Your article "School Boundary Debate Divides Minn. Suburb" (Oct. 5, 2011) did an exceptional job of capturing the challenges and emotions around the Eden Prairie, Minn., school board's efforts to redraw enrollment boundaries so that low-income students aren't concentrated in one school. But largely overshadowed by the recent controversy is an earlier chapter that set the stage for the boundary plan and the successful 4-3 vote of support by the school board.
The enrollment of African-Americans, Latinos, and English-language learners has been on the rise in Eden Prairie for several years. While the staff and community embraced the new diversity, in the early years these students consistently performed behind their white peers, and achievement gaps did not narrow. Unfortunately, our concern for all students was not adequately translating into stronger relationships, higher expectations, and relevant instruction. We needed partners to help us be more thoughtful and deliberate. In 2006, we teamed up with the National Urban Alliance for Effective Education and Pacific Educational Group to tap their expertise.
Much has improved since then, but there were a few catalysts: We recalibrated professional development to break down barriers to high expectations; we drew from neuroscience research to create curriculum that acknowledges student cultures, strengths, and high intellectual performance; and we built support across all levels of the district and throughout the community.
Today, Eden Prairie is closing achievement gaps. From 2008 to 2011, reading scores on state tests improved 21 percentage points for black students, 12 points for Hispanic students, 14 points for special education students, and 28 percentage points for limited English speakers. Some of the gaps have been reduced by nearly 50 percent when compared with scores of their white peers, which rose 5 percentage points.
I share this background because many suburban school districts are struggling to take "embrace diversity" beyond a slogan. We started that important process long before proposing the boundary changes. We likely would not have gotten this far without first committing to new and bold ways of working in the classroom, central office, and community.
The writer was the superintedent of the Eden Prairie, Minn., public schools from 2002 to September 2011. Ms. Krull supported boundary changes in Eden Prairie during her tenure.


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Former Teaching Fellow Uses Tools He Learned About at Eagle Rock
Tyler Holmberg has been away from the Eagle Rock campus for more than a decade now, but this former Public Allies teaching fellow still retains Eagle Rock's philosophy that the student comes first in the education equation.
Ty was our 2004/2005 Public Allies Teaching Fellow In Human Performance. His passions ranged from teaching and working with young people to agriculture and carpentry. While he was with us, Ty focused this combined energies on a class called Green Thumb Bums.
In the late summer of 2005, when his fellowship came to an end, Ty packed up his year's worth of belonging and — armed with Eagle Rock's educational values that include learner-centered classrooms conducted in small democratic spaces where student voices are honored and respected — headed to Philadelphia. There he reconnected with his passion for carpentry, using that craft to build houses as a part of his service with AmeriCorps. Following that two-year stint, Ty rejoined the education community, enrolling in one of the first cohorts of the Philadelphia Teaching Fellowship, which is now part of The New Teacher Project (TNTP). (For anyone who may be interested, TNTP currently offers teaching fellowships in Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Indianapolis, Nashville, New York City, New Orleans, Nevada and Michigan).
After becoming certified as a science teacher in Pennsylvania, Ty taught 7th grade science at a public school in south Philadelphia. Public school, you say? Yes, Ty said he found it necessary to become a part of the public school system in order to fully understand what was broken so he could Continue reading…
We're Hiring: Eagle Rock Director of Students
As most of our readers know, Philbert Smith, our beloved and longtime director of students, is retiring at the end of this summer after serving our student population deeply — and with great commitment — these past 22 years.
Words cannot do justice to the gratitude Eagle Rock owes Philbert for his service. And while no one will ever replace him, we do need to move ahead and start the process of finding a new director of students.
We understand that the best candidates often come from the personal relationships we have with professionals around the country, which should help us generate a great pool of applicants. So it's critically important that the Eagle Rock community kick into high gear and help us get the word out.
If you know someone who might be a good fit, please direct them to the Eagle Rock Employment page for more information on the position and the application process. In the meantime, here are some of the highlights associated with the job: Continue reading…
Meet The Team: Residential Life Coordinator, J. Jacques Fournet II
Jacques Fournet is our residential life coordinator, overseeing and working to improve the on-campus life and experience of our students. A lot of that responsibility includes supporting and working closely with our house parents and staying actively involved in all things impacting the residential life experience here at Eagle Rock.
Jacques spent 13 years in college — six years studying petroleum engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, computer engineering and civil engineering at the University of Southwestern Louisiana. Then, after six years of coaching basketball and facilitating new student programs, Jacques discovered he wanted to teach, which led to seven years at Colorado State University (CSU) where he studied mathematics, education and counseling. Jacques finished a K-12 mathematics certification, and obtained a masters degree in education, and another masters degree in counseling in 1999.
Here's the rest of his story:
Eagle Rock: What did you do prior to coming to work for Eagle Rock?
Jacques: I actually worked for Eagle Rock in the Wilderness Department for nine years as a wilderness instructor and student orientation coordinator. Then in June of 2009 my wife, Alana, and I got married and a year later we served in the United States Peace Corps in the Philippines for three years. When we returned to the states I was offered the opportunity to come back to Eagle Rock in the newly created position of Residential Life Coordinator.
Eagle Rock: What attracted you to Eagle Rock?
Jacques: My first step onto Eagle Rock property was on a tour in April of 1994. I was enrolled in a teacher education program at CSU and heard about this innovative school that had just opened in Estes Park.
I knew enough about myself to know I wouldn't be happy or work well in a normal public school so I came up to visit. Eagle Rock had just 16 students at the time — one had a rainbow Mohawk — and the Lodge hearth was still covered in plastic because it wasn't finished being built. If I remember correctly, the Human Performance Center was a mound of dirt.
Anyway, the philosophy, the way the school was set up, the students being served, and energy of the place all attracted me to 'The Rock'.
Eagle Rock: What do you like to do in your spare time?
Jacques: At this point in my life, Continue reading…
Dan Condon Sums Up Eagle Rock's Mission in Getting Smart Podcast

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Return to the Workers' Institute Part I
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What do serial killers and arsonists have in common?
They might commit single crimes at first, but then one day they enter a more active phase and go out on a spree. They kill and burn, kill and burn until somebody catches them.
My spring with abandoned houses had so far been much more active than the previous ones. I had succesfully revisited the modernist villa in Toppila and by sheer luck gained access to the partly demolished mail truck depot. My first urban exploration spree was about to begin.
It was now five days since my trip to the mail truck depot, when the friend I had taken to the villa told me, she wanted to explore more. I then remembered another place I had visiter briefly and had longed to further explore for almost two years.
We decided to bike the 25 kilometres to the workers' institute in the small village by the river. Last time it was getting dark, this time it was a bright summer evening. Last time I was armed with my camera, now I had just my phone. And this time I wanted to explore the place thoroughly.
Both ends of the building had a staircase. The entrance to the lobby is to the right of the picture.
A vief from the lobby towards the main entrance. The doors were ajar, but I didn't want to use them. They opened up straight to the village road, and there were loads of houses on the opposite side. The side doors felt much safer, as you could approach from behind the buildings.
The view towards the river from the lobby was as beautiful as ever. The scenery needed just a little trimming of bushes.
As I had explored the ground floor during my previous visit, we headed straight up to save time. The building was in a pretty rough condition.
The second floor corridor. Paint and floor tiles were coming off on their own.
There was a small lobby in the middle of the corridor. And there this cute little fireplace.
This really would have been a peaceful place to paint. Nobody cared about keeping unauthorized people out anymore.
The floors had been removed in some of the rooms, the radiators were missing in almost every one of them. Had somebody started renovations or demolition, or had somebody stolen everything and sold them as scrap metal?
A close up of the handrail in the staircase. I think I've said several times, that the emphasis they used to put on stairs in old buildings was amazing.
The main building featured no basement and no attic. The roof was not symmetrical, so the other side of the top floor was a full floor and the other side was closed by the roof.
A view towards one of the two annexes from the top floor corridor.
Top floor windows towards the street.
The floors in every room were covered in slices of paint from the roof and the walls.
The decoration on the wall. I've seen similar ones in 50's buildings, so apparently the walls had never been painted.
The rooms on the top floor were all pretty similar.
All stuff in the main building had been removed. There was absolutely nothing left from the academy times.
The top floor corridor. Even all doorhandles and locks were gone.
The main building was quickly explored.
An odd detail was, that the east wing staircase wasn't accessible from the lobby. It had its own entrance, and you had to go through several classrooms to reach the lobby.
The annexes weren't connected with the main building. Instead a covered corridor was built between them to cover people from the weather.
The door visible on the opposite side was as far as I got the last time I was here. Maybe this time I'll get further.
Return to the Workers' Institute Part II


Great news for BORA – Argon 18. The German Pro Continental team from Raubling (Bavaria) has been awarded a wildcard for the Vuelta a España today. This means that the team will race two Grand Tours in one season for the first time in its history.
From the start on the 20th of August to the finish on the 11th of September, the riders will have to cover 3.277 kilometres in 21 stages: 7 flat stages, 12 mountain stages, 1 time trial and 1 team time trial.
BORA – Argon 18 has good memories of the Vuelta, at the last participation in 2013 Leopold König finished the race in a fabulous 9th place in the GC. This year the team will give some of their young talents the opportunity to race one of the Grand Tours and to develop as riders. Besides that, José Mendes will be the routinier in the line-up, he who already proved that he can play a role in the GC of the Vuelta.


Q: David, I understand that VMF Capital is a synthesis of two former firms. Please tell us about them and also why you decided to start a new investment firm.
A: David: The initials VMF stand for Van Meter, Myers and Flynn, three of the four founders of the firm. The three, plus Karen Green, were part of the equity team at AEGON USA, Inc., the U.S. operation of AEGON, NV, one of the ten largest insurance holding companies in the world. In 1998, the four took an entire team of 17 people out of AEGON and established an independently owned registered investment advisor. One year after the start-up, VMF took on four new partners who had been part of Norwest Investment Advisors, Inc. in Des Moines, Iowa. The addition of the Des Moines office broadened the firm's offering of investment strategies. Whereas the Cedar Rapids office offered large-cap value, mid-cap and small-cap strategies, the Des Moines office was able to fill in with large-cap growth and fixed income expertise.
Q: What kind of success have you had retaining clients during your transition?
A: When VMF Capital left the AEGON family, it was able to transfer more than 95 percent of the accounts and assets under its management. The Des Moines group was not able to bring its account base with it, but over the following two years was able to pick up many of its previous clients.
Q: Please describe VMF's mission statement.
A: We strive to provide outstanding customer service; to develop lasting relationships with clients based on understanding, respect and trust; and to manage our clients' investments in such a way that the investments target returns are comparable to the market in general but at significantly lower risk.
Q: What kind of investment strategies do you offer clients?
A: We offer a broad range of strategies: Large-Cap Value, Large-Cap Growth, Mid-Cap, Small-Cap, Select (an all-cap strategy), Fixed Income, Liquidity Management and balanced strategies using any of the equity strategies in conjunction with the fixed income strategy.
Q: David Kaplan, as portfolio manager of your Small-Cap Core equity composite, what is so attractive about this particular segment of the market and what percentage of a diversified portfolio should be invested in small-cap stocks?
A: Despite more than two years of outperformance in small-caps, we think there are good opportunities for further outperformance. Small-caps have a long way to go to catch up with large-cap stocks after their underperformance in the early and mid-1990s. We believe investors are still shifting assets from large-cap growth mutual funds and index funds that were extremely over-owned in the late 1990s, which should help small-cap investors. Furthermore, small-cap valuations are very reasonable, particularly with this year's sell-off, and should see earnings growth greater than that of the S&P 500. With this in mind, we believe a diversified portfolio should have at least 15 percent exposure to small-cap stocks.
Q: I understand that you made a transition in the last couple of years in managing small-cap stocks. Please explain when this happened and the major differences between the old and new approaches.
A: VMF Capital has a long history of managing small-cap portfolios. Tom Myers, currently VMF Capital's Mid-Cap manager, ran our Small-Cap strategy from 1991 to 1998 and had very good results. Scott Hassenstab, no longer with VMF Capital, managed the Small-Cap strategy from 1998 to June of 2000. Following Scott's departure, we changed the approach of the Small-Cap strategy from a pure "bottoms up" approach to an investment process based on the combination of a quantitative screen and fundamental research. I was named the portfolio manager in July of 2000, so that would be the starting date for our new investment approach.
Q: Is this an approach you brought to VMF or something that you more recently developed?
A: I joined VMF Capital in December 1998 as an equity analyst. VMF Capital did not use quantitative tools in its investment process prior to my arrival. We made this change in our investment process because we thought it would improve our performance while better utilizing the firm's resources.
Q: For small-cap core investing, what are the general ranges in capitalization of your portfolios' positions?
A: We define our investable universe as the Russell 2000 and the Standard & Poor's 600 indexes. We start with a capitalization range of $250 million to $2.5 billion. The median market capitalization of the portfolio is currently $550 million.
Q: Tell us about your quantitative screens and how they work.
A: We developed our quantitative screen with help from the Applied Finance Group (AFG). We use AFG's ValueExpectations™ software, which allows us to understand the market expectations built into a company's stock price by comparing value drivers such as sales growth and EBITDA margins to market value. This software calculates a company's economic margin, which is a major factor in our quantitative screen. We define economic margin as simply a company's cash-on-cash return on investment less the company's cost of capital.
All companies that we purchase must generate a positive economic margin; we call them "value-creating" companies. We favor companies that, today, generate cash flow from their assets that exceeds their cost of capital. This eliminates turnaround stories from consideration. Our screen also favors companies that are expected to show an improvement in next year's expected economic margin, which is calculated based on the company's current asset growth, analyst estimates, and how accurately the software has tracked the company in the past.
One other factor in our quantitative screen is a valuation factor. Each company we purchase must trade at a discount to intrinsic value. We calculate an intrinsic value based on next year's expected economic margin. We then compare the upside potential to intrinsic value with other companies in the same industry.
Q: How does your quantitative screen differ from other quantitative strategies?
A: We wanted to make our investment process proprietary by including fundamental analysis in our investment process; other quantitative strategies are more "black box"-oriented. We believe that a shortened list resulting from our quantitative screen, together with rigorous fundamental analysis, increases the likelihood of better stock selection. Our screen ranks the companies in our investable universe on a scale of 1 to 6, with a score of 6 being awarded to the companies that meet all six of our quantitative criteria. Using our six-factor quantitative screen, our investable universe is narrowed from 2,000 companies to 150 to 175 companies. We then do fundamental research on this shortened list to construct our portfolio, which will consist of 45 to 55 companies.
Several other components of our investment process are proprietary. First, we rate our existing portfolio on our quantitative criteria weekly. If we own a company that approaches its intrinsic value, its quantitative ranking will start to deteriorate. Second, we won't necessarily sell a holding if its quantitative rank deteriorates, but it is the starting point behind additional fundamental analysis to determine if additional upside potential exists. We usually reduce our weight in the position to at least 2 percent to respect what our quantitative work suggests and then use the proceeds on a better-scoring alternative.
Q: Please explain how you use quantitative screens to find companies that are undervalued based on peer group analysis.
A: As I have discussed, our quantitative screen favors companies that sell at a discount to intrinsic value. We compare this upside potential to what we could achieve with other companies in the same industry. However, a discount to intrinsic value is not sufficient unless the software has historically been accurate with its predictions for a particular company. This accuracy factor is based on how well the software has tracked prior stock performance based on prior predictions of economic margin. In the case where it has not been accurate with its prior predictions for a company, we would be less confident of our intrinsic value calculation and would eliminate the company from consideration. So not only do we want to see upside potential greater than the peer group, but we want ValueExpectations to have done a good job of forecasting prior stock performance.
Q: What kinds of fundamental factors help determine your investment decisions?
A: Our fundamental research occurs after our quantitative screen has narrowed our investable universe. We operate with the belief that we want to buy what our quantitative model suggests, but only those companies that satisfy our fundamental criteria. Our fundamental analysis consists of a review of the financial statements, competitive environment and management.
We spend a lot of time analyzing the balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statements. On the balance sheet, we avoid highly leveraged companies with high capital expenditure requirements. We also monitor accounts receivable and inventory turnover. On the income statement, we want to see improvement or at least sustainability of operating margins. On the cash-flow statement, we compare cash from operations to net income and also the trend in operating cash flows. We want to see a management that has good control of its business, which is exemplified by growth in revenues and operating cash flows and the ability to sustain operating margins. We find that an economic margin framework summarizes these factors nicely.
We also review sell-side research reports to understand the business model and management's competitive strategy. We often compare management's strategy with historical performance to get a better understanding of management's track record. We avoid companies that have historically underperformed over long periods of time. We also like to own shareholder-friendly companies, so we prefer insider ownership and avoid companies with large amounts of insider selling. Finally, one other important factor for us is to invest in companies that are run by management with high credibility on Wall Street.
Once we find companies that meet our fundamental criteria, we use ValueExpectations software to analyze market expectations based on today's price. We input our assumptions about a company's revenue, EBITDA and asset turnover to calculate our own intrinsic value. In summary, our fundamental research has many components, but it operates with the belief that our quantitative model drives what companies we own. So our work is focused on using our shortened list to find those companies that meet our fundamental criteria.
Q: Does your approach favor "value" (low p/e) over "growth" (high p/e) stocks or does your analysis find reasons to invest in either style?
A: On the surface, our quantitative screen might seem to favor only value stocks, yet we also own many growth companies in the portfolio. We want to own growth companies, particularly if these companies sell at a discount to intrinsic value based on next year's economic margin and on comparisons to the peer group.
We manage the Small-Cap portfolios with a "core" emphasis, but we will shift from value to growth based on the output of our quantitative screens. For the majority of 2001, we were correctly overweight value versus growth as a result of our quantitative work. At the time, our screen favored small banks, selected industrials and healthcare companies and, importantly, did not favor technology companies. Our underweight in technology and a value emphasis helped us substantially outperform in the challenging third quarter of 2001. This more defensive stance penalized our performance in the fourth quarter of 2001, when growth substantially outperformed value. Today, the weight of value versus growth in the portfolio, using statistics from Frank Russell, is approximately 55 percent value/45 percent growth. I envision the portfolio in the next 12 months moving to a 50/50 blend, given how poorly small-cap growth has performed, but this could change depending on the outcome of our quantitative work.
Q: How do you measure risk, and do you ever adjust your portfolios to be more or less aggressive?
A: We measure risk in two fashions. Portfolio risk, in the sense of out- or underperforming our benchmark and our competition; and stock risk, or the downside risk of each holding and its subsequent impact on performance. We address our portfolio risk by comparing our performance to our benchmark and the Lipper Small-Cap Core Universe quarterly. We rely on Zephyr Analytics software, which analyzes our portfolio in terms of standard deviation, alpha and beta. Since we are a core strategy, we also compare our returns to small-cap value and small-cap growth peers to get a better opinion of whether the portfolio should be more or less aggressive.
Over the last 12 months, the portfolio has been properly positioned for value's outperformance over growth. However, we prefer our core philosophy so we can adjust to whatever style is more in favor. We will adjust our portfolios to be more or less aggressive based on the outcome of our quantitative work and other research tools.
The second risk is individual stock risk. We also have tight parameters to control this risk. We own 45 to 55 companies, each starting with a 2 percent initial position. We automatically trim a position if it gets to a 4 percent weight. We don't have set rules for selling a stock if it is down by a certain amount. Instead, our selling decision is dependent on our quantitative data and fundamental research. We will sell a holding if there is a mistake in our fundamental analysis, or if there are accounting issues or other events that would make us question management's credibility.
Q: Do you have a newsletter that updates your strategy on the market, and, if so, how can someone receive it?
A: We publish quarterly updates in which we discuss our investment outlook. All portfolio managers discuss quarterly performance and portfolio strategy. We also have a Web site, vmfcapital.com, which enables the viewer to review portfolio summaries and other important information.
Q: Do you generate your research internally or do you use outside sources?
A: The fundamental research for our Small-Cap portfolio is a combination of internal and external sources. We use various software products to do our own analysis of a company's cash flow, balance sheets and income statement. We also use ValueExpectations to perform sensitivity analysis, with particular focus on what market expectations are built into a company's stock price. We review sell-side research to get a good background of the companies that we own. When we talk to analysts, we focus on issues that could pose a risk to the investment thesis. In particular, we want to avoid controversial companies suffering from investor disinterest, questionable accounting or poor financial controls. Due to these issues, we are constantly eliminating companies that our quantitative screen favors.
Q: Is your investment approach adaptable or do you try to keep your approach consistent by adhering to a strict investment model?
A: I think our approach is adaptable because it starts from the output of our quantitative screen. As long as the companies that are performing well in the market look favorable within an economic margin framework, then we will own those types of companies, growth or value. In a market environment similar to that of 1998-1999, where many unproven companies led the market advance, I expect we will underperform because the economic margin framework won't be working as well. Fortunately, I don't think we will see anything of the magnitude that we witnessed in 1998 and 1999, which I think favors our "core" philosophy.
Q: How important is diversification, and how does your system ensure that you are not overly concentrated in a particular market sector?
A: VMF Capital has sector diversification guidelines that require us to own 50 to 150 percent of each sector weight within our respective benchmarks. For example, if the weight of the technology sector in the Russell 2000 Index is 17 percent, our small-cap portfolio must have technology exposure between 8.5 percent (minimum) and 25.5 percent (maximum). Our guidelines ensure that we have broad diversification and manage the portfolio with a core philosophy. Other controls that we have in place include biweekly portfolio meetings with VMF's other portfolio managers to review performance and holdings.
Q: What is your target market with your small cap strategy?
A: We are targeting the institutional market with our small-cap product. For our Small-Cap strategy, our minimum account size is $500,000. We also offer a combined Small- and Mid-Cap strategy, which has a lower minimum, which I jointly manage with Tom Myers, VMF's Mid-Cap portfolio manager.
DONALD E. FLYNN is the CEO of VMF Capital. He joined VMF's predecessor, AEGON USA Investment Management, Inc., in 1988. While at AEGON he was responsible for the firm's client contact program, equity portfolios and external money management business. He is a member of the Association for Investment Management and Research.
MICHAEL VAN METER is a Managing Partner and directs the overall investment strategies for VMF's Balanced Value and Large-Cap Value styles. Prior to becoming a founding partner of VMF Capital, LLC, in 1998, Mr. Van Meter was with AEGON USA Investment Management, Inc. He joined AEGON in 1989 when the company acquired Perpetual Investment Advisors, where he was president and managing partner.
THOMAS E. MYERS, CFA, is a Managing Partner for VMF Capital, LLC. He manages the Mid-Cap Equity strategy and also provides equity research and analysis for the other VMF strategies. In 1998, he became a founding partner of VMF. He was with AEGON USA Investment Management, Inc. for the 11 years prior to that. In 1992, he earned his Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
JON K. AUGUSTINE, CFA, is a Managing Partner. He manages the Core Forty investment strategy and provides equity research and analysis for balanced institutional portfolios. Before joining VMF Capital he was a managing director of Norwest Investment Advisors, Inc. and a vice president of Norwest Bank Iowa Investment Management and Trust. Prior to his career at Norwest, Mr. Augustine was an equity analyst and portfolio manager at AEGON USA Investment Management, Inc. from 1989 through 1991. He earned his Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 1985 and is a member of the Association for Investment Management and Research.
DON S. MEARS is a Managing Partner, manages the Investment Strategy for Fixed Income, and manages balanced institutional portfolios. Prior to joining VMF Capital he was a managing director of Norwest Investment Advisors, Inc. Mr. Mears served as vice president and chief investment officer for Norwest Bank Iowa Investment Management and Trust from 1978 through 1998. He is a member of the Association for Investment Management and Research.
SCOTT D. ELTJES, CFA, FLMI, is a Managing Partner, manages balanced and fixed income portfolios, and is an integral member of both the Core Forty and Fixed Income strategies. Prior to joining VMF Capital, he was regional managing principal for Wells Fargo Institutional Trust Group and managing director of Norwest Investment Advisors, Inc. He also worked as a pension consultant at Principal Financial Group (1988 to 1993). Mr. Eltjes is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a member of the Association for Investment Management and Research.
CHRISTOPHER C. COOK, CFA, is a Managing Partner, is responsible for managing the VMF Select investment strategy, and is an integral member of both the Core Forty and Fixed Income strategies. He came to VMF Capital from Norwest Investment Advisors, Inc., where he served as portfolio manager. He earned the designation of Certified Management Accountant and passed the Certified Public Accountant examination. Mr. Cook is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a member of the Association for Investment Management and Research.
DAVID E. KAPLAN, CFA, manages the Small-Cap strategy and assists with research and analysis for the other VMF strategies. He came to VMF Capital in December of 1998 from Summit Capital Management, where he was an equity analyst and trader. Prior to his employment at Summit he worked as a financial analyst for various investment banks. He earned his Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 1998.


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Waerner lives out childhood dream on Iditarod trail
Iditarod musher Thomas Waerner arriving at the Unalakleet checkpoint. (KTUU) (KTUU)
Published: Mar. 17, 2020 at 8:26 PM AKDT
It's been Thomas Waerner's dream since childhood to win the Iditarod. The 46-year-old musher was born in England and grew up in Torpa, Norway, often reading about Iditarod icons like Martin Buser and Susan Butcher.
"The dream of the Iditarod has always been there. I think it's the greatest thing you can do as a dog musher," said Waerner at the Unalakleet checkpoint.
Before Waerner became a musher, he was a dog handler for Iditarod musher Roger Legaard in 1990, as well as Charlie Champagne and Roxy Wright in 1991.
In 2015, Waerner made his Iditarod debut and finished 17th, capturing Rookie of the Year honors. The 46-year-old musher returned to the race in 2020 with a goal of being competitive.
"I didn't rest much at the beginning. The first two days I slept 50 minutes, so that's not much," said Waerner.
Despite a restless start to the race, Waerner was able to keep up with the top mushers. Deep and difficult trail conditions favored Waerner's dog team heading to the coast. He was the first team to arrive at the Unalakleet checkpoint creating distance between himself and the rest of the race when other mushers took a break at the Old Woman cabin between Kaltag and Unalakleet.
"If you want to win, you have to take some chances," Waerner said upon arrival at the Unalakleet checkpoint on Saturday.
Waerner would blitz up the coast with confidence, and a large lead. At the Koyuk checkpoint, the reality of this year's race began to sink in for mushers still chasing Waerner on the final day of the race.
"Thomas is in the driver's seat in a big way," said Aaron Burmeister who arrived at the checkpoint four hours after Waerner.
"Something would have to go wrong for him, we are not catching Thomas," said Jessie Royer, who arrived ten minutes before Burmeister, and led the race through much of its duration.
If Waerner is able to win the Iditarod, he will join an exclusive group of Norwegian mushers to win the famed race, which includes Joar Leifseth Ulsom, 2018's champion, and Robert Sorlie, who won in 2003 and 2005.
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This week's trending look is LEATHER. I just can't get enough. And fall is the perfect season to wear leather almost any way imaginable: jackets, pants, bags, skirts, tops and more! Truly a timeless clothing item or accessory that can go with just about everything. Here are some of the pieces I have been loving lately.


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Want the latest free virus protection of 2019 to protect your computer from viruses and malware. Use these best free antivirus software for Windows 10 PC.
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If you are looking for the lighter, more powerful and absolutely free antivirus protection then Avast Free Antivirus is the most appropriate choice for you. Avast is a well-renowned and the best free antivirus software for Windows 10 which will help you in detecting viruses and malware, scanning for the security and performance issues, analyzing unknown files in real-time which are present on your computer.
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You get plenty of customization options in this free antivirus program to set it as per your requirements but one thing which we know you won't be liking is that you will be asked to upgrade to premium version of AVG from time to time.
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In order to provide better security, Panda antivirus software also takes control of your web browser's settings and won't allow you to disable system-data collection. These are the two features which we really don't like when it comes to Panda free antivirus for Windows 10 computer. Otherwise, everything is impressive.
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Windows Defender Antivirus is the most trusted antivirus protection built into Windows 10 to keep your PC safe. As this is a pre-installed program, you don't need to download Windows Defender setup and install it on your Windows machine. As soon as you will boot up your Windows 10 operating system for the first time, you will be able to use this real-time antivirus protection software for free.
Windows Defender Antivirus for Windows 10 delivers very comprehensive, on-going and real-time protection against malicious software threats like viruses, malware and spyware across email, apps, the cloud and the web.
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Some of the most convenient thing about Windows Defender Antivirus is that you don't have to install anything, it offers cloud-delivered protection, it uses real-time protection to scan everything you download or run on your PC, also protects your computer and network from ransomware attacks, and provides easy access to managing your children's online experiences and the devices in your household.
On Windows 10 PC, Windows Update downloads latest updates for Windows Defender automatically to help keep your PC safe and protect it from threats.
Microsoft Windows Defender provides almost all the useful and basic antivirus protection but it lacks when it comes to protecting non-Microsoft browsers from malwares. Unlike another free antivirus for laptop Windows 10 or desktop computer, you won't get additional virus protection features in Windows Defender.
If you don't want to install any other third party antivirus on your Windows 10 computer and want to keep your PC safe with trusted antivirus protection then it's a good idea to keep using Windows Defender Antivirus.
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Free is a complete protection tool which is going to help you out in cleaning the malware which is present on your computer. It is not exactly an antivirus program, but if there is malware present on your computer, this tool is going to help you in getting rid of that malware and getting your system back the normal state.
Malwarebytes for Windows 10 is capable of detecting and removing malware and viruses which your antivirus will miss. It will effectively protect you against malware, ransomware, and other advanced online threats that have made antivirus obsolete and ineffective.
You can use this free anti-malware and malware removal tool with any antivirus software which is already installed on your machine as it doesn't interfere with any Windows 10 virus protection program. You can download Malwarebytes for free on any Windows operating system.
In short, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Free is packed with multiple layers of malware-crushing tech having smarter detection and specialization in ransomware protection. Malwarebytes Anti-malware and malware removal software is recommended by the cybersecurity computer professionals.
If you are looking for a very simple yet powerful virus protection program then you can try out 360 Total Security which provides you the option to optimize your system and make it safe from attacks and hackers at the same time.
Antivirus and Anti-malware protection, Anti-Ransomware, Multiple-Engine Protection, Sandbox, Secure online shopping, Privacy Protection, Internet Protection, System Protection, Patch Up, Wifi Security Check, Junk Clean up, Speed Up, and Network Performance Optimization are some of the most valuable features which you get with 360 Total Security.
Using Cloud Technology, 360 Total Security takes advantage of the real-time detection and detects new ransomware variants within minutes. Using the intelligent blocking mechanism, it monitors and identifies the document hijacking of your system.
You can also keep your documents safe by using document protector. This feature will back up all your documents automatically ensuring no one can tamper them.
In simple words, you can easily speed up your system by optimizing it, clean up all the unnecessary files and also protect it from hackers using 360 Total Security free antivirus and system optimization software for Windows 10 PC.
Next up is Comodo Antivirus making to our free antivirus software list. This is one of the most compatible and complete virus protection software for Windows 10 operating system which you will get on the market right now.
These are some of the outstanding features that make Comodo Antivirus for Windows 10 unique from the other antivirus solutions available to protect Windows 10 computers.
This antivirus program will automatically quarantine the unknown files it detects and will also execute them in the isolated environment which won't allow it to interfere with the normal operations which are going in your organization.
Comodo antivirus is not only available for Windows 10 PC, but it's also perfectly compatible with Windows XP, Vista, 7, and Windows 8 operating systems for free.
Developed by Lavasoft, Adaware is a free antivirus for PC which you can use on Windows 10 operating system. Just like other antivirus programs which we have mentioned above in this list, you are going to get real-time protection from viruses, spyware and other malicious data types with the help of Adaware free antivirus.
The Adaware Antivirus for Windows 10 safeguards your computer from online threats, so you can completely focus on the things that really matter to you. Real-time protection, on-demand scanner, and active virus control are some of the most well-known features of this free antivirus for Windows 10 PC.
One of the best features which we liked about this free antivirus program is that it runs silently in the background and doesn't interfere with any processes which the user is undergoing.
If you are looking for an easy to use Windows 10 virus protection software that doesn't need attention and also works flawlessly then Adaware antivirus is the tool you need to go with. The latest version of Adaware antivirus software is available for Windows 10, Windows 8, 8.1, and Windows 7 operating system.
In the above paragraphs of this article, we have listed and explained some of the most popular anti-malware software and free antivirus software for Windows 10 computers.
Now it's time to check out some of the most widely used virus protection programs and best antivirus for Windows 10 PC with premium features which you can use in 2019. All these antivirus programs are tested and work flawlessly on Windows 10 machines.
The advanced features and functions which you will get in this Windows 10 antivirus software make it stand ahead from the crowd. BullGuard Antivirus 2019 is the next-gen anti-malware and antivirus protection software that protects your Windows PC (as well as MAC and Android devices) against malware, spyware, and ransomware.
It provides an extremely powerful layered protection against all types of malware such as phishing attempts and trojans designed to steal your banking data or other important files.
Vulnerability scanner feature keeps you safe by blocking all the access points that hackers can choose to exploit. It will automatically alert you to the missing security updates too. Addition to these things, it also prevents all the applications that could contain malware from downloading automatically and also checks applications and drivers which have valid digital signatures.
BullGuard antivirus program comes with gaming mode which will optimize all the processes running on your computer and will ensure that you are getting maximum efficiency with hardware incorporated into your system.
Smart Sense will automatically detect the problem and will ensure that it doesn't hamper the functioning of your system. BullGuard free antivirus for PC has received maximum customer rating due to prompt customer service. You also get support for dealing with Trojans, rootkits, and spyware.
Download BullGuard Antivirus 2019 for Windows 10 computer and enjoy multiple layers of protection to keep you safe and your device running smoothly.
Kaspersky Anti-Virus is the next tool which makes to our list of best antivirus for Windows 10 in 2019. Kaspersky Antivirus doesn't need any introduction because it is one of the top popular antivirus protection programs for any PC. And whenever it comes to the matter of simple and effective protection for your computer without slowing it down then Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2019 is the most recommended product.
Antivirus scan of files, software, and websites, аnti-phishing, protection against ransomware, control over internet traffic, vulnerability search, free automatic updates and upgrades to the latest version are some of its highlighted features.
Kaspersky has both Kaspersky Total Security and Kaspersky Internet Security 2019 which are the latest antivirus software versions available for Windows 10 machines. The user-friendly interface of this antivirus program will help you in accessing all the features and maintain the integrity of your system.
You can easily create a backup of all the data which is present on your system and even restore it later which means that you don't need any other backup and recovery tool. Parental Control option will help parents in ensuring that their children don't access sensitive data across the internet.
There is only one disadvantage of this antivirus program and that is it is available in limited countries which are Malaysia, Australia, and the United States. However, the company will launch its antivirus programs globally in September 2019.
Norton Antivirus by Symantec Corporation is the leader when it comes to virus protection on Windows computers. Norton Antivirus 2019 comes with powerful security and affordable price which helps in defending against ransomware, viruses, spyware, malware and other online threats.
Its advanced security feature helps you in protecting your private and financial information whenever you go online.
Norton security programs are available for quite a while for Windows machines. The latest antivirus suite comes in four variants which are Basic, Standard, Deluxe, and Premium. The difference in these variants is the number of devices which we can use with each package available.
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There are many new features introduced in Norton Antivirus 2019 with some being Pulse updates, Rootkit protection, Norton Download Insight, Vulnerability Protection, SONAR behavioral protection and much more.
Unlike other antivirus programs which are launched by Symantec, Norton Antivirus 2019 consumes very fewer resources which ensure that less memory is used by the system. This ensures that there is no performance loss on the system and all the processes run the way they are supposed to run.
This antivirus tool will automatically disable all the unnecessary programs which are leading to slow startup of your machine.
The Standard and Deluxe platforms of Norton Antivirus also come with some amazing features such as locating and deleting unnecessary files, hard drive fragmentation, tuning of PC and protecting all your files over the Wireless network. You also get 25 GB of online secure cloud storage by Norton which you can use to secure all your files.
From the moment you subscribe to Norton antivirus for Windows 10 PC, a Norton expert is available to help keep your device virus-free or give you a refund.
ESET NOD32 Antivirus is also a very beneficial antivirus for Windows 10 operating system which protects you against all types of malware, viruses, ransomware, rootkits, worms, and spyware. It is specifically designed to protect your internet world.
Just like Norton, ESET has also launched different packages under Antivirus series. You get ESET Smart Security Premium, ESET Internet Security, and ESET NOD32 Antivirus which has an improved multi-layered security system.
A new feature to consider in ESET NOD32 Antivirus is Unified Extensible Firmware Interface or UEFI Scanner which checks for any malware which is present on your system. The Connected Home Monitor Feature has also received an update which brings scanning for smart devices connected to your network.
The new License Manager will show you when your antivirus program is going to expire. You must download ESET NOD32 Antivirus for Windows 10 PC to benefit from the most effective protection which you can find to combat today's tremendous volumes of Internet and email threats.
You need an effective Windows 10 virus protection software to keep your computer safe from viruses and malware attacks, and you should always choose them smartly. So, this was our list of top 14 best free antivirus software for Windows 10 to use in 2019.
Although, we know that there are plenty of other real-time protection software and free antivirus programs available in the market for Windows operating system, but these above listed Microsoft Windows 10 antivirus software are the most widely used antivirus solution all across the world which you can try on your computer too.
Do let us know using the comments section below – Which free antivirus software for Windows 10 are you using on your computer? According to you, which free antivirus for PC you should consider to use if you are using Windows 10 operating system?
If you found this list of the best antivirus for Windows 10 free download 2019 useful for you then feel free to share it with your family and friends on social media networks.
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James McAvoy Loves Watching Samuel L. Jackson Call Out Bad Reporters and Cringeworthy Interviews
The two "Glass" actors went viral earlier this month for an uncomfortable interview on the ITV talk show "Lorraine."
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Earlier this month, Samuel L. Jackson and James McAvoy went viral after participating in a highly uncomfortable interview with Scottish television host Lorraine Kelly. The two men appeared on Kelly's eponymous talk show "Lorraine" in order to promote their new movie, M. Night Shyamalan's "Glass," but the conversation turned cringeworthy as the host asked bizarre questions about Jackson's age and what it's like to look ugly on camera. Jackson answered with confused long pauses and one word responses.
McAvoy continued to promote "Glass" this week in the U.S., stopping by NBC's "Late Night" and telling host Seth Meyers that he could only dream of having the kind of confidence Samuel L. Jackson has during press tour interviews. McAvoy appeared in numerous joint interviews with Jackson during the "Glass" press tour, and McAvoy ended up quite in awe of Jackson's ability to call out bad reporting.
"I saw examples of what I might be able to do when I got the balls he's got," McAvoy said when asked if he learned anything from the way Jackson conducts himself during interviews. "That guy does not suffer fools, which is a positive quality. If he gets any kind of question that is in any way not thought out properly, he just drops the F-bomb and is like, 'What are you talking about? What? What?' He calls out [the journalist] so hard, and it's the funniest thing."
McAvoy cited the "Lorraine" interview as a perfect example. "I did an interview back in the UK with Lorraine Kelly, who is a brilliant host," the actor said. "But it just didn't work out with Sam and her. I'm sitting there, and I've been on her show back home many times, she's a lovely lady, but I'm sitting there going, 'Oh my god, this is going bad.' Once he gets going, he doesn't stop. I hope when I'm his age, in a year from now, I'm that."
Throughout the "Lorraine" interview, it was clear McAvoy knew the questions would not result in Jackson giving the host a break. The interview became a talking point on social media and numerous fans weighed in on the awkward discussion. "Glass" opens nationwide January 18.
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Falcons start fast, snap Bucs' win streak
by: Nick Dugan
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Visiting Bowling Green outscored ETSU women's basketball 26-12 en-route to an 18-point victory over the Bucs in Brooks Gymnasium on Sunday afternoon.
The Falcons were aggressive down low early on, taking an 11-2 lead from the jump, with ten of those points coming in the paint.
ETSU out-scored the visitors 21-19 in the second quarter, but still trailed in the halftime locker room, 45-33.
The Bucs crept back within ten points on a Jayla Ruffus-Milner three-point play, but that is as close as Brenda Mock Brown's squad would be the rest of the way. The Falcons pulled away late for an 82-64 victory.
In a battle of Bowling Green's high-flying offense and ETSU's lock-down defense, the Falcons shot 47.8 percent from the floor and buried ten three-pointers in the victory.
But, after the game, Mock Brown believed the key came in the visitors' intangibles.
"They're a really good team and possibly better than us – we knew that coming in and that we were going to have to play exceptionally well," she said. "So, you can't let a team that's better than you out-work you. That was the biggest issue and the biggest difference in the game, I thought. They got to more 50-50 balls than we did. it's not that we didn't play hard, but they played harder."
Bowling Green won the rebound battle, 41-36, including 17 offensive rebounds. Four Falcons finished in double figures, led by Lexi Flemming with 18 points off the bench.
"We just needed a little bit more fight," ETSU's Jiselle Thomas said. "We needed to come together a little bit – I think our energy was kind of low this game, so I think that was just a big piece for us."
Thomas paced the Bucs' offense with 16 points, adding five assists and a pair of steals. Meleah Kirtner and Journee McDaniel each added nine points in the defeat.
ETSU (8-3) will play its next two games away from Johnson City. The Bucs return to action on Wednesday as they travel to Charleston Southern for a 6 p.m. tip-off.
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TECHNOLOGY IN MAP COLLECTIONS: A MEANS OR AN END?
Based on the former LIBER Special Newsletters, this report attempts to provide a general summary of the conference, extracting salient details from each of the papers, and describing events in the order that they were presented at the conference. This is necessarily a subjective distillation of facts, in order to highlight general trends and provide briefer overviews, and readers are therefore referred to the complete versions of these papers, which will be published in The LIBER Quarterly.
The theme of the conference arose out of discussions at earlier conference meetings, particularly those in Zürich and Berlin that had been concerned directly or indirectly with new technology in map collections. However, the questioning of technology, exploring its potential for success or failure, its constructive as well as destructive impacts, and the degree to which people feel they can control, or rather are controlled by new technology, has been a recurring theme in human history. And in looking at ends to which particular technologies are directed, evaluating existing and alternative means for reaching these ends, and in questioning whether certain technologies have become ends in themselves, a great deal can be understood about our society and the tools at our disposal.
Within map libraries, the use of computer technology has of course increased exponentially in recent years, moving beyond the traditional areas of library automation such as catalogues, acquisition, and administration, to embrace digital cartography in all its guises, including both the vast range of products published and acquired from external sources, to images created in-house by digital cameras and scanners. More recently still, the use of digital technology in communications has perhaps been a greater transitional force as the Internet and World Wide Web have proliferated and come to dominate new channels of interaction. How well have cartographic libraries implemented these and other technologies? What opportunities and problems have been encountered in these developments? How are the traditional roles of map publishers, librarians, and users altering as a result of new technology? And how far do map curators feel able to direct and control technology, or do they rather feel at the mercy of more powerful technological imperatives beyond their control?
These and other questions were addressed in the Conference, which appropriately enough was held in Poland, a country currently undergoing a very rapid implementation of the newest information and communications technology. As with past conferences, there was a diverse range of papers presented around the general theme from the theoretical and abstract to the specific and practical, presented by those both within and beyond cartographic institutions, and with implications for all functional areas of map curatorship.
The conference was held in Kraków from 15-18 September 1998, and was attended by 68 participants from 17 countries. This was the first time the conference had been held in an Eastern European country, and therefore the Groupe welcomed a greater number of participants from Central and Eastern Europe than in the past.
During the conference 16 papers were read on various topics, and there were 4 poster displays. The Bookshop Okregowe Przedsiebiorstwo Geodezjno-Kartograficzne from Kraków also had a stand selling relevant cartographic and geographic publications. The Jagiellonian University's Instytut Polonijny provided an excellent base for the conference, set in attractive woodland on the edge of Kraków with commanding views across the Vistula to the south to the Tatra Mountains (on a good day!) As the lecture theatre, restaurant, and accommodation were all on the same site, there was considerable opportunity for discussion outside of the formal programme, providing the opportunity for many useful contacts to be made. Communication across languages, which have often been more difficult in past conferences, were particularly facilitated by these campus arrangements at the Instytut.
Since 1988 it has been usual for National Progress Reports to be read, providing a means of describing developments in the interval between the bi-annual conferences. National correspondents are asked to report on relevant activities of map curators' groups, acquisition and collection development, automation, education, conservation and restoration, conferences and symposia, exhibitions and important publications. During this conference 12 reports were given, and these are included in Special Newsletter No. 5. Collectively, the reports provide a good general overview of developments all over Europe.
The formal programme began with a highly stimulating and broad keynote speech by Dr Krzysztof Zamorski, Director of the Jagiellonian Library. Although officially titled, The Jagiellonian Library – its history and present state, the talk ranged across much broader themes, setting the Library within the context of Polish history, ideology, and culture, and providing a critical insight into the recent changes and current pressures within Poland. The Jagiellonian Library's history is bound up with the University which was officially founded in 1364, for centuries the primary educational establishment in Poland, and a centre of European scholarship. As the Library and University suffered very little damage during the Second World War (in contrast to many other Polish institutions and archives) the Jagiellonian has uniquely important historical collections, including the state archives. During the post-war communist era, the Jagiellonian was vitally important, not just in preserving access to censored materials, but in symbolising the importance of maintaining free ideas and intellectual debate. Dr Zamorski emphasised the importance of these free ideas and the information revolution elsewhere in promoting the fall of communism; this in turn has had a tremendous impact on Poland, and its effects on the Jagiellonian are very much in evidence. In a tour the previous afternoon led by Dr Zamorski the conference had already seen the ambitious building work in progress for expanding the Library, and the vast scale of IT infrastructure projects that are part of these plans. There are also many plans underway for automating the Library and its catalogues, co-ordinating policies with other Polish libraries, modifying legal deposit laws, and the formidable tasks of conservation and restoration of library archival materials. Despite Dr Zamorski's contagious enthusiasm, and realistic long-term vision, there are many problems to be overcome, often problems that are less evident from a Western European perspective. Like Poland the Library is facing a difficult era of transition, with an urgent need to come to terms with the capitalist money-based society and the price of developments, many competing demands for scarce financial resources, and hopes and expectations running ahead of the ability to meet them.
Jan Smits of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag, The Netherlands, discussed some theoretical and practical aspects of the transition from analogue to digital cartographic collections (The necessity and nuisance of survival, or how to keep to our senses). As with the transition from manuscript to print materials, we are witnessing a degeneration of map content and cartographic image which hopefully will improve in the longer term as the technology becomes more established. We are also witnessing new uses and new users of digital technology, forcing map curators to redefine their roles and conceptions of cartography. Rather than define cartography in terms of map-making, a more perceptual focus enables a proper emphasis on users' visualisation of cartographic images, as representations of reality that communicate at both emotional and rational levels. This broader definition will allow a greater integration between fields that have been relatively disparate in the past; in particular, through the integrating power of spatial data, many areas of librarianship can be linked, and map curatorship can move closer to geoinformatics, looking at the modelling and processing of spatial data. There will therefore need to be greater attention given to information infrastructures and distributed archiving. It also will allow map curators to shift their activities more towards the study, analysis and representation of spatial data. Yet many map curators have not yet risen to the challenge posed by new technology, and continue to think and act in ways that place doubts upon our future survival.
Sue Antonelli of the Libraries Division, Directorate of Geographic Information, Military Survey, United Kingdom, examined the practical issues of dealing with digital data (Breaking with conventions: what does digital spatial data require?). The Ministry of Defence Map Library has perhaps the most comprehensive automated catalogue in the world, and is at the forefront of acquiring and using digital topographic data in its collection. This has been possible by breaking with a number of traditional cataloguing conventions, in particular, the demise of the card index, the replacement of the traditional sheet-series relationship by a focus on sheet records with summary series information, relaxing cataloguing rules to enhance system usability, and allowing access to the catalogue for external users. Further conventions will need to be challenged to properly catalogue digital data, and although the metadata that needs to be recorded will include new subjects, on the whole it will be more succinct, requiring perhaps half of the fields that were needed for analogue mapping. Also the metadata for paper maps, books and digital data may initially need to be held separately, but with common functionality such as searching and loans. Behind all this is a more fundamental change in the function of the map librarian as less contact with both the materials and users is required, the former as digital mapping often does not need to be seen to be catalogued, and the latter with the increasing proportion of external users. Perhaps the digital map librarian is becoming more a supplier of metadata rather than a source of expertise and advice.
Göran Bjäärnhielm of The Royal Library, Stockholm, Sweden spoke about developments in digital spatial data at the Royal Library, and various difficulties of its management and use. In terms of production, there are a larger number of digital map publishers, including the National Land Survey, but costs of data are also high and there is very little spatial data in the public domain. For the Map Library, there are now about 50 CD-ROMs in the collection, helped particularly by the legislation in 1994 for the legal deposit of fixed-form digital data. Although this may be amended, it is unlikely that it will comprehensively include all digital data products. Some digital data has also been downloaded (such as the Digital Chart of the World) for GIS usage, but the main way in which users can access data is via publishers' Web sites, not the Library. In this context, a recent development to extend the Royal Library's national bibliographic role has been "Kulturarw3", cataloguing and archiving Swedish WWW pages using Dublin Core metadata. However, for many cartographic images on the Web, their resolution is too low to be of value for preservation purposes.
Ludmila Kildushevskaya from the National Library of Russia, St Petersburg spoke about New technologies used in the major cartographic libraries of Russia. Despite the innate conservatism of libraries there have been a number of developments, with new CD-ROMs being acquired (although there is no legal deposit legislation for digital data at present) and progress on automated cataloguing (despite different standards). There have also been developments in retroconversion, with OCR scanning of catalogue cards at the Russian State Library in Moscow, and manual re-typing of cards at the National Library in St Petersburg. There is a growing need for training both users and staff in new technology.
Wieslaw Babik, from the Institute of Librarianship and Information at the Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland discussed how knowledge about map collections can be represented, and how this has changed due to technology in recent decades (Knowledge representation in map collections for information retrieval systems). There has been an increase in the quantity of information and the number and range of users of maps. Maps have their own special language, modelling reality, and some aspects of this language – such as distortion and transformation through projection, reduction of information, and specificity in time – were discussed. For information retrieval there are 21 distinctive features of maps that need to be modelled, and many existing standards, such as the ISBD(CM), have a much more limited conception of the spectrum of information that should be considered.
Halina Sowa-Babik from the Institute of German Philology at the Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland, looked at Cartographic materials as a means of multi-media communication, a theoretical discussion of developments in digital maps and their mental comprehension. Developments in information and communications technology are re-defining the communication of information, with new information, new uses, and new users. These various parts of the communication chain were defined and examined, with particular reference to multi-media, hypermedia, and electronic cartography. Users have a more active role in this process and this role is changing with increasing interactivity and non-linear processes of exploration. The development in the future of cartographic materials as part of three-dimensional electronic environments will further transform the way in which cartographic information is communicated.
Nick Millea, from the Bodleian Library, Oxford, United Kingdom, evaluated the Digimap Project, an experimental scheme to deliver Ordnance Survey digital data to British higher education users (Delivering digital data into the Library: the Digimap project and its impact on the map room). Although administered at the University of Edinburgh, Oxford was one of six trial sites chosen for the implementation of the Digimap service, and the background to the project, the required technology, available datasets, and data usage were all explained. Whilst the Bodleian was grateful to be included in the project, and was keen to promote digital mapping to new users, the reality has unfortunately fallen short of expectations in some areas. As Digimap is an online service, its effects in promoting new technology in the Map Room have been relatively limited, and it has also been difficult to obtain feedback from remote users. Ordnance Survey's concern over data leakage severely restricted the geographic coverage of the data they were prepared to let Digimap have, and forced a registration scheme for users, administered by Edinburgh University Data Library. Finally, there have been technological problems – in particular, poor response times over the Internet, communication problems between computing staff and librarians, and difficulties for users in successfully integrating databases, which range in scale from 1:1,250 to 1:625,000. The continued funding of the Digimap Project, for a further two years until September 2000, will provide an opportunity to address some of these problems.
Kazimierz Trafas, from the Geographical Institute of the Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland illustrated New types of regional and thematic atlases with a case study of the new Kraków Voivodship Computer Atlas. This will be a 'computer atlas' with previously customised electronic visualisations, as well as a 'GIS atlas', allowing the user to interact with spatial and non-spatial data to create new mapping. However, many of the principles of atlas design – such as representation, scale, format and content (completeness, sequence, complexity, and presentation) – are still relevant. The main users of the atlas will be government, local authorities, and public institutions, and their needs have also shaped the content. The main 1:50,000 and 1:100,000 base maps from the prior analogue atlas will be updated with satellite images and digital terrain models, supplemented by statistical and gazetteer information. New types of specific query that can be performed and dynamic map results were illustrated, which would have been impossible with a static paper medium. Finally, the use of standard GIS technology and open systems will allow the continuous addition and modification of the atlas in future years.
Piotr Cichociñski, from the Department of Land Information Systems, University of Mining and Metallurgy, Kraków, Poland described the advantages of the transition to Digital cadastral maps in Land Information Systems. Hitherto, existing Polish land cadastre has used paper maps and land registers, but these have a number of shortcomings, such as low precision, low speed of access, potential divergences between the map and the land register, and analytical problems. A digital land information system can integrate both spatial and descriptive ownership information, in a number of separate layers, allowing more details to be recorded and queried, and has been underway in Poland from 1991. Through correct spatial database linkage, many new queries can be performed, both on quantitative and qualitative values and the results presented in a range of graphic and textual ways. At present only parts of the country have been automated, and the full power of the digital cadastre will only be realised with its integration at a regional and national scale.
Wolfgang Crom from the Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Stuttgart, Germany spoke about and practically demonstrated the value of Web indexes and online mapping as a guide to his own map library collection (A map collection on the Internet). Most map collections record holdings information in analogue and (sometimes) computer-based forms, but Wolfgang had gone a stage further in converting this information into an HTML format. Lists of mapping on particular themes (eg. topographic mapping) and of certain types (eg. town and city plans) could be scrolled online, and brief descriptive details could be viewed. In addition, clickable maps had been created of graphic indexes to series mapping, so that clicking on a certain sheet in the graphic index retrieved sheet and edition details. The results are of great value in providing detailed collection holdings information for remote users, and have been achieved within very limited budgets of machinery and time.
World have been acquired and made available. Second, a smaller set of GIS products, many running with ArcView or Adobe Photoshop can be used. Third, a search engine, The World of Maps for discovering maps on the Internet has been set up. Fourth, electronic graphic indexes to show the availability of series mapping in the ETH have been created, and finally, maps and other documents held in-house have been digitised. These map images are being linked to textual information, both bibliographical and biographical and this was illustrated by the Virtual Library Eduard Imhof, an online exhibition of the famous cartographer.
Christopher Fleet from the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh, United Kingdom described the process underway for the receipt of Ordnance Survey digital data in the UK legal deposit libraries. From March 1999, the Ordnance Survey will stop providing hardcopy mapping to the libraries at basic scales (1:1,250, 1:2,500 and 1:10,000) the detailed record of national topography. The libraries have therefore been actively exploring hardware to store about 40 gigabytes of data (increasing yearly) and software for selecting and displaying the digital data. Ordnance Survey have been fully involved in this process, as they have been keen to ensure the data can only be used in carefully controlled ways, and a viewer for the data based on MapInfo software (which has been developed with their approval) was demonstrated. The format of the data and its associated metadata, and its output from Ordnance Survey's database as an annual snapshot were explained, a process that should ensure much more regular archiving of landscape change than ever before. Finally, some advantages and disadvantages of this transition to digital data were presented from the perspective of the legal deposit libraries.
Henrik Dupont of Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Köbenhavn, Denmark described the extension of legal deposit legislation in 1997 to cover electronic maps and Internet publications in Denmark. The main change in the text of the law is to focus on the deposit of published items (regardless of their form) rather than just printed materials, as in the past, and this definition therefore includes Internet web pages as publications that must be legally deposited. The legislation has also forced publishers and authors to deliver metadata about their publications for the National Bibliography. However, despite these good intentions there have been difficulties with in the practical implementation of this law. Relatively few Internet homepages have been downloaded so far, partly because the legislation does not cover dynamic data, but also due to publishers' concerns over copyright and usage of their products. Perhaps for similar reasons, relatively few map and spatial databases have been deposited so far, although a useful inventory of electronic maps was developed in 1997 called Infodatabase. In general, the new law has exciting opportunities for receiving and archiving new electronic formats of material, but these opportunities will take time to be realised.
Margit Tohver from the National Library of Estonia, in Tallinn, presented a shorter report on preservation and automation in the principal cartographic collections in Estonia. Although the diversity of collections made generalisations difficult, there had been a movement towards the use of the ISBD(CM) format in archives, and a growing use of USMARC in the automated system INNOPAC in scientific libraries. Meanwhile there are large preservation and restoration tasks to be undertaken. Although a preservation workshop has existed for some time, it has been improperly maintained, and about 20% of materials require attention.
Finally, Lucyna Poplawska from the Biblioteka Uniwersytetu Mikolaja Kopernika at Toruñ, Poland, described the introduction of the HORIZON automated catalogue system in the University Library. Although many other Polish libraries have acquired VTLS and INNOPAC as automated systems in recent years, 54 have also acquired HORIZON, and the system is used internationally by over 500 libraries. The difficulties of converting both records and cataloguing practices from the existing ISIS system were explained, in part helped by the phased introduction of modules – cataloguing, OPAC, and Serials – through 1998. There has been agreement to standardise description using the ISBD(CM) and USMARC, and when this format is finalised in 1999, then online cataloguing of maps can commence. This will allow the development of an online national union catalogue (NUKat) of records across Polish collections.
Although full details of the Working Groups which met during the Conference were sent out with the Minutes, the main details of their discussions are also included here.
The composition of the Group changed with Jürg Buhler from the ETH-Bibliothek, Zürich, replacing Susan Vejlsgaard as Chairman, and several new members joining the Group. There is now a new mandate, which includes the establishment of minimum standards for post-educational courses in map curatorship, and setting up an Internet platform for resources on the history of cartography, GIS and map librarianship. (A seperate homepage is availabe) There are also plans to add more Internet information about LIBER GdC members and an online Who is Who amongst LIBER map curators.
Steffi Mittenzwei of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin has taken over from Dirk de Vries as Chairman. There are a number of new initiatives underway, including an idea to hold a training seminar in practical map curatorship in Moskva or Warszawa, exploring the possibility of linking with the IFLA Section for Geography and Map Libraries, and plans to establish a training programme of visits to Western and Northern European map libraries.
On the first day our Polish hosts kindly arranged visits to Jagiellonian Library, where we were treated to a reception to mark the opening of the exhibition From Sarmatia to Polonia, featuring early maps of Polish territories by Jadwiga Bzinkowska, and a tour of the Library by Dr Zamorski. Later on in the proceedings we were taken on a guided tour of the Wawel Castle in Kraków, and the Collegium Maius, with its fascinating collection of early globes, maps and scientific instruments. The conference ended with an excursion to Zakopane and the Tatra Mountains.