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IANA Report on Redelegation of the .DM Top-Level Domain
The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) function of ICANN, as part of the administrative tasks associated with management of the Domain Name System root zone, is responsible for receiving requests for the delegation and redelegation of top-level domains, investigating and reporting on the circumstances pertinent to those requests, and, when appropriate, implementing the redelegations.
In accordance with ICANN's performance of these functions, IANA received a request for the redelegation of the .DM top-level domain. This domain is designated in the ISO 3166-1 standard for Dominica, a Caribbean country with a population of approximately 70,000. The application for redelegation was received on 20 February 2007.
The initial delegation information IANA has available shows that the earliest assigned administrative and technical contacts were Belina Junquera and Felix G. Ramos respectively, both of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR).
In January 2001, IANA received a redelegation request from Ramos. The request also included a letter from the Office of the Prime Minister of Dominica. The letter endorsed the transfer of the .DM top-level domain "from the University of Puerto Rico to the Government recommended administrative and technical contacts." The letter also stated that the initial delegation should have been made to the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica. The redelegation request was not fully concluded, with only the name server changes of this request were executed. IANA continued to have discussions with the ccTLD managers regarding the other changes.
The same redelegation request was resubmitted to IANA in June 2003. This was followed by a protracted evaluation, which similarly did not result on a redelegation. According to the records IANA has at hand, this does not appear to be due to a defect in the application. We believe that it was due to delays caused by contractual negotiations.
In October 2006, IANA was approached by UPR about updating the root zone database to reflect that they are no longer involved in the management of the domain. As a result, on 20 February 2007, a new redelegation request was lodged with IANA. The request seeks delegation of .DM be altered to DotDM Corporation (DMC). It is proposed that the Chief Executive Officer of DMC, Jennifer Aird, fill the administrative contact role, and the Chief Technical Officer of DMC, Hilkiah Lavinier, fill the technical contact role. It is worth noting that the request to assign the DMC as the manager of the .DM domain has been consistent in all of the redelegation requests submitted to IANA.
By all indications, the management of the .DM top-level domain has already been transferred to DMC. On 1 January 2001, UPR and DMC entered into an agreement to delegate all the "duties, obligations and responsibilities associated with being the designated manager for the DM Domain" to the DotDM Corporation. The agreement was signed by Ramos of UPR on 3 May 2001 and Aird of DMC on 22 May 2001.
Included in the previous redelegation request submitted to IANA is a formal letter from the Honourable Reginald Austrie, Minister for Communications, Works and Housing dated 4 June 2003. The letter states that DMC has the full support of the government to administer and manage the .DM country code top-level domain.
Given the amount of time that had elapsed since the letter of government support was received, IANA wrote to the same minister, Reginald Austrie, who is now serving as the Minister of Housing, Lands, Telecommunications, Energy and Ports. In its letter, IANA stated that it intended to proceed with the redelegation, and gave the government an additional opportunity to share their views on the request.
While processing prior change requests for .DM, IANA attempted to contact the Administrative and Technical Contacts associated with the domain name to obtain their assent. The Administrative Contact (Belina Junquera) no longer works for the Supporting Organisation, appears unreachable, and is no longer involved in the day-to-day administration of the organisation. The Technical Contact, however, has consented to the reassignment as requested in response to questioning by IANA.
In its role as investigator of delegation and redelegation requests, IANA is guided by the practices summarized in:
"Domain Name System Structure and Delegation" (RFC 1591). This document describes IANA's practices relating to delegations at its publication in 1994. See http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1591.txt
"Internet Domain Name System Structure and Delegation." (ICP-1). This document represents an update of the portions of RFC 1591 dealing with ccTLDs and reflects subsequent evolution of the policies followed by the IANA through May 1999. See http://www.icann.org/icp/icp1.htm.
The Governmental Advisory Committee Principles for Delegation and Administration of ccTLDs (GAC Principles). This document serve as "best practices" to guide governments in assuming proper roles with respect to the Internet's naming system. See http://www.icann.org/committees/gac/gac-cctldprinciples-23feb00.htm.
In considering the delegation or redelegation of a ccTLD, IANA seeks input from both the requesting party as well as from persons and/or organizations that may be significantly affected by the change, particularly those within the nation or territory to which the ccTLD is designated. As noted in ICP-1, the parties affected include the relevant government or public authority: "The desires of the government of a country with regard to delegation of a ccTLD are taken very seriously. The IANA will make them a major consideration in any TLD delegation/transfer discussions."
Taking these factors into consideration, the burden of proof required to permit a delegation involves determining facts that relate to the applicant's capacity to meet the following criteria:
Operational and technical skills
Operator in country
Equitable treatment
Community/Governmental support
In meeting these criteria, the IANA requests information from the applicant. In summary, a request template is sought specifying the exact details of the delegation being sought in the root zone. In addition, IANA asks for various documentation describing: the views of the local Internet community on a change; the competencies and skills of the organisation to operate the registry; the legal authenticity, status and character of the proposed operator; and the nature of government support for the proposal.
After receiving these documents, IANA analyses the input it has received in relation to existing zone management procedures, seeking input from parties both related to as well as independent of the applying organization should the information provided by the applicant in their request be deficient.
Once all the documentation has been received, IANA will also perform various technical checks on the proposed operator's DNS infrastructure to ensure name servers are properly configured and are able to respond to queries for the top-level domain being requested. Should any anomalies be detected in the applicant's technical infrastructure, IANA will work with the applicant to address the issues.
Assuming all technical issues are resolved, IANA will compile a report, providing all relevant details regarding the applicant, its suitability for operating the top-level domain being requested, and any other information pertinent to the application and submit that report to ICANN's Board of Directors for its determination on whether to proceed with the request.
This report is being provided under the contract for performance of the IANA function between the United States Government and ICANN. Under that contract, ICANN performs the IANA function, which includes receiving delegation and redelegation requests concerning top-level domains, investigating the circumstances pertinent to those requests, and reporting on the requests. Pertaining to the obligations described in the evaluation procedure, in summary IANA has assessed the applicant's credentials to be as follows:
The operator will be DotDM Corporation, which has been performing the registry function for .DM for a number of years.
DotDM Corporation is located in Dominica, and its administrative contact is the Chief Executive Office of the company based in country.
The applicant has made undertakings to IANA that registrations will be performed on a first-come first-served basis that is fair and equitable.
The Government of Dominica has expressed their support for the change request.
The current operator is the de facto operator for a number of years, and seems to have considerable support for that role. However, it was not deemed appropriate to substantially engage the community on their opinion of this transfer when UPR has already fully transferred operations to DMC several years prior, and the redelegation request is designed to reflect the status quo.
According to RFC 1591 and ICP-1, IANA needs to respect the ability for a local Internet community as well as local law and local government to make decisions about the operation of a TLD.
In its research, IANA believes that there are strong grounds for reassignment of the domain name under the relevant criteria. The current operators have clearly stated that they are no longer managing the domain and that the proposed operators have been the entity in charge for a number of years already.
IANA therefore concludes that the .DM domain should be redelegated to the DotDM Corporation as per their request.
On August 14, 2007 the Board of ICANN passed the following resolution:
Whereas, the .DM top-level domain is the designated country-code for Dominica.
Whereas, ICANN has received a request for redelegation of .DM to DotDM Corporation.
Whereas, ICANN has reviewed the request, and has determined that the proposed redelegation would be in the best interest of the local and global Internet communities.
It is hereby resolved (07.64), that the proposed redelegation of the .DM domain to DotDM Corporation is approved.
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Ghost bikes memorialize life and death
Take me out to the protest
Join our small army of outraged baseball fans outside Petco Park at 10 a.m. Sunday for my "Padres to the People" rally.
Stalled TV contract talks among Fox Sports, Time Warner, AT&T U-Verse and Dish have left 40 percent of the county without games this season.
I've invited fans to voice their displeasure at 10th Avenue and Park Boulevard. I've also invited representatives from the TV companies and the team. Mayor Jerry Sanders, Padres President Tom Garfinkel and a Time Warner representative have declined my offer.
But in a sign of how seriously some are taking this, the San Diego Police Department called to see if we'd be a security concern. No, I said.
Bonus: The first 150 or so fans in attendance will receive a "Padres to the People" T-shirt. Tune in to UT-TV (Cox Channel 114 and uttv.com) at 8:15 a.m. Friday to hear more and see one of the T-shirts.
Ghost bikes are the roadside crosses of the cycling community, stark reminders that the road does not go on forever.
Graduate student Sara Kazemi never fails to notice one in the College Area on her commute to and from San Diego State University — whether she's stopped at a red light or pedaling past.
It's a memorial to a man killed on busy Montezuma Road three months ago. But in a deadly summer for San Diego bicyclists, it speaks for other victims, too.
The bike, wheels and all, is painted a ghostly white — hence the term — and covered with dried flowers, beads and other tokens: an American flag, a medal from the 2012 Alpine Challenge, a reflective leg band.
Mourners left it there a day after bicyclist Charles Gilbreth, 63, was struck from behind by an SUV and killed in April. The leg band on the bike is Gilbreth's, recovered from the scene. The bike itself is a gift from someone in the cycling community, someone who had never met him.
This is how connected that chain of riders is: When the city planned to remove the memorial this month, Kazemi and others rode to its defense. And theirs was an entirely different group of riders than the members of a campus cycling collective who installed the bike in the first place.
Forrest Brodsky, a soon-to-be senior at SDSU and president of the collective known as the Bike Stand, bought the paint for the ghost bike, which was donated by a friend. Twelve students took turns painting it.
Brodsky calls it "a powerful statement." Is it ever.
From a distance you might assume the bike, chained to a Montezuma Road street sign across from Collwood Boulevard, had been abandoned. Up close, by brush so overgrown Brodsky had to pull out handfuls of weeds to make room for the ghost bike, you might get goose bumps.
About two weeks ago, a city crew posted a notice of violation on the bike, which was in the public right-of-way without a permit. A complaint had been lodged by someone assuming that the bike had been cast aside. The notice said the bike would be hauled away in 72 hours.
Kazemi was the first person to arrive the morning of July 12 for a rally to protect the bicycle. Why did she care so much? Two reasons, she said.
One, it would be disrespectful to disrupt someone's memorial. Two, everyone needs to remember to share the road.
"You don't take flowers off the side of the street or candles that are lit for someone that was hit by a car, so why touch that?" she said. "It's a real good reminder to people who are both driving and biking to be aware of their surroundings."
The bike's days are no longer numbered. The rally literally ended before it began. Calls to Councilwoman Marti Emerald's office found a sympathetic ear, and the city scrapped its plans to remove the bike.
If only all of life's issues could be solved so easily. Like the issue of bikes and cars co-existing safely on San Diego streets.
This month alone, five bicyclists have died in San Diego County, three because of vehicle collisions. In memory of some of these riders, cyclists will gather at the Balboa Park water fountain at 4:30 Wednesday afternoon. Their ride will take them to City Hall, where participants will use chalk to trace the outlines of their bodies on the ground to send a message that San Diego streets should be safer. Kazemi and Brodsky plan to be there.
The day I talked to them, I stopped by Park Boulevard and University Avenue, where another ghost bike once stood.
Exactly four years earlier to the day, cyclist Atip Ouypron died near there when he ran a red light and was struck by a pickup. In 2008, in a nod to protesters and Ouypron's family, which planned to leave the region, city officials waited about a month to remove the ghost bike.
Unless you knew Ouypron or his story, you'd never realize a bike had been there. You could easily pass by and notice nothing unusual.
But park your car or your bike and walk over to a certain stop sign, and you'll see three tall votive candles, green leaves covered with wax and a trio of rusted bike locks clasped around a metal pole.
You'll see that the cycle of life and death continues.

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What you need to know before you go
Taormina sits atop a hill on Sicily's east coast, before a backdrop of golden sandy beaches, the glittering Ionian sea, and the geological grandeur of Mount Etna – an active volcano veined with trails. From flourishing Greek to Roman town, Taormina's history is everywhere you look.
Check out the labyrinth-like medieval streets of its old town, as well as the Teatro Antico di Taormina: the dramatic ruins of an ancient Greco-Roman theater, which is still used today. In Taormina you can fill your days by strolling the pedestrianized main street for souvenirs, dining on authentic Sicilian fare, or watching the sunset with a tangy limoncello.


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Photo gallery below the map.
The Glasgow Necropolis (4 and last)
Glasgow, April 2012
The Glasgow Necropolis (3)
The Glasgow cathedral - April 2012
The Glasgow Necropolis (2)
The Glasgow Necropolis
First photograph of four from the Glasgow Necropolis taken in April 2012. This is a fascinating Victorian cemetery adjacent to the Glasgow Cathedral that is definitely worth a visit. More about the Glasgow Necropolis here: http://www.glasgownecropolis.org/history/
Beware of falling rocks
This is the last picture from the Holyrood Park series.
Arthur's Seat, Holyrood Park , Edinburgh - 04/2012
Holyrood Park
First of four photographs from Holyrood park in Edinburgh, taken in April 2012.
Fleshmarket Close - Edinburgh
Now I'll have to read that Ian Rankin novel, I guess. This is the last photo from Edinburgh for now. I still have a small series from Holyrood that will come later.
A quiet neighbourhood
Greyfriars Kirkyard in Edinburgh.
Lawn bowls in Edinburgh
Lawn bowls in Edinburgh
Slow life on Canongate vis-a-vis the Scottish Parliament.
Elm Row - Edinburgh
A meal at 'the dogs' - Edinburgh
Nice and relaxed atmosphere in this restaurant on Hannover street. They serve Scottish food with a twist. Been there twice.
Bookshop, barber and gallery
This is the first photograph of a little series from Edinburgh taken in April 2012.
Petit jardin à l'écossaise
From a back garden on Canongate, Edinburgh.
Got the picture
Unknown pleasures in Edinburgh
The Bride stripped bare - could it be by her bachelors?
The anaesthetic power of chloroform (CHCl3)
Il lui prend la tête
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[ Sonzinsky v. United States 300 U.S. 506 (1937) ] [300 U.S. 506 , 507]
Mr. Harold J. Bandy, of Granite City, Ill., for petitioner.
[300 U.S. 506 , 510] Mr. Brien McMahon, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the United States.
Mr. Justice STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.
The question for decision is whether section 2 of the National Firearms Act of June 26, 1934, c. 757, 48 Stat. 1236, 26 U.S.C. 1132- 1132q (26 U.S.C.A. 1132-1132q), which imposes a $200 annual license tax on dealers in firearms, is a constitutional exercise of the legislative power of Congress.
Petitioner was convicted by the District Court for Eastern Illinois on two counts of an indictment, the first charging him with violation of section 2 (26 U.S.C.A. 1132a), by dealing in firearms without payment of the tax. On appeal the Circuit Court of Appeals set aside the conviction on the second count and affirmed on the first. 86 F.(2d) 486. On petition of the accused we granted certiorari, limited to the question of the constitutional validity of the statute in its application under the first count in the indictment. 300 U.S. 648 .
Section 2 of the National Firearms Act (26 U.S.C.A. 1132a) requires every dealer in firearms to register with the Collector of Internal Revenue in the district where he carries on business, and to pay a special excise tax of $200 a year. Importers or manufacturers are taxed $500 a year. Section 3 (26 U.S.C.A. 1132b) imposes a tax of $200 on each transfer of a firearm, payable by the transferor, and section 4 (26 U.S.C. A. 1132c) prescribes regulations for the identification of purchasers. The term 'firearm' is defined by section 1 (26 U.S.C.A. 1132) as meaning a shotgun or a rifle having a barrel less than eighteen inches in length, or any other weapon, ex- [300 U.S. 506 , 512] cept a pistol or revolver, from which a shot is discharged by an explosive, if capable of being concealed on the person, or a machine gun, and includes a muffler or silencer for any firearm. As the conviction for nonpayment of the tax exacted by section 2 has alone been sustained, it is unnecessary to inquire whether the different tax levied by section 3 and the regulations pertaining to it are valid. Section 16 (26 U.S.C.A. 1132o) declares that the provisions of the act are separable. Each tax is on a different activity and is collectible independently of the other. Full effect may be given to the license tax standing alone, even though all other provisions are invalid. Weller v. New York, 268 U.S. 319, 45 S. Ct. 556; Marshall Field & Co. v. Clark, 143 U.S. 649, 697 ; cf. Champlin Refining Co. v. Corporation Commission, 286 U.S. 210, 234 , 564, 86 A.L.R. 403.
In the exercise of its constitutional power to lay taxes, Congress may select the subjects of taxation, choosing some and omitting others. See Flint v. Stone Tracy Co., 220 U.S. 107, 158 , Ann.Cas.1912B, 1312; Nicol v. Ames, 173 U.S. 509, 516 ; Bromley v. McCaughn, 280 U.S. 124 . Its power extends to the imposition of exercise taxes upon the doing of business. See License Tax Cases, 5 Wall. 462; Spreckles Sugar Refining Co. v. McClain, 192 U.S. 397, 412 ; United States v. Doremus, 249 U.S. 86, 94 . Petitioner does not deny that Congress may tax his business as a dealer in firearms. He insists that the present levy is not a true tax, but a penalty imposed for the purpose of suppressing traffic in a certain noxious type of firearms, the local regulation of which is reserved to the states because not granted to the national government. To establish its penal and prohibitive character, he relies on the amounts of the tax imposed by section 2 on dealers, manufacturers, and importers, and of the tax imposed by section 3 on each transfer of a 'firearm,' payable by the transferor. The cumulative effect on the distribution of a limited class of firearms, of relatively small value, by the successive imposition of different taxes, one on the [300 U.S. 506 , 513] business of the importer or manufacturer, another on that of the dealer, and a third on the transfer to a buyer, is said to be prohibitive in effect and to disclose unmistakably the legislative purpose to regulate rather than to tax.
The case is not one where the statute contains regulatory provisions related to a purported tax in such a way as has enabled this Court to say in other cases that the latter is a penalty resorted to as a means of enforcing the regulations. See Child Labor Tax Cases, 259 U.S. 20, 35 , 450, 21 A.L.R. 1432; Hill v. Wallace, 259 U.S. 44 ; Carter v. Carter Coal Co., 298 U.S. 238, 56 S. Ct. 855. Nor is the subject of the tax described or treated as criminal by the taxing statute. Compare United States v. Constantine, 296 U.S. 287 . Here section 2 contains no regulation other than the mere registration provisions, which are obviously supportable as in aid of a revenue purpose. On its face it is only a taxing measure, and we are asked to say that the tax, by virtue of its deterrent effect on the activities taxed, operates as a regulation which is beyond the congressional power.
Every tax is in some measure regulatory. To some extent it interposes an economic impediment to the activity taxed as compared with others not taxed. But a tax is not any the less a tax because it has a regulatory effect, United States v. Doremus, supra, 249 U.S. 86, 93 , 94; Nigro v. United States, 276 U.S. 332, 353 , 354, 394, 395; License Tax Cases, supra; see Child Labor Tax Cases, supra, 259 U.S. 20, 38 , 451, 21 A.L.R. 1432; and it has long been established that an Act of Congress which on its face purports to be an exercise of the taxing power is not any the less so because the tax is burdensome or tends to restrict or suppress the thing taxed. Veazie Bank v. Fenno, 8 Wall. 533, 548; McCray v. United States, 195 U.S. 27, 60 , 61, 1 Ann. Cas. 561; cf. Alaska Fish Company v. Smith, 255 U.S. 44, 48 , 220.
Inquiry into the hidden motives which may move Congress to exercise a power constitutionally conferred upon [300 U.S. 506 , 514] it is beyond the competency of courts. Veazie Bank v. Fenno, supra; McCray v. United States, supra, 195 U.S. 27, 56 -59, 1 Ann.Cas. 561; United States v. Doremus, supra, 249 U.S. 86, 93 , 94, 39 S. Ct. 214; see Magnano Co. v. Hamilton, 292 U.S. 40, 44 , 45, 601; cf. Arizona v. California, 283 U.S. 423, 455 , 526; Smith v. Kansas City Title Co., 255 U.S. 180, 210 , 248; Weber v. Freed, 239 U.S. 325, 329 , 330, Ann.Cas.1916C, 317; Fletcher v. Peck, 6 Cranch, 87, 130. They will not undertake, by collateral inquiry as to the measure of the regulatory effect of a tax, to ascribe to Congress an attempt, under the guise of taxation, to exercise another power denied by the Federal Constitution. McCray v. United States, supra; cf. Magnano Co. v. Hamilton, supra, 292 U.S. 40, 45 , 601.
Here the annual tax of $200 is productive of some revenue. 1 We are not free to speculate as to the motives which moved Congress to impose it, or as to the extent to which it may operate to restrict the activities taxed. As it is not attended by an offensive regulation, and since it operates as a tax, it is within the national taxing power. Alston v. United States, 274 U.S. 289, 294 ; Nigro v. United States, supra, 276 U.S. 332, 352 , 353, 394; Hampton & Co. v. United States, 276 U.S. 394, 411 , 413, 352, 353.
We do not discuss petitioner's contentions which he failed to assign as error below.
[ Footnote 1 ] The $200 tax was paid by 27 dealers in 1934, and by 22 dealers in 1935. Annual Report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1935, pp. 129131; Id., Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1936, pp. 139141.
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NASA has discovered a new life form, a bacteria called GFAJ-1 that is unlike anything currently living in planet Earth. It's capable of using arsenic to build its DNA, RNA, proteins, and cell membranes. This changes everything. Updated.
NASA is saying that this is "life as we do not know it". The reason is that all life on Earth is made of six components: Carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and sulfur. Every being, from the smallest amoeba to the largest whale, share the same life stream. Our DNA blocks are all the same.
That was true until today. In a surprising revelation, NASA scientist Felisa Wolfe-Simon and her team have found a bacteria whose DNA is completely alien to what we know today, working differently than the rest of the organisms in the planet. Instead of using phosphorus, the newly discovered microorganism—called GFAJ-1 and found in Mono Lake, California—uses the poisonous arsenic for its building blocks. Arsenic is an element poisonous to every other living creature in the planet except for a few specialized microscopic creatures.
The new life forms up close, at five micrometers.
According to Wolfe-Simon, they knew that "some microbes can breathe arsenic, but what we've found is a microbe doing something new—building parts of itself out of arsenic." The implications of this discovery are enormous to our understanding of life itself and the possibility of finding organisms in other planets that don't have to be like planet Earth. Like NASA's Ed Weiler says: "The definition of life has just expanded."
Here's the organism and a computer simulation on how it substitutes phosphorus for arsenic in its DNA
Talking at the NASA conference, Wolfe-Simon said that the important thing in their study is that this breaks our ideas on how life can be created and grow, pointing out that scientists will now be looking for new types of organisms and metabolism that not only uses arsenic, but other elements as well. She says that she's working on a few possibilities herself.
NASA's geobiologist Pamela Conrad thinks that the discovery is huge and "phenomenal," comparing it to the Star Trek episode in which the Enterprise crew finds Horta, a silicon-based alien life form that can't be detected with tricorders because it wasn't carbon-based. It's like saying that we may be looking for new life in the wrong places with the wrong methods. Indeed, NASA tweeted that this discovery "will change how we search for life elsewhere in the Universe."
Mono Lake, in Central California. Image Credit: NASA
I don't know about you but I've not been so excited about bacteria since my STD tests came back clean. And that's without counting yesterday's announcement on the discovery of a massive number of red dwarf stars, which may harbor a trillion Earths, dramatically increasing our chances of finding extraterrestrial life.


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{Silver & Suede Bracelet}
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I just LOVE THIS! So simple and elegant.. you are a jewelry genius!ReplyDelete
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drool! i seriously love this so much!!!ReplyDelete
Looks like a quick and easy project with beautiful results Bethany. Thank you for sharing at Shabbilicious Friday.ReplyDelete
I love the simplicity. I will be making this for sure.ReplyDelete
LOVE this! So pretty!! I hope youll link up to my fashion party :)ReplyDelete
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So very simple and pretty, the kind of jewelry I like! Also love that it is easy and oh so possible I can do myself. Thanks for sharing your creative inspiration with Sunday's Best – you helped make the party a success!ReplyDelete
Love how simple this is, but so gorgeous. Would love for you to share this at my link party. Hope to see you there!ReplyDelete
I am featuring you tonight during Sticker Time! Thank you so much for sharing!ReplyDeleteReplies
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I love it....I have a thing about bracelet making at the moment and have a tutorial with the pictures taken but not edited etc....I'll find the time at some point! Your nail polish is super nice too.ReplyDelete
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My daughter and I adore this bracelet! I am having a major problem finding such a beautiful, simple ring. Where did you find yours?ReplyDelete
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Thanks so much! I bought a pack of rings of different sizes and "textures" at either Michaels or Hobby Lobby. (I think it was Michaels.)Delete
Love this! Thanks so much for linking up with us this week!ReplyDelete
Me and my daughter are loving this bracelets. Thanks for sharing such nice designs.ReplyDelete
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Love the bracelet. Looks simple, quick, and most likely inexpensive. Would like to make some of those for granddaughters and daughter. Might be able to manage that.ReplyDelete
So glad you shared this bracelet project. Trying to keep it simpler this year, not have too many projects for once.
Will be a new subscriber as soon as I find the little email subscriber spot.
Just went thru your project gallery, wow you are a busy gal and very talented. Hope your students enjoy you. I'm really glad I found your blog thru Home Made ModernReplyDelete
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Green Diamond Necklace represents growth and renewal. Perfect gift for new year, new start 💚
**What is Gold Filled?
With Gold Filled jewelry, you get the same appearance as Solid Gold at an attainable price as well as a longer life than gold plated. Also, Gold Filled jewelry lasts longer and will not feed into the market of buying cheap jewelry that tarnishes after a few uses. There is almost 100 percent more gold in gold-filled items than found in Gold Plated items.


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If you're feeling a little lonely, technology is always there to help. Not only can you meet people via social networks, you could also create a robot that sits on your shoulder so your friends can virtually follow you wherever you go. But if that isn't enough for you, you can take it one step further and make an augmented reality (AR) girlfriend.
Wait, what?
Engineer "AmadeusSVX" combined AR goggles made out of a Xtion Pro with J-pop (Japanese pop music) and anime to let you pick a companion of your choosing for a "date". The details are a little sketchy regarding how AmadeusSVX made the gadget, but for demonstration purposes, he chose female singing synthesizer Hatsune Miku to serve as his virtual significant other.
It appears you can design your own companion using specific software, then place it in real-life scenarios by putting on the goggles. For instance, Hatsune will stand in front of you as tall as an actual woman, follow you around, and respond to you when you touch her.
Although this particular use of AR seems rather unusual (but hey, we're not ones to judge), from a strictly technical perspective, it's quite impressive. For instance, you can "touch" and move different layers of clothing, and Hatsune blends well into her real-world surroundings–she will move around an object if it's in her path, and even has a proper shadow.
Now, if someone can develop an AR Nyan Cat…
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text: Earlier this month IBM and its customer Bank of Tokyo announced that they would begin piloting blockchain technology to automate business transactions between the two companies. The joint experiment is one of the first projects built on the open-source Hyperledger Project (the Linux Foundation-led blockchain platform) to explore contract management, the companies said. It\u2019s also an early example of the benefits of using an existing IT outsourcing engagement to experiment with blockchain technology.\n[ Related: How blockchain will disrupt your business ]\n\u201cThere\u2019s been a lot of internal experimentation with blockchain because companies see a lot of potential there. But it\u2019s so complex that it\u2019s difficult to decide where to start outside the company,\u201d says Christine Ferrusi Ross, research vice president at services analyst firm HfS Research. \u201cIT outsourcing contracts are a safe way to experiment with it.\u201d\nBig Blue and Bank of Tokyo say they created a smart contract prototype on a blockchain that would improve the efficiency and accountability of service-level agreements (SLAs) in multiparty business transactions like outsourcing arrangements. The bank plans to begin using it to manage contracts within its business in fiscal year 2017 while IBM and Bank of Tokyo plan to management their SLAs with the system by the end of that year.\nBlockchain-enabled SLA management can increase efficiency\nWhile much of the experimentation with smart contracts has taken place in corporate supply chain functions, the approach is applicable in IT outsourcing, says Ferrusi Ross, as it enables companies to digitize every component of the contract and validate it. Blockchain-enabled SLA management may not revolutionize the practice, but it could certainly increase efficiency, speed and accuracy.\n[ Related: If I only had 5 minutes to explain blockchain ]\nMore importantly, this joint project \u201cgives both parties a way to test how blockchain works in a way that\u2019s pretty low risk,\u201d Ferrusi Ross says. \u201cThey can give each other more context and operational experience before moving it into some other higher risk areas.\u201d\nInitially, the technology will be used to monitor the delivery and usage of IT equipment with a sensor that embeds information into the blockchain. Ultimately, that information would then trigger automated invoicing and payment processes between the two companies.\nIf service providers and their customers were to tie their payment systems and SLAs together on a blockchain in that way, it would increase the efficiency of outsourcing contract management a great deal, says Ferrusi Ross. In this case, the bank might have a business rule on its engine that on the 4th of the month launches a validation of the SLAs and initiates a payment to IBM based on those results without any human intervention.\nThe smart contract approach also offers the promise of increased transactional security. \u201cIf it can do that, it will become widely used,\u201d says Susan P. Altman, partner in the commercial transactions and outsourcing practice at law firm K&L Gates. \u201cIf it's widely used, it'll likely be a technology required in IT contracts, which means that they will develop quality standards for blockchain contracts and maintenance.\u00a0 Providers of IT services will have to understand blockchain and its standards and be able to maintain them.\u201d\nThe blockchain approach for multi-vendor outsourcing\nThe blockchain-based approach could prove particularly useful for more complex multi-vendor outsourcing arrangements, in which several suppliers are jointly responsible for a particular outcome. \u201cBlockchain is good at multiparty systems and multiparty validation,\u201d Ferrusi Ross says. \u201cThe way it would work is, once a supplier entered its data about the way as SLA was performing, everyone would have a copy of that record. Everyone would be working from the same data set and know where everyone else is.\u201d\nWhile there have been no other high-profile examples of IT service providers and their customers applying blockchain technology specifically to the management of their engagements, outsourcing customers with interest in the technology might look to their outsourcing partners to set up this kind of pilot. Chances are the service provider has a system or platform the customer can plug into to start to see how it works, Ferrusi Ross says.


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This proof of concept shows an interesting way of making robotic legs. They are using programmable spring actuators to make these legs function as though they had a "reflex". The builder pulls the robot along on a leash. As the leg reaches its limit of backward motion, a signal is sent from the shoulder down to the knee that lifts it, causing it to return to the forward position. A signal is also sent to the opposing shoulder to suppress the lift reflex, keeping them from both stepping at the same time. The resulting motion is very organic feeling. We're curious how this could be implemented in a robot which moves under its own power.
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WWF House Show 3/18/1989
Written by: Bob Colling
World Wrestling Federation House Show
Date: 3/18/1989
From: Boston, MA
1.)Paul Roma & Jim Powers defeated The Conquistadors
2.)WWF Women's Champion Rockin Robin defeated Judy Martin
3.)Mr. Perfect defeated Ron Garvin
4.)The Rockers defeated The Brain Busters by disqualification
5.)The Red Rooster defeated the Brooklyn Brawler
6.)Hercules fought Bad News Brown to a double count-out
7.)Jim Duggan & the Bushwhackers defeated Dino Bravo, and the Rougeau Brothers
8.)Hulk Hogan defeated the Big Bossman in a steel cage match
Angle Developments/Notes:
1. The ring announcer messes up the introductions for the Young Stallions saying that they were instead the Rockers. Early on, Powers controls the match with an arm bar most of the time. The Stallions use some nice tag team moves to keep control. Powers drop toe holds one of the opponents and Roma came off the rope to hit a quick elbow drop. Roma is the man to suffer the first offensive attack as he is slammed down to the mat following a backdrop. Roma nearly won after rolling through a cross body attempt. Roma continues to be controlled as he is double teamed while the referee is distracted. Powers gets the hot tag and cleans house. Roma tags back in and hits a missile dropkick for the win. (*1/4. A rather boring contest that saw most of the match consist of arm bars and rest holds. Not a hot start to the show, which the opener should be, in my opinion.)
2. Robin avoids Martin in the corner to roll her up for the win. As usual, I'm not interested in womens wrestling and that includes the 1980's. The fans weren't all that caring for the match either. Thus, it gets a short recap and we move onward.
3. Garvin shoves Perfect down to the canvas and nails him with a right hand. Garvin continues to strike Perfect with quick jabs until Perfect bails to the floor. Garvin absorbs a few chops and punches Perfect to the floor again. Garvin is worked over by Perfect in the corner with several blows. Garvin gets out of a headlock after several moments and delivers an elbow drop for a near victory. Garvin sunset flips Perfect but can't get the three. Garvin atomic drops Perfect and rams him head first into the top turnbuckle several times. They collide into each other in the middle of the ring. Garvin drops Perfect throat first across the top rope from the apron and goes to the top rope. Perfect rolls through the cross body and wins the match. (*1/2. Up until the final two minutes it was a slow, dull match between Perfect and Garvin. This has been a weak undercard so far.)
4. Michaels and Blanchard start off the tag team match. They exchange basic arm drags early on with Michaels getting more of the advantage. Michaels sends Blanchard over the top in the corner and Blanchard falls to the floor. Anderson tags into the bout and drops Michaels with a quick shoulder block. Michaels hammers away on Anderson with a flurry of right hands. All four men are in the ring and the Rockers hit a double dropkick to clear the ring. Jannetty tags into the bout. Rockers double hip toss Anderson and drop Blanchard on the apron. Jannetty clotheslines Anderson from the apron. Anderson heads to the floor where he misses Michaels and hits the ring post. Anderson is controlled for a few moments as the Rockers work on the arm, but Blanchard tags in only to miss Jannetty in the corner and hits the ring post shoulder first. So, the Rockers will be focusing on their arms for the match. The Rockers get double figure fours on the Brainbusters. However, the Brainbusters get out of it fairly quickly. Michaels distracts the referee and that allows the Brainbusters to drop Jannetty throat first across the top rope. Blanchard comes off the top to club Jannetty over the back and again drops Jannetty throat first across the top rope. Jannetty tried to make a comeback but missed a splash in the corner and fell hard to the floor. Jannetty gets on the apron and soon comes off the top to hit a crossbody for a near win on Anderson! Blanchard is nearly rolled up by Jannetty in the corner. Jannetty has been worked over for a long time, but he eventually tags in Michaels who cleans house with dropkicks. All four men are brawling in the ring until Anderson dumps Michaels to the floor. Jannetty almost pins Blanchard on a roll up but he superkicks him for good measure. Michaels leaps off of Jannetty and nearly pins Blanchard following a big splash. Anderson yanks the referee out and that causes the disqualification finish. (***1/4. As usual for these two teams, they put on a good match and put everything before it to shame. The Jannetty beat-down went on for a long time, maybe a little too long, but the match saw quality action throughout.)
5. Rooster is able to battle through constant headlocks by the Brawler to surprise him with a backslide, which is good enough to get a three count for the win.
6. Brown tried to sneak attack Hercules but misses and instead is met with several jabs by Hercules. Brown runs into a high knee in the corner as well. Hercules has prevented Brown from getting anything going thus far. They end up on the floor where Brown rams Hercules into the announcers table and hits him in the midsection with the ring bell. Brown grabs a wooden chair and hits Hercules on the floor. I'm not sure why the referee has neglected to call an end to the match, but oh well. Hercules blocks a big splash attempt by getting his knees up. Hercules knocks Brown out with several punches. Hercules clotheslines Brown two times and they crash to the floor. They brawl on the floor and are counted out. (*1/2. Better than I was expecting, actually. The brawling on the floor provided for some entertainment. These two were just brawlers and that's what you get here, mostly.)
7. This is going to be difficult to watch since I'm not a fan of the Bushwhackers whatsoever. Luke enters to bite Raymond's butt early on as he was wrestling Butch. The faces clear the ring and play to the crowd. Duggan and Bravo go at it in the ring with Duggan controlling Bravo with clotheslines and a scoop slam. Jacques and Luke are on the floor where Jacques is sent into the ring post shoulder first. Butch is tripled teamed in the corner for a few moments. Duggan gets the tag and cleans house. He hits Raymond with a clothesline but only gets a two. Butch is tagged in and the Bushwhackers battle the Rougeau Brothers in the ring. Duggan whacks Raymond with a 2×4 from the floor and Butch gets the victory. (*. Just about as bad as you would imagine it would be. Nothing to see here.)
8. Hogan chokes Bossman with his t-shirt before the bell and sends the big man into a corner before dropping him with a clothesline. Bossman comes off the ropes and is met with a big boot. Hogan tries to escape but Bossman hammers away on the Hulkster. Hogan battles back with right hands and an elbow strike in the corner. Hogan decides to leave again but Bossman stops him easily. Bossman scoop slams Hogan and he begins to climb out. Hogan gets up and chops Bossman on the top rope. Bossman is rammed head first into the cage and drops down to the canvas. Hogan could have easily left there. Bossman catches Hogan coming off the ropes to hit a spine buster. Bossman gets a rope from his manager Slick. He wastes no time putting the rope to use by choking Hogan. Bossman has been posted open as he has a chain wrapped around his hand. Hogan blocks a right hand but is poked in the eyes. Hogan sends Bossman into the cage head first but both of them are knocked down. Hogan begins to make a move for the door but Bossman grabs his legs. Hogan connects with a vertical suplex and picks up the chain! Hogan nails Bossman with the chain a couple of times. Bossman is busted open big time now. Hogan tosses Bossman into the side of the cage numerous times. Hogan leg drops Bossman and looks to leave the cage. Slick has knocked the referee out and he enters the ring to stop Hogan. Hogan kicks Slick away with his foot. Hogan crotches Bossman on the top rope and has the handcuffs. Slick is knocked out by them. Hogan handcuffs Bossman to the cage and climbs over the top to the floor to win the match. Bossman tried to escape the cage with Slick trying to unlock the handcuffs but failed. After the match, Hogan nails Bossman with the ring bell on the floor. Slick is trapped in the ring and Hogan has the nightstick. Slick is pulled down from the top rope by Hogan. Hogan sends Slick into the cage but is pulled out by Bossman. (***. A good main event to close the show this time around. Bossman is one of the more underrated heels and his matches with Hogan seemed to have some kind of entertainment value to them.)
Final Thoughts:
No need to see this show as there were only two matches that were any good. Considering those two matches happened several times on the house show market, there isn't any real need to check this one out. So, this gets a thumbs down from me.
Thanks for reading.
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34-year-old currently living in Syracuse, New York. Long-time fan of the New York Mets, Chicago Bulls, and Minnesota Vikings. An avid fan of professional wrestling and write reviews/articles on the product. Usually focusing on old-school wrestling.


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Angry Optimism in a Drowned World: A Conversation with Kim Stanley Robinson | CCCB LAB
Nobody can afford to volunteer to be extra virtuous in a system where the only rule is quarterly profit and shareholder value. Where the market rules, all of us are fighting for the crumbs to get the best investment for the market. And so, this loose money can go anywhere in the planet without penalty. The market can say: "It doesn't matter what else is going on, it doesn't matter if the planet crashes in fifty years and everybody dies, what's more important is that we have quarterly profit and shareholder value and immediate return on our investment, right now." So, the market is like a blind giant driving us off a cliff into destruction.
Kim Stanley Robinson journeys to the heart of the Anthropocene.
Economics is the quantitative and systematic analysis of capitalism itself. Economics doesn't do speculative or projective economics; perhaps it should, I mean, I would love it if it did, but it doesn't. It's a dangerous moment, as well as a sign of cultural insanity and incapacity. It's like you've got macular degeneration and your vision of reality itself were just a big black spot precisely in the direction you are walking.


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So much goodness! I am sad the email-> snail mail ended. Such a creative concept. xoxoReplyDelete
Your taste is so distinct and classy. I love these finds your swooning over. And the baguette vending machine is just all kinds of awesome.ReplyDelete
Lots of great stuff here. I love the button holder by Martha Stewart. Maybe we can do something like that with our sample fabrics. Thank you for sharing Danni!ReplyDelete
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I've missed Swoon! This has started to feel less like an inspiration blog and more like a shopping blog, so it's lovely to see another darling collection from you.ReplyDelete
Is that baguette vending machine French? Of course they'd come up with that one ;)
cross stitched i phone cover??! how adorb.ReplyDelete
I love these! Beautiful post, as always. I could use a baguette vending machine right about now... Xo, KatieReplyDelete
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Those painted tea spoons are to die for!
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I missed Swooning with you! Always a fav. of mine :) Enjoy your week, first day of school is tomorrow ;)ReplyDelete
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So many occasions and relationships are celebrated with food and gifts - they convey our love, affection, or appreciation, and capture the spirit of celebration. We founded So Lucky, a division of Inner Circle Foods, Inc. so that those who need (or want) to live gluten free can also celebrate the special occasions in their lives in style. We are all So Lucky to have these occasions - so let's celebrate!
At So Lucky Gifts they create each gift with attention to all the little details their signature chocolate brown boxes provide a luxurious wrap to the gifts and they always include a handwritten note with your personal message. How wonderful is that? A real heartfelt gift that that special lady in your life will just love. So if you are looking for a great gift for that special someone I would suggest checking out So Lucky Gifts, you will surely find something that they will love!
This adorable canvas bunny basket is filled with delicious gourmet treats, all gluten free and dairy free.
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To help the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) address industry's needs most efficiently, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced its intention to sponsor its first Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC).
The FFRDC mechanism will allow a nonprofit organization to support the NCCoE, which was established in partnership with the state of Maryland and Montgomery County in February 2012. Today's announcement in the Federal Register* is the first of three required, and will be followed by a solicitation for proposals to manage the FFRDC in the fall of 2013. This will be the first FFRDC solely dedicated to enhancing the security of the nation's information systems.
The NCCoE is a public-private collaboration that helps businesses secure their data and digital infrastructure by bringing together experts from industry, government and academia to find practical solutions for today's most pressing cybersecurity needs. Last week, the center announced formal partnerships with 11 private industries.**
FFRDCs are independent nonprofit organizations that operate in the public interest and provide a highly efficient way to leverage and rapidly assemble physical resources and scientific and engineering talent, both public and private. By design, they have beyond normal access to government and supplier data, and as nonprofits, they have no bias toward any particular company, technology or product—key attributes, given the NCCoE's collaborative nature.
"The FFRDC model is the most effective way the center can work with private companies to accelerate industry's adoption of integrated tools and technologies to protect IT assets," said Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and NIST Director Patrick Gallagher. "NIST has a long history of successful collaboration with industry, and this approach leverages our top cybersecurity experts while allowing the center to be as nimble as possible."
U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski has been a strong supporter of the NCCoE and participated in last week's signing ceremony for new industry partners, along with Director Gallagher, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley, and other state and federal partners. "Reorganizing with an FFRDC will help the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence achieve its mission to protect America's ideas and innovations from cyber terrorists, spies and thieves," she said. "The NCCoE unites the knowledge of the government with the know-how of the private sector to improve our nation's cybersecurity and create jobs. I am so proud to put money in the federal checkbook so this center will ensure Maryland continues to lead the way in cyber technology and cyber jobs."
FFRDCs can have a number of structures that reflect various balances of contractor/government control and ownership. In the case of the NCCoE, federal staff will provide overall management of the center, and the FFRDC will provide various types of support to its mission, including research, development, engineering and technical support to devise, test, and demonstrate integrated technical solutions to difficult cybersecurity challenges; program and project management of FFRDC collaborative efforts; and management and operations of the NCCoE facility.
Comments on the proposed FFRDC are due by 5 p.m. Easter time on July 22, 2013, and must be submitted to Keith Bubar, at keith.bubar [at] nist.gov or National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mailstop 1640, Gaithersburg, MD 20899. For more information on FFRDCs, see the Federal Acquisition Regulation. (link removed as it no longer works.)


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Jami Attenberg's most recent novel, The Middlesteins, is now available. Her other books include: Instant Love, The Kept Man, and The Melting Season. She will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning.
I have very distinct memories about growing up as part of what was then a very small Jewish community in Buffalo Grove, IL. Today my hometown has a big Jewish population, as does the rest of the North Shore. But at the time, there was only one other Jewish family on the block, and I don't recall them being particularly invested in their Judaism. It was on the Attenbergs to represent.
Just what every child wants. To represent their religious differences.
I did get in a few fights in school. Kids threw around anti-Semitic slurs, not knowing necessarily what they meant. It was probably just something they picked up somewhere, as kids do. In third grade a girl called me a kike in gym class, and I challenged her to a fight after school. We met in the soccer field, surrounded by other children. I was chubbier than her, so I just sat on her and sort of slapped her around the head. I was eventually declared the winner. A few years ago she friended me on Facebook, and I declined.
The holiday season was the toughest, I think, because there so many differences between how we celebrated our holidays and everyone else celebrated theirs. I remember being banned from other houses as a younger child during the winter holiday season; I was the only one who didn't believe in Santa Claus, and I was ruining everyone's Christmas.
Still, in all of this, I developed a sense of pride in being a Jew. If we were different, weren't we at least a little bit special?
When my parents first moved to Buffalo Grove, the population was small in general, and while there were plenty of Jews in say, my father's hometown of Highland Park, about a half hour east of us, they just hadn't found their way out to us yet.
I called my dad recently and asked him about it.
"There was one other Jewish family on the block, maybe?" I said.
"You have to remember that there were only six to eight thousand people in Buffalo Grove," he said.
"It was very small," I agreed.
"When you consider what percentage of the population is Jewish anyhow, you didn't have a lot. And we were one of the first forty families in our synagogue – we joined in the second year of the synagogue. Everybody who was in the synagogue at that time was well aware of that particular problem in Buffalo Grove."
I pictured a bunch of Jews in the 1970s gossiping about The Buffalo Grove Problem.
"By the way, Patton Drive has not changed," he said. "There's still only two or three Jewish families."
I don't know why I find that comforting, but I do.
Visit Jami's official website here.


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Written when she was just twenty-three, Koren Zailckas's memoir Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood became an iconic, bestselling account of her years as a teenaged blackout binge drinker. Fury picks up where Smashed left off, revealing the toxic legacy of Koren's sobriety. Without alcohol to blur her perspective, Koren finds that her good-girl personality is nothing more than a shroud for unacknowledged anger with the potential to wreak havoc on her life. A sophisticated and deeply personal chronicle, Fury hits a cultural nerve. Blazing a trail toward a healthy, empowered identity, Zailckas will astonish and free a generation of young women.


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ScienceDaily (Aug. 3, 2012) — A new study of North American songbirds reveals that birds that live with fluctuating weather are more flexible singers.
To test the idea, the researchers analyzed song recordings from more than 400 male birds spanning 44 species of North American songbirds -- a data set that included orioles, blackbirds, warblers, sparrows, cardinals, finches, chickadees and thrushes.
They used computer software to convert each sound recording -- a medley of whistles, warbles, cheeps, chirps, trills and twitters -- into a spectrogram, or sound graph. Like a musical score, the complex pattern of lines and streaks in a spectrogram enable scientists to see and visually analyze each snippet of sound.
For each bird in their data set, they measured song characteristics such as length, highest and lowest notes, number of notes, and the spacing between them.
When they combined this data with temperature and precipitation records and other information such as habitat and latitude, they found a surprising pattern -- males that experience more dramatic seasonal swings between wet and dry sing more variable songs.
"They may sing certain notes really low, or really high, or they may adjust the loudness or tempo," said co-author Clinton Francis of the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center.
The Pyrrhuloxia or desert cardinal from the American southwest and northern Mexico and Lawrence's goldfinch from California are two examples.
In addition to variation in weather across the seasons, the researchers also looked at geographic variation and found a similar pattern. Namely, species that experience more extreme differences in precipitation from one location to the next across their range sing more complex tunes. House finches and plumbeous vireos are two examples, Francis said.
Why might this be?
"Precipitation is closely related to how densely vegetated the habitat is," said co-author Iliana Medina of Australian National University. Changing vegetation means changing acoustic conditions.
"Sound transmits differently through different vegetation types," Francis explained. "Often when birds arrive at their breeding grounds in the spring, for example, there are hardly any leaves on the trees. Over the course of just a couple of weeks, the sound transmission changes drastically as the leaves come in."
"Birds that have more flexibility in their songs may be better able to cope with the different acoustic environments they experience throughout the year," Medina added.
A separate team reported similar links between environment and birdsong in mockingbirds in 2009, but this is the first study to show that the pattern holds up across dozens of species.
Interestingly, Francis and Medina found that species with striking color differences between males and females also sing more variable songs, which means that environmental variation isn't the only factor, the researchers say.


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"The Box" Appears Sturdy, but Is Empty Inside
- Christian Hamaker Crosswalk.com Contributing Writer
- 2009 9 Nov
Release Date: November 6, 2009
Rating: PG-13 (for thematic elements, some violence and disturbing images)
Genre: Horror/Suspense, Thriller
Run Time: 115 min.
Director: Richard Kelly
Actors: Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella, James Rebhorn, Holmes Osborne, Sam Oz Stone, Gillian Jacobs
Mysterious, intriguing and involving for about 40 minutes, The Box, from director Richard Kelly (Donnie Darko, Southland Tales), adapted from a short story by Richard Matheson (I Am Legend, Stir of Echoes), turns sillier and sillier as it attempts to explain every mystery and answer every question about its premise. That's a shame, because the film offers moral lessons that, while obvious, make it more thoughtful and meaningful than 90 percent of the movies that get made today. If only Kelly, who adapted Matheson's story for the screen, knew when to quit.
James Marsden and Cameron Diaz star as married couple Arthur and Norma Lewis, who, in 1976, receive an unexpected gift one night at their Virginia home: a box, with a big red button encased in glass. A disfigured visitor, Arlington Steward (Frank Langella), arrives on their doorstep soon thereafter to explain the box and to make them an offer: If they unlock the glass cover and press the red button, someone they do not know will die, but the couple will receive $1 million. They have 24 hours to decide whether or not to take the offer.
The Lewises, strapped for money, get past their initial revulsion and convince themselves that they can live with the guilt of causing the death of someone they've never met, as long as the monetary reward relieves the fiscal burdens in their lives. Once their decision is made and the button is pressed, the movie begins to unlock the secrets at the core of its story.
The morality of their decision is enough to give the story weight, but Kelly adds in numerous distractions from the story's main dilemma. A NASA conspiracy, the possibility of life on Mars, the CIA, lightning strikes and ominous references to Steward's "employers" and "employees" clutter the simple core story without adding any complexity—just lots of left turns and dead ends. Steward enlists all manner of men and women—including the Lewises' babysitter—to do his bidding and to draw the net tighter around the Lewises. But the omnipresent villains, intended to be frightening, are robotic and vacant-eyed. Watching them, viewers might be reminded of the much-mocked M. Night Shyamalan film The Happening, which was far superior in creating an eerie mood on the way to explaining its rather silly mystery.
Similar to The Happening, The Box has at its core a marital relationship that undergoes a trial. Diaz is quite good as the wife (her Southern accent is a bit much), but Marsden, who carries more of the story's weight as the narrative unfolds, is undistinguished as Arthur. Langella, dignified and powerful, upstages the other actors, as Steward forces them to face their worst instincts and exposes them for who they really are.
The Box is loaded with religious language—"There's only one person who can save you now," "There is only one path to salvation," "Can I be forgiven?" "You gave me a glimpse of the afterlife"—but the "box" in which the characters are forced to operate has a simple, ugly end. So much for salvation and forgiveness.
The film's key imperative—"listen to your conscience; do what it tells you"—is a simple, profound command, but once the Lewises violate their consciences, their subsequent choices are determined for them and flow from the consequences of their fatal choice. Our sins will find us out (Numbers 32:23), so there is an element of truth in The Box. But poor choices are not a trap for believers who trust in God. "He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever; he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us." (Psalms 103:9-12)
So often, stories that distort biblical truth are crafty, subtle and effective, so it's reassuring that The Box is ineffective, increasingly awkward as it unspools and ultimately inconsequential. By the time the film reaches its morbid, graceless conclusion, viewers will be so put off by the way the story works itself out—or bored by the plot's red herrings—that they won't much care about the characters or themes. The lingering questions in their minds will have less to do with the story than with why actors of the caliber of Langella, Marsden and Diaz signed on to the project.
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- Language/Profanity: "Oh God," "God knows," Discussion of a "slut who killed her baby"; "Jesus."
- Smoking/Drinking/Drugs: A 9-1-1 operator and NASA executive are shown smoking on the job; a joke about spiking a punchbowl; a woman holds a drinking glass while dancing; a man drinks at a bar; a man says he needs a drink and heads to the bar; a man drinks champagne.
- Sex/Nudity: None, but a married couple is shown in bed, being awakened by a knock at their door, and again later, having a conversation; a husband jokes about the possibility that his wife has a secret lover; a farewell kiss.
- Violence/Crime: A teacher shows her disfigured foot to several students; a couple is told that if they push a red button in a box, someone they don't know will die, and they will receive $1 million; a shooting victim is shown dead on the floor, but no blood is seen until later in photos of the victim, which show the blood in black-and-white images; multiple nosebleeds; a man kidnaps another man at gunpoint and confesses to killing his wife because he had been forced to kill either her or their daughter; a boy and woman are kidnapped; a car accident; a woman asks to kill herself; a fatal shooting.
- Religion: Norma teaches a class in which she discusses Jean-Paul Sartre's ideas about hell; a man is told to do what his conscience tells him to do; a man is given a choice of three gateways and told that only one leads to salvation, while the other two lead to eternal damnation; a man who was struck by lightning says he is "in touch" with those who "control the lightning," and is said to have come back from the dead with special powers; TV is said to be a "box at home" that erodes the soul; a discussion of sacrificing for the greater good of society; a man believes he has been given a vision of the afterlife and describes it as "a warm embrace, a place where the sidewalk ends, where despair is no longer governor of the human heart"; a woman asks if she can be forgiven for what she's done and a man answers that he doesn't know, then quotes Sartre: "Free is not free. The choice is ours"; speculation that a man is living in purgatory.


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Jasper Wong is an artist/illustrator hailing from in Hawai'i. His work has been exhibited world-wide and published in magazines including Communication Arts, Hi-Fructose, Complex, Vice, and Juxtapoz. Mr. Wong also founded the Hong Kong gallery, Above Second and another in Honolulu called Loft in Space. Not stopping there, Jasper Wong is also creator and lead director of Pow Wow Hawaii, a non-profit organization of contemporary artists, and a community art centre called Lana Lane Studios, which is a combination of private studio spaces and a fully functional art school for the youth of Hawai'i.
With all these great endeavours aside, Jasper Wong's illustration style is an unmatched interpretation of pop-culture with an Asian influence. Recurring characters, such as Mr. T and Chairman Mao, and themes, such as amputation and rainbows, creative unsettling but humours narratives. His more recent work, using paint, are much more frantic and expressive but thankfully equally as strange. Be sure to check out more of his work on his website.


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As he waded knee-deep in an Atlantic City street, pummeled by Superstorm Sandy's winds, CNN's Chief Business Correspondent Ali Velshi declared that it was too early to tell whether Sandy would be a plus or a minus for the U.S. economy.
The authorities are starting to tabulate the stupendous toll in Sandy's wake — in lost lives, homes, businesses, infrastructure, and water pollution. While they crunch numbers, Velshi's callous viewpoint is flowing naturally from the twisted logic of using the gross domestic product (GDP) as the economy's most ubiquitous measure of economic well-being. GDP counts everything we spend money on as a plus. So it follows that the $50 billion (and counting) we'll spend burying the dead, and replacing lost homes and businesses will make us "better off."
Take University of Maryland Economist Peter Morici. Back when the cleanup estimates stood at $20 billion, he was already predicting that the multiplier effect of that money being spent on post-Sandy construction would yield a positive economic impact of as much as $36 billion. Morici also predicted an additional $10 billion in benefits from replacing hurricane-damaged structures, and another $12 billion in "delayed spending" that will come in once those countless uprooted people get settled again.
Doesn't your gut tell you that this arithmetic is suspect? Yet we continue to be seduced by what mainstream economists and the media tell us: Whenever the GDP grows, we're better off. Well, listen to your gut. The GDP doesn't reflect our well-being. It doesn't count the things we value most, such as having enough family time or good health. It merely tabulates the cost of things we buy. The GDP is like a giant calorie counter that tabulates how many calories are in that plate of French fries. It doesn't tell us if we're better or worse off as a result of eating those greasy fries or an apple.
In fact, so much of what is counted in the GDP are so-called "defensive expenditures" that merely keep us treading water rather than moving forward or getting back to where we were. Consider the not-so-hypothetical act of cleaning up after the latest extreme weather event. No matter how much cleaning up after the storm costs, much of what we've lost is irreplaceable. That's something GDP entirely overlooks.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie gets this point. That's why he said: "We will rebuild it…But for those of us who are my age, it won't be the same…because many of the iconic things that made it what it was are now gone and washed into the ocean."
Fortunately, great headway has been made on new metrics that are far more sophisticated than GDP. One such metric, the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) assesses whether our economy is really growing or not. It takes into account spending that doesn't make us better off, along with growth or contraction of the amount of built, human, social, and natural capital on which all economic activity ultimately depends.
Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley was the first state leader to implement the GPI. Vermont has embraced this yardstick as well, and the roster of state and international initiatives is growing daily.
The contrast between the two metrics is striking. While GDP has grown significantly over the past 25 years — over 60 percent in our own nation — GPI growth studies in multiple countries all show a similar trend: Genuine progress has stagnated as the negative costs of air and water pollution, lost leisure time, commuting, highway accidents, loss of forests and wetlands, climate disasters, unemployment and underemployment are canceling out gains associated with increased economic activity.
In his last annual economic report, President Barack Obama concluded that the nation must move beyond GDP and develop "new indicators of societal well-being." Ben Bernanke agrees. In August, the Bush-appointed Fed Chairman called for "better and more-direct measurements of economic well-being, the ultimate objective of our policy decisions."
But as long as the GDP remains enshrined as our standard indicator, its twisted logic will continue to affirm that we're better off with more frequent and deadly disasters like Sandy.


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by Bill Bonner Bill Bonner's Diary
Recently by Bill Bonner: The Lucky Country
We are delighted to see gold getting smacked down. From the International Business Times:
Gold prices posted their biggest two-session drop in 30 years Monday as retail investors and large institutional speculators capitulated to a six-month downdraft that accelerated in the last week into bear market territory. The violence of Monday's plunge reinforced the view that the 12-year bull market in gold is finished.
In New York trading, a troy ounce of gold closed at $1,360.60, a more than 9% plunge and the most extreme drop since 1983.
By the close of trading Monday, the price was off more than 13%, or more than $200 per ounce, from last Thursday's closing price of $1,564.90.
Why is this good news? It settles our nerves. And gives us an opportunity to buy more.
If you're in a card game and you look around the table… if you can't figure out who the fool is, he might be you. Then you get nervous. You start rubbing your hands or scratching your forehead. The other players will see that you've lost your nerve.
Then you're finished…
We've been looking around the table of the investment world, too, wondering who's the fool. The people who are buying stocks? Probably, but maybe not. The folks who are buying bonds? Yes. But who knows?
Then who is it? Are we the fools?
A lot of people think so. It was beginning to make us nervous.
Maybe there really is a recovery… however weak. Maybe the feds really do have the situation under control. Maybe the central banks are right to print money. Maybe it will be clear sailing from now until kingdom come. And we'll be fools not to be on the boat along with all the other stock buyers and gold dumpers.
Why is the price of gold falling? The papers say it's because speculators fear that China is slowing… or that Cyprus will dump its holdings. From British newspaper The Guardian:
The price of gold fell to its lowest level in more than 18 months on Friday night amid fears that sales of the precious metal forced on Cyprus by its desperate financial plight would lead to wholesale dumping by hard-pressed countries in the coming months.
At the end of a week dominated by the plight of the troubled Mediterranean island, gold slid below $1,500 per ounce for the first time since July 2011 in anticipation that Cyprus would seek to raise 400 million euro by offloading a chunk of its reserves.
The False Premise
"Find the trend whose premise is false," says George Soros, "and bet against it."
And today, behind the drop in the gold price is a very foolish notion. The premise is that real money (financial reserves) can be replaced by credit and debt. People who believe this must be the real fools in the market. Which takes some of the pressure off us.
Imagine you are a major holder of, say, antique Buicks. Imagine you are in financial trouble. The market for antique Buicks anticipates the upcoming supply. Prices of old Buicks drop.
OK… but are Buicks the same as gold?
Imagine that, instead of Buicks, you held cash a big wad of cash in your vault. Then, in financial trouble, you need to open the vault, get out your cash and use it to pay your creditors. Does the market for cash go down? Does the value of your cash decline because people know you will have to give it to someone else?
The premise is false. Real cash does not become less valuable when people find themselves in financial difficulty; it becomes more valuable. People scramble to get it. They need to pay their debts… settle their accounts… reduce their illiquidity by raising cash. They need cash. The demand for cash goes up, not down.
But wait. Today's bills are payable in paper cash… not gold. Debtors must raise paper cash by selling their gold for paper. It's paper they need… not real money.
That's what makes this business so interesting, isn't it? And so funny. The system runs on paper money. People spend it. People borrow it. Now people need more of it to pay their bills. So they sell their valuables namely, gold to get more paper money. Gold goes down, while central banks print up more paper money just to make sure there's plenty to go around.
But one day… and we won't say when… (saying "what" seems like more than enough to ask from a free publication)… people will stop worrying about the quantity of the paper and begin worrying about the quality of it.
They will find that they have plenty of paper… and that more is coming all the time. They will look in their vaults and wonder what they will do with all this paper money.
They will have bills to pay then too… and creditors with sharper eyes and tougher standards. When they offer these new creditors more of their paper money, they will say, "Uh-uh."
They'll want some better cash. Gold, in other words.
Bill Bonner is a New York Times bestselling author and founder of Agora, one of the largest independent financial publishers in the world. If you would like to read more of Bill's essays, sign-up for his free daily e-letter at Bill Bonner's Diary of a Rogue Economist.