releases a brief spark of light. But so far this spark is too brief. Chip manufacturers use a $100 million machine to bounce light off a series of mirrors and eventually project the light onto a silicon wafer; each step absorbs some of the light's energy.
"Over the past decade, the primary issue with these extreme ultraviolet light sources is they just can't produce enough power," Shumlak said. "It's a stumbling block for the whole semiconductor industry."
Fusion scientists, it turns out, are plasma experts. The hydrogen plasma in the sun is so hot that hydrogen nuclei fuse together and release energy. Scientists around the world, including at the UW, are working to replicate this on Earth. A fusion reactor would use hydrogen as its fuel and emit helium as a waste product, a technically challenging
but clean source of energy.
The UW group's specialty is a lower-cost version of a fusion reactor that uses currents flowing through the material, rather than giant magnets, to contain the million-degree plasma. Their method also produces plasma that is stable and long-lived.
"It's a completely different way to make the plasma that gives you much more control," said Brian Nelson, a UW research associate professor of electrical engineering.
The first time they triggered the experiment in 1999, an engineer looking through the glass said, "That was really bright!" That was when the proverbial light bulb went off, Nelson said, and the team began to explore applications for bright high-energy light.
They may have found that application in the microchip industry. Light produced through techniques now being considered by the chip industry generate a spark that lasts just 20 to 50 nanoseconds. Zplasma's light beam lasts 20 to 50 millionths of a second, about 1,000 times longer.
"That translates directly into more light output, more power depositing on the wafer, such that you can move it through in some reasonable amount of time," Shumlak said.
An initial grant from the UW's Center for Commercialization allowed the team to verify that it could produce 13.5-nanometer light. A gift last fall from the Washington Research Foundation helped the team shrink the equipment from the size of a broomstick to a new version the size of a pin, which can produce a sharp beam.
The company was established last year with help from the UW's Center for Commercialization and Henry Berg, a technology entrepreneur who met the researchers through the center's Entrepreneurs in Residence program. Berg is now CEO of Zplasma.
The company is seeking "smart money" from corporate investors who can integrate the new technology with existing industrial processes.
"I hope this gets implemented into the industry and has an impact," Shumlak said.
The group will continue its fusion research project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. Raymond Golingo, a UW research scientist in aeronautics and astronautics, is co-author of the patent for the technology issued in 2008.
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For more information, contact Shumlak at 206-616-1986 or shumlak@uw.edu; Nelson at 206-543-7143 or nelson@ee.washington.edu; and Berg at henry.berg@zplasma.com.
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A solar flare that erupted at just the right time and direction could disrupt long-distance phone calls here on Earth, or make TV signals drops out for a while. But that?s nothing compared to the pummeling one exoplanet takes from its home star.
Thanks to a rare moment of synchronicity between the Hubble and Swift satellites, researchers at NASA recorded the first observed change in the atmosphere of a planet outside of our solar system. The planet, called HD 189733b, received a rather rude shock from its home star.
Scientists have been using Hubble to keep an eye on this Jupiter-like gas planet since 2010. The planet orbits a star that can be seen easily with just a pair of binoculars, making it an easy target for astronomers trying to understand planetary atmospheres. In September 2011, Hubble was set to record HD 189733b passing in front of its star (a transit). But eight hours before that transit happened, Swift?a satellite charged with searching for cosmic explosions?caught something unexpected. The star that the exoplanet orbits expelled a giant X-ray flare.
Eight hours after the flare, Hubble recorded the planet?s atmosphere evaporating from its super-heated poles at an extreme rate. Hydrogen was leaving the confines of the gas giant at more than 300,000 miles per hour, and every second another 1000 tons of gas shot out into space, giving the planet a comet-like tail.
If the Sun released that much radiation, our planet probably would make it through just fine. HD 189733b, however, is about 12 times closer to its star than Mercury is to ours. Even though its star is smaller than the sun, that tiny distance doesn?t give the planet much chance to evade a blast of radiation. Luckily for the planet, it?s so huge (14 percent larger than Jupiter) that even the trauma of a flare won?t deplete its atmosphere completely.
This research will be published in an upcoming issue of Astronomy & Astrophysics.
My book, The Magic List, is a free ebook based on a simple tool I developed to help my clients see where people might support ? or resist ? them as they start to lead a big change in their organizations.
Here are three reasons why I wrote the ebook:
1. Give my clients a quick way to begin to apply the concept of the list in their own work.
2. Get the book in as many hands as possible in order to generate interest in my consulting and speaking services.
3. Attract a publisher who would be interested in an expanded version of The Magic List (this is the least important goal).
I posted the ebook last month. To date, people have clicked on the book 1,357 times. It has been downloaded somewhere between 1,000 and 1,100 times. I have no way of knowing how many of those people might have downloaded the book and sent links to their own circle of colleagues.
Here is what I did to get the ball rolling:
Title: I hired copywriter David Garfinkel to suggest a title. In addition to giving me a title and a sub-title that I love (The Magic List: Secrets of Successful Organizational Change), he gave me copy for the cover that I think will draw people in.
Timing: I timed the publication of the e-book to coincide with a keynote I was delivering on that topic to a group of organization development professionals.
Twitter: I tweeted about the ebook a couple of times so far (and will continue to send tweets related to the book). I was glad to see that some people retweeted the link. One of those people has a Twitter list of nearly 5,000 names.
Email Newsletter: I sent an email newsletter out to about 4,500 people. I mentioned it in that newsletter twice since the book went live.
Personal Emails: I sent personal emails to a select list of my contacts with a link to the ebook. Most of these emails included some personal message so that they would know that I was writing to them and not sending out a blast e-mail.
LinkedIn: I mentioned this book on LinkedIn. (500+ people).
Facebook: I posted a link on my business Facebook page at http://www.FaceBook.com/rickmaureronchange (275+ people)
Open Source Project: Before starting the Facebook page, I created the Change Management Open Source Project. It had over 1000 members at the time I made the switch to Facebook. I sent an announcement about The Magic List to that original list a couple of times.
Speaker Bureaus: I sent a hard copy of the ebook to a list of about 40 speaker bureaus. I wanted them to see just how good the book looked. (My designer did a great job.) I figured that they were likely to at least open an envelope and see the cover. I thought that just sending a link in an email would have a much lower open and click-through rate.
I plan to continue all of the social media activities listed above and expand that work by applying John Kremer?s 15,000 Eyeballs approach. This article is the first step in that process.
About the Author
Rick Maurer is an advisor to leaders in mid-sized to large organizations on ways to build support for change. In addition to this ebook, he is author of Beyond the Wall of Resistance (1996 and 2010), Why Don?t You Want What I Want? 2002), and Feedback Toolkit (1994 and 2011).
You can email him at rick@rickmaurer.com. You can read and download The Magic List at: http://www.rickmaurer.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/TheMagicList-V1.pdf.
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Report shows overspending on cultural institutions in boom yearsPublic release date: 28-Jun-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: William Harms w-harms@uchicago.edu 773-702-8356 University of Chicago
Careful planning and focus on audience crucial to success of new cultural facilities
Civic leaders, arts organizations, donors and government officials can better plan new or expanded arts facilities by first focusing on the arts organizations' missions and assessing demand for the projects, according to a new study from the Cultural Policy Center at the University of Chicago.
The study, "Set in Stone," looks at a major building boom of museums, performing arts centers and theaters in the United States from 1994 to 2008. It is the first scientifically prepared study of its kind and was requested both by cultural leaders and major foundations that had, in many cases, provided support for these building projects.
"Set in Stone", released on June 28 by the Cultural Policy Center, a joint project of the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy Studies, and the social science research organization NORC at the University of Chicago. The study looks at the lessons that can be learned from the cultural expansion.
The work was based on interviews with people in more than 500 organizations and drew data from more than 700 building projects, including both new facilities and major renovations. The costs of the projects ranged from $4 million to $335 million. It relied on rare, behind-the-scenes access to the discussions surrounding the buildings.
Unexpected challenges amid building boom
The building boom in cultural facilities from 1994-2008 outpaced building in other sectors, such as health care, said Joanna Woronkowicz, an associate at the Cultural Policy Center and one of the authors of the report.
"Expansive new venues, signature architectural statements, vital new centers of artistic and cultural activity, and objects of civic prideall these could appear to be positive indicators," said Carroll Joynes, co-founder and senior fellow at the Cultural Policy Center. Joynes joined Woronkowicz in authoring the report, in addition to center colleagues Norman Bradburn, Robert Gertner, Peter Frumkin, Anastasia Kolenda and Bruce Seaman.
"At least in the beginning, each of these projects was based on the assumption that a new facility would help increase audience size, increase earned and donated income, and at least indirectly, help realize the institution's mission," said Joynes. In some cases, this worked. But in many instances, the experiences in these new and expanded facilities were much more difficult and challenging than predicted, and put enormous strain on institutions.
The study looked at great variations in cultural building projects in the United States. Among the key findings:
Cities in the South had the greatest increase in cultural buildings. The region had lagged behind the rest of the country prior to the building boom the Northeast and West had twice the number of cultural facilities per capita in 1990 than did the South.
Increases in building were most common in communities with increases in personal income and in education among their residents; this was another reason why the South led in building expansions.
Spending was also strong across the rest of the country from 1994 to 2008. The New York area led the country in cultural building ($1.6 billion), while the Los Angeles area saw an expansion of $950 million and the Chicago area saw spending of $870 million on arts-related projects.
Smaller cities with fewer than 500,000 people were building as well, and many of these cities were building for the first time. On a per capita basis, nine of the top ten spenders on cultural projects were in smaller cities. Pittsfield, Mass., for example, with a population of 44,700, led the list with a per capita expenditure of $605 for six projects at a total cost of more than $81 million.
More performing arts centers were built than any other kind of arts facility.
No assurances that 'if you build it, they will come'
Interviews with leaders of the project, as well as the data gathered from public sources about the expansions, helped the authors assemble advice for people contemplating projects that will comprise the next generation of expansion, the report pointed out.
Before formulating a final plan, institutional leaders and donors need to take time to adequately understand the precise reasons for launching a major building project, determine if there is actual need, and if there is adequate support in the community both for attendance, and for financial support. Skeptics need an opportunity to voice their concerns as part of this process - and often this seems to be discouraged, Joynes said.
"Based on our observations of the projects, we identified important characteristics that were common among successful projects," Woronkowicz said.
"When it came to motivation for the work, we found the most successful projects were driven by both the organization's artistic mission and by clear and definable need.
"We also found that projects were successful when leadership was clear and consistent throughout the process. It helped enormously when there was one project manager, answerable to the board, in charge of the details and accountable for progress," she added.
Success also depended upon the flexibility of the organization in generating income after project completion, and on how effective the organization was in controlling expenses as the building took place, she pointed out.
The recommendations are based on observations made by people interviewed in the study, who said they may have made different recommendations had they had the chance to understand fully the scope and cost of the project from the beginning, the report points out.
"Also, a big problem is estimating the actual demand for cultural projects," said Joynes. Although increased education and income are usual predictors of demand for music, performance and museums, actual vs. predicted attendance does not follow a scientific formula," Joynes said.
"It's not an automatic, 'you build it, and they will come,'" he said.
In some cases, building projects suffered because they were not in sync with the mission of the organization, or were built more because of the individual aspirations of donors or local community leaders than because of an actual need for a facility.
The researchers also found that some projects stumbled when they became signature pieces for leading architects who ended up designing a significantly more expensive building than the organization could afford to build or maintain.
The initial cost projections for some of these structures were frequently extremely (and unrealistically) low, making the final tab much more expensive than originally forecast. Additionally, because it could take up to ten years to plan and complete a project, the actual needs of the communities served by the project could end up being very different from those originally envisioned.
As a result of these miscalculations, sometimes very substantial, some cultural arts facilities ended up being forced had to reduce access, rethink performance and exhibition schedules, and lay off staff in order to meet their budgeting targets.
Resources for further discussion
In order to make its research available to people around the country, particularly those who conceive, plan and pay for new facilities, the Cultural Policy Center has developed resources on its website to share the results of the study:
An electronic bookshelf with other suggested readings.
Videos which explain the project and provide guidance to cultural leaders about the study and its findings.
Case studies which can be used by students studying cultural expansion as part of arts administration or public policy courses, and also be available to local civic leaders thinking about a new facility.
Executive education material to be available for classroom use.
In addition to the web-based resources, the research team will also be speaking at gatherings of leading cultural institutions to provide insights from the study.
The data from the study are the basis for two books forthcoming in 2013 at the University of Chicago Press:
Constructing Culture, by Woronkowicz, Joynes and Bradburn, will look in greater detail at the landscape of the building boom and the decision-making process behind it.
Building for the Arts: Toward Strategic Design, by Frumkin and Kolendo, looks at the complex process of building major cultural facilities and proposes a conceptual framework and theory of successful cultural infrastructure construction.
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The study was supported by grants from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Kresge Foundation, and The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Additional support was provided by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
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Careful planning and focus on audience crucial to success of new cultural facilities
Civic leaders, arts organizations, donors and government officials can better plan new or expanded arts facilities by first focusing on the arts organizations' missions and assessing demand for the projects, according to a new study from the Cultural Policy Center at the University of Chicago.
The study, "Set in Stone," looks at a major building boom of museums, performing arts centers and theaters in the United States from 1994 to 2008. It is the first scientifically prepared study of its kind and was requested both by cultural leaders and major foundations that had, in many cases, provided support for these building projects.
"Set in Stone", released on June 28 by the Cultural Policy Center, a joint project of the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy Studies, and the social science research organization NORC at the University of Chicago. The study looks at the lessons that can be learned from the cultural expansion.
The work was based on interviews with people in more than 500 organizations and drew data from more than 700 building projects, including both new facilities and major renovations. The costs of the projects ranged from $4 million to $335 million. It relied on rare, behind-the-scenes access to the discussions surrounding the buildings.
Unexpected challenges amid building boom
The building boom in cultural facilities from 1994-2008 outpaced building in other sectors, such as health care, said Joanna Woronkowicz, an associate at the Cultural Policy Center and one of the authors of the report.
"Expansive new venues, signature architectural statements, vital new centers of artistic and cultural activity, and objects of civic prideall these could appear to be positive indicators," said Carroll Joynes, co-founder and senior fellow at the Cultural Policy Center. Joynes joined Woronkowicz in authoring the report, in addition to center colleagues Norman Bradburn, Robert Gertner, Peter Frumkin, Anastasia Kolenda and Bruce Seaman.
"At least in the beginning, each of these projects was based on the assumption that a new facility would help increase audience size, increase earned and donated income, and at least indirectly, help realize the institution's mission," said Joynes. In some cases, this worked. But in many instances, the experiences in these new and expanded facilities were much more difficult and challenging than predicted, and put enormous strain on institutions.
The study looked at great variations in cultural building projects in the United States. Among the key findings:
Cities in the South had the greatest increase in cultural buildings. The region had lagged behind the rest of the country prior to the building boom the Northeast and West had twice the number of cultural facilities per capita in 1990 than did the South.
Increases in building were most common in communities with increases in personal income and in education among their residents; this was another reason why the South led in building expansions.
Spending was also strong across the rest of the country from 1994 to 2008. The New York area led the country in cultural building ($1.6 billion), while the Los Angeles area saw an expansion of $950 million and the Chicago area saw spending of $870 million on arts-related projects.
Smaller cities with fewer than 500,000 people were building as well, and many of these cities were building for the first time. On a per capita basis, nine of the top ten spenders on cultural projects were in smaller cities. Pittsfield, Mass., for example, with a population of 44,700, led the list with a per capita expenditure of $605 for six projects at a total cost of more than $81 million.
More performing arts centers were built than any other kind of arts facility.
No assurances that 'if you build it, they will come'
Interviews with leaders of the project, as well as the data gathered from public sources about the expansions, helped the authors assemble advice for people contemplating projects that will comprise the next generation of expansion, the report pointed out.
Before formulating a final plan, institutional leaders and donors need to take time to adequately understand the precise reasons for launching a major building project, determine if there is actual need, and if there is adequate support in the community both for attendance, and for financial support. Skeptics need an opportunity to voice their concerns as part of this process - and often this seems to be discouraged, Joynes said.
"Based on our observations of the projects, we identified important characteristics that were common among successful projects," Woronkowicz said.
"When it came to motivation for the work, we found the most successful projects were driven by both the organization's artistic mission and by clear and definable need.
"We also found that projects were successful when leadership was clear and consistent throughout the process. It helped enormously when there was one project manager, answerable to the board, in charge of the details and accountable for progress," she added.
Success also depended upon the flexibility of the organization in generating income after project completion, and on how effective the organization was in controlling expenses as the building took place, she pointed out.
The recommendations are based on observations made by people interviewed in the study, who said they may have made different recommendations had they had the chance to understand fully the scope and cost of the project from the beginning, the report points out.
"Also, a big problem is estimating the actual demand for cultural projects," said Joynes. Although increased education and income are usual predictors of demand for music, performance and museums, actual vs. predicted attendance does not follow a scientific formula," Joynes said.
"It's not an automatic, 'you build it, and they will come,'" he said.
In some cases, building projects suffered because they were not in sync with the mission of the organization, or were built more because of the individual aspirations of donors or local community leaders than because of an actual need for a facility.
The researchers also found that some projects stumbled when they became signature pieces for leading architects who ended up designing a significantly more expensive building than the organization could afford to build or maintain.
The initial cost projections for some of these structures were frequently extremely (and unrealistically) low, making the final tab much more expensive than originally forecast. Additionally, because it could take up to ten years to plan and complete a project, the actual needs of the communities served by the project could end up being very different from those originally envisioned.
As a result of these miscalculations, sometimes very substantial, some cultural arts facilities ended up being forced had to reduce access, rethink performance and exhibition schedules, and lay off staff in order to meet their budgeting targets.
Resources for further discussion
In order to make its research available to people around the country, particularly those who conceive, plan and pay for new facilities, the Cultural Policy Center has developed resources on its website to share the results of the study:
An electronic bookshelf with other suggested readings.
Videos which explain the project and provide guidance to cultural leaders about the study and its findings.
Case studies which can be used by students studying cultural expansion as part of arts administration or public policy courses, and also be available to local civic leaders thinking about a new facility.
Executive education material to be available for classroom use.
In addition to the web-based resources, the research team will also be speaking at gatherings of leading cultural institutions to provide insights from the study.
The data from the study are the basis for two books forthcoming in 2013 at the University of Chicago Press:
Constructing Culture, by Woronkowicz, Joynes and Bradburn, will look in greater detail at the landscape of the building boom and the decision-making process behind it.
Building for the Arts: Toward Strategic Design, by Frumkin and Kolendo, looks at the complex process of building major cultural facilities and proposes a conceptual framework and theory of successful cultural infrastructure construction.
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The study was supported by grants from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Kresge Foundation, and The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Additional support was provided by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
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Researchers at the Hollings Marine Laboratory (HML) and four partner organizations have measured for the first time concentrations of 13 perfluoroalkyl compounds (PFCs) in five different endangered species of sea turtles. While PFC toxicology studies have not yet been conducted on turtles, the levels of the compounds seen in all five species approach the amounts known to cause adverse health effects in other animals.
PFCs are man-made compounds that have many uses including stain-resistant coatings, fire-fighting foams and emulsifiers in plastics manufacturing. They have become widespread pollutants, are detectable in human and wildlife samples worldwide, infiltrate food chains, and have been shown in laboratory animals?rats, mice and fish?to be toxic to the liver, the thyroid, neurobehavioral function and the immune system. The PFCs most commonly found in the environment are perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA).
Located in Charleston, S.C., the HML is a collaboration of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, the College of Charleston and the Medical University of South Carolina.
"In our experiment, we wanted to accomplish two goals," says NIST research biologist and study lead Jennifer Keller. "We wanted to get the first accurate measurements of the plasma blood concentrations of PFCs in five sea turtle species across different trophic [food chain] levels, and then compare those concentrations to ones known to cause toxic effects in laboratory animals. That way, we could estimate the potential health risks from PFC exposure for all five turtles."
The five sea turtle species studied were the green, hawksbill, leatherback, loggerhead and Kemp's ridley. Their preferred diets range up the food chain from the green's sea grasses and algae to the crabs favored by the Kemp's ridley. The researchers expected that the PFC concentrations would be higher in species that fed farther up the food chain, since their prey's tissues would probably concentrate the pollutants.
This was generally the case. Plant-eating green turtles had the lowest plasma concentrations for the majority of PFCs examined, especially PFOS. As expected, leatherbacks, loggerheads and Kemp's ridleys had progressively higher PFOS concentrations. Surprisingly, however, hawksbills?who browse low on the food chain, primarily on sponges?recorded the second-highest average concentration of PFOS and were the only species to have a detectable PFOA level. The researchers surmise that this may relate to the locations where the hawksbills forage, or it may suggest that sponges have unusually high concentrations of PFOS and PFOA.
In the second part of the study, Keller and her colleagues compared the plasma concentrations of PFOS that they found in the five sea turtle species with previously reported concentrations that were shown to have adverse health effects in laboratory animals. The results showed that hawksbills, loggerheads and Kemp's ridleys had PFOS concentrations approaching those linked to liver and neurobehavioral toxicity in other animals; levels in loggerheads and Kemp's ridleys approached those linked to thyroid disruption in other animals; and all five species had levels that approached those linked to suppressed immunity in other animals.
"Better understanding the threat of PFCs, especially PFOS, to sea turtles can help wildlife managers and others develop strategies to deal with potential health problems," Keller says. "Our study provides the first baseline data in this area but more research is needed?especially for hawksbills after seeing their unexpectedly high PFC exposure."
Researchers from the College of Charleston's Grice Marine Laboratory, NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service and the Loggerhead Marinelife Center also contributed to the study.
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It?s rare that you?ll see me post an article from another website on this blog, but I read this and thought it was important. It?s also a topic I don?t know very much about. Venture capital.
With my first business, HydroSport, I worked at least 2 jobs for about 10 years to fund it. If I had known then how much time and money it would take I don?t think I would have done it. It would have been way too overwhelming. But once I was about half way into it there was really no turning back. You get to a certain point where you just have too much time and money invested to give up.
venture capital for entrepreneurs
Throughout the whole process I kept wishing a guardian angel investor would come along and save me, but that never happened. Now after reading this article by Peter Ireland, maybe I was on the right path after all and didn?t know it.
Venture Capital
Are you really sure that you want to go this route? Most entrepreneurs who pursue venture capital don?t qualify and merely end up wasting a lot of time and energy in a futile endeavor.
It gets worse, a venture capital firm will in most cases fire the founder and founding team within months of an early financing round. The Wall Street Journal pointed this out in a article by Barnaby Federer from September 30th, 2002:
? ?If you ask a VC what value they add, and you get? them after a few drinks, they?ll say, ?We replace the CEO? ?,? he said. And that, he indicated, does not vary? with the economic climate.
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Investing in this manual is equivalent to spending a week with the founders of these fast growth companies. The only difference is that the manual is affordably priced.
Stop wasting time on dead ends such as business plans and chasing strangers for money.
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10 Reasons to Shy Away from Venture Capital
Venture Capital a Faustian Bargain?We?re going to raise venture capital!? Rookie Entrepreneur
This declaration is heard daily across the land from first-time entrepreneurs. To the uninitiated it sounds impressive and even glamorous to embark on such a path. However, to veteran entrepreneurs it?s a strong indication of the rookie?s naivety and lack of understanding of the consequences of accepting money from outsiders.
While venture capital can be a tremendous boon to a tiny fraction of the companies pursuing it, in the vast majority of cases it presents the entrepreneur with a ?Faustian Bargain?. Venture capital brings with it tremendous meddling and pressure from venture capitalists who in this day and age typically lack both the operating and industry depth of their predecessors. The effect of this on fledgling ventures is loss of control by the entrepreneur which then frequently leads to bad?and sometimes fatal?business decisions being made.
Here are ten drawbacks of venture capital for the entrepreneur to mull over before making a decision to pursue it.
The decision to chase venture capital is often a tempting distraction from the much more complex and important entrepreneurial tasks of creating something to sell and persuading someone to buy it. The pursuit of venture capital is sometimes a means by which to postpone the day of reckoning when the marketplace finally decides if the idea will fly.
Venture capitalists behave like sheep investing only in whatever industry happens to be the flavor of the month. Everyone else need not apply.
Rookie entrepreneurs talking to venture capitalists expose their ideas to increased risk because they cannot distinguish between genuine interest and mere ?brain-sucking? to uncover corporate secrets.
Once negotiations begin venture capitalists will typically stall in order to push cash short companies to the brink of bankruptcy as a way of extracting additional equity and concessions at the last moment.
Terms demanded by greedy venture capitalists frequently work to erode and ultimately destroy the founding team?s motivation and commitment to building a successful company.
With the first dollar of venture capital accepted the entrepreneur?s control slips away to 28-year-old MBA wonder-boys with only the shallowest of operating experience.
As soon as venture capitalists become involved the founder?s role shifts from critical company building functions to preparing reports, attending endless meetings, writing memos, and hand-holding impatient and/or meddlesome investors.
An infusion of capital often shifts the founding team?s focus away from selling to spending money in an effort to placate venture capitalists who often confuse bulking-up staff and assets with real growth.
Venture capital brings with it tremendous pressure to create a liquidity event but this frequently results in bad decisions being made to launch products too early or enter into the wrong markets.
The venture capitalist?s knee-jerk response to every problem faced by a portfolio company is to fire the founders and evade any personal responsibility for bad decisions.
Here?s a bonus 11th reason why venture capital is bad. It is by far the most expensive money an entrepreneur can ever tap into. Let?s do the math to see why this is. Suppose you and a venture capitalist agree to a ?pre-money? valuation of $1 million for your start-up, and the venture capitalist then invests $1 million for 50% of the equity. After the investment, the company is said to have a ?post-money? valuation of $2 million. Being 50/50 partners sounds acceptable, right?
Three years later the company is sold to a Fortune 500 corporation for $5 million. Do you and the venture capitalist each get $2.5 million from the proceeds? Not on your Nellie! The venture capitalist will have a so-called ?liquidation preference? built into the original investment agreement which allows him to first take out 2 to 5 (or more) times his principal before anyone else sees a penny. So, let?s say that in this example he takes out $3 million (i.e., a ?3X liquidation preference?), plus any accrued dividends on his preferred stock. After exercising the liquidation preference and cashing in his dividends only $1 million is left. You, the founder, and your team, will then split this remaining money on a 50/50 basis with the venture capitalist.
This is a simplified example of what happens.In real life the founder and her team would probably receive far less than even the $500,000 due to all the fine print clauses.
At this point, you really have to ask yourself if it?s even worth the effort.
The good news is that there is a wealth of academic research to support the contention that anyone wishing to build a company for the long term will be better off by not utilizing venture capital. As a result savvy entrepreneurs devise startup strategies that allow them to focus on generating cash flow during the first year instead of chasing venture capital. Conversely, naive ?entrepreneurial wanna-bees?, such as those we observed in the recent dotcom era, have a philosophy which can be summed up as, ?Give me X million dollars or this idea is dead!?.
If your entrepreneurial goal is a company ?built to last? it?s usually best to forgo venture capital. On the other hand, if your goal is a company ?built to flip? for a fast buck use venture capital if it is available to you.
Peter Ireland, is an entrepreneur, former CEO of a public company, and angel investor.?
Copyrights 1996-2003? Peter Ireland
There?s more than one way to fund a startup and venture capital is just one of them. Throughout this blog I?ll do more research into different ways to find money for your ideas. Sometimes I feel like I did it the hard way, but I own my business free and clear 100% and make all of my own decisions. I don?t have anyone standing over my shoulder telling me how to run it and I?ve learned so much by having to do everything myself.
For people who have some real estate property, it is imperative to manage that property properly. Almost half of the public who have such property often take up the services of a professional property manager. There are several advantages in hiring them and they do not fail to endow with that professional service furthermore you can gain from appointing them. However, it is not that much easy to get a good manager who can handle your property better. It is for this reason you need to know at least the basics of managing your property and this article will guide you with the basics of property management. Apart from making clear what you should expect from your manager it also makes the task easier when you get his actions explained. One can also click here to get more first hand information.
Managing property means having a look at the things related to property and taking care of it. If you want to gain from the property and if you are in a lookout of regular income then all that you need to do is search a tenant for your property. To progress with the process you need to advertise to attract the potential tenants and make sure that the expenditure on advertising turns out to be fruitful. Fruitful in the sense it should reach the target audience.
When these tasks are done manually, they are often upsetting. But, with the right property management company or a real estate guru for management, these factors can be controlled effectively. Coming to the tenant side, sooner than renting a unit, it is imperative to be familiar with the background and creditworthiness of the potential tenant. Moreover, this is habitually done through a credit report and/or criminal background verification. These kinds of information?s can be collected manually, but having immediate access with a program that provides them means you can craft an almost on the spot decision. It not only permits you to get your unit rented earlier, it safeguards aligned with the chance that a good prospect will be gone astray to someone who can give a faster decision.
In order to keep up alertness of the monetary flow of your units, it is significant to have constant data as to what is outstanding, what is salaried, and who pays rent on time. This can also be done by hand, but, again, the time taken, plus the scope for error, means this is not the finest way. The superior, easier way is to make use of a software program to remain on top with ease and precisely.
Animals with blocked windpipes maintained stable blood oxygen levels and heart rates after receiving injections of oxygen-filled microparticles. Sophie Bushwick reports.
June 27, 2012
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Every time you inhale, oxygen passes from your windpipe to your lungs and on into your bloodstream. But what if your windpipe was blocked? Getting the gas straight to your blood could save your life. Wait, put down that syringe?a large air bubble in a blood vessel can kill you. But what if the bubbles were only a few millionths of a meter in diameter?
Researchers coated tiny amounts of oxygen gas with fatty molecules to create microparticles. Suspended in solution, the microparticles formed a foam containing 50 to 90 percent oxygen. In a beaker of blood, the foam was able to quickly transfer its oxygen to the cells.
Then the researchers tested it in animals. Normally, a blocked windpipe cuts off the blood?s supply of oxygen, leading to brain damage and death. But when rabbits with blocked windpipes received injections of the microparticles, their blood oxygen levels and heart rates remained stable. The work is in the journal Science Translational Medicine. [John N. Kheir et al, Oxygen Gas?Filled Microparticles Provide Intravenous Oxygen Delivery]
The foam may someday buy time for human patients. So that even someone with a closed airway can breathe easy.
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