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I wanted to hike, but my grand-niece, Aspen, was in town playing rugby and since that is one sport where I've never attended a live game it was a perfect opportunity to mix family with outdoors. Her team from the Glens Falls/Saratoga area was playing in the "Ruck" Cancer Tournament at the Wilderness Park in Deerfield, NY. (I'd never visited the Park before so it was also a good chance to check out the trails.) The tournament was put together by the Uticuse and Utica Klubs (who knew we had local rugby teams?), a mixture of players from the Utica/Syracuse areas, as a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society.
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If you have never been to a live rugby game, let me forewarn you before packing up the family and heading out to one. The language is not always appropriate for small children who tend to imitate what they hear! You may be a little embarrassed if they come out with the "F" bomb at Aunt Grace's! It also isn't for those who are prudish about skin showing since everyone - male and female alike- strip to underwear after the game to get on warm, dry clothing. Now, it isn't any more than you would see at the beach, but some people take exception to the showing of underwear. But what you will also see is a whole bunch of people from all over New York, Vermont and Massachusetts who are having a heck of a lot of fun running a ball up and down a field!
I was amazed at the enthusiasm -despite temps in the 40's and wind chill probably in the 20's. The camaraderie of the opposing players was commendable as well. My niece's team was short 2 players so the other teams cheerfully fielded only 10 players and took responsibility for both sideline ref jobs. There was no fighting like we see in hockey games and the first team even offered to loan a couple of players for the second game. Don't get me wrong, these were some serious games and they all played hard! Bodies were being pulled, pushed, tackled and hog-piled, but they always seemed to come up smiling! (As I was leaving I heard one team talking about a player taken to the emergency room with a possible broken arm.) The only time I heard someone complain was just before they were taken down in a freezing cold puddle and the wail of "Not in the puddle!" could clearly be heard above the noise of shouted encouragements from both sides.
Like hikers, the players look forward to the end of the games as much as playing them. They often meet for a few aftergame brews and food to celebrate their win or commiserate in their loss. It was fun to watch and interesting to learn about, however, it seems to be a game for the under 40 crowd and not something I would have ever considered! Due to standing 3 hours watching 3 games in the cold, I never did get to check out the trails at the park. There seemed to be maybe 2 miles of them and what could be seen from the main parking area and playing fields sappeared broad and covered in crushed stone. Instead, I opted to go home where it was warm and dry- the trails will be there another day!
Aspen keeping warm betweeen games
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Last week, the 651st Kirkpinar oil wrestling festival was held in the town of Edirne, about two and half hours from Istanbul.
Oil wrestling dates back to the mid-1300s, when Edirne was the capital of the Ottoman Empire before Istanbul, then Constantinople, was captured from the Byzantines. It is considered by some to be the longest continuously practiced sport in the world and has become a must see on any visitor's summer trip to Turkey.
During Ottoman times, the wrestling was meant as a sport for entertaining the Ottoman royal court. Today, the competition is held in a stadium in Edirne. Several matches occur at the same time, with judges keeping track of points as other contestants wait on the sidelines, eager for their turn. Before they begin wrestling, attendants pour oil over their bodies from pots with long necks. The thick oil covers their bodies covered only by leather shorts and surrounding grass. A troupe of drummers announces that it is time for a new group of wrestlers to take to the field and they begin.
Male wrestlers as young as 12-years-old can participate in the competition. The wrestlers throw each other around. Sometimes they actually lift each other into the air and bring them down. It appears difficult to get a grip on each other.
"These two are really going at it, over here," one observer says. Others can barely contain themselves and jump up to lean over the fence and scream and cheer.
Parents and family members passionately encourage their children from the sidelines. Water bottles are thrown onto the field when contestants appear to be getting too hot. The players jog over to down some of the water and throw their arms wide when they feel that their performance is being judged unjustly.
There is the occasional groan or outcry from across the field from a wrestler who had lost his match and is out of the tournament. Some race over to the judges, who are in a booth above the field to yell, 'he was hitting me!' or 'there was not enough time!'
Their complaints appear to carry weight and several of the people who complain, are allowed to continue to compete; at least for a short time.
The event is largely a family affair when there is a lot of pressure on the contestants to perform well. Outside of the stadium, families sit around in mini-encampments outside their cars. They light fires, barbecue lunch and prepare tea. If their son wins, their lives will be dramatically changed because of the prize money.
A carnival or a fair perhaps. There is shopping and many different stands selling wares and food. One man calls over that his fruit juice must be tried. It is so fresh and sweet, that it is possible to drink four glasses, one after another.
This is a sport where you do not win only because you are the biggest or the strongest. You also have to be fast and use your mind as much as your body to defeat your opponent.
The contestants might compete for years before finally coming even close to winning. One young boy lay in the grass outside of the stadium, depressed and staring off into space after being thrown out of the competition.
His uncle comes up and leans over, chastising his melancholy and raises his arms up in a gesture meant to remind the boy that there would be another match the next year and he could compete again when he was bigger and had more practice.
After all, experience matters. At the end of the day the judges declared Ali Gurbuz, a man from the coastal city of Antalya, to be Baspehlivan or head wrestler.
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The gymnasium of Marple Newtown High School resounded with the cheering and stomping of hundreds of middle school students. On the floor of the basketball court, Athletic Director for Paxon Hollow, TJ Gretchen, paced back and forth, shouting his enthusiasm into a microphone. Suddenly, a great green beast appeared -- the Philadelphia Phillies' mascot, the Phanatic, had made an appearance. The screeches reached unprecedented levels.
For the past 10 years, central league rivals Paxon Hollow and Haverford middle schools have come together to participate in a day of friendly competition called the Potter Cup.
Competing in a series of sports -- boys' basketball, girls' basketball and wrestling -- each middle school contends for the chance to bring home the prize, a trophy that the winning school can display within its halls.
It's not all pep-rallies and athletics, however. Integrated within the core of the Potter Cup is another campaign. For nine years, the Potter Cup has also been used as a platform to raise money for Alex's Lemonade Stand. This non-profit organization was created in memory of Alexandra Scott, a young girl who had been diagnosed with, and eventually passed away from, a form of childhood cancer, Neuroblastoma.
Introducing the pep-rally, Alex's parents, Jay and Lizz, took time to remember their late daughter and her spirit.
"Coming here, I just feel nothing but happiness," Lizz Scott said as she stood before the clapping middle school students. "Thank you so much for continuing to remind us that Alex lives on in so many ways, in so many meaningful ways."
During the pep-rally, students from both schools were called down onto the basketball court to battle against one another in small games. There was dancing and cheering by students of each school. Phillies merchandise was flung into frantic clumps of waving arms. Even the faculty got involved, performing in their own dance squads before they all came together during Psy's megahit "Gangam Style."
There are some students and staff members who have traditions that coincide with the Cup. Haverford Wrestling Coach Ed Brocklesby participated in the Potter Cup back in 2006. It was then that he decided, a few weeks before the start of the cup, to let his hair grow out. Then, on the day before the competitions were to take place, he would shave most of his hair and create a Mohawk. Soon members of the wrestling team joined Brocklesby.
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I purchased 6 sets of this jewelry set for the moms and bridesmaids for my wedding on 11/1/08. (My only regret is that I didn't purchase one more set for my grandmother ...Read complete review
I purchased 6 sets of this jewelry set for the moms and bridesmaids for my wedding on 11/1/08. (My only regret is that I didn't purchase one more set for my grandmother who passed away 25 days after my wedding; she loved the set and was a little hurt that she didn't have the same set to wear.) The girls and my moms were all floored at the set's beauty, elegance, classic nature and timelessness (and these are girls ranging from the most unconventional to the most traditional style preferences). The set easily doubles as an evening wear accessory (after the event) and fits bride and bridesmaid alike for wedding day wear. With normal storage, it doesn't tarnish and has not required cleaning in the last 15 months. This set is a tremendous value, fits a number of styles, is versatile, not under- or over-stated, and I suspect will be treasured by its wearers for decades to come.
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I REALLY wish you could purchase the necklace separately from the earrings. I really like the necklace, but I do not have pierced ears, so the earrings are a waste for me. I know I could give them away as a gift, but it bothers me that I'd be spending the money to only be able to use half of the product.
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I just recently got these in the mail and the first necklace I opened up was sodered incorrectly making the teardrop fall off to the right instead if it coming straight down. I looked at another but it was okay. I bought 5 of these. You would think with them being a good chunk of change that they would make sure it is made rig before whey ship it to a customer. I then had trouble looking for a returns department or return address so am now waiting to hear back from their customer service.
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I bought (3) of these for my bridesmaids and jr. bridesmaid. They appear to be quite lovely, however I was disappointed in the fact that the website claims packaging, boxes etc. and I got nothing of the sort. I have to locate something to put these in to give them to my girls for their gifts since the plastic bags they came in make these somewhat expensive cosmetic jewelery look very cheap. :(
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I wore this for my wedding and it was perfect. [...]
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I loved this necklace. I was going crazy looking for something that was affordale and still great quality. This necklace was defintaly both of those things. The quality looked like realy diamonds and i just loved it.
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Beautiful and well made. I love the fact that it is adjustable. My dress is sleeveless, it's just enough without over doing it. Everyone who has seen the set so far love it.
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Great price and it's the perfect balance for how much jewelery I wanted to wear. It's not too much but just enough. I didn't have any kink problems like the others either.
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I am using this necklace to wear on my wedding day. As soon as i opened the box I was amazed, it was perfect. It matched my dress perfectly. It could get kinks in it if it is not laid flat. Other than that it is a beautiful design and I would recommend it to anyone.
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Prosecutor Martin Lanchester asked for a week for the Crown to consider the charge they have denied and the basis of their pleas to the other charges.
Judge William Hart agreed and remanded them both in custody until February 21.
The charges they have admitted span the period from June 2009 to September 2012.
The pair admitted managing the Prestbury Road brothel between June and December 2009; the Suffolk Place address between October 2009 and September 2012; the basement flat address in Hewlett Road from March 2011 to March 2012; and the Pittville Lawn flat from June and September 2012.
A Mandarin interpreter assisted Ms Zhuang, who is Chinese, during the brief hearing. Around 50 officers carried out simultaneous raids at the flats in Pittville Lawn and Suffolk Road in December.
During the operation, police vans pulled up near the suspected vice dens in broad daylight, before teams of officers carried out the strikes.
The swoop was part of Operation Beesmore – a co-ordinated crackdown on the town's illegal sex trade.
Workman Dennis Copestake was busy carrying out repairs at the Suffolk Road property when a police unit arrived shortly after 11am.
"I thought it was the SAS," he said. "It certainly gave me a shock to see so many police but we just stood aside and let them get on with their job."
Police hailed the operation a success, claiming both raids had been executed with minimum fuss. It is the biggest police operation against suspected vice crime in the town since Operation Pentameter II – a series of co-ordinated swoops in 2008 which resulted in 528 arrests across the UK.
It comes as Cheltenham Borough Council prepared to consider a report next week on the sex trade in the town.
Ms Zhuang came to Britain from China in 2007 and married her husband in 2008. They have one son.


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At The Schools with Audrey Linden
I was at an elementary school all last week, and at the faculty meeting, the budget for xeroxing was discussed. The dilemma was "to xerox or not to xerox". That was the question. At this school, the teachers are allowed 250 copies a month. I was in a lower grade and the weekly assessment was coming up on Friday. It would have been 5 double sided pages to test the comprehension, vocabulary, grammar skills, spelling, etc. we had covered. Multiply these 5 pages by 24 students and you get 120 copies. That leaves 130 more copies for the month.
The homework packets are copied as weekly packets, and there is a page for each day double sided which also comes to 5 or 6 pages. The monthly xerox quota is filled with just homework. Presently the homework is shared by two teachers. I asked how these young students' progress can be monitored if they do not do the weekly end of the chapter tests or at least do these progress monitoring tests twice a month. The other grade level teacher did not give the weekly tests or bi-monthly tests, but instead is giving the bigger mid-way assessment, which is cumulative as to skills, vocab, spelling and it is very long. She said it was hard for kids to sit through. Of course it would be hard to sit through, especially if these young children have not been testing weekly or at least bi-monthly. Part of this testing is is for children to learn how to take tests, to prepare them for testing in the next grade, and to prepare for the State Standardized Testing, and part of it is for a teacher to effectively monitor their learning.
We were told to use the duplo as much as possible instead of the xerox machine.That makes sense. I asked my aide to use the duplo. Apparently, the duplo can be used for copies over 20 or 25. I am not sure if she used the duplo or the xerox. I was told there was a problem with 2 sided copying on the duplo. I did give my weekly test on Friday, and judging from their scores, these kids do need the weekly tests for a while and can switch to twice a month. About half the class had scores that were not passing. It was the same with the spelling which I had dictated. Though we had gone over the spelling with blends daily, more than half the class got did not pass.
Keep in mind that teachers' evaluations in the future will be based on test scores. It will not be the Treasures Language Arts or Envisions Math tests, (in elementary schools), but the CAT 6 and Core Math and Language tests, that are taken into account in evaluating teachers. But if the children are not used to taking tests, and their knowledge is not built up week to week by progress monitoring or even bi-monthly, this is bad for the children and also bad for the teachers who will be held accountable. The bottom line is that student learning is at stake due to the budget issues.
I suggested some booster club fund raising be done to raise funds to be able to xerox more copies or to buy a xerox machine. I have been at other elementary schools where they were not so restricted as to xeroxing, because they they have done some incredible fund raising. Yes, it does take time to organize and plan an event for successful fund raising. These teachers were on committees and each had to contribute some time. And, it worked as the necessary funds were raised.
As a substitute, if on a long term, it would be cost prohibitive to be spending money weekly for substitutes to be paying this xeroxing out of their own income. It also can be a hardship for teachers to have to take the time to drive to a Staples or Kinkos and to have to spend their precious out of class time to xerox and to use their own funds.
I had asked to laminate the Treasures vocabulary papers, which are reuseables and on very flimsy paper. These vocabulary words come in a work-book and are to be torn out. The idea was to cut them in half and use them yearly. In Open Court, these vocabulary words were on hard stock glassy cards and could be saved and reused easily. The teacher who I was substituting for had taped all for 4 months on the walls and some papers were torn. When the taped papers are removed form the walls, they will be torn also. My request came back with "We do not laminate these. Do it on your time at your expense." The coordinator agreed the vocab. papers do have to be re-used and it is a very expensive component of Treasures. Fortunately, the coordinator had a book of them for next years teacher class to use. There are always the plastic sleeves that can be used.
If these weekly tests are not given weekly or bi-monthly, how will a teacher give a grade? I was told some teachers grade by the scores on the bigger less frequently given tests, the standardized tests, and by classroom observation. Homework factors in at something like 20%. I guess one could do this. I feel it is balancing the school budget on the kids's backs.
How does one teach effectively without the use of xerox, etc. and how will the children learn good test taking skills?
I'd go for the duplo and do the progress monitoring, even bi-monthly. And, as some schools do, I would do fund raisers for xeroxing. In schools in wealthier areas, this is not so much as a concern. Parents do the fund raising. And in some schools, they find a corporation to aide them. I was at a school on the south west side and a car dealership's manager had adopted the school and provided books, etc. It would seem another important duty is for principals to know how to do public relations, recruit, and do fund raising.
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3-min. Quickie: Compiling C++ Projects using only the Windows SDK and the Command Prompt
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I have received a couple questions about "How do you build C++ projects in Windows without installing Visual Studio?". This video demonstrates the process but to explain it in a couple short steps:
*Make sure that you check to enable the Windows Native Code Development section on the installer.
** Although it is not a best practice, I elevated my priviledges for the command prompt when I did the demo because I wanted to show that projects build right out of the SDK. Had I copied the folder to my desktop, I would not have needed to run the Windows SDK command prompt priviledged.
This task is really useful if you want to perform automated builds on your own machine or you need to perform builds on a machine that doesn't need Visual Studio, such as a build server. However, this is not really a substitution for having Visual Studio for development.
For more information about building using the Windows SDK, see the Microsoft Windows SDK Blog. For updates about the Windows Developer Center, check The See Also blog.
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Just a heads-up -- the description says "vcupdate" but the video says "vcupgrade". The latter is a tools that comes with VS.NET 2010, the former doesn't really exist.
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Great video. I would love to see more of these short videos on these types of topics.
"This task is really useful if you want to perform automated builds on your own machine or you need to perform builds on a machine that doesn't need Visual Studio, such as a build server."
Not exactly. What's really needed for build servers is a documented way to XCOPY deploy the VC++ toolchain. To guarantee repeatable builds now and in the future, you must be able to check the toolchain into source control. Any process that includes running an installer has already failed. Tools that depend on registry keys (e.g. COM objects), or files installed at fixed locations (e.g. GAC, WinSxS, %SystemRoot%\system32, %ProgramFiles%\msbuild, etc.), are fundementally incompatible with reliable build automation.
Some day I hope DevDiv will understand this.
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That's fine if you want to make a politcal statement, or if you need to port a POSIX-centric codebase. IMHO, it's bad advice if your goal is using the best tools available to develop native Windows applications. Cost isn't a basis for comparison. The Microsoft C++ compiler is available for the same price as gcc -- zero. In the Windows environment, I believe MSC is the technically superior solution.
@John "Any process that includes running an installer has already failed. Tools that depend on registry keys (e.g. COM objects), or files installed at fixed locations (e.g. GAC, WinSxS, %SystemRoot%\system32, %ProgramFiles%\msbuild, etc.), are fundementally incompatible with reliable build automation."
You make a really good point, it would be very awesome to see improvements in our build tool chain that help with automation and allow you to repeatably and reliably store the build tools alongside your sources without requiring installers. Next time I bump into someone from DevDiv, I'll bring it up and see what they think. I'm guessing there's a better solution I haven't heard of
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I read your article and saw the presentation of this new technology and I can say as a programmer in C / C + + that I succeeded in compiling and running complex projects done in C / C + + by installing the Windows SDK version 7.1 and using command prompt. I can say that I have concluded that by using Windows SDK 7.1 and command line compiling and running C / C + + projects is much faster, greatly reducing the resources occupied on the computer can be on different operating systems such as win 32 X 64 X 86 and many others, in contrast with Visual C / C + + compiling and running projects, where C / C + + is slower and takes up more space in your computer resources.
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I've lived in Point Pleasant for three years. It's a lovely place to live. I've met many lovely people here, the kind, gentle, courteous, friendly southern folks who live here. It's also a pretty place to live, especially in spring with all of the beautiful flowers and flowering bushes and tress — with one startling exception!
Like many of you, I've traveled everywhere in the country, but Point Pleasant is the only place that I know of where its people regularly, habitually and obsessively amputate all of the branches of beautiful, healthy, living trees, leaving stark, naked, awkward, ugly stumpy things in their place. It's especially obvious in winter. It's as if everybody got terribly angry and took it out on the poor trees, making the whole city look angry, ugly and mean.
The tree trimmers just went through Gunn Park, Main Street and other places in the city just as they have in past years. Gunn Park looks stripped naked. The pear blossoms are gone, and the trees are stripped, leaving just fat trunks topped by a ball of ugly bare sticks.
I asked a tree trimmer the purpose of trimming beautiful living trees back to sometimes bare, naked trunks and branches. He replied, "Well, we've always done it that way." The tree trimmers themselves may be the driving force behind these customs.
The forest service says that massive trimming shortens the life of a tree and eventually might kill it by allowing diseases to enter the tree. It may be time now to think of a better way.
Point Pleasant still has many beautiful trees that are a wonderful, natural treasure lending grace to the southern charm of our community. To preserve that charm, may I respectfully request of anyone who is thinking of stripping or topping a whole tree to please consider calling the forestry department for their advice and perhaps even consent before the tree trimmers arrive.
The city council could also do a wonderful service to the community quickly and easily by requiring that all tree trimmers secure a permit approved by the forest service before stripping or topping healthy living trees. We should ask them to consider doing this.
Steve Clemins,
Point Pleasant


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Android based smartphone, Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo was announced by Sony at the Mobile World Congress and is now at the edge of its launch. It is based on Android 2.3 version and somehow it is the realtive of its native smartphone Xperia Arc if compared in specifications. This device consists of Sony Ericsson TimeScape/MediaScape UI which is newly made concept and has Android OS 2.3 Gingerbread features.
- 8MP camera
- Sony's Exmor R sensor
- The front aligned 2MP camera
- Xperia Neo has 320MB internal memory
- up-to 32GB Micro-SD card support
- 8GB card is included in the package
- Snapdragon 1GHZ processor
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Showtime. On a big screen. Connect your Xperia™ neo to your HD TV using the built-in HDMI connector. Use your TV's remote to browse photos and videos. Or browse the web and check out the flavour of the day on YouTube. And if gaming's your passion, download what's hot from the games charts. All on your TV.
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Longboat Key resident Wendy Leakeas' family frequently visits her from Longwood. And those visits inspired Leakeas' 13-year-old nephew, Vincent Cangimilla, to write the following poem entitled "When I Was Young on Longboat Key" for a recent school project.
When I was young on Longboat Key
I was awakened by the buzz of a boat's motor
And smelled the salty air
Then the mullet jumping
In the narrow canal
When I was young on Longboat Key
The sight of fishermen's rods bending
Mullet jumping over and over in the distance
Soon the power of the fish pulling at my rod
And the relief of the fish in my cooler
When I was young on Longboat Key
The first sunset I have seen
Along the beach
Here in Longboat Key
When I was young on Longboat Key
The flakey meat of the freshly caught flounders
A hint of salt from the water it has so long lived in
Smells of s'mores
And marshmallows toasting over the burning fire
When I was young on Longboat Key
At night we sit and
Listen to the fish jump and hit
Jump … then hit
The wavy water of
Boats that drive by the canal
When I was young on Longboat Key
My last day there
On the beach with the fish and crabs
Salty water in my mouth
The stench of baitfish left to rot
On my last day here in Longboat Key
When I was young on Longboat Key
The days are over
Vacations gone
All said and done
For the last sight I see this year
Is the sight of sailboats
Sailing free
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DIY Plaster of Paris Robot Tutorial from funkytime here. *I remember as a kid pouring Plaster of Paris in tiny milk cartons, then carving designs into the block.
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Joe Perry said that that Aerosmith's new "Music From Another Dimension!" album could be their last.
He said: "We knew we had another record in us, despite what many said, and I make no bones about it, I don't know if we're gonna make another record. Our disagreements are what make us dynamic. If we all thought the same way, nothing good would happen, but even after we argue, we don't take it home. It's one of the things that allowed us to get back together. We'll argue things to death, but we deal with it, figure it out and move on." "There's too much life out there to waste time being like kids in high school. We had a meeting over a video, it got really heated, but then went down to look at Steven's motorcycle. All was fine. Then it was like, what are you doing tonight?"
"I think that the band has to look at what it takes to do this gracefully. There's no reason why the band can't keep playing until we can't walk. There's just no reason. You just have to know that you can't do certain things anymore. Y'know, you can't do somersaults on stage, you can't do, y'know, swing from ropes. But there are other things you can do that are just as entertaining — like sing, play."


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Hundreds more are about to be added to the Internet. ICANN's application period just ended, and over 1900 applications for new gTLDs have been submitted for a fee of $185,000 each. Google alone has applied for 50 gTLDs.
New kinds of gTLDs have been applied for that will change how the Internet appears to the average user and how businesses will operate online. True generic names such as .com may soon be joined by more descriptive words such as .shop. Geographic names such as .nyc and .london are part of the mix. And reportedly hundreds of brand holders have applied for names such as .google.
This explosion in new gTLDs presents both opportunities and risks for Utah businesses. Opportunities are plentiful. The addition of many more Internationalized Domain Names, or IDNs, will add color to the global Internet by allowing organizations to have gTLDs in non-Latin character sets, such as Mandarin, Cyrillic, and Arabic. Utah's high concentration of foreign language talent offers real opportunities to use IDNs to market even more effectively in China, Russia, and the Middle East, or to assist companies in those regions to extend their reach across the globe. Risks may come from multiple directions. Some applied-for gTLDs may infringe on your trademarks. Others may silently give control over an industry name such as "bank" or "medicine" or "software" to an entity that could soon have the power to charge for the privilege of registering your company name under that gTLD. And .xxx may soon be joined by other pornographic gTLDs that may require you to register your trademarks and other sensitive business names to prevent their misuse.
Time is short to identify and respond to the risks presented by new gTLDs. ICANN will be publishing a list of all 1900 applied-for gTLDs and their applicants on June 13. Strict deadlines offer third-parties only a limited time to stop ICANN from awarding objectionable gTLDs. Only 60 days are available to post public comments and seven months to submit formal objections. These deadlines are urgent because ICANN's decisions are unappealable. Once ICANN has awarded a gTLD, the odds of reversing its decision—even for a compelling reason such as trademark infringement—are practically nil. With such opportunities and risks now close at hand, what are you doing to respond to these fundamental changes to the Internet?
R. Shawn Gunnarson is a shareholder with Kirton McConkie.
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