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I spent many years of my childhood playing the piano. Interestingly enough, the violin is my favorite instrument. My love for this string instrument and my appreciation for fine craftsmanship has me excited for Dustin Cohen's debut episode, of his "Made In Brooklyn" series, profiling Sam Zygmuntowicz. Zygmuntowicz is a Brooklyn based luthier who has worked with many of the finest violinists and cellists in the world, including Isaac Stern and Yo-Yo Ma. Already, it's music to my ears . . .
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Apple exposed iOS users to security threats by taking three weeks longer to patch the same vulnerabilities in the mobile OS that it previously fixed in Safari on OS X, a former Apple security engineer said.
Security researcher Kristin Paget, who left Apple at the end of January for a position at Tesla Motors, strongly criticized her former employer's software patching practices in a blog post Wednesday.
The researcher pointed out that many of the vulnerabilities fixed in iOS 7.1.1, which was released by Apple Tuesday, were the same ones the company had patched in Safari 6.1.3 and 7.0.3 for OS X on April 1. Many of those vulnerabilities were located in WebKit, the Web rendering engine used by iOS, the Safari browser and other OS X applications, and most of them had been found by members of the Google Chrome security team.
According to Apple's security advisory for iOS 7.1.1, some of the WebKit flaws could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code when users visit maliciously crafted websites.
"In what world is this acceptable?"
"Apple preaches the virtues of having the same kernel (and a bunch of other operating system goop) shared between two platforms [iOS and OS X]—but then only patches those platforms one at a time, leaving the entire userbase of the other platform exposed to known security vulnerabilities for weeks at a time," Paget said. "In what world is this acceptable?"
"Apparently someone needs to sit Apple in front of a chalkboard and make them write out 100 lines: 'I will not use iOS to drop 0day on OSX, nor use OSX to drop 0day on iOS.'," she said.
Zero-day (0day) refers to vulnerabilities that are publicly known but have no official fix from the affected product's vendor.
It is certainly possible for attackers to analyze the fixes for one product and create exploits that work against other products and platforms that are not fixed yet, said Carsten Eiram, the chief research officer at vulnerability intelligence firm Risk Based Security, Thursday via email.
According to Eiram, these sorts of patch delays between Apple products are a regular occurrence, especially when it comes to fixing WebKit vulnerabilities.
"We've seen for a very long time that Google usually addresses WebKit-related vulnerabilities in Chrome long before Apple does the same in their products," Eiram said. "My rough impression from looking at WebKit security fixes is that the delay is around two-three months on average—though I've seen some much longer. After Google forked WebKit into Blink it seems to be getting worse."
Apple's issues affect Chrome as well
Google Chrome used WebKit as its rendering engine until version 27 and has since switched to an engine called Blink that's still based on WebKit. Because of that, many of the issues found and fixed in Chrome also affect WebKit.
However, Apple is not only slow at patching the WebKit engine itself, but also at integrating those fixes into all of its WebKit-dependent software.
Eiram pointed to the patching timeline for a WebKit vulnerability identified as CVE-2013-2909 as an example. That vulnerability was originally fixed in Chrome on Oct. 1, 2013, then Apple patched it in Safari 6.1.1 and 7.0.1 on Dec. 16, 2013 (two-and-a-half months later); in iOS 7.1 on March 10 (five months later), and finally in Apple TV 6.1 on April 22 (six-and-a-half months later).
"The lack of coordination between Google and Apple is one thing," Eiram said. "However, Apple releasing fixes for vulnerabilities in some of their products while leaving other of their products vulnerable for a long time is a very curious practice that I strongly disagree with. It's unacceptable that they're putting their own users at risk like that."
Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Other vendors have faced criticism in the past for similar patching practices. For example, vulnerabilities patched in Flash Player used to remain unfixed for weeks in Adobe Reader, which bundled Flash Player as a library called authplay.dll. Adobe eventually removed the authplay.dll component from Adobe Reader starting with version 9.5.1.
One of the few cases when it can be acceptable to push out a security patch for one product while leaving others vulnerable is if a 0-day vulnerability was being actively exploited to target users of that product, but not users of the other products, Eiram said. However, even in such a case of immediate threat, the vendor shouldn't wait too long before patching the rest of its products as well, he said.

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One Fiscal Cliff Down and Three More to Go
The results are in and, if anything, that forecast was overly optimistic.
Tax rates for those making more than $400,000 — $450,000 for married couples — will go up to 39.6 percent and the payroll tax goes back up from 4.2 to 6.2 percent. Everyone got a tax increase, but the additional revenues do not come close to bridging the nation's budget deficit. The marginal rate increase on "wealthy" Americans garners only $62 billion a year. In fact, the legislation actually increased spending after being larded up with pork for, among other things, NASCAR and the motion picture industry.
The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that the legislation the president signed Jan. 2 would increase the deficit by nearly $4 trillion over the next 10 years. Much was left undone as no spending cuts were made. Further, it sets the stage for three more fiscal cliffs that Congress and the White House must negotiate in a very short period.
The first cliff is the need to raise the debt ceiling sometime in late February.
In fact, the United States has already exceeded the debt limit, and the U.S. Treasury is taking action to slow outlays and make other adjustments to keep the nation from exceeding the legal ceiling until sometime in February. At that time, the debate on increased revenues will be taken up once more. The target this time will be a battle between increased revenues from adjusting the tax code — such as further reducing deductions for high-income earners — and cuts to entitlement programs.
The second cliff will be what to do about sequester.
The legislation postponed the effective date of automatic across-the-board budget cuts to federal spending until March 1. Whether this will be settled in the February battle over the debt ceiling remains to be seen. Sequestration, under the Budget Control Act of 2011, calls for $1.2 trillion in discretionary spending cuts over 10 years — half to defense and half to civilian agencies. It would take the defense budget to the neighborhood of $470 billion per year from a current spending level of $536 billion — a drop of some $66 billion.
The third cliff will be the March 27 expiration of the continuing resolution for the fiscal year 2013 federal budget.
On the surface, it would appear that the need to pass a 2013 budget, address sequester and increase the debt ceiling are pieces of the same package, but it is anyone's guess how, and in what sequence, all this will be resolved.
A key consideration will be the balance between further revenue increases and spending reductions — either through cuts on the discretionary side or through adjustments to mandatory spending on entitlements.
Whatever the outcome, it is almost certain that defense will have to surrender additional revenue, perhaps another $10 billion to $20 billion per year. The base budget will end up in the neighborhood of $505 billion to $515 billion.
It would have been hard to have intentionally constructed the mess that we now confront. All of the needed and really difficult decisions have, once again, been punted down the field. And there is no outline or any type of consensus as to how an agreeable solution or meaningful way forward is to be achieved.
In the meantime, the president Jan. 3 signed the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). He took exception to provisions on Guantanamo Bay prisoners, a conscience exception for chaplains and military members on gay marriage, and significantly, on provisions that block health insurance increases for retired service members. Expect this latter issue to be raised during the coming battles associated with the three cliffs.
The NDAA is worth a read as it has a number of winners and losers.
One significant outcome is that all the changes to depot-level maintenance and repair that were enacted in the fiscal year 2012 NDAA have been repealed. This puts the policy back where it has been for some time, and while welcome, it does nothing to solve the issues surrounding the 50-50 split of depot work between the public and private sectors.
Another outcome deals with allowability of contractor compensation. The NDAA did not change the present limit, but directed a report to Congress that details numbers of contractors who exceeded pay levels of certain public sector employees. The report must provide numbers and duties of those in targeted exception categories.
More to come in 2014 on this one.
Finally, the one-year extension of limitation on the aggregate annual amount available for contract services was dropped, a big win for industry.
All of the foregoing nothwithstanding, defense will have to deal with painful adjustments. Some of the major systems that have been slipped to the right — including the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the Ground Combat Vehicle, a new amphibious vehicle for the Marine Corps and a long-range bomber for the U.S. Air Force — will have to compete for a decreased procurement budget, no matter what. And with a further reduced defense base budget, more force structure cuts can't be far behind.
All in all, the NDAA had more wins than losses, but some of the real issues haven't yet gone away. They were just postponed.
One way or another, something will have to be agreed upon by March 27 to avert a government shutdown. One wonders how much further the proverbial can will be kicked down the road before major adjustments are forced by circumstances beyond the control of the U.S. government.
With the Federal Reserve spending — or rather creating money to spend — $85 billion per month to buy up mortgage-backed securities and Treasuries, the day of reckoning has been delayed. But interest rates can't be held near zero forever. A future crisis, may be in the bond market, could force a solution, but it would be better to begin to step up now, before disaster strikes and demands more unpalatable solutions while there are still viable choices available to be made.
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The International Council of Museums (ICOM) established International Museum Day in 1977 to encourage public awareness of the role of museums in the development of society.
From America to Oceania, through Europe, Asia and Africa, International Museum Day (IMD) is a special moment for the global museum community. On this day, participating museums interpret an issue affecting cultural organisations. International Museum Day is also a fantastic opportunity for museum professionals to meet their public. Museums are at the heart of the system, institutions that serve and develop society.
Traditionally, International Museum Day is organised around 18 May. It can last for a day, a weekend or a whole week as long as the objective remains focused on the motto: "Museums are an important means of cultural exchange, enrichment of cultures and development of mutual understanding, cooperation and peace among peoples".


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Jay Cutler was speaking honestly.
Maybe that's why it was so jarring.
On the first "Jay Day'' of the regular season, Cutler stepped to the podium at Halas Hall on Wednesday and said, yeah, the Bears have all kinds of shiny new toys, but they won't mean squat
"We have some guys who can play on the outside,'' Cutler said. "There is no doubt about that. Hopefully, it's going to make my job easier just being able to get them the ball and let them work. Up front the guys know there is some pressure on them because Matt Forte can run if we give him holes, and if I get the guys the ball on the outside and we hold up and have time, we can make some big plays.''
You can't blame Cutler for continuing to shine the harsh klieg light on the line, especially when you consider the first two games of the season. The Bears ought to beat the Colts, but Indianapolis is converting to a version of the 3-4 defense. The Packers, meanwhile, already have won a Super Bowl with a 3-4 defense. The Bears have long had trouble blocking the 3-4 defense.
I'd come to believe the Bears' biggest concern was the defensive line's inability to get to the quarterback. Julius Peppers can play, sure. He's a Hall of Famer. The rest of them? Not even a faint whiff of consistent pressure. The more double- and triple-teams for Peppers, the more the rest of them get exposed as impotent.
But Cutler's focus on the offensive line is making me rethink my biggest worry about a team I've picked to go 16-0.
What were they doing for five weeks and four practice games during training camp?
Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but it sounds as if J'Marcus Webb at left tackle and Chris Spencer at left guard were the lesser of several evils. That's Cutler's blind side, and if that's the way it came down -- players "winning'' a spot because the competition was inept or absent -- then I think we all understand why the quarterback continues to make it an issue. You'd do the same thing if you faced dismemberment every play.
But wait. There's more. Offensive coordinator and line maestro Mike Tice issued
Tice said Carimi isn't at full speed in his comeback from a knee injury that ended his 2011 season in Week 2. Oh, and Tice said Carimi's endurance in his leg will take time.
As if the left side wasn't enough for Cutler to worry about.
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The linemen know there is pressure on them, and if they didn't know it, their quarterback just reminded them. What Cutler said was true, which is exactly what makes it so jarring when it comes out of a Lovie Smith-coached team.
It recalls what Cutler said several months ago when questioning whether both tackle spots and left guard would be filled adequately, or at least sorted out to some professional degree.
Whether he was calling out his blockers or challenging his linemen, then or now, Cutler was at least admitting he saw and feared the same thing we did. He ought to tell his head coach, who speaks as if he lives in a bubble where coddling is the one sustainable food source.
Smith's lame dismissal of statistics revealing that Webb was the worst starting left tackle in the league was an insult to Bears fans' intelligence. Maybe Smith doesn't believe there's such a thing as "Bears fans' intelligence.''
Smith's arrogance and public blind defense of his roster is a big reason players love him. A coach providing that kind of cover in the face of something obviously embarrassing is said to be a big reason the Bears play hard for Smith.
But here's the problem with that: It's not about the offensive linemen playing hard, it's about their playing well.
Cutler knows it. But he sounds worried. Uh-oh.


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Floral tributes were paid on Monday to martyrs of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks on the fourth anniversary of the strike with Union ministers Sushil Kumar Shinde and Sharad Pawar laying wreaths at the police memorial in South Mumbai.
Shinde and Pawar paid homage to the heroes at the Police Gymkhana in Marine Lines where a 26/11 memorial has been erected in remembrance of the policemen, who lost their lives fighting terrorists during the dastardly strikes.
Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, Home Minister R R Patil, Mumbai Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh and family members of victims and brave-hearts, also paid floral tributes to those killed in the 26th November 2008 siege.
Lone surviving Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab, who was nabbed after the carnage was hanged in Pune's Yerawada Jail on 21st November.
Vital establishments, including airports and the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), are also under tight vigil after the threat.
166 people were killed when Kasab and nine of his aides unleashed terror on the country's financial capital four years ago.


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This Midshipman was awarded a Medal for Heroism after saving a Boy Scout troop
A U.S. Naval Academy midshipman received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal Jan. 9 in front of the entire Brigade of Midshipmen assembled in Alumni Hall.
Midshipman 3rd Class Jonathan Dennler, a member of the academy's 20th Company, received the medal -- the highest noncombat decoration awarded for heroism by the Navy -- for his heroic actions while leading a Boy Scout troop in July.
While camping in Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada, the troop was caught in a major storm, with wind gusts of up to 80 mph and lightning strikes. Two trees fell on the campsite, killing a scout and an adult volunteer and severely injuring others.
When Dennler couldn't contact anyone on the radio for help, he canoed more than 1.5 miles at night in 60 mph winds to a ranger station to bring back help and medical supplies.
The Navy and Marine Corps Medal falls in order of precedence just below the Distinguished Flying Cross and above the Bronze Star. It was first bestowed during World War II to Navy Lt. j.g. John F. Kennedy. Only about 3,000 sailors and Marines have received the award since. To earn this award, there must be evidence the act of heroism involved very specific life-threatening risk to the awardee.
The award came as a surprise to both Dennler and his classmates, who listened in silence while academy superintendent Navy Vice Adm. Ted Carter read the award citation. His classmates then gave him a rousing standing ovation.
"It was an incredibly humbling and unexpected experience," Dennler said. "I'm very thankful to everyone who helped to make that happen and for the support of my family and friends."
The award wasn't a surprise to his parents, who also attended the award presentation. Dennler's mother, Monica Dennler, described her son as "persistent and tenacious."
"He knows how to persevere, and has a kind heart," she said. "He was the only one who knew what to do back in high school when a classmate broke their leg at a basketball game, because he was an Eagle Scout."
"He is a quiet young man who would not want a big fuss, but rightfully deserves it," said Chief Petty Officer Nicholas Howell, the senior enlisted leader of 20th Company. "Out of his classmates, he is the one who has the level head to think clearly and decisively act to contain the situation and help bring about the best possible solution."
Dennler is a political science major and completed two years of college at George Washington University before transferring to the Naval Academy.
"USNA has taught me how to work and think in environments where many things are out of my control, and I think the academy helps to create mindsets that put others first," he said. "I am incredibly thankful for those lessons."
An active member of the academy's Semper Fi Society, he hopes to serve in the Marine Corps after graduating in 2019.


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Sony Ericsson just announced LiveView, a new hardware accessory for Android 2.x phones. It's a 1.3" bluetooth mini-display that can be used as a remote control for your phone and worn like a watch.
LiveView connects to your Android phone via an accompanying app. From there, it can be used to display texts, incoming calls, control music, for twitter, facebook and even rss updates and more. I personally doubt I would ever pay for something like this, why do I need to bother with a smaller, less useful version of my phone when my phone is within arm's reach?
But! If you've been in the market for a digital watch (or if you pine for one of those iPod nano watches), I guess I could see your logic behind it. It's a smarter watch, kinda. Here's how it works (it's not a touchscreen, by the way):
It's iPod nano looks are 3.5 x 3.5 x 1.1 cm all around and the battery is supposed to last up to 4 days. It's slated for a Q4 2010 release with price TBD.
London, September 28th 2010 – Today sees the announcement of the Sony Ericsson LiveView™. This innovative accessory is another step in Sony Ericsson's commitment to help consumers get the very best mobile phone experience through the open Android platform. The Sony Ericsson LiveView™ is part of the Sony Ericsson Extras portfolio – a division which offers a total product experience and enhanced mobile possibilities.
The Sony Ericsson LiveView™ uses Bluetooth™ connectivity to wirelessly pair up to a compatible handset and allows consumers to control the phone without taking it out of their pocket or handbag. Read text messages, see incoming calls and keep up to date with the latest news on Facebook™ and Twitter™.
The Sony Ericsson LiveView™ allows the user to control Sony Ericsson music features of the handset from the micro display, selecting tracks and controlling volume. The product also serves as a calendar reminder, displaying calendar events and other phone applications.
Whether on the go, in a meeting or out for dinner, the convenient Sony Ericsson LiveView™ can be clipped anywhere. Attached in a watch strap, on a keychain to a laptop, the micro display allows the user to incorporate the product into their lifestyle and always stay connected.
Mikael Henriksson, Head of creation and offering planning at Sony Ericsson Extras, said: "It is our ambition to be THE Communication Entertainment brand and this includes being the most open mobile phone brand on the market. We believe in openness and offering consumers a wide range of applications to choose from. We will continue to develop accessories to ensure we play a major and groundbreaking role in the market and design innovative and exciting accessories for all platforms, including Android."
Mikael Henriksson continued: "The Sony Ericsson LiveView™ is the first Sony Ericsson accessory to be compatible with the open Android™ platform which gives developers an opportunity to be creative and develop the next must-have innovative application."
Your window to your world with Sony Ericsson LiveView™
• Micro display device that mirrors the phone
• Tunes on the go – control music
• Don't miss out – get instant notification and read texts, Tweets and
Facebook™ updates
• Incoming calls – see who is calling
• Make it mine – open platform for developers to add to the large collection of
applications for a unique experience
To find Sony Ericsson LiveView™ enabled applications, Sony Ericsson has developed the Sony Ericsson LiveWare™ Manager application. It will scan Android™ Market for Sony Ericsson LiveView™ enabled applications and present them to the user. The Sony Ericsson LiveWare™ manager will be available from Android™ Market, or come preinstalled in phone bundles.
The Sony Ericsson LiveView™ will be available in stores from Q4, 2010.
The Sony Ericsson LiveView™ is also available in one of the Sony Ericsson Experience Packs. An 'Experience Pack' is a package of several related components that together create a great user experience in a certain area. The packages include mobile phone applications, accessories, services and much more. The "Sony Ericsson Fitness Pack" is aimed at sports and fitness enthusiasts. It contains a sport application for the Sony Ericsson LiveView™ - The SportyPal™ Pro – and a carrying case for your mobile phone – ideal for exercising.
The first 'Sony Ericsson Experience Pack" will be available in selected markets in Q4.
To see more about Sony Ericsson Extras visit: www.sonyericsson.com/LiveView
For more developer information visit: http//developer.sonyericsson.com


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What is SIGGRAPH Dailies?
Whereas most SIGGRAPH content is focused on new techniques for creating images, SIGGRAPH Dailies! is focused on the imagery itself and the stories of the artists who created it.
The program debuted at SIGGRAPH 2010 in Los Angeles, to rave reviews. Here is an excerpt from the review in Animation World Network:
"Three cheers for the new SIGGRAPH Dailies. The premise sounds so simple: give artists, animators and computer graphics professionals an opportunity to showcase their own work, usually part of a larger project. They have 90 seconds.
"One after another, rapid fire, the presenters showed their clips while briefly describing the scope of their work. Some were unintelligible, some were hilarious. But they all resonated with one thing: they shone a light, ever so briefly, on the mostly anonymous and unappreciated work done by any one of the thousands of names that scroll by at warp speed at the end of a feature film. Or the work done by grad students locked in the basement of some dark and distant research lab."
SIGGRAPH Dailies Wants You!
SIGGRAPH 2012 invites you to submit a short (60-90 seconds) sequence showing recent work. It could be professional, personal, student work, or anything. The work might be:
- For film: A turnaround of a model or shader
- For film: A final animation, FX, or lighting shot
- For games: A game character or level design
- For games: A killer cinematic
- For visualization: Elucidating a biological or physical process
- For visualization: Turning numerical data into visuals
But anything is welcome, as long as it's great. The only criteria are mind-blowing excellence and interesting backstory:
We want the best thing you've done all year. Never mind whether it has the latest, greatest algorithm or will redefine techniques for future work. Ask only: will it blow your peers away?
Did you re-tailor the wedding dress 51 times? Did you pull three consecutive all-nighters with a production assistant hovering over you? Did you throw out the design packet and do what you thought was best?
SIGGRAPH Dailies! is a presentation format. You will need to get on stage for approximately two minutes and talk about your work. So pick the best thing you've done all year, and submit!
SIGGRAPH Dailies! Jury
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Log in to the SIGGRAPH Information System, select "Begin a New Submission", and then select "create" for the SIGGRAPH Dailies! submission form. You will be asked for:
- Basic information about your submission (page 1)
- Permissions (page 2)
- A presentation format (page 3). To submit to SIGGRAPH Dailies!, please select SIGGRAPH Dailies! as your presentation format.
You will then be taken to the forms specific to this presentation format. Please see below for more information about required information and materials for this presentation format.
Your submission must include the following materials and information:
- Basic submission information, including speaker names, affiliations, and contact information, as well as title of your work, and a single-sentence summary (50 words or fewer).
- Statement of permissions to use the submitted materials.
- Submission categories and keywords to help ensure your submission is reviewed and juried appropriately.
- One "representative image" suitable for use in the conference web site and promotional materials. See Representative Image Guidelines.
- Your presentation backstory, submitted as a PDF. This is what you will read onstage. It is what we'll read for jurying.
- A low-res version (for convenience in jurying) of your presentation video, which must be in this format: QuickTime, H264 encoded, 640 x 360p, up to 90 seconds, no sound. Upon acceptance you will need to submit a hi-res version (1280 x 720p).
Non-native English speakers may use the English Review Service to help improve the text of submissions. Please note that this process takes time, so plan far ahead.
All submitters must complete the Submission and Authorization Agreement (formerly the Acceptance Agreement) before the submission deadline. Incomplete submissions will not be reviewed or accepted.
Educator's Resources Submission option. Those submitting content to a SIGGRAPH conference have the option of donating materials of educational value to ACM SIGGRAPH online resources for the benefit of the education community. Learn more
For more information about uploading files for your submission, please see Uploading Files.
For additional submission information, please see F.A.Q. (tab above).
Jurors are looking for craft and excellence in computer graphics, and an interesting backstory (an impossible deadline, a late-night inspiration, an artistic argument, an unexpected romance, etc.)
You will be notified of acceptance or rejection of your submission in mid-June 2012.
If accepted, you will be able to update your basic submission information and any final materials so that they can be included in the conference schedule and web site. This information needs to be finalized two weeks after acceptance.
Additionally, you will need to upload a final presentation video by mid-June deadline. The format must be QuickTime, H264 encoded, 1280 x 720p, up to 90 seconds, no sound.
Note: this is a presentation format, so you must attend to present. Registration and travel costs are at your own expense, except for the contributor of record, who will receive recognition as specified in the SIGGRAPH 2012 Recognition Policy.
1 May 2012
Deadline for all SIGGRAPH Dailies! Submission forms and upload of materials.
Submission and Authorization forms due.
2 May - 23 May
Assignment and online review of all SIGGRAPH Dailies! submissions.
25-27 May
Jury meeting for all SIGGRAPH Dailies! submissions.
28 May - 11 June
Final selection and scheduling.
12-13 June
Acceptance and scheduling information or rejection notices sent to all SIGGRAPH Dailies! submitters.
20 June
Deadline for changes to materials for publication, including short and long descriptions, backstory, and images. Deadline for Presentation Video.
5-9 August
SIGGRAPH 2012, Los Angeles.
I don't get it. What is this anyway?
Please watch the videos on this page.
I lit a great shot on the movie "Killer Zombies from Mars", but it's only three seconds long. How can I get that to 90 seconds?
You could show a progression of versions as you add more and more lights, or show a breakdown of various AOVs and how you adjusted the comp, or you could just loop the shot 20-30 times. It's up to you.
Can I submit a still image or a series of stills?
Yes, if it is computer generated and can hold the audience's interest while you tell the story behind it.
I don't want to get on stage. Or, I'm not sure I can make it. Can I just record my story as a voice-over?
Sorry, we're looking for people to get on stage and present the information themselves. We'll simply skip over no-shows during the presentation.


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Mozilla is building an army of volunteers in Indonesia to help customize Firefox and recommend add-ons, as the U.S.-based non-profit organization seeks to retain its massive share of the browser market in the country.
Community groups in eight cities and drawing about 1,000 tech-savvy volunteers, with more expected, are meeting this month to brainstorm ways Firefox can be further localized, said Gen Kanai, Mozilla's contributor engagement director for Asia.
They will do some of the work themselves in line with Mozilla's tradition of using inputs from its users, Kanai said.
Mozilla wants that input so it can retain the high market share that Firefox already has in the country. Web statistics company, StatCounter, puts the share at 75 to 80 percent, the browser's highest in Asia. The worldwide share of Firefox, which competes with Internet Explorer and Google Chrome, is just over 30 percent.
Outreach matters because technology spreads fast by word of mouth in Indonesia, a possible cause of Firefox's market share, Kanai said. Technology favorites can also lose ground very fast in the country, as was seen in the mobile phone market, he added.
Mozilla does not fully understand why Firefox has caught on in Indonesia, Kanai said. But analysts and users say local Web developers benefit from Firefox's do-it-yourself plug-ins and extensions, which other browsers may not offer except for fees that not everyone in the developing nation of 238 million can afford.
"It's because people can design it however they want, however they need to," said Yofie Setiawan, a web designer and member of a community group in the capital Jakarta. "Then they will tell their friends, who (will) use it also."
Word of mouth as well as hands-on design options may explain why so many Indonesians use Firefox, said Ray Valdes, an analyst with market research firm Gartner.
"Often the reason (for popularity) is not technical but social," Valdes said. "The other possibility is that the ecosystem is propagating it."
Although nothing will be decided until the community group meetings, the 13-year-old Mozilla may try to solidify its position in Indonesia by encouraging new browser add-ons, such as toolbars, expressly for Indonesian websites and web services.
It is also considering new localized versions of Firefox in languages such as Sundanese, which is used by some 30 million people in the western part of the Indonesia island of Java.
"More Indonesian Mozilla developers could lead to new localizations," Kanai said. "These would be developed by Mozilla community members in Indonesia."


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$ 31.99
Fits Lenovo Monitor: LI2364d
Product Description
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6105.0 - Australian Labour Market Statistics, Jul 2007
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Review of Australian Labour Market Statistics (cat. no. 6105.0)
The ABS is currently conducting a review of Australian Labour Market Statistics(cat. no. 6105.0). We are seeking your comments on the usefulness of the articles and tables in this publication. This paper briefly provides some background to the publication's development and describes the current content. An excel spreadsheet is attached to this document in which you may provide your comments.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) undertook a review of its dissemination practices for labour force statistics in late 2001. After extensive consultation with users the monthly Labour Force, Australia(cat. no. 6203.0) publication was discontinued and replaced with the quarterly publication Australian Labour Market Statistics(cat. no. 6105.0).
First released in April 2003, Australian Labour Market Statistics is the flagship release for ABS labour statistics. It is a compendium publication which draws together data from a range of sources, using ABS household and business surveys to provide an overall picture of the labour market.
The original purpose of the publication was to raise awareness of the ABS data available. Since then, the environment in which Australian Labour Market Statistics was designed has changed. With the introduction of free publications and data products via the ABS website, and more than four years on from its initial release, it is timely to review the content and future direction of Australian Labour Market Statistics.
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Australian Labour Market Statistics includes a labour market overview; feature articles; recent releases; spotlights; labour market data and additional information. The following information is a brief description of the current components within the Australian Labour Market Statistics publication:
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This makes me want to create! Does it count as cheating if I copy the bean bag chair idea? I have so many plastic bags under the sink in my kitchen that they are about to start to overflow!
My recent post about reusing old plastic bottles inspired me to look around at other ways to use, well, garbage. And I found a site that really made me think twice about the contents of my own garbage can.
This Australian site, called the Hunter Waste Education Group , has been enouraging people to make art from garbage since the year 2000. And the results are simply astonishing in some cases, with submissions from adults and schoolchildren alike.
When you visit the site, go straight to the gallery here . The art is collected into submission years and runs the gamet. Everything from junk metal, used board games and scrap wood, to plastic bottles, beer caps and old tires are transformed from the ordinary to the simply extraordinary. A selection of my favorites are below...
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There's a Jack Johnson song on the Curious George soundtrack that says "Reduce, Re-use, Recycle" and I think that's good advice for all of us. From simple plastic milk bottles to old plastic shopping bags, think twice before you throw them out. Maybe you can make something from them, and if they're good enough for you then they could certainly be good enough to sell. One man's trash is absolutely another man's treasure in this case.
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This makes me want to create! Does it count as cheating if I copy the bean bag chair idea? I have so many plastic bags under the sink in my kitchen that they are about to start to overflow!
put your own unique spin on it Beth. There's nothing wrong with taking an idea and making it your own. Plus, you're helping the environment and creating a functional piece of art.
Hi Paul, some really cool stuff here - the footy boots are seriously cute!
I wanted to shoot you an email to tell you how much I enjoy your writing, but couldn't find any contact details?
Really appreciate that. We all do this in our spare time, so good feedback is always welcome. If you ever need to get in touch, just use the contact section and label it for Paul Michael. I will be happy to reply with a personal email, I just wouldn't want to give it out here for obvious reasons.
Though less impressive to the eye than the art above and probably less environmentally conscious, I read this article recently and plan to check it out as soon as I make my way up to Austin one weekend (reside in San Antonio, TX): http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/TXAUSjunk.html


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Review: Final Crisis Aftermath: Dance trade paperback
Monday, April 12, 2010
[Contains spoilers for Final Crisis Aftermath: Dance]
In one of my favorite moments of Final Crisis, Grant Morrison caught me completely by surprise in introducing the Super Young Team as the Fifth World equivalent to Jack Kirby's Fourth World Forever People. Whereas Kirby styled the Forever People after that era's hippies, Morrison created the Super Young Team as an answer to a culture (theirs and ours) raised on superheroes -- the Super Young Team aren't the young members of the Justice Society, wearing the costumes of their elders as a tribute, but rather the Super Young Team has absorbed superheroes as cosplay, as toys, as fashion (the striking Killing Joke-cover jacket and Young Team leader Most Excellent Superbat's Superman-symbol costume are just two examples).
The key, however, that makes Dance and the Super Young Team so enjoyable is even as the team is definitely irreverent, and even as in their inception they've deconstructed superheroics almost as far as the concept will allow, they still want -- almost desperately -- to fight for what's right. Dance finds the Super Young Team with newfound fame after their role in Final Crisis, but it's this very role that drives the team to want to shake off fame in favor of good deeds (though still look good doing it). Joe Casey could have written a story about spoiled superpowered kids who learn the value of work over six chapters; instead, it's a story about superpowered kids who struggle to defy society's assumptions about them and do better than what's expected, and this struggle is infinitely fascinating.
Dance reminded me in part of Blood Pack, an enjoyable miniseries in which a handful of the heroes from DC's Bloodlines crossover joined, essentially, a reality show. DC published Blood Pack over ten years ago, and our culture's media involvement has only become more saturated. Casey takes the Super Young Team from a rave at their new headquarters to a comic book convention to, later, an Oprah-like talk show where they discuss the team conflicts; in every situation, it's more about the public's ability to be around the Super Young Team than the team themselves -- in becoming heroes (or perhaps celebrities), they themselves are as irrelevant as the Justice League are to them.
Even Superbat's narration throughout the book comes in the form of "tweets" to himself; even his private thoughts, effectively, are public consumption. While Casey's story doesn't delve much into international politics, I thought it interesting that the reason for the book's overriding conspiracy (apart from a clever but poorly explained master villain) was to disguise the relatively minor damage that occurred to Japan in Final Crisis; that is, Japan uses the twenty-four hour publicity of the Super Young Team as a ruse meant to keep publicity away from its own secret shame, only to have it revealed the shame isn't all that shameful. As with the Super Young Team's own conflicted values, this interplay between the public and private made Dance a gripping read.
Here's the big statement: superhero teen team comics are not dead. Lately when I've read Teen Titans I've begun to think they're dead, but Final Crisis Aftermath: Dance has changed my mind. Dance is edgy and smart, and a commentary on what it might be like to be a young superhero outside the pale of sidekicks and clones -- and Dance reflects comic book conventions and manga and all sorts of things not DC Comics-specific, and I like seeing those elements interact with this universe. If Final Crisis was meant to be ground-breaking, Dance breaks ground, and I'd sooner pick up a series with these characters than the same old thing.
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I´m glad you liked a series about these characters. I couldn´t care less about them. DC is really missing the forest for the trees.ReplyDelete
They need to re think what they are doing. Geoff Johns can´t write EVERYTHING!
I really like how Dance gives us a broader view of the DC world's picture. It and The Great Ten (which I am loving right now) open up the picture and I'd fully support more books like it, something on the Rocket Reds and other Russian heroes, or international waters Sea Devil stuff.ReplyDelete
What I disliked about Dance was the failure of research. Grant Morrison does some serious work when he writes a new book but he fell short here on the characters. The worst is Shy Crazy Lolita; a Lolita who wears a Sailor School Uniform rather than Lolita wear, and rather than shout out "Irrashyaimasen" (Please Enter!) as her description would imply (tie-ing together the Harajuku Shopping theme) she yells out "Sumimasen" (I'm Sorry!) which would be an excusable translation error if it weren't her battle cry. There's no real reason for her to be small either. Lesser offenders are the Big Atomic Lantern Boy (A reference to Japan's nuclear history? Really?) and Well-Spoken Sonic Lightning Flash (He's nothing more than Japanese Impulse, which seems lazy).
Most Excellent Super Bat and Shiny Happy Aquazon are the only ones who really come out well, and @Mosexbat is just a fun, Extreme Japanese Bruce Wayne and Shiny Happy Aquazon is reminiscent of my favored Government Teams in the Godzilla Films.
This is a shame only because Grant Morrison helped put together Big Science Action, which is a fantastic Western Mash-Up on Japanese Super Heroes. Hulk-ized Totoro with a dash of Psychic girl, Ghost Rider-ed Akira, a Giant Robot, and my favourite as stated before the Wavemen who seem like the teams in Godzilla Films.
It's good that I enjoyed the story so much, but this stuff kinda ate at me as I thought "This Character CULTURALLY doesn't make sense". If there were other examples it'd be easier, I suppose, to swallow, but they're supposed to be the shallow stereotypes who overcome their blahblahblah... so yeah.
Reading Final Crisis Aftermath: Dance, and even Final Crisis, I knew there were plenty of international cultural references I wasn't picking up; I'm so glad Liang Xiu chimed in about some of this. There wasn't much in terms of real politics in this book (as opposed to Checkmate, for instance), and that's one place where I felt the story didn't live up to its potential. I'll be curious to check out Great Ten.ReplyDelete
I wish there was a bit of more politics in this book, too. I was enthralled in the pop-culture Vs. Superhero culture thing that, in re-reading, I realized there was some name dropping of North Korean Super...beings. I dunno if you'd call them heroes...ReplyDelete
But I for one would like to see that expanded on, maybe in the Great Ten of The Shield (another series you should pick up if you like the international politics bit)
Just got done reading "Dance" myself - I think Joe Casey did as good a job stepping in as someone who's not Grant Morrison could do. Obviously GM is the only one who *gets* these characters (heck, I don't even get them), but Casey did a bang-up job building Most Excellent Superbat into one of my new favorite characters (I'd love to see him turn up in Batman, Inc.).ReplyDelete
Apparently the Super Young Team are supposed to be reincarnations of the Forever People; hopefully this means we'll see more of them in Multiversity. The thing that disappointed me most about this title - and with Final Crisis Aftermath - was that it hasn't gone anywhere since. I think Tattooed Man is the only one who's appeared in a post-FC title (Titans), which is a real shame, because the Super Young Team must hate being out of the limelight


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Clarence Thomas and the Amendment of Doom
New Blue Nightmare: Clarence Thomas and the Amendment of Doom
Walter Russell Mead
August 28, 2011
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Lord of the Rings aficionados know that the evil lord Sauron paid little attention to the danger posed by two hobbits slowly struggling across the mountains and deserts of Mordor until he suddenly realized that the ring on which all his power depended was about to be hurled into the pits of Mount Doom. All at once the enemy plan became clear; what looked like stupidity was revealed as genius, and Sauron understood everything just when it was too late to act.
Jeffrey Toobinâs gripping, must-read profile of Clarence and Virginia Thomas in the New Yorker gives readers new insight into what Sauron must have felt: Toobin argues that the only Black man in public life that liberals could safely mock and despise may be on the point of bringing the Blue Empire down.
In fact, Toobin suggests, Clarence Thomas may be the Frodo Baggins of the right; his lonely and obscure struggle has led him to the point from which he may be able to overthrow the entire edifice of the modern progressive state.
Writes Toobin:
In several of the most important areas of constitutional law, Thomas has emerged as an intellectual leader of the Supreme Court. Since the arrival of Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., in 2005, and Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr., in 2006, the Court has moved to the right when it comes to the free-speech rights of corporations, the rights of gun owners, and, potentially, the powers of the federal government; in each of these areas, the majority has followed where Thomas has been leading for a decade or more. Rarely has a Supreme Court Justice enjoyed such broad or significant vindication.
This is one of the most startling reappraisals to appear in The New Yorker for many years. It is hard to think of other revisions as radical as the declownification of Clarence Thomas: Herbert Hoover as the First Keynesian? Henry Kissinger as the Great Humanitarian? Richard Nixon, the most liberal president ever (that one might even be true)?
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There are few articles of faith as firmly fixed in the liberal canon as the belief that Clarence Thomas is, to put it as bluntly as many liberals do, a dunce and a worm. Twenty years of married life have not erased the conventional liberal view of his character etched by Anita Hillâs testimony at his confirmation hearings. Not only does the liberal mind perceive him as a disgusting lump of ungoverned sexual impulse; he is seen as an intellectual cipher. Thomasâ silence during oral argument before the Supreme Court is taken as obvious evidence that he has nothing to say and is perhaps a bit intimidated by the verbal fireworks exchanged by the high profile lawyers and his more, ahem, âqualifiedâ colleagues.
At most liberals have long seen Thomas as the Sancho Panza to Justice Antonin Scaliaâs Don Quixote, Tonto to his Lone Ranger. No, says Toobin: the intellectual influence runs the other way. Thomas is the consistently clear and purposeful theorist that history will remember as an intellectual pioneer; Scalia the less clear-minded colleague who is gradually following in Thomasâ tracks.
If Toobinâs revionist take is correct, (and I defer to his knowledge of the direction of modern constitutional thought) it means that liberal America has spent a generation mocking a Black man as an ignorant fool, even as constitutional scholars stand in growing amazement at the intellectual audacity, philosophical coherence and historical reflection embedded in his judicial work.
Toobin is less interested in exploring why liberal America has been so blind for so long to the force of Clarence Thomasâ intellect than in understanding just what Thomas has achieved in his lonely trek across the wastes of Mordor. And what he finds is that Thomas has been pioneering the techniques and the ideas that could not only lead to the court rejecting all or part of President Obamaâs health legislation; the ideas and strategies Thomas has developed could conceivably topple the constitutionality of the post New Deal state.
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SEATTLE – Temeka Johnson scored nine of her 18 points during a key eight-minute stretch in the second half and the Seattle Storm beat the Los Angeles Sparks 77-57 on Tuesday night.
Tina Thompson added 17 points as the Storm (12-13) outscored the Sparks 14-4 in the fourth quarter.
Nneka Ogwumike had a team-high 12 points for the Sparks (18-8), who snapped a six-game winning streak and finished with a season-low scoring total. Alana Beard and Lindsey Harding scored 10 points each for the Sparks, and Candace Parker finished with nine points and 10 rebounds.
Seattle lost starting forward Shekinna Stricklen to an Achilles injury midway through the second quarter.
Los Angeles scored just 20 points in the second half while shooting just 29 percent from the field. For the game, the Sparks shot 23 of 61 (38 percent).
The Storm overcame 17 turnovers to win back-to-back games for only the fourth time this season. Seattle's longest winning streak is three games.
The 5-foot-3 Johnson led a 9-0 run early in the fourth quarter to help Seattle pull away.
The Storm used 57-percent shooting in the first half to take a 51-37 lead. Two second-quarter runs of six or more points helped turn a two-point lead after the first period into a 14-point advantage at halftime.
Stricklen scored seven of her nine points during the opening 3:05 of the second quarter, but was forced out of the game with 6:12 remaining in the period.
Without Stricklen, the Storm were able to withstand an Los Angeles' 8-0 spurt and seven turnovers in the third quarter alone.
Seattle, which has a 5-8 record against teams below the .500 mark, improved to 7-5 in games against teams currently sporting winning records.


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Wireless connectivity, good-quality output, and scan features highlight this bargain color inkjet multifunction, but ink costs are high.
The Epson Stylus NX420 color inkjet multifunction (print/copy/scan) provides good output, decent performance, and wireless connectivity for just $100 (as of November 1, 2010). Since its ongoing ink costs are high, however, it's not exactly a bargain, making it best for light use only. Competitors include the Canon Pixma MP495, which costs a little less, and the HP Photosmart e-All-in-One, which costs a bit more but offers cloud-based apps.
The Stylus NX420 sits squarely in the home and student user category. Paper handling consists of a low-capacity 100-sheet vertical rear paper feed and a simple, letter/A4-size flatbed scanner. The MFP lacks an automatic document feeder for scanning or copying multipage documents. However, you will find a few surprisingly advanced features, namely wireless connectivity and a 1.5-inch color LCD screen. The bundled Easy Scan and Easy Photo Print applications are capable, though their utilitarian interfaces are better suited for experienced users; beginners might wish for more hand-holding.
The control panel design is mostly intuitive, though having the Start/Cancel buttons pull double duty as Okay/Back seems confusing. Setting up the wireless through this interface went smoothly, aside from the tedium of entering the password on the display's very small electronic keyboard.
Notably, Epson cut corners in the documentation: The HTML-based manual for this product resides only online at Epson's site–you can't even download it. Despite Epson's reasoning that an online-only resource is always up-to-date, we think a manual on the installation CD is worth two on the Web.
The Stylus NX420 was a mediocre to slow performer in our tests. Standard-quality text pages printed at below-average speeds of 5 pages per minute on the PC and 4.9 ppm on the Mac. Snapshot-size photos printed on the PC at a midrange 3 ppm on plain paper and a subpar 0.8 ppm on photo paper. Our high-resolution, near-full-page photo printed on the Mac took over 3 minutes to print (0.3 ppm), another below-average time. A simple one-page copy took 17 seconds (about average), but a mix of full-page and partial-page color photo scans were noticeably slower than the mean.
The Stylus NX420's print quality suffers on plain paper, even the nicer-quality Hammermill Laser Print stock that we use for most of our testing. At default settings our text samples looked realistically black but fuzzy around the edges, while photos appeared washed out. When we opted for higher-quality print modes and Epson photo paper, we got much better results.
Ink costs, depending on how much you print, will eventually nullify the Stylus NX420's bargain purchase price. Its standard-size cartridges include a $15.19, 265-page black, which comes out to a middling 5.7 cents per page; each $12.34, 340-page color cartridge costs an above-average 3.6 cents per page. A four-color page would cost about 16.5 cents. While some printers offer a higher-yield option, Epson goes the other way by offering what the company calls "moderate-use" cartridges, with even lower page yields–and higher costs–than the standard-size supplies: The $12.34 black lasts 200 pages (6.2 cents per page), while each $8.54 color cartridge lasts 220 pages (3.9 cents per page), making for a 17.6-cent four-color page.
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Controlling pests is a feat in itself, but to do so by natural means is downright difficult. Defending your garden from an army of pests is dependent on geographic location, crop varieties, climate, and requires lots of time, patience, and trial and error. This HOMEGROWN101 will serve to guide growers on natural pest control methods that can help save your garden from pest distress.
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There is nothing worse than seeing well-tended plants fall victim to pesky garden pests. Be it bugs, blight, or backyard critters, farms and gardens provide a veritable feast for a variety of pests that can inflict serious harm on plants. Some modern American growers rely on chemical-intensive measures to defeat these pests and protect their plants. Armed with herbicides, pesticides, and rodenticides, these growers aim to kill the pests and squash their problems; however, the use of these sprays may take care of more than just pests. A chemical defensive may eradicate the pests that are attacking your roses, but they can also kill beneficial organisms that are helpful for your garden, and health problems in pets and people exposed to these toxics!
And what's more, pesticides, herbicides and the like are petroleum-based, requiring a lot of resources in order to produce and use them effectively. These chemicals are not single-use, either. They must be reapplied in order to combat the evolution of the pests to the chemical onslaught. It has been noted that there are several pests in the U.S. that have become "superpests," which have the ability to withstand a chemical dousing and continue to afflict gardens and farms. Which is why many growers - even large scale! - are turning to natural methods of pest control to keep their plants healthy.
So, how to start controlling pets and protecting plants with safe, natural alternatives to chemicals? What's the best way to work with nature in order to combat pests? Start with the knowledge and know-how of your fellow HOMEGROWNers and figure out which method works for you!
It's vital to remember a few general garden-care guidelines to discourage pests from making a home in your rows, start with a healthy garden. Cut weak or infected plants and dispose of them away form the garden. Incorporate organic compost, mulch, and natural fertilizers like seaweed and animal manure, which have trace elements like zinc, calcium, sulfur, barium, and magnesium, important for plant development and a repellent for some insects, into your soil. Clear leaf litter and weeds from your garden in order to eliminate pest habitat and spread clean mulch. Interplant with companion plants, androtate crops each year to avoid plant-specific infestations. Encourage beneficial insects to keep pest populations low. Water early in the morning to avoid fungal and insect damage.
While pests vary from garden to garden, here is a comprehensive list of common garden pests from Mother Earth News to keep your eyes open for, and the best tactics to combat these pests, discussed in full below:
Aphid: Insecticidal soap, attracting beneficials, horticultural oil
Armyworm: Bt (Bacillus thuringiens), handpicking, row covers
Asparagus beetle: Poultry predation, neem, handpicking
Blister beetle: Poultry predation, neem, handpicking
Cabbage root maggot: Crop rotation, beneficial nematodes, diatomaceous earth
Cabbageworm: Bt, handpicking, row covers
Carrot rust fly: Crop rotation, beneficial nematodes, diatomaceous earth
Colorado potato beetle: Poultry predation, neem, handpicking
Corn earworm: Bt, horticultural oil, beneficial nematodes
Cucumber beetle: Poultry predation, neem, handpicking
Flea beetle: Insecticidal soap, garlic-pepper spray, row covers
Harlequin bug: Handpicking, good garden sanitation, neem
Japanese beetle: Handpicking, row covers, milky spore disease
Mexican bean beetle: Poultry predation, neem, handpicking
Onion root maggot: Crop rotation, beneficial nematodes, diatomaceous earth
Slugs: Handpicking, iron phosphate slug bait, diatomaceous earth
Snails: Handpicking, iron phosphate slug bait, diatomaceous earth
Squash bug: Handpicking, good garden sanitation, neem
Squash vine borer: Growing resistant varieties, crop rotation, beneficial nematodes
Stink bug: Handpicking, good garden sanitation, neem
Tarnished plant bug: Handpicking, good garden sanitation, neem
Tomato hornworm: Bt, handpicking, row covers
Whitefly: Insecticidal soap, attracting beneficials, horticultural oil
Cutworm: Rigid collars, Bt, diatomaceous earth
More Resources on Common Pests:
Golden Harvest Organics Comprehensive Pest Guide
Earth Easy's Natural Pest Control
Mother Earth News's Organic Pest Control: What Works, What Doesn't?
HOMEGROWN.org Resources:
A How-To for Controlling Pest Populations and Problems
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Many growers are familiar with the Native American method of planting the "Three Sisters" – squash, corn, and beans – together in organized rows in order to provide habitat for beneficial insects and to avoid pest problems. Monocropping, planting one crop or separating your crops by type, has the opposite effect on your crops. It creates a habitat for specific pests, which increases the dependence on pesticides and herbicides, rather than an interconnected, positive feedback loop system. Mix up monocropping systems by interplanting herbs and flowers between your vegetables and fruits.
Companion planting also incorporates plants with strong odors or tastes that are offensive to pests. By planting them in your garden, it may force pests to find a new feeding ground. While finding the right companion combination depends largely on what you're growing and where you're growing it, some common herbs, flowers, and vegetables include: sweet basil, mints, rue, clove, marigold, nasturtium, onion, radish, and garlic.
Check out this article from Seeds of Change and accompanying chart of companion plantings from J.I. Rodale's Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening
HOMEGROWN.org Resources:
Companion Planting Using Herbs
A healthy, fruitful garden relies upon a strong, interconnected ecological system in which insects, birds, sun, water, and the plants work towards a harmonic biological balance. Beneficial predator insects take care of pests, who provide sustenance for the birds. Small mammals manage leaf litter and ground cover, while larger mammals manage the smaller mammals populations. In this system, there are no needed inputs to create ecological harmony. But, when unwanted pests and pathogens appear, many growers reach for chemicals to protect their plants, putting themselves and their food at risk of contamination, and killing beneficial organisms to boot! Many common garden insects are important lines of defense in eliminating unwanted pests from harming plants, but fall victim to the chemical onslaught of the 'cides.
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Here are a few types of beneficials to encourage and ways to do so. While they won't eradicate pests, they will restore the ecological balance that will keep problem insects at bay:
Birds and Poultry – Wrens, chickadees, and robins eat beetles (asparagus, Japanese, blister, potato, Mexican bean, cucumber, Japanese), cutworms, grasshoppers, and other insects. Birds will be attracted to birdhouses and nesting shelves near the garden. Birdfeeders will attract squirrels, so be sure to keep those at a distance far enough away from your garden in order to avoid squirrel problems.
Toads – Toads eat a diet full of slugs and bugs. Build toad houses in your garden for these amphibians.
Spiders and predaceous ground beetles – Leaf litter and mulch covering on garden floor will provide them with hiding places, but this organic matter does provide food for pests. Test out how it works in your garden.
Ladybugs/lacewings – These beetles prey on aphids, scales, and more. They are attracted to wheast or formula 57 in the garden.
Hoverflies – These flies like habitats wildflowers, dill, fennel, coriander, and Queen Anne's lace and will take care of aphids
Parasitoid wasps – Ground cover like sweet clover, alyssum, yarrow attracts these wasps, who lay their eggs in pest hosts, like cabbageworms, tomato hornworms
Praying Mantis – These large insects eat most garden insect pests.
Garter Snakes – Garters are great for the garden. They tend to den in tall grasses, bushes, and piles of wood or rocks near the garden. They keep populations of crickets, grasshoppers, and other insects down.
Some beneficials are available for purchase and can be introduced into the garden:
Bacillus popilliae (milky spore bacteria) is great for controlling grubs and will remain in the garden for 10-15 years. Strains of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is good for controlling caterpillars, Japanese beetle, corn earworm, tomato hornworm, mosquitoes, cabbageworm, potato bugs and elm leaf beetles
Beneficial nematodes – These beneficials enter a host's body and emit bacteria that liquefies their insides and devours them. Beneficial nematodes can be applied through spraying, mixing with mulch, and adding to soil to combat mosquitoes, black flies, grubs, carrot rust fly, termites, yellow jackets, grasshoppers, cabbage and onion root maggots, squash vine borer, crickets and caterpillars
Resource Guide for Organic Insect and Disease Management
Pheromones – These natural scents attract insects into sticky traps; useful for lining your perimeter.
Floating Row Covers – Lightweight opaque material draped over beds and anchored to the ground allows sunlight and water in, but keeps pests out. The material is supple enough to grow with the plant and is spun to prevent tearing
Cloche – These miniature greenhouses provide a great barrier for seedlings against pests. They must be kept open in the heat and for watering
Barrier Paper – scraps of waxed cardboard that are placed at the base of the plant over the stems/roots can protect some plants from pests
Eggshell Barriers
Pest Potions – Comprised of everyday household ingredients, these homemade repellents can help to deter pests from your plants. Check out this video demonstration and recipes
Earth Easy's Traps and Barriers
Use Pest Barriers in Your Garden
HOMEGROWN.org Resources:
Keeping Mosquitos Out of a Rain Barrel
Pyrethrins – derived from the dried, powdered heads of chrysanthemums flowers. Very effective in natural pest control – quickly target infestations and kills everything (even beneficials) – use sparingly and spot treat
Diatomaceous earth – kills pests by inflicting lacerations on their bodies – pests dries out and dies. Powder form that can be used anywhere on anything – useful as a barrier around house or garden, around or on plants. Fossilized remains of diatoms
Boric acid – made from borate commonly known as Borax, is a desiccant and slow-acting stomach poison. When it sticks or is ingested it takes time – pest can infect the colony
Insecticidal soaps – vegetable-based, non-toxic, kill pests by breaking down waxy cuticles and dissolving cell membranes – cell contents leak out and pest desiccates and dies. Best on soft-bodied pests (aphids, scales, catepillars, flies, grasshoppers)
Horticultural oils – oils plug the spiracles, holes for respiration, of pests. Be sure to choose a vegetable-based oil to spray. Choose between adormant oil, heavier, sprayed when leaves have dropped, and summer oil which is safe on foliage
Neem oil – derived from the seeds/fruits of the neem tree works to kill pests like an insecticidal soap and horticulture oil, but also as an insect growth regulator and antifeedant on aphids, catepillars, grubs, beetles, and mites
Deer and rodents can do as much, if different, damage to your garden as insects can. Deer and rodents are notorious for stripping plantings and ravaging grasses. There are a number of natural, homemade pest control measures that you can take to protect your plants:
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Deer can be controlled by hanging satchels of human hair in the branches of trees, bushes, or around the garden. They are also repelled by bars of fragrant soap hanging from branches, and hot sauce. Mix up a concoction of egg, water, liquid dish detergent, and hot sauce and spray it on the plants that the deer are feasting on. Here are some good recipes to try.
Rodents are usually searching for open food sources. Be sure to seal your compost bins and trash bins to deter scavenging rodents. Rodents (and rabbits) are allergic to peppermint; soaking cotton balls or rags in peppermint oil may do the trick. Oil must be reapplied after each rain.
Squirrels get their own category for being one of the peskiest pests. HOMEGROWN tips on squirrel control with videos and links.
Other HOMEGROWN.org Resources:
Integrated Pest Management and Permaculture
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Pyrethrins are NOT even remotely organic! They are synthetic chemicals and as stated above, non selective. They are a known causal agent in Colony Collapse Disorder which is wiping out honey bees.
Greenbug carries a line of all natural pest control products that are completely safe yet effective without exception. You can use Greenbug for Outdoors seconds before harvesting vegetables with no worries. Greenbug for People is an excellent personal repellent to eliminate mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, etc.
I always carry Greenbug for People and use it to prevent bed bugs as well as for mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, etc. It is all natural, totally safe and it WORKS! Before travel, I spray Greenbug for People on my luggage to make sure no bed bugs latch on in-flight. At the hotel, I thoroughly inspect and lightly spray each linen layer to create a bed bug barrier. Spray my luggage prior to travel back and no worries! I did get bed bugs on a business trip last year and discovered Greenbug then. Love it! I get it online - just google "Greenbug for People" and it will pop up.
THANKS! GREAT to know!
Louise Hodges said:
Pyrethrins are NOT even remotely organic! They are synthetic chemicals and as stated above, non selective. They are a known causal agent in Colony Collapse Disorder which is wiping out honey bees.
Greenbug carries a line of all natural pest control products that are completely safe yet effective without exception. You can use Greenbug for Outdoors seconds before harvesting vegetables with no worries. Greenbug for People is an excellent personal repellent to eliminate mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, etc.
I always carry Greenbug for People and use it to prevent bed bugs as well as for mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, etc. It is all natural, totally safe and it WORKS! Before travel, I spray Greenbug for People on my luggage to make sure no bed bugs latch on in-flight. At the hotel, I thoroughly inspect and lightly spray each linen layer to create a bed bug barrier. Spray my luggage prior to travel back and no worries! I did get bed bugs on a business trip last year and discovered Greenbug then. Love it! I get it online - just google "Greenbug for People" and it will pop up.
Hi Louise,
Thanks for the information. I don't know much about pyrethrins except that they have been approved for use by the USDA for the National Organic Program, which does not necessarily mean that they are good to use on our crops, especially since they do kill beneficials. I did not know their connection to Colony Collapse in honey bees, but that is very interesting to note.
I did find an interesting article about the potential hazards of the organic pesticide pyrethrum. It offers information about the effects of pyrethrum, especially to aquatic life through runoff, and other insects. It also gives good tips for battling aphids (water hose or garlic spray), whiteflies (sticky traps or the vacuum! Just like Carol mentioned), and handpicking, row covers, Bt, companion planting and soapy water for potato beetles, flea beetles, and cabbage worms.
It will be useful to add an addendum to this HOMEGROWN101, I think! Thanks for the tip!
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"Crow III"
"He can't get away with by the time,
he gets in front of the jury he'll be a good boy;" said man one.
At a little before 5'oclock he when through the basement.
"Yes or no!" demanded man two bantering humor dry in his throat.
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Waved across his eyes. "No!"
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this happens to now everyone in the room.
You feel traces a dying sound listen to the time of your life.
Standstill panic stricken.
Ringing the bells of a empty houses someone answers and calls you,
transfixed by committed you say "I aint no guillotine"
The girl spoke from the doorway in her rasping voice
"what he wants is in the house" the words hung there for a moment.
Bending forward she plucked she plucked the ashes from his cigarette
and said something nobody could understand.
Nobody could understand, nobody could understand.
One moment of irritation you call back "why me?"
the vantage point above the street
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SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- Youngstown State is the only newcomer to the top 10 in this week's FCS Coaches' Poll.
North Dakota State still sits at No.1, taking all 26 first-place votes for the sixth time in 2013. Eastern Illinois (618), Coastal Carolina (580), Eastern Washington (574) and Montana State (533) keep their respective spots in the top five, with each team increasing its point total from last week.
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Towson (518), McNeese State (494), Fordham (473) and Sam Houston State (452) hold the 6-9 spots, respectively, and Youngstown State enters the top 10 for the first time this season after earning 394 points from the coaches.
Maine jumps two spots to No. 11 with 371 points, followed by Bethune-Cookman at No. 12 with 362 points. Montana drops three spots to No. 13 after losing to Eastern Washington on Saturday.
No. 14 Northern Arizona (283) and No. 15 Central Arkansas (246) both jump four spots to round out the top 15. Wofford falls five spots to No. 16, earning 235 points from the coaches. No. 17 New Hampshire (188) and No. 18 Charleston Southern (175) break into the top 20, while Samford (138) makes this week's biggest leap, jumping to No. 19 after being unranked.
South Dakota State (112) and Lehigh (110) are No. 20 and No. 21, respectively, followed by Villanova at No. 22 with 105 points. James Madison earned 99 points to take No. 23 and Tennessee State (94) drops three spots to No. 24 after losing to Eastern Illinois. Southeastern Louisiana enters the poll in the final slot after receiving 67 points from the coaches.
UNI and Harvard drop from the poll after being ranked No. 18 and No. 23, respectively, last week.


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Blue WorldSheila Finch
Oil painting on Stretched canvas New
Painting wraps around edges
Varnished and Ready to hang
Signed on front and back
14" h x 11" w x 1.5" d |3 lbs. 0 oz.
Sheila Finch
Half Moon Bay, California
Sheila spends many hours studying clouds from the cockpit of her sailboat on the California coast. She's frequently blessed with beaming sunrises and storms that create beautiful displays of light streaming across the ocean or shimmering off the nearby coastal mountain range. Sheila's award-winning paintings have been exhibited in museums and galleries throughout the United States and Europe. She has received recognition from the National Arts Appreciation Program, and her work has been exhibited at the prestigious L'Espace Bateau Lavoir in Paris.
Here's more work from Sheila you may enjoy
Hear what collectors say about Sheila's work
Sheila, I just want to say how much I love Coastal Clouds - 40 and what a great addition it has been to our study. It is even more beautiful and in person than pictures of it suggested it would be.
I have two of her paintings. Beautiful work.
Thank you, Steve! Very kind of you to comment on my paintings! I take great care to capture all the nuance of color, so it's nice to hear when an art lover responds to my work! I would love to know which paintings you liked. Also, just a reminder... you can always arrange a commissioned painting through UGallery if you love a piece, but need a different size! Cheers!
Your colors and style is absolutely beautiful
I am so excited that we have moved our sailboat "Tango" from the South Bay down the coast to Pillar Point Harbor just north of Half Moon Bay! This is one of the few "working harbors" on the California coast, and it's very exciting to be here! Many of my paintings have been inspired by walks along the bluffs and beaches nearby, so I feel like I am home, at last... Looking forward to all the scenery that will inspire future paintings!
Thank you for your feedback, Dianne and Jim! I'm so pleased you love your Coastal Clouds painting and that it's even prettier than the photos show! Warmest wishes, Sheila
Sheila, we were thrilled to get Coastal Clouds 29 just in time for Christmas. The painting is more beautiful than the photo! Your ability to capture light is amazing and the colors of the painting have so much depth that you feel like you are really viewing the clouds above! Thank you for sharing your talent with the world!
I am honored that my painting, "Coastal Light", is included in Coastal Living Magazine's March Issue, "True Colors".
Thank you so much for your kind comment. I love using color as the main component in creating my uplifting, positive paintings!
Hi I love the colour you bring to your paintings. they are just amazing .
Yesterday I had the honor to be the Judge for "Explorations in Colored Pencil III", at the Peninsula Gallery in San Mateo California. This was a competition within the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California chapter of the Colored Pencil Society of America. These paintings, all created in colored pencil, were incredible! I had no idea such beautiful work could be created in this medium!
So nice of you to comment! I do work to create positive feelings through my paintings... hope, faith, an uplifting of the spirit... Glad you are enjoying them!
this painting gives me hope just by looking at it through the internet you must be a beautiful person to do this beauty
Thank you so much for your kind remarks about my paintings! Such nice comments from collectors (and FUTURE collectors!) like you fill me with gratitude... I would be honored to one day have my paintings hanging in your home.
Gorgeous work! I look forward to purchasing one of your beautiful paintings (but have a leaky flat roof to fix first). I'm so glad I found your work - you're an incredible artist with tremendous talent. I love your use of color and the way your paintings make me feel. Bye for now!
I've just posted my first video on YouTube! The four minute video shows me painting a new piece over a period of about three days. Here's the link: http://youtu.be/5FV7OyJcJEc Enjoy! Sheila
I am thrilled to have Heavenly Light-5 hanging in your beautiful home! This image is an early morning scene close to our marina. The sky was filled with upswept clouds reflecting in the pool of water collected in the salt flats below. Some of my most inspiring scenes are found here!
Sheila, We are so thrilled to finally have one of your works. We have the perfect location for Heavenly Light 5. It is a breathtaking painting. The colors are so vivid that I can visualize being there.
I am so pleased that you love the painting, "Tidal Pools". This painting was inspired by the tidal pools of the Fitzgerald Marine Park off the coast north of Half Moon Bay. It's a magical, beautiful area filled with color that's only accessible when the tide is low. It's just north of the famous Mavericks surf competition on the coast south of San Francisco.
Sheila, I am so pleased with your beautiful work! The painting was pictured very accurately on the website.
I am thrilled to announce that one of my paintings, "South Bay", has been chosen by Crate and Barrel for a limited edition print! In early April they will fly me out to the East Coast to sign the edition!
The storms we get here in Northern California from December through April create the most dynamic, inspiring skyscapes. My largest painting, "April Sky-Coastal Bluffs Park" and "Coastal Storm" were both inspired by images of the types of storms we're experiencing now throughout the month of December.
Sheila! Your work is fantastic! We wrote about it on the blog. You can read it here: http://blog.ugallery.com/post/34783386594/new-artist-spotlight-derek-alvarez-sheila-finch
I love painting water, wetlands and skies, especially now that I live on the water... literally, ON the water in my 40 foot sailboat! I draw much of my inspiration from the beautiful California sunrises and sunsets I see each day, both at the dock and when we're anchored out in exotic locations around the San Francisco Bay and northern coast of California.
Sheila, I just want to say how much I love Coastal Clouds - 40 and what a great addition it has been to our study. It is even more beautiful and in person than pictures of it suggested it would be.- M Reissig
Sheila, we were thrilled to get Coastal Clouds 29 just in time for Christmas. The painting is more beautiful than the photo! Your ability to capture light is amazing and the colors of the painting have so much depth that you feel like you are really viewing the clouds above! Thank you for sharing your talent with the world!- D Newcomb
Sheila, I am so pleased with your beautiful work! The painting was pictured very accurately on the website.- H Wiley


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BioShock Infinite documentary explores the mysteries of Columbia
Irrational Games and 2K Games have released a new video for BioShock Infinite. Although it contains no gameplay footage, it offers a unique spin on the history and lore of Columbia, the setting of the new BioShock game. In a fictional "Truth From Legend" documentary segment, narrator Alistar Bloom attempts to unlock the mysteries of Columbia. The video is more of a trailer for this fictitious show, offering a glimpse at what viewers could expect upon watching. The video gives a brief overview of the floating city of Columbia and reviews artifacts that may hold the key to unlocking its many histories. Some may answer questions while others raise new and troubling questions like what caused Columbia's secession, where did it disappear to, and where is the rest of the
city? This is one of my favorite trailers yet for BioShock Infinite. One of the things that makes this series so great is its attention to detail and the surrounding lore of the environment in which it takes place in. Although Columbia is a made up city, Irrational has done a great job in bringing it to life. What makes this video so great is its believability -- I mean, who hasn't seen one of these cheesy documentaries?


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With their clever lyrics and folk-tinged melodies, the Crash Test Dummies were a perfect rock band for affluent '90s college students and yuppies. Their first album was a multi-platinum hit in their native Canada, but only gained a small cult following in other parts of the world. Thanks to former 's clean, radio-friendly production, the follow-up album, God Shuffled His Feet (1993), broke big in the States and, in turn, Europe. The first single from the record, "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm," became a worldwide Top Ten hit, making the group a minor sensation with their self-consciously bizarre lyrics and singer/songwriter Brad Roberts' deep baritone. A Worm's Life followed in 1996, and three years later the Crash Test Dummies returned with Give Yourself a Hand, which found Roberts sharing vocal duties with bandmate Ellen Reid.
Frontman Brad Roberts resurfaced in fall 2000 with a solo album, Crash Test Dude, a collection of acoustic hits from the Crash Test Dummies and eclectic covers. It was also during this time that Roberts suffered a serious car crash, almost losing his arm. Seven months later, however, he returned to the Crash Test Dummies circuit to issue I Don't Care That You Don't Mind, a brand-new batch of songs written with lobster fishermen/musicians whom Roberts met during his rehabilitation. Late 2001 and early 2002 saw more solo albums from the band's members (Ellen Reid's Cinderellen and Mitch Dorge's As Trees Walking), and the Dummies gradually became more Brad Roberts' project than a traditional band. A new three-piece unit consisting of Reid, Brad Roberts and original bassist Dan Roberts released the Christmas album Jingle All the Way in late 2002, but limited distribution made the album hard to find. The album was reissued in late 2003 along with a new album, Puss 'n' Boots, with Reid and Dan Roberts adding to what was originally planned as a Brad Roberts solo album. The trio embraced a more stripped-down acoustic sound on their next album, 2004's Songs of the Unforgiven, while 2010's Oooh La-La! proved to be more symphonic. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi