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As editor in chief and senior vice president, I've given talks to a range of audiences about why science is important to humanity's future wellbeing. But Thursday, July 17, was not the typical discussion: I was privileged to join three science experts as witnesses at the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing, "The Federal Research Portfolio: Capitalizing on Investments in R&D." The hearing considered the federal government's role in research and development (R&D), and the nation's STEM education and outreach initiatives.
Others in the Capitol hearing room were Vinton G. Cerf, computer scientist, Google's Internet Evangelist and one of the fathers of the Internet; Neal F. Lane, former director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; and Stephen E. Fienberg, professor of statistics and social science at Carnegie Mellon University.
Recognizing the need for long-term investments in science and technology, Congress passed the America COMPETES Acts of 2007 and 2010 to significantly increase federal R&D budgets, to promote STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education and to support the innovation necessary for economic growth.
Each witness had five minutes to make verbal remarks in addition to the written testimony. Below is a text of mine. This In-Depth Report includes all of the full-length testimonies, a video of the hearing and other articles about funding and basic research.
Thank you, Chairman Rockefeller, Ranking Member Thune, and the Committee, for the privilege of addressing you today.
My name is Mariette DiChristina, and I'm the editor in chief of Scientific American, which has chronicled the power of U.S. basic research since its founding in 1845.
Scientific American started the first branch of the U.S. patent agency in 1850, and Thomas Edison is among the researchers who've visited our offices. Albert Einstein wrote for Scientific American, as have more than 150 Nobel laureates and many winners of the U.S. National Medals of Science and Technology. It reaches more than 3.5 million in print and more than 6 million each month online, including leaders in business and policy, educators, students and science enthusiasts.
Science is the engine of prosperity. Economists have said that a third to a half of U.S. economic growth has resulted from basic research since World War II. The cars and trains that got us here today, our smart phones, the energy that lights this chamber, the clothes we wear, the food we eat: All of these were developed and improved through research.
But before these applications existed, researchers had to study the basic concepts that provided a sound foundation—and they did those studies not necessarily knowing where they would lead. I know Einstein wasn't thinking about GPS in smart phones when he formulated his theory of relativity a hundred years ago. But knowing how spacetime works helps make our measurements from orbiting GPS satellites accurate.
And Elizabeth Blackburn was just curious about what's at the end of chromosomes when she started studying the DNA of pond scum in the 1970s. The NIH started funding her work in 1978. In 2009, she and fellow NIH grantees, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak, won a Nobel for their work in understanding what's at the end of those chromosomes—structures called telomeres, which we now know play an important role in human cancers and diseases of aging.
Examples like Elizabeth Blackburn show why providing steady and sufficient support for basic research should be a national priority. We need to take the long view on R&D for the nation's future, just as we need to nurture our children over their entire K-12 careers, so they can succeed in an increasingly competitive global marketplace.
Research takes time. Typical funding grants average five years long. It takes time to run the experiments, gather the data, analyze it properly, and confirm the findings.
And our own track record proves that steady federal funding support leads to success. U.S. federal funding was key to nearly 90 percent of almost 100 top innovations from 1971 to 2006 identified by R&D Magazine.
Our nation's ability to handle today's pressing issues, from providing energy security to curing illnesses to living sustainably in a finite world, will require the innovations that arise from basic research.
It also provides a good return. In a particularly strong example, the Human Genome Project paid back $141 in jobs and growth for each dollar invested. In general, the return for publicly funded R&D is between 30 and 100 percent.
Basic research can be inspiring. The Zooniverse Web site, for instance, lets anybody catalog heavenly objects from NASA images. It has more than a million volunteer citizen scientists! Thousands of Scientific American's own volunteers catalogued more than 100,000 whale calls in 2 months—equal to 2 years of lab work. The Maker movement is such a phenomenon that the U.S. Office of Science & Technology Policy is holding Maker Faire events.
Unfortunately, since the 1980s, R&D spending overall has flattened and even declined in real dollars, according to a report from the Congressional Budget Office on R&D and Productivity Growth. Because of the length of time needed for research, also, the sequester cuts will affect progress for years to come in forestalled and canceled work, and will disproportionately affect and discourage our younger researchers.
Meanwhile, countries such as China are nipping at our heels. Earlier this year, China's rate of GDP investment surpassed that of the 28 member states of the European Union, and could exceed that of the U.S. itself in a little over half a decade, according to the 2014 Global R&D Forecast by Battelle and R&D Magazine. Japan, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Israel and Sweden already spend a greater percentage of their GDP on research than the U.S., according to World Bank.
A strong STEM education pipeline is also critical. Over the past 10 years, STEM jobs grew 3x as fast as non-STEM, says the U.S. Department of Commerce, and our leading technology companies are often challenged to fill the necessary openings.
For one more view, I turned to a member of the next generation. I told my older daughter, Selina, who plans to double major in computer science and graphic design, that I'd be speaking about this topic. I asked her what she would say about science.
"That's easy, mom," she said to me. "It's the foundation of everything."
And so it is. Science is a system for exploring, and for innovation. It can fuel our nation's economic growth. It can form a path for our young people in a competitive global marketplace. And it can fire our imagination.
That's why basic-science research deserves our steady commitment and investment. Thank you for your kind attention.


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Thought bubbles must be punctured gently,
deflated with a fine molecular needle.
She lets me do the shopping at the markets,
the hens are in my charge, I sweep the floors,
but I'm a prisoner in her house.
On the crooked kitchen shelving, potions bright,
alluring clues, magic herbs and condiments.
To prepare Bahian fish, she says.
Her eyes are jungle camouflage, her tidal laughter
breaks in waves when nothing is amusing,
mysteries are woven in her hair.
The witch blows thirteen rainbowed bubbles
that float and drift and cocoa pop with words—
gringo louco
crazy gringo thinks too much
everything is always
as it is
From a trumpet tree, I saw three parakeets
take flight—
an omen, clear as feathers.
Before the edge of night,
I'll take a coach, I'll break her spell,
return to my reliable southern past.
In the lab, with telescopes and microscopes,
I'll watch the nano-city growing,
proto people, apartment stacks,
linear streets and buses,
to work and back in reciprocal commutation.
I'll never miss a beat of life in miniature, never notice
my imprisonment.
But here, beyond the urban masquerade,
wisps of clouds will race to catch the sun,
the frogs will croak their serenade
to distant samba drums,
the blushing moon will sink in Lake Serene,
its broken light for fireflies
to chase, and on the shore
the witch of Itapuã in white
will wait beneath the palms.
On second thoughts, all things considered,
someone has to feed the chooks.
I think I'll stay with her tonight.
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Stop Sacrificing Sleep
Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app.
Illustration by Lauren Arnold
Thanks to a constantly on-the-go culture, missing sleep is a modern-day phenomenon. And as your training volume increases and running starts encroaching on other parts of your life, you might find yourself hitting the pillow even later and getting up even earlier.
A 2010 survey of more than 30,000 people in 23 countries commissioned by the Philips Center for Health and Well-Being showed that the U.S. has the third-highest sleep-deprivation rate of any country. Even if you know about the beneficial effects on creative problem solving, improving memory and mood elevation of a good nights sleep, there are other important reasons for runners to prioritize sleep.
Immune System
Your body's ability to fight the stress of increased training is sharply diminished when you skip sleep. Training causes an inflammatory response, the precursor to all disease. A 2009 UCLA study showed that the effects became evident after just one night of sleep deprivation. UCLA's Dr. Michael Irwin states: "This study shows that even a modest loss of sleep for a single night increases inflammation, which is a key factor in the onset of cardiovascular disease and autoimmune disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis."
The immediate effects for athletes are an achy, wheezy, stiff and poorly functioning body, which is susceptible to sickness. When sleep is restricted post workout, additional harmful chemicals are released in the body, causing a cascading inflammation scenario. If the remedy of a good nights sleep is ignored, you will undoubtedly get sick and injured.
R.E.M. (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep is our body's downtime, its chance to repair damage from running, imperfect nutrition and the oxidative stress of being a living organism. Without adequate sleep—eight to 10 hours a night for athletes—our bodies have no opportunity to repair cells and regulate hormones that control all aspects of our existence, from sex drive to athletic performance. Hormone disregulation can lead to a wide variety of conditions including depression and hyperthyroidism.
A 2009 study showed just one night of sleep loss raised resting oxygen uptake (VO2) in runners. It also decreased time to exhaustion, the antithesis of what we want to accomplish through training. Similar studies on swimmers showed that increasing sleep time to 10 hours a night also increased their time trials and all the reaction times involved in swimming (including off-the-block times and kick strokes per minute).
The coveted competitive edge is readily available to us all, legal and free of charge—we just need to properly prioritize our zzz's.
This article originally appeared in the June 2012 issue (No. 80) of Trail Runner.


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With just three cups of our award-winning Tappuri Catechin Green Tea a day, you can help support your body's optimal weight-loss ability. How does it work? Well, this green tea is packed with catechins which are responsible for many of green tea's world-renowned health benefits!
These amazing, all-natural antioxidants have been proven to help prevent cell damage, support weight loss & even promote longevity! Green tea also contains the amino acid L-theanine, which has been linked to improved focus, energy, & brain function. Together they work to improve your ability to burn energy & boost your metabolism—making your weight loss journey that bit easier!
About the Tea Bag:
The Pyramid tea sachet bag is made out of premium quality nonwoven fabric to allow the tea to open up fully to get the best aroma and taste of tea. It is biodegradable and environmentally friendly. Read more about soilon nonwoven fabric we use for our teabag here.
How to Drink:
Step One: Add 150ml of boiling water to a cup with 1 tea bag and steep for 3 minutes.
Step Two: Shake the tea bag up and down 10 times then remove the bag before drinking.
Step Three: Enjoy to your heart's content.
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For USA shipment, our fresh green teas are shipped directly from Japan to our warehouse in Washington on a weekly basis. We ship all our fresh green tea to you from our warehouse in Washington via USPS. This shipping approach allows us to reliably ship fresh green tea speedily to your door without any international shipping involved after you order.
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Serving Size 1 tablespoon (7 g) - Makes 11 oz (350 ml)
|22.3 k.cal (Calories from Fat 0)
|Total Fat
|0.34 g
|· Saturated Fat
|0.047 g
|· Trans Fat
|0 g
|0 mg
|0 g
|Total Carbohydrate
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|Dietary Fiber
|0 g
|0 g
|2.20 g
|List of Ingredients
|Green Tea
|Caffeine per serving
|34 mg (about a third of cup of coffee)
|Declaration Regarding Veg or Non-Veg
|Declaration of Food Additives
|Country of Origin
|100 % Made in Japan
|Name and Complete Address of Green Tea Farm
Arahataen Inc. 257 Nunohikihara Makinoharashi
Shizuoka Japan 421-0407 Japan
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Good for diet (High in Polyphenol, Catechin, and EGCG Elements)
Reduces absorption activity in the stomach (High in Gallic acid)
Makes skin smooth
Rich in vitamins C and E
0 Cholesterol, 0 Sodium
Our green tea farms, the Arahataen Green Tea Farms, are geographically and advantageously located in the Shizuoka prefecture in Japan, known for growing the finest of teas. This region has been the center of green tea culture in Japan for centuries. The difference in temperatures on the plateaus during night and day in this region is considered to be one of the main contributory factors to the richness in flavor of green tea. The fog and weather patterns are also considered to play an important role for the highest quality green tea plants.


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Can you get fat by using oily hair and skin care products? We break down the answer for you, step by step. Plus, you WON'T BELIEVE what Perry has to say about animal testing. Could this be our most controversial show ever?
Show notes
Beauty Science News:
We discuss the "Be Cruelty Free Bloggers" video where various beauty bloggers speak out against animal testing. Perry, not surprisingly, has a contrarian point of view.
Question of the week: Is your skin lotion making you fat?
Lisa says.. trying to get in shape for bikini season so of course I'm watching my diet. My trainer also says I should I should watch the amount of oil in my hair treatments and skin creams because they can get absorbed and my affect my weight loss results.
To answer Lisa's question we look at the types of oils used in cosmetics, the amount of oil these cosmetics expose you to, and how much of this oil penetrates to your blood where it can be metabolized into fat.
Two types of oils most commonly used in hair and skincare products
Hydrocarbon oils, like mineral oil, are not metabolized and stored as fat. They pass through your body undigested. Small amounts may be retained (2% in case of mineral oil)
Plant oils, like grain oils (corn) fruit oils (olive oil, coconut oil) nut and seed oils (almond, grape seed oil) do have some nutritional value meaning they can be metabolized and ultimately stored as fat. For the sake of discussion, let's just assume all the oils used skin products are these plant oils. (ASSUMPTION : All of the oils in cosmetics are plant oils, in reality they are not.)
How much oil is in a typical skin care product?
This varies greatly from product to product. For example some massage oil could be 100% oil. But for the most commonly used product which would be lotions where the percent of oil is rather low probably on the order of maybe 5% or 10%. So let's just assume the average product oil content is on the high side and say that 25%. (ASSUMPTION: The average oil content of cosmetics is 25% when it's probably closer to 5 or 10%)
How much product do you apply?
First, only consider leave on products because rinse off products don't have time to penetrate. Some products like a face cream, you only use a fraction of an ounce per day. Others like sunscreen, or all over body lotion you should use an ounce or more. Let's say you use 4 ounces a day. (ASSUMPTION: 4 ounces per day is average, could be much lower.)
How much oil is deposited on your skin each day?
4 ounces of product @ 25% oil = 1 ounce of oil per day.
How much oil is absorbed into your blood
According to one study researchers applied safflower oil cream to patients daily for 5 weeks, then measured blood levels of linoleic acid. (A main component of safflower oil.) Of the total 5300 mg applied to skin approximately 2000 mg had entered the blood. (A little less than 50% was absorbed.)
That means in our analysis, you could absorb 50% of 1 ounce of oil or about 0.5 ounces of oil per day. (ASSUMPTION: All oils will absorb as much as linoleic which is not true.)
Could this much oil affect your diet?
Let's assume that 100% of that 0.5 ounce of safflower oil is treated as fat. How many calories would be added to your diet?
Calories in Safflower oil = 250 calories/ounce. Therefore, 0.5 ounce of safflower oil = 125 calories
(ASSUMPTION: All plant oils are rich in high calorie, polyunsaturated fats which they are not. Olive oil for example contains only about 15% compared to 70% for safflower.)
The Beauty Brains bottom line
If you use a lot of plant oil containing cosmetics, the MOST calories you could expect to add to your diet is about 100 day. (Considering all our assumptions could be about 1/10 of this figure or 10 calories. So if it's in range of 10 to 100 there's nothing for Lisa to worry about.
Skin absorption of safflower oil: Am J Clin Nutr September 1987 vol. 46 no. 3 419-423
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There are two primary ways to work at camp: as a paid staff member or as a volunteer. Each of these has their own distinct process. On this page, you will find a list of positions, volunteer and paid, we currently have available.
We hope that you will explore the descriptions of the processes for applying as a volunteer and applying as a paid staff member.
Many have found their relationship with God in community by being a camper, and many more have further found their life's vocation by working at camp.
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Dough smells like alcohol
Started making my dough at 3pm yesterday, thinking I would use it for my evening meal, but plans changed, so I didn't bake the dough and left it in the fridge overnight to rise slowly.
Next morning I took it out of the fridge and it was very liquidy, like a starter, and I had to incorporate lots of extra flour into it to get it to the right consistency. I then put it back in the bread maker on the dough setting to give it another knead and rise, although the texture feels gummy and dense. Once it's done I will shape it, rise again, and bake, but it smells like its started to ferment - will this ruin the loaf? What have I done wrong?


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BGR just leaked info about the HTC Ville, an Android phone that'll supposedly be announced by HTC at next year's Mobile World Congress, and it looks really great... except for one thing. It plasters the needless HTC Sense all over Ice Cream Sandwich. WHYYY
Aside from that, the HTC Ville is a 4.3-inch, 1.5 GHz dual phone with a qHD Super AMOLED display and an 8-megapixel camera with 1080p video. The body of the Ville is supposed to be some sort of metal and it'll be less than 8mm thick. According to BGR's sources, the Ville won't have NFC.
That sounds like a super solid phone made better by the fact that it's running Ice Cream Sandwich. But like most Android phone makers, HTC feels the need to ruin a perfectly fine operating system in Android 4.0 with a silly third party skin—HTC Sense 4.0 is expected to launch with the Ville. I was hoping that Ice Cream Sandwich would kill all these dummy skins but I guess they'll never die, they'll just live in a zombie existence on some poor sap's phone. [BGR]


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Innovative collaboration: Today's emerging talents in architecture are redefining the profession with global practices that are digitally literate and operate at multiple scales of design. This liberation of scale has allowed architects to look at issues from interiors to urban planning in new and innovative ways.
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For seemingly no reason, Gucci Mane has been on a dissing rampage, slandering everyone from Young Jeezy to Young Joc these last few weeks. One time friend Yo Gotti, the latest artist to be given a few choice words from the Atlanta MC, had the opportunity to speak his peace about Gucci Mane with K97's Devin Steel.
"It came down to me and homie dropping on the same day. I didn't know it in the beginning. I found out probably a day or two later. But once I found out, because he supposed to be my homeboy, I hit his phone immediately," according to Gotti.
"I'm thinking like, 'We about to shut it down. Me and him coming out on the same day, it's a wrap.' So I hit him. He ain't hit me back. So I'm thinking maybe he got a different number. You know ni–as change numbers all the time."
Things took a turn for the worse when an affiliate of both MCs informed Yo Gotti that Gucci recorded a diss record about him. Gotti chose to take the high road on the situation, though, despite the circumstances.
"To me, at the end of the day, I'm more disappointed in him than anything because I looked at him differently. What I perceived him is not what played out. I thought [he] was a stand up, straight up guy and street dudes don't handle business like that."
Gotti continued, "I don't know if I'm more shocked that dude said my name in a song that's a diss record or the reason why the people say he said my name. Cause those same dudes who hit me that was in the studio with him were like, 'Holmes was talking like I'ma keep dissing everybody 'til they react. I'm trying to get this iTunes money and show money.'"
There's been no word from Gucci Mane yet, but considering his recent history this may be the opportunity for rebuttal that he's been waiting for.
Check out the full interview below to hear Yo Gotti's full take on the situation.
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We're putting the finishing touches on our initial Kickstarter campaign for our free-culture science-fiction web series "Lunatics", which is being made with free software tools in a process very similar to free software development. This is an experiment in commercial free culture, using the platform that has quickly come to be the standard for this kind of project fund-raising. Is Kickstarter all it's cracked up to be? I think it is, and for this installment in my "making free movies with free software" series, I'd like to explain why.
Making Movies with Free Software
This article is part of an on-going series on "Making Free Movies with Free Software".
First of all, let me make a shameless plug for my project: "Promote space development, support free culture, get cool stuff -- pledge in the "Lunatics" pre-production Kickstarter campaign!" Seriously. Lunatics is going to be awesome, and I think we're going to have great results even with just the pre-production materials.
About Kickstarter
Kickstarter lies between a conventional "fund raising" system (like you would see for charities, your local youth group, or public television) and a pre-sale system, which is closer to how the Blender Open Movies were marketed. The rewards in the Kickstarter can range from simple token gifts to say "thank you for supporting us" to simple commodity items sold in advance so as to remove the risk from production fixed costs.
Indeed, intellectual production (writing, coding, filming, etc) can be regarded simply as a fixed cost of producing a commodity item (like a DVD movie disk). Or it can be regarded as a public good produced through a system of collective patronage. There isn't really a sharp difference between these two interpretations -- because they really are just that: interpretations. If one of the two makes you feel better, then pick that one. Because the reality is that both are equally sensible ways of thinking about what we are doing.
The best rewards in a Kickstarter campaign are the ones that don't cost much materially, but provide a connection to the artists behind the production. One of the most popular items is signed memorabilia.
Character Design for 'Lunatics'
Our first Kickstarter is prompted by the fact that I needed (or very much wanted) to commission a good character design artist for "Lunatics". After much consideration, I asked Daniel Fu (Author of web comic The Retriever) to do the job. We started with a small commission for concept art, which I paid for out of pocket. This Kickstart's main goal is to pay for the much larger task of detailed design for each of the characters (currently, we plan to do 16 characters -- the 8 main characters, 4 secondary characters, and 4 generic "extras" designs that we can remix and stretch to make background characters in the story. We need $1600 to pay this commmission (basically, $100 per character).
Other Pre-Production Work
During this time, Rosalyn will be finishing the script and I will be creating lots of plan drawings and layouts, and making a lot of 3D models in Blender. In particular, I need models of the "ISF-1" colony and the "Lunar Transportation System" and the "Gagarin's Start" launch complex in Baikonur for the pilot episode. In fact, I had decided that I needed at least simple versions of these to make good storyboard images, because I was having some issues with consistency between my different hand-drawn sketches (for example, I kept changing the design of the Lunar Transportation System "Moon Shuttle" in incompatible ways, so that the storyboard drawings were becoming incomprehensble).
I've also worked extensively on the sound. I never really thought of myself as a "sound person", but it seems I do have a bit of a knack for it. With all of that, I will have everything needed to create a full-length "story-reel" animatic (meaning an animatic consisting of storyboards cut to the soundtrack) of the pilot episode of Lunatics, "No Children in Space". There will probably even be a few moving 3D model shots.
I'm hoping that people will see this as a lot of progress for the $2400 goal that I'm setting on this Kickstarter.
Cleaning all of this up to create consistent models, drawings, story-reel, and animatic is a big project. I wasn't thinking about that a lot as an expense, because I expected to do it myself, but it clearly is a lot of work, and it will produce a lot of results. And ultimate results -- in the form of "rewards" is what you are selling in a Kickstarter campaign.
Converting Intellectual Products into Material Rewards
At first, I thought this would be hard -- "How are we going to find enough 'unique stuff' to sell when we are basically an online collaborative project?"
In fact, though, it hasn't really been all that hard. The obvious no-brainer was to include the original drawing sheets that Daniel creates as high-end items. The concept sheets are priced at $250 and the model/design sheets at $300.
Along with the model sheets, there will also be a "character line-up sheet" (this is a group drawing of the characters -- its main purpose is to establish the correct scale relationships between characters. I don't intend to sell this one -- at least not yet -- but it will be the guide for new marketing artwork we created for Lunatics. We've been using the "silhouettes" logo for some time now, but after this project we'll be able to "fill in" the characters with full drawings (we'll also create an updated "silhouettes" drawing that matches them).
With that, of course, we can make posters. The whole collection of art can be put on DVD or on a custom USB drive. And most of it can be included in a nice collector's volume book.
There's also the motivation of being listed as a supporter -- anyone paying $1 or more will be listed as a "Backer" in a "Thank You" notice on the disk we're producing. And anyone (or up to eight anyones, anyway) can sponsor us for $400 and get their company logo on the books, poster, and disk cover art that we produce.
It's all about "selling containers" (as Nina Paley calls it). It's also about creating a nice ladder of increasingly valuable items so that people have a "reason to buy" at the level they're comfortable with.
In fact, Kickstarter is really just a practical implementation of Mike Masnick's "Connect with Fans + Reason to Buy" business model concept.
Of course, "There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch" (TANSTAAFL), so it's worth noting that Kickstarter will cost us some money. Kickstarter charges a pure percentage, though, which distinguishes it from some other services. Thus there is no financial penalty for a failed Kickstart, which is a very useful thing for anyone (like me) who probably can't afford that financial risk.
On the other hand, the amount they take is also proportional to how much you raise -- this can be quite a lot of money on a large fund-raiser. Probably the most famous and possibly the largest Kickstarter campaign was that of Diaspora, in which they raised about $200,000 -- this means they paid about $16,000 in fees to Kickstarter and Amazon! That's a lot of money for hosting a fund-raiser.
But there's another side to that: Kickstarter is incentivized to help you maximize your fund-raising. They pick projects, help you set yours up, and they provide a lot of well-maintained and well-documented features to make this work. So in fact, I think this is a good thing.
Overheads and Risks
The other major cost of course, is the manufacturing, handling, and shipping costs associated with the "rewards".
This is probably my biggest complaint about Kickstarter's design: the target goal is based on your top line (i.e. "revenue") and not on your bottom line (i.e. "profit"). This can make pricing a little tricky.
I had to forego including a commodity-priced unsigned version of the "Pre-Production Art Book" (at, say, $25 each) because the margin would be too thin -- if I were unlucky enough to reach my goal of $2400 entirely with the commodity book sales, then I would not make the $1600 in profit needed to pay the commission and get the work done. That's a very bad situation -- I would be in default.
In order to avoid that, I would have to raise the minimum goal up by three or four times (to about $6400). But of course, it's much more likely that I would get a mixture of sales on different items, so I'd probably wind up with a much higher amount of money than I need.
That would be fine if it happened, but there's also the possibility that I would have raised plenty of money to deliver on my promises, but still have the Kickstart fail because I hadn't reached my goal.
The revenue-based goal is attractive in its simplicity, but it creates this risk. If the Kickstart's success were based on profit instead of revenue, I wouldn't have to worry about this so much. As it is, I had to set a price-to-cost ratio, which I decided should be about 4:1 (i.e. my most expensive reward costs me about 1/4 the reward price in materials, handling, and shipping costs). I'm ignoring my own labor here, because I'm willing to risk that.
Signing stuff is a great way to add value without adding cost. So, in fact, all of the books in the Kickstarter sale will be signed by me, and they'll cost $50 because of that. Other things are not so hard -- people won't really complain about $19 for a disk full of data, while the disk itself costs less than a dollar. If I get a very small number of these, I can just burn DVD-Rs on my own computer. If I get lots, I can send the data to a disk duplicating company, and the bulk discount will bring my costs down to a reasonable point.
There's more about all of this manufacturing and retail business, but you'd probably find it tedious. Suffice it to say: you will have to think about such stuff if you do a Kickstart to fund your own project.
Good Odds
It is an unfortunate truth that money and I do not along well. I've succeeded at lots of other things, but I'm too honest to be a good salesman. I can't sell a product I don't believe in, and I can't make myself believe in a product just so I can sell it. Indeed, I'm not sure that I can ever remember a fund-raiser that was truly successful. Certainly one of my first obstacles on this project was my lack of confidence (and a lot of disturbing and shaming flashbacks to childhood school fundraisers).
So, I have to say that the fact that Kickstarter reports a success rate of 40% (for accepted projects) is pretty reassuring. That's a pretty astoundingly high success rate -- it almost makes me think that even I can do this.
And as I go through the process, I think I can believe it. Kickstarter is doing a lot of things right -- they have taken an excellent model for collective patronage and/or pre-sales and they've smoothed out most of the bumps that get in the way of inexperienced marketing people like me.
The attraction here is that I finally can make the thing I do care about central to raising the money. So I'm putting my all into it. I truly hope there's enough people out there interested in this concept to make it go, because I really want to make "Lunatics" happen.
Licensing Notice
This work may be distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, version 3.0, with attribution to "Terry Hancock, first published in Free Software Magazine". Illustrations and modifications to illustrations are under the same license and attribution, except as noted in their captions (all images in this article are CC By-SA 3.0 compatible).


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Caroline McCarthy / CNET News: A facelift for Facebook in-boxes, but is it enough?
Leena Rao / TechCrunch: Facebook Makes It Easier To Search Your Inbox
Noah Shachtman / Danger Room:
Iran Activists Get Assist from 'Anonymous,' Pirate Bay — Iranian democracy activists, meet your new pals: a masked protest movement best known for needling the Church of Scientology, and a group of file-sharers so infamous they're facing a year in jail. — Anonymous Iran is a collaboration between …
Discussion: Against Monopoly, Fast Company and Epicenter
Justin Levine / Against Monopoly: Piracy: File sharing activists help to break the information monopoly in Iran
Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
Tear Down This Cyberwall! — The unrest unfolding in Iran …
Tear Down This Cyberwall! — The unrest unfolding in Iran …
Discussion: PC World, Personal Democracy Forum, Computerworld Blogs and blogs.telegraph.co.uk …
Preston Gralla / PC World: How to Tweet a Protest — Analysis: Four ways Iranians are beating Internet censorship.
Preston Gralla / Computerworld Blogs: How to save Iran: Support the Internet freedom initiative
Joseph Tartakoff / paidContent:
Electronic Arts Hires Microsoft Interactive Entertainment Exec As COO — Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS) has hired John Schappert, the corporate vice president of Microsoft's interactive entertainment business, as its new COO. Schappert replaces John Pleasants, who is leaving the company to take the top job at Playdom.
Discussion: The Technology Chronicles, EA.com, L.A. Times Tech Blog, CNET News, VentureBeat, blogs.ft.com and Joystiq
Alex Pham / L.A. Times Tech Blog: The revolving door at EA: Enter John Schappert, exit John Pleasants
Daniel Terdiman / CNET News: Senior Xbox exec returning to Electronic Arts
Chris Nuttall / blogs.ft.com: Top execs abandon consoles for social gaming
Christopher Grant / Joystiq: John Schappert leaves Microsoft, returns to EA
Tameka Kee / paidContent:
Pleasants To Leave EA, Join Playdom As CEO
Pleasants To Leave EA, Join Playdom As CEO
Discussion: Virtual Worlds News and Business Wire, Thanks:erniesander
Curt Feldman / Virtual Worlds News: Playdom Hiring Coup Nets EA Senior Exec
Tony Stubblebine / Stubbleblog:
The Real Lessons From Twitter — In 2006, I was the director of engineering at Odeo, a podcasting startup notable for birthing a side project now known as Twitter. My major contributions were doing the statistical analysis that showed that our podcasting work hadn't amounted to a hill …
Kim Zetter / Threat Level:
TJX Hacker Was Awash in Cash; His Penniless Coder Faces Prison — Accused TJX hacker kingpin Albert Gonzalez called his credit card theft ring "Operation Get Rich or Die Tryin." — He spent $75,000 on a birthday party for himself and once complained that he had to manually count $340,000 …
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Microsoft Security Essentials: What wannabe testers need to know — Microsoft finally broke its silence about its Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) — a k a "Morro" — June 18, after refusing for months to provide any real details on its planned free consumer security replacement to Windows Live OneCare.
Elinor Mills / CNET News: Microsoft's free anti-malware beta to arrive next week
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / Hardware 2.0: Will Microsoft Security Essentials (Morro) dent commercial antivirus sales?
Zack Whittaker / iGeneration: "Morro" in the cloud: a retraction and apology
Thomas Claburn / InformationWeek: Microsoft Security Essentials Beta Coming Tuesday
Brian Prince / eWeek: Microsoft Preps Security Essentials Beta
Gregg Keizer / ITworld.com: Microsoft to deliver free antimalware next Tuesday
Harry McCracken / Technologizer:
Sirius XM on the iPhone: Siriusly Disappointing — There was a time when I was a raving satellite radio fan. I still own an XM receiver and enjoy some of its stations. But let's just say it: It's not going to be that long until satellite radio is a largely obsolete technology (I suspect truckers will be the last holdouts).
Discussion: Orbitcast, louisgray.com, CNET News, NEWSFACTOR, Zatz Not Funny!, eWeek, AppleInsider, Digital Daily and Tech Trader Daily
Don Reisinger / CNET News: Sirius XM's latest blunder: Its iPhone app
Jennifer LeClaire / NEWSFACTOR: Paid SIRIUS Service Delivers To iPhone and iPod Touch
Nicholas Kolakowski / eWeek: Sirius XM iPhone App Makes Debut, Minus Howard Stern
John Paczkowski / Digital Daily: Sirius iPhone App: No Stern? No NFL? No MLB? No Way. [UPDATED]
Michael Learmonth / AdAge:
JetBlue Taps Plane Full of YouTubers to Promote New LAX Route — Promotes Wi-Fi Service on BetaBlue Flight in Videos, on Twitter — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — JetBlue will land its first jet at Los Angeles International Airport today and has packed the plane with YouTube celebrities to document the ride.
Discussion: NewTeeVee, paidContent and iJustine
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Apple 2.0:
Lines form for the new iPhone in New York and Tokyo — Here are two postcards from the front lines of the smartphone wars. — The first, at right, shows three college students from Monclair, N.J. — Matt Dodd, 18, Sam Epstein,18, and Keith Hobin, 19 — huddled under borrowed umbrellas in front of Apple's …
Discussion: AT&T, Digital Daily, MacRumors and The iPhone Blog, Thanks:johnboot185
John Paczkowski / Digital Daily: AT&T: For Those of You Just Joining Us, iPhone 3G S Available Tomorrow
Rene Ritchie / The iPhone Blog: AT&T Gets their iPhone 3G S Pack On!
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Just How Much Search Share Does Twitter Really Have? — Twitter notched yet another milestone yesterday when it finally showed up on comScore's index of Web search milestones. The catch: It barely registered, pulling down a search share of just 0.001 percent.
Discussion: Search Engine Journal, Thanks:atul
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Apple 2.0:
Munster: 500,000 new iPhones this weekend — Will there be long lines outside Apple Stores Friday at 7 a.m. when the iPhone 3G S goes on sale? — Gene Munster thinks there will, although not as long as last year's. — Piper Jaffray's senior research analyst issued a report to clients Thursday …
Paul Miller / Engadget: iPhone 3G S line begins in NY, weather be damned
Harry McCracken / Technologizer: Come Wait in Line for an iPhone With Me!
The Boy Genius / Boy Genius Report: Apple iPhone 3G S Unboxing
Allan David Reyes / PMP Today: iPhone 3G S buyers start camping out at Apple Store in NY
Robert Evans / I4U News: Apple Expected to Sell 500,000 iPhone 3G's Over Weekend.
Will Park / IntoMobile: Our first 2 iPhone 3G S winners are...
Steven Sande / TUAW: Munster: Apple to sell 500,000 units of iPhone 3G S this weekend
Jason Ankeny / FierceMobileContent: iPhone 3G S weekend sales forecast to top 500,000
Dennis Sellers / Macsimum News: Analysts forecast 500,000 iPhones (or more) to be sold this weekend …
Slash Lane / AppleInsider:
Apple exploring motion-tracking Mac OS X user interface — Patent filings from Apple continue to explore concepts for new interface designs and techniques that may or may not make turn up in future versions of Mac OS X, such as a new filing that outlines a motion-tracking interface …
Caroline McCarthy / CNET News:
Facebook: Our targeted ads aren't creepy — Facebook's targeted advertising program is "materially different from behavioral targeting as it is usually discussed," Chris Kelly, the social network's chief privacy officer, said in remarks prepared for a Thursday morning hearing before two House subcommittees.
Discussion: Gadgetell, Media Decoder, MediaMemo and GigaLaw.com Daily News
Sue Walsh / Gadgetell: Facebook defends targeted ads
Stephanie Clifford / Media Decoder: Congress Looks Into How Online Companies Track Consumers
Tech Daily Dose:
Obama Picks IBM Exec For PTO Job — This just in... President Obama has announced his intention to nominate IBM Assistant General Counsel David Kappos to become director of the Patent and Trademark Office. His bio, included in the White House announcement, is pasted after the jump.


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OSLO, NORWAY – Ten of thousands of dead fish have washed ashore in Norway. The reason: aliens.
There were thousands and thousands of dead herring everywhere on the coast Norway for two days – and then they mysteriously disappeared.
The dead fish first appeared on New Year's Eve, leading to speculation that predators might have driven a huge school ashore or the fish could have been washed onto the beach by a powerful storm that hit Norway on Christmas Day.
WWN once again turned experts at the U.N. Panel on Extraterrestrials. Dr. Susan Begley spoke to WWN last night.
"This is a similar event that happened last New Year, but it seems have escalated. Last New Year, dead blackbirds dropped from the sky in Arkansas and dead herring came ashore in Norway, the pattern was repeated this year – only the numbers are far greater."
Dr. Begley said that the U.N. has concluded that the herring (and the blackbirds) were killed by aliens from Planet Gootan. "There are two alien species that have been inhabiting the earth in the last fourteen months. The Zeebans are peaceful and docile beings here to help humans, and the Gootans are here to attack us. The dead herring appear to be the work of the Gootans – they are sending another warning to citizens of earth."
Is the U.N. planning on taking an action against the Gootans?
"We have be planning an international strategy to deal with all extraterrestrials living peacefully on our planet and have come up with a strong military solution to handle any attack. The planning of the defense of earth has brought world leaders together for the first time."
Back in Norway, locals were wondering how to clean up the estimated 60 tons of dead fish on the beach in Kvaenes, near Tromsoe, north of the Arctic Circle, before it decayed. But before they could start, the fish disappeared.
What happened to them?
"The Gootans are playing with us, that's all I can say," said Dr. Begley.
Where will they attack next?
"We have a good idea of their next target, and we are ready."
Let's hope so…


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Many people don't need advice on how to stay motivated—at least at the beginning. Enthusiasm for and commitment to health and fitness tends to come in waves. It's common for people to do really well for a few weeks, and then have a weak moment or two and spend a few weeks trying to get back on track again. So how do you stay motivated and stick to those healthy behaviors when you're on a roll? By making them a habit! The following "Success Reminders" from PUSH will help you create healthy habits not only in health and fitness but in any area of your life!
1. Live to be better. When you realize you can always be better and there's always room for improvement—whether you're talking fitness, career, relationships or just life in general—that's when you've figured out success! We are striving for progress, not perfection. It's a journey! Continually making a conscious effort to be the best version of yourself will always keep you on the right track.
2. Have regularly scheduled checkups every 3 months. No, I'm not talking about going to the doctor (although that's important, too). What I'm talking about is really checking in with yourself. Mark it on your calendar, or set a reminder in your phone every 3 months to reassess what you're doing and how your life is going. Are you happy with your fitness level and how you feel about yourself? Are you pleased with what you're doing in life, your relationships or your career? What are you doing a good job of and what could you be doing a little better? Just check in with yourself to make sure you're staying the right course.
3. Keep learning. The more you educate yourself on topics related to whatever it is you want to achieve, the more likely you are to stay motivated and achieve those things. Read books, listen to motivational audio programs, find ways to learn more about creating better habits. The more you read and listen, and the more you repeat positive behaviors, the more it sticks. Repetition creates long-term memory grooves in your brain. Keep repeating those positive acts!
4. Create accountability. Find someone, or a team of people, to help support you in your positive changes. Identifying those key people to help you stay accountable makes all the difference. Find a trainer, coach, or mentor to guide you and cheer you on as you pursue whatever it is you want to achieve. While we might break a promise to ourselves, we're much less likely to break a promise we've made to someone else. The more accountability you have the better!
5. Never give up! No matter what life throws at you (and it will throw things at you from time to time!), never quit! Everyone has ups and downs. But the common factor with people who are successful in achieving their fitness and life goals is that they get back up every single time. You can do this! Stay the course!


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June 01, 2007
Walsall Shenanigans
Wednesday night saw 12 of us make the trek to Walsall Casino to play in their thirty quid double stack. I wasn't going to go myself (as I had an exam in two days), but after some suitable encouragement from JD, I decided to sacrifice my revision for the greater good. I hope JD feels he made the right decision here. Anyway.
Bobby Jagger was one of those who decided to come. It was good to see Jags again, and it looked as if he had bought some new clothes to mark the occasion. His newly polished shoes, Party Poker Jacket, and disco-shirt combo were lovely, and the hand-moisturising he indulged in on the way meant he was glowing radiantly as we stepped out of the car at Walsall.
As we walked in, Flash and I got a bit of flirting in with the receptionists. Yawn. The rest of the group went off to Chiquito's to have a Mexican. Chiquito's is the most overpriced, overrated restaurant I have ever had the misfortune of stepping into. The service is terrible, and the food tastes like it just came out of a sewer. I wouldn't feed it to my dog. Accordingly, I stayed at the casino and ordered some good old British bangers and mash.
The tournament kicked off at half nine, and unfortunately Scott, Minty and Jags, who weren't in their seats at the time, were not allowed to play. I busted pretty quickly, and so sat in 2pound/2pound cash game. One interesting hand: Folded round to me on the button, and I pop it up to 16 with 7d9d (it had been straddled). SB and straddler both call. Flop is ATx, and the SB leads into me for 25. Straddler folds, and I am pretty sure that SB is just making a probe bet here with a weak ace. I shove for 104, and he calls with AT. gg me.
I walk over to the tourney to see how the Warwick lads are getting on. Jambon, Mark and Flash are still in, so I watch for a bit. They are using this tourney to train some new dealers for next weeks festival, and I time one dealer. She takes 1min and 10 seconds, which is absolutely ridiculous. I know that Saef can fire those bullets off in less than 5 seconds, which is much more like it.
After being forced to wait an hour, I sit in another cash game (this time the blinds are 1pound/1 pound). Mostly Warwick players, but also a few middle aged men. I begin to notice that one of the guys is muttering under his breath and is getting pissed off with me, so obviously I try to get him on tilt. I make it 4 blind UTG, and he looks at me, blood boiling in his veins and face turning a dark crimson, and says, menacingly '10, BLIND'. Ooooooh. Looks like this chap has come to play. I call and he shoves the flop. I fold and he shows 26. Nh sirrr.
Another classic:
Me: 'Raise'
Old Boy: 'Is that the only f***ing word in your vocabulary?'
Me: "I say pot sometimes too"
Anyway, was getting some good banter going before he bluffed his whole stack off to Flash with ten high. As the cash game is finishing up, Jambon wanders over. Jambon lost TT v 55 all in pre (even hitting a ten), AK v AJ all in pre, and then Ax vs Tc6c on an Ac xx board (i think). Sounds very sick. Mark has a similar experience when his A2 lost to QJ on an A52 board. Jambon finishes 7th and Mark 5th. I quit the cash game 250 quid up, so a good night, all in all.
Bit of banter as we are leaving the casino: the security guard starts teaching me a few Martial Arts moves. His name was Theo, and here is a pic:
More banter on the way back as Flash gets pulled over by the police for speeding. He had drunk 7 Stellas and Scotch on the Rocks earlier at the casino. Luckily, the ole penny in the mouth trick worked a treat, and the breathalyser came back negative.
The next evening, watched a bit of Hustle and The Apprentice with Flash and Lauren. I don't think Naomi deserved to go, but Simon is pretty funny, and is good at break-dancing, so fair dues. No doubt Naomi will go on and have a starring role in the Porn industry.
A quick note that a 'How well do you know Tommo' quiz will appear on my Facebook profile soon. 20 multiple choice questions, and if anyone gets the lot right, I'll give them a pat on the back. Ok, got an exam in half an hour, so I better dash.


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A convenient means of studying and gaining certification that is becoming quite widespread these days is engaging in online education study. Online education study is any course of study that is conducted over the Internet. Online education study can be to learn a new skill for professional purposes or even as a hobby, such as graphic design. It can also be to improve on already existing skills or to gain a professionally recognized qualification, such as a diploma in accountancy. There are many different courses and programs of online education study that are available. These study programs are offered by a wide range of institutions, both public and private. There are programs that are available at various levels of study. For example, one can enroll in programs that will not award a full certification, but will allow one to gain credit for courses completed. There are also non-credit courses that are available, which are beneficial for those who would like to take a course simply for the joy of learning, especially if it's a hobby.
Online programs are also available at the undergraduate level, and completion of the requirements will result in a Bachelors degree. Master's and PhD programs are also available online. There are also various certificate, diploma and associate's degree programs available. Some certificates and diploma programs will be at an undergraduate level, while others may be at a post graduate level. Online education study programs are also available for professionals looking to enhance their career growth and professional development. Professionals can participate in one of the many programs offered through continuing and distance education schools to improve on a set of specified skills. These are especially popular in the corporate world, where employees can take online education courses in areas of management, such as resource management, leadership skills, and organizational management. These courses are popular in the corporate world, but are not just limited to it, as others can enroll in them and greatly benefit from them.
Internet education study provides the opportunity to study at various levels, and in various disciplines, without having to be near a campus. This makes education more accessible. Also, there is the factor of increased time flexibility which makes online educational programs appealing and often more affordable. Online educational programs are gaining approval from employers and gaining accredited courses can allow for academic advancement. Online study is worth considering, as there is so much variety available in terms of the types of institutions offering educational programs, the breadth of disciplines available, and the levels of study.


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Room / Subject / Curriculum / Departmental / Personal Schedule page is a variant of the Events page that allows to see a schedule of a particular room, subject area or one of its courses, curriculum or one of its classification, department, or a person.
Besides of the ability to filter events and rooms (see description of the Event Filter and Room Filter), the page allows to select a particular resource type. Besides of a Room Schedule (in which case the page works exactly like the Events page and a particular room can be selected in the Room Filter) one of the following options can be selected:
Subject Schedule
When the Resource Type it changed to Subject Schedule, one can see all class, examination, and course related events that are related to a particular subject area or a course offering. The subject area or course can be entered in the Subject field.
When the Resource Type is changed to Curriculum Schedule, one can see all class, examination, and course related events that are related to a particular curriculum. Either events for all classifications (years of study) or just one classifications can be displayed. This list can be filtered further using the Event Filter and Room Filter.
Please note that if a curriculum contains a course, all classes of the course will be displayed unless there is a matching curriculum reservation on the course.
Departmental Schedule
When the Resource Type is changed to Departmental Schedule, all one can see all class, examination, and course related events that are related to a particular department.
The page displays a personal schedule of the user. This includes all events requested by the user. For students, it also includes all classes and examinations he/she is enrolled and the related course related events. For instructors, it includes all classes and examinations they are assigned to.
Users with Event Lookup Schedule permission can lookup a schedule of another person using the Lookup button.
A useful feature is the ability to export the personal schedule as an iCalendar URL that can be inserted in your favourite calendar application and that always returns an up-to-date calendar for the selected academic session. To get the URL, select the Copy iCalendar URL option under the Export button. The following dialog appears and the url can be copied into the clipboard.


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Jon Bon Jovi & Pavarotti – Let it Rain- Live
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Bon Jovi is an American rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Formed in 1983, Bon Jovi consists of lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi (born John Francis Bongiovi, Jr.), pianist and keyboard player David Bryan, and drummer Tico Torres.
The band's lineup has remained mostly static during its history, with the only exceptions being the 1994 dismissal of bass player Alec John Such, who was unofficially replaced by Hugh McDonald, and the departure of longtime guitarist and co-songwriter Richie Sambora in 2013.
In 1986, Bon Jovi achieved widespread global recognition with their third album, Slippery When Wet. The band's fourth album, New Jersey was equally successful in 1988. After touring and recording non-stop during the late 1980s, the band went on hiatus following the New Jersey Tour in 1990, during which time Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora both released successful solo albums.
In 1992, the band returned with the album Keep the Faith. Their 2000 single "It's My Life", which followed a second hiatus, successfully introduced the band to a younger audience.
Bon Jovi have been known to use different styles in their music, which has included country for their 2007 album Lost Highway. On March 12, 2013, Bon Jovi released their 13th studio album, What About Now.
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Nov 16 2013 – Feb 16 2014
Seattle Art Museum
Third Floor Galleries
In partnership with the National Museum of the American Indian, NY, SAM is proud to organize the first major U.S. exhibition of the Haida artist, Robert Davidson.
Robert Davidson has been a pivotal figure in the Northwest Coast Native art renaissance since 1969, when he erected the first totem pole in his ancestral Massett village since the 1880s. For over 40 years he has mastered Haida art traditions by studying the great works of his great-grandfather Charles Edenshaw and others. More recently, Davidson has interjected his own interpretation of the old forms with forays into abstraction, explored in boldly minimalistic easel paintings, graphic works and sculpture, where images are pared to essential lines, elemental shapes and strong colors.
The exhibition will feature 45 paintings, sculptures and prints created since 2005, as well as key images from earlier in his career that show Davidson's evolution toward an elemental language of form.
The exhibition is organized by SAM curator Barbara Brotherton and will be on view November 16, 2013 to February 16, 2014. It will travel to the National Museum of the American Indian's George Gustav Heye Center in New York City for a 2014 viewing. A catalogue will accompany the exhibition.
–Barbara Brotherton, Curator of Native American Art
Educational Resources
To explore this exhibition a little deeper download our bibliography.
The exhibition has been organized by the Seattle Art Museum in collaboration with the Smithsonian, National Museum of the American Indian, New York.
Green Tri Neg, 2009, Robert Davidson (Haida, born 1946), acrylic on canvas, 40 x 30 in., Private Collection, courtesy Kinsman Robinson Galleries. Photo: Kenji Nagai.
Seattle Art Museum respectfully acknowledges that we are on Indigenous land, the traditional territories of the Coast Salish people. We honor our ongoing connection to these communities past, present, and future.
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On Tuesday, October 7th, you could join Nicholas Sparks at the Hollywood premiere of The Best of Me and then attend the after party immediately following the screening at Club Nokia featuring a live performance by Lady Antebellum!
This is a special opportunity for Nicholas Sparks fans. Relativity Studios has generously provided twenty-five tickets to go on sale with proceeds benefiting the Nicholas Sparks Foundation (nsparksfoundation.org), which inspires and transforms students' lives by focusing on global education.


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China's stalled market for new share listings is severely limiting the ability of private equity funds to cash out their investments in the country, according to a new research report from China First Capital.
The Shenzhen-based investment bank analyzed more than 9,000 private equity and venture capital deals completed in China since 2001, and found that more than $100 billion -- much from the U.S. -- remains invested.
And of that, some $22 billion is tied up in 2,200 deals completed before 2008, meaning time is fast running out for firms to find a way of returning cash to investors over the standard 5-7 year period.
The problem? The money has nowhere to go.
Until recently, initial public offerings in Shanghai or Hong Kong were the best, and most efficient, way for private equity shops to recoup their investments. But a drought of activity in the IPO market has left private equity firms with no option but to park the money.
And that might not change anytime soon.
"It seems more likely than not that the golden age of Chinese IPOs, when over 350 companies were listing each year across public markets in the U.S., Hong Kong and China, is now over," the firm said in the report.
Other avenues for cashing out private equity stakes are not well developed in China.
Trade sales -- a sale through a merger or acquisition -- are extremely rare in the country. And a market for secondary sales -- a sale by one private equity company to another -- has yet to develop in earnest. That leaves investors in the unenviable position of waiting for the IPO market to recover.
"By itself, such dependence on a single exit path is risky," said Peter Fuhrman, the chairman of China First Capital. "In the current environment, with most IPO activity at a halt, it looks even more so."
Related: How Muddy Waters spots fraud in China
China First Capital argues that a more robust secondary market may yet develop. Private equity firms interested in buying a stake from another fund would be able to skip much of the due diligence on accounting issues that sometimes trouble Chinese companies -- as that work has already been done by the initial investor.
"In the current difficult market environment for private equity in China, secondary transactions provide a valuable way forward," the report said.
"Secondaries potentially offer some of the best risk-adjusted investment opportunities, as well as the most certain and efficient way for private equity and venture capital firms to exit investments."